[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30428]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 69-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Port Freeport, Texas, Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Port Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, requesting authority 
to expand FTZ 149 to include a site in Fort Bend County, Texas. 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 December 11, 
2008.
    FTZ 149 was approved on June 28, 1988 (Board Order 385, 53 FR 
26096, July 11, 1988), and expanded on August 7, 2001 (Board Order 
1185, 66 F.R. 42994, August 16, 2001). The zone currently consists of 
10 sites (3,590 acres): Site 1 (280 acres)--on F.M. Route 1495 at the 
Freeport Harbor on the west side of the Brazos River Harbor Channel; 
Site 2 (154 acres)--on Holly Street in Quintana, south of the Gulf 
Intracoastal Waterway; Site 3 (1,063 acres)--at the intersection of 
Highway 288 and F.M. Route 1495; Site 4 (242 acres)--on F.M. Route 
1495, north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and south of the Brazos 
River Harbor Channel; Site 5 (213 acres)--on County Road 723 south of 
Site 4 and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; Site 6 (146 acres) located 
within the 665-acre Brazoria County Airport; Site 7 (506 acres)--
Northern Industrial Complex, adjacent to Highway 35, Pearland (Brazoria 
County); Site 8 (832 acres)--Southern Industrial Complex, 4 miles from 
the Sam Houston Parkway/Beltway 8, Pearland (Brazoria County); Site 9 
(146 acres)--Bybee-Sterling Complex, Hooper Road and Sam Houston 
Parkway, Pearland (Harris County); and, Site 10 (8 acres)--Santa Fe 
Industrial Park, 200 Avenue I, Alvin (Brazoria County).
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the zone to 
include a site in Fort Bend County: Proposed Site 11 (340 acres)--
International Industrial Park, 10925 Highway 59 between Beasley and 
Kendleton. The site 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, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 
February 20, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to March 9, 2009.
    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, 1919 Smith 
Street, Suite 1026, Houston, Texas 77002. Office of the Executive 
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 
2111, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: December 12, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30428 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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