81 FR 7745 - Foreign-Trade Zone 116-Port Arthur, Texas; Expansion of Subzone 116C; Premcor Refining Group Inc.; Jefferson County, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 30 (February 16, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 7745]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-6-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone 116--Port Arthur, Texas; Expansion of Subzone 
116C; Premcor Refining Group Inc.; Jefferson County, Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of 
FTZ 116, requesting an expansion of Subzone 116C on behalf of Premcor 
Refining Group Inc. 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 FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 
formally docketed on February 9, 2016.
    Subzone 116C was approved on October 7, 1996 (Board Order 848, 61 
FR 54153-54154, October 17, 1996). The subzone (4,016 acres) currently 
consists of four sites located in Jefferson County: Site 1 (3,581 
acres)--main refinery complex located at 1801 S. Gulfway Drive, 3 miles 
southwest of Port Arthur; Site 2 (101 acres)--Lucas/Beaumont Terminal 
Storage facility located at 9405 West Port Arthur Road, 15 miles 
northwest of the refinery; Site 3 (243 acres)--Fannett LPG storage 
terminal located at 16151 Craigen Road, near Fannett, some 2 miles west 
of the refinery; and, Site 4 (91 acres)--Port Arthur Products storage 
facility located at 1825 H.O. Mills Road, 4 miles northwest of the 
refinery.
    The applicant is requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include an additional site: Proposed Site 5 (108.2 acres)--2500 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Drive (Highway 82), Port Arthur. The proposed site 
would include a 2.7 mile pipeline that links the dock to the main 
refinery complex (Site 1). No additional authorization for production 
activity has been requested at this time.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Camille Evans of 
the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to review the application and make 
recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is March 28, 2016. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
to April 11, 2016.
    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 
FTZ 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: February 10, 2016.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-03072 Filed 2-12-16; 8:45 am]
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