Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)

Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2018-10324

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 2052

Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana

Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act provides for `` . . . the establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry;

Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the establishment of subzones for specific uses;

Whereas, the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 154, has made application to the Board to expand Subzone 154C on behalf of Westlake Chemical Corporation to include a site in Plaquemine, Louisiana, and the expanded subzone would no longer be subject to the zone's activation limit (FTZ Docket B-80-2017, docketed December 18, 2017);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (82 FR 60702-60703, December 22, 2017) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,

Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves the expansion of Subzone 154C on behalf of Westlake Chemical Corporation, as described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

Dated: May 9, 2018.

Gary Taverman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

FR Doc. 2018-10324 Filed 5-14-18; 8:45 am

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