[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46772-46773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22559]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 36-2001]


Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Washington County, MD; Application 
and Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Washington 
County, Maryland, to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at 
sites in Washington County, Maryland, adjacent to the Baltimore 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 August 31, 2001. 
The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Article 23, 
Section 467 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
    The proposed zone would be the third general-purpose zone in the 
Baltimore Customs port of entry area. The existing zones are FTZ 73 in 
Baltimore (Grantee: Maryland Department of Transportation/Maryland 
Aviation Administration, Board Order 180, 46 FR 58730, 12/3/81); and, 
FTZ 74 in Baltimore (Grantee: Baltimore Development Corporation, on 
behalf of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, Board Order 183, 47 FR 5737, 
2/8/82).
    The proposed new zone would consist of 7 sites in Washington 
County: Site 1 (276 acres)--Lakeside Corporate Center (formerly, Ft. 
Ritchie Military Reservation, owned by the PenMar Development 
Corporation), 200 Castle Drive, Cascade; Site 2 (443 acres)--387 acres 
within the 600-acre Hagerstown Regional Airport complex and 56 acres 
within the adjacent Bowman Airpark (owned by Washington County and the 
Bowman Group Properties), 18434 Showalter Road, Hagerstown; Site 3 (81 
acres)--Hub Industrial Park (owned by the Dahbura Family Limited 
Partnership), 18223 Shawley Drive, Maugansville; Site 4 (722 acres)--
Hunter's Green/Hopewell Valley industrial complex (owned by the Bowman 
Group Properties and by Tiger Development, Inc.), south of the 
intersection of Hopewell Road and Halfway Boulevard, Hagerstown; Site 5 
(43 acres)--City of Hagerstown Industrial Park (owned by the City) 
located on the east side of Frederick Street, Hagerstown; Site 6 (172 
acres)--Interstate Industrial Park complex (owned by the Bowman Group 
Properties), 10228 Governor Lane Boulevard, Williamsport; and, Site 7 
(129 acres)--Mellott Enterprises industrial complex (owned by Mellott 
Enterprises), Resley Street, approximately one mile north of Maryland 
Avenue, Hancock. Sites 2, 4, 5 and 7 are located in State-designated 
Enterprise Zones.
    The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in 
the Washington County area. Several firms have indicated an interest in 
using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution activities. 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 October 17, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., Board of County 
Commissioners Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, 100 West Washington Street, 
Hagerstown, Maryland.
    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 November 6, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to November 21, 2001).

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

Office of the Washington County Administrator, Washington County 
Administration Building, 100 West Washington Street, Room 226, 
Hagerstown, MD 21740-4727
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: August 31, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-22559 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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