Foreign-Trade Zone 7-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Scope Clarification Request-Foreign-Trade Zone 7I; Abbott Pharmaceuticals P.R. Ltd.-Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (Pharmaceutical Products), 17454-17455 [E9-8635]

Download as PDF rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with PROPOSALS 17454 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / Notices FTZ 33 was approved on November 9, 1977 (Board Order 124, 42 FR 59398, 11/17/77). The zone was expanded on March 16, 1981 (Board Order 172, 46 FR 18063, 3/23/81) and on May 14, 1998 (Board Order 981, 63 FR 29179, 5/28/ 98). The general-purpose zone currently consists of 5 sites (5,616 acres) in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area: Site 1 (49 acres)—within the 500-acre RIDC Park West, Park West Drive, Findlay Township, Allegheny County; Site 2 (5,352 acres)—within the 10,000-acre Pittsburgh International Airport complex (includes an aviation fuel depot), Pittsburgh; Site 3 (140 acres)— Leetsdale Industrial Park, First and Center Avenues, Leetsdale; Site 4 (60 acres, 3 parcels) located at 115 & 400 Hunt Valley Road within the Westmoreland Business and Research Park in Upper Burrell and Washington Townships, Westmoreland County; and, Site 5 (15 acres) warehouse facilities located at 154 Keystone Drive, New Castle. The applicant is now requesting authority to reorganize and expand its zone, which includes both additions and deletions with an overall increase of 1,576 acres in total zone space as described below: Site 1 (RIDC Park West)—modify existing Site 1 by removing 21 acres due to changed circumstances and expand to include an additional 27 acres, 7 parcels (new site total—55 acres). The applicant is also requesting that the Board grant permanent authority for Sites 4 and 5, which were granted temporary designation through administrative actions with authority expiring 5/1/11. In addition, twelve new sites (1,549 acres) are proposed as follows: Proposed Site 6 (73 acres, 10 parcels)—warehouse facilities within the 240-acre City Center Duquesne property, located at South Linden Street, Duquesne, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 7 (65 acres, 13 parcels)—within the 135-acre Industrial Center of McKeesport, 200 Center Street, McKeesport, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 8 (67 acres, 9 parcels)— within the 925-acre Thorn Hill Industrial Park, 119–151 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, Butler & Allegheny Counties; Proposed Site 9 (13 acres, 1 parcel)— Lawrenceville Technology Center, Hatfield & 45th Street, Lawrenceville, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 10 (17 acres, 5 parcels)—within the 600-acre Allegheny County Industrial Park, 560– 570 Alpha Drive, O’Hara Township, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 11 (38 acres, 7 parcels)—within the 92-acre Keystone Commons, 200–700 Braddock Avenue, Turtle Creek, Allegheny VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:44 Apr 14, 2009 Jkt 217001 County; Proposed Site 12 (53 acres, 2 parcels)—South Hills Industrial Park, 1200 Lebanon Road, West Mifflin, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 13 (737 acres, 2 parcels)—West Port Industrial Park, PA Route 576 & Burgettstown, Imperial, Allegheny County; Proposed Site 14 (74 acres, 1 parcel)—Hopewell Business & Industrial Park, Gringo-Clinton Road & PA Rt. # 151, Aliquippa, Beaver County; Proposed Site 15 (222 acres)—within the Westgate Business Park, PA Rt. # 18 & Eastwood Road, Homewood, Beaver County; Proposed Site 16 (111 acres, 9 parcels)—within the 372-acre Aliquippa Industrial Park, 101–601. Steel Street, Aliquippa, Beaver County; and, Proposed Site 17 (80 acres, 10 parcels)—Ambridge Regional Center, 2301 Duss Avenue, Ambridge, Beaver County. No specific manufacturing authority is being requested at this time. Such requests would be made to the Board on a case-by-case basis. In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to investigate the application and report to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is June 15, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 29, 2009). A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via https:// www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202–482–1346 or Kathleen_Boyce@ita.doc.gov. Dated: April 7, 2009. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–8637 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [A(32c)–01–2009] Foreign-Trade Zone 7—Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Scope Clarification Request—Foreign-Trade Zone 7I; Abbott Pharmaceuticals P.R. Ltd.— Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (Pharmaceutical Products) A request for clarification of scope has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Abbott Pharmaceuticals P.R. Ltd. (Abbott), operator of Foreign-Trade Subzone 7I at Abbott’s pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. A grant of authority for Abbott’s subzone was issued on December 23, 2005, with manufacturing authority for certain antibiotics and Depakote, a treatment for epilepsy, migraines, and bipolar disease (duty free), utilizing the foreign materials Beta Carb, hexamethyldisilozine, and hypromellose phthalate (duty rates: 3.7%—5.2%). Abbott has informed the Board that it now plans to produce other related pharmaceutical products that were listed in the application as finished pharmaceutical products, intermediates and chemical inputs for possible future production (Board Order 1432, 12/23/2005, 71 FR 1733, 1/11/ 2006). Specifically, the company plans to make a HIV–AIDS protease inhibitor (HTSUS 3004.90—duty free) from the foreign materials sodium stearyl fumarate and copovodine (HTSUS 2917.19—duty rate 6.5% and HTSUS 3905.91—5.3%, respectively). Abbott also plans to make choline fenofibrate, a pharmaceutical intermediate (HTSUS 3003.90—duty free), from the foreign input choline hydroxide (HTSUS 2923.10—duty rate 3.7%). The FTZ staff invites the comments of interested parties for consideration in its review. Submissions shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address listed below. The closing period for their receipt is May 15, 2009. A copy of the request will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via https:// www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane_Finver@ita.doc.gov, or (202) 482– 1367. E:\FR\FM\15APN1.SGM 15APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 71 / Wednesday, April 15, 2009 / Notices Dated: April 9, 2009. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–8635 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with PROPOSALS Site Renumbering Notice; ForeignTrade Zone 23—Buffalo, NY Foreign-Trade Zone 23 was approved by the FTZ Board on March 31, 1976 (Board Order 110, 41 FR 14824, 4/7/76), and expanded on November 2, 1979 (Board Order 148, 44 FR 65802, 11/15/ 79), April 16, 1982 (Board Order 187, 47 FR 18014, 4/27/82), February 7, 1985 (Board Order 291, 50 FR 6372 2/15/85), October 30, 1989 (Board Order 445, 54 FR 46431, 11/3/89), and June 25, 1993 (Board Order 645, 58 FR 36390; 7/7/93). FTZ 23 currently consists of the following sites: Site 1: (225 acres) within the Gateway Trade Center, Buffalo; Site 2: (298 acres)—Wehrle International Business Park, Amherst, adjacent to the Greater Buffalo International Airport; and, Site 2— Parcel A: (189 acres)—Aero and Airport Business Parks, Cheektowaga, New York, immediately adjacent to the airport; Site 2—Parcel B (194 acres)— the airport’s air cargo facility and Airport Commerce Park, Cheektowaga; Site 3: (13 acres)—within the OakMichigan Industrial Corridor, Buffalo; Site 4: (22 acres)—at the former American Standard plant, Rano and Tonawanda Streets, Buffalo; Site 5: (55 acres)—within the 80-acre Grand Island Industrial Park, Grand Island; Site 5— Parcel A: (5 acres) located at 3036 Alt Boulevard, Grand Island; Site 6: (11 acres) located at 2299 Kenmore Avenue, Tonawanda, New York, operated by Speed Transportation. The current update does not alter the physical boundaries that have previously been approved, but instead involves an administrative renumbering of some of the zone sites for recordkeeping purposes. Under this revision, the site list for FTZ 23 will be as follows: Site 1: (225 acres) within the Gateway Trade Center, Buffalo; Site 2: (298 acres)—Wehrle International Business Park, Amherst, adjacent to the Greater Buffalo International Airport; Site 3: (13 acres)—within the OakMichigan Industrial Corridor, Buffalo; Site 4: (22 acres)—at the former American Standard plant, Rano and Tonawanda Streets, Buffalo; Site 5: (55 acres)—within the 80-acre Grand Island Industrial Park, Grand Island; Site 6: (11 VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:44 Apr 14, 2009 Jkt 217001 acres) located at 2299 Kenmore Avenue, Tonawanda, New York, operated by Speed Transportation; Site 7: (189 acres)—Aero and Airport Business Parks, Cheektowaga, New York, immediately adjacent to the Greater Buffalo International Airport; Site 8: (194 acres)—the Greater Buffalo International Airport’s air cargo facility and Airport Commerce Park, Cheektowaga; and, Site 9: (5 acres) located at 3036 Alt Boulevard, Grand Island. For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at Elizabeth_Whiteman@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482–0473. Dated: April 7, 2009. