[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14096]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 26-99]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Boundary County, Idaho, Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the County of Boundary, Idaho, to establish a 
general-purpose foreign-trade zone in Boundary County, Idaho, adjacent 
to the Eastport 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 May 24, 1999. The applicant is authorized to make the 
proposal under section 67-4703A, Idaho Code.
    The proposed zone consists of a 55-acre site located at the Reload 
Center (Eastport Industries, Inc.), end of County Road #95E (also known 
as Railroad Avenue), Eastport. The site includes a truck/rail 
intermodal reloading facility, as well as a warehouse yard. Eastport 
Industries, Inc., will be the operator of the zone.
    The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in 
the Eastport area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using 
zone procedures for warehousing/distribution of lumber/forest products. 
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 July 1, 1999, 1 p.m., at the Boundary County Co-
operative Extension Service (meeting room), 6447 Kootenai Street, 
Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805.
    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 August 3, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period to August 18, 1999.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Boundary County Library, 6370 Kootenai Street, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 
83805
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: May 26, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14096 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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