Proposed Foreign-Trade ZoneSanta Maria, California Area Amendment of Application

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Doc. 34-98]

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Santa Maria, California Area

Amendment of Application

Notice is hereby given that the application of the Santa Maria

Public Airport District, to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade

zone in the Santa Maria, California area (Doc. 34-98, 63 F.R. 36875, 7/

8/98), has been amended to include an additional parcel (105 acres),

within Proposed Site 2 (Vandenberg Air Force Base complex). The parcel,

which is operated by Spaceport Systems International, is presently

being used to perform payload integration activities. A launch facility

from which satellites will be launched into space is being built on

this site.

As amended, Proposed Site 2 would cover 2 parcels (164 acres, 2a

and 2b). The application otherwise remains unchanged.

The comment period is extended until October 8, 1998. Submissions

(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive

Secretary at the address below.

A copy of the application and the amendment and accompanying

exhibits are available for public inspection at the following

locations:

Office of the Santa Maria Public Airport District, 3217 Terminal Drive,

Santa Maria, CA 93455

Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,Washington, DC

20230.

Dated: August 13, 1998.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-22551 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]

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