[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 51-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 25--Broward County, FL; Proposed Foreign-Trade 
Subzone, Chevron Products Company (Petroleum Product Storage), Port 
Everglades, FL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Broward County, Florida, grantee of FTZ 25, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the petroleum product storage 
facility of Chevron Products Company (Chevron), located in Port 
Everglades, Florida. 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 October 2, 2003.
    The Chevron terminal facility (21.53 acres) consists of a single 
site of two parcels and a pipeline in Port Everglades, Florida, 
(Broward County): Parcel 1, East Tank Farm (15 tanks, 434,327 barrel 
capacity, 10.56 acres) located at 1400 S.E. 24th St.; and, Parcel 2, 
West Tank Farm (3 tanks, 137,953 barrel capacity, 9.39 acres) located 
at 900 S.E. 24th St. The Chevron connecting pipeline is used for 
routing of petroleum products to the storage terminals from arriving 
vessels at the docks.
    The storage facility is primarily used for the receipt, storage, 
and distribution of jet fuel by pipeline to the Miami and Fort 
Lauderdale International Airports. The company also uses the facility 
to store and distribute gasoline, diesel fuel, distillate fuels, and 
blending stocks. Some of the products are or will be sourced from 
abroad or from U.S. refineries under FTZ procedures.
    Zone procedures would exempt Chevron from Customs duties and 
federal excise taxes on foreign status jet fuel used for international 
flights. On domestic sales, the company would be able to defer Customs 
duty payments until the products leave the facility. The application 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
facility's international competitiveness.
    No specific manufacturing request is being made at this time. Such 
a request would be made to the Board on a case-by-case basis.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated 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 December 8, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 23, 
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 address Number 1 listed above, and 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 200 E. las 
Olas Blvd. (Sun Sentinel Bldg.), Suite 1600, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
33301-2284.

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-25628 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]
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