Buffalo FTZ Applies for Streamlined Subzone Procedures

The County of Erie has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize the Buffalo-area FTZ 23 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice (here). Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Erie County, New York. The Alternative Site Framework streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by Jan. 20.