Approval of Expansion of Subzone 87F; Westlake Chemical Corporation; Sulphur, Louisiana, 39561 [2017-17552]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
International Trade Administration
[Order No. 2037]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
Approval of Expansion of Subzone
87F; Westlake Chemical Corporation;
Sulphur, Louisiana
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
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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 ForeignTrade 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 Lake Charles Harbor &
Terminal District, grantee of ForeignTrade Zone 87, has made application to
the Board to expand Subzone 87F on
behalf of Westlake Chemical
Corporation to include two additional
sites located in Westlake, Louisiana
(FTZ Docket B–17–2017, docketed
March 24, 2017);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (82 FR 15687–15688, March 30,
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 87F
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: August 11, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD
Operations performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones
Board.
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Request for Comment on the Costs
and Benefits to U.S. Industry of U.S.
International Government Procurement
Obligations for Report to the President
on ‘‘Buy American and Hire American’’
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce; Office of the United States
Trade Representative, Executive Office
of the President.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
Section 3(e) of the
Presidential Executive Order on Buy
American and Hire American directs the
Secretary of Commerce and the United
States Trade Representative to assess the
impacts of all United States free trade
agreements and the World Trade
Organization Agreement on Government
Procurement (GPA) on the operation of
Buy American Laws, including their
impacts on the implementation of
domestic procurement preferences. The
Executive Order can be found here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/2017/04/18/presidentialexecutive-order-buy-american-and-hireamerican.
In response to this Executive Order,
the Department of Commerce
(Department) and the Office of the
United States Trade Representative
(USTR) are conducting industry
outreach in order to better understand
how the U.S. government procurement
obligations under all U.S. free trade
agreements and the GPA affect U.S.
manufacturers’ and suppliers’ access to
and participation in the domestic
government procurement process. In
addition, because reciprocal access to
trading partners’ markets is an
important motivation for including
government procurement obligations in
U.S. free trade agreements and for the
United States’ membership in the GPA,
the Department and the USTR are also
seeking information about the costs and
benefits of these obligations to U.S.
manufacturers and suppliers competing
in U.S. trading partners’ government
procurement markets. The trading
partners with which the United States
has international government
procurement obligations are: Armenia,
Aruba, Australia, Bahrain, Canada,
Chile, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan),
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Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
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Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom),
Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong,
Iceland, Israel, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the
Republic of Moldova, Montenegro,
Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru,
Singapore, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
The Secretary of Commerce and the
United States Trade Representative are
required to conclude the assessment
called for under Section 3(e) by
September 15, 2017. Responses to this
notice will be considered in the
assessment as well as in the final report
of findings and recommendations to
strengthen the implementation of Buy
American Laws that the Secretary of
Commerce will submit to the President
of the United States by November 24,
2017.
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for interested persons to submit written
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2037]
Approval of Expansion of Subzone 87F; Westlake Chemical
Corporation; Sulphur, 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 Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 87, has made application to the Board to expand
Subzone 87F on behalf of Westlake Chemical Corporation to include two
additional sites located in Westlake, Louisiana (FTZ Docket B-17-2017,
docketed March 24, 2017);
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register (82 FR 15687-15688, March 30, 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
87F 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: August 11, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations performing the non-
exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement & Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones
Board.
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