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PROCLAMATION 3823-JAN. 29, 1968

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refinery capacity in Puerto Rico in the calendar year 1964 on the basis of estimated requirements, acceptable to the Secretary, of each such person for crude oil and unfinished oils. The regulations shall provide also that if, during a period comprising the same number of months as an allocation period and ending three months before the beginning of the allocation period, any such person ships to Districts I - IV or to District V unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel) or sells unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel) which are shipped to Districts I - IV or to District V in excess of the volume of unfinished oils or finished products (other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel) which he so shipped or which he sold and were so shipped during the year 1965, the person's allocation for the next allocation period shall be reduced by the amount of the excess. In addition, the Secretary may provide by regulation for the making, in instances in which the Secretary determines that such action would not impair the accomplishment of the objectives of this proclamation, of allocations of imports of crude oil and unfinished oils into Puerto Rico to persons as feedstocks for facilities which will be established or for the operation of facilities which are established and which in the judgment of the Secretary will promote substantial expansion of employment in Puerto Rico through industrial development, and such regulations shall provide for the imposition of such conditions and restrictions upon such allocations as the Secretary may deem necessary to assure that any imports so allocated are used for the purposes for which an allocation is made and that the holder of such an allocation fulfills commitments made in connection with the making of the allocation. 4. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 a new subparagraph (6), reading as follows, is added to paragraph (b) of section 3 of Proclamation 3279, as amended: (6) Because of disruptions in petroleum transport and supply resulting from recent actions in the Middle East, the Secretary is authorized to provide that persons who did not fully utilize licenses to import crude oil and unfinished oils which were issued under allocations made in Districts I - IV and in District V for the allocation period January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1967 may utilize such licenses during the calendar years 1968 and 1969 and that persons who did not fully utilize licenses to import finished products other than residual fuel oil to be used as fuel which were issued under allocations made in Districts I - IV and in District V for the allocation period January 1, 1967 through December 31, 1967 may utilize such licenses during the calendar year 1968, and notwithstanding the levels established in section 2 of this proclamation, the Secretary is authorized to make such adjustments in allocations of imports of crude oil, unfinished oils, and finished products as he deems necessary. 5. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 paragraph (f) of section 9 of Proclamation 3279, as amended, is amended to read as follows: (f) "crude oil" means crude petroleum as it is produced at the wellhead and liquids (under atmospheric conditions) that have been recovered from mixtures of hydrocarbons which existed in a vaporous phase in a reservoir and that are not natural gas products and the initial liquid hydrocarbons produced from tar sands. 6. Effective with respect to the allocation period beginning January 1, 1968 a new paragraph (i), reading as follows, is added to section 9 of Proclamation 3279, as amended:

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