[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 40673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19472]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1181]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Atlantic Richfield Company 
(Oil Refinery) Long Beach, CA Area

    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, and when the 
activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the 
public interest;
    Whereas, an application from the Board of Harbor Commissioners 
of the Port of Long Beach, grantee of FTZ 50, for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex 
of Atlantic Richfield Company in the Long Beach, California, area, 
was filed by the Board on December 14, 2000, and notice inviting 
public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 71-
2000, 65 FR 82320, 12/28/00); 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 50H) at the oil refinery complex of Atlantic 
Richfield Company, in the Long Beach, California, area, 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 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, and # 2710.00.2500 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 27th day of 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-19472 Filed 8-2-01; 8:45 am]
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