[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10667-10668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4021]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 9-2001]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Butte County, California Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Oroville Economic Development Corporation (a 
non-profit corporation), to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade 
zone at sites in southern Butte County, California, which appears to be 
within 90 minutes driving time from the San Francisco/Oakland/
Sacramento, California, Customs port of entry limits. 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 February 6, 2001. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under section 6302 of the California Code.
    The proposed zone would be the sixth general-purpose zone in the 
San Francisco/Oakland/Sacramento, California, Customs port of entry 
area. The existing zones are FTZ 3 in San Francisco (Grantee: San 
Francisco Port Commission, Board Order 16, 13 FR 1459, 3/19/48); FTZ 18 
in San Jose (Grantee: City of San Jose, California, Board Order 103, 39 
FR 42031, 12/4/74); FTZ 56 in Oakland (Grantee: City of Oakland, 
California, Board Order 155, 45 FR 27802, 4/24/80); FTZ 143 in the W. 
Sacramento area (site also in Chico) Grantee: Sacramento-Yolo Port 
District, Board Order 360, 52 FR 30698, 8/17/87); and, FTZ 231 in the 
Stockton (San Joaquin County) area (Grantee: Stockton Port District, 
Board Order 967, 63 FR 23719, 4/30/98).
    The proposed new zone would consist of 4 sites in the southern 
Butte County area: Site 1 (1,834 acres)--central Oroville industrial 
area located in Oroville on Highway 70; Site 2 (812 acres)--Oroville 
Municipal Airport complex, west of Highway 70 along Highway 162, 
Oroville; Site 3 (155 acres)--Gridley industrial area west of Highway 
99 along the Union Pacific

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Railroad right of way with Liberty Road, Gridley; and, Site 4 (9 
acres)--east of Highway 99, north of Standish Lane, Gridley. Sites 1 
and 2 in Oroville are within a California State Recycling Market 
Development Zone and a California State Enterprise Zone.
    The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in 
the southern Butte County area. Several firms have indicated an 
interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution 
activities. 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 March 15, 2001, 9 a.m., at the City Council Chambers, 
1735 Montgomery Street, Oroville, California 95965,
    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 April 17, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to May 2, 2001).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Office of the Deputy City Clerk, Oroville City Hall, 1735 Montgomery 
Street, Oroville, CA 95965
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: February 9, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-4021 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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