[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6928]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 16-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 31--Granite City, IL, Area; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board), by the Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 31, requesting authority to expand its zone in the 
Granite City, Illinois, area, within/adjacent to the St. Louis, 
Missouri, 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 March 14, 2003.
    FTZ 31 was approved on September 6, 1977 (Board Order 122, 42 FR 
46568, 9/16/77) and expanded on January 16, 1985 (Board Order 289, 50 
FR 3371, 1/24/85). The zone project currently consists of the following 
sites in the Granite City area: Site 1 (47 acres, 2 parcels)--Tri-City 
Regional Port complex, 2801 Rock Road, Granite City; Site 2 (90,000 sq. 
ft.)--1603 State Street, Granite City; Site 3 (209,000 sq. ft.)--
warehouse facility at 1100 Niedringhaus Avenue, Granite City; and, Site 
4 (122,600 sq. ft.) with 47,600 sq. ft. located at 2000 Access Road and 
75,000 sq. ft. located at 1000 Access Road, Madison.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include three new sites in Madison County, Granite City 
and St. Clair County, Illinois: Proposed Site 5 (2,254 acres)--Gateway 
Commerce Center, intersection of 270 and Interstate 255, Madison 
County, IL; Proposed Site 6 (458 acres)--River's Edge Industrial Park 
(part of the former U.S. Army Charles Melvin Price Support Center), 
1635 West First Street, Granite City, IL; and, Proposed Site 7 (3,851 
acres)--MidAmerica Airport, adjacent to the Scott Air Force Base at the 
intersection of Interstate 64 and Route 4, St. Clair County, IL. The 
majority of Proposed Site 5 is owned by TriSTAR Business Communities or 
its affiliates. Proposed Site 6 is owned by the applicant and is a 
partially developed industrial park that is being converted from 
military use to commercial use. Proposed Site 7 is owned and operated 
by St. Clair County. This action will also formally delete Site 2 from 
the zone plan. 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 St. 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 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is May 23, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 9, 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 Offices of the Tri-City Regional Port District, 1635 W. 
First Street, Granite City, Illinois 62040-1838.

    Dated: March 14, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-6928 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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