[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54152-54153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26650]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 847]


Exxon Corporation (Oil Refinery), Baton Rouge, LA, Area; Grant of 
Authority for Subzone Status

    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

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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 Greater Baton Rouge Port 
Commission, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 154, for authority to 
establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery/
petrochemical complex of Exxon Corporation in the Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, area, was filed by the Board on February 7, 1996, and notice 
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 
9-96, 61 FR 6623, 2/21/96); 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 154A) at the oil refinery/petrochemical complex of 
Exxon Corporation in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area, 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 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-
#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 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 7th day of October 1996.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26650 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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