[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 41-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 57--Charlotte, NC, Area Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board), by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, 
grantee of FTZ 57, requesting authority to expand its zone in the 
Charlotte, North Carolina, area, within the Charlotte 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 
September 2, 2004.
    FTZ 57 was approved on April 28, 1980 (Board Order 156, 45 FR 
30466, 5/8/80) and expanded on September 23, 1982 (Board Order 199, 47 
FR 43103, 9/30/82), and on July 29, 2002 (Board Order 1240, 67 FR 
51535, 8/8/02).
    The general-purpose zone project currently consists of 11 sites 
(2,094 acres) in the Counties of Mecklenburg, Burke, Caldwell, 
Alexander and Catawba: Site 1 (100,000 sq. ft.)--11425 Granite Street 
in Mecklenburg County; Site 1A (23 acres)--1411 and 1701 Continental 
Boulevard, Mecklenburg County; Site 2 (137,368 sq. ft.)--14620 
Carowinds Boulevard, Mecklenburg County; Site 3 (26 acres)--
International Airport Center, 3401 International Airport Drive, 
Charlotte; Site 4 (542 acres)--within the 1,600-acre Great Meadows 
Industrial Park located north of Interstate 40, west of Dysartville 
Road and south of U.S. Highway 70 in Burke County; Site 5 (78 acres, 2 
parcels) located on NC Highway 18 in Lenoir: Parcel 1 (40 acres)--
Lenoir Business Park and Parcel 2 (38 acres)--J&M Industrial Park; Site 
6 (160 acres)--Alexander County Rail Park, located on NC Highway 90, 
one mile east of Taylorsville; Site 7 (619 acres)--Hickory Regional 
Airport/Lakepark located on Clement Boulevard in Hickory; Site 8 (1 
acre)--Conwareco Logistics, Inc., warehouse facility, 1070 Main Avenue 
NW, Hickory; Site 9 (4 acres)--Diamante Group LLC warehouse/industrial 
facility, 406 20th Street SE, Hickory; Site 10 (330 acres)--within the 
700-acre Conover West Business Park located south of Interstate 40 and 
north of U.S. Highway 70 in Hickory; and, Site 11 (311 acres, 11 
parcels)--City of Newton Industrial Park located between NC Highway 16 
South and U.S. Highway 321 in Newton.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general 
purpose zone to include four additional sites (243 acres) in Charlotte 
(Mecklenburg County): Proposed Site 12 (85 acres)--Lakemont West 
Business Park located on Carowinds Boulevard; Proposed Site 13 (12 
acres)--West Logistics facility located at 2301 Nevada Boulevard; 
Proposed Site 14 (90 acres)--West Pointe Business Park located on West 
Pointe Drive; and, Proposed Site 15 (56 acres)--Ridge Creek 
Distribution Center located at the intersection of General Drive and 
Ridge Creek Drive. The sites are currently being utilized by a variety 
of tenants for warehousing, distribution and light manufacturing 
activities. Additional lots are available for build-to-suit and general 
warehouse facilities. The sites will provide public warehousing and 
distribution services to area businesses. The sites are owned by 
Lakemont Industrial Holding Company, CIVFI-NC1 B01 Cabot Properties, 
Inc., ProLogis Trust, and Childress Klein Properties. 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 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 November 15, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 29, 
2004).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the address Number 
1 listed above, and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export 
Assistance Center, 521 East Morehead Street, Suite 435, Charlotte, NC 
28202.

    Dated: September 3, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-20701 Filed 9-13-04; 8:45 am]
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