80 FR 30660 - Foreign-Trade Zone 151-Findlay, Ohio; Application for Reorganization: (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 103 (May 29, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 30660]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13034]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-33-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 151--Findlay, 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 Findlay Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 151, requesting authority to reorganize the zone to 
expand its service area under the alternative site framework (ASF) 
adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR Sec. 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 May 21, 2015.
    FTZ 151 was approved by the Board on July 6, 1988 (Board Order 389, 
53 FR 27058, 7/18/1988) and reorganized under the ASF on August 29, 
2012 (Board Order 1855, 77 FR 55182-55183, 9/7/2012). The zone 
currently has a service area that includes Hardin, Putnam, Seneca, 
Allen and Hancock Counties, Ohio.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the service 
area of the zone to include Van Wert County, 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 
Toledo-Sandusky 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 July 28, 2015. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to August 12, 2015.
    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: May 21, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-13034 Filed 5-28-15; 8:45 am]
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