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[FR Doc No: 94-8827]


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[Federal Register: April 12, 1994]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Bureau of Export Administration

 

Initiation of National Security Investigation of Imports of Crude 
Oil and Petroleum Products

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of national security investigation and 
request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise the public that an investigation is 
being initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 
as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine the effects on the national 
security of imports of crude oil and petroleum products. Interested 
parties are invited to submit written comments, opinions, data, 
information, or advice relative to the investigation to the Strategic 
Analysis Division, Office of Industrial Resource Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 12, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments (ten copies) should be sent to Brad Botwin, 
Director, Strategic Analysis Division, Office of Industrial Resource 
Administration, Department of Commerce, room 3878, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Kritzer, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Office of Foreign Availability, Telephone: (202) 482-5305.
    Karen Swasey, Section 232 Program Manager, Strategic Analysis 
Division, Office of Industrial Resource Administration, Telephone: 
(202) 482-3795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In a petition submitted by the Independent Petroleum Association of 
America, on March 11, 1994, the Department of Commerce was requested to 
initiate an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act 
of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), to determine the effects on the 
national security of imports of crude oil and petroleum products.
    On April 5, 1994, the Department of Commerce formally accepted the 
application and initiated an investigation. The findings and 
recommendations of the investigation are to be reported by the 
Secretary of Commerce to the President no later than December 31, 1994 
(i.e., within 270 days).
    The items to be investigated have distinct Harmonized Tariff System 
(HTS) tariff classification numbers. They include the following HTS 
numbers and earlier TSUS numbers:

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                    Name                          TSUS           HTS    
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Crude oil, under 25 degrees API..............       475.05   27100005--0
Crude oil, 25 degrees API or more............       475.10   27100010--0
Motor fuel, including gas, leaded and                                   
 unleaded; naphtha-type jet fuel and kerosene-                          
 type jet fuel...............................       475.25   27100015--0
Kerosene derived from petroleum, shale oil,                             
 or both, except motor fuel..................       475.30   27100020--0
Naphthas derived from petroleum, shale oil,                             
 natural gas, or combinations thereof, except                           
 motor oil...................................       475.35   27100025--0
                                                             36061000--1
Mineral oil of medicinal grade derived from                             
 petroleum, shale oil, or both...............       475.40   27100045--2
Lubricating oils and greases, derived from                              
 petroleum, shale oil, or both, with or                                 
 without additives...........................       475.45   27100030--0
                                                             34031110--3
                                                             34031150--3
                                                             34031910--0
                                                    475.55   34031110--3
                                                             34031150--3
                                                             34031950--1
                                                    475.60   27100040--0
                                                             34031110--3
                                                             34031150--3
                                                             34031950--1
Mixtures of hydrocarbons not specially                                  
 provided for, derived wholly from petroleum,                           
 shale oil, natural gas, or combinations                                
 thereof, which contain by weight not over                              
 50% of any single hydrocarbon compound......       475.65   27100045--2
                                                    475.70   27121000--0
                                                             27132000--0
                                                             27139000--0
Paraffin and other petroleum waxes...........       494.22   27122000--0
                                                             27129020--0
                                                             34049050--0
Petroleum coke...............................     517.5120   27040000--2
                                                             27131200--0
Asphaltum, bitumen, & limestone-rock asphalt.       517.11   38011050--0
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    This investigation is being undertaken in accordance with Part 705 
of the National Security Industrial Base Regulations (15 CFR parts 700 
to 709) (the ``regulations''). Interested parties are invited to submit 
written comments, opinions, data, information, or advice relevant to 
this investigation to the Office of Industrial Resource Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, no later than May 12, 1994.
    The Department is particularly interested in comments and 
information directed to the criteria listed in Sec. 705.4 of the 
regulations as they affect national security, including the following:
    (a) Quantity of the circumstances related to the importation of the 
articles subject to the investigation;
    (b) Domestic production and productive capacity needed for these 
articles to meet projected national defense requirements;
    (c) Existing and anticipated availability of human resources, 
products, raw materials, production equipment, and facilities to 
produce these items;
    (d) Growth requirements of domestic industries to meet national 
defense requirements and/or requirements to assure such growth;
    (e) The impact of foreign competition on the economic welfare of 
the domestic industry; and
    (f) The displacement of any domestic products causing substantial 
unemployment, decrease in the revenues of government, loss of 
investment or specialized skills and productive capacity, or other 
serious effects.
    All materials should be submitted with 10 copies. Public 
information will be made available at the Department of Commerce for 
public inspection and copying. Material that is national security 
classified information or business confidential information will be 
exempted from public disclosure as provided for by Sec. 705.6 of the 
regulations (15 CFR 705.6). Anyone submitting business confidential 
information should clearly identify the business confidential portion 
of the submission, file a statement justifying nondisclosure and 
referring to the specific legal authority claimed, and provide a non-
confidential submission which can be placed in the public file. 
Communications from agencies of the United States Government will not 
be made available for public inspection.
    The public record concerning this notice will be maintained in the 
Bureau of Export Administration's Records Inspection Facility, room 
4525, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-5653. The records in 
this facility may be inspected and copied in accordance with the 
regulations published in part 4 of title 15 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (15 CFR 4.1 et seq.). Information about the inspection and 
copying of records at the facility may be obtained from Ms. Margaret 
Cornejo, the Bureau of Export Administration's Freedom of Information 
Officer, at the above address and telephone number.

    Dated: April 8, 1994.
Sue E. Eckert,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-8827 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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