[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17453-17454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 13-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 33--Pittsburgh, PA; Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of 
Southwestern Pennsylvania, grantee of FTZ 33, requesting authority to 
reorganize and expand its zone in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area, 
adjacent to the Pittsburgh CBP 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 April 7, 2009.

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    FTZ 33 was approved on November 9, 1977 (Board Order 124, 42 FR 
59398, 11/17/77). The zone was expanded on March 16, 1981 (Board Order 
172, 46 FR 18063, 3/23/81) and on May 14, 1998 (Board Order 981, 63 FR 
29179, 5/28/98).
    The general-purpose zone currently consists of 5 sites (5,616 
acres) in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area: Site 1 (49 acres)--within 
the 500-acre RIDC Park West, Park West Drive, Findlay Township, 
Allegheny County; Site 2 (5,352 acres)--within the 10,000-acre 
Pittsburgh International Airport complex (includes an aviation fuel 
depot), Pittsburgh; Site 3 (140 acres)--Leetsdale Industrial Park, 
First and Center Avenues, Leetsdale; Site 4 (60 acres, 3 parcels) 
located at 115 & 400 Hunt Valley Road within the Westmoreland Business 
and Research Park in Upper Burrell and Washington Townships, 
Westmoreland County; and, Site 5 (15 acres) warehouse facilities 
located at 154 Keystone Drive, New Castle.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to reorganize and expand 
its zone, which includes both additions and deletions with an overall 
increase of 1,576 acres in total zone space as described below: Site 1 
(RIDC Park West)--modify existing Site 1 by removing 21 acres due to 
changed circumstances and expand to include an additional 27 acres, 7 
parcels (new site total--55 acres). The applicant is also requesting 
that the Board grant permanent authority for Sites 4 and 5, which were 
granted temporary designation through administrative actions with 
authority expiring 5/1/11.
    In addition, twelve new sites (1,549 acres) are proposed as 
follows: Proposed Site 6 (73 acres, 10 parcels)--warehouse facilities 
within the 240-acre City Center Duquesne property, located at South 
Linden Street, Duquesne, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 7 (65 acres, 
13 parcels)--within the 135-acre Industrial Center of McKeesport, 200 
Center Street, McKeesport, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 8 (67 acres, 
9 parcels)--within the 925-acre Thorn Hill Industrial Park, 119-151 
Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, Butler & Allegheny Counties; Proposed 
Site 9 (13 acres, 1 parcel)--Lawrenceville Technology Center, Hatfield 
& 45th Street, Lawrenceville, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 10 (17 
acres, 5 parcels)--within the 600-acre Allegheny County Industrial 
Park, 560-570 Alpha Drive, O'Hara Township, Allegheny County; Proposed 
Site 11 (38 acres, 7 parcels)--within the 92-acre Keystone Commons, 
200-700 Braddock Avenue, Turtle Creek, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 
12 (53 acres, 2 parcels)--South Hills Industrial Park, 1200 Lebanon 
Road, West Mifflin, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 13 (737 acres, 2 
parcels)--West Port Industrial Park, PA Route 576 & Burgettstown, 
Imperial, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 14 (74 acres, 1 parcel)--
Hopewell Business & Industrial Park, Gringo-Clinton Road & PA Rt. 
 151, Aliquippa, Beaver County; Proposed Site 15 (222 acres)--
within the Westgate Business Park, PA Rt.  18 & Eastwood Road, 
Homewood, Beaver County; Proposed Site 16 (111 acres, 9 parcels)--
within the 372-acre Aliquippa Industrial Park, 101-601.
    Steel Street, Aliquippa, Beaver County; and, Proposed Site 17 (80 
acres, 10 parcels)--Ambridge Regional Center, 2301 Duss Avenue, 
Ambridge, Beaver County.
    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 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 
June 15, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to June 29, 2009).
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202-482-1346 or 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 7, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-8637 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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