[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30774-30775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13203]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 41-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 46-Cincinnati, Ohio; Application for 
Reorganization/Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Cincinnati Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 46, requesting authority to reorganize and expand the 
zone under the alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 
(74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; correction 74 FR 3987, 1/22/09). The ASF is an 
option for grantees for the establishment or reorganization of general-
purpose zones and can permit significantly greater flexibility in the 
designation of new ``usage-driven'' FTZ sites for operators/users 
located within a grantee's ``service area'' in the context of the 
Board's standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a general-purpose zone 
project. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 May 21, 2010.
    FTZ 46 was approved by the Board on January 12, 1979 (Board Order 
141, 44 F.R. 4003, January 19, 1979). On December 19, 1994 the zone was 
relocated and expanded (Board Order 720, 59 F.R. 66891, December 28, 
1994). The zone was further expanded on December 15, 1997 (Board Order 
943, 62 FR 67044, December 23, 1997), December 15, 1999 (Board Order 
1070, 64 F.R. 72643, December 28, 1999) and December 29, 2000 (Board 
Order 1135, 66 F.R. 3985, January 17, 2001).
    The general-purpose zone includes the following sites: Site 1 (35 
acres)--Avon Products, Inc., 175 Progress Place, Springdale (Hamilton 
County); Site 2 (122 acres)--Cincinnati Machine, 4701 Marburg Avenue, 
Cincinnati (Hamilton County); Site 3 (833 acres)--Clermont County 
Industrial Park, 4165 Half Acre Road, Batavia (Clermont County); Site 4 
(490 acres)--Brown County Industrial Park, 418 W. Main Street, Mt. Orab 
(Brown County); and, Site 5 (160 acres)--Harrison Commerce Park, 
Southwest Parkway, Harrison (Hamilton County).

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    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Brown and Clermont Counties, as described in 
the application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The proposed service area is within and adjacent to the 
Cincinnati Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project as follows: remove Sites 1 and 2 due to changed 
circumstances and designate Sites 3, 4 and 5 as ``magnet'' sites. The 
ASF allows for the possible exemption of one magnet site from the 
``sunset'' time limits that generally apply to sites under the ASF, and 
the applicant proposes that Site 4 be so exempted. The applicant is 
also requesting approval of a ``usage-driven'' site in Butler County: 
Proposed Site 6 (41 acres)--Liz Claiborne, Inc., 8471 Jaquemin Drive, 
West Chester. Since the ASF only pertains to establishing or 
reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application would have no 
impact on FTZ 46's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Claudia Hausler 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 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 
August 2, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 16, 2010.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Claudia Hausler at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1379.

    Dated: May 21, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13203 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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