[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48140-48142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22925]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign Trade Zones Board
[FTZ Dockets (41(1)-99 to 41(58)-99)]
Requests for Extension of Authority (Crude Oil Refineries/
Petrochemical Complexes)
Requests have been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the following grantees, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the
Board's regulations, for a time extension of their authority to elect
non-privileged foreign status (NPF) on crude oil used in the production
of certain petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products at the
crude oil refineries/petrochemical complexes of the companies listed
below. The requests were formally filed on August 23, 1999.
The FTZ Board has authorized 62 refineries/petrochemical complexes
to conduct crude oil/petrochemical product refining activity under FTZ
procedures, subject to certain standard restrictions listed below:
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 #2709.00.1000-
#2710.00.1050, #2710.00.2500 and #2710.00.4510 which are used in the
production of:
---certain petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products; -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.
The zone grantees on behalf of the refining facilities listed below
are now requesting that the authority for the NPF option be extended.
The refineries/petrochemical complexes produce fuels and
petrochemical feedstocks from crude oil and other inputs, such as
naphtha and natural gas condensate. Fuel products include gasoline, jet
fuel, distillates, residual fuels, and motor fuel blendstocks.
Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products produced under zone
procedures (NPF option) have included: benzene, toluene, xylene,
naphthalene, natural gas--liquified & gaseous, ethane, propane, butane,
ethylene, propylene, butylene, butadiene, paraffin waxes & petroleum
jelly, carbon black oil, petroleum coke, asphalt, sulfur, sulfuric
acid, cumene, pseudocumene, other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures, and
mixtures of hydrocarbons not elsewhere specified. The requests seek to
expand the scope of NPF authority to include additional petrochemical
feedstocks that have recently become duty-free under staged tariff
reductions of the Uruguay Round of GATT. These product categories
include: calcined petroleum coke, n-pentane and isopentane, isoprene,
dicyclopentadiene, styrene, and certain other saturated and unsaturated
acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons. (Although the refineries vary in their
product mix, the review would generally include the full range of
products listed above for all refineries.)
Zone procedures exempt the refineries from Customs duty payments on
the foreign products used in exports. On domestic sales, the NPF option
allows the companies to choose the Customs duty rates that apply to
certain petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (HTSUS duty
rates for most of these products are zero) by admitting incoming
foreign crude oil and natural gas condensate in non-privileged foreign
status. Such petrochemicals and by-products account for about 25 to 30
percent of refinery activity, on average. The duty rates on inputs
range from 5.25 cents/barrel to 10.5 cents/barrel. Duties on inputs
used to make fuel products (motor gasoline, jet fuel, blendstocks),
which constitute some 70 to 75 percent of production, will continue to
be dutiable at the crude oil rate. The applications indicate that the
continuation of authority to elect non-privileged foreign status will
contribute to the refineries' international competitiveness.
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Board order Subzone Company Location Docket No.
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Grantee: Board of Commissioners
of the Port of New Orleans:
791........................ 2H Chalmette Refinery Chalmette, LA..... Doc. 41(1)-99
LC.
821........................ 2I BP Amoco, plc..... Belle Chasse, LA.. Doc. 41(2)-99
895........................ 2J Murphy Oil USA, St. Bernard Doc. 41(3)-99
Inc. Parish, LA.
Grantee: Port of San Francisco: 3B Chevron U.S.A. Inc Richmond, CA...... Doc. 41(4)-99
974.
Grantee: Toledo-Lucas County
Port Authority:
822........................ 8F BP Amoco, plc..... Toledo, OH........ Doc. 41(5)-99
822........................ 8G Clark Refining and Lima, OH.......... Doc. 41(6)-99
Marketing, Inc.
Grantee: State of Hawaii: 415.. 9E Chevron Products Oahu, HI.......... Doc. 41(7)-99
Co.
Grantee: Virginia Port 20C BP Amoco plc...... Yorktown, VA...... Doc. 41(8)-99
Authority: 761.
Grantee: Illinois International
Port District:
779........................ 22I PDV Midwest Will County, IL... Doc. 41(9)-99
Refining.
960........................ 22J Mobil Oil Chicago, IL....... Doc. 41(10)-99
Corporation.
Grantee: Tri-City Regional Port 31B Motiva Enterprises Madison Co., IL... Doc. 41(11)-99
District: 878. LLC.
Grantee: Philadelphia Regional
Port Authority:
838........................ 35C Sun Company, Inc.. Philadelphia, PA.. Doc. 41(12)-99
891........................ 35D Tosco Corporation. Delaware Co., PA.. Doc. 41(13)-99
Grantee: Greater Cincinnati 47B Marathon Ashland Boone Co., KY..... Doc. 41(14)-99
FTZ, Inc.: 865. Petroleum LLC.
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Grantee: The Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey:
792........................ 49E Tosco Corp........ Linden, NJ........ Doc. 41(15)-99
880........................ 49F Chevron Products Perth Amboy, NJ... Doc. 41(16)-99
Co.
Grantee: Greater Detroit 70T Marathon Ashland Detroit, MI....... Doc. 41(17)-99
Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc.: 879. Petroleum LLC.
Grantee: City of Mobile:
921........................ 82F Coastal Mobile Mobile, AL........ Doc. 41(18)-99
Refining.
