[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45034-45035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18414]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1108]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Premcor Refining Group 
Inc. (Oil Refinery), Cook County, IL

    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, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, an application from the Illinois International Port 
District, grantee of FTZ 22, for authority to establish special-purpose 
subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Premcor Refining Group 
Inc. (formerly Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc.) in Cook County, 
Illinois, was filed by the Board on February 2, 1999, and notice 
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 
5-99, 64 FR 6877, 2/11/99; amended, 65 FR 11038, 3/1/00); 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, as amended, 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 22L) at the oil refinery complex of Premcor Refining 
Group Inc. (formerly Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc.) in Cook County, 
Illinois, at the locations described in the application, as amended, 
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 #2709.00.1000-
#2710.00.1050, #.2710.2500 and #2710.0.4510 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, 2003, subject to extension.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of July 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18414 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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