[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1315-1316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-499]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 864]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Ashland Inc. (Oil 
Refinery); Stark and Allen Counties, OH

    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;
    Whereas, an application from the Akron-Canton Regional Airport 
Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 181, for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of 
Ashland Inc., at sites in Stark and Allen Counties, Ohio, was filed by 
the Board on June 4, 1996, and notice inviting public comment was given 
in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 49-96, 61 FR 29530, 6-11-96); 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 181A) at the oil

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refinery complex of Ashland Inc., at sites in Stark and Allen Counties, 
Ohio, 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, #2710.00.2500 and #2710.00.4500 which 
are used in the production of:

--Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (examiners 
report, Appendix C);
--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 30th day of December 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. 97-499 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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