[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 10521] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-5632] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [Order No. 875] Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Ohmeda Caribe Inc./Ohmeda Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products) Guayama, 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, 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 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 plant of Ohmeda Caribe Inc./Ohmeda Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Inc., in Guayama, Puerto Rico, was filed by the Board on June 22, 1995, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (FTZ Docket 33-95, 60 FR 34510, 7-3-95); 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 approval of the application for a five-year period, subject to extension, is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of Ohmeda Caribe Inc./ Ohmeda Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Inc., located in Guayama, Puerto Rico (Subzone 61H), at the location described in the application, for a period of 5 years from the date of this Board Order, subject to extension upon application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Sec. 400.28. Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of February 1997. Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. Attest: John J. Da Ponte, Jr., Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-5632 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P