[Federal Register: August 30,
2000 (Volume 65, Number 169)]
[Notices]
[Page 52696-52697]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[Order No. 1116]
Extension of Nonprivileged
Status Authority, Oil Refinery
Subzones
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,
by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act
``To
provide 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,'' as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) is authorized to grant to
qualified corporations the
privilege of establishing foreign-trade
zones in or adjacent to U.S.
Customs ports of entry;
Whereas,
the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for
the
establishment of
special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use
involved, and when the activity results
in a significant public
benefit and is in the public interest;
Whereas,
the Board approved the oil refinery/petrochemical
complex
subzones listed below to
conduct certain activity under zone
procedures, subject to
product and time restrictions;
Whereas,
applications were submitted from the FTZ grantees of the
subzones listed below,
requesting a time extension of authority to
elect nonprivileged foreign
status (NPF) on crude oil and related
products used in the
production of certain petrochemical feedstocks and
refinery by-products at the
crude oil refineries/petrochemical
complexes of the listed
subzones;
Whereas,
the applications were filed by the Board on August 23,
1999, and notice describing
the applications and inviting public
comment was given in the
Federal Register (FTZ Docket 41-99, 64 FR
48140, 9/2/99);
and,
Whereas,
the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the
examiner's report, and finds
that the requirements of the FTZ Act and
Board's regulations would be
satisfied, and that approval of the
applications would be in the
public interest if approval is subject to
the conditions listed
below;
Now,
therefore, the Board hereby amends the Board Orders
listed
below, authorizing an
extension of authority for the listed subzones,
subject to the FTZ Act and
the Board's regulations, including
Sec. 400.28, and further
subject to the following conditions:
1. Foreign
status (19 CFR 146.41, 146.42) products consumed as fuel
for the refinery shall be
subject to the applicable duty rate.
2.
Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected
on
all foreign merchandise
admitted to the subzone, except that non-
privileged foreign (NPF)
status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected on
refinery inputs covered under
HTSUS Subheadings #2709.00.1000-
#2710.00.1050, #2710.00.2500
and #2710.00.4510 which are used in the
production of:
--petrochemical feedstocks
and refinery by-products (examiner's report,
Appendix ``C'');
--products for
export;
--and, products eligible for
entry under HTSUS #9808.00.30 and
#9808.00.40 (U.S. Government
purchases).
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Subzone
Order
Docket No.
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2H.................................
791 Doc. 41(1)-99
2I.................................
821 Doc. 41(2)-99
2J.................................
895 Doc. 41(3)-99
3B.................................
974 Doc. 41(4)-99
8F.................................
822 Doc. 41(5)-99
8G.................................
822 Doc. 41(6)-99
9E.................................
769 Doc. 41(7)-99
20C................................
761 Doc. 41(8)-99
22I................................
779 Doc. 41(9)-99
22J................................
960 Doc. 41(10)-99
31B................................
878 Doc. 41(11)-99
35C................................
838 Doc. 41(12)-99
35D................................
891 Doc. 41(13)-99
47B................................
865 Doc. 41(14)-99
49E................................
792 Doc. 41(15)-99
49F................................
880 Doc. 41(16)-99
70T................................
879 Doc. 41(17)-99
82F................................
921 Doc. 41(18)-99
82G................................
962 Doc. 41(19)-99
84F................................
770 Doc. 41(20)-99
84J................................
785 Doc. 41(21)-99
84N................................
793 Doc. 41(22)-99
84O................................
837 Doc. 41(23)-99
84P................................
961 Doc. 41(24)-99
84Q................................
975 Doc. 41(25)-99
87A................................
808 Doc. 41(26)-99
87B................................
760 Doc. 41(27)-99
92D................................
747 Doc. 41(28)-99
99E................................
831 Doc. 41(29)-99
104C...............................
805 Doc. 41(30)-99
115B...............................
780 Doc. 41(31)-99
116A...............................
740 Doc. 41(32)-99
116B...............................
772 Doc. 41(33)-99
116C...............................
848 Doc. 41(34)-99
122A...............................
782 Doc. 41(35)-99
122C...............................
765 Doc. 41(36)-99
122I...............................
759 Doc. 41(37)-99
122J...............................
771 Doc. 41(38)-99
122L...............................
768 Doc. 41(39)-99
122M...............................
1031 Doc. 41(40)-99
124A...............................
825 Doc. 41(41)-99
124C...............................
739 Doc. 41(42)-99
124E...............................
773 Doc. 41(43)-99
124F...............................
839 Doc. 41(44)-99
142A...............................
790 Doc. 41(45)-99
142B...............................
806 Doc. 41(46)-99
142C...............................
894 Doc. 41(47)-99
146D...............................
781 Doc. 41(48)-99
149C...............................
920 Doc. 41(49)-99
149E...............................
999 Doc. 41(50)-99
152B...............................
762 Doc. 41(51)-99
154A...............................
847 Doc. 41(52)-99
161B...............................
862 Doc. 41(53)-99
181A...............................
864 Doc. 41(54)-99
199A...............................
731 Doc. 41(55)-99
199B...............................
830 Doc. 41(56)-99
199C...............................
863 Doc. 41(57)-99
202B...............................
959 Doc. 41(58)-99
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Signed at
Washington, DC, this 24th day of August 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Import Administration,
Alternate Chairman,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 00-22198 Filed
8-29-00; 8:45 am]
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