[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28429-28430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 31-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 176--Rockford, IL; Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 
176, requesting authority to reorganize and expand the zone in the 
Rockford, Illinois, area. 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 9, 2008.
    FTZ 176 was approved on March 1, 1991 (Board Order 511, 56 FR 
10409, 3/12/91), and expanded on February 9, 2005 (Board Order 1368, 70 
FR 9613, 2/28/05), and on August 3, 2006 (Board Order 1473, 71 FR 
47483, 8/17/06).

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    The zone project currently consists of the following sites (3,110 
acres) in the Rockford area: Site 1 (1,972 acres)--industrial park area 
of the Chicago Rockford International Airport, 60 Airport Drive, 
Rockford; Site 1a (2 acres)--warehouse facilities at 1635 New Milford 
School Road and 1129 18th Avenue, Rockford (expires 6/1/09); Site 2 (6 
acres)--warehouse at 500 South Independence Avenue, Rockford; Site 3 
(566 acres, 2 parcels)--CenterPoint Industrial Park (366 acres) located 
at the intersection of Route 38 and Brush Grove Road; and, Interstate 
Transportation Center Industrial Park (200 acres) located on the west 
side of State Highway 38, Rockford; Site 4 (304 acres, 3 parcels)--
LogistiCenter located at the southwest corner of Interstate 39 and 
Interstate 88, Rochelle; Site 5 (53 acres)--South Rochelle Industrial 
Park located on State Highway 251 and Veterans Parkway, Rochelle; Site 
6 (74 acres)--Rolling Hills Industrial Park, 2200 Lakeshore Drive, 
Woodstock; and, Site 7 (133 acres)--Crossroads Commerce Center, located 
at Interstate 88 and Main Street, Rochelle.
    The applicant is now requesting authority for a reorganization and 
expansion of the zone, which includes both additions and deletions with 
an overall increase of 508 acres in total zone space as described 
below:

--Modify existing Site 1 by removing 1105 acres due to changed 
circumstances, expand to include an additional 441 acres, and to move 
Temporary Site 1a within Site 1 on a permanent basis (new total 
acreage--1308 acres);
--Remove Site 2 (6 acres) from the zone project due to changed 
circumstances;
--Remove Site 5 (53 acres) from the zone project due to changed 
circumstances;
--Add Proposed Site 8 (8 acres, 2 parcels)--Abilities Center located at 
1907 Kishwaukee Street and Counselor Scale Building located at 2000 and 
2100 South Kishwaukee Street, Rockford;
--Add Proposed Site 9 (16 acres, 2 parcels)--former Essex Wire Plant, 
2816 North Main Street, Rockford;
--Add Proposed Site 10 (867 acres, 2 parcels)--Park 88 Industrial Park, 
located at the northwest corner of Peace Road and Fairview Drive and at 
the southwest corner of Peace Road and Gurler Road, De Kalb;
--Add Proposed Site 11 (46 acres, 2 parcels)--Loves Park Corporate 
Center, located at Bell School Road and Riverside Drive, Loves Park; 
and,
--Add Proposed Site 12 (296 acres, 2 parcels)--Rock 39 Industrial Park, 
located north and south of Baxter Road, east of Route 39 and west of 
Mulford Road, Cherry Valley.

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, Camille Evans of the 
FTZ staff is 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 
July 15, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 30, 2008.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 605 Fulton 
Avenue, Suite E103, Rockford, IL 61103; and, Office of the Executive 
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 
2111, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Camille Evans at [email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: May 9, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-11051 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]
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