[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77985-77986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28432]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 60-2004]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Washington County, OH, Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, an Ohio 
public corporation, to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone 
at sites in Washington County, Ohio, adjacent to the Charleston, West 
Virginia, 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 December 17, 2004. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under Ohio Revised Code Section 1743.11.
    The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the 
Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry area. The existing 
zone is as follows: FTZ 229, Charleston,West Virginia (Grantee: West 
Virginia Economic Development Authority, Board Order 954, 02/13/98).
    The proposed zone consists of 5 sites (340 acres), located in 
Washington County, Ohio. They are as follows: Site 1 (147 acres)--Wetz 
Warehousing, Inc., at the intersection of State Route 7 and 
Ohio County Road 10, Marietta; Site 2 (17 acres)--Marietta 
Industrial Park, 117 Industry Road, Marietta; Site 3 (13 acres)--Two 
Rivers Corporation property, 900-1100 Green Street, Marietta; Site 4 
(20 acres)--Cytec Industries, Inc. property, 1405 Green Street, 
Marietta; and, Site 5 (143 acres)--Reno Industrial Complex, 27823 State 
Route 7, Marietta. The majority of sites are owned by Wetz 
Investment, LLC, Alliance Industries, Inc., and Cytec Industries, Inc.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the 
Washington County, Ohio, 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 January 25, 2005, at 11 a.m.,

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at the Washington State Community College, Community Room, 710 Colegate 
Drive, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
    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 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 U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB-4100W, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is February 28, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 14, 
2005).
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
address No. 1 listed above and the Office of the Southeastern Ohio Port 
Authority, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750.

    Dated: December 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-28432 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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