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[FR Doc No: 94-9197]


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[Federal Register: April 18, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 

Tax on Certain Imported Substances; Filing of Petition

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the acceptance, under Notice 89-61, 
1989-1 C.B. 717, of a petition requesting that polycarbonate be added 
to the list of taxable substances in section 4672(a)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code. Publication of this notice is in compliance with Notice 
89-61. This is not a determination that the list of taxable substances 
should be modified.

DATES: Written comments and requests for a public hearing relating to 
this petition must be received by June 17, 1994. Any modification of 
the list of taxable substances based upon this petition would be 
effective July 1, 1993.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for a public hearing to: 
CC:DOM:CORP:T:R (Petition), room 5228, Internal Revenue Service, POB 
7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyrone J. Montague, Office of 
Assistant Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries), (202) 
622-3130 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The petition was received on August 4, 1992. 
The petitioner is Miles, Inc., a manufacturer and exporter of this 
substance. The following is a summary of the information contained in 
the petition. The complete petition is available in the Internal 
Revenue Service Freedom of Information Reading Room.

HTS number: 3907.40.00.00
CAS number: 127133-67-9

    This substance is derived from the taxable chemicals methane, 
chlorine, benzene, propylene, and sodium hydroxide. Polycarbonate is a 
solid produced predominantly by the interfacial polycondensation 
reaction of the sodium salt solution of bisphenol-A in an aqueous phase 
and phosgene in an organic phase.
    The stoichiometric material consumption formula for this substance 
is: CH4 (methane) + Cl2 (chlorine) + 2 C6H6 
(benzene) + C3H6 (propylene) + 2 NaOH (sodium hydroxide) + 3 
O2 (oxygen) ----------> 
O(C6H4)C(CH3)2(C6H4)OCO (polycarbonate) + 
5 H2O (water) + 2 NaCl (sodium chloride).
    According to the petition, taxable chemicals constitute 79.1 
percent by weight of the materials used to produce this substance. The 
rate of tax for this substance would be $4.91 per ton. This is based 
upon a conversion factor for methane of 0.083, a conversion factor for 
chlorine of 0.276, a conversion factor for benzene of 0.614, a 
conversion factor for propylene of 0.165, and a conversion factor for 
sodium hydroxide of 0.315.
Dale D. Goode,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate).
[FR Doc. 94-9197 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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