[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72643-72644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30873]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 54-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 202--Los Angeles, CA Area; Application for 
Expansion and Reorganization

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of 
Los Angeles, grantee of FTZ 202, requesting authority to expand and 
reorganize its zone in the Los Angeles, California area, within and 
adjacent to the Los Angeles-Long Beach 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 November 21, 
2002.
    FTZ 202 was approved on July 14, 1994 (Board Order 693, 59 FR 
37464, July 22, 1994) and expanded on August 26, 1996 (Board Order 842, 
61 FR 46763, September 5, 1996) and July 9, 1999 (Board Order 1043, 64 
FR 38887, July 20, 1999). The zone project currently consists of 15 
sites (4,514) at port facilities, industrial parks and warehouse 
facilities in Los Angeles County.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand and reorganize 
the general-purpose zone to include on a permanent basis Temporary 
Sites 12, 13 and 14, to restore 44 acres deleted from Site 9, to 
permanently delete 78 acres from Site 3, and, to include seven new 
sites in Los Angeles and the adjacent ``Inland Empire'' area.
    The sites to be made permanent are as follows: Site 12 (8 acres)--
1981 East 213th Street, Carson; Site 13 (19 acres)--1501 E. Victoria 
Street, Carson; and, Site 14 (88 acres)--adjacent to Site 1, at 300, 
301, 400, and 401 Westmont Street, San Pedro. Site 9, which is located 
at the Harbor Gateway Center, will be restored to its original 128 
acres. Site 3, at the International Trade & Technology Center, will be 
decreased by 78 acres (new total--564 acres). The proposed new sites 
would include: Proposed Site 16 (163 acres)--Artesia Corridor Commerce 
Park (owned by AMB Properties Corp.), northbound side of the 
intersection of S. Wilmington Avenue and Highway 91 (the Redondo Beach 
Freeway), Compton; Proposed Site 17 (9 acres, 2 parcels)--Tri-Modal's 
Lucerne facility (7 acres--owned by Tri-Modal Distribution Services, 
Inc.), 22560 Lucerne Street, Carson, and Tri-Modal's Watson Center 
facility (2 acres), 1411 Watson Center Road, Carson; Proposed Site 18 
(13 acres)--Tri-Modal's Carson facility (owned by Tri-Modal 
Distribution Services, Inc.), 2011 East Carson Street, Carson; Proposed 
Site 19 (71 acres)--Chino South Business Park (owned by the Carson 
Companies), bounded by Kimball Avenue, Euclid Avenue, Cypress Avenue 
and Bickmore Avenue, Chino; Proposed Site 20 (531 acres)--Park Mira 
Loma West (owned by Industrial Developments International), located on 
the southeast side of the intersection of Highway 60 (the Pamona 
Freeway) and Interstate 15 (the Ontario Freeway), Mira Loma; Proposed 
Site 21 (156 acres)--Pattillo Properties Redlands Commerce Center 
(owned by Robert Pattillo Properties), bounded by California Street on 
the east and San Bernardino Avenue on the south, Redlands; and, 
Proposed Site 22 (227 acres)--Bixby Land Company Redlands Business 
Center (owned by Bixby Land Company), bounded by San Bernardino Avenue, 
California Street, Mountain View and West Lugonia Avenues, Redlands. 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 three 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
    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 February 4, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to February 19, 
2003).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at

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address number 1 listed above, and at the U.S. Department of Commerce 
Export Assistance Center, 350 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 509, Los 
Angeles, California 90071.

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30873 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]
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