[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8220]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1032]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Tosco Refining Compnay (Oil 
Refinery) Los Angeles, California, 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, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 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, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 202, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex 
of Tosco Refining Company, located in the Los Angeles, California, area 
(FTZ Docket 37-98, filed 7/8/96);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 38368, 7/16/98); 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 202C) at the oil refinery complex of Tosco Refining 
Company, located in the Los Angeles, California, 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, #2710.00.2500, and #2710.00.4510 
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 19th day of March 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8220 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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