[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15423]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1172]


Approval for Expansion of Subzone 24B Merck & Company, Inc., 
Plant (Pharmaceuticals), Riverside, PA

    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 Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 24, 
has requested authority on behalf of Merck & Company, Inc. (Merck), to 
add capacity and to expand the scope of authority under zone procedures 
within Subzone 24B at the Merck plant in Riverside, Pennsylvania (FTZ 
Docket 4-2001, filed 1/18/2001);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 8196, 1/30/01);
    Whereas, pursuant to Section 400.32(b)(1) of the FTZ Board 
regulations (15 CFR 400), the Secretary of Commerce's delegate on the 
FTZ Board has the authority to act for the Board in making decisions 
regarding manufacturing activity within existing zones when the 
proposed activity is the same, in terms of products involved, to 
activity recently approved by the Board and similar in circumstances 
(15 CFR 400.32(b)(1)(i)); 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 the proposal is in the 
public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to add capacity and to expand the scope of 
authority under zone procedures within Subzone 24B on behalf of Merck & 
Company, Inc., is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of May 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-15423 Filed 6-18-01; 8:45 am]
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