[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15752]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 895]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Murphy Oil USA, Inc. (Oil
Refinery) St. Bernard Parish, LA
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 Board of Commissioners of the Port
of New Orleans, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 2, for authority to
establish special-purpose subzone status at the oil refinery complex of
Murphy Oil USA, Inc., located in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, was
filed by the Board on July 1, 1996, and notice inviting public comment
was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 55-96, 61 FR 36550, 7-11-
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 2J) at the oil refinery complex of Murphy Oil USA,
Inc., located in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 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 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 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 C);
--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 2nd day of June 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration,
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 97-15752 Filed 6-13-97; 8:45 am]
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