Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: New York,

[Federal Register: February 11, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 28)]

[Notices]

[Page 6890-6891]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr11fe98-27]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 6-98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 37, Orange County, New York Area Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the County of Orange, New York, grantee of FTZ 37, requesting authority to expand its zone in the Orange County, New York area, adjacent to the New York Seaport Area Customs port of entry. 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 filedon February 2, 1998.

FTZ 37 was approved on May 4, 1978 (Board Order 130, 43 F.R. 20526, 5/12/78). The general-purpose zone currently consists of two sites: Site 1 (117,000 sq. ft.)--within the Regal Distribution Center, 61 Regal Way, Newburgh, adjacent to Stewart Airport; and, Site 2 (5 acres)--Newburgh Foreign-Trade Zone Industrial Incubator facility, adjacent to Port Newburgh, 302 North Water Street.

The applicant, in a major revision to its zone plan, now requests authority to expand the general-purpose zone to include 7 new sites (11,400 acres) in Orange, Dutchess and Rockland Counties (Proposed Sites 3-9): Site 3 (9,933 acres)--Stewart International Airport/ Northeast Business Center, near the intersection of I-87 and I-84, New Windsor/Newburgh (Orange County); Site 4 (520 acres)-IBM/Hudson Valley Research Park, 1580 Route 52, Hopewell Junction (Dutchess County); Site 5 (63 acres)-AT&T Rockland Export Center, 22 Hemion Road, Suffern (Rockland County); Site 6 (262 acres)-Newburgh/New Windsor site, Port of Newburgh, off Exit 10, Interstate 84 at the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge, Newburgh (Orange County); Site 7 (309 acres)-Middletown/Wallkill site, adjacent to Interstate 84 and Exit 121 of NY Rt. 17 (Quickway), Middletown/Wallkill (Orange County); Site 8 (140 acres)-Port Jervis site, adjacent to Exit 1 off Interstate 84, juncture of the borders of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Port Jervis (Orange County); and, Site 9 (173 acres)-Goshen/Westgate FTZ Industrial Park, off Exit 124 of NY Rt. 17 (the Quickway), Village of Goshen (Orange County). Proposed Site 3 includes existing and proposed airport cargo handling facilities and the airport fuel system. Proposed Site 4 is within a designated State of New York Enterprise

[[Page 6891]]

Zone, and most of Proposed Site 6 is within a recently created Federal Empowerment Zone, as well as a proposed State Enterprise Zone. The proposed expansion is designed to serve the entire 7-county Mid-Hudson Valley Region. No specific manufacturing requests are being made at this time. Such 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.

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 April 13, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to April 27, 1998).

A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the County Executive, Orange County Government Center, Legislative Clerk's Office, Room 302, Goshen, New York 10924 Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 3716, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: February 5, 1998. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-3483Filed2-10-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P