[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45694-45695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18120]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1567]


Approval of Expansion of Subzone 161A and Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority, Hospira, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products), 
McPherson, KS

    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 Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick, Kansas, 
grantee of FTZ 161, submitted an application to the Board for authority 
to expand the subzone and the scope of manufacturing authority under 
zone procedures at Subzone 161A at the Hospira, Inc., pharmaceutical 
facility in McPherson, Kansas, adjacent to the Wichita Customs and 
Border Protection port of entry (FTZ Docket 41-2007, filed 8/23/07);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 50326, 8/31/07), and the application has been processed 
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal as described 
in the application and Federal Register notice is in the public 
interest;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand the subzone and the scope of 
manufacturing authority under zone procedures for Subzone 161A is 
approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including 
section 400.28.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of July 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-18120 Filed 8-5-08; 8:45 am]
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