[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12942]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 24-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 8--Toledo, OH, Area; Application for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, grantee of 
FTZ 8, requesting authority to expand its zone in the Toledo, Ohio 
area, within the Toledo/Sandusky Customs port of entry. The application 
was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones 
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board 
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on June 1, 2004.
    FTZ 8 was approved on October 11, 1960 (Board Order 51, 25 FR 9909, 
10/15/60) and expanded on January 22, 1973 (Board Order 92, 38 FR 3015, 
1/31/73); on January 11, 1985 (Board Order 277, 50 FR 2702, 1/18/85); 
on August 19, 1991 (Board Order 532, 56 FR 42026, 8/26/91); on June 12, 
2000 (Board Order 1102, 65 FR 37960, 6/19/00); and, on June 7, 2002 
(Board Order 1231, 67 FR 41393, 6/18/02). The general-purpose zone 
currently consists of four sites (959 acres) in the Toledo area: Site 1 
(150 acres)--Overseas Cargo Center within the Port of Toledo complex, 
Toledo; Site 2 (337 acres)--Toledo Express Airport, Swanton; Site 3 (10 
acres)--First Choice Packaging warehouse facility, 1501 West State 
Street, Fremont; and, Site 4 (462 acres)--Cedar Point Development Park 
and adjacent areas, located east of Lallendorf Road, south of Cedar 
Point Road and west of Wynn Road, Oregon, Ohio.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include a site at the Ohio Northern Global Distribution 
& Business Center (Proposed Site 5, 206.76 acres, 2 parcels) in Wood 
County which includes: Proposed Site 5A (95.40 acres)--located at 6722 
Commodore Road in Walbridge; and, Proposed Site 5B (111.36 acres)--
located south of State Route 795, east of Tracy Road and north of 
Keller Road in Walbridge. The owners of the site are Tracy Development 
Ltd., Shenandoah Valley Realty Ltd., Jacobs Industries, and CSX 
Transportation. The sites will provide public warehousing and 
distribution services to area businesses. No specific manufacturing 
authority is being requested 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 one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building Suite 
4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or,
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB-Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is August 9, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to August 23, 
2004).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at address Number 1 
listed above, and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance 
Center, 300 Madison Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604.

    Dated: June 1, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-12942 Filed 6-7-04; 8:45 am]
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