DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 11-80]
45 FR 38096
June 6, 1980
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone; Jacksonville, Fla.;
Application and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Jacksonville Port Authority,
a Florida public corporation, requesting authority to establish a
general-purpose foreign-trade zone in the City of Jacksonville, Florida,
within the Jacksonville Customs port of entry. The application was
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 1934,
as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
Part 400). It was formally filed on May 29, 1980. The applicant is
authorized to make this proposal under its charter (Chapter 63-1447, 1963
Bylaws of Florida), as well as the State's general provision on foreign-
trade zones (Chapters 288.36-.37, Florida Statutes).
The proposal calls for the establishment of a general-purpose zone on a
143-acre parcel owned by the applicant and located near the Jacksonville
International Airport, some 8 miles north of downtown Jacksonville. The
parcel is part of a 7,000 acre tract assembled by the applicant which has
been designated in the City's long range comprehensive development and
zoning plan for distribution and light industrial facilities. Initially, a
general-purpose warehouse facility of some 30,000 square feet would be
constructed for zone operations within a 5-acre portion of the proposed
zone, with the remainder to be developed as needed. The facility will
either be operated by the applicant or contracted to a private developer/
operator.
The application contains economic data and information concerning the need
for a zone in the Jacksonville area. Several firms have indicated their
intention to use the requested zone for storage, distribution, repackaging,
and light manufacturing activities involving such products as marine parts
and supplies, sporting goods, heavy construction equipment, automotive
parts, luggage, and surgical instruments.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an Examiner's Committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report to the Board. The
committee consists of: Hugh J. Dolan (Chairman), Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and E Streets NW, Washington, DC 20230;
James R. Cahill, Director, Inspection and Control Division, U.S. Customs
Service, Region IV, 99 S.E. 5th Street, Miami, Florida 33131; and Colonel
James W. R. Adams, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District
Jacksonville, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32201.
As part of its investigation of the proposal, the Examiners Committee will
hold a public hearing on June 26, 1980, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the
Public Meeting Room of the Port Central Office Building, 2831 Talleyrand
Avenue, Jacksonville. The purpose of the hearing is to help inform
interested persons, to provide an opportunity for their expression of
views, and to obtain information useful to the examiners.
Interested persons or their representatives are invited to present their
views at the hearing. They should notify the Board's executive secretary
of their desire to be heard in writing at the address below or by phone
(202-377-2862) by June 19, 1980. Instead of an oral presentation, written
statements may be submitted in accordance with the Board's regulations to
the Examiners Committee, care of the Executive Secretary, at any time from
the date of this notice through July 28, 1980. Evidence submitted during
the post-hearing period is not desired unless it is clearly shown that the
matter is new and material and that there are good reasons why it could not
be presented at the hearing.
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available
during this time for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce Satellite Office,
Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce,
IBM Building, Suite 100,
815 S. Main Street,
Jacksonville, Florida 32207
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 6888-B
14th and E Streets NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: June 3, 1980.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 80-17263 Filed 6-5-80; 8:45 am]