FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD
[Docket No. 53-84]
49 FR 48582
December 13, 1984
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone -- Albany, NY, Customs Port of Entry Area;
Application and Public Hearing
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission, a New
York public corporation associated with Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and
Schenectady Counties, requesting authority to establish a general-purpose
foreign-trade zone in the Albany Customs port of entry area. 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 December 6, 1984. The
applicant is authorized to make this proposal under Chapter 138 of the
Laws of the State of New York, 1984.
The proposed foreign-trade zone will involve 3 sites totalling 45
acres. Site 1 covers 8 acres and includes 148,000 square feet of
warehousing space within the 551-acre Northeastern Industrial Park on
County Route 201 in Guilderland, Albany County. Site 2 involves a 44,800
square foot warehouse within the 235-acre Rotterdam Industrial Park on
Route 7 in Rotterdam, Schenectady County. Site 3 covers 36 acres, including
43,000 square feet of warehouse space within the 236-acre Port of Albany,
on the Rensselaer side. Sites 1 and 2 will be operated by Distribution
Unlimited, Inc. of the Galesi Group.
The application contains evidence for the need for zone services in the
Albany area. A number of firms have expressed an interest in using zone
procedures for the storage, processing and manufacture of items such as
specialty trucks, marine containers, control valves, fabricated metal
products, textiles, leather, and gloves.
The application contains only a single manufacturing proposal. Walter
Equipment U.S.A., Inc. is proposing to use zone procedures to assemble
specialty trucks such as tow trucks, snow removal trucks and off-the-road
trucks. The company purchases engines, bodies, axles, tires and other
parts, and assembles the vehicles on its frames, using a variety of its
parts such as gear drives and differentials. Some 2 percent of its
components are purchased from foreign sources, including fiberglass
watertanks, shock absorbers, machined forgings, spring assemblies, cabs,
and alloy-steel brake castings. It also sends metal parts to Canada for
machining. Some 5 percent of the completed trucks are exported. Any other
manufacturing requests would be reviewed by the Board separately 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; John Martuge,
Area Director, U.S. Customs Service, New York Region, Room 423, 6 World
Trade Center, New York, NY 10048; and Colonel F.H. Griffis, Jr., District
Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District New York, 26 Federal Plaza, New York,
NY 10278.
As part of its investigation, the examiners committee will hold a public
hearing on January 15, 1985, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in Hearing Room B of
the State Legislative Office Building, State Capitol, Albany. 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 January 9. 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 February 15,
1985.
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,
445 Broadway,
P.O. Bldg., Rm. 215,
Albany, NY 12207
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1529,
14th and Pennsylvania, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230.
Dated: November 10, 1984.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 84-32522 Filed 12-12-84; 8:45 am]
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