[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17408-17409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7274]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 20-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 151--Findlay, OH; Application for 
Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Findlay/Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, 
grantee of FTZ 151, 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 
March 20, 2012.

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    FTZ 151 was approved by the Board on July 6, 1988 (Board Order 389, 
53 FR 27058, 7/18/1988) and expanded on February 10, 1999 (Board Order 
1023, 64 FR 8542, 2/22/1999) and April 4, 2004 (Board Order 1332, 69 FR 
26067, 5/11/2004).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (820 
acres)--Tall Timbers Industrial Center, Intersection of State Route 12 
and County Road 95, Findlay; and Site 3 (373 acres)--Ottawa Industrial 
Park, Intersection of Williamstown Street and Sugarmill Drive, Ottawa.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be Hardin, 
Putnam, Seneca, Allen and Hancock 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 
Toledo Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include both of the existing sites 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 1 be so exempted. No usage-driven 
sites are being requested at this time. Because the ASF only pertains 
to establishing or reorganizing a general-purpose zone, the application 
would have no impact on FTZ 151'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 
May 25, 2012. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 11, 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: March 20, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-7274 Filed 3-23-12; 8:45 am]
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