[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2091]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 116; Port Arthur, Texas

    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 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, Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 116, submitted an application to the Board for 
authority to expand FTZ 116--Site 1 to include the entire 149-acre Port 
of Port Arthur facilities (encompassing the existing 6.12 acres) in 
Port Arthur, Texas, adjacent to the Port Arthur-Beaumont Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry (B-24-2019, docketed April 11, 2019);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (84 FR 16002, April 17, 2019) 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 report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 116 is approved, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

    Dated: January 27, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2020-01838 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
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