[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 41681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14286]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 31-2005)


Foreign-Trade Zone 262 -- Southaven, Mississippi, Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board), by the Northern Mississippi FTZ, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 262, requesting authority to expand its zone in 
Southaven, Mississippi, within the Memphis Customs port of entry (which 
covers areas in Tennessee and Mississippi). 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 July 12, 2005.
    FTZ 262 was approved on October 1, 2004 (Board Order 1353, 69 FR 
60841, 10/13/04). The general-purpose zone consists of a 219-acre site 
at the DeSoto Trade Center located between Interstate 55 and U.S. 
Highway 51 south of Church Road in Southaven.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the zone to 
include two additional parcels (461 acres) immediately south and 
southwest of the existing site at the DeSoto Trade Center (new total 
acreage -- 680 acres). The additional parcels are located at U.S. 
Highway 51 between College Road and Star Landing Road. The parcels are 
owned by College Road Land Company LLC and DTC Eastgate 1 LLC and are 
suitable for warehousing, light assembly, manufacturing and 
distribution activities. No specific manufacturing authority is being 
requested at this time. Such requests would be made 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 September 19, 2005. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
(to October 3, 2005.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at address Number 1 
listed above, and at the Office of the City Clerk, 8700 Northwest 
Drive, Southaven, Mississippi 38671.

    Dated: July 12, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-14286 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]
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