31140 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 16, 2000 / Notices

(72,000 BPD) is used to produce fuels

and liquid petroleum gases, including

gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, residual

fuels, naphthas, motor fuel blendstocks,

liquefied natural gas, butane, isobutane,

and propane. Refinery by-products

include asphalt and sulfur. Some 36

percent of the crude oil, and some gas

oil, distillates, and residual oils are

sourced from abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

refinery from Customs duty payments

on the foreign products used in its

exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

Customs duty rates that apply to certain

petrochemical feedstocks and refinery

by-products (duty-free) by admitting

incoming foreign crude oil in nonprivileged foreign status. The duty rates

on inputs range from 5.25 cents/barrel

to 10.5 cents/barrel. The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

refinery’s international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment 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 July 17, 2000. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period to July 31, 2000.

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export

Assistance Center, 550 West 7th Ave.

Suite 1770, Anchorage, AK 99501

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

4008, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230

Dated: May 7, 2000.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12209 Filed 5–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1090]

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;

Firmenich, Inc. (Flavor and Fragrance

Products), Plainsboro and Port

Newark, New Jersey

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 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 Port Authority of New

York and New Jersey, grantee of

Foreign-Trade Zone 49, has made

application to the Board for authority to

establish special-purpose subzone status

at the flavor and fragrance

manufacturing facilities of Firmenich,

Inc., located in Plainsboro and Port

Newark, New Jersey (FTZ Docket 43–99,

filed 9/1/99);

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register (64 FR 49441, 9/13/99); 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 are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, Therefore, the Board hereby

grants authority for subzone status at the

flavor and fragrance manufacturing

facilities of Firmenich, Inc., located in

Plainsboro and Port Newark, New Jersey

(Subzone 49H), at the locations

described in the application, and subject

to the FTZ Act and the Board’s

regulations, including § 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of

May 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12206 Filed 5–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 17–2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 8—Toledo, Ohio;

Application for Subzone, Sunoco Inc.

(Oil Refinery Complex), Toledo, Ohio

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Toledo-Lucas County Port

Authority, grantee of FTZ 8, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

oil refinery complex of Sunoco Inc.,

located in Toledo, Ohio. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed

on May 3, 2000.

The refinery complex (150,000 BPD

capacity) is located on four sites near

Toledo, Ohio: Site 1 (174.96 acres)—

main refinery complex, located at 1819

Woodville Rd., Oregon, Ohio; Site 2

(138.31 acres, 30 storage tanks)—

Number Two Tank Farm, located at

Pickle Road and Wheeling Street,

Oregon, Ohio; Site 3 (64.588 acres)—

marine terminal located at the Maumee

River Marine Terminal, Front and

Consul Streets, Toledo, Ohio; Site 4

(32.8 acres)—35 underground right-ofway parcels, providing 5 miles of

pipelines between the marine terminal

in Toledo and the main refinery

complex in Oregon, Ohio. The refinery

(300 employees) is used to produce

fuels and liquid petroleum gases,

including gasoline, jet fuel, distillates,

residual fuels, naphthas, and aromatics.

Refinery by-products include petroleum

coke, asphalt and sulfur. Some 10

percent of the crude oil (96 percent of

inputs), and some naphthas, virgin gas

oil and motor fuel blendstocks are

sourced abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

refinery from Customs duty payments

on the foreign products used in its

exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

Customs duty rates that apply to certain

petrochemical feedstocks and refinery

by-products (duty-free) by admitting

incoming foreign crude oil in nonprivileged foreign status. The duty rates