DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 17-86]
51 FR 20684
June 6, 1986
Foreign-Trade Zone 22, Chicago, IL; Application for Expansion
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Illinois International Port District, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 22, requesting authority to expand its zone to include a site
located in Manteno Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, adjacent to the
Chicago 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 15, 1986.
On October 29, 1975, the Board authorized the Chicago Regional Port
District to establish a foreign-trade zone in the Lake Calumet Harbor area
of Chicago, Illinois (Board Order 108, 40 FR 51242, Nov. 4, 1975). The
project currently covers a 25-acre industrial park site within the 2,250-
acre Lake Calumet Harbor area, within the Chicago Customs port of entry.
The proposed expansion involves a 578-acre planned industrial/commercial
complex, located on Bernard Road at County Highway 9 in Manteno Township,
Kankakee County, some 18 miles south of Chicago. The facility would be
operated by the Illinois Diversatech Campus Corporation.
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: Joseph E. Lowry (Chairman), Foreign-Trade Zones
Staff, U.S Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Larry Shirk, Assistant
District Director, U.S. Customs Service, North Central Region, 610 S. Canal
St., Chicago, IL 60607; and Lt. Col. Frank R. Finch, District Engineer, U.S
Army Engineer District Chicago, 219 S. Dearborn St. Chicago, IL 60604-1797.
Comments concerning the proposed expansion are invited in writing from
interested parties. They should be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or before July 11, 1986.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following location:
U.S. Department of Commerce District Office,
1406 Mid Continental Plaza Building,
55 East Monroe Street,
Chicago, IL 60603
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1529,
14th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: June 2, 1986.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 86-12759 Filed 6-5-86; 8:45 am]
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