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–8633 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers Notice of Availability of a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/ SEIR), Draft Air Quality Conformity Determination (CD), and Section 404 Clean Water Act for the Port of Los Angeles Channel Deepening Project, Los Angeles, CA AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Corps) and the Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) have prepared a joint Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/SEIR) for the Port of Los Angeles Channel Deepening Project, Los Angeles County, California. The Corps and the LAHD have reviewed the written and oral comments received during the August 6, 2008 public hearing and during the public comment period for the Draft SEIS/SEIR. The Corps is publishing a Notice of Availability for the Final SEIS/EIR and Draft CD in the Federal Register for public review. The document will also be placed at public libraries in the vicinity of the project area and distributed to the concerned resource agencies and the public who has provided comment on the Draft SEIS/ SEIR. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17455 DATES: Submit comments on or before May 17, 2009. ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, CESPL– PD–RN, c/o Joy Jaiswal, P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles, CA 90053–2325. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joy Jaiswal, Chief, Ecosystem Planning Section, at (213) 452–3851 (voice), (213) 452–4204 (fax), or by e-mail at Jyotsna.I.Jaiswal@usace.army.mil. You may also contact Ms. Megan Wong, Project Environmental Coordinator, at (213) 452–3859 (voice) or by e-mail at Megan.T.Wong@usace.army.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Final SEIS/SEIR and the Draft CD have been filed with the Environmental Protection Agency to be published in the Federal Register and is available for a thirty-day (30) public review period. Review period for the Final SEIS/EIR and Draft CD will begin from the date of publishing the Notice of Availability in the Federal Register, which is on April 17, 2009. Please forward your comments on the Final SEIS/SEIR and/or the Draft CD by mail, e-mail, or fax to the contacts listed below by May 17, 2009. (A) Notice for Final SEIS/EIR: The Corps and Port have reviewed all the comments received during 45-day public review period and Public Hearing on the Draft SEIS/EIR. Based on public comments, eelgrass habitat area has been eliminated as one of the disposal sites from Alternatives 1 and 2. Alternative 1, Port Development and Environmental Enhancement, was developed with a focus on beneficial use of dredge material for port development and environmental enhancement and disposal sites analyzed in the Final SEIS/EIR are: Berths 243–245, the Northwest Slip, CSWH Expansion, and LA–2. Alternative 2, Environmental Enhancement and Ocean Disposal, was developed with a focus on environmental enhancement related uses of the remaining material and does not include any disposal options associated with port development. Under Alternative 2, dredge material would be disposed at the CSWH Expansion, LA–2, LA–3 and the Anchorage Road Soil Storage Site. Under Alternative 3, the No Action Alternative, no further dredging would take place and the Channel Deepening Project would not be completed. (B) A Draft Conformity Determination (CD) has been prepared for the Proposed Action, which is located in Appendix M of the Final SEIS/EIR. This notice also serves as review of the Draft CD. The Corps is publishing a Notice of Availability for the Final SEIS/EIR and E:\FR\FM\15APN1.SGM 15APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17454-17455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8635]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[A(32c)-01-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 7--Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Scope Clarification 
Request--Foreign-Trade Zone 7I; Abbott Pharmaceuticals P.R. Ltd.--
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico (Pharmaceutical Products)

    A request for clarification of scope has been submitted to the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Abbott Pharmaceuticals P.R. 
Ltd. (Abbott), operator of Foreign-Trade Subzone 7I at Abbott's 
pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
    A grant of authority for Abbott's subzone was issued on December 
23, 2005, with manufacturing authority for certain antibiotics and 
Depakote, a treatment for epilepsy, migraines, and bipolar disease 
(duty free), utilizing the foreign materials Beta Carb, 
hexamethyldisilozine, and hypromellose phthalate (duty rates: 3.7%--
5.2%). Abbott has informed the Board that it now plans to produce other 
related pharmaceutical products that were listed in the application as 
finished pharmaceutical products, intermediates and chemical inputs for 
possible future production (Board Order 1432, 12/23/2005, 71 FR 1733, 
1/11/2006).
    Specifically, the company plans to make a HIV-AIDS protease 
inhibitor (HTSUS 3004.90--duty free) from the foreign materials sodium 
stearyl fumarate and copovodine (HTSUS 2917.19--duty rate 6.5% and 
HTSUS 3905.91--5.3%, respectively). Abbott also plans to make choline 
fenofibrate, a pharmaceutical intermediate (HTSUS 3003.90--duty free), 
from the foreign input choline hydroxide