[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 1316] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-505] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Order No. 863] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Basis Petroleum, Inc. (Oil Refinery), Texas City, Texas 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, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To provide 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,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized 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; Whereas, an application from the Texas City Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 199, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Basis Petroleum, Inc., in Texas City, Texas, was filed by the Board on April 11, 1996, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 29-96, 61 FR 17875, 4-23-96); 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 authorizes the establishment of a subzone (Subzone 199C) at the oil refinery of Basis Petroleum, Inc., in Texas City, Texas, at the location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the following conditions: 1. Foreign status (19 CFR Secs. 146.41, 146.42) products consumed as fuel for the refinery shall be subject to the applicable duty rate. 2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR Sec. 146.41) shall be elected on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR Sec. 146.42) may be elected on refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings #2709.00.1000--#2710.00.1050, #2710.00.2500 and #2710.00.4500 which are used in the production of: --Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (examiners report, Appendix C); --Products for export; and, --Products eligible for entry under HTSUS #9808.00.30 and 9808.00.40 (U.S. Government purchases). 3. The authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted until September 30, 2000, subject to extension. Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of December 1996. Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-505 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P