[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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