[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 27272] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-12595] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Order No. 742] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc. (Pharmaceuticals); Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act ``To provide 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,'' as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs 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; Whereas, an application from the Commercial and Farm Credit and Development Corporation of Puerto Rico, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 61, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing facility of Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc., in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, was filed by the Board on August 30, 1993, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 49-93, 58 FR 47858, 9-13-93); and, Whereas, the Board has found that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the application is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby authorizes the establishment of a subzone (Subzone 61E) at the plant site of Merck, Sharp & Dohme Quimica de Puerto Rico, Inc., in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, at the location described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of May 1995. Susan G. Esserman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. [FR Doc. 95-12595 Filed 5-22-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M