[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6582-6583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1682]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1137]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Conoco, Inc., (Oil 
Refinery Complex), Ponca City, Oklahoma

    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, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 106, has made application to the Board 
for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil 
refinery complex of Conoco, Inc., located in Ponca City, Oklahoma (FTZ 
Docket 18-2000, filed 5/3/00);
    Whereas notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (65 FR 31141, 5/16/00); 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 would be in the public interest if approval is subject to 
the conditions listed below;
    Now therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status 
at the oil refinery complex of Conoco, Inc., located in Ponca City, 
Oklahoma (Subzone 160E), 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

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petrochemical complex shall be subject to the applicable duty rate.
    2. Privileged for 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 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 (examiner's report, Appendix ``C'')
--Products for export; and,
--Products eligible for entry under HTSUS #9808.00.30 and 
#9808.00.40 (U.S. Government purchases).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of January 2001.
Troy H. Cribb,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Standard Appendix for Oil Refinery Subzones \1\ Petrochemical Feedstocks/Refinery By-Products NPF Status
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                                                       HTSUS No.                         Duty rate
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Benzene....................................                    2707.10.00  Free.
Toluene....................................                    2707.20.00  Free.
Xylenes....................................                    2707.30.00  Free.
Napthalene.................................                    2707.40.00  Free.
Other Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixtures........                    2707.50.00  Free.
Carbon Black Oil...........................                    2707.99.50  Free.
                                                               2803.00.00  Free.
Distillates/Fuel Oils......................                    2710.00.05  5.25 cents/bbl.
                                                               2710.00.10  10.5 cents/bbl.
Kerosene...................................                    2710.00.20  10.5 cents/bbl.
Naphthas (except motor fuel & blendstocks).                    2710.00.25  10.5 cents/bbl.
Mixtures of Hydrocarbons, not elsewhere                        2710.00.45  10.5 cents/bbl.
 specified.
Liquified Natural Gas......................                    2711.11.00  Free.
Propane....................................                    2711.12.00  Free.
Butanes....................................                    2711.13.00  Free.
Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene, Butadiene...                    2711.14.00  Free.
Ethane, other Liquified Petroleum Gases....                    2711.19.00  Free.
Natural Gas, gaseous.......................                   2711.21.000  Free.
Gaseous Propane, Butane, other Petroleum                       2711.29.00  Free.
 Gases.
Paraffin Waxes & Petroleum Jelly...........         2712.10.00-2712.90.20  Free.
Petroleum Coke and Asphalt.................         2713.11.00-2713.90.00  Free.
                                                    2714.10.00-2715.00.00  Free.
Sulfur.....................................                    2802.00.00  Free.
                                                               2503.00.00  Free.
Sulfuric Acid..............................                    2807.00.00  Free.
Acyclic Hydrocarbons:
    Saturated:
        Ethane and Butane..................                    2901.10.10  Free.
        n-Pentane and Isopentane...........                    2901.10.30  Free.
        Other..............................                    2901.10.40  Free.
    Unsaturated:
        Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene......         2901.21.00-2901.23.00  Free.
Buta-1-3-diene.............................                    2901.24.10  Free.
Dicyclopentadiene..........................                  2902.19.0010  Free.
Cyclic Hydrocarbons:
    Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes...........         2902.20.00-2902.44.00  Free.
Cumene.....................................                    2902.70.00  Free.
Pseudocumene...............................                    2902.90.10  Free.
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\1\ This is a comprehensive list of finished products that may be produced with NPF inputs at the subzones
  designated in Appendix A (Fed. Reg. Notice of 9/2/99, 64 FR 48140) based on previous FTZ Board authorizations
  for oil refineries.

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