2015-29459. Approval of Expansion of Subzone 50H Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, Long Beach, California

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 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 Port of Long Beach, California, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 50, has made application to the Board to expand Subzone 50H at the facilities of Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, located in Long Beach, California, (FTZ Docket B-55-2015, docketed August 18, 2015);

Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (80 FR 5198, August 24, 2015) 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 status at the facilities of Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC, located in Long Beach, California (Subzone 50H), 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 10th day of November 2015.

Paul Piquado,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

ATTEST:

Elizabeth Whiteman,

Acting Executive Secretary.