[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27611]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-79-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone 116--Port Arthur, Texas; Expansion of Subzone 
116A; Motiva Enterprises LLC; Jefferson and Hardin Counties, Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 116, requesting an expansion of Subzone 116A on behalf of Motiva 
Enterprises LLC. 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 December 18, 2017.
    Subzone 116A was approved on December 21, 1993 (Board Order 668, 59 
FR 61, January 3, 1994). The subzone currently consists of seven sites 
located in Jefferson and Hardin Counties: Site 1 (3,036 acres)--Port 
Arthur refinery complex, Jefferson County, adjacent to the City of Port 
Arthur; Site 2 (402 acres)--crude storage and asphalt production 
facility, Jefferson County, adjacent to the City of Port Neches; Site 3 
(126 acres)--terminal and docking facility, Jefferson County, 2 miles 
south of Port Arthur; Site 4 (37 acres)--LPG underground storage 
facility, Hardin County, 1 mile northwest of the City of Sour Lake; 
Site 5 (63 acres)--Seventh Street storage facility, Jefferson County, 
south of Port Arthur; Site 6 (97 acres)--National Station storage 
facility, Jefferson County, adjacent to Site 1; and, Site 7 (12.7 
acres)--Sun Pipe Line Company crude oil petroleum terminal located on 
State Highway 347 North in Nederland and a pipeline that connects to 
Site 1.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include an additional site: Proposed Site 8 (2 acres)--Port of Port 
Arthur, 100 W Lakeshore Drive (Berth 3), Port Arthur. The proposed site 
would include a 1.2-mile pipeline that links the berth to existing Site 
5. No additional authorization for production activity has been 
requested at this time.
    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 January 31, 
2018. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to February 15, 2018.
    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 website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

    Dated: December 18, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27611 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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