[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12594]



[Order No. 741]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Merck, Sharp & Dohme 
Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceuticals); Arecibo, Puerto Rico

    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 Commercial and Farm Credit and 
Development Corporation of Puerto Rico, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
61, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the 
pharmaceutical manufacturing facility of Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica 
de Puerto Rico, Inc., in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was filed by the Board 
on August 9, 1993, and notice inviting public comment was given in the 
Federal Register (FTZ Docket 39-93, 58 FR 44492, 8-23-93); 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 61D) at the plant site of Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica 
de Puerto Rico, Inc., in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 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 12th day of May 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 95-12594 Filed 5-22-95; 8:45 am]

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