It was formally filed on October 21, 1996. It is used to produce asphalt and refinery feedstocks, including residual fuel oil, distillate fuel oil, kerosene, naphthas, propane, butane and other petroleum gases. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery from Customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. 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.
The closing period for their receipt is December 30, 1996. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary.