DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 18-82]
47 FR 35544
August 16, 1982
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone, Huntsville, Alabama; 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 Huntsville-Madison County
Airport Authority (the Airport Authority), an Alabama public corporation,
requesting authority to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in
Huntsville, within the Huntsville Customs port of entry. The application
was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act,
as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 C.F.R.
Part 400). It was formally filed on July 30, 1982. The applicant is
authorized to make this proposal under Act No. 498, House Bill 1158,
Bound Acts of Alabama, 1977.
The proposed foreign-trade zone will cover 4 sites totaling 1300 acres
within the 3,000-acre Huntsville-Madison County Airport and industrial
complex. The facility is owned and will be operated by the Airport
Authority. An existing 50,000 square foot warehouse is available for
initial zone operations. Space is also available for firms requiring
separate facilities.
The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in the
Huntsville area. A number of prospective tenants have indicated an interest
in using the zone for warehousing, distribution, processing, and
manufacturing of products such as bauxite, machinery and parts, foundry
components, valve parts, gear boxes, bearings, electronic components and
products, and components for televisions, telephones, and computers. At
the outset, only non-manufacturing operations are involved. Specific
manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time, with requests
to be made in the future on a case-by-case basis.
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: Dennis Puccinelli (Chairman), Foreign-Trade
Zones Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; Harvey
L. Perry, District Director, U.S. Customs Service, Region V, 250 N. Water
Street, Mobile, Alabama 36601; and Colonel Patrick J. Kelly, District
Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Mobile, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile,
Alabama 36628.
As part of its investigation, the examiners committee will hold a
public hearing on September 8, 1982, beginning at 10:00 a.m., in the
Madision Room of the Sky Center Hotel, Huntsville-Madison County Airport,
Huntsville. 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
September 1, 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 October 8, 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:
Office of the Executive Director,
Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority,
Terminal Building,
Huntsville-Madison County Airport,
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3721,
14th and Pennsylvania NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: August 10, 1982.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 82-22240 Filed 8-13-82; 8:45 am]
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