[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1247]


Approval for Expansion of Manufacturing Authority Within Subzone 
61G; IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plant (Pharmaceuticals), Carolina, 
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, IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IPR), operator of SZ 61G, has 
requested authority to expand the scope of manufacturing activity under 
zone procedures within Subzone 61G at the IPR plant in Carolina, Puerto 
Rico (FTZ Docket 5-2002, filed January 17, 2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 3685, January 25, 2002);
    Whereas, pursuant to Section 400.32(b)(1) of the FTZ Board 
regulations (15 CFR part 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 expand the scope of authority under zone 
procedures within Subzone 61G on behalf of IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 
is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of September 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 02-25631 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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