Proposed Foreign-Trade ZonePalm Beach County, FL; Application and Public Hearing

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 22-94]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Palm Beach County, FL; Application

and Public Hearing

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(the Board) by the Palm Beach County Department of Airports, on behalf

of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Palm Beach, Florida,

requesting authority to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone

at sites in Palm Beach County, within the West Palm Beach 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

May 23, 1994. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under

Section 288.36, Florida Statutes Annotated (1991).

The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the

West Palm Beach Customs port of entry area. The existing zone, FTZ 135,

is located at the Port of Palm Beach (Grantee: Port of Palm Beach,

Board Order 348, 52 FR 9903, 3/27/87).

The proposed foreign-trade zone would consist of sites (306 acres)

at the Palm Beach International Airport and at the new North Palm Beach

County Airport, both located in Palm Beach County, Florida. Site 1 (24

acres) is at the Palm Beach International Airport, and includes the Air

Cargo Facility (Site 1a-3 acres); a proposed air cargo facility (Site

1b-5 acres); and a future industrial park type site (Site 1c-16 acres).

Site 2 (282 acres-3 parcels) is at the North Palm Beach County Airport,

Beeline Highway and Route 786. The sites are owned by Palm Beach

County.

The application contains evidence of the need for additional zone

services in the Palm Beach County area. Several firms have indicated an

interest in using zone procedures within the proposed project for

warehousing/distribution of such items as electronic components,

peripherals of data processing machines, lock components and 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 (as revised, 56 FR

50790-50808, 10-8-91), 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 June 23, 1994, at 9 a.m., in the Thomas McCaddy Room,

12th Floor, Governmental Center, 301 N. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach,

Florida.

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 August 2, 1994. Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during

the subsequent 15-day period (to August 17, 1994).

A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be

available during this time for public inspection at the following

locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, 4 East Port

Road, Suite 104, Riviera Beach, Florida 33404.

Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: May 25, 1994

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 94-13568 Filed 6-2-94; 8:45 am]

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