[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1904]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 2-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 14--Little Rock, Arkansas, Application for 
Subzone, Lion Oil Co., (Oil Refinery), El Dorado, AR

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Arkansas Department of Economic Development, grantee 
of FTZ 14, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the oil 
refining facilities of Lion Oil Company (Lion), located in El Dorado, 
Arkansas. 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 
January 15, 2003.
    The refinery complex (65,000 BPD capacity, 651,000 barrel storage 
capacity) consists of three sites in Union and Columbia Counties, 
Arkansas: Site 1 (407 acres)--main refinery complex, and Sand Hill 
Terminal located at 1000 McHenry Avenue, El Dorado; Site 2 (26 acres)--
Amoco Station storage facility, located on American Road in El Dorado; 
Site 3 (42 acres)--Magnolia Station storage facility, located on 
Highway 25 in Magnolia. The refinery (412 employees) is used to produce 
fuels and other petroleum products. Products include gasoline, diesel, 
distillates, propane, propane/propylene mix, asphalts and sulfur. Some 
60 percent of the crude oil (96 percent of inputs) is sourced abroad.
    Zone procedures would exempt the refinery from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic 
sales, the company would be able to choose the Customs duty rates that 
apply to certain petroleum products and refinery by-products (duty-
free) by admitting incoming foreign crude in non-privileged foreign 
status. The duty rates on inputs range from 5.25 cents/barrel to 10.5 
cents/barrel. The application indicates that the savings from zone 
procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. 
Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's 
Executive Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is March 31, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to April 14, 
2003).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 425 
West Capital Avenue, Suite 700, Little Rock, AR 72201.

    Dated: January 16, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-1904 Filed 1-27-03; 8:45 am]
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