DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 24-81]
46 FR 63097
December 30, 1981
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone; City of Industry, California; Application
and Public Hearing
TEXT: Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the City of Industry,
California (the City), a municipal corporation, requesting authority
to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in the City of
Industry, adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach 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 December 22, 1981. The applicant is authorized to make this proposal
under sections 6300-6305 of the Government Code of the State of California.
The City of Industry is an incorporated community which has been
developed as a light industrial and commercial center. It covers 15
square miles some 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The zone
project is designed to provide special Customs services for the City's
many firms engaged in international trade related operations. Covering
120 acres south of Valley Boulevard between Fairway Drive and Lemon
Avenue, the zone will be the focal point of a 200-acre international
trade complex known as the Industry Distribution and Commerce Center,
Foreign-Trade Zone/Freeport. The project will be administered on behalf
of the City by National Engineering Company, which will be responsible
for developing the zone with City financing, and selecting a private
operator/manager.
The application contains evidence of the need for large-scale zone
services in the City of Industry. Prospective tenants have indicated an
interest in using over 1.3 million square feet in the zone for
warehousing, distribution, labeling, packing, and assembly of auto parts,
hardware, electronic components, electrical appliances, shoes, toiletry
products, alcoholic beverages and candy.
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: John J. Da Ponte, Jr. (Chairman), Director,
Foreign-Trade Zones Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
20230; John E. Brady, District Director, U.S. Customs Service, Region
VII, 300 South Ferry Street, Terminal Island, San Pedro, California
90731; and Colonel Paul W. Taylor, District Engineer, U.S. Army
Engineer District Los Angeles, P.O. Box 2711, Los Angeles, California
90053.
As part of its investigation, the Examiners Committee will hold a
public hearing on January 27, 1982, beginning at 10:00 a.m., in Room
2032 of the U.S. Customshouse Building, 300 South Ferry Street, Terminal
Island, California 90731. The purpose of the hearing is to help inform
interested persons about the proposal, to provide an opportunity for
their expression of views, and to obtain information useful to the
examiners.
Interested parties 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
January 18, 1982. 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 February 26, 1982. 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 District Office,
11777 San Vicente Boulevard, Room 800,
Los Angeles, California 90049
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3721,
14th and E Streets NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: December 23, 1981.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 81-37123 Filed 12-29-81; 8:45 am]