(Cite as: 58 FR 44490)
NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(Docket 41-93)
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Ventura County, California
(Port Hueneme Customs Port of Entry); Application and Public Hearing
Monday, August 23, 1993
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners, Oxnard Harbor District, (also
known as the Port of Hueneme), requesting authority to establish a general-
purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Port Hueneme and Oxnard, California,
within the Port Hueneme 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 August 10, 1993. The applicant is authorized to make the
proposal under Section 6302 of the California Code.
The proposed foreign-trade zone would consist of 3 sites (807 acres), with
Site 1 located in the City of Port Hueneme and Sites 2 and 3 located in the
City of Oxnard. Site 1 (Seaport site--738 acres) consists of 2 parcels: The
Port of Hueneme terminal complex (61 acres), 105 Port Hueneme Road, Port
Hueneme (owned and operated by the Oxnard Harbor District), and an
industrial area (677 acres) within the 1,615-acre U.S. Naval Construction
Battalion Center, 105 Port Hueneme Road, Port Hueneme. Mazda Motor of
America, Inc., operates a vehicle storage, distribution and processing
facility on a 60-acre parcel within Site 1. Site 2 (South Oxnard Industrial
Park--47 acres) consists of 2 parcels: BMW tract (21 acres), 5650 Arcturus
Road, Oxnard; and, Wallenius Lines, North America tract (26 acres), 5601
Edison Road, Oxnard. Both will be used for vehicle processing and storage
activity. Site 3 (Terminal Freezers site--22 acres) is located at 908 E.
3rd Street, Oxnard. Terminal Freezers, Inc., owns and operates the public
multi-user cold- storage distribution facility which currently serves as a
bonded warehouse with Customs and USDA inspection services available on site.
The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in the Port
Hueneme/Oxnard area. Several firms have indicated an interest in using zone
procedures for warehousing/distribution of such items as automobiles,
agricultural products, machinery, lumber, woodpulp, pipes and marine
vessels. 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 (as revised, 56 FR 50790-50808,
10- 8-91), 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 September 14, 1993, at 10:00 a.m., Port Hueneme City Council
Chambers, 250 North Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, California.
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 October 22, 1993. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to November 8, 1993).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available
during this time for public inspection at the following locations:
Administrative Offices,
Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District,
105 Port Hueneme Road,
Port Hueneme, California 93041
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, room 3716,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: August 10, 1993.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
(FR Doc. 93-20320 Filed 8-20-93; 8:45 am)
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