[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48470-48471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24344]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 999]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Amoco Chemical Company 
(Petrochemical Complex), Brazoria County, TX

    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:

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    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 Brazos River Harbor Navigation 
District, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 149, for authority to establish 
special-purpose subzone status at the petrochemical complex of Amoco 
Chemical Company, located in Brazoria County, Texas, was filed by the 
Board on September 9, 1997, and notice inviting public comment was 
given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 71-97, 62 FR 49469, 9/22/97); 
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 149E) at the petrochemical complex of Amoco Chemical 
Company, located in Brazoria County, Texas, (to be operated in 
conjunction with Subzone 199A-Amoco Oil Company, Texas City, Texas, 
refinery), at the location 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 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 146.41) shall be elected on 
all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-
privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected on 
refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings # 2710.00.0505--# 
2710.00.1050, and # 2710.00.25 which are used in the production of:

--Petrochemical feedstocks (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 25th day of August, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-24344 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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