[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19977-19978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10130]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1036]
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; PFIZER
Inc.(Pharmaceuticals); Brooklyn, New York
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 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, the City of New York, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 1, has
made application to the Board for authority to establish special-
purpose subzone status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of
Pfizer Inc., located in Brooklyn, New York (FTZ Docket 49-98, filed 11/
3/98, amended 1/12/99);
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Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal
Register (63 FR 63451, 11/13/98); 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, as amended, is in the public interest;
Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone
status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of Pfizer Inc.,
located in Brooklyn, New York (Subzone 1A), at the location described
in the application, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's
regulations, including Sec. 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of April 1999.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 99-10130 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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