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requesting special-purpose subzone

status for the oil refinery complex of

Coastal Eagle Point Oil Company

(wholly-owned subsidiary of Coastal

Corporation), located in Gloucester

County (Westville area), New Jersey.

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 June 25, 1996.

The refinery complex (130,000 BPD,

377 employees) is located at a 1,000-

acre site on the Delaware River at U.S.

Route 130 South, Gloucester County

(Westville area), New Jersey, some 10

miles south of Philadelphia.

The refinery produces fuels and

petrochemical feedstocks. Fuels

produced include gasoline, jet fuel,

kerosene, distillates and residual fuels.

Petrochemical feedstocks and refinery

by-products include butane, propane,

benzene, toluene, xylene, propylene,

cumene, sulfur, petroleum coke and

asphalt. All of the crude oil (85 percent

of inputs) and some feedstocks and

motor fuel blendstocks used in

producing fuel products are sourced

abroad.

Zone procedures would exempt the

operations involved from Customs duty

payments on the foreign products used

in its exports. On domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

finished product duty rate

(nonprivileged foreign status—NPF) on

certain petrochemical feedstocks and

refinery by-products (duty-free) instead

of the duty rates that would otherwise

apply to the foreign-sourced inputs (e.g.,

crude oil, natural gas condensate). The

duty rates on crude oil range from 5.25¢/

barrel to 10.5¢/barrel. The application

indicates that the savings from zone

procedures would help improve the

refinery’s international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated 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 September 6, 1996.

Rebuttal comments in response to

material submitted during the foregoing

period may be submitted during the

subsequent 15-day period (to Septmeber

23, 1996).

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, Export

Assistance Center, Bldg. #6, Suite 100,

3131 Princeton Pike, Trenton, New

Jersey 08648.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room

3716, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–17280 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

Lapse of Authority for Inactive

Foreign-Trade Zones

AGENCY: Foreign-Trade Zones Board,

International Trade Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Second notice.

SUMMARY: The information that follows

is provided as a follow-up to the notice

published on April 1, 1996 (61 FR

14290) regarding § 400.28(a)(5) (‘‘lapse

provision’’) of the regulations of the

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board (15

CFR Part 400), which goes into effect on

November 8, 1996, for certain inactive

foreign-trade zones. Based upon an FTZ

staff survey and contacts with zone

grantees, it appears that some 40 of 210

existing FTZ projects could be initially

affected by the lapse provision. In

addition, it appears some 50 subzones

(out of some 350) could be individually

affected notwithstanding the fact that

the general-purpose zone with which

they are affiliated would not be affected.

Since the last notice, 7 projects have

taken action to meet the activation

requirements, and over 50 percent of the

remaining grantees affected are doing

so.

This second notice is published to

give interested parties a further

opportunity to comment on the

interpretive guidelines and procedures

that are being considered by the Board

to implement § 400.28(a)(5). As

indicated below, certain changes are

being considered after review of the

comments received following the first

notice.

EFFECTIVE DATES: As indicated in the

first notice, the lapse provision first goes

into effect for zones approved prior to

November 8, 1991, which have not been

activated at any time in the past and

will not have been activated by

November 8, 1996. Thereafter it will

have a continuing effect that requires

activation within 5 years of approval.

FTZ Activation

The information relating to activation

remains essentially as stated in the first

notice. A zone grantee which will have

reported in its annual report to the FTZ

Board the receipt of shipments under

FTZ procedures (and under Customs

activation approval) at any time in the

past prior to November 8, 1996, and

thereafter within the applicable time

frame, is deemed to have fulfilled the

FTZ activation requirement with regard

to its general-purpose zone sites, and for

any subzones for which shipments have

been reported. The grantees of zones so

activated after the last annual report

period are requested to notify the

Executive Secretary with supporting

information if they have not yet done so.

A zone project at which no shipments

have been actually received under FTZ

procedures, but which is active in

offering FTZ services to the public, may

fulfill the activation requirement as

follows: (1) obtain Customs activation

approval under § 146.6 of the Customs

regulations (19 CFR Part 146) from the

Customs Port Director (formerly, District

Director) for the area; and, (2) submit a

zone schedule to the Executive

Secretary of the FTZ Board and to the

Customs Port Director pursuant to

§ 400.42(b) of the FTZ regulations. It is

completion of both these requirements

that constitutes ‘‘FTZ activation’’.

As indicated in the first notice, zone

grantees having no shipments to report

and who are completing the

requirements to avert a lapse of

authority under § 400.28(a)(5), shall

notify the Executive Secretary in writing

upon completion of the requirements,

stating the extent to which the zone is

open for business. The Executive

Secretary will then, upon review,

acknowledge in writing whether FTZ

activation has occurred subject to FTZ

Board approval of the procedures

outlined in this notice.

Review Procedure

As indicated in the first notice,

beginning November 8, 1996, and

thereafter on October 1 of each Federal

fiscal year, the FTZ Staff will conduct

periodic reviews with regard to zone

projects that appear to be affected by

§ 400.28(a)(5). Lists will be maintained

by the FTZ staff of those zones for

which authority has lapsed as well as

those for which authority has

terminated (after the reinstatement

period), and the U.S. Customs Service

will be kept advised.

