[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 37047] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-17767] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket A(32b1)-11-95] Foreign-Trade Zone 122--Corpus Christi, TX; Subzone 122B Southwestern Refining (Crude Oil Refinery) Request for Modification of Restrictions A request has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA), grantee of FTZ 122, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations, for modification of the restrictions in FTZ Board Order 310 authorizing Subzone 122B at the crude oil refinery of Southwestern Refining (Southwestern) in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Koch Refining Company is in the process of purchasing the refinery.) The request was formally filed on July 13, 1995. The FTZ Board approved subzone status for the Southwestern refinery in 1985 (Subzone 122B, Board Order 310, 50 FR 38020, 9/19/85). The approval was subject to certain standard restrictions, including one that required the election of privileged foreign status on incoming foreign merchandise. PCCA is now requesting that this restriction be modified so that the refinery would have the option available under the FTZ Act to choose non-privileged foreign (NPF) status on foreign refinery inputs used to produce certain petrochemical feedstocks and by-products including the following: benzene, toluene, xylenes, hydrocarbon mixtures, distillates/residual fuel oils, kerosene, naphthas, liquified natural gas, ethane, propane, butane, ethylene, propylene, butylene, butadiene, petroleum coke, asphalt, sulfur, sulfuric acid, cumene and pseudocumene. The request cites the FTZ Board's recent decision in the Amoco, Texas City, Texas case (Board Order 731, 60 FR 13118, 3/10/95) which authorized subzone status with the NPF option noted above. In the Amoco case, the Board concluded that the restriction that precluded this NPF option was not needed under current oil refinery industry circumstances. Public comment on the proposal 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 [30 days from date of publication]. 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 3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Dated: July 13, 1995. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-17767 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P