[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7523]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 12-99]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Fort Lauderdale, FL, Area
Application and Public Hearing
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to establish
a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in the Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, area, adjacent to the Port Everglades 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 March 19, 1999. The
applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Section 288.36.,
Florida Statutes Annotated (1997).
The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the
Port Everglades Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is FTZ 25
in Fort Lauderdale (Grantee: Port Everglades Port Authority, Board
Order 113, 42 FR 61, 1/3/77).
The proposed new zone would consist of sites covering 1,328 acres
in the Fort Lauderdale area: Site 1a (718 acres)--Fort Lauderdale
Executive Airport complex (owned and operated by the City), Commerce
Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 1b (16 acres)--Highwoods site; Site 1c
(16 acres)--Free Trade Ltd. site; Site 1d (4 acres)--Executive Airport
Corporate Center site; Site 1e (112 acres)--Ft. Lauderdale Industrial
Airpark; Site 1f (11 acres)--Financial Southern site; Site 1g (2
acres)--Gateway Executive Center site; Site 1h (2 acres)--Commercial
Services International site; Site 1i (1 acre)--Miles of Tiles site;
and, Site 1j (33 acres)--Calvary site; Site 2 (11 acres)--CenterPort
Industrial Park (owned by ProLogis ), NW 8th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale;
Site 3 (62 acres)--Port 95 Commerce Park (owned by ProLogis), I-95 and
SW 42nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 4 (278 acres)--Bergeron Park of
Commerce & Industry (owned by Bergeron Properties & Investment Corp.),
19612 SW 69th Place, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 5 (8 acres)--Harwood Business
Park (owned by CMD Properties, Inc.), 3355 Enterprise Avenue, Weston;
Site 6 (6 acres)--Lincoln Park CRA (owned by the City), between NW 18th
Avenue and NW 19th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale; Site 7 (10 acres)--Konover
CRA (owned by Konover Property Trust/C.L. Capitol), IH-95 and Broward,
Ft. Lauderdale; and, Site 8 (38 acres)--Lauderdale Industrial Park
(owned by Jesse Gaddis), southwest corner of NW 19th and NW 23rd, Ft.
Lauderdale. Site 1, which includes Sites 1a-1j, involves the Fort
Lauderdale Executive Airport and adjacent areas. Sites 6 and 7 are
located in Community Redevelopment Areas that provide tax credits, tax
refunds, and subsidized tax rates. Site 8 is a designated State
Enterprise Zone.
The application indicates a need for additional foreign-trade zone
services in the Greater Fort Lauderdale area. Several firms have
indicated an interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/
distribution of such items as decorative home accessories, medical
equipment, furniture, apparel and marble/ceramic tile. 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 April 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m., 100 N. Andrews Avenue, 8th
Floor Conference Room, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301.
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 May 28, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period (to June 14, 1999).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available during this time for public inspection at the following
locations:
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, 1401 West Commercial Blvd., Suite
200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.
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: March 22, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7523 Filed 3-26-99; 8:45 am]
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