Reinstatement

Upon review of the comments

received in response to the first notice,
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the FTZ Staff is considering a

recommendation to the FTZ Board

which would provide for an 18-month

period (instead of 12 months) for

possible reinstatement of lapsed grants

of authority. This would allow zone

grantees to apply for reinstatement of

FTZ authority for their general-purpose

zone sites, and for subzones on an

individual basis, if the FTZ activation

requirements are met within 18 months

of a lapse of authority. Grantees should

notify the Executive Secretary when

steps are being taken to qualify for

reinstatement.

During the reinstatement period, the

authority for the affected zone and any

associated subzones is considered

lapsed, but termination of authority

would not occur until the end of the

reinstatement period. During the

reinstatement period, the processing of

any pending application(s) from the

zone project involved will be halted;

but, a grantee may request that

processing be continued with regard to

applications that are related to FTZ

activation.

Interpretive Guidelines

Interpretive guidelines 1–3 below

remain the same, as published in the

first notice, but guideline 4 has been

revised.

1. A zone which had been in FTZ

activation at any time and for any length

of time within the applicable time frame

(i.e., prior to the lapse date) is not

affected by the lapse provision.

2. The FTZ activation of any part of

a general-purpose zone or a subzone

will suffice to preserve FTZ authority

for all of the general-purpose sites of a

zone project, but each subzone is

considered separately.

3. The starting time for tolling

whether a lapse of authority has

occurred will be from the time of the

original grant of authority for a zone

project, and it will affect all generalpurpose zone sites and subzones

associated with the project, however

recently approved, as well as

applications submitted to or pending

with the FTZ Board or the FTZ Staff.

4. The FTZ activation of a generalpurpose zone or subzone may be

determined to extend to separate, but

related, general-purpose zones or

subzones approved for the same grantee

if the projects were approved in the

same Board action or if the projects are

so interrelated in terms of their

administration as an element of state/

regional/local economic development

programs (in the case of subzones, if the

sites are administered as a unit by the

subzone company), providing that the

Customs Port Directors involved concur.

Authority for Determinations/Decisions

The Executive Secretary would have

authority to make determinations and

decisions on matters relating to the

lapse of authority provision, including

FTZ activation and reinstatement.

Appeals from such determinations and

decisions could be made to the Board by

affected zone grantees as provided for in

§ 400.47 (15 CFR Part 400).

Comments Invited: Further comments

are invited in writing until August 7,

1996, from grantees and interested

parties as to any of the information,

procedures or guidelines outlined in

this notice. They should be addressed

to: Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade

Zones Board, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 3716, 14th &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FTZ

Staff—Claudia Hausler (202) 482–2862;

U.S. Customs—Marcus Sircus (202)

927–6894.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–17281 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation; Opportunity to Request

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to

Request Administrative Review of

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty

Order, Finding, or Suspended

Investigation.

Background

Each year during the anniversary

month of the publication of an

antidumping or countervailing duty

order, finding, or suspension of

investigation, an interested party, as

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended, may request,

in accordance with section 353.22 or

355.22 of the Department of Commerce

(the Department) Regulations (19 CFR

353.22/355.22 (1993)), that the

Department conduct an administrative

review of that antidumping or

countervailing duty order, finding, or

suspended investigation.

OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A REVIEW: Not

later than the last day of July 1996,

interested parties may request

administrative review of the following

orders, findings, or suspended

investigations, with anniversary dates in

July for the following periods:

Period

Antidumping Proceeding:

Armenia: Solid Urea, A–831–801 ........................................................................................................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Azerbaijan: Solid Urea, A–832–801 ..................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Belarus: Solid Urea, A–822–801 .......................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Brazil: Industrial Nitrocellulose, A–351–806 ........................................................................................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Brazil: Silicon Metal, A–351–806 ......................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Estonia: Solid Urea, A–447–801 .......................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Georgia: Solid Urea, A–833–801 ......................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Germany: Industrial Nitrocellulose, A–428–803 ................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Germany: Solid Urea, A–429–605 ....................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Iran: In-Shell Pistachio Nuts, A–507–502 ............................................................................................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Japan: Cast Iron Pipe Fittings, A–588–605 ......................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Japan: Electric Cutting Tools, A–588–823 ........................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Japan: High Power Microwave Amplifiers and Components Thereof, A–588–005 ............................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Japan: Industrial Nitrocellulose, A–588–812 ........................................................................................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Japan: Synthetic Methionine, A–588–041 ........................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Kazakhstan: Solid Urea, A–834–801 ................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Kyrgyzstan: Solid Urea, A–835–801 .................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96

Latvia: Solid Urea, A–449–801 ............................................................................................................................................ 7/1/95–6/30/96

Lithuania: Solid Urea, A–451–801 ....................................................................................................................................... 7/1/95–6/30/96