[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31095]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 58-99]
Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, Texas; Application for Expansion
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84,
requesting authority to expand its zone to include a site at the George
Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, within the Houston-
Galveston Customs 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 November 17, 1999.
FTZ 84 was approved on July 15, 1983 (Board Order 214, 48 FR 34792,
8/1/83), and the zone project currently consists of thirteen sites
(1,499.92) at port facilities, industrial parks and warehouse
facilities in Harris County.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include the jet fuel storage and distribution system
(22 acres) at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Fuel Storage
Road, Houston, Texas. The site includes the existing jet fuel storage
facility (17 acres) and an adjacent proposed 5-acre expansion of the
facility planned for the year 2001. This facility consists primarily of
jet fuel storage tanks, a pumping station, pipelines and other
facilities and structures for loading and unloading fuel. The facility
is owned by the City of Houston. The jet fuel system activity is
currently handled by Ogden Aviation Services.
No specific manufacturing requests are being made at this time.
Such requests would be made to the Board on a case-by-case 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.
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 below. The closing period
for their receipt is January 31, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period (to February 14, 2000).
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, 500 Dallas,
Suite 1160, Houston, TX 77002
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: November 19, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31095 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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