[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69988-69989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32512]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 64-99]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Riverside County, California
Application and Public Hearing
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the March Joint Powers Authority (a public
corporation), to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in
Riverside County, California, adjacent to Los Angeles-Long Beach
Customs port of entry. The 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 6, 1999. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal
under Section 6302 of the California Code.
The proposed zone would be the fourth general-purpose zone in the
Los Angeles-Long Beach Customs port of entry area. The existing zones
are FTZ 50 in Long Beach (sites also in Ontario, Santa Ana and San
Bernardino) (Grantee: Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long
Beach, Board Order 147, 44 FR 55919, 9/28/79); FTZ 191 in Palmdale
(Grantee: City of Palmdale, Board Order 628, 58 FR 6614, 2/1/93); and,
FTZ 202 in Los Angeles (sites also in Bakersfield, Rancho Dominguez and
Carson) (Grantee: Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los
Angeles, Board Order 693, 59 FR 37464, 7/22/94).
The proposed new zone (2,480 acres) would be located at the March
Inland Port (MIP), which is related to a defense conversion project at
March Air Force Base. The site is located within Riverside County,
California, and straddles Interstate 215 a few miles south of State
Highway 60. The MIP development, consisting of over 7,000 acres of
land, adjacent to the Cities of Moreno Valley, Perris and Riverside, is
a newly-established civilian airport and air-cargo facility at the
realigned March Air Force Base. The base now serves as an Air Reserve
Base, and surplus lands are being made available for commercial uses.
MIP is a ``joint-use airport,'' where airport facilities are owned and
operated by the Air Force but made available for civilian aviation. The
area to be included in the proposed zone is currently owned by the U.S.
Air Force, but ownership is in the process of being conveyed to the
applicant for commercial use. The application indicates a need for zone
services in the Riverside County area. Several firms have indicated an
interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution
activity. Specific manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this
time. 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.
As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a
public hearing on February 4, 2000, 10:00 a.m., at the March Joint
Powers Authority Auditorium, 3409 Bundy Avenue, Riverside, California
92518.
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 February 22, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 8, 2000).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available during this time for public inspection at the following
locations:
Office of the March Joint Powers Authority, 3430 Bundy Avenue, Suite
107, Building 3408, March AFB, California 92518.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
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Dated: December 8, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32512 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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