[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60702-60703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27612]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-80-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone 154--Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Expansion of 
Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 154, 
requesting an expansion of Subzone 154C 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 December 18, 2017.
    Subzone 154C was approved on August 11, 2016 (S-75-2016, 81 FR 
84789, August 17, 2016) subject to FTZ 154's 2,000-acre activation 
limit. The subzone currently consists of one site (185 acres) located 
at 36045 Highway 30 in Geismar and includes four pipelines totaling 4.9 
miles in length.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include an additional site: Proposed Site 2 (853 acres)--Plaquemine 
Plant, 26100 Highway 405, Plaquemine (Iberville Parish). The proposed 
site would include three pipelines totaling 25 miles. The applicant is 
further requesting that the expanded subzone (proposed site and 
existing site) not be subject to FTZ 154's 2,000-acre activation limit. 
No 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

[[Page 60703]]

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. 2017-27612 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P