[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 160 (Thursday, August 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 47-2000]


Foreign-Trade Zone 104--Chatham County, Georgia Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Savannah Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 
104, requesting authority to expand its zone in Chatham County, 
Georgia, within the Savannah Customs port of entry. The application was 
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 
Part 400). It was formally filed on August 8, 2000.
    FTZ 104 was approved on April 18, 1984 (Board Order 256, 49 FR 
17789, 4/25/84) and expanded on October 13, 1995 (Board Order 775, 60 
FR 54469, 10/24/95). The zone project currently consists of the 
following sites (2,163 acres) in the Savannah, Georgia area: Site 1 (32 
acres)--within the 3,400-acre Savannah International Airport; Site 2 
(10 acres)--Warehouse #83B, on Hunt Avenue within the 800-acre Garden 
City (Containerport) Terminal of the Georgia Ports Authority on the 
Savannah River, Chatham; Site 2a (1 acre, 43,560 sq. ft.)--730 King 
George Boulevard, Savannah; Site 3 (1,820 acres)--Crossroads Business 
Center, I-95 and Godley Road, Chatham County; and, Site 4 (300 acres)--
SPA Industrial Park, 1 mile east of the I-95/U.S. 80 interchange in 
Chatham County.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand its general-
purpose zone to enlarge two existing sites (Sites 2 and 4) and add two 
new sites (Proposed Sites 5 and 6). Site 2 will be expanded to include 
an additional 839 acres at the Garden City (Containerport) Terminal 
(owned by the Georgia Ports Authority), 2 Main Street, Garden City; 
and, 226 acres at the Ocean Terminal (owned by the Georgia Ports 
Authority), 950 West River Street, Savannah. The proposed changes would 
expand Site 2 from 10 acres to 1,075 acres. Site 4, which is adjacent 
to the airport, will be expanded to include an additional portion of 
the SPA Industrial Park consisting of 1,052 acres (owned by J. C. 
Bamford Excavators Ltd.), located at 1 Bamford Boulevard, Pooler. The 
proposed change would expand Site 4 from 300 acres to 1,352 acres. The 
two new proposed sites are as follows: Proposed Site 5 (94 acres)--
Savannah International Trade and Convention Center (owned by Chatham 
County), One International Drive, Savannah; and, Proposed Site 6 (2,239 
acres)--Mulberry Grove site (owned by the Georgia Ports Authority), 
Interstate 95 and State Highway 21, Savannah. No specific manufacturing 
requests are being made at this time. Such 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.
    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 October 16, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to October 31, 2000).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 6001 Chatham 
Center Drive, Suite 100, Savannah, GA 31405.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: August 8, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20985 Filed 8-16-00; 8:45 am]
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