DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 3-81]
46 FR 11331
February 6, 1981
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone, Greater Hartford Area; Application and Public
Hearing
TEXT: Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the
Foreign-Trade Zone Board (the Board) by the Industrial Development
Commission of Windsor Locks, Connecticut (IDC), a public agency for the
Town of Windsor Locks, a municipal corporation, requesting authority to
establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, within the Hartford 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 January 26, 1981. The applicant
is authorized to make this proposal under Public Act 76-160 of the Laws of
Connecticut.
The applicant proposes to establish a foreign-trade zone adjacent to
Bradley International Airport to provide zone services for the Greater
Hartford area. The 17.5-acre zone will be located within the 38.5-acre
Crown Industrial Park at 399 Turnpike Road, Windsor Locks. A partnership
involving Charles Rubenstein and Hubert Arons, owner of the park, will
operate the zone as an integral part of the overall project. A 28,000
square foot general-purpose warehouse, currently under construction, will
be available to initial zone users. Other facilities will be built as
demand for zone services develops.
The zone project is being undertaken by the IDC, in cooperation with
the Town of Windsor Locks, the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce, the
Capitol Region Council of Governments and the State of Connecticut. It is
part of their effort to improve international trade related business and
employment opportunities.
The application contains evidence concerning the need for zone services
in the Greater Hartford area. A wide range of businesses have indicated an
interest in using the zone for storage, distribution, processing and light
manufacturing of products such as electronic relays and components,
precious metals, specialty ores, metallurgical testing devices, vacuum
components, electric wire harnesses and plugs, machine tool components,
and toys.
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: David L. Binder (Chairman), Division Director,
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
20230; Edward A. Goggin, Assistant Regional Commissioner (Operations),
U.S. Customs Service, Region I, 100 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02110; and Colonel C. Ernest Edgar III, Division Engineer, U.S. Army
Engineer Division, New England, 424 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
02154.
As part of its investigation, the Examiners Committee will hold a public
hearing on March 4, 1981, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the Auditorium of the
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford. 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
February 27, 1981. 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 April 3, 1981. 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, Room 610-B,
Federal Office Building,
450 Main Street,
Hartford, Connecticut 06103;
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2006,
14th and E Streets, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: January 30, 1981.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
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