[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29178-29179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 25-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 124--LaPlace, Louisiana, Foreign-Trade Subzone 
124B--North American Shipbuilding, Inc.; Application for Expansion

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board (the Board) by the South Louisiana Port Commission, grantee of 
FTZ 124, requesting authority to expand Subzone 124B, which currently 
covers the main shipyard facility of North American Shipbuilding, Inc. 
(NASI) located in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana, adjacent to the Gramercy 
Customs port of entry, to include two new sites located in Terrebonne 
and Lafourche Parishes. 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 May 19, 1998.
    Subzone 124B was approved on October 29, 1991 (Board Order 539, 56 
F.R. 56627, 11/6/91). The subzone currently consists of one site (14 
acres) located at 800 Industrial Park Road and Highway 308, Lafourche 
Parish, one mile north of Larose, Louisiana.
    The applicant is now requesting authority to expand the subzone to 
include two additional sites: proposed Site 2 (27 acres)--North 
American Fabricators, LLC, 208 North American Court, Houma (Terrebonne 
Parish); and, proposed Site 3 (26 acres)--C-Port, LLC, 106 9th Street, 
Port Fourchon (Lafourche Parish).
    The NASI facility is used for the construction and repair of 
commercial, military and research vessels under zone procedures within 
Subzone 124B.

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This proposal does not request any new authority under FTZ procedures 
in terms of products or components, but it does involve a potential 
increase in the facility's level of production under FTZ procedures. 
NASI will operate the proposed sites as an integral part of Subzone 
124B.
    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 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period 
for their receipt is July 27, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to August 11, 1998).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

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

    Dated: May 20, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14153 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
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