[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 10421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3707]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 7-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 227 -- Durant, Oklahoma; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 227, requesting authority to expand its existing zone to include 
two new sites in Carter County, Oklahoma, adjacent to the Dallas/Fort 
Worth 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 February 8, 2008.
    FTZ 227 was approved on January 27, 1998 (Board Order 947, 63 FR 
5929, 2/5/98). The zone project currently consists of 30 acres within 
the 280-acre Texoma Industrial Park located near U.S. Highway 69/75 in 
Durant.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the zone to 
include two sites in Carter County: Proposed Site 2 (2,790 acres)--
Ardmore Industrial Airpark located on Highway 53 in Springer; and, 
Proposed Site 3 (122 acres)--Westport Industrial Park located west of 
Interstate 35 between Prairie Valley Road and 12th Avenue NW in 
Ardmore. Proposed Site 2 is owned by the Ardmore Development Authority, 
City of Ardmore, Sovereign Oklahoma Development L.L.C. and Highway 53, 
L.L.C. Proposed Site 3 is owned by Ardmore Development Authority, JVS, 
Inc., Premium Beers of Oklahoma, L.L.C., Longhorn Scooters, Inc., KRC 
Investments, LLC, and Sooner Lift, Inc. 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 
April 28, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 12, 2008.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
Office of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc., 2912 Enterprise 
Boulevard, Durant, OK 74701; 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 at (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: February 11, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-3707 Filed 2-26-08; 8:45 am]
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