[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61786-61787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21387]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 52-2005]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone - Lawrence County, Ohio, Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Lawrence County Port Authority, an Ohio public 
corporation, to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at a 
site in Lawrence 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 October 20, 2005. The applicant is authorized to make 
the proposal under Ohio Revised Code Section 1743.11.
    The proposed zone would be the third general-purpose zone in the 
Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry area. The existing 
zones are as follows: FTZ 229, Charleston,West Virginia (Grantee: West 
Virginia Economic Development Authority, Board Order 954, 02/13/98) and 
FTZ 264, Washington County, Ohio (Grantee: Southeastern Ohio Port 
Authority, Board Order 1392, 6/24/05).
    The proposed zone consists of one site (422 acres), located in 
Lawrence County, Ohio. The site is located at the Point Industrial 
Park, U.S. Route 52 and County Road 1, Lawrence County, Ohio. 
The site is owned by Lawrence Economic Development Corporation, Biomass 
Energy LLC and M&M Service, Inc.

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    The application indicates a need for zone services in the Lawrence 
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 November 17, 2005, at 2 p.m., SouthPoint Community 
Center, 404 Second Street West, South Point, Ohio.
    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 December 27, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 9, 
2006).
    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 Lawrence Economic Development 
Corporation, 216 Collins Avenue, South Point, Ohio 45680.

    Dated: October 20, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-21387 Filed 10-25-05; 8:45 am]
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