[Image] Term [Image] (Cite as: 56 FR 13797) 1991 WL 282409 (F.R.) NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Docket 16-91] [Image]Foreign[Image][Image]-Trade[Image] [Image]Zone[Image] 124--Gramercy, LA; Application for Subzone, Star Enterprise-Refinery and Terminals, Ascension and St. James Parishes, Louisiana Thursday, April 4, 1991 An application has been submitted to the [Image]Foreign[Image][Image]-Trade [Image] [Image]Zones[Image] Board (the Board) by the South Louisiana Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 124, requesting special- purpose subzone status for the oil refinery and storage facilities of Star Enterprise (a joint venture involving Texaco Refining and Marketing (East) Inc., and Saudi *13798 (Cite as: 56 FR 13797, *13798) Refining, Inc.), located in St. James and Ascension Parishes (Convent area), Louisiana. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the [Image]Foreign[Image][Image]-Trade[Image] [Image]Zones[Image] Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on March 21, 1991. The Convent refinery complex (Site 1, 3,940 acres) involves a 225,000-barrel- per-day refinery, storage and docking facilities in Ascension and St. James Parishes, on the east bank of the Mississippi River at River Mile Point 168, north of Convent, Louisiana. The company's LPG underground storage facility (Site 2, 28 acres) is located in Ascension Parish, some 2 miles southeast of Sorrento, Louisiana (5 miles from the refinery). The refinery facilities employ 500 persons and is used to produce gasoline, fuel oil, and jet fuels. All of the crude oil and secondary feedstocks are sourced abroad. Some 3.5 percent of the finished products are exported. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery facilities from Customs duty payments on the foreign products used in its exports. On domestic sales, the company is seeking to avoid duties on fuel used in the refinery and to defer duties until products leave the refinery. The application also indicates the company plans to choose the zero duty rate that applies to certain end products, such as sulphur and MEP (a methane/ethane/propane/hydrogen mix). (The duty on crude oil ranges from 5.25 to 10.5 cents/barrel.) Foreign merchandise would also be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes. The application indicates that the savings would help improve the refinery's international competitiveness. In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has been appointed to investigate the applicaton and report to the Board. The committee consists of: John J. Da Ponte, Jr. (Chairman), Director, [Image]Foreign[Image][Image]-Trade[Image] [Image]Zones[Image] Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Joel R. Mish, District Director, U.S. Customs Service, South Central Region, suite 244, 423 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2341; and Colonel Richard V. Gorski, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District New Orleans, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267. Comments concerning the proposed zone are invited in writing from interested parties. They should be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or before May 13, 1991. A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of the following locations: Office of the District Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, 432 World Trade Center, 2 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. Office of the Executive Secretary, [Image]Foreign[Image][Image]-Trade [Image] [Image]Zones[Image] Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., room 4213, Washington, DC 20230. Dated: March 28, 1991. John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 91-7896 Filed 4-3-91; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M 56 FR 13797-04, 1991 WL 282409 (F.R.) END OF DOCUMENT Copr. (C) West 1998 No Claim to Orig. U.S. Govt. Works [Image] Term [Image]