[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29277-29278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10028]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 20-2005]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone, Fargo, North Dakota; Application and 
Pubic Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo, 
North Dakota, to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at 
sites in Fargo, North Dakota, within and adjacent to the Fargo, North 
Dakota, Customs port of entry. The 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 May 11, 2005. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under 
Chapter 103, Section 83 of the North Dakota Century Code.
    The proposed zone would consist of 6 sites covering 1,026 acres in 
the Fargo, North Dakota, area: Site 1--270 acres within the 1,546-acre 
Airport, Science and Technology Complex, Hector International Airport, 
2801 32nd Avenue, Fargo; Site 2--392 acres within the 1,074-acre 
Midtown Industrial Complex, 3301 1st Avenue, Fargo; Site 3--222 acres 
within the 395-acre West Fargo Industrial Complex, 1262 Main Avenue, 
Fargo; Site 4--27 acres within the 31-acre Heartland Industrial 
Complex, 310 Industrial Boulevard, Casselton; Site 5 (100 acres)--
Mapleton Industrial Complex, intersection of 164th Avenue Southeast and 
Karl Olson Street, Fargo; and, Site 6 (15 acres)--Swanson Industrial 
Complex, 4055 40th Avenue South, Fargo. The sites are owned by a number 
of public and private corporations.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the Fargo, 
North Dakota, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using 
zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities for such 
products as medical products, automotive components, and production 
equipment. 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 the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a 
public hearing on June 14, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., at the Fargo Municipal 
Airport

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Authority Board Room, 2801 32nd Avenue North, Fargo, North Dakota 
58102.
    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 locations:
    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 July 19, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to August 3, 
2005).
    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 Hector Airport Passenger Terminal Administration Office, 2801 32nd 
Avenue North, Fargo, North Dakota 58102.

    Dated: May 11, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-10028 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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