[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: 01-9982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket A(27f)-21-01]


Foreign-Trade Zone 161--Sedgwick County, KA, Request for Minor 
Modification--Subzone 161B, Frontier El Dorado Refining Company, El 
Dorado, KA (Crude Oil Refinery Complex)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, 
Kansas, grantee of FTZ 161, requesting authority on behalf of the 
Frontier El Dorado Refining Company (Frontier), pursuant to Sec. 
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 862 (62 FR 1314, 1/9/
97) and Board Order 1116 (65 FR 52696, 8/30/00), authorizing Subzone 
161B at Frontier's' oil refinery complex in El Dorado, Kansas. 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 one additional refinery 
product--Alpha-Methylstyrene (also known as AMS or styrene) (HTSUS 
2902.50.0000, 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 862 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. 01-9982 Filed 4-20-01; 8:45 am]
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