Maine FTZs Apply for Expansion, Streamlined Subzone Procedures

The Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council and the City of Waterville each submitted applications to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 263 and FTZ 186 under the Alternative Site Framework, respectively. The application to reorganize FTZ 263 would expand the zone to cover Androscoggin, Cumberland and Sagadahoc Counties, Maine. The application to reorganize FTZ 186 would expand it to cover Lincoln, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, Waldo and Knox Counties, as well as part of Somerset County, Maine. The proposed reorganizations under the "Alternative Site Framework would streamline processes for the designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within each zone's service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on each application are due by Nov. 17.