[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10725-10726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6286]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 806]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Citgo Asphalt Refinery 
Company, (Oil Refinery), Gloucester County, NJ

    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 of CITGO Asphalt Refinery 
Company located in Gloucester County (Paulsboro area), New Jersey, was 
filed by the Board on October 20, 1995, and notice inviting public 
comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 63-95, 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 142B) at the CITGO Asphalt Refinery Company oil 
refinery, in Gloucester County (Paulsboro area), New Jersey, 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 Secs. 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 Sec. 146.41) shall be elected 
on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non-
privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR Sec. 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.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of March 1996.
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. 96-6286 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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