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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 24-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 126--Reno, Nevada Area; Application for
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Nevada Development

Authority (NDA), grantee of FTZ 126, requesting authority to expand its
zone in the Reno, Nevada area, within the Reno 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
March 15, 1996.

    FTZ 126 was approved on April 4, 1986 (Board Order 328, 51 FR
12904; 4/16/86). The zone currently consists of the following two sites
in Sparks, Nevada, adjacent to the City of Reno: Site 1: (15 acres)
located on Spice Island Drive near the Reno International Airport; and,
Site 2: (9 acres, 482,000 sq. ft.) located at 450-475 Lillard Drive.

    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include a site Proposed Site 3: (30 acres) consisting
of four related but non-contiguous parcels in Reno, Nevada: Parcel A
(10 acres)--205 Parr Blvd.; Parcel B (9 acres)--365 Parr Circle; Parcel
C (7 acres)--345 Parr Circle; Parcel D (4 acres)--800 Stillwell Road.
Each of the four parcels contains a warehouse facility and together
they comprise a warehouse complex operated by Bender Warehouse Company.
Zone services will be provided by Nevada Foreign Trade Services, Inc.,
the operator of FTZ 126.

    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.

    Public comment (original and 3 copies) is invited from interested
parties (see FTZ Board address below). The closing date for their
receipt is May 31, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to June 17, 1996).

    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, District Office, 1755 East Plumb Lane,
Room 152, Reno, Nevada 89502
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: March 21, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-7777 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]