[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 18739-18740] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-9970] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 27-97] Foreign-Trade Zone 22, Chicago, Illinois; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone; Mobil Oil Corporation (Oil Refinery Complex), Will County, Illinois An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Illinois International Port District, grantee of FTZ 22, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the oil refinery complex of Mobil Oil Corporation, located in Will County, Illinois. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign- Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on April 7, 1997. The refinery complex (1,294 acres, 550 employees) consists of 2 sites in [[Page 18740]] Will County, Illinois: Site 1 (1,200 acres)--refinery complex located at I-55 and Arsenal Road, on the Des Plaines River, 8 miles south of Joliet, some 50 miles southwest of Chicago; Site 2 (94 acres)--Mokena storage facility (780,000 barrel capacity) located at 183rd St and Wolf Road, some 25 miles southwest of Chicago. The refinery (210,000 BPD) is used to produce fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. Fuel products include include gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, residual fuels, naphthas and motor fuel blendstocks. Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products include methane, ethane, propane, propylene, butane, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, petroleum coke, carbon black oil and sulfur. Some 3.6 percent of the crude oil (90 percent of inputs), and some motor fuel blendstocks are sourced abroad. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery from Customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic sales, the company would be able to choose the Customs duty rates that apply to certain petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (duty-free) by admitting incoming foreign crude oil and natural gas condensate in non-privileged foreign status. The duty rates on inputs range from 5.25 cents barrel to 10.5 cents barrel. The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help improve the refinery's international competitiveness. In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and report to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is June 16, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15- day period (to July 1, 1997). A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations: U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 2440, Chicago, Illinois 60603 Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 Dated: April 9, 1997. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-9970 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P