Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana

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title: "Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana"
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section_name: "Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, Louisiana"
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document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2018-05-15"
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  - "Foreign-Trade Zones Board"
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#  Approval of Expansion of Subzone 154C; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Geismar, 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-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

*Whereas* , the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 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 Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 154, has made application to the Board to expand Subzone 154C on behalf of Westlake Chemical Corporation to include a site in Plaquemine, Louisiana, and the expanded subzone would no longer be subject to the zone's activation limit (FTZ Docket B-80-2017, docketed December 18, 2017);

*Whereas* , notice inviting public comment has been given in the *Federal Register* (82 FR 60702-60703, December 22, 2017) 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 154C on behalf of Westlake Chemical Corporation, as described in the application and *Federal Register* notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

Dated: May 9, 2018.

Gary Taverman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.