80 FR 46954 - Foreign-Trade Zone 84-Houston, Texas, Application for Subzone Expansion, Subzone 84P, Houston Refining LP, Houston and Pasadena, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 151 (August 6, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 46954]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19372]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-49-2015]


Foreign-Trade Zone 84--Houston, Texas, Application for Subzone 
Expansion, Subzone 84P, Houston Refining LP, Houston and Pasadena, 
Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, 
requesting additional acreage within Subzone 84P on behalf of Houston 
Refining LP, located in Houston and Pasadena, Texas. 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 Board 
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally docketed on August 3, 2015.
    Subzone 84P was approved on March 6, 1998 (Board Order 961, 63 FR 
13170, 3/19/1998) and currently consists of four sites totaling 645 
acres: Site 1 (500 acres)--refinery complex located at 12000 Lawndale 
Road, on the Houston Ship Channel, within the city limits of both 
Houston and Pasadena; Site 2 (20 acres)--Allendale Tank Farm located 
south of the refinery, across Lawndale Road; Site 3 (65 acres)--South 
Tank Farm located south of the refinery, across Lawndale Road, east of 
Site 2; and, Site 4 (60 acres)--225 Tank Farm located south of Sites 1-
3, across State Highway 225. The applicant is requesting authority to 
expand existing Site 1 to include an additional 5.05 acres (new site 
total--505.05 acres). No authorization for production activity has been 
requested at this time.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Camille Evans of the 
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to review the application and make 
recommendations to the Executive Secretary.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is September 15, 2015. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to September 30, 2015.
    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 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Camille Evans at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-2350.

     Dated: August 3, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-19372 Filed 8-5-15; 8:45 am]
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