Approval for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority for Subzone 31B; WRB Refining LLC (Oil Refinery), Madison County, IL, 62747-62748 [E9-28765]
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Federal Register / Vol. 229, No. 74 / Tuesday, December 1, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 53–2009]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 163—Ponce,
Puerto Rico Application for Expansion
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
(the Board) by CODEZOL, C.D., grantee
of FTZ 163, requesting authority to
expand its zone in the Ponce, Puerto
Rico area, adjacent to the Ponce
Customs and Border Protection port of
entry. 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 November 23, 2009.
FTZ 163 was approved on October 18,
1989 (Board Order 443, 54 FR 46097,
11/01/89) and expanded on April 18,
2000 (Board Order 1091, 65 FR 24676,
4/27/00), on June 9, 2005 (Board Order
1397, 70 FR 36117, 6/22/05), on July 26,
2006 (Board Order 1467, 71 FR 44996,
8/8/06), on November 9, 2006 (Board
Order 1487, 71 FR 67098, 11/20/06),
and on June 26, 2009 (Board Order
1631, 74 FR 34306, 7/15/09).
The zone project currently consists of
the following sites in Puerto Rico: Site
1 (106 acres)—within the Port of Ponce
area, including a parcel (11 acres)
located at 3309 Avenida Santiago de Los
Caballeros, Ponce; Site 2 (191 acres, 5
parcels)—Peerless Oil & Chemicals, Inc.,
Petroleum Terminal Facilities located at
Rt. 127, Km. 17.1, Penuelas; Site 3 (13
acres, 2 parcels)—Rio Piedras
Distribution Center located within the
central portion of the Quebrada Arena
Industrial Park, and the Hato Rey
Distribution Center located within the
northeastern portion of the Tres
Monjitas Industrial Park, San Juan; Site
4 (14 acres)—warehouse facility located
at State Road No. 3, Km. 1401,
Guayama; Site 5 (256 acres, 34
parcels)—located at Mercedita
Industrial Park at the intersection of
Route PR–9 and Las Americas Highway,
Ponce; Site 6 (86 acres)—Coto Laurel
Industrial Park located at the southwest
corner of the intersection of Highways
PR–56 and PR–52, Ponce; Site 7 (17
acres)—warehouse facility located at
State Road No. 1, Km 21.1, Guaynabo;
Site 8 (5 acres)—warehouse facility
located at 42 Salmon Street, Ponce; Site
9 (6 acres)—warehouse facility located
on PR Highway 2, at Km.165.2,
Hormigueros; and, Site 10 (6 acres)—
warehouse facility at Centro de
Distribucion, Playa de Ponce, Building
7, Avenida de los Caballeros, Ponce.
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The applicant is now requesting
authority to expand Site 1 to include
additional acreage and to include 1
additional site in the Ponce area:
expand Site 1 (new total—270 acres)
which will include 3 additional parcels
(within the Port of the Americas
complex)—Percon Industrial parcel (132
acres), ParkPhase III parcel (12 acres)
and Bayland parcel (20 acres) and to
include the following site: Proposed Site
11 (52 acres)—ProCaribe Industrial Park,
Road 385, Km. 5.4, Penuelas. The sites
will provide public warehousing and
distribution services to area businesses.
No specific manufacturing authority is
being requested at this time. Such
requests would be made to the Board on
a case-by-case basis.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate
and analyze the facts and information
presented in the application and case
record and to report findings and
recommendations 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 February 1, 2010.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to February
16, 2010).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits 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
Kathleen Boyce at 202–482–1346 or
Kathleen.Boyce@trade.gov.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1652]
Approval for Expansion of
Manufacturing Authority for Subzone
31B; WRB Refining LLC (Oil Refinery),
Madison County, IL
Pursuant to its authority under the
Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,
1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the Tri-City Regional Port
District, grantee of FTZ 31, has
requested authority on behalf of WRB
Refining LLC, to expand the scope of
manufacturing activity conducted under
zone procedures within Subzone 31B at
the WRB Refining LLC oil refinery
complex at sites in Madison County,
Illinois (FTZ Docket 11–2009, filed 03–
12–2009);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (74 FR 11907, 3/20/2009); and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations would be satisfied,
and that approval of the application
would be in the public interest if
approval is subject to the conditions
listed below;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
approves the expansion of the scope of
activity at Subzone 31B for the
manufacture of petroleum products at
the WRB Refining LLC oil refinery
complex located at sites in Madison
County, Illinois, as described in the
application and the Federal Register
notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations, including § 400.28,
and further subject to the following
conditions:
1. Foreign status (19 CFR 146.41,
146.42) products consumed as fuel for
the refinery shall be subject to the
applicable duty rate.
2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR
146.41) shall be elected on all foreign
merchandise admitted to the subzone,
except that non-privileged foreign (NPF)
status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected
on refinery inputs covered under
HTSUS Subheadings #2709.00.10,
#2709.00.20, #2710.11.25, #2710.11.45,
#2710.19.05, #2710.19.10, #2710.19.45,
#2710.91.00, #2710.99.05, #2710.99.10,
#2710.99.16, #2710.99.21 and
#2710.99.45 which are used in the
production of:
—Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery
by-products (examiners report,
Appendix ‘‘C’’);
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—Products for export; and
—Products eligible for entry under
HTSUS # 9808.00.30 and # 9808.00.40
(U.S. Government purchases).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
November 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) is
automatically initiating a five-year
review (‘‘Sunset Review’’) of the
antidumping duty orders listed below.
