[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51060-51061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34-2004]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Conroe (Montgomery County), TX; 
Application and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Conroe, Texas, to establish a general-
purpose foreign-trade zone in Conroe (Montgomery County), Texas, 
adjacent to the Houston 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 August 11, 2004. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under Texas Revised Civil Statutes Article 1446.01.
    The proposed zone would be the fifth general-purpose zone in the 
Houston-Galveston Customs port of entry area. The existing zones are as 
follows: FTZ 84, Harris County (Grantee: Port of Houston Authority, 
Board Order 214, 07/15/83); FTZ 36, Galveston (Grantee: Board of 
Trustees of the Galveston Wharves, Board Order 129, 05/04/78); FTZ 171, 
Liberty County (Grantee: Liberty County Economic Development 
Corporation, Board Order 501, 01/04/91); and, FTZ 199, Texas City, 
(Grantee: Texas City Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, Board Order 681, 
02/01/94).
    The proposed zone consists of 438 acres located at Conroe Park 
North industrial park, located one mile east of I-45 on FM 3083. The 
park is owned by Conroe Industrial Development Corporation, an entity 
of the City of Conroe and a parcel is owned by Alchemia America, 
Corporation.
    The application indicates that there is a need for zone services in 
the North Houston/Montgomery County 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 September 14, 2004, 1 p.m., North Harris Montgomery 
Community College District, Headquarters Building,

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Room 102, 5000 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas.
    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 October 18, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 1, 
2004).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, and at 
the Greater Conroe Economic Development Council, 505 W. Davis St., 
Conroe, Texas 77305.

    Dated: August 11, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-18809 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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