95-16309. Foreign-Trade Zone 84, Houston, TX Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (Oil Refinery Complex) Harris County, Texas  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34510-34511]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-16309]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    [Docket 34-95]
    
    
    Foreign-Trade Zone 84, Houston, TX Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone 
    Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (Oil Refinery Complex) Harris 
    County, Texas
    
        An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
    (the Board) by the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, 
    requesting special-purpose subzone status for the oil refinery complex 
    of Crown Central Petroleum Corporation (Crown), located in Harris 
    County, Texas. 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 
    June 23, 1995.
        The refinery complex (341 acres) consists of 2 sites in Harris 
    County, Texas: Site 1 (200 acres)--main refinery and petrochemical 
    feedstock complex located on the Houston Ship Channel, at 111 Red Bluff 
    Road, Houston; and Site 2 (141 acres)--Crown Tank Farm and Terminal, 
    located at 1200 Red Bluff Road, Pasadena.
        The refinery (100,000 barrels per day; 380 employees) is used to 
    produce fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. Fuels produced include 
    gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, gas oil, diesel fuel, residual fuels, and 
    naphthas. Petrochemicals include methane, ethane, butane, propane, and 
    propylene. Refinery by-products include sulfur and petroleum coke. 
    Almost 80 percent of the crude oil (80 percent of inputs) and some 
    feedstocks 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 finished product duty 
    rate (nonprivileged foreign status--NPF) on certain petrochemical 
    feedstocks and refinery by-products (duty-free). The duty on crude oil 
    ranges from 5.25 cents to 10.5 cents/barrel. Foreign merchandise would 
    also be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes. 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 
    September 1, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
    during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
    day period to September 18, 1995.
        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, #1 Allen Center, Suite 
    1160, 500 Dallas, Houston, Texas 77002
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
    3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
    Washington, DC 20230.
    
        Dated: June 26, 1995.
    John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
    Executive Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 95-16309 Filed 6-30-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
07/03/1995
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
95-16309
Pages:
34510-34511 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket 34-95
PDF File:
95-16309.pdf