[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52856-52857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19726]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade-Zones Board

[Docket 35-2004]


Foreign-Trade-Zone 87--Lake Charles, LA, Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority--Subzone 87B, CITGO Petroleum Company, Lake 
Charles, LA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade-Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, grantee of 
FTZ 87, requesting authority on behalf of CITGO Petroleum Company 
(CITGO), to amend the boundaries of the subzone, add a site, and expand 
the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures 
within Subzone 87B at the CITGO oil refinery complex in Lake Charles, 
Louisiana. 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 
August 18, 2004.
    Subzone 87B (320,000 BPD capacity 1,500 employees) was approved by 
the Board in 1989 for the manufacture of fuel products and certain 
petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (Board Order 420, 54 
FR 27660, 6/30/89, as amended by Board Order 760, 60 FR 41054, 8/11/95 
and Board Order 1116, 65 FR 52696, 8/30/00).
    The subzone, as updated, would consist of six sites on 3,420 acres 
in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: Site 1: (2,823 acres) main refinery 
complex, on the west bank of the Calcasieu River, three miles southwest 
of Lake Charles; Site 2: (22 acres) along the Calcasieu River, adjacent 
to Site 1; Site 3: (135 acres) Clifton Ridge Marine Terminal, along the 
Calcasieu River, south of Site 1; Site 4: (330 acres) CITGO Lubes and 
Waxes refinery, on Highway 108, north Site 1; Site 5: (6 acres) 
adjoining Highway 108, north of Site 1; Site 6: (104 acres) located to 
the east of Site 1, along the Calcasieu River.
    The expansion request involves the construction of new crude and 
vacuum units that will increase the overall crude distillation capacity 
of the refinery to 465,000 BPD and allow for increased processing of 
heavy crudes. No additional feedstocks or products have been requested.
    Zone procedures would exempt the new refinery units 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 for 
certain petrochemical feedstocks (duty-free) by admitting foreign crude 
oil in non-

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privileged foreign status. The application indicates that the savings 
from zone procedures help improve the refinery'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 October 29, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 15, 
2004.)
    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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 150 Marine St., Lake 
Charles, LA 70601.

    Dated: August 18, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-19726 Filed 8-27-04; 8:45 am]
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