[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17314-17315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6704]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 17-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 50--Port of Long Beach; Expansion of Subzone 
50I; Ultramar Inc.; Wilmington, CA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Long Beach, grantee of FTZ 50, requesting 
authority to expand the subzone and the scope of manufacturing activity 
conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 50I at the refinery 
owned by Valero Energy Corporation subsidiary Ultramar Inc. in 
Wilmington, California. 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 March 21, 2008.
    Subzone 50I (557 employees) was approved by the Board on August 23, 
2002 for the manufacture of fuel products and certain petrochemical 
feedstocks (Board Order 1244, 67 FR 56983, 9/6/02). The subzone 
currently consists of three sites (140 acres total): Site 1 (137 acres, 
120,000 BPD refinery and 3.1 million barrel storage capacity) is 
located at 2402 East Anaheim Street, in the Wilmington area of Los 
Angeles; Site 2 (three tanks, 1.1 million barrel storage capacity), at 
the Pacific Terminals, Dominguez Hills storage facility, located at 
2500 East Victoria St. in Compton, some 5.5 miles from the refinery; 
and Site 3 (one tank, 180,000

[[Page 17315]]

barrel capacity) at the Pacific Terminals, Long Beach Terminal storage 
facility, located at 2685 Seaside Blvd., Long Beach, some 1.4 miles 
from the refinery.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include an additional site (proposed Site 4) at the Wilmington Asphalt 
Plant. The proposed site (41 employees) consists of 6.4 acres and is 
located at 1651 Alameda in Wilmington, California, approximately 1.6 
miles from the main refinery complex. The addition of the site would 
increase the overall crude distillation capacity of the refinery to 
126,000 BPD. No additional feedstocks or products have been requested.
    Zone procedures would exempt production at the proposed site 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-privileged foreign status. The application 
indicates that the savings from zone procedures would help improve the 
refinery's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of 
the FTZ staff is 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 
June 2, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 16, 2008.
    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, 51 11150 West 
Olympic Boulevard, Suite 975, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
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: March 21, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-6704 Filed 3-31-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P