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###### Department of Commerce

###### Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

          - [Order No. 1089] 

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                           ( print page 24676)                        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 Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of FTZ 31, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc. (Clark) in Hartford, Illinois, was filed by the Board on February 1, 1999, and notice inviting public comment was given in the                     **Federal Register**                     (FTZ Docket 4-99, 64 FR 6876, 2/11/99); 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 31C) at the oil refinery complex of Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc., in Hartford, Illinois, 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 refinery shall be subject to the applicable duty rate. 

2. Privileged 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 refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings #2709.00.1000—2710.00.1050, #2710.00.2500 and #2710.00.4510 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, 2004, subject to extension. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of April 2000. 

Troy H. Cribb, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman; Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 00-10539 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am] 

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