[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22271]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 64-97]


Foreign-Trade Zone 124--Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone 
Status, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. (Shipbuilding)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Louisiana Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 124, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the shipbuilding facility 
of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. (BSI), located in Lockport, Louisiana. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-
Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of 
the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed on August 11, 1997.
    The BSI shipyard (250 acres, 334,000 sq.ft., 560 employees) is 
located at 8365 State Highway 308, Lockport (LaFourche Parish), 
Louisiana, and is used in the construction, repair, and conversion of 
commercial and military vessels for domestic and international 
customers. Foreign components used at the BSI shipyard (up to 30% of 
total) include propulsion units, engines and parts, gears, pumps, 
pulleys, compressors and parts, measuring instruments (duty rate range: 
free--6%, ad valorem).
    FTZ procedures would exempt BSI from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export activity. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to choose the duty rate that applies to finished 
oceangoing vessels (duty free) for the foreign-origin components noted 
above. The manufacturing activity conducted under FTZ procedures would 
be subject to the ``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to 
foreign-origin steel mill products (e.g., pipe and plate), which 
requires that full duties be paid on such items. The application 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
facility's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is October 21, 1997. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 5, 1997).
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, P.O. Box 490, 110 
North Airline Avenue, Gramercy, LA 70052
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: August 12, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22271 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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