[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43288-43289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17764]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34-2000]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Pensacola/Escambia County, Florida 
Area Application and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Pensacola-Escambia County Promotion and 
Development Commission, a Florida public corporation, to establish a 
general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in the Pensacola and 
Escambia County, Florida area, within/adjacent to the Pensacola 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 July 6, 2000. The 
applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Section 288.36, 
Florida Statutes 1999.
    The proposed new zone would consist of five sites covering 1,660 
acres in the Escambia County and Pensacola metropolitan area: Site 1 
(40 acres)--Port of Pensacola (owned by the City of Pensacola), 700 S. 
Barracks Street, Pensacola; Site 2 (1,400 acres)--Pensacola Regional 
Airport complex (owned by the City of Pensacola), 2430 Airport 
Boulevard, Pensacola; Site 3 (70 acres)--Pensacola Shipyard Marine 
Complex (owned by FDC Holdings, Inc.), 700 South Myrick Street, 
Pensacola; Site 4 (10 acres)--FDC Industrial Warehouse site (owned by 
FDC Holdings, Inc.), 10 Spruce Street, Pensacola; and, Site 5 (140 
acres)--Century Industrial Park (owned by the Town of Century), 
Escambia County Road  x 4 and Industrial Boulevard, Century. Site 4 is 
in a brownfield redevelopment area that is being funded by EPA and the 
State of Florida. Site 5 is located in an enterprise zone.
    The application indicates a need for additional foreign-trade zone 
services in the Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida area. Several 
firms have indicated an interest in using zone procedures for 
warehousing/distribution of such items as forest products, paper 
products, cabinets, marine electrical systems and components, and 
custom modified gas chromatography equipment for the petroleum, 
chemical and petrochemical industries. 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

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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 August 9, 2000, 1:00 p.m., at the Pensacola City 
Hall, Whibbs Room, First Floor, Pensacola, Florida 32501.
    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 September 11, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to September 26, 2000).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Office of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, 117 West Garden 
Street, Pensacola, FL 32501
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: July 7, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-17764 Filed 7-12-00; 8:45 am]
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