[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21516]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 43-2004]


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 September 20, 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 project currently consists of four sites 
(959 acres) in the Toledo area: Site 1 (150 acres)--Overseas Cargo 
Center within the Port of Toledo complex; 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. An application is currently pending with the FTZ 
Board to expand FTZ 8 to include a site at the Ohio Northern Global 
Distribution & Business Center (Proposed Site 5) in Walbridge, Ohio 
(Docket 24-2004).
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the general-
purpose zone to include an additional site in Toledo: Proposed Site 6 
(86 acres) at the Greenbelt Development Park located north of Magnolia 
Street, east of the Greenbelt Parkway, west of Michigan Street and 
south of Interstate 280. The site will be used primarily for 
warehousing and distribution activities. The owners of the site are the 
City of Toledo, Libbey Glass Inc, Ja. P.M. Corporation and Norfolk 
Southern Railroad. No specific manufacturing authority is being 
requested at this time. Such requests would be made 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 November 23, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 8, 
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, Suite 270, Toledo, OH 43604.

    Dated: September 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-21516 Filed 9-23-04; 8:45 am]
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