[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-18318]


[Federal Register: July 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 698]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Sanofi Winthrop L.P. 
(Pharmaceuticals) Rensselaer, NY

    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 Capital District Regional Planning 
Commission (Albany area), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 121, for 
authorization for special-purpose subzone status at the pharmaceutical 
manufacturing facilities of Sanofi Winthrop L.P., in Rensselaer, New 
York, was filed by the Board on June 1, 1993, and notice inviting 
public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 22-93, 58 
FR 33254, 6-16-93); and,
    WHEREAS, the Board has found that the requirements of the FTZ Act 
and Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is in the public interest;
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a 
subzone (Subzone 121A) at the Sanofi Winthrop L.P. plant in Rensselaer, 
New York, at the location described in the application, subject to the 
FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of July 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Chairman, 
Committee of Alternates Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-18318 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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