[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78289-78290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket 64-2008


Foreign-Trade Zone 8 - Toledo, Ohio 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 Site 1 at the Port of Toledo 
complex, within the Toledo/Sandusky Customs and Border Protection 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 
December 2, 2008.
    FTZ 8 was approved by the Board 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); on June 
7, 2002 (Board Order 1231, 67 FR 41393, 6/18/02); and, on August

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23, 2005 (Board Order 1408, 70 FR 51335, 8/30/05). The general-purpose 
zone project currently consists of six sites 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, 1501 West State Street, 
Fremont; Site 4: (462 acres) - Cedar Point Development Park, Oregon; 
Site 5: (205 acres) Ohio Northern Global Distribution and Business 
Center, Walbridge; and, Site 6: (86 acres) at the Greenbelt Development 
Park, Toledo, Ohio.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand Site 1 to 
include the Ironville Terminal (182 acres) located adjacent to the 
Overseas Cargo Center within the Port of Toledo Complex. The site was 
recently acquired by the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority and will be 
operated by Midwest Terminals of Toledo.
    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, Claudia Hausler of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment 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 20, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to March 9, 2009).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
    U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 300 Madison 
Avenue, Suite 270, Toledo, Ohio 43604
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230
    For further information contact Claudia Hausler at [email protected] or (202)-482-1379.

    Dated: December 4, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30429 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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