77986 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 29, 2004 / Notices 

at the Washington State Community 

College, Community Room, 710 

Colegate Drive, Marietta, Ohio 45750. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses below: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building-Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions via U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB–

4100W, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

February 28, 2005. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period (to March 14, 2005). 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

No. 1 listed above and the Office of the 

Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, 205 

Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750.

Dated: December 20, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–28432 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1362] 

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, 

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, 

Inc., (Circuit Breakers), Warrendale 

and Freedom, PA 

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 (the 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 Regional Industrial 

Development Corporation of 

Southwestern Pennsylvania, grantee of 

Foreign-Trade Zone 33, has made 

application for authority to establish 

special-purpose subzone status at the 

circuit breaker manufacturing facilities 

of Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, 

Inc. (MEPPI), located in Warrendale and 

Freedom, Pennsylvania (FTZ Docket 

35–2003, filed 7–16–2003); 

Whereas, the application was 

amended on January 20, 2004, to 

expand the list of foreign-sourced 

components to be included within the 

scope of authority; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (68 FR 44281, 7–28–2003; 69 

FR 8379, 2–24–2004); 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 are satisfied, and 

that approval of the application, as 

amended, is in the public interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

grants authority for subzone status at the 

circuit breaker manufacturing facilities 

of Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, 

Inc., located in Warrendale and 

Freedom, Pennsylvania (Subzone 33D), 

at the locations described in the 

application, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

section 400.28.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

December, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–28435 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 46–2004] 

ExxonMobil Corporation—Expansion 

of Manufacturing Authority; Extension 

of Comment Period 

The comment period for the 

application submitted by the Port of 

Houston Authority on behalf of 

ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), 

to expand the scope of manufacturing 

activity conducted under zone 

procedures within Subzone 84O at the 

ExxonMobil oil refinery complex in 

Baytown, Texas (69 FR 64026, 11/3/04), 

is being extended to January 18, 2005, 

to allow interested parties additional 

time in which to comment. Rebuttal 

comments may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period, until 

February 2, 2005. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at one of 

the following addresses: 

1. Submissions Via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade-Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building—Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB—

Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–28434 Filed 12–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

Review of Oil/Petrochemical Refinery 

Subzone Activity 

Background. The Foreign-Trade 

Zones Board (the Board) has authorized 

81 refinery/petrochemical complexes to 

conduct crude oil/petrochemical 

product refining activity under FTZ 

procedures. In 2000, active refinery/

petrochemical subzones requested and 

were approved an indefinite extension 

of their NPF authority, which initially 

had been granted for a five-year period 

(Board Order 1116, 65 FR 52696, 8/30/

2000). NPF authority involves full 

access to FTZ procedures for export 

activity and, with regard to products 

sold in the U.S., the ability to choose the 

Customs duty rates that apply to certain 

petrochemical products and refinery byproducts (duty-free), by admitting 

incoming foreign inputs, such as crude 

oil, in non-privileged foreign status. 

Such petrochemicals and by-products 

account for about 20 to 25 percent of 

refinery activity, on average. [NPF 

authority does not apply to the foreign 

inputs used to produce other refinery 

products, such as gasoline, jet fuel, and 

heating oil (some 75–80% of output); 

they would continue to be subject to 

their normal duty rates.] The extension