[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17968]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1485]


Approval For Expansion of Subzone 61D; Merck Sharpe & Dohme 
Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products); Arecibo, 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, the Puerto Rico Trade & Export Company, grantee of FTZ 61, 
has requested authority on behalf of Merck Sharpe & Dohme Quimica De 
Puerto Rico, Inc. (MSDQ), to expand the subzone and scope of 
manufacturing authority in terms of capacity at Subzone 61D at the MSDQ 
pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Arecibo, Puerto Rico (FTZ Docket 
62-2005, filed 12/7/05); and,
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 74290, 12/15/05);
    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 approves the expansion of the 
subzone and the scope of authority under zone procedures in terms of 
capacity within Subzone 61D for the manufacture of pharmaceutical 
products at the Merck Sharpe & Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc., 
plant located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as described in the application 
and the Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of October 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-17968 Filed 10-25-06; 8:45 am]
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