Star Enterprise (Oil Refinery), Port Arthur, TX; Grant of Authority for Subzone Status

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Order No. 668]

Star Enterprise (Oil Refinery), Port Arthur, TX; Grant of

Authority for Subzone Status

Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of

June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade

Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To

provide for the establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of

entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce,

and for other purposes,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the

Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to grant to

qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;

Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the

establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities

cannot serve the specific use involved;

Whereas, an application from the Foreign-Trade Zone of Southeast

Texas, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 116, for authority to establish a

special-purpose subzone for the refinery facilities of Star Enterprise,

in Jefferson and Hardin Counties (Port Arthur area), Texas, was filed

by the Board on March 21, 1991, and notice inviting public comment was

given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 17-91, 56 FR 13799, 4-4-91);

and,

Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the Act and

Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that approval of the

application would be in the public interest if approval is subject to

the conditions listed below;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a

subzone (Subzone 116A) at the Star Enterprise refinery facilities in

Jefferson and Hardin Counties (Port Arthur area), Texas, at the

location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the

Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the

following conditions:

1. Foreign crude oil or products used as fuel for the refinery

shall be dutiable.

2. Star shall elect privileged foreign status on foreign crude oil

and other foreign products admitted to the subzone, except as indicated

below.

3. Star may elect nonprivileged foreign status with respect to

foreign crude oil that is associated with sulfur by-product that

results from the refining process, based on an appropriate allocation

method to be determined by Customs. This initial approval is limited to

a period of three years beginning from the date of activation, subject

to extension.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of December 1993.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration,

Chairman, Committee of Alternates, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 93-32075 Filed 12-30-93; 8:45 am]

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