[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 67183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1203]


Approval of Manufacturing Authority; Foreign-Trade Zone 7, IPR 
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Pharmaceuticals), Mayaguez, 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, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corporation, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 7, on behalf of IPR Pharmaceuticals, 
Inc., has requested authority to manufacture pharmaceutical products 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 7--Site L-164-0-63 (Doc. 39-2001);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 49162, 9/26/01);
    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 aproved 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 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the request 
is in the public interest;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application on behalf of IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to 
manufacture pharmaceutical products under zone procedures within FTZ 
7--Site L-164-0-63, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, the 14th day of December 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 01-31985 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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