962........................ 82G Shell Oil Company. Mobile, AL........ Doc. 41(19)-99
Grantee: The Port of Houston
Authority:
552........................ 84F Valero Refining Co Houston, TX....... Doc. 41(20)-99
669........................ 84J Shell Oil Company. Harris County, TX. Doc. 41(21)-99
793........................ 84N Crown Central Houston, TX....... Doc. 41(22)-99
Petroleum.
837........................ 84O Exxon Corporation. Baytown, TX....... Doc. 41(23)-99
961........................ 84P LYONDELL-CITGO Houston, TX....... Doc. 41(24)-99
Refining LP.
975........................ 84Q Equistar Chemicals Houston, TX....... Doc. 41(25)-99
LP.
Grantee: Lake Charles Harbor
and Terminal District:
808........................ 87A Conoco, Inc....... Lake Charles, LA.. Doc. 41(26)-99
760........................ 87B Citgo Petroleum Lake Charles, LA.. Doc. 41(27)-99
Corp.
Grantee: Greater Gulfport/ 92D Chevron U.S.A. Pascagoula, MS.... Doc. 41(28)-99
Biloxi Foreign Trade Zone, Products Company.
Inc.: 747.
Grantee: Delaware Economic 99E Motiva Delaware City, DE. Doc. 41(29)-99
Development Office: 831. Enterprises, LLC.
Grantee: Savannah Airport 104C Citgo Asphalt Savannah, GA...... Doc. 41(30)-99
Commission: 805. Refining Co.
Grantee: Foreign Trade Zone of
Southeast Texas, Inc.:
780........................ 115B Mobil Corporation. Beaumont, TX...... Doc. 41(31)-99
740........................ 116A Motiva Port Arthur, TX... Doc. 41(32)-99
Enterprises, LLC.
772........................ 116B Fina Oil Company.. Port Arthur, TX... Doc. 41(33)-99
848........................ 116C Clark Refining & Port Arthur, TX... Doc. 41(34)-99
Marketing Inc.
Grantee: Port of Corpus Christi
Authority:
782........................ 122A Coastal Refining & Corpus Christi, TX Doc. 41(35)-99
Marketing, Inc.
765........................ 122C Trifinery Corpus Christi, TX Doc. 41(36)-99
Petroleum.
407........................ 122I Citgo Refining & Corpus Christi, TX Doc. 41(37)-99
Chemicals Co., LP.
414........................ 122J Valero Refining Corpus Christi, TX Doc. 41(38)-99
Company.
535........................ 122L Koch Petroleum Corpus Christi, TX Doc. 41(39)-99
Group.
1031....................... 122M Diamond Shamrock Three Rivers, TX.. Doc. 41(40)-99
Refining Co., LP.
Grantee: South Louisiana Port
Commission:
379........................ 124A Orion Refining Destrehan, LA..... Doc. 41(41)-99
Corp.
739........................ 124C Motiva Convent, LA....... Doc. 41(42)-99
Enterprises, LLC.
773........................ 124E Marathon Ashland Garyville, LA..... Doc. 41(43)-99
Petroleum, LP.
839........................ 124F Motiva Norco, LA......... Doc. 41(44)-99
Enterprises, LLC.
Grantee: Port of Philadelphia
and Camden, Inc.:
790........................ 142A Valero Refining Co Paulsboro, NJ..... Doc. 41(45)-99
806........................ 142B Citgo Asphalt Paulsboro, NJ..... Doc. 41(46)-99
Refinery.
894........................ 142C Coastal Eagle Eagle Point, NJ... Doc. 41(47)-99
Point Oil.
Grantee: Bi-State Authority: 146D Marathon Ashland Robinson, Il...... Doc. 41(48)-99
781. Petroleum, LLC.
Grantee: Port Freeport Brazos
River Harbor Navigation
District:
920........................ 149C Phillips Petroleum Sweeney, TX....... Doc. 41(49)-99
Co.
999........................ 149E BP Amoco Chemical, Brazoria Co., TX.. Doc. 41(50)-99
plc.
Grantee: Indiana Port 152B BP Amoco, plc..... Whiting, IN....... Doc. 41(51)-99
Commission: 762.
Grantee: Greater Baton Rouge 154A Exxon Corporation. Baton Rouge, LA... Doc. 41(52)-99
Port Commission: 847.
Grantee: Board of County 161B Equilon El Dorado, KS..... Doc. 41(53)-99
Commissioners of Sedgwick Enterprises, LLC.
County, Kansas: 862.
Grantee: Northeast Ohio Trade 181A Marathon Ashland Canton, OH........ Doc. 41(54)-99
and Economic Consortium: 864. Petroleum, LLC.
Grantee: Texas City Foreign
Trade Zone Corporation:
731........................ 199A BP Amoco, plc..... Texas City, TX.... Doc. 41(55)-99
830........................ 199B Marathon Ashland Texas City, TX.... Doc. 41(56)-99
Petroleum, LLC.
863........................ 199C Valero Refining Co Texas City, TX.... Doc. 41(57)-99
Grantee: Port Of Los Angeles: 202B Chevron U.S.A. Inc El Segundo, CA.... Doc. 41(58)-99
959.
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Public comment on the proposals 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 November 1, 1999.
Copies of the requests will be available for public inspection at
the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: August 24, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-22925 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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