[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30952]



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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 Import Administration, 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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