Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 160 / Monday, August 21, 2017 / Notices 39561 

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 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: 

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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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 

PRESIDENT 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative 

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’’ 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce; Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, Executive Office 

of the President. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: 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), 

Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 

Republic, El Salvador, the European 

Union (which includes Austria, 

Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, 

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 

Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, 

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. 

DATES: September 18, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): Deadline 

for interested persons to submit written 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit responses 

to the questions below by one of the 

following methods: 

(a) Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. The materials in 

the docket will not be edited to remove 

identifying or contact information, and 

the Department cautions against 

including any information in an 

electronic submission that the submitter 

does not want publicly disclosed. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word, 

Excel, or Adobe PDF formats only. 

Comments containing references, 

studies, research, and other empirical 

data that are not widely published 

should include copies of the referenced 

materials. Please do not submit 

additional materials. If you want to 

submit a comment with business 

confidential information that you do not 

wish to be made public, submit the 

comment as a written/paper submission 

in the manner detailed below. 

(b) Written/Paper Submissions 

Send all written/paper submissions 

to: Adam Boltik, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Room 3043, Washington, DC 20230; 


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