[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23070]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1292]


Approval for Extension of Authority of Board Order 875; Baxter 
Healthcare Corporation (Pharmaceutical Products), Guayama, 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, Board Order 875 (62 FR 10521, 3/7/97) approved the request 
of the Puerto Rico Exports Development Corporation, grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone 61, for pharmaceutical manufacturing authority at the Baxter 
Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) facility in Guayama, Puerto Rico 
(Subzone 61H);
    Whereas, the authority was approved at the outset for five years, 
subject to extension;
    Whereas, the Puerto Rico Exports Development Corporation, grantee 
of Foreign-Trade Zone 61, has requested authority, on behalf of Baxter, 
to extend its manufacturing authority on a permanent basis (FTZ Doc. 
11-2002, filed 2/7/2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 7132, 2/15/2002);
    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 approves the request subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of August, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-23070 Filed 9-9-03; 8:45 am]
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