[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21638]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-81-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification 
of Proposed Production Activity; Puma Energy Caribe, LLC (Biodiesel 
Blending); Bayamon, Puerto Rico

    Puma Energy Caribe, LLC (Puma Energy) submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in 
Bayamon, Puerto Rico within Subzone 7F. The notification conforming to 
the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) 
was received on August 26, 2013.
    Puma Energy already has authority to conduct certain standard 
refinery operations involving crude oil and petroleum products within 
Subzone 7F. The current request would add the blending of biodiesel to 
the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ 
authority would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
components and specific finished products described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Puma Energy from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status component used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Puma Energy would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to renewable 
diesel blends (duty rate--10.5[cent]/barrel) for the foreign status 
inputs noted below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status 
production equipment.
    The component sourced from abroad is: Fatty acid methyl ester 
meeting the specification of biodiesel (B100) (duty rate--4.6%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 15, 2013.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: August 27, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-21638 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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