[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65583-65584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26286]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 62-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 57 - Charlotte, North Carolina, Application 
for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, grantee 
of FTZ 57, requesting authority to expand its zone in the Charlotte, 
North Carolina, area, adjacent to the Charlotte 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 October 28, 2008.
    FTZ 57 was approved on April 28, 1980 (Board Order 156, 45 FR 
30466, 05/08/80). The zone was expanded on September 23, 1982 (Board 
Order 199, 47 FR 43103, 09/30/82), on July 29, 2002 (Board Order 1240, 
67 FR 51535, 08/08/02), and on February 9, 2005 (Board Order 1369, 70 
FR 9613, 02/28/05).
    The general-purpose zone currently consists of the following sites 
in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area: Site 1 (100,000 sq. ft.)--at 
11425 Granite Street, Mecklenburg County; Site 1A (23 acres)--located 
at 1411 and 1701 Continental Boulevard, Mecklenburg County; Site 2 
(137,368 sq. ft.)--located at 14620 Carowinds Boulevard, Mecklenburg 
County; Site 3 (26 acres)--located at International Airport Center, 
3401 International Airport Drive, Charlotte; Site 4 (542 acres)--
proposed industrial park (Great Meadows), located between US Highway 70 
and Interstate 40, Burke County; Site 5 (78 acres, 2 parcels): Parcel 1 
(40 acres)--Lenoir Business Park and Parcel 2 (38 acres)--J&M 
Industrial Park, located on NC Highway 18 in Lenoir (Caldwell County); 
Site 6 (160 acres)--Alexander County Rail Park, located on NC Highway 
90, one mile east of Taylorsville, Alexander County; Site 7 (619 acres, 
2 parcels) Parcel 1 (576 acres)--Hickory Regional Airport/Lakepark, 
located on Clement Boulevard, City of Hickory (Catawba/Burke Counties) 
and Parcel 2 (43 acres)--Consolidation Services distribution facility, 
543 12\th\ Street Drive, NW in Hickory, Catawba County; Site 8 (1 
acre)--Conwareco Logistics, Inc., warehouse facility, 1070 Main Avenue 
NW, Hickory, Catawba County; Site 9 (4 acres)--Diamante Group LLC 
warehouse/industrial facility at 406 20th Street SE, Hickory, Catawba 
County; Site 10 (330 acres)--within the 700-acre Conover West Business 
Park in Hickory, Catawba County; Site 11 (311 acres, 11 parcels)--City 
of Newton industrial park, Newton, Catawba County; Site 12 (85 acres)-- 
Lakemont West Business Park located on Carowinds Boulevard, Charlotte; 
Site 13 (12 acres)-- West Logistics facility located at 2301 Nevada 
Boulevard, Charlotte; Site 14 (69 acres)--West Pointe Business Park 
located on West Pointe Drive, Charlotte; and, Site 15 (70 acres)--Ridge 
Creek Distribution Center, located at the intersection of General Drive 
and Ridge Creek Drive, Charlotte (includes 14 acres located at 10230 
Ridge Creek Drive).
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include an additional site in the Charlotte, North 
Carolina, area: Proposed Site 16 (351 acres)--Monroe Corporate Center, 
Airport Road and Goldmine Road, Monroe. The site is owned by multiple 
owners. The site will provide public 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, Kathleen Boyce of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to

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investigate the application and report to the Board.
    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 address listed below. The closing 
period for their receipt is January 5, 2009. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 20, 2009).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Commerce 
Export Assistance Center, 521 E. Morehead St., Suite 435, Charlotte, 
North Carolina 28202; 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 Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: Dated: October 29, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26286 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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