80 FR 72045 - Approval of Expansion of Subzone 50H Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, Long Beach, California

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 222 (November 18, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72045-72046]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1985]


Approval of Expansion of Subzone 50H Tesoro Refining and 
Marketing Company, LLC, Long Beach, California

    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 and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the

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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 Port of Long Beach, California, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 50, has made application to the Board to expand Subzone 50H 
at the facilities of Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, 
located in Long Beach, California, (FTZ Docket B-55-2015, docketed 
August 18, 2015);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 5198, August 24, 2015) 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 
status at the facilities of Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, 
located in Long Beach, California (Subzone 50H), 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 10th day of November 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    ATTEST:
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29459 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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