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to fill single copy requests at the above 

address. Basic data evaluated for the 

ROD are on file and may be reviewed by 

contacting Kevin D. Norton. 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

Kevin D. Norton, 

State Conservationist. 

[FR Doc. E8–22093 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 30, 

2008; 11 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: Via Teleconference: Public Dial 

In–1–800–597–7623, Conference ID# 

65389894. 

Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning 

• FY 2008 Statutory Report: Enforcing 

Religious Freedom in Prison 

• FY 2009 Briefing Topic: Employers’ 

Rights to Specify English as the 

Language of the Workplace 

III. Future Agenda Items 

IV. Adjourn 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8582. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–22236 Filed 9–18–08; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 49–2008] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 84 Houston, 

Texas, Application for Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Port of Houston 

Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, requesting 

authority to expand its zone in the 

Houston, Texas, area, adjacent to the 

Houston CBP 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 September 10, 2008. 

FTZ 84 was approved on July 15, 

1983 (Board Order 214, 48 FR 34792, 8/ 

1/83). The zone was expanded on 

December 24, 1991 (Board Order 551, 57 

FR 42, 1/2/92), on December 23, 1993 

(Board Order 670, 59 FR 61, 1/3/94), on 

August 24, 2000 (Board Order 1115, 65 

FR 54197, 9/7/00), on March 21, 2003 

(Board Order 1271, 68 FR 15431, 3/31/ 

03), and on May 14, 2003 (Board Order 

1277, 68 FR 27987, 5/22/03). 

The general–purpose zone currently 

consists of 16 sites (1,799 acres) at port 

facilities, industrial parks and 

warehouse facilities in Houston and the 

Harris County area. The sites -- which 

are in Houston unless otherwise stated 

-- are as follows: Site 1 (421 acres)-- 

Houston Ship Channel Turning Basin, 

Clinton Drive at Highway 610 East 

Loop; Site 2 (97 acres)--Houston Ship 

Channel (Bulk Materials Handling 

Plant), north bank between Greens 

Bayou and Penn City Road; Site 3 (99 

acres)--Barbours Cut Turning Basin, 

Highway 146 at Highway 225; Site 4 (4 

acres)--Cargoways Logistics (formerly 

Dynamic Warehousing and Trucking), 

1201 Hahlo Street; Site 5 (8 acres)-- 

Timco Scrap Processing (formerly Port 

Houston Storage Depot), 6747 Avenue 

W; Site 6 (73 acres)--Odfjell Terminals 

(formerly Baytank (Houston), Inc.), 

12211 Port Road; Site 7 (126 acres)-- 

Jacintoport Terminal, Houston Ship 

Channel,16398 Jacintoport Blvd.; Site 8 

(162 acres)--Central Green Business 

Park,16638 Air Center Blvd.; Site 9 (72 

acres)--Manchester Terminal 

Corporation, 10000 Manchester; Site 10 

(14 acres)--13609 Industrial Road, 

within the Greens Port Industrial Park 

along the Houston Ship Channel; Site 11 

(269 acres)--Oiltanking, Inc.,15602 

Jacintoport Boulevard; Site 12 (146 

acres)--Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminal 

LLC, Clinton Drive at Panther Creek and 

North Witter Street at Bayou Street; Site 

13 (18 acres)--Exel Logistics, Inc., 8833 

City Park Loop Street; Site 14 (22 acres)- 

-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 

Fuel Storage Road, Houston jet fuel 

storage and distribution system; Site 15 

(196 acres)--Magellan Midstream 

Partners, liquid bulk facility, 12901 

American Petroleum Road, Galena Park, 

Harris County; and, Site 16 (72 acres)- 

-Katoen Natie Gulf Coast Warehousing 

Complex, Miller Road Cutoff and U.S. 

Highway 225, Harris County. 

The applicant is now requesting 

authority to expand the general–purpose 

zone to include six additional sites (980 

acres) in the Houston and Harris County 

area: Proposed Site 17 (172 acres total, 

2 parcels)--within the Highway 225 

Industrial Development: Underwood 

Industrial Park (162 acres), located at 

2820 East 13th Street, Deer Park, and 

Battleground Business Park (10 acres), 

located at the corner of Porter Road and 

Old Underwood Road, La Porte; 

Proposed Site 18 (106 acres)--Bay Area 

Business Park, located at Red Bluff Road 

and Bay Area Boulevard, Pasadena; 

Proposed Site 19 (190 acres)--Republic 

Distribution Center, located on the 

corner of Red Bluff Road and Choate 

Road, Pasadena; Proposed Site 20 (299 

acres)--Port Crossing Industrial Park, 

located along McCabe Road and State 

Highway 146, La Porte; Proposed Site 21 

(67 acres)--Port of Houston Authority’s 

Care Terminal, located at 16800 

Peninsula Boulevard, Houston; and, 

Proposed Site 22 (146 acres)--Port of 

Houston Authority’s Beltway 8 Tract, 

located at the corner of East Belt Drive 

and Jacintoport Boulevard, Houston. 

The sites will provide public 

warehousing and distribution services 

to area businesses. No specific 

manufacturing authority is being 

requested at this time. Such requests 

would be made to the Board on a case– 

by-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment 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 21, 2008. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to December 

8, 2008. 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

for public inspection at each of the 

following locations: U.S. Department of 

Commerce Export Assistance Center, 

1919 Smith Street, Suite 1026, Houston, 

Texas 77002; and, the Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade 

Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For further information, contact 

Kathleen Boyce at 202–482–1346 or 

KathleenlBoyce@ita.doc.gov. 

Dated: September 10, 2008. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22105 Filed 9–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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