[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34323]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 57-98]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Terre Haute, Indiana Application and
Public Hearing
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Terre Haute International Airport Authority,
to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Terre
Haute, Indiana. The Terre Haute International Airport has been
designated a Customs user fee airport facility by the U.S. Customs
Service. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of
the FTZ 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 14, 1998.
The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Indiana Code 8-
10-3-2.
The proposed new zone would consist of 4 sites (3,282 acres) in or
adjacent to Terre Haute: Site 1 (1,500 acres)--Terre Haute
International Airport complex (owned by the applicant), 581 South
Airport Street, and adjacent property (28 acres) at the southwest
corner of the airport (owned by Wabash Valley Asphalt Company), Terre
Haute; Site 2 (186 acres, 4 parcels)--Aleph Industrial Park (owned by
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), 2 miles south of the airport on
State Road 46, Terre Haute; Site 3 (92 acres, 7 parcels)--Fort Harrison
Industrial Park (parcels owned by park tenants), northwest of the
airport on Fruitridge Avenue, Terre Haute; and, Site 4 (1,476 acres)--
Vigo County Industrial Park (owned by the Vigo County Redevelopment
Commission, Futurex, Heartland Steel and Brentlinger Distributing),
five miles south of Interstate 70 on U.S. 41 at Harlan Road, Terre-
Haute. Sites 1 and 2 are included in the Airport Development Zone, a
special taxing district granted to the airport by the State of Indiana
to encourage development of the property. All sites will be operated by
the Terre Haute International Airport Authority.
The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in
the Terre Haute/Wabash Valley region. Several firms have indicated an
interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution and
possibly processing of such items as steel, telecommunications products
and plastic sheet products. Specific manufacturing approvals are not
being sought at this time. Requests for FTZ processing/manufacturing
authority will be made to the Board separately on a case-by-case basis.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
As part of the investigation, the Commerce examiner will hold a
public hearing on January 28, 1999, 2:00 p.m., at the Ivy Tech State
College, Hyperlink Room (Rm. 257), Terre Haute, Indiana 47803.
Public comment on the application is invited from interested
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period
for their receipt is [February 26, 1999]. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period (to [March 3, 1999]).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available during this time for public inspection at the following
locations:
Terre Haute International Airport, Hulman Field, 581 South Airport
Street, Terre Haute, IN 47803
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: December 15, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34323 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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