[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33479-33480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14454]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-38-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 8--Toledo, Ohio; Application for 
Reorganization (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 8, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to expand its 
service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for grantees for 
the establishment or reorganization of zones and can permit 
significantly greater

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flexibility in the designation of new subzones or ``usage-driven'' FTZ 
sites for operators/users located within a grantee's ``service area'' 
in the context of the FTZ Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit 
for a zone. The application was submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on June 9, 2015.
    FTZ 8 was approved by the FTZ Board on October 11, 1960 (Board 
Order 51, 25 FR 9909, 10/15/1960) and reorganized under the ASF on 
December 20, 2012 (Board Order 1875, 78 FR 1197, 1/8/2013). The zone 
currently has a service area that includes Sandusky, Henry, Wood, Lucas 
and Defiance Counties, Ohio.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Erie, Fulton, Ottawa, Paulding and Williams 
Counties, as described in the application. If approved, the grantee 
would be able to serve sites throughout the expanded service area based 
on companies' needs for FTZ designation. The proposed expanded service 
area is adjacent to the Toledo Customs and Border Protection Port of 
Entry.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the 
facts and information presented in the application and case record and 
to report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is August 11, 2015. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 26, 2015.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: June 9, 2015.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-14454 Filed 6-11-15; 8:45 am]
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