[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77376-77377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8132]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 67-2005)


Foreign-Trade Zone 163 - Ponce, PR; Application for Expansion

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An application has been submitted to the 
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by CODEZOL, C.D., grantee 
of FTZ 163, requesting authority to expand FTZ 163 to a site in 
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. 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 December 22, 2005.
    FTZ 163 was approved on October 18, 1989 (Board Order 443, 54 FR 
46097, 11/1/89), and expanded on April 18, 2000 (Board Order 1091, 65 
FR 24676, 4/27/00) and June 9, 2005 (Board Order 1397, 70 FR 36117, 6/
22/05). The zone project currently consists of the following sites in 
the Ponce, Puerto Rico, area: Site 1 (106 acres)-within the Port of 
Ponce area, including a site (11 acres) located at 3309 Avenida 
Santiago de los Caballeros, Ponce; Site 2 (191 acres, 5 parcels)-
Peerless Oil & Chemicals, Inc., petroleum terminal facilities located 
at Rt. 127, Km. 17.1, Penuelas; Site 3 (13 acres, 2 parcels)-Rio 
Piedras Distribution Center located within the central portion of the 
Quebrada Arena Industrial Park, and the Hato Rey Distribution Center 
located within the northeastern portion of the

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Tres Monjitas Industrial Park, San Juan; Site 4 (14 acres)-warehouse 
facility located at State Road No. 3, Km. 1401, Guayama (expires 10/1/
04); Site 5 (256 acres, 34 parcels)-Mercedita Industrial Park located 
at the intersection of Route PR-9 and Las Americas Highway, Ponce; and, 
Site 6 (86 acres)-Coto Laurel Industrial Park located at the southwest 
corner of the intersection of Highways PR-56 and PR-52, Ponce.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the zone to 
include a site in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The proposed site consists of 
17.2 acres and is located at State Road No. 1, Km 21.1 in Guaynabo.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment 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 St. 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 Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is February 28, 2006. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 15, 
2006).
    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 U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 
Midtown Bldg 10th Floor, 420 Ponce de Leon Ave, San Juan, PR 00918.

    Dated: December 22, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-8132 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]
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