[Federal Register: December 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 248)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 57-98]

 
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone--Terre Haute, Indiana Application and 
Public Hearing

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Terre Haute International Airport Authority, 
to establish a general-purpose foreign-trade zone at sites in Terre 
Haute, Indiana. The Terre Haute International Airport has been 
designated a Customs user fee airport facility by the U.S. Customs 
Service. 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 December 14, 1998. 
The applicant is authorized to make the proposal under Indiana Code 8-
10-3-2.
    The proposed new zone would consist of 4 sites (3,282 acres) in or 
adjacent to Terre Haute: Site 1 (1,500 acres)--Terre Haute 
International Airport complex (owned by the applicant), 581 South 
Airport Street, and adjacent property (28 acres) at the southwest 
corner of the airport (owned by Wabash Valley Asphalt Company), Terre 
Haute; Site 2 (186 acres, 4 parcels)--Aleph Industrial Park (owned by 
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), 2 miles south of the airport on 
State Road 46, Terre Haute; Site 3 (92 acres, 7 parcels)--Fort Harrison 
Industrial Park (parcels owned by park tenants), northwest of the 
airport on Fruitridge Avenue, Terre Haute; and, Site 4 (1,476 acres)--
Vigo County Industrial Park (owned by the Vigo County Redevelopment 
Commission, Futurex, Heartland Steel and Brentlinger Distributing), 
five miles south of Interstate 70 on U.S. 41 at Harlan Road, Terre-
Haute. Sites 1 and 2 are included in the Airport Development Zone, a 
special taxing district granted to the airport by the State of Indiana 
to encourage development of the property. All sites will be operated by 
the Terre Haute International Airport Authority.
    The application indicates a need for foreign-trade zone services in 
the Terre Haute/Wabash Valley region. Several firms have indicated an 
interest in using zone procedures for warehousing/distribution and 
possibly processing of such items as steel, telecommunications products 
and plastic sheet products. Specific manufacturing approvals are not 
being sought at this time. Requests for FTZ processing/manufacturing 
authority will be made to the Board separately 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 January 28, 1999, 2:00 p.m., at the Ivy Tech State 
College, Hyperlink Room (Rm. 257), Terre Haute, Indiana 47803.
    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 [February 26, 1999]. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to [March 3, 1999]).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at the following 
locations:

Terre Haute International Airport, Hulman Field, 581 South Airport 
Street, Terre Haute, IN 47803
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: December 15, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34323 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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