Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone, Kern County, California, Application and Public Hearing

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 18-2009] An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the County of Kern Department of Airports to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Kern County, California. Meadows Field Airport in Kern County has been designated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a user fee airport. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ 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 28, 2009. The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under the California Government Code, Sections 6300-6305. The proposed zone would consist of two sites located in Kern County, California. They are as follows: Site 1 (231 acres, 3 parcels) - Parcel 1A (200 acres), within the 1,332-acre Meadow Field Airport complex (includes an aviation fuel depot), 1401 Skyway Drive, Bakersfield; Parcel 1B (1 acre) - at the P.R.I.M.E. (Pacific Rim & India Multinational Enterprises Corporation) warehouse facility, 2341 Cepheus Court, Bakersfield; and, Parcel 1C (30 acres) - located at the 110-acre Wingsport Industrial Park, Merle Haggard & Wings Way, Bakersfield. Parcels 1B and 1C are adjacent to the Meadows Field Airport. Parcel 1A is owned by Kern County. Parcels 1B and 1C are owned by private owners; and, Site 2 (167 acres) - located at the 1,450-acre Tejon Industrial Complex, intersecti…