DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 3-82]
47 FR 2898
January 20, 1982
Foreign-Trade Zone 49; Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey; Application for
Expansion
TEXT: Notice is hereby given that an application has been submitted to the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey (the Port Authority), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 49,
Newark/Ellizabeth, New Jersey, requesting authority to expand the zone to
include the entire Port Newark/Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal on
Newark Bay, within the New York City 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 CFR
Part 400). It was formally filed on January 11, 1982. The applicant is
authorized to make this proposal under Section 12:13-1 of the New Jersey
Statutes Annotated.
On April 6, 1979, the Port Authority received from the Board authority
to establish a foreign-trade zone facility within the 2,200-acre marine
terminal complex, consisting of two general-purpose buildings totaling
200,000 square feet (Board Order 146, 44 FR 22502, 4-16-79). The zone
became operational in April 1981 and is expected to be fully occupied in
the near future. This application requests the designation of the entire
complex as a zone so that the Port Authority has additional space and
flexibility in meeting the growing demand for zone services.
The application indicates a need for two million square feet of
additional zone space for a variety of operations which cannot presently
be accommodated. Prospective uses include storage, distribution, processing
and assembly of industrial machinery, automobiles, motorcycles, electrical
equipment, electronic components, household goods, luggage, and apparel.
The Port Authority has not been able to plan the location of the new
prospects within one section of the complex because of their individual
needs. This proposal is based uon the fact that the clustering of users is
not feasible and that the terminal complex is operated as an integrated
and secured facility. Sites would be activated as needed after necessary
improvements are made and Customs approval obtained.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an Examiners Committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report thereon 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; Benjamin C. Jefferson, Newark Area Director, U.S.
Customs Service, Region II, Airport International Plaza, Room 210A, Newark,
New Jersey 07114; and Colonel Walter M. Smith, Jr., District Engineer,
U.S. Army Engineer District New York, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New
York 10278.
Comments concerning the proposed zone expansion are invited in writing
from interested persons and organizations. They should be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or
before February 22, 1982
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Gateway Building, 4th Floor,
Market Street and Penn Plaza,
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th and E Streets, NW, Room 3721,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: January 13, 1982.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executivve Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 82-1381 Filed 1-19-82; 8:45 am]
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