[Federal Register: December 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 240)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 64-99]

 
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Riverside County, California 
Application and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the March Joint Powers Authority (a public 
corporation), to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in 
Riverside County, California, adjacent to Los Angeles-Long Beach 
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 
December 6, 1999. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal 
under Section 6302 of the California Code.
    The proposed zone would be the fourth general-purpose zone in the 
Los Angeles-Long Beach Customs port of entry area. The existing zones 
are FTZ 50 in Long Beach (sites also in Ontario, Santa Ana and San 
Bernardino) (Grantee: Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long 
Beach, Board Order 147, 44 FR 55919, 9/28/79); FTZ 191 in Palmdale 
(Grantee: City of Palmdale, Board Order 628, 58 FR 6614, 2/1/93); and, 
FTZ 202 in Los Angeles (sites also in Bakersfield, Rancho Dominguez and 
Carson) (Grantee: Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los 
Angeles, Board Order 693, 59 FR 37464, 7/22/94).
    The proposed new zone (2,480 acres) would be located at the March 
Inland Port (MIP), which is related to a defense conversion project at 
March Air Force Base. The site is located within Riverside County, 
California, and straddles Interstate 215 a few miles south of State 
Highway 60. The MIP development, consisting of over 7,000 acres of 
land, adjacent to the Cities of Moreno Valley, Perris and Riverside, is 
a newly-established civilian airport and air-cargo facility at the 
realigned March Air Force Base. The base now serves as an Air Reserve 
Base, and surplus lands are being made available for commercial uses. 
MIP is a ``joint-use airport,'' where airport facilities are owned and 
operated by the Air Force but made available for civilian aviation. The 
area to be included in the proposed zone is currently owned by the U.S. 
Air Force, but ownership is in the process of being conveyed to the 
applicant for commercial use. The application indicates a need for zone 
services in the Riverside County area. Several firms have indicated an 
interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution 
activity. 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 February 4, 2000, 10:00 a.m., at the March Joint 
Powers Authority Auditorium, 3409 Bundy Avenue, Riverside, California 
92518.
    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 February 22, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 8, 2000).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Office of the March Joint Powers Authority, 3430 Bundy Avenue, Suite 
107, Building 3408, March AFB, California 92518.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.


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    Dated: December 8, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32512 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]
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