U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD
ORDER NO. 894
GRANT OF AUTHORITY FOR SUBZONE STATUS
COASTAL EAGLE POINT OIL COMPANY
(Oil Refinery)
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
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 South Jersey Port Corporation,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 142, for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of Coastal Eagle Point
Oil Company, located in Gloucester County, New Jersey, was filed by the
Board on June 25, 1996, and notice inviting public comment was given in the
Federal Register (FTZ Docket 54-96, 61 FR 35710, 7-8-96); 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 142C) at the oil refinery complex of Coastal Eagle Point
Oil Company, located in Gloucester County, New Jersey, at the location
described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations, including §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, #
2710.00.2500 and # 2710.00.4510 which are used in the production of:
-petrochemical feedstocks and refinery by-products
(examiners report, Appendix C);
-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 ______ day of ____________ 1997.
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Robert S. LaRussa
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Enforcement and Compliance
Alternate Chairman
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
ATTEST:_________________________
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.
Executive Secretary