[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15687-15688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06252]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-17-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone 87--Lake Charles, Louisiana Application for 
Expansion of Subzone 87F; Westlake Chemical Corporation, Sulphur, 
Louisiana

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, grantee of FTZ 
87, requesting an expansion of Subzone 87F on behalf of Westlake 
Chemical Corporation. The application was submitted pursuant to the 
provisions of 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 March 24, 2017.
    Subzone 87F was approved on October 25, 2016 (Board Order 2016, 81 
FR 76915, November 4, 2016). The subzone currently consists of the 
following sites: Site 1 (583.88 acres)--Petro Operations, 900 Highway 
108, Sulphur; Site 2 (70.83 acres)--Poly Operations, 3525 Cities 
Services Highway, Sulphur; and, Site 3 (691.78 acres)--Marine Terminal 
Operations, 1820 PAK Tank Road, Sulphur. The subzone also includes 
several pipelines.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include two additional sites: Site 4 (39.52 acres)--North Plant, 1600 
VCM Plant Road, Westlake; and, Site 5 (1,633 acres, 2 parcels)--South 
Plant, 1300 PPG Drive, Westlake. The proposed expansion would also 
include several pipelines. A notification of proposed production 
activity has been submitted and is being processed under 15 CFR 400.37 
(Doc. B-87-2016).
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to review the application and make 
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 May 9, 2017. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to May 24, 2017.

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    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 Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: March 24, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-06252 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am]
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