96-9983. Foreign-Trade Zone 161Sedgwick County, KS, Application for Subzone Status; Texaco Inc., (Oil Refinery Complex) Butler County, KS  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 17874-17875]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-9983]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    Foreign-Trade Zones Board
    [Docket 26-96]
    
    
    Foreign-Trade Zone 161--Sedgwick County, KS, Application for 
    Subzone Status; Texaco Inc., (Oil Refinery Complex) Butler County, KS
    
        An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
    (the Board) by the Board of Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas, 
    grantee of FTZ 161, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
    oil refinery complex of Texaco Inc., located in Butler County, Kansas. 
    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 
    April 2, 1996.
        The refinery complex (578 acres, 517 employees) consists of 2 sites 
    and connecting pipelines in Butler County, 35 east of Wichita, Kansas: 
    Site 1 (460 acres)--main refinery complex (110,000 BPD) located at 1401 
    Douglas Road, just south of El Dorado; Site 2 (118 acres)--crude oil 
    storage facility (1.2 mil. barrel capacity) located at 3913 SW 10th 
    Street, 3 miles west of the refinery.
        The refinery complex is used to produce fuels and petrochemical 
    feedstocks. Fuels produced include gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, 
    diesel, and residual fuels. Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-
    products include methane, ethane, propane, butane, butylene, toluene, 
    propylene, cumene, sulfur, carbon black and petroleum coke. About 46 
    percent of the crude oil (90 percent of inputs), and some feedstocks 
    and motor fuel blendstocks used in producing fuel products are sourced 
    abroad.
        Zone procedures would exempt the operations involved 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 certain petrochemical 
    feedstocks and refinery by-products (duty-free) instead of the duty 
    rates that would otherwise apply to the foreign-sourced inputs (e.g., 
    crude oil). The duty rates on crude oil 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 
    June 24, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
    during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
    day period (to July 8, 1996).
        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 District Office, 151 N. Volutsia, Wichita, 
    Kansas 67214
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
    3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,
    
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    14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    
        Dated: April 9, 1996.
    John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
    Executive Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 96-9983 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
04/23/1996
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-9983
Pages:
17874-17875 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket 26-96
PDF File:
96-9983.pdf