An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board), by the City of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 82, requesting authority to expand its zone in Mobile, Alabama, within the Mobile 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 April 11, 2003.
FTZ 82 was approved on February 24, 1983 (Board Order 208, 48 FR 9052, 3/3/83) and expanded on February 27, 1990 (Board Order 464, 55 FR 8159, 3/7/90). The general-purpose zone currently consists of one site (1,035 acres) at the Brookley Complex and Brookley Airport in Mobile.
The applicant is now requesting authority for a major expansion of the zone as described below. The proposal requests authority to expand Site 1 to include additional areas and to include 12 additional sites along the Mobile Bay industrial corridor.
No specific manufacturing requests are being made 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:
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The closing period for their receipt is June 20, 2003. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to July 7, 2003).
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 Office of the City Clerk, City of Mobile, 9th Floor, South Tower, Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602.