[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7523]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 12-99]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Fort Lauderdale, FL, Area 
Application and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to establish 
a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in the Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida, area, adjacent to the Port Everglades Customs port of entry. 
The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ 
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board 
(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed on March 19, 1999. The 
applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Section 288.36., 
Florida Statutes Annotated (1997).
    The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the 
Port Everglades Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is FTZ 25 
in Fort Lauderdale (Grantee: Port Everglades Port Authority, Board 
Order 113, 42 FR 61, 1/3/77).
    The proposed new zone would consist of sites covering 1,328 acres 
in the Fort Lauderdale area: Site 1a (718 acres)--Fort Lauderdale 
Executive Airport complex (owned and operated by the City), Commerce 
Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 1b (16 acres)--Highwoods site; Site 1c 
(16 acres)--Free Trade Ltd. site; Site 1d (4 acres)--Executive Airport 
Corporate Center site; Site 1e (112 acres)--Ft. Lauderdale Industrial 
Airpark; Site 1f (11 acres)--Financial Southern site; Site 1g (2 
acres)--Gateway Executive Center site; Site 1h (2 acres)--Commercial 
Services International site; Site 1i (1 acre)--Miles of Tiles site; 
and, Site 1j (33 acres)--Calvary site; Site 2 (11 acres)--CenterPort 
Industrial Park (owned by ProLogis ), NW 8th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale; 
Site 3 (62 acres)--Port 95 Commerce Park (owned by ProLogis), I-95 and 
SW 42nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 4 (278 acres)--Bergeron Park of 
Commerce & Industry (owned by Bergeron Properties & Investment Corp.), 
19612 SW 69th Place, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 5 (8 acres)--Harwood Business 
Park (owned by CMD Properties, Inc.), 3355 Enterprise Avenue, Weston; 
Site 6 (6 acres)--Lincoln Park CRA (owned by the City), between NW 18th 
Avenue and NW 19th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 7 (10 acres)--Konover 
CRA (owned by Konover Property Trust/C.L. Capitol), IH-95 and Broward, 
Ft. Lauderdale; and, Site 8 (38 acres)--Lauderdale Industrial Park 
(owned by Jesse Gaddis), southwest corner of NW 19th and NW 23rd, Ft. 
Lauderdale. Site 1, which includes Sites 1a-1j, involves the Fort 
Lauderdale Executive Airport and adjacent areas. Sites 6 and 7 are 
located in Community Redevelopment Areas that provide tax credits, tax 
refunds, and subsidized tax rates. Site 8 is a designated State 
Enterprise Zone.
    The application indicates a need for additional foreign-trade zone 
services in the Greater Fort Lauderdale area. Several firms have 
indicated an interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/
distribution of such items as decorative home accessories, medical 
equipment, furniture, apparel and marble/ceramic tile. Specific 
manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time. Requests 
would be made to the Board on a case-by-case basis.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a 
public hearing on April 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m., 100 N. Andrews Avenue, 8th 
Floor Conference Room, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period 
for their receipt is May 28, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to June 14, 1999).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 1401 West Commercial Blvd., Suite 
200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: March 22, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7523 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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