Foreign-Trade Zone 163-Ponce, Puerto Rico Application for Expansion, 62747 [E9-28777]
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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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 53-2009]
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.
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.
[FR Doc. E9-28777 Filed 11-30-09; 8:45 am]
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