[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 1053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-165]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 1-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 100--Dayton, OH; Application for 
Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Greater Dayton Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 100, requesting authority to reorganize 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); 75 FR 71069-71070, 11/22/10). 
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 
January 3, 2012.
    FTZ 100 was approved by the Board on May 1, 1984 (Board Order 249, 
49 FR 19688, 5/9/1984) and expanded on July 7, 1988 (Board Order 388, 
53 FR 27184, 7/19/1988) and on March 12, 1999 (Board Order 1027, 64 FR 
14212, 3/24/1999).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (1005 
acres)--within the Dayton International Airport Complex, Vandalia, 
Montgomery County; Site 2 (39 acres)--Metro West, 2300 McCall Street, 
Dayton; Site 3 (6 acres)--Lewis & Michael, 1827 Woodman Drive, Dayton; 
Site 4 (5 acres)--Shoup Mill Farms Industrial Park, 4966 Riverton 
Drive, Dayton; Site 5 (117 acres)--South Tech Business Park, Interstate 
75 and Miamisburg-Springboro Road, Springboro, Montgomery County; and 
Site 6 (3 acres)--Gosiger Inc., 187 McDonough, Dayton, Montgomery 
County.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Auglaize, Darke, Fayette, Greene, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 
Shelby Counties, Ohio, 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 Dayton Customs and Border Protection 
port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include existing Site 1 as a ``magnet'' site. The 
applicant has requested that existing Sites 2-5 be removed and that the 
acreage of Site 1 be reduced to 385 acres. 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 1 be so exempted. The applicant is also requesting that 
existing Site 6 be included as a ``usage-driven'' site. Because the ASF 
only pertains to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, 
the application would have no impact on FTZ 100's authorized subzones.
    In accordance with the 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 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 
March 9, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to March 26, 2012.
    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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: January 3, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-165 Filed 1-6-12; 8:45 a.m.]
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