[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30689]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 71-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 65 -- Panama City, Florida, Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Panama City Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 65, 
requesting authority to expand its existing zone to include additional 
sites within and adjacent to the Panama City, Florida 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 December 16, 2008.
    FTZ 65 was approved by the Board on January 16, 1981 (Board Order 
171, 46 FR 8072, 1/26/81) and expanded on March 3, 1987 (Board Order 
343, 52 FR 7634, 3/12/87).
    The general-purpose zone project currently consists of three sites 
(558 acres) in the Panama City area: Site 1 (125 acres) -- the Panama 
City Industrial Park located on St. Andrew Bay and the intra-coastal 
waterway in Panama City; Site 2 (174 acres) -- the Hugh Nelson 
Industrial Park located off of Highway 390 in Panama City; and, Site 3 
(259 acres) -- the Bay Industrial Park located northeast of the 
intersection of Highway 231 and Highway 167 in Bay County.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include two additional sites as follows: Proposed Site 
4 (78 acres) -- within the 130-acre Tommy R. McDonald Industrial Park, 
located at Industrial Drive and Commerce Avenue in Chipley (Washington 
County); and, Proposed Site 5 (214 acres) the Washington County 
Industrial park, located north of Highway 90 at the intersection of 
Highway 273 and North Boulevard in Chipley (Washington County). The 
applicant is also requesting authority to expand existing Site 3 to 
include the adjacent Bay Intermodal Park (251 acres), located at 
Highway 231 and Commerce Boulevard in Panama City. Proposed Site 4 is 
owned by the City of Chipley as well as various private companies, 
proposed Site 5 is owned by Washington County and the City of Chipley, 
and the acreage to be included in the proposed expansion of Site 3 is 
owned by the applicant. The sites will be used primarily for 
warehousing and distribution activities. 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, Christopher Kemp 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 listed below. The closing period for their 
receipt is February 23, 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: The 
Panama City Port Authority, 5321 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 
32401; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, D.C. 20230.
    For further information, contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: December 16, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30689 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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