Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone; Onondaga County, New York (Syracuse Port of
Entry); 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 County of Onondaga, New York,
requesting authority to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone in the Town
of Clay, Onondaga County, adjacent to the Syracuse 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 March 7, 1983. The applicant is authorized to
make this proposal under County Law Section 224 (Subd. 23) of McKinney's
Consolidated Laws of New York.
The proposed zone will cover 21 acres within the 1,300-acre Woodward Industrial
Park on Steelway Boulevard, in the Town of Clay, some 5 miles from the
Syracuse-Hancock International Airport. An existing 64,000 square foot warehouse
is available for initial general-purpose zone operations. The property is owned by the
Paul-Jeffrey Company, Inc., a distribution and warehousing service, which has been
designated the zone operator. The zone project will be administered on behalf of the
applicant by the Greater Syracuse Foreign Trade Zone, Ltd., a non-profit corporation
affiliated with the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.
The application contains evidence of the need for zone services in the greater
Syracuse area. A number of prospective tenants have indicated an interest in using
the zone for warehousing, consolidation, packaging, manipulation and manufacturing
of commercial laundry and dry cleaning equipment, compressors, filtration products,
automobile lighting and safety equipment, electrical and electronic products, medical
instruments, china, frozen food and wooden toys. Specific manufacturing approvals
are not being sought at this time, requests to be made to the Board 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: John J. Da Ponte, Jr. (Chairman), Director, Foreign-Trade Zones Staff,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; Edward A. Goggin,
Assistant Regional Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Northeast Region, 100
Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110; and Colonel Robert B. Hardiman,
District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Buffalo, 1776 Niagara Street,
Buffalo, New York 14207.
As part of its investigation, the examiners committee will hold a public hearing on
April 6, 1983, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in Room 1023 of the James M. Hanley
Federal Building, 100 Clinton St., Syracuse, N.Y. 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 April 1. 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 May 6, 1983. 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:
Port Director's Office,
U.S. Customs Service,
Federal Building, Room 1219,
100 South Clinton Street,
Syracuse, New York 13260
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1872,
14th and Constitution, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: March 8, 1983.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 83-6477 Filed 3-11-83; 8:45 am]
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