[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7556]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1149]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Tesoro Alaska Company (Oil 
Refinery), Kenai, AK

    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 Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, 
grantee of FTZ 160, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone 
status at the oil refinery complex of Tesoro Alaska Company in Kenai, 
Alaska, was filed by the Board on May 5, 2000, and notice inviting 
public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 20-2000, 
65 FR 31139, 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 authorizes the establishment of a 
subzone (Subzone 160A) at the oil refinery complex of Tesoro Alaska 
Company, in Kenai, Alaska, 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 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:

--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 15th day of March 2001.
Timothy J. Hauser,
Acting Under Secretary for International Trade, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-7556 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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