[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5836]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 16-2005]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Dane County, WI; Application and 
Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by Dane County, Wisconsin, to establish a general-
purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Dane County, Wisconsin, adjacent 
to the Milwaukee 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 March 17, 2005. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under Wisconsin Statutes 01-02, Section 182.50. The 
proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Customs port of entry. The existing zone is as 
follows: FTZ 41, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Grantee: Foreign-Trade Zone of 
Wisconsin, Ltd., Board Order 136, 9/29/78).
    The proposed zone would consist of 5 sites covering 648 acres in 
the Madison, Wisconsin, area: Site 1 (3 parcels, 123 acres)--Dane 
County Regional Airport, 4000 International Lane, Madison; Site 2 (5 
parcels, 47 acres)--Capital Warehousing Corporation, 4461 Duraform 
Lane, Windsor; Site 3 (2 parcels, 213 acres)--Arlington Prairie 
Industrial Park, Arlington; Site 4 (6 parcels, 139 acres)--Center for 
Industry & Commerce, U.S. Hwy 51 and Hoepker Rd and Hanson Rd, Madison; 
Site 5 (2 parcels, 126 acres)--MadCap1 and CapWin19 industrial lots, 
4355 Duraform Lane, DeForest.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the Madison, 
Wisconsin, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using for 
zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities for such 
products as frozen foods and consumer goods. Specific manufacturing 
requests 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 this investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a 
public hearing on April 20, 2005, at 10 a.m., at the Dane County 
Regional Airport, 4000 International Lane, Robert B. Skuldt Conference 
Room, Madison, Wisconsin.
    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 Service: 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 23, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 7, 2005).
    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 County Executive, City-County Building, Room 
421, 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Madison, Wisconsin 53703-
3345.

    Dated: March 17, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-5836 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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