[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 27047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13585]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 821]


BP Eploration & Oil Inc., (Oil Refinery), Plaquemines Parish, 
Louisiana; Grant of Authority for Subzone Status

    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 Harbor 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 BP Exploration & Oil Inc., in Plaquemines Parish (New Orleans area), 
Louisiana, was filed by the Board on August 3, 1995, and notice 
inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 
40-95, 60 FR 40819, 8-10-95); 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 2I) at the oil refinery of BP Exploration & Oil Inc., 
in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, at the locations 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 Secs. 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 Sec. 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 by-products (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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of May 1996.
Paul L. Joffe,
Acting, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest: John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-13585 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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