[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10109]



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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 30-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 20--Hampton Roads, VA Area (Norfolk-Newport 
News Customs Port of Entry); Application for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Virginia Port Authority (VPA), grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone (FTZ) 20, requesting authority to expand its zone at sites 
in the Hampton Roads and Front Royal, Virginia areas, adjacent to the 
Norfolk-Newport News Customs port of entry area (includes Front Royal 
station). 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 April 15, 1996.
    FTZ 20 was approved on April 15, 1975 (Board Order 105, 40 FR 
17884, 4/23/75), and currently consists of three sites: Site 1 (3 
acres)--631 Carolina Rd., Suffolk; Site 2 (9 acres)--108 Lakeview 
Parkway, Suffolk; and, Site 3 (11 acres)--630 Woodlake, Chesapeake.
    The applicant, in a major revision to its zone plan, now requests 
authority to expand FTZ 20 to include ten new sites (3,317 acres) in 
the Hampton Roads and Front Royal areas, including three marine 
terminals, six industrial parks and a warehouse facility: Proposed Site 
4 (905 acres)--Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), 7737 Hampton 
Blvd., Norfolk; Proposed Site 5 (242 acres)--Portsmouth Marine Terminal 
(PMT), 2000 Seaboard Avenue, Portsmouth; Proposed Site 6 (184 acres)--
Newport News Marine Terminal (NNMT), 25th & Warwick Blvd., Newport 
News; Proposed Site 7 (6 parcels, 490 acres)--Warren County Industrial 
Corridor (Front Royal Site), Routes 340, 522 and 661, Front Royal; 
Proposed Site 8 (394 acres)--Bridgeway Commerce Park, Interstate 664, 
Suffolk; Proposed Site 9 (689 acres)--Cavalier Industrial Park, 
Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 13, Chesapeake; Proposed Site 10 (26 
acres)--D.D. Jones Transfer & Warehouse, Inc. facility, 1920 
Campostella Road, Chesapeake; Proposed Site 11 (177 acres)--New Boone 
Farm Industrial Park, Interstate 664, Chesapeake; Proposed Site 12 (60 
acres)--PortCentre Commerce Park, Route 264, Portsmouth; and, Proposed 
Site 13 (150 acres)--Suffolk Industrial Park, 595 Carolina Road, 
Suffolk. The NIT, PMT, and NNMT terminals, and a site in Front Royal, 
are owned by VPA, and the other sites are owned by other area public 
entities and private corporations.
    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 June 24, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to July 9, 1996).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Virginia Port Authority, 600 World Trade Center, Norfolk, Virginia 
23510-1696;
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 16, 1996
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10109 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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