[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54611-54612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15480]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1478]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Pfizer Inc (Pharmaceutical 
Products), Kalamazoo, Michigan

    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 and Border Protection 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 City of Battle Creek, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 
43, has made application to the Board for authority to establish a 
special-purpose subzone at the pharmaceutical products manufacturing 
and warehousing facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, 
Michigan (FTZ Docket 1-2006, filed 1/3/06);
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 2018, 1/12/06); 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 for activity related to pharmaceutical products manufacturing at 
the facilities of Pfizer Inc, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan (Subzone 
43E), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and 
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 
400.28.

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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7\th\ day of September 2006.

David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-15480 Filed 9-15-06; 8:45 am]
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