[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 17049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8564]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1218]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Schering-Plough Products, 
L.L.C. Manufacturing Plant (Pharmaceutical Products), Las Piedras, PR

    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 Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides 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,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
    Whereas, the 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; and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Corporation, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 7, has made application to the Board for 
authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the 
pharmaceutical product manufacturing plant of Schering-Plough Products, 
L.L.C., located in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico (FTZ Docket 4-2002, filed 
January 10, 2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 2401, 1/17/02); 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 
application is in the public interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status at the pharmaceutical product manufacturing plant of Schering-
Plough Products, L.L.C., located in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, (Subzone 
7G), at the location described in the application, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of March 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8564 Filed 4-8-02; 8:45 am]
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