[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5593]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 9-98]
Foreign-Trade Zone 38; Spartanburg County, South Carolina--
Application for Expansion
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee
of Foreign-Trade Zone 38, requesting authority to expand its zone in
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, within the Greenville/Spartanburg
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 February 25, 1998.
FTZ 38 was approved on May 4, 1978 (Board Order 131, 43 FR 20526,
5/12/78) and expanded on November 9, 1994 (Board Order 715, 59 FR
59992, 11/21/94) and July 23, 1997 (Board Order 910, 62 FR 40797, 7/30/
97). The zone project currently consists of four sites in Spartanburg
County: Site 1 (20 acres)--U.S. Highway 29 Industrial Park, Wellford;
Site 2 (111 acres--International Transport Center, Greer; Site 3 (111
acres)--Highway 290 Commerce Park, Duncan; and, Site 4 (473 acres)
Wingo Corporate Park, Spartanburg.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand one of its
existing sites (Site 2) as follows: Site 2--add 3 parcels (688 acres)
located at the newly formed Gateway International Business Center,
Brookshire Road, off U.S. Highway 101, Greer (increasing the overall
area for Site 2 from 111 acres to 799 acres). 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 May 4, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period (to May 18, 1998).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, 150-A West Phillips
Road, Greer, SC 29650.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: February 25, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5593 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
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