[Federal Register: June 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket No. 27-2002]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 12--McAllen, Texas, Area; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the McAllen Economic Development Corporation, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 12, McAllen, Texas, requesting authority to expand 
its zone to include an additional site in the McAllen, Texas, area, 
within the Hidalgo/Pharr 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 June 11, 2002.
    FTZ 12 was approved on October 23, 1970 (Board Order 84, 35 FR 
16962, 11/3/70) and expanded on May 2, 1984 (Board Order 254, 49 FR 
22842, 6/1/84), on June 19, 1990 (Board Order 469, 55 FR 26225, 6/27/
90), and on April 29, 1996 (Board Order 819, 61 FR 21157, 5/9/96). The 
zone currently consists of: Site 1 (775 acres, 2 parcels)--McAllen 
Southwest Industrial Area, Hidalgo County: Parcel 1 (80 acres) located 
at FM 1016 and Ware Road and Parcel 2 (695 acres) located on FM 1016 
between Bentsen Road and Shary Road; and, Site 2 (8.5 acres)--at the 
Air Cargo Facility within McAllen Miller International Airport complex, 
McAllen.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include two additional parcels at Site 1 within the 
McAllen Southwest Industrial Area: Parcel 3 (50 acres) at the warehouse 
facility of Am-Mex Products, Inc., 3801 West Military Highway, Hidalgo 
County; and Parcel 4 (40 acres) at the warehouse facility of Millard 
Refrigerated Services, 6800 South Ware Road, Hidalgo County. 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, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    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 one of the addresses below:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building--
Suite 4100W, 1099 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is August 19, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to September 3, 
2002).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the offices of the McAllen Economic Development Corporation, 
6401 South 33rd Street, McAllen, TX 78503.

    Dated: June 11, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-15342 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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