[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 178 (Friday, September 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52543-52544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18160]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket A(27f)-44-07


Foreign-Trade Zone 149--Freeport, TX, Request for Minor 
Modification--Subzone 149C, ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company, Sweeny, 
TX, (Crude Oil Refinery Complex)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Freeport, grantee of FTZ 149, requesting 
authority on behalf of the ConocoPhillips Company (ConocoPhillips), 
pursuant to section 400.27(f) of the Board's regulations, for a minor 
modification to the list of products that can be produced from non-
privileged (NPF) inputs referenced in Restriction 2 of FTZ 
Board Order 920 (62 FR 51830, 10/3/97), Board Order 1116 (65 FR 52696, 
8/30/00) and Board Order 1488 (71 FR 67329, 11/21/06), authorizing 
Subzone 149C at ConocoPhillips' oil refinery complex in Sweeny, Texas. 
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).
    The company is requesting that an additional refinery product - 
cyclohexane (HTSUS 2902.11.0000, duty-free) - be added to the list of 
petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products that can be produced 
from NPF status inputs (e.g., crude oil) at the refinery. The list is 
referenced as Appendix ``C'' of the Examiner's Report and in Board 
Orders 920, 1116 and 1488, Restriction 2.
    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 
October 15, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to October 29, 2007.

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    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following location:
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 Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: September 5, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-18160 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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