Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Nevada,

[Federal Register: August 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 167)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 40-98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 126--Reno/Sparks, Nevada Area Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, grantee of FTZ 126, requesting authority to expand its zone in the Reno/Sparks area, within the Reno 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 August 17, 1998.

FTZ 126 was approved on April 4, 1986 (Board Order 328, 51 FR 12904, 4/16/86) and expanded on February 25, 1997 (Board Order 872, 62 FR 10520, 3/7/97). The general-purpose zone currently consists of three sites: Site 1 (15 acres) located on Spice Island Drive near the Reno International Airport, Sparks; Site 2 (9 acres, 482,000 sq. ft.) located at 450-475 Lillard Drive, Sparks; and, Site 3 (30 acres) consists of a warehouse complex with four related, but noncontiguous sites in Reno.

The applicant, in a major revision to its zone plan, now requests authority to expand the general-purpose zone to include 4 new sites (17,183 acres) in the Reno/Sparks area: Proposed Site 4 (4,646 acres)-- Nevada Pacific Industrial Park, Nevada Pacific Parkway & East Newlands Drive, Fernley; Proposed Site 5 (5,000 acres)--Asamera Ranch Industrial Center, Waltham Way Bridge and the Patrick Exit, Sparks; Proposed Site 6 (2,176 acres)--Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno; and, Proposed Site 7 (5,361 acres)--Reno-Stead Airport (a converted military base), 10 miles north of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno. Proposed Site 4 is owned by Wade/Fernley, L.P. and the Dermody Properties Operating Partnership and Proposed Site 5 is owned by Asamera Minerals (U.S.) Inc. Proposed Sites 6 and 7 are primarily publicly owned with some adjacent privately owned developments. Nevada Foreign Trade Services will be the FTZ operator of the sites. 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 October 27, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 12, 1998).

A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Office, 1755 East Plumb Lane, Room 152, Reno, NV 89502 Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: August 20, 1998. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-23237Filed8-27-98; 8:45 am]

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