[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5498]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2003]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Bowie County, TX; Application and 
Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Red River Redevelopment Authority, to 
establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Bowie 
County, Texas, adjacent to the Shreveport-Bossier City Customs port of 
entry. The FTZ 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 25, 2003. 
The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Senate Bill 691 
of the 70th Legislature of the State of Texas (Regular Session, 1987), 
codified as Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. 144601.
    The proposed zone would be the third general-purpose zone in the 
Shreveport Customs port of entry area. The existing zones are FTZ 145 
in Shreveport, Louisiana (Grantee: Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port 
Commission, Board Order 370, 53 FR 1503, 1/20/88) and FTZ 234 in Gregg 
County, Texas (Grantee: Gregg County, Texas, Board Order 1003, 63 FR 
63671, 11/16/98).
    The proposed zone would consist of two sites covering 684 acres in 
the Greater Texarkana area of northeastern Texas: Site 1 (524 acres)--
Red River Commerce Park (the former Red River Army Depot), Bowie 
County, Texas, approximately 18 miles west of Texarkana and the Texas-
Arkansas border, and, Site 2 (160 acres)--City of Nash Industrial Park, 
Bowie County, Texas, approximately 15 miles west of Texarkana and the 
Texas-Arkansas border. Site 1 is owned by the applicant and Site 2 is 
owned by the Nash Industrial Development Corporation and Bodega Bay 
Limited.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the Greater 
Texarkana 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 April 1, 2003, at 9 a.m., at the Bowie County Court 
House, Commissioners Court Room, 710 James Bowie Drive, New Boston, 
Texas 75570.
    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
    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 May 6, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 21, 2003).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the Office of the Red River Redevelopment Authority, 107 Chapel 
Lane, New Boston, Texas 75570.

    Dated: February 28, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-5498 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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