Refinery by-products include sulfur and petroleum coke. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery from Customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. Foreign merchandise would also be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes. 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.
The closing period for their receipt is September 1, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15- day period to September 18, 1995. June 26, 1995. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary.