[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13859-13860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04840]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-12-2020]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 87--Lake Charles, Louisiana, 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Lake Charles LNG Export 
Company, LLC (Liquified Natural Gas Processing), Lake Charles, 
Louisiana

    Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC (Lake Charles LNG) submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its 
facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 24, 2020.
    The applicant indicates that the grantee will be submitting a 
separate application for FTZ designation at the

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company's facility under FTZ 87. The facility is used for liquified 
natural gas processing. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 
would be limited to the specific foreign-status material and specific 
finished products described in the submitted notification (as described 
below) and subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Lake Charles LNG from 
customs duty payments on the foreign-status material used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, for the foreign-status material 
noted below, Lake Charles LNG would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to liquified natural gas and 
stabilized gas condensate (duty rates are duty-free and 10.5 cents/
barrel, respectively). Lake Charles LNG would be able to avoid duty on 
foreign-status material which becomes scrap/waste. Customs duties also 
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-status production 
equipment.
    The material sourced from abroad is gaseous natural gas (duty-
free). The request indicates that gaseous natural gas is subject to 
special duties under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Section 
301), depending on the country of origin. The applicable Section 301 
decisions require subject merchandise to be admitted to FTZs in 
privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary and sent to: 
[email protected]. The closing period for their receipt is April 20, 2020.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the Board's website, which is 
accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: March 3, 2020.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-04840 Filed 3-9-20; 8:45 am]
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