[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24293]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 770]


Revision of Grant of Authority; Subzone 84F; Phibro Refining 
Inc., (Oil Refinery), Houston, Texas

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 (FTZ) Board (the Board) authorized 
subzone status at the oil refinery of Phibro Refining Inc., in Houston, 
Texas, in 1991 (Subzone 84F, Board Order 552, 56 FR 67058, 12/27/91);
    Whereas, the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84F, has 
requested pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1)(i), a revision (filed 7/18/95, 
A(32b1)-13-95; FTZ Doc. 47-95, assigned 8/30/95) of the grant of 
authority for FTZ Subzone 84F which would make its scope of authority 
identical to that recently granted for FTZ Subzone 199A at the refinery 
complex of Amoco Oil Company, Texas City, Texas (Board Order 731, 60 FR 
13118, 3/10/95); and,
    Whereas, the request has been reviewed and the Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, acting for the Board pursuant to 
Sec. 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the recommendation of the Executive 
Secretary, and approves the request;
    Now therefore, the Board hereby orders that, subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, Board Order 552 is 
revised to replace the two conditions currently listed in the Order 
with the following conditions:
    1. Foreign status (19 CFR Secs. 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 Sec. 146.41) shall be elected 
on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-
privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR Sec. 146.42) may be elected on 
refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings # 2709.00.1000-# 
2710.00.1050 and # 2710.00.2500 which are used in the production of:

--petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (FTZ staff report, 
Appendix B);
--products for export; and,
--products eligible for entry under HTSUS # 9808.00.30 and 9808.00.40 
(U.S. Government purchases).

    3. The authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted 
until September 30, 2000, subject to extension.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of September 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-24293 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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