[Federal Register: March 15, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 52)]
[Notices]
[Page 10725]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 805]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Citgo Asphalt Refinery
Company, (Oil Refinery), Chatham County, GA
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 Savannah Airport Commission,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 104, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the oil refinery of CITGO Asphalt Refinery
Company located in Chatham County (Savannah area), Georgia, was filed
by the Board on October 20, 1995, and notice inviting public comment
was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 62-95, 60 FR 55698, 11-2-
95); and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the
examiner's report, and finds 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 104C) at the CITGO Asphalt Refinery Company oil
refinery, in Chatham County (Savannah area), Georgia, at the location
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 and
#2709.00.2000 which are used in the production of asphalt and certain
intermediate fuel products (examiners report, Appendix D);
3. The authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted
until September 30, 2000, subject to extension.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of March 1996.
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. 96-6285 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]