81_FR_79633 81 FR 79414 - Approval of Subzone Status; G2 LNG LLC; Cameron, Louisiana

81 FR 79414 - Approval of Subzone Status; G2 LNG LLC; Cameron, Louisiana

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 219 (November 14, 2016)

Page Range79414-79415
FR Document2016-27344

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79414-79415]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27344]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2015]


Approval of Subzone Status; G2 LNG LLC; Cameron, Louisiana

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-

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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 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 West Cameron Port Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 291, has made application to the Board for the establishment of a 
subzone at the facility of G2 LNG LLC located in Cameron, Louisiana 
(FTZ Docket B-22-2016, docketed April 20, 2016);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (81 FR 24563, April 26, 2016) 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 subzone status at the 
facility of G2 LNG LLC, located in Cameron, Louisiana (Subzone 291A), 
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 1st day of November 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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                                                    In carrying out its duties, the Council               appointments may be for 12-, 18- and                     A nomination package should include
                                                  may consider the following:                             24-month increments to provide                        the following information for each
                                                  —Data management practices that make                    staggered terms.                                      nominee:
                                                    it easier to track and disseminate                       8. Nominees must be able to actively                  1. A letter of nomination stating the
                                                    integrated, interoperable data for                    participate in the tasks of the Council,              name, affiliation, and contact
                                                    diverse users;                                        including, but not limited to regular                 information for the nominee, the basis
                                                  —Best practices that can be deployed                    meeting attendance, Council meeting                   for the nomination (i.e., what specific
                                                    across Commerce to achieve common,                    discussant responsibilities, and review               attributes recommend him/her for
                                                    open standards related to taxonomy,                   of materials, as well as participation in             service in this capacity), and the
                                                    vocabulary, application programming                   conference calls, webinars, working                   nominee’s field(s) of expertise;
                                                    interfaces (APIs), metadata, and other                groups, and special Council activities.                  2. A biographical sketch of the
                                                    key data characteristics;                                9. Should a council member be unable               nominee and a copy of his/her resume
                                                  —Policy issues that arise from                          to complete a two-year term and when                  or curriculum vitae; and
                                                    expanding access to data, including                   vacancies occur, the Secretary will                      3. The name, return address, email
                                                    issues related to privacy,                            select replacements who can best either               address, and daytime telephone number
                                                    confidentiality, latency, and                         replicate the expertise of the departing              at which the nominator can be
                                                    consistency;                                          member or provide the CDAC with a                     contacted.
                                                  —Opportunities and risks related to the                 new, identified needed area of expertise.                The Department of Commerce is
                                                    combination of public and private                     An individual chosen to fill a vacancy                committed to equal opportunity in the
                                                    data sources and the development of                   shall be appointed for the remainder of               workplace and seeks diverse Committee
                                                    joint data products and services                      the term of the member replaced or for                membership. The Department has
                                                    resulting from public-private                         a two-year term as deemed. A vacancy                  special interest in assuring that women,
                                                    partnerships;                                         shall not affect the exercise of any                  minority groups, and the physically
                                                  —External uses of Commerce data and                     power of the remaining members to                     disabled are adequately represented on
                                                    similar federal, state, and private data              execute the duties of the Council.                    advisory committees; and therefore,
                                                    sets by businesses; and,                                 10. No employee of the federal                     extends particular encouragement to
                                                  —Methods to enhance communication                       government can serve as a member of                   nominations for appropriately qualified
                                                    and collaboration between                             the Census Scientific Advisory                        female, minority, or disabled
                                                    stakeholders and subject-matter                       Committee.                                            candidates. The Department of
                                                    experts at Commerce on data access                       All members of the Commerce Data                   Commerce also encourages geographic
                                                    and use.                                              Advisory Council shall adhere to the                  diversity in the composition of the
                                                    The Council meets up to four times a                  conflict of interest rules applicable to              Council. All nomination information
                                                  year, budget permitting. Special                        Special Government Employees as such                  should be provided in a single,
                                                  meetings may be called when                             employees are defined in 18 U.S.C.                    complete package and received by the
                                                  appropriate.                                            202(a). These rules include relevant                  stated deadline, November 10, 2016.
                                                    Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                     provisions in 18 U.S.C. related to                    Interested applicants should send their
                                                  U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth                    criminal activity, Standards of Ethical               nomination package to the email or
                                                  standards for the formation and use of                  Conduct for Employees of the Executive                postal address provided above.
                                                  advisory committees, is the governing                   Branch (5 CFR part 2635), and Executive                  Potential candidates will be asked to
                                                  instrument for the CDAC.                                Order 12674 (as modified by Executive                 provide detailed information concerning
                                                                                                          Order 12731).                                         financial interests, consultancies,
                                                  III. Membership                                                                                               research grants, and/or contracts that
                                                     1. The Council shall consist of up to                IV. Compensation                                      might be affected by recommendations
                                                  20 members.                                               1. Membership is under voluntary                    of the Council to permit evaluation of
                                                     2. The Secretary shall select and                    circumstances and therefore members                   possible sources of conflicts of interest.
                                                  appoint members and members shall                       do not receive compensation for service               Finally, nominees will be required to
                                                  serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.                 on the Commerce Data Advisory                         certify that they are not subject to the
                                                     3. Members shall represent a cross-                  Council.                                              Foreign Agents Registration Act (22
                                                  section of business, academic, non-                       2. Members shall receive per diem                   U.S.C. 611) or the Lobbying Disclosure
                                                  profit, and non-governmental                            and travel expenses as authorized by 5                Act (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
                                                  organizations.                                          U.S.C. 5703, as amended, for persons                    Dated: November 5, 2016.
                                                     4. The Secretary will choose members                 employed intermittently in the
                                                                                                                                                                Austin Durrer,
                                                  of the Council who ensure objectivity                   Government service.
                                                                                                                                                                Chief of Staff for Under Secretary for
                                                  and balance, a diversity of perspectives,
                                                                                                          V. Nominations Information                            Economic Affairs.
                                                  and guard against potential for conflicts
                                                                                                            The Secretary will consider                         [FR Doc. 2016–27296 Filed 11–10–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  of interest.
                                                     5. Members shall be prominent                        nominations of all qualified individuals              BILLING CODE P

