96-27855. Foreign-Trade Zone 49Newark/Elizabeth, NJ, Proposed Foreign- Trade Subzone, Chevron Products Company (Crude Oil Refinery), Perth Amboy, New Jersey  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 55954-55955]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-27855]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    Foreign-Trade Zones Board
    [Docket 78-96]
    
    
    Foreign-Trade Zone 49--Newark/Elizabeth, NJ, Proposed Foreign-
    Trade Subzone, Chevron Products Company (Crude Oil Refinery), Perth 
    Amboy, New Jersey
    
        An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
    (the Board) by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, grantee 
    of FTZ 49, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the crude oil 
    refinery of Chevron Products Company, located in Perth Amboy, New 
    Jersey. 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 
    October 21, 1996.
        The refinery (80,000 barrels per day capacity; 82 employees) is 
    located at a 340-acre site at 1200 State Street, Perth Amboy (Middlesex 
    County), New Jersey, in the New York City port of entry area. It is 
    used to produce asphalt and refinery feedstocks, including residual 
    fuel oil, distillate fuel oil, kerosene, naphthas, propane, butane and 
    other petroleum gases. All of the crude oil (nearly all inputs) is 
    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 finished product duty 
    rate (nonprivileged foreign status--NPF) on asphalt, and certain other 
    refinery products such as propane, butane and other petroleum gases 
    (duty-free) instead of the duty rates that would otherwise apply to the 
    foreign-sourced inputs (e.g., crude oil, natural gas condensate). The 
    duty on inputs ranges from 5.25 cents 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 
    December 30, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
    during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
    day period (to January 14, 1996).
    
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        A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
    available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
    
    U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 3131 Princeton 
    Pike, Bldg. #6, Suite 100, Trenton, NJ 08648
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
    3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
    Washington, DC 20230
    
        Dated: October 23, 1996.
    Dennis Puccinelli,
    Acting Executive Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-27855 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
10/30/1996
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-27855
Pages:
55954-55955 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket 78-96
PDF File:
96-27855.pdf