Federal Register: December 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-28432
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
DOCUMENT ID: [Docket 60-2004]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Washington County, OH, Application and Public Hearing
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
An application has been submitted to the ForeignTrade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, an Ohio public corporation, to establish a generalpurpose foreigntrade zone at sites in Washington County, Ohio, adjacent to the Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry. The FTZ 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 December 17, 2004. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Ohio Revised Code Section 1743.11.
The proposed zone would be the second generalpurpose zone in the Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is as follows: FTZ 229, Charleston,West Virginia (Grantee: West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Board Order 954, 02/13/98).
The proposed zone consists of 5 sites (340 acres), located in
Washington County, Ohio. They are as follows: Site 1 (147 acres)Wetz
Warehousing, Inc., at the intersection of State Route
The application indicates a need for zone services in the Washington County, Ohio, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities. Specific manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time. Requests would be made to the Board on a casebycase basis.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and report to the Board.
As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a public hearing on January 25, 2005, at 11 a.m.,
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at the Washington State Community College, Community Room, 710 Colegate Drive, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
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 one of the following addresses below:
1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: ForeignTrade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court BuildingSuite 4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
2. Submissions via U.S. Postal Service: ForeignTrade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB4100W, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is February 28, 2005. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15day period (to March 14, 2005).
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the ForeignTrade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at
address No. 1 listed above and the Office of the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
Dated: December 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
SUMMARY:
Ohio,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
An application has been submitted to the ForeignTrade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, an Ohio public corporation, to establish a generalpurpose foreigntrade zone at sites in Washington County, Ohio, adjacent to the Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry. The FTZ 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 December 17, 2004. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Ohio Revised Code Section 1743.11.
The proposed zone would be the second generalpurpose zone in the Charleston, West Virginia, Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is as follows: FTZ 229, Charleston,West Virginia (Grantee: West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Board Order 954, 02/13/98).
The proposed zone consists of 5 sites (340 acres), located in
Washington County, Ohio. They are as follows: Site 1 (147 acres)Wetz
Warehousing, Inc., at the intersection of State Route
The application indicates a need for zone services in the Washington County, Ohio, area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities. Specific manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time. Requests would be made to the Board on a casebycase basis.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and report to the Board.
As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a public hearing on January 25, 2005, at 11 a.m.,
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at the Washington State Community College, Community Room, 710 Colegate Drive, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
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 one of the following addresses below:
1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: ForeignTrade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court BuildingSuite 4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
2. Submissions via U.S. Postal Service: ForeignTrade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB4100W, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is February 28, 2005. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15day period (to March 14, 2005).
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at the Office of the ForeignTrade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at
address No. 1 listed above and the Office of the Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, 205 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
Dated: December 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.