[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54671-54672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27404]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1002]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 
Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products), Barceloneta, Puerto Rico

    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, 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

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Development Corporation of Puerto Rico, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
61, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the 
pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 
in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, was filed by the Board on April 13, 1998, 
and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register 
(FTZ Docket 20-98, 63 FR 19708, 4-21-98); and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds 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 grants authority for subzone 
status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of Pfizer 
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., located in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (Subzone 
61K), at the location described in the application, and subject to the 
FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of September 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

    Attest:
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-27404 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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