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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-49-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 8--Toledo, OH; Application for Reorganization 
and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework

    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 reorganize and expand the zone under the 
alternative site framework (ASF) adopted by the Board (15 CFR 
400.2(c)). 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 subzones or ``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 July 12, 2012.
    FTZ 8 was approved by the Board on October 11, 1960 (Board Order 
51, 25 FR 9099, 10/15/2960) and expanded on: January 22, 1973 (Board 
Order 92, 38 FR 3015, 1/31/1973); January 11, 1985 (Board Order 277, 50 
FR 2702, 1/18/1985); August 19, 1991 (Board Order 532, 56 FR 42026, 8/
26/1991); June 12, 2000 (Board Order 1102, 65 FR 37960, 6/19/2000); 
June 7, 2002 (Board Order 1231, 67 FR 41393, 6/18/2002); February 17, 
2005 (Board Order 1376, 70 FR 9613-9614, 2/28/2005); August 23, 2005 
(Board Order 1408, 70 FR 51335, 8/30/2005); and, August 5, 2009 (Board 
Order 1637, 74 FR 41374, 8/17/2009).
    The current zone project includes the following sites: Site 1 (332 
acres)--Port of Toledo Complex, Toledo; Site 2 (337 acres)--Toledo 
Express Airport, 11311 W. Airport Service Drive Swanton; Site 3 (10 
acres)--First Choice Packaging, 1501 West State Street Fremont; Site 4 
(459 acres)--Cedar Point Development Park, Lallendorf Road/Cedar Point 
Road/Wynn Road Oregon; Site 5 (167 acres)--Ohio Northern Global 
Distribution and Business Training Center, 6722 Commodore Road 
Walbridge; Site 7 (34 acres)--Ampoint Industrial Complex, 851 Third 
Street Perrysburg; and, Site 8 (3 acres)--Metro International Trade 
Services, LLC, 1802 Nebraska Avenue Toledo.
    The grantee's proposed service area under the ASF would be 
Sandusky, Henry, Wood, Lucas and Defiance 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-Sandusky Customs and Border Protection port of entry.
    The applicant is requesting authority to reorganize its existing 
zone project to include existing Sites 1, 2, 4, and 5 as ``magnet'' 
sites and Sites 7 and 8 as ``usage-driven'' sites. The applicant is 
also requesting that Site 3 be removed. 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 approval of a 
subzone (Subzone 8I) under the ASF with the following sites: Proposed 
Site 1 (205.2 acres)--Whirlpool Corporation, 119 Birdseye Street 1081 
and 1285 W. McPherson Highway Clyde, Sandusky County; Proposed Site 2 
(23 acres)--Whirlpool C1 and C2 Warehouses, 240 and 247 Norwest Drive 
Clyde, Sandusky County; and, Proposed Site 3 (2.9 acres)--Whirlpool C3 
Warehouse, 8050 W. County Road 62, Green Springs, Sandusky County. The 
application would have no impact on FTZ 8's previously 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 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is September 21, 2012. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to October 9, 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: July 12, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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