[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7755-7756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3909]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 7-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 1, New York, New York; Application for 
Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the City of New York, grantee of FTZ 1, requesting 
authority to expand its zone in New York, New York, within 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 filed on February 5, 1998.
    FTZ 1 was approved on January 30, 1936 (Board Order 2) and expanded 
on June 27, 1974 (Board Order 99, 39 F.R. 24541, 7/3/74). The zone 
project currently consists of Site 1 (approx. 1 million sq. ft.)--
Building 77, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn.
    The applicant now requests authority to expand the general-purpose 
zone to include an additional site (Proposed Site 2, 352 acres, 2 
contiguous parcels), consisting of the Howland Hook Marine Terminal 
(HHMT) facility (227 acres), N. Washington and Western Avenues, Staten 
Island, and the adjacent Port Ivory facility (125 acres), Richmond 
Terrace and Western Avenue, Staten Island. The HHMT facility is owned 
by the City of New York and operated by the Port Authority of New York 
and New Jersey. The Port Ivory facility, a closed manufacturing complex 
owned by The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, is available for 
multi-tenant

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warehousing and light industrial activities. The proposed expansion 
site is located within the North Shore Economic Development Zone, 
established by the State of New York, and within the proposed New York 
City Waterfront Revitalization Program. 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 20, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to May 4, 1998).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the New York City Economic, Development Corporation, 110 
William Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10038.
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 6, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-3909 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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