[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 60-2005)


Foreign-Trade Zone 185 -- Culpepper County, Virginia, Expansion 
of Facilities -- Subzone 185C, Merck & Company, Inc., (Pharmaceutical 
Products), Elkton, Virginia

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Culpepper County Chamber of Commerce, grantee of FTZ 
185, requesting to expand the subzone (Subzone 185C) at the Merck & 
Company Inc. (Merck), facility in Elkton, Virginia. The application was 
submitted pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board. It was formally 
filed on December 7, 2005.
    Subzone 185C was approved by the Board on November 14, 1994 at a 
single site (82 bldgs./624,221 sq. ft. on 1,333 acres) located on Route 
340S, in Elkton (Rockingham County), Virginia, with authority granted 
for the manufacture of finished pharmaceuticals (Board Order 710, 59 FR 
60603, 11/25/94), and expanded on 04/05/01 (Board Order 1156, 66 FR 
19919, 04/18/01). Merck is now proposing to expand production capacity 
under FTZ procedures by adding acreage and 2 additional buildings 
totaling 137,047 sq. ft. The expanded subzone would then include 99 
buildings consisting of 1,903,718 sq. ft. on 1,433 acres.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building-Suite 
4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; or,
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB-Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is February 13, 2006. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to February 28, 
2006).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available during this time for public inspection at address Number 1 
listed above, and at the Culpepper County Chamber of Commerce, 133 West 
Davis Drive, Culpepper, Virginia 22701.

    Dated: December 8, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-24085 Filed 12-14-05; 8:45 am]
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