[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24590]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1058]


Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (Pharmaceutical 
Products) Within Foreign-Trade Subzone 202A; Minnesota Mining and 
Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, CA

    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 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M), 
operator of FTZ 202A, has requested authority to expand the scope of 
manufacturing activity conducted under FTZ procedures within Subzone 
202A, the 3M pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Los Angeles, 
California (FTZ Doc. 2-99, filed 1-11-99); and
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (64 FR 4068, 1/27/99); 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, and 
further subject to the following special conditions:
    1. The admission levels of CFC-11 and CFC-12 products to the 
subzone are limited to the essential-use allowance levels authorized by 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for this facility.
    2. The merchandise admitted to the subzone shall continue to be 
subject to all EPA regulatory requirements, including 40 CFR part 82.
    3. 3M shall provide the FTZ Board annually with evidence that it is 
in compliance with EPA requirements.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of September, 1999.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest: Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24590 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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