[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17978]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1483]


Approval For Expansion of Subzone 185C, Merck & Company, Inc., 
(Pharmaceutical Products), Elkton, Virginia

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 Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce, grantee of FTZ 
185, has requested authority on behalf of Merck & Company, Inc. 
(Merck), to expand the subzone and scope of manufacturing authority in 
terms of capacity at Subzone 185C at the Merck pharmaceutical 
manufacturing plant in Elkton, Virginia (FTZ Docket 60-2005, filed 12/
7/05); and,
    WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 74291, 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 185C for the manufacture of pharmaceutical 
products at the Merck & Company, Inc., plant located in Elkton, 
Virginia, as described in the application and the Federal Register 
notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
Sec.  400.28.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20\th\ 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. E6-17978 Filed 10-25-06; 8:45 am]
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