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Code · REGISTER · 2001-01-22 · DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE · Notices

Notices. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1137] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Conoco, Inc., (Oil Refinery Complex), Ponca City, Oklahoma Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: *Whereas,* the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for “* * * the establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes,” and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S.
Customs ports of entry; *Whereas,* the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest; *Whereas,* the Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 106, has made application to the Board for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Conoco, Inc., located in Ponca City, Oklahoma (FTZ Docket 18-2000, filed 5/3/00); *Whereas* notice inviting public comment was given in the **Federal Register** (65 FR 31141, 5/16/00); and, *Whereas,* the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that approval of the application would be in the public interest if approval is subject to the conditions listed below; *Now therefore,* the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Conoco, Inc., located in Ponca City, Oklahoma (Subzone 160E), at the locations described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including § 400.28, and subject to the following conditions: 1.
Foreign status (19 CFR §§ 146.41, 146.42) products consumed as fuel for the petrochemical complex shall be subject to the applicable duty rate. 2. Privileged for foreign status (19 CFR § 146.41) shall be elected on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-privileged foreign
(NPF)status (19 CFR § 146.42) may be elected on inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings #2710.00.05—#2710.00.10 #2710.00.25, and #2710.00.4510 which are used in the production of: —Petrochemical feedstocks (examiner's report, Appendix “C”) —Products for export; and, —Products eligible for entry under HTSUS #9808.00.30 and #9808.00.40 (U.S. Government purchases). Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of January 2001. Troy H. Cribb, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Standard Appendix for Oil Refinery Subzones 1 Petrochemical Feedstocks/Refinery By-Products NPF Status HTSUS No. Duty rate Benzene 2707.10.00 Free. Toluene 2707.20.00 Free. Xylenes 2707.30.00 Free. Napthalene 2707.40.00 Free. Other Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixtures 2707.50.00 Free. Carbon Black Oil 2707.99.50 Free. 2803.00.00 Free. Distillates/Fuel Oils 2710.00.05 5.25¢/bbl. 2710.00.10 10.5¢/bbl. Kerosene 2710.00.20 10.5¢/bbl. Naphthas (except motor fuel & blendstocks) 2710.00.25 10.5¢/bbl. Mixtures of Hydrocarbons, not elsewhere specified 2710.00.45 10.5¢/bbl. Liquified Natural Gas 2711.11.00 Free. Propane 2711.12.00 Free. Butanes 2711.13.00 Free. Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene, Butadiene 2711.14.00 Free. Ethane, other Liquified Petroleum Gases 2711.19.00 Free. Natural Gas, gaseous 2711.21.000 Free. Gaseous Propane, Butane, other Petroleum Gases 2711.29.00 Free. Paraffin Waxes & Petroleum Jelly 2712.10.00-2712.90.20 Free. Petroleum Coke and Asphalt 2713.11.00-2713.90.00 Free. 2714.10.00-2715.00.00 Free. Sulfur 2802.00.00 Free. 2503.00.00 Free. Sulfuric Acid 2807.00.00 Free. Acyclic Hydrocarbons: Saturated: Ethane and Butane 2901.10.10 Free. n-Pentane and Isopentane 2901.10.30 Free. Other 2901.10.40 Free. Unsaturated: Ethylene, Propylene, Butylene 2901.21.00-2901.23.00 Free. Buta-1-3-diene 2901.24.10 Free. Dicyclopentadiene 2902.19.0010 Free. Cyclic Hydrocarbons: Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes 2902.20.00-2902.44.00 Free. Cumene 2902.70.00 Free. Pseudocumene 2902.90.10 Free. 1 This is a comprehensive list of finished products that may be produced with NPF inputs at the subzones designated in Appendix A (Fed. Reg. Notice of 9/2/99, 64 FR 48140) based on previous FTZ Board authorizations for oil refineries. [FR Doc. 01-1682 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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