[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 56 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 13743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5375]



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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 11-2007)


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone, West Memphis, Arkansas, Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of West Memphis, Arkansas Public Facilities 
Board, an Arkansas public board, to establish a general-purpose 
foreign-trade zone at a site in West Memphis, Arkansas, adjacent to the 
Memphis CBP 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 
March 14, 2007. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under 
Arkansas Statute 14-143-109, part 18.
    The proposed zone would be the fourth general-purpose zone in the 
Memphis CBP port of entry area. The existing zones are as follows: FTZ 
77, Memphis, Tennessee (Grantee: City of Memphis and Shelby County, 
Board Order 189, 04/02/82); FTZ 223, Memphis, Tennessee (Grantee: 
Memphis International Trade Development Corporation, Board Order 904, 
7/02/97); and, FTZ 262, Southaven, Mississippi (Grantee: Northern 
Mississippi FTZ, Inc., Board Order 1353, 10/01/04).
    The proposed zone would consist of one site (341 acres) at the 
Interstate Commerce Center, located west of Mound City Road and just 
north of the Union Pacific Railroad in West Memphis, Arkansas. The site 
is comprised of parcels owned by a number of private corporations.
    The application indicates a need for zone services in the West 
Memphis, Arkansas, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in 
using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities for a 
variety of products. 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 April 17th, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in the Media Room of 
Mid South Community College, 2000 West Broadway, West Memphis, 
Arkansas.
    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 the following location: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Room 2814B, Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is May 22, 2007. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 6, 2007).
    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 address listed above, and at the 
City of West Memphis, Arkansas Public Facilities Board, 205 South 
Redding St., West Memphis, Arkansas 72301.
    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: March 14, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-5375 Filed 3-22-07; 8:45 am]
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