[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31050-31051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10784]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 19-2007)


Foreign-Trade Zone 197 -- Do[ntilde]a Ana County, New Mexico, 
Application for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Do[ntilde]a 
Ana County, New Mexico, grantee of FTZ 197, requesting authority to 
expand its zone to include additional sites in Santa Teresa within the 
Santa Teresa Customs and Border Protection port of entry. 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 May 25, 2007.
    FTZ 197 was approved on November 26, 1993 (Board Order 665, 58 FR 
64546, 12/8/03). The general-purpose zone currently consists of two 
sites (895 acres) in Do[ntilde]a Ana County: Site 1 (689 acres, 2 
parcels) -- Parcel 1 (481 acres) located within the Santa Teresa 
Airport Industrial Park and Parcel 2 (208 acres) located within the 
Santa Teresa Business Center adjacent to the Do[ntilde]a Ana County 
Airport at Santa Teresa; and, Site 2 (206 acres) -- located within the 
1,820-acre West Mesa Industrial Park, adjacent to the Las Cruces 
International Airport.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand Site 1 to 
include an additional parcel and to expand the zone to include an 
additional site in Santa Teresa: Expand Site 1 to include an additional 
parcel at the 208-acre Santa Teresa Logistics Park located at 4800 
Avenida Creel; and, Proposed Site 3 (304 acres) -- Santa Teresa Bi-
National Park located at 401 Avenida Ascension.

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The sites are owned by Verde Realty Operating Partnership, LP. The 
sites will provide warehousing and distribution services to area 
businesses. No specific manufacturing authority is being requested at 
this time. Such 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.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
August 6, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 20, 2007.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
Community Development Department at the Do[ntilde]a Ana County 
Government Center, 845 N. Motel Boulevard, Las Cruces, NM 88007; and, 
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: May 29, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-10784 Filed 6-4-07; 8:45 am]
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