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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 37-96]
Foreign-Trade Zone 43--Battle Creek, MI Area; Application for
Expansion
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, grantee of FTZ 43,
requesting authority to expand its zone at a site in Benton Harbor,
Michigan, adjacent to the Battle Creek 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 May 7, 1996.
FTZ 43 was approved on October 19, 1978 (Board Order 138, 43 FR
50233; 10/27/78). Since then the zone has been expanded three times
(B.O.s 496, 554 & 555). It currently consists of three sites in the
Battle Creek area: Site 1: (1,731 acres)--within the Fort Custer
Industrial Park and adjacent Columbia West Industrial Park, Battle
Creek; Site 2: (23 acres)--warehouse facility owned and operated by TLC
Warehousing Services, Inc. (TLC), at 6677 Beatrice Drive in Texas
Township (Kalamazoo County); and Site 3: (22 acres)--warehouse
facility, also operated by TLC, 8250 Logistic Drive, Zeeland Township
(Ottawa County), some 20 miles southwest of Grand Rapids.
The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include a site (30 acres--2 parcels) located within the
120-acre St. Joseph River Harbor Development Area adjacent to Lake
Michigan in Benton Harbor (Berrien County), Michigan, some 50 miles
east of Battle Creek. The first parcel is bordered by North Riverview
Street, BL-94, the St. Joseph River and the Paw Paw River. The second
parcel is bordered by Graham Street, 8th Street, the CSX Railroad Line
and the Paw Paw River. The site will be operated by Cornerstone
Alliance Council of Commerce and Community Development, a local
economic development corporation.
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 July 19, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period August 5, 1996.
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Customs Service, North Central Region, 4950 W. Dickman Road,
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW,Washington, DC 20230
Dated: May 10, 1996.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary,
[FR Doc. 96-12514 Filed 5-17-96; 8:45 am]