[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47953-47954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19825]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1111]


Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority; Fina Oil and 
Chemical Company (Petrochemical Complex), Jefferson County, Texas

    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 Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee 
of FTZ 116, has requested authority on behalf of the Fina Oil and 
Chemical Company (Fina), to expand the scope of manufacturing activity 
conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 116B at the Fina oil 
refinery complex in Jefferson County, Texas. (FTZ Doc. 55-99, filed 11-
8-99);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 63786, 11-22-99);
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application would be in the public interest, if subject to the standard 
oil refinery restrictions;
    Now therefore, the Board hereby approves the request subject to the 
FTZ

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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 petrochemical complex 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 
inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings # 2710.00.05--# 2710.00.10, # 
2710.00.25, and # 2710.00.4510 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 is granted in accordance with Board Order 772, 
which established subzone 116B, and is subject to any restrictions or 
extensions of that authority.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th 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. 00-19825 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
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