[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 1316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-32028]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-87-2016]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 87--Lake Charles, Louisiana; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Westlake Chemical 
Corporation; Subzone 87F (Polyethylene and Styrene); Sulphur, Louisiana

    Westlake Chemical Corporation (Westlake) submitted a notification 
of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facilities 
within Subzone 87F in Sulphur, Louisiana. The notification conforming 
to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on December 16, 2016.
    The Westlake facilities are used for the production of 
petrochemicals, including polyethylene and styrene. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-status 
materials and components and specific finished products described in 
the submitted notification (as described below) and subsequently 
authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Westlake from customs 
duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Westlake would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to low density 
polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene and styrene (duty rates 
range from free to 6.5%) for the foreign-status inputs noted below. 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-
status production equipment.
    The components and materials sourced from abroad include 1-hexene, 
benzene, and BHEB-(2,6-Di-t-butyl-4-ethyl phenol) (duty rates range 
from free to 5.5%).
    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 February 14, 
2017.
    A copy of the notification 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 Diane Finver at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-32028 Filed 1-4-17; 8:45 am]
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