Foreign-Trade Zone 31-Granite City, IL: Expansion of Manufacturing Authority-Subzone 31B; WRB Refining LLC; (Oil Refinery Complex) Madison County, IL, 11907-11908 [E9-6162]

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E9–6130 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 11–2009] Foreign-Trade Zone 31—Granite City, IL: Expansion of Manufacturing Authority—Subzone 31B; WRB Refining LLC; (Oil Refinery Complex) Madison County, IL An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (the Board) by the Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of FTZ 31, requesting authority on behalf of WRB Refining LLC (WRB), to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 31B at the oil refinery complex of WRB located at sites in Madison County, Illinois. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 March 12, 2009. Subzone 31B (2,100 employees) was approved by the Board on March 10, 1997 for the manufacture of fuel products and certain petrochemical feedstocks (Board Order 878, 62 FR 13593–13594, 3/21/1997). The subzone refinery complex currently consists of 5 sites (totaling approx. 2,075 acres, 290,000 BPD capacity) located near Hwy 111 in Wood River Township, Madison County, Illinois. The refinery is undergoing an expansion that will add units and upgrade existing units within the subzone boundaries that is expected to expand crude production capacity up to 380,000 barrels per day. No additional feedstocks or products have been requested. Zone procedures would exempt the increased production from customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic sales of the increased production, the company would be able to choose the duty rates for certain petrochemical feedstocks (duty-free) by admitting foreign crude oil in non-privileged foreign status. The duty rates on crude oil range from 5.25 cents/barrel to 10.5 cents/barrel. The application indicates that the additional savings from zone procedures would help improve the refinery’s international competitiveness. E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1 11908 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 53 / Friday, March 20, 2009 / Notices In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ staff is 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 May 19, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 3, 2009). A copy of the request will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ ftz. For further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane_Finver@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482– 1367. Dated: March 12, 2009. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–6162 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 090129078–9079–01] Request for Public Comments on the Utilization Rate of Export Licenses Issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of inquiry. 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Comments may also be sent to Utilization Rate Study, Office of Technology Evaluation, Room 2705, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Watts, Office of Technology Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and Security, telephone: 202–482–8343; fax: 202–482–5361; e-mail jwatts@bis.doc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background BIS, among its other activities, issues licenses for export of items that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations. Most such licenses are valid for two years. A recent BIS review of export data from the Automated Export System (AES), which is used to record actual exports from the United States, indicated that by the end of calendar year 2007, forty-eight percent of the licenses issued in calendar year 2005 for the export of commodities had not been used at all. In addition, some licenses may have been used for less than the full quantity or value authorized. Finally, BIS has no basis for estimating whether similar lack of use or under utilization exists with respect to licenses for the export of software or technology because such exports are often intangible and, therefore, not reported in AES. BIS is seeking information that would help it determine: • Whether software and technology export licenses also are not used or are underused; • The reasons that export licenses sometimes are not used or are underused; and • Whether characteristics of the export licensing process (e.g., ease or difficulty of use, processing times, degree of communication between the government and the applicant, license conditions, etc.) contribute to the practice of not using or under-using export licenses. The scope of this inquiry is limited to export licenses. It does not encompass reexports, deemed exports or deemed reexports. The following kinds of information would be useful to BIS’s assessment: • Whether exporters seek an export license prior to receipt of a purchase order or letter of intent, and examples of typical business cases for seeking a license absent such documentation; • Detailed information concerning instances when exporters have obtained PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 an export license from BIS but then did not use it or used it for less than the quantity or value authorized, including information on whether the export licensing process impacted the transaction, whether sales were lost due to the licensing process and the dollar amount of any such lost sales that are directly attributable to the licensing process; • Specific information about whether licenses for the export of software or technology are not used or are under used; • Whether an extension of the validity period of export licenses issued by BIS would increase the probability of the utilization of licenses; and • Process improvements that BIS could make to enhance the utilization of export licenses (e.g., expedited treatment for applications under specific circumstances). In the future BIS may seek a more systematic approach (e.g., surveys) to contact exporters and document the reasons impacting licensing utilization rates to further facilitate the utilization of export licenses. How To Comment All comments must be in writing and submitted to one of the addresses indicated above. Comments must be received by BIS no later than May 4, 2009. BIS may consider comments received after that date if feasible to do so, but such consideration can not be assured. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made a matter of public record, and will be available for public inspection and copying. Anyone submitting business confidential information should clearly identify the business confidential portion of the submission and also provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in the public record. BIS will seek to protect business confidential information from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law. Dated: March 16, 2009. Matthew S. Borman, Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. E9–6164 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1

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[FR Doc No: E9-6162]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 31--Granite City, IL: Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority--Subzone 31B; WRB Refining LLC; (Oil Refinery 
Complex) Madison County, IL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of 
FTZ 31, requesting authority on behalf of WRB Refining LLC (WRB), to 
expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone 
procedures within Subzone 31B at the oil refinery complex of WRB 
located at sites in Madison County, Illinois. The application was 
submitted pursuant to 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 March 12, 2009. Subzone 31B (2,100 employees) was 
approved by the Board on March 10, 1997 for the manufacture of fuel 
products and certain petrochemical feedstocks (Board Order 878, 62 FR 
13593-13594, 3/21/1997). The subzone refinery complex currently 
consists of 5 sites (totaling approx. 2,075 acres, 290,000 BPD 
capacity) located near Hwy 111 in Wood River Township, Madison County, 
Illinois. The refinery is undergoing an expansion that will add units 
and upgrade existing units within the subzone boundaries that is 
expected to expand crude production capacity up to 380,000 barrels per 
day. No additional feedstocks or products have been requested.
    Zone procedures would exempt the increased production from customs 
duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic 
sales of the increased production, the company would be able to choose 
the duty rates for certain petrochemical feedstocks (duty-free) by 
admitting foreign crude oil in non-privileged foreign status. The duty 
rates on crude oil range from 5.25 cents/barrel to 10.5 cents/barrel. 
The application indicates that the additional savings from zone 
procedures would help improve the refinery's international 
competitiveness.

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    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ 
staff is 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 
May 19, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to June 3, 2009).
    A copy of the request will be available for public inspection at 
the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane_Finver@ita.doc.gov, 
or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: March 12, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6162 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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