[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9981]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket A(27f)-20-01]


Foreign-Trade Zone 149--Freeport, TX, Request for Minor 
Modification--Subzone 149C, Phillips Petroleum Company, Sweeney, TX 
(Crude Oil Refinery Complex)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, requesting 
authority on behalf of Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips), pursuant 
to Section 400.27(f) of the Board's regulations, for a minor 
modification of the list of products that can be produced from non-
privileged (NPF) inputs referenced in Restriction #2 of FTZ Board Order 
920 (62 FR 51830, 10/3/97) and Board Order 1116 (65 FR 52696, 8/30/00), 
authorizing Subzone 149C at Phillips' oil refinery complex in Sweeney, 
Texas. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on 
April 10, 2001.
    The company is now requesting to add four additional refinery 
products--normal pentane, iso-pentane, hexane and C5 diolefins (HTSUS 
2901.10.3000, 2901.10.4000 and 2901.29.5000, duty-free)-to the list of 
petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products that can be produced 
from NPF status inputs (e.g., crude oil) at the refinery. The list is 
referenced as Appendix ``C'' of the Examiner's Report in Board Orders 
920 and 1116, Restriction #2.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period 
for their receipt is May 23, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period to June 7, 2001.
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following location: Office of 
the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 4008, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20230.

    Dated: April 11, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-9981 Filed 4-20-01; 8:45 am]
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