[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15460-15461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8259]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 21-97]
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone; Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina
(Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry Counties, North Carolina)
Application and Public Hearing
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Piedmont Triad Partnership (a North Carolina non-
profit corporation), to establish a general purpose foreign-trade zone
at sites in Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry Counties, North
Carolina, adjacent to the Winston-Salem 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 20, 1997.
The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Chapter 55C of
the North Carolina General Statutes.
The proposed zone would consist of 6 sites (3,610 acres) in the
Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina: Site 1 (188 acres)--within the
206-acre Lexington Business Center, Hargrave Road and Business
Interstate 85, Lexington (Davidson County), owned by the City of
Lexington and Davidson Progress, Inc., an economic development group;
Site 2 (2,800 acres)--Piedmont Triad International Airport, adjacent to
U.S. 68 and U.S. 421, Greensboro (Guilford County), owned by the
Piedmont Triad International Airport Authority; Site 3 (46 acres)--High
Point site, intersection of Elon Place and Kivett Drive, High Point
(Guilford County), owned by the City of High Point and Rite Industries;
Site 4 (78 acres)--Salem Business Park, intersection of Interstate 40,
U.S. Highway 52, and U.S. Highway 311, Winston-Salem (Forsyth County),
owned by Salem Business Park; Site 5 (125 acres)--Westwood Industrial
Park, adjacent to U.S. Highway 52, Mt. Airy (Surry County), owned by
the City of Mount Airy and private owners; and, Site 6 (373 acres)--
Mount Airy-Surry County Industrial Park, McKinney Road, Mt. Airy (Surry
County), owned by the City of Mount Airy.
The application contains evidence of the need for foreign-trade
zone services in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. Several
firms have indicated an interest in using zone procedures within the
proposed project for warehousing/distribution activity. Specific
manufacturing approvals are not being sought at this time. Requests
would be made to the Board 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 April 24, 1997, at 1:00 p.m., at the Guilford
Technical Community College (GTCC), Jamestown Campus, Percy H. Sears
Applied Technologies Center, Jamestown, North Carolina 27282.
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 June 2, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period
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may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 16,
1997).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available during this time for public inspection at the following
locations:
Office of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, 6518 Airport Parkway, Suite
100, Greensboro, NC 27409
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania, Washington,
DC 20230
Dated: March 25, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8259 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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