[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 23001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11433]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 20-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 35--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Area 
Application For Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 35, requesting authority to expand its zone to 
include the Philadelphia International Airport fuel system and related 
facilities within the Philadelphia 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 May 1, 2001.
    FTZ 35 was approved on March 24, 1978 (Board Order 128, 43 FR 
14531, 4/6/78) and expanded on August 21, 1980 (Board Order 162, 45 FR 
58388, 9/3/80) and on December 29, 1993 (Board Order 678, 59 FR 1372, 
1/10/94). The zone project currently consists of seven sites in the 
Philadelphia area: Site 1 (176,541 sq. ft.)--located at Pier 78 South, 
Philadelphia; Site 2 (24 acres)--located at Pier 98 South Annex, 
Philadelphia; Site 3 (341,000 sq. ft.)--consisting of Piers 38 and 40, 
Philadelphia; Site 4 (35 acres)--Penn Terminals Complex, One Saville 
Avenue, Eddystone; Site 5 (19 acres)--warehouse complex located at 3033 
S. 63rd Street, Philadelphia; Site 6 (32 acres)--Publicker Site, 
located at 2937 Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Philadelphia; and, Site 
7 (2 acres)--American Foodservice Corporation's cold storage facility, 
located at 400 Drew Court, King of Prussia.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include the jet fuel storage and distribution system 
(approx. 7 acres) at the Philadelphia International Airport in 
Philadelphia and Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania. The site consists of 
jet fuel storage tanks (130,000 barrels), pipelines, and other 
facilities and structures for loading and unloading fuel. The facility 
is owned by the City of Philadelphia. The jet fuel system activity is 
currently handled by Aircraft Service International, Inc.
    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 July 6, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to July 23, 2001).
    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, The Curtis 
Center, Suite 580 West, 6th & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106; 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: May 1, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-11433 Filed 5-4-01; 8:45 am]
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