[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2014)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24090]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-70-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone 40--Cleveland, Ohio, Application for 
Reorganization, (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site 
Framework

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 40, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to 
expand its service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) 
adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for 
grantees for the establishment or reorganization of 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 FTZ Board's 
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for a zone. The application was 
submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR part 
400). It was formally docketed on October 1, 2014.
    FTZ 40 was approved by the FTZ Board on September 29, 1978 (Board 
Order 135, 43 FR 46886, 10/11/1978) and reorganized under the ASF on 
September 17, 2013 (Board Order 1916, 78 FR 59650, 9/27/2013). The zone 
currently has a service area that includes Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lorain 
Counties, Ohio.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Lake County, Ohio, as described in the 
application. If approved, the grantee would be able to serve sites 
throughout the expanded service area based on companies' needs for FTZ 
designation. The proposed expanded service area is adjacent to the 
Cleveland Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry
    In accordance with the FTZ 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 FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is December 8, 
2014. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to December 23, 2014.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ 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: October 1, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-24090 Filed 10-8-14; 8:45 am]
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