Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Florida,

[Federal Register: March 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 59)]

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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 filedon 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. 99-7523Filed3-26-99; 8:45 am]

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