[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39051-39052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13824]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 22-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 86 - Tacoma, Washington, Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority - Subzone 86D; Tesoro Refining and Marketing 
Company, Anacortes, Washington

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board

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(the Board) by the Port of Tacoma, grantee of FTZ 86, requesting 
authority on behalf of Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (Tesoro), 
to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone 
procedures within Subzone 86D at the Tesoro oil refinery complex in 
Anacortes, Washington. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 
July 10, 2007.
    Subzone 86D (108,200 BPD capacity, 350 employees) was approved by 
the Board in 2001 for the manufacture of fuel products and certain 
petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (Board Order 1140, 66 
FR 6583-6585, 1-22-2001).
    The subzone is located on West March Point Road in Anacortes, 
Washington (Skagit County). The request anticipates expansion of 
Tesoro's crude unit and modifications and upgrades to existing units 
within the refinery complex that may increase the overall crude 
distillation capacity of the refinery up to 150,000 BPD. No additional 
feedstocks or products have been requested.
    Zone procedures would exempt the increased production from customs 
duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic 
sales of the increased production, the company would be able to choose 
the finished product duty rate on certain petrochemical feedstocks and 
refinery by-products (duty-free) by admitting foreign crude oil in non-
privileged foreign status. The duty rates on crude oil range from 5.25 
cents/barrel to 10.5 cents/barrel. 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 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
September 17, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to October 1, 2007).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
    U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 2601 Fourth 
Avenue, Suite 310, Seattle, WA 98121.
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at [email protected] or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: July 10, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-13824 Filed 7-16-07; 8:45 am]
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