[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6583-6585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1684]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1140]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Tesoro Northwest Company 
(Oil Refinery), Anacortes, WA

    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, 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;
    Whereas, an application from the Port of Tacoma, grantee of FTZ 86, 
for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil 
refinery complex of Tesoro Northwest Company in Anacortes, Washington, 
was filed by the Board on March 15, 2000, and notice inviting public 
comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 10-2000, 65 FR 
15305, 3/22/00); and,

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    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations on 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 86D) at the oil refinery complex of Tesoro Northwest 
Company, in Anacortes, Washington, at the location 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 #2709.1000-
#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).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of January 2001.
Troy H. Cribb,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Appendix C

    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.
Naphthalene....................................         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 Liquefied Petroleum Gases........         2711.19.00  Free.
Natural Gas, gaseous...........................        2711.21.000  Free.
Gaseous Propane, Butane, other Petroleum Gases.         2711.29.00  Free.
Paraffin Waxes & Petroleum Jelly...............  2712.10.00-2712.9  Free.
                                                              0.20
Petroleum Coke and Asphalt.....................  2713.11.00-2713.9  Free.
                                                              0.00  Free.
                                                 2714.10.00-2715.0
                                                              0.00
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.
    Unsaturated Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene..  2901.21.00-2901.2  Free.
                                                              3.00
Buta-1-3-diene.................................         2901.24.10  Free.
Dicyclopentadene...............................       2902.19.0010  Free.
Cyclic Hydrocarbons: Benzene, Toluene and        2902.20.00-2902.4  Free.
 Xylenes                                                      4.00
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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