[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6615]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 24--Pittston, Pennsylvania; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 24, requesting authority to expand FTZ 24-Site 1 and 
to include three additional sites in the Pittston, Pennsylvania, area, 
within the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 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 17, 2004.
    FTZ 24 was approved on October 21, 1976 (Board Order 112, 41 FR 
47288, 10/28/76). The zone project currently consists of a 42-acre site 
within the 265-acre Eastern Distribution Center, located midway between 
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, adjacent to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 
International Airport. An application is pending with the FTZ Board to 
expand FTZ 24 to include a site at the Valley View Business Park/Jessup 
Small Business Center in the Boroughs of Jessup and Archbald, 
Pennsylvania (Proposed Site 2, Docket 9-2004).
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand existing Site 1 
and to include three additional sites in the area: expand Site 1 to 
include an additional parcel (29 acres) within the Grimes Industrial 
Park located east of Commerce Road and north of Sathers Road in 
Pittston Township (listed as Site 2B in the application); Proposed Site 
3 (232 acres)--industrial park located west of Interstate 81 and north 
of Oak Street in Pittston Township (listed as Site 2A in the 
application); Proposed Site 4 (493 acres)--industrial park located 
along Interstate 476 south of O'Hara Industrial Park in Jenkins 
Township (listed as Site 1B in the application); and, Proposed Site 5 
(138 acres)--industrial park located north of Saylor Avenue and east of 
River Road in Jenkins Township (listed as Site 1A in the application). 
The property is owned by the Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services. 
No specific manufacturing authority is being requested 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 addresses below:
    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 24, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to June 7, 2004.
    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 Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., 1151 Oak 
Street, Pittston, PA 18640.

    Dated: March 17, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-6615 Filed 3-23-04; 8:45 am]
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