DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 6-81]
46 FR 27980
May 22, 1981
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone -- Baltimore/Washington International Airport,
Md.; 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 Maryland Department of
Transportation (MDOT), a State public agency, requesting authority to
establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at the Baltimore/Washington
International Airport (BWI), in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with the
Baltimore 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 14, 1981. The applicant is authorized to make
this proposal under Chapter 519, Acts of 1978, Sections 466-469 of Article
23, Annotated Code of Maryland.
The applicant proposes to establish a foreign-trade zone within BWI's
Air Cargo/Industrial Park Complex which covers 500 acres on airport
property. The zone will consist of two sites on 38 acres to be developed
in successive stages. Site one is a 16-acre parcel on Maryland Route 170
near Taxiway "A". It contains three existing air cargo buildings totaling
103,000 square feet of floor space to be used for initial zone operations.
Site two, located on Maryland Route 176 near Taxiway "T" would be
developed to accommodate the needs of anticipated processing and
manufacturing users. The State Aviation Administration, and MDOT agency,
would operate the zone in conjunction with its overall operation of the
airport.
MDOT has been working in close cooperation with the Maryland Department
of Economic and Community Development in formulating a zone project
consistent with State needs. As a result, the project has been designed
as an integral part of the State's economic development efforts to
attract new business and to support existing industries.
The application contains evidence concerning the need for zone services
in the Baltimore area. The applicant's market survey indicates substantial
interest on the part of the Maryland business community, particularly
firms using BWI airport.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has
beenappointed to investigate the application and report to the Board. The
committee consists of: Paul R. Nichols (Chairman), Program Manager, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230;
Carl W. Johnson, Program Analyst, Customs Service, Region III, 40 South
Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202; and Colonel James W. Peck, District
Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Baltimore, P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore,
Maryland 21203.
As part of its investigation, the examiners committee will hold a
public hearing on June 25, 1981, beginning at 10:00 a.m., in Conference
Room 2 of the Passenger Terminal, Baltimore/Washington International
Airport, Maryland. 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 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
June 17, 1981. Instead of an oral presentation, written statements may be
submitted to the examiners committee in accordance with the Board's
regulations, care of the Executive Secretary, at any time from the date
of this notice through July 25, 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:
District Office, U.S. Department of Commerce,
415 U.S. Customshouse,
Gay and Lombard Streets,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2006,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: May 18, 1981.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 81-15327 Filed 5-21-81; 8:45 am]