[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 98 (Monday, May 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27077-27078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12498]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 23-95]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Ocala/Marion County, Florida; 
Application and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Economic Development Council, Inc. (of Ocala/Marion 
County) (a Florida non-profit corporation), to establish a general-
purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Ocala and Marion County, 
Florida. Designation of the Ocala Regional Airport as a Customs user 
fee airport is being requested under a separate application to the U.S. 
Customs Service. The FTZ 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 15, 1995. The applicant is authorized to make the 
proposal under Section 288.36, Florida Statutes Annotated (1993).
    The proposed zone would consist of 5 sites (3,634 acres) in Ocala/
Marion County: Site 1 (Ocala Regional Airport complex--1,532 acres)--
1770 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala; Site 2 (Ocala Airport Commerce Center--92 
acres)--intersection of SW 60th Avenue and Highway 40, Ocala; Site 3 
(Oaks Industrial Center--225 acres)--Highway 40, 1 mile west of I-75, 
Ocala; Site 4 (Dunnellon/Marion County Airport and Commerce Center--
1,706 acres)--15072 SW 111th St, Dunnellon, Marion County; and, Site 5 
(Silver Springs Shores Industrial Park--79 acres)--County Road 464, 
Marion County. Site 1 is owned and operated by the City of Ocala. Sites 
2, 3 and 5 are privately owned, and Site 4 is owned and operated by the 
Marion County Commission.
    The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in 
the Ocala/Marion County area. Several firms have indicated an interest 
in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution of such items as 
laboratory equipment, water meters, flow measuring instruments, 
furniture and electronic products. Specific manufacturing approvals are 
not being sought at this [[Page 27078]] 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 June 15, 1995 at 9:00 a.m., City Council Chambers, 
Second Floor of City Hall, 151 SE Osceola Avenue, Ocala, 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 July 21, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to [75 days from date of publication]).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Ocala Regional Library, Reference Section, 15 SE Osceola Avenue, Ocala, 
Florida 34471.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: May 15, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-12498 Filed 5-19-95; 8:45 am]
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