[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 31724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14612]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-44-2018]


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 July 2, 2018.
    Subzone 116A was approved on December 21, 1993 (Board Order 668, 59 
FR 61, January 3, 1994), and expanded on May 9, 2018 (Board Order 2051, 
83 FR 22441-22442, May 15, 2018). The subzone currently consists of 
eight 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; 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; and, Site 8 (2 acres)--Port of Port Arthur, 100 W. 
Lakeshore Drive (Berth 3), Port Arthur and a pipeline that links the 
berth to Site 5.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include an additional site: Proposed Site 9 (137 acres)--800 Dorsey 
Road, Port Arthur. The proposed site would include several pipelines. 
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 August 20, 2018. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 4, 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: July 2, 2018.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-14612 Filed 7-6-18; 8:45 am]
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