80 FR 19632 - Expansion of Subzone 116B; Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., Port Arthur and Jefferson County, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 70 (April 13, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19632-19633]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08456]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1969]


Expansion of Subzone 116B; Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, 
Inc., Port Arthur and Jefferson County, 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 Act provides for ``. . . the 
establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite

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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 Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 116, has made application to the Board to expand 
Subzone 116B on behalf of Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., to 
include as Site 5 a pipeline that extends from the subzone's Site 4 in 
Nederland to Site 1 in Port Arthur, Texas (FTZ Docket B-85-2014, 
docketed 11-25-2014);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 71831, 12-02-2014) 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 
116B on behalf of Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., as 
described in the application and Federal Register notice, subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of April 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-08456 Filed 4-10-15; 8:45 am]
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