[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 22442]
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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