                                                  experts in their fields, recognized for                 to ensure that the CDAC includes the
                                                  their professional and other relevant                   areas of subject matter expertise noted
                                                                                                          above (see ’’Background and                           DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  achievements and their objectivity.
                                                     6. In order to ensure the continuity of              Membership’’). Individuals may
                                                                                                                                                                Foreign-Trade Zones Board
                                                  the Commerce Data Advisory Council,                     nominate themselves or other
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                                                  the Council shall be appointed so that                  individuals, and professional                         [Order No. 2015]
                                                  each year the terms expire of                           associations and organizations may
                                                  approximately one-third of the members                  nominate one or more qualified persons                Approval of Subzone Status; G2 LNG
                                                  of the Council.                                         for membership on the CDAC.                           LLC; Cameron, Louisiana
                                                     7. Council members serve for terms of                Nominations shall state that the                        Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-
                                                  two years and may be reappointed to                     nominee is willing to serve as a member               Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
                                                  any number of additional terms. Initial                 of the Council.                                       amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-



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                                                  Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the                   Whereas, the Board adopted the                     requirements of the regulations of the
                                                  following Order:                                        alternative site framework (ASF) (15                  FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
                                                     Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act                 CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the               received on November 2, 2016.
                                                  provides for ‘‘. . . the establishment                  establishment or reorganization of                       The BPI facility is located within
                                                  . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of                zones;                                                Subzone 176G. The facility is used for
                                                  entry of the United States, to expedite                    Whereas, the City of Albuquerque,
                                                                                                                                                                the kitting of aftermarket automotive
                                                  and encourage foreign commerce, and                     New Mexico, grantee of Foreign-Trade
                                                                                                                                                                parts. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b),
                                                  for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the                Zone 110, submitted an application to
                                                                                                          the Board (FTZ Docket B–32–2016,                      FTZ activity would be limited to the
                                                  Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to
                                                                                                          docketed May 10, 2016, amended                        specific foreign-status materials and
                                                  qualified corporations the privilege of
                                                                                                          August 22, 2016) for authority to                     components and specific finished
                                                  establishing foreign-trade zones in or
                                                  adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border                     reorganize under the ASF with a service               products described in the submitted
                                                  Protection ports of entry;                              area of Bernalillo and Valencia Counties              notification (as described below) and
                                                     Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15                 and the Cities of Santa Fe, Rio Rancho,               subsequently authorized by the FTZ
                                                  CFR part 400) provide for the                           Bernalillo and Moriarty, New Mexico, in               Board.
                                                  establishment of subzones for specific                  and adjacent to the Albuquerque, New                     Production under FTZ procedures
                                                  uses;                                                   Mexico U.S Customs and Border                         could exempt BPI from customs duty
                                                     Whereas, the West Cameron Port                       Protection port of entry, and FTZ 110’s               payments on the foreign-status
                                                  Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade                    existing Site 1 would be categorized as               components used in export production.
                                                  Zone 291, has made application to the                   a magnet site;                                        On its domestic sales, BPI would be able
                                                  Board for the establishment of a subzone                   Whereas, notice inviting public                    to choose the duty rates during customs
                                                  at the facility of G2 LNG LLC located in                comment was given in the Federal                      entry procedures that apply to master
                                                  Cameron, Louisiana (FTZ Docket B–22–                    Register (81 FR 30516, May 17, 2016)                  cylinder kits, brake drum kits, brake pad
                                                  2016, docketed April 20, 2016);                         and the application has been processed
                                                     Whereas, notice inviting public                                                                            kits, brake shoe kits and brake caliper
                                                                                                          pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
                                                  comment has been given in the Federal                                                                         kits (duty rate free to 2.5%) for the
                                                                                                          regulations; and,
                                                  Register (81 FR 24563, April 26, 2016)                                                                        foreign-status inputs noted below.
                                                                                                             Whereas, the Board adopts the
                                                  and the application has been processed                  findings and recommendations of the                   Customs duties also could possibly be
                                                  pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s                 examiner’s report, and finds that the                 deferred or reduced on foreign-status
                                                  regulations; and,                                       requirements of the FTZ Act and the                   production equipment.
                                                     Whereas, the Board adopts the                        Board’s regulations are satisfied;                       The components and materials
                                                  findings and recommendations of the                        Now, Therefore, the Board hereby                   sourced from abroad include: Rubber O-
                                                  examiner’s memorandum, and finds that                   orders:                                               rings; rubber seals; rubber brake
                                                  the requirements of the FTZ Act and the                    The amended application to                         components; paperboard corrugated
                                                  Board’s regulations are satisfied;                      reorganize FTZ 110 under the ASF is                   boxes; steel hex bolts; steel bolts; steel
                                                     Now, therefore, the Board hereby                     approved, subject to the FTZ Act and                  brake clips; galvanized cast iron brake
                                                  approves subzone status at the facility of              the Board’s regulations, including                    brackets; master cylinders; brake drums;
                                                  G2 LNG LLC, located in Cameron,                         Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard
                                                  Louisiana (Subzone 291A), as described                                                                        brake pads; brake shoes; and, wheel
                                                                                                          2,000-acre activation limit for the zone.             cylinders (duty rate ranges from free to
                                                  in the application and Federal Register
                                                  notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the                    Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of           2.5%).
                                                                                                          November 2016.
                                                  Board’s regulations, including Section                                                                           Public comment is invited from
                                                  400.13.                                                 Paul Piquado,                                         interested parties. Submissions shall be
                                                                                                          Assistant Secretary of Commerce for                   addressed to the Board’s Executive
                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of             Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate
                                                  November 2016.                                          Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
                                                                                                                                                                Secretary at the address below. The
                                                  Paul Piquado,                                                                                                 closing period for their receipt is
                                                                                                            ATTEST:
                                                  Assistant Secretary of Commerce for                                                                           December 27, 2016,
                                                                                                          Andrew McGilvray,
                                                  Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate                                                                            A copy of the notification will be
                                                  Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.                    Executive Secretary.
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–27349 Filed 11–10–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                available for public inspection at the
                                                  Andrew McGilvray,                                                                                             Office of the Executive Secretary,
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                                                  Executive Secretary.                                                                                          Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–27344 Filed 11–10–16; 8:45 am]                                                                  21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                                                                                Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
                                                                                                          Foreign-Trade Zones Board                             ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                          [B–73–2016]                                           Web site, which is accessible via
                                                  Foreign-Trade Zones Board                                                                                     www.trade.gov/ftz.
                                                                                                          Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 176—                            For further information, contact
                                                  [Order No. 2018]                                        Rockford, Illinois; Notification of                   Christopher Kemp at
                                                                                                          Proposed Production Activity; Brake                   Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202)
                                                  Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone
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                                                                                                          Parts Inc (Automotive Parts Kitting);                 482–0862.
                                                  110 Under the Alternative Site
                                                                                                          McHenry, Illinois
                                                  Framework; Albuquerque, New Mexico                                                                              Dated: November 7, 2016.
                                                    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-
                                                                                                            Brake Parts Inc (BPI) submitted a                   Andrew McGilvray,
                                                  Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as                    notification of proposed production
                                                                                                                                                                Executive Secretary.
                                                  amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign-               activity to the FTZ Board for its facility
                                                                                                                                                                [FR Doc. 2016–27335 Filed 11–10–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the                in McHenry, Illinois, within FTZ 176.
                                                  following Order:                                        The notification conforming to the                    BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P




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FR Citation81 FR 79414 

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