DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 43-90]
55 FR 47357
November 13, 1990
Foreign-Trade Zone 2 -- New Orleans, LA; Application for Expansion
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (the
Port), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 2, requesting authority to expand its
zone to two sites in Kenner, Louisiana, adjacent to the New Orleans
International Airport, within the New Orleans 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 October 31, 1990.
On July 16, 1946, the Port received authority from the Board to establish
a foreign-trade zone in New Orleans (B.O. 12, 11 FR 8235, 7/31/46). The zone
was expanded in 1984 (B.O. 245, 49 FR 15006, 4/16/84) and in 1986 (B.O. 331,
51 FR 17783, 5/15/86). It currently involves a site (19 acres) at the
Napoleon Avenue Wharf, a site (76 acres) within the Almonaster-Michoud
Industrial District, and the entire Newport Industrial Park (700 acres) in
New Orleans.
The Port is now requesting authority to expand its zone project to
include two warehouse facilities in Kenner (Jefferson Parish), Louisiana,
adjacent to the New Orleans International Airport. One facility is located
at 200 Crofton Road (159,000 sq. ft., Lacour Warehousing, Inc.) and the
other is at 2445-2447 Aberdeen Street (23,500 sq. ft., Quast and Company,
Inc.). No manufacturing approvals are being sought in the application. Such
approvals would be requested from the Board on a case-by-case basis.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report to the Board. The
committee consists of: Dennis Puccinelli (Chairman), Foreign-Trade Zones
Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Joel Mish,
District Director, U.S. Customs Service, South Central Region, 423 Canal
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130; and Colonel Richard V. Gorski,
District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District New Orleans, P.O. Box 60267,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70160.
Comments concerning the proposed expansion are invited in writing from
interested parties. They should be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or before
December 24, 1990.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, District Office,
432 World Trade Center,
2 Canal Street,
New Orleans, LA 70130.
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4213,
14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: November 1, 1990.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 90-26633 Filed 11-9-90; 8:45 am]
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