27048 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 105 / Thursday, May 30, 1996 / Notices

Services, Inc. (TLC), at 6677 Beatrice

Drive in Texas Township (Kalamazoo

County); and Site 3: (22 acres)—

warehouse facility, also operated by

TLC, at 8250 Logistic Drive, Zeeland

Township (Ottawa County), some 20

miles southwest of Grand Rapids. An

application to include a site in Benton

Harbor (Berrien County), Michigan, is

currently pending (Doc. 37–96, 61 FR

25190; 5/20/96) with the Board.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the general-purpose

zone to include a site (14 acres) located

at the facilities of Honee Bear Canning,

72100 Highway M–40 South, Lawton

(Van Buren County), Michigan, within

40 miles of the Battle Creek Customs

Port of Entry. Honee Bear, a division of

Packers Canning Inc., uses the facility to

provide warehousing and labeling

services for customers in the canned

food products industry.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations (as revised, 56 FR 50790–

50808, 10–8–91), a member of the FTZ

Staff has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment (original and 3

copies) is invited from interested parties

(see FTZ Board address below). The

closing date for their receipt is July 29,

1996. Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period (to August 13,

1996).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Port Director’s Office, U.S. Customs

Service, North Central Region, 4950

W. Dickman Road, Battle Creek,

Michigan 49016

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Acting Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13586 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Order No. 815]

Establishment of a Foreign-Trade

Zone, Kinston Regional Jetport

Complex, Lenoir County, North

Carolina; Grant of Authority

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade 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 foreigntrade 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 North Carolina Global

TransPark Authority (the Grantee) has

made application to the Board (FTZ

Docket 16–95, 60 FR 22543, 5/8/95),

requesting the establishment of a

foreign-trade zone at the Kinston

Regional Jetport Complex in Lenoir

County, North Carolina, as part of the

Global TransPark project, adjacent to the

Beaufort-Morehead City Customs port of

entry; and,

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register, and the Board adopts the

findings and recommendations of the

examiner’s report and finds that the

requirements of the Act and the Board’s

regulations are satisfied, and that

approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

grants to the Grantee the privilege of

establishing a foreign-trade zone,

designated on the records of the Board

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 214, at the

site described in the application, subject

to the Act and the Board’s regulations,

including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of

May 1996.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Michael Kantor,

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and

Executive Officer.

Attest: John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13587 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Order No. 822]

BP Exploration & Oil Inc. (Oil Refinery),

Lucas, Allen and Wood Counties,

Ohio; Grant of Authority for Subzone

Status

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade 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

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority,

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 8, for

authority to establish special-purpose

subzone status at the oil refinery

complex of BP Exploration & Oil Inc.,

located at sites in Lucas, Allen and

Wood Counties (Toledo area), Ohio, was

filed by the Board on October 5, 1995,

and notice inviting public comment was

given in the Federal Register (FTZ

Docket 59–95, 60 FR 53583, 10–16–95);

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 8F) at the oil refinery

complex of BP Exploration & Oil Inc., at

sites in Lucas, Allen and Wood

Counties, Ohio, at the locations

described in the application, subject to

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,

including § 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 146.41)

shall be elected on all foreign merchandise

admitted to the subzone, except that nonprivileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR

§ 146.42) may be elected on refinery inputs

covered under HTSUS Subheadings

# 2709.00.1000–# 2710.00.1050 and

# 2710.00.2500 which are used in the

production of:

—Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery byproducts (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.