[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23211]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1051]


Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (Pharmaceutical 
Products) Within Foreign-Trade Subzone 22F, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., 
Chicago, Illinois, Area

    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, the Illinois International Port District, grantee of FTZ 
22, has requested authority on behalf of Abbott Laboratories, Inc., 
operator of FTZ Subzone 22F, located in the Chicago, Illinois, area, to 
expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under FTZ 
procedures at the Abbott plant (FTZ Doc. 58-98, filed 12-17-98); and,
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 71617, 12/28/98); 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 approves the request subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of August, 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-23211 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]
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