[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78290-78291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30443]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1597


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Amgen Manufacturing 
Limited (Biotechnology and Healthcare Products), Juncos, 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 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;

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    Whereas, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, grantee of 
Foreign-Trade Zone 7, has made application to the Board for authority 
to establish a special-purpose subzone for the manufacture of 
biotechnology and healthcare products at the facility of Amgen 
Manufacturing Limited, located in Juncos, Puerto Rico (FTZ Docket 41-
2008, filed 6/19/08);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 36298, 6/26/08); 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 the manufacture of biotechnology and 
healthcare products at the facility of Amgen Manufacturing Limited, 
located in Juncos, Puerto Rico (Subzone 7M), as described in the 
application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.
    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of December 2008.

Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30443 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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