[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4855]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 9-99]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Berkeley County, West Virginia;
Application and Public Hearing
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the West Virginia Economic Development Authority
(a West Virginia public corporation and grantee of FTZ 229 in
Charleston, West Virginia), to establish a general-purpose foreign-
trade zone in the Martinsburg (Berkeley County), West Virginia, area ,
adjacent to the Front Royal, Virginia, 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 February 19, 1999. The applicant is
authorized to make the proposal under West Virginia Code Sec. 31-15-6.
The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the
Front Royal Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is FTZ 185 at
sites in Culpeper County, Virginia (Grantee: Culpeper County Chamber of
Commerce, Inc., Board Order 578, 57 FR 23385, 6/3/92).
The proposed new zone would be located at the Eastern West Virginia
Regional Airport complex (317 acres) near Martinsburg, Berkeley County,
West Virginia. The site includes the ``John D. Rockefeller, IV''
Science and Technology Center business/industrial park. It is owned by
the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport Authority and will be
operated by the grantee.
The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in
the Martinsburg area to serve the auto parts, aeronautics, medical
products, inorganic chemicals, machinery and wood products industries.
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 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 March 24, 1999, 11:00 a.m., City Council Chamber, 2nd
Floor, Martinsburg City Hall, 243 North Queen Street, Martinsburg, West
Virginia 25401.
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 April 27, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period (to May 12, 1999.
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available during this time for public inspection at the following
locations:
Office of the Executive Director, Region IX Planning and Development
Council, 121 West King Street, Martinsburg, WV 25401
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: February 22, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-4855 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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