DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 28-87]
52 FR 43378
November 12, 1987
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 (Port District),
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 22, requesting authority to expand the zone
to include 2 sites in the Joliet/Will County, Illinois area, 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 October 26, 1987.
Foreign-Trade Zone 22, approved in 1975, currently consists of 603 acres
at 3 sites. Site 1, in the Lake Calumet area, is composed of 20 acres. Site
2, at O'Hare Airport, comprises 225,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space. Site 3,
in Manteno Township, Kankakee County, is an industrial park area of some
578 acres.
The expansion would involve 2 sites in the Joliet/Will County area
totalling 49 acres. Site A (34 acres) is located at 143rd St. and Van Dyke
Rd., Plainfield, Illinois. Site B consists of two parcels at McDonough St.
in Joliet. Parcel 1 (5 acres) is located at 1408 McDonough St., and parcel
2 (10 acres) adjoins this site. Both sites would be operated by the Joliet
Regional Port District. No approvals for manufacturing are sought in this
application. Such requests would be reviewed by 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: Joseph Lowry (Chairman), Foreign-Trade Zones Staff,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Larry Shirk, Assistant
District Director, U.S. Customs Service, North Central Region, 610 S. Canal
St., Chicago, Ill. 60607; and Lt. Colonel Jess J. Franco, District Engineer,
U.S. Army Engineer District Chicago, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
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 December 18, 1987.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce District Office,
1406 Mid Continental Plaza Bldg.,
55 East Monroe Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room 1529,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated November 5, 1987.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
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