DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 17-83]
48 FR 26491
June 8, 1983
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone -- Dayton, Ohio; Application and Public Hearing
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Greater Dayton Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., a non-profit
Ohio corporation affiliated with the City of Dayton, Montgomery County and
the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, requesting authority to establish a
general-purpose foreign-trade zone in Dayton, Ohio, within the Dayton
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 May 24, 1983. The applicant is authorized to make this proposal under
Section 1743.11 of the Ohio Revised Code.
The proposed zone will cover 452 acres at the Dayton International
Airport, a city-owned commercial, industrial and transportation complex
totalling some 3200 acres. A 52,000 square foot general-purpose building,
currently under construction at 10300 Freight Drive, will be used for
initial zone activity. Steve Ellis Realty has been designated as zone
developer and operator.
The application contains evidence of the need for zone procedures in the
Dayton area. A number of firms have indicated an interest in using the zone
for warehousing/distribution, inspection and repair of products, such as
machinery and tooling, welding system components, vehicle components,
appliances, heaters, gaskets, rope, laboratory equipment, instruments,
electronic components and equipment, switches, medical products and sugar.
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 F. Nelson, District Director, U.S. Customs Service, (6th
Floor), 55 Erieview Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; and Colonel Charles E.
Eastburn, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Louisville, P.O.
Box 59, Louisville, KY 40201.
As part of its investigation, the examiners committee will hold a public
hearing on June 28, 1983, beginning at 8:30 A.M., in Conference Room A of
the Dayton Marriott Hotel, 1414 South Patterson Blvd., Dayton, Ohio.
Interested parties are invited to present their views at the hearing.
Persons wishing to testify should notify the Board's Executive Secretary in
writing at the address below or by phone (202/377-2862) by June 22. 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 July
29, 1983.
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available
during this time for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Port Director's Office,
U.S. Customs Service,
Dayton International Airport,
International Arrivals Building,
Vandalia, OH 45377
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1872,
14th and Pennsylvania, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: May 31, 1983.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 83-15310 Filed 6-7-83; 8:45 am]
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