Proposed Foreign-Trade ZoneSt. Clair County, Michigan; (Port Huron Customs Port of Entry) Application and Public Hearing

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 31-94]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--St. Clair County, Michigan; (Port

Huron Customs Port of Entry) Application and Public Hearing

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

(the Board) by the Port Huron-St. Clair County Industrial Development

Corporation (IDC), (a Michigan non-profit corporation), requesting

authority to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in St.

Clair County, Michigan, within the Port Huron 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

October 17, 1994. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal

under Act No. 154 of the Public Acts of 1963 of the State of Michigan.

The proposed zone would consist of four sites (326 acres) in the

Cities of Port Huron and Marysville and in Port Huron Township: Site 1

(Port Huron Seaway Terminal--2 acres), 2336 Military Street, Port

Huron, owned by the City of Port Huron; Site 2 (Port Huron Industrial

Park--300 acres), 16th and Dove Streets, Port Huron, owned by the City

of Port Huron; Site 3 (International Industrial Park, Inc.,--15 acres),

330 Griswold Rd., Port Huron Township, owned by CIPA-USA; and, Site 4

(Wilkie Brothers Warehouse--9 acres), 1765 Michigan Avenue, Marysville,

owned by Wilkie Investment and Blue Water Investment.

The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in

the Port Huron area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using

zone procedures for warehousing/distribution of such items as sugar

beet pellets, corn gluten pellets, grain screening pellets, cull beans,

woodpulp, copper and steel. No manufacturing approvals are being sought

for either site at this time. Such approvals would be requested from

the Board on a case-by-case basis.

In accordance with the Board's regulations (as revised, 57 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 November 17, 1994, 9:00 a.m., in the Public Meeting

Room at the Municipal Office Center, 100 McMorran Boulevard, Port

Huron, Michigan 48060.

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 December 27, 1994. Rebuttal comments in response

to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted

during the subsequent 15-day period (to January 9, 1995).

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, 526 Water Street,

Room 301, Port Huron, Michigan 48060-5471.

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

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

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 19, 1994.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 94-26444 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]

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