[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59250-59251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24008]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 36-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, Texas; Application for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, 
requesting authority to expand its zone in Houston, Texas, within the 
Houston-Galveston 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 September 12, 2002.
    FTZ 84 was approved on July 15, 1983 (Board Order 214, 48 FR 34792, 
8/1/83), and the zone project currently consists of fourteen sites 
(1,498.92) at port facilities, industrial parks and warehouse 
facilities in Harris County.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include the 72-acre Katoen Natie Gulf Coast (KTN) site 
in Harris County on a permanent basis (it currently has temporary 
authority) and to restore FTZ status to a 97-acre site at the Bulk 
Materials Handling Plant on the Houston Ship Channel, which was 
previously a designated zone site, but was deleted from the zone in a 
temporary modification last year. The KTN site would provide third 
party warehousing and logistics services to existing subzones and other 
exporting companies in the area. The KTN site is owned by Houston 
Polymers Terminal L.P., and would be designated as Site 15. The Bulk 
Materials Handling Plant site would be designated as Site 2 (which was 
its original zone designation). 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 one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building-Suite 
4100W, 1099--14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or

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    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB-Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is November 19, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 4, 
2002).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at address Number 1 
listed above, and at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance 
Center, 500 Dallas, Suite 1160, Houston, TX 77002. The Export 
Assistance Center may be relocated later this year, and we suggest that 
you call ahead for an appointment (713/718-3062).

    Dated: September 13, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-24008 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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