The International Trade Commission
(‘‘the Commission’’) is publishing
concurrently with this notice its notice
of Institution of Five-Year Review which
covers the same orders.
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Department official identified in the
Initiation of Review section below at
AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
For information from the Commission
contact Mary Messer, Office of
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission at (202) 205–3193.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department’s procedures for the
conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth
in its Procedures for Conducting Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 63 FR 13516 (March 20, 1998)
and 70 FR 62061 (October 28, 2005).
Guidance on methodological or
analytical issues relevant to the
Department’s conduct of Sunset
Reviews is set forth in the Department’s
Policy Bulletin 98.3—Policies Regarding
the Conduct of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Reviews of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders: Policy
Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998).
Initiation of Review
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(c), we are initiating the Sunset
Review of the following antidumping
duty orders:
ITC case No.
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Product
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A–570–890 ..............
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731–TA–1070A ......
731–TA–1058 .........
PRC ...........
PRC ...........
Certain Crepe Paper Products ...............
Wooden Bedroom Furniture ...................
Filing Information
As a courtesy, we are making
information related to Sunset
proceedings, including copies of the
pertinent statute and Department’s
regulations, the Department schedule
for Sunset Reviews, a listing of past
revocations and continuations, and
current service lists, available to the
public on the Department’s Internet
Web site at the following address:
https://ia.ita.doc.gov/sunset/. All
submissions in these Sunset Reviews
must be filed in accordance with the
Department’s regulations regarding
format, translation, service, and
certification of documents. These rules
can be found at 19 CFR 351.303.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the
Department will maintain and make
available a service list for these
proceedings. To facilitate the timely
preparation of the service list(s), it is
requested that those seeking recognition
as interested parties to a proceeding
contact the Department in writing
within 10 days of the publication of the
Notice of Initiation.
Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews
can be very short, we urge interested
parties to apply for access to proprietary
information under administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) immediately
following publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of initiation by
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filing a notice of intent to participate.
The Department’s regulations on
submission of proprietary information
and eligibility to receive access to
business proprietary information under
APO can be found at 19 CFR 351.304–
306.
Information Required From Interested
Parties
Domestic interested parties defined in
section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing
to participate in a Sunset Review must
respond not later than 15 days after the
date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of initiation by
filing a notice of intent to participate.
The required contents of the notice of
intent to participate are set forth at 19
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance
with the Department’s regulations, if we
do not receive a notice of intent to
participate from at least one domestic
interested party by the 15-day deadline,
the Department will automatically
revoke the order without further review.
See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii).
If we receive an order-specific notice
of intent to participate from a domestic
interested party, the Department’s
regulations provide that all parties
wishing to participate in the Sunset
Review must file complete substantive
responses not later than 30 days after
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Department contact
Jennifer Moats (202) 482–5047
Jennifer Moats (202) 482–5047
the date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of initiation. The
required contents of a substantive
response, on an order-specific basis, are
set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note
that certain information requirements
differ for respondent and domestic
parties. Also, note that the Department’s
information requirements are distinct
from the Commission’s information
requirements. Please consult the
Department’s regulations for
information regarding the Department’s
conduct of Sunset Reviews.1 Please
consult the Department’s regulations at
19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms
and for other general information
concerning antidumping and
countervailing duty proceedings at the
Department.
This notice of initiation is being
published in accordance with section
751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).
1 In comments made on the interim final sunset
regulations, a number of parties stated that the
proposed five-day period for rebuttals to
substantive responses to a notice of initiation was
insufficient. This requirement was retained in the
final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As
provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the
Department will consider individual requests to
extend that five-day deadline based upon a showing
of good cause.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1652]
Approval for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority for Subzone
31B; WRB Refining LLC (Oil Refinery), Madison County, IL
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June
18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the Tri-City Regional Port District, grantee of FTZ 31,
has requested authority on behalf of WRB Refining LLC, to expand the
scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures within
Subzone 31B at the WRB Refining LLC oil refinery complex at sites in
Madison County, Illinois (FTZ Docket 11-2009, filed 03-12-2009);
Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the
Federal Register (74 FR 11907, 3/20/2009); and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and
the Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that approval of the
application would be in the public interest if approval is subject to
the conditions listed below;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves the expansion of the
scope of activity at Subzone 31B for the manufacture of petroleum
products at the WRB Refining LLC oil refinery complex located at sites
in Madison County, Illinois, as described in the application and the
Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and further subject to the
following conditions:
1. Foreign status (19 CFR 146.41, 146.42) products consumed as fuel
for the refinery shall be subject to the applicable duty rate.
2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) shall be elected on
all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-
privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected on
refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings 2709.00.10,
2709.00.20, 2710.11.25, 2710.11.45,
2710.19.05, 2710.19.10, 2710.19.45,
2710.91.00, 2710.99.05, 2710.99.10,
2710.99.16, 2710.99.21 and 2710.99.45 which
are used in the production of:
--Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (examiners report,
Appendix ``C'');
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--Products for export; and
--Products eligible for entry under HTSUS 9808.00.30 and
9808.00.40 (U.S. Government purchases).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of November 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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