[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 31703] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-14819] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 30-95] Foreign-Trade Zone 2, New Orleans, LA; Proposed Foreign-Trade Subzone Mobil Corporation, (Oil Refinery Complex) New Orleans, Louisiana, Area An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, grantee of FTZ 2, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the oil refinery complex of Mobil Corporation, located in St. Bernard/ Jefferson/St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana (New Orleans area). 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 8, 1995. The refinery complex (400 acres) consists of 3 sites in St. Bernard/Jefferson/St. Charles Parishes, Louisiana: Site 1 (310 acres)-- main refinery and petrochemical feedstock complex located on the Mississippi River at 500 West St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, some 5 miles east of New Orleans; Site 2 (200,000 barrel leased capacity)--Amerada Hess Tank Farm, located at 200 Douglass Road, Jefferson Parish, some 10 miles west of the refinery; Site 3 (236,000 barrel leased capacity)--GATX Tank Farm, located at 1601 River Road, St. Charles Parish, some 20 miles west of the refinery. The refinery (191,000 barrels per day; 690 employees) is used to produce fuels and petrochemical feedstocks. Fuels produced include gasoline, jet fuel, distillates, residual fuels, and naphthas. Petrochemicals include methane, ethane, propane, benzene, toluene, xylenes, and butane. Refinery by-products include petroleum coke and sulfur. Some 55 percent of the crude oil (90 percent of inputs), and some feedstocks and motor fuel blendstocks are sourced abroad. Zone procedures would exempt the refinery 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). The duty on crude oil ranges from 5.25 cents to 10.5 cents/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 August 15, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15- day period (to August 30, 1995). 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, Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501 Magazine Street, Room 1043, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 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 8, 1995. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 95-14819 Filed 6-15-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P