[Federal Register: December 20, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 244)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 791]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Mobil Corporation (Oil
Refinery), St. Bernard/Jefferson/St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana
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, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To
provide for the establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of
entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce,
and for other purposes,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved;
Whereas, an application from the Board of Harbor Commissioners of
the Port of New Orleans, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 2, for authority
to establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex
of Mobil Corporation at sites in St. Bernard/Jefferson/St. Charles
Parishes, Louisiana (New Orleans area), was filed by the Board on June
8, 1995, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal
Register (FTZ Docket 30-95, 60 FR 31703, 6-16-95); and,
Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the FTZ Act
and 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 authorizes the establishment of a
subzone (Subzone 2H) at the Mobil Corporation oil refinery complex, in
St. Bernard/Jefferson/St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana, at the locations
described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and 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 #2709.00.1000-
#2710.00.1050 and #2710.00.2500 which are used in the production of:
--petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products (examiners report,
Appendix D);
--products for export; and,
--products eligible for entry under HTSUS #9808.00.30 and 9808.00.40
(U.S. Government purchases).
3. The authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted
until September 30, 2000, subject to extension.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of December 1995.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-30952 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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