[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 55-2000]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Edinburg, Texas; Application and 
Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of Edinburg, Texas, to establish a 
general-purpose foreign-trade zone in Edinburg, Texas, adjacent to the 
Hidalgo/Pharr 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 filed on September 22, 2000. The applicant is authorized to 
make the proposal under Senate Bill 691 of the 70th Legislature of the 
State of Texas (Regular Session, 1987), codified as Tex Rev. Civ. Stat. 
Ann. Art. 1446.01.
    The proposed zone would be the second general-purpose zone in the 
Hidalgo/Pharr Customs port of entry area. The existing zone is FTZ 12 
in McAllen, Texas (Grantee: McAllen Economic Development Corporation, 
Board Order 84, 35 FR 16962, 11/3/70).
    The proposed new zone would involve a site (552 acres) located at 
the Edinburg International Airport complex, 400 East Hargill Road, 11 
miles north of the City of Edinburg. The site is about 25 miles north 
of the Pharr/Reynosa International Bridge, one of the two bridges 
connecting the U.S. to Reynosa, Mexico. The applicant owns the site.
    The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in 
the Edinburg area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using 
zone procedures for warehousing/distribution of such items as precision 
instruments, apparel, electronics and medical supplies. 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 November 1, 2000, at 9 a.m., University of Texas--Pan 
American Campus, International Trade and Technology Building, corner of 
Dr. Miguel Nevarez and 107, Room 1.102, Edinburg, Texas 78539.
    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 November 28, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 13, 2000).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

The University of Texas--Pan American Campus, International Trade and 
Technology Building, Room 1.102, Corner of Dr. Miguel Nevarez and 107, 
Edinburg, Texas 78539,
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: September 22, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-25084 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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