Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 110 / Thursday, June 6, 1996 / Notices 28839

Maya Bernstein, OMB Desk Officer,

room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington DC 20503.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–14214 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 44–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 202—Los Angeles,

CA Application for Subzone California

Steel Industries, Inc. (Steel Mill

Products) Fontana, CA

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Board of Harbor

Commissioners of the City of Los

Angeles, California, grantee of FTZ 202,

requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the steel mill products

manufacturing facilities of California

Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI), in Fontana,

California. 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 24,

1996.

CSI is a joint venture of Kawasaki

Steel Holdings (USA), Inc., subsidiary of

Kawasaki Steel, Ltd. (Japan), and Rio

Doce, Ltd., subsidiary of Companhia

Vale do Rio Doce (Brazil).

The CSI steel mill (370 acres) is

located at 14000 San Bernadino Avenue,

Fontana, California, some 65 miles west

of the Los Angeles harbor area. The

facilities (1000 employees) consist of a

hot-roll mill, cold-roll mill, pickling

line, galvanizing mill, and pipe mill.

They are used to produce hot- and coldrolled steel sheet, galvanized sheet and

iron or steel pipe (HTS #7206, #7208–

7210). The primary material inputs are

semifinished steel slabs (HTS

#7207.12.0050). Currently some 80

percent of the slabs are purchased from

foreign sources, though the company is

considering the production of slabs on

site as a long-term goal. Foreign

materials would be admitted in

privileged foreign status (19 CFR

146.41). Some 4 percent of the finished

steel mill products would be exported.

Zone procedures would exempt CSI

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign materials used in production for

export (replacing duty drawback

procedures). On domestic sales, the

company would be able to defer

Customs duties until finished products

are shipped from the plant. The

company is also seeking an exemption

from Customs duties on scrap and waste

that result from the production process

(approx. 4–6%). The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

international competitiveness in

commodity-grade steel markets of a steel

mill located in the western United

States.

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 the

address below. The closing period for

their receipt is August 5, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to [75 days from the date

of publication]).

A copy of the application and

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce District

Office, 11000 Wilshire Blvd., Room

9200, Los Angeles, California 90024

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: May 29, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14157 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Order No. 825; Subzone 124A]

Revision of Grant of Authority;

TransAmerican Natural Gas

Corporation (Oil Refinery) Destrehan,

LA

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, the Foreign-Trade Zones

(FTZ) Board (the Board) authorized

subzone status at the oil refinery of

TransAmerican Natural Gas

Corporation, in Destrehan, Louisiana, in

1988, subject to conditions (Subzone

124A, Board Order 379, 53 FR 11539, 4/

7/88);

Whereas, the South Louisiana Port

Commission, grantee of FTZ 124, has

requested, pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1)(i),

a revision (filed 3/25/96, A(32b1)–3–96;

FTZ Doc. 39–96, assigned 5/8/96) of the

grant of authority for FTZ Subzone

124A which would make its scope of

authority identical to that recently

granted for FTZ Subzone 199A at the

refinery complex of Amoco Oil

Company, Texas City, Texas (Board

Order 731, 60 FR 13118, 3/10/95); and,

Whereas, the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, acting for the

Board pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1),

concurring in the findings and

recommendations of the FTZ Staff and

Executive Secretary, approves the

request;

Now therefore, subject to the Act and

the Board’s regulations, including

§ 400.28, Board Order 379 is revised to

replace the two conditions currently

listed in the Order with 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 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 and #2710.00.2500 which

are used in the production of:

—petrochemical feedstocks and refinery byproducts (FTZ staff report, Appendix B);

—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 29th 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. 96–14159 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Docket 45–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 70—Detroit,

Michigan; Application for Subzone

Status, Marathon Oil Company (Oil

Refinery Complex), Wayne County, MI

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Greater Detroit Foreign