[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58127-58128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21842]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 44-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, Georgia, Area Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 26, requesting authority to expand its zone to 
include additional sites in the Atlanta area, within and adjacent to 
the Atlanta 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 22, 2004.
    FTZ 26 was approved on January 17, 1977 (Board Order 115, 42 FR 
4186, 1/24/77); reorganized on April 18, 1988 (Board Order 381, 53 FR 
15254, 4/28/88); and, expanded on April 29, 1996 (Board Order 820, 61 
FR 21156, 5/9/96), on March 19, 1999 (Board Order 1033, 64 FR 16421, 4/
5/99), and on June 21, 2000 (Board Order 1105, 65 FR 39865, 6/28/00). 
The general-purpose zone project currently consists of the following 
sites: Site 1 (285 acres, 2 parcels)--adjacent to the Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Clayton and Fulton Counties 
and jet fuel storage and distribution facilities; Site 2 (2,472 
acres)--Peachtree City Industrial Park, Highway 74 South, Peachtree 
City; and, Site 3 (85 acres)--Canton-Cherokee County Business and 
Industrial Park, Brown Industrial Boulevard, Canton.
    The applicant is now requesting authority for a major expansion of 
the zone as described below. The proposal requests authority to expand 
the zone to include seven additional sites in the cities of Columbus, 
Griffin, Buford and McDonough, Georgia.
    Proposed Site 4--1,152 acres within the 2,124-acre Muscogee 
Technology Park, located at the intersection of Georgia Highway 22 and 
State Route 80, Columbus (Muscogee County);
    Proposed Site 5--49 acres at the Corporate Ridge/Columbus East 
Industrial Park, located at the intersection of Schatulga Road and 
Cargo Drive, Columbus (Muscogee County);
    Proposed Site 6--394 acres within the 411-acre Green Valley 
Industrial Park, located at the intersection of Green Valley Road and 
State Route 16, Griffin (Spalding County);
    Proposed Site 7--64 acres at the Hudson Industrial Park, located at 
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intersections of Hudson Industrial Drive, Green Valley Road and Futral 
Road, Griffin (Spalding County);
    Proposed Site 8--190 acres at the I-75 Industrial Park, located at 
the intersection of Wallace Road and Jackson Road, Griffin (Spalding 
County);
    Proposed Site 9--321 acres at the Hamilton Mill Business Center, 
located at the intersection of Hamilton Mill Road and Interstate 985, 
Buford (Gwinnett County); and,
    Proposed Site 10--212 acres at the ProLogis Park Greenwood, located 
just west of Interstate 75 at the Georgia State Highway 155 ``diamond'' 
interchange, McDonough (Henry County).
    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 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 November 29, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 14, 
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 U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 285 
Peachtree Center Avenue NE., Suite 900, Atlanta, GA 30303-1229.

    Dated: September 22, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-21842 Filed 9-28-04; 8:45 am]
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