[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79047-79048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32729]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 61-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 124--Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone, 
Ergon St. James, Inc. (Oil Terminal); St. James, LA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of South Louisiana, grantee of FTZ 124, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the oil terminal 
facilities of Ergon St. James, Inc. (Ergon), located in St. James, 
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 
December 17, 2002.
    The Ergon facilities (718 acres, 7 tanks, 1.5 million barrel 
capacity) are located at 7405 Highway 18, St. James, Louisiana. The 
terminal facilities (12 employees), are used for the receipt, storage, 
and distribution of crude oil to the Ergon Refining, Inc. refinery in 
Vicksburg, Mississippi. All of the crude oil is sourced from abroad. 
Ergon Refining, Inc. has also submitted an application for subzone 
status at its Vicksburg refinery (Docket 61-2002).
    Zone procedures would allow Ergon to defer duty payments until 
merchandise is shipped from the facility and entered for consumption. 
The company has applied for subzone status at its refinery and terminal 
so that crude oil could be shipped from the St. James terminal to the 
Vicksburg refinery in zone status. The request indicates that the 
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the company's 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building, Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB, Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.

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    The closing period for their receipt is February 25, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 12, 
2003).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, One 
Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 1170, New Orleans, LA 70130.

    Dated: December 18, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-32729 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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