[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38710-38711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18939]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 838]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Sun Company Inc. (Oil 
Refinery), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Area

    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;

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Whereas, an application from the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 35, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Sun Company Inc., 
at sites in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, was filed by the 
Board on January 11, 1996, and notice inviting public comment was given 
in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 1-96, 61 FR 1747, 1-23-96); 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 
application would be in the public interest if approval is subject to 
the conditions listed below;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a 
subzone (Subzone 35C) at the oil refinery complex of Sun Company Inc., 
at sites in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, at the locations 
described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and subject to 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 (examiners report, 
Appendix D);
--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 16th day of July 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18939 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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