DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 39-83]
48 FR 49085
October 24, 1983
Foreign-Trade Zone 1, New York, New York; Application for Expansion --
John F. Kennedy International Airport
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the City of New York, New York, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 1, requesting authority to expand the City's zone project to include
a site at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), within the New York
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 October 17, 1983. The applicant is authorized to make this proposal
under Chapter 396, Laws of New York, 1942.
In 1936, the City was authorized by the Board to establish a zone in
the New York Harbor area (Board Order 2). Since early 1970, the zone has
been located within the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It has received an annual
average of $100 million in merchandise in recent years, with over 50
percent reexported.
The City now proposes to establish a zone site at JFK to supplement the
services already available at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with a focus on
air-cargo related operations. The plan for the JFK zone site would involve
the designation of the airport's cargo center and cargo development area,
covering 1716 acres within the 5000-acre airport complex, as approved FTZ
space sections of which would be activated as needed with Customs
operational approval. As administrator of the zone site, the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey will make available the JFK Building 88 for
initial zone operations. The application contains evidence that a number
of firms have expressed interest in using zone procedures at JFK.
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; Anthony Liberta, JFK Airport Director, U.S. Customs Service, New
York Region, Cargo Bldg. 80, JFK Airport, Jamaica, NY 11430; and Colonel
F. H. Griffis, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District New York, 26
Federal Plaza, New York, NY 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 November 26, 1983.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Dept. of Commerce District Office,
Federal Office Building, Room 3718,
26 Federal Plaza,
New York, NY 10278
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: October 18, 1983.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 83-28822 Filed 10-21-83; 8:45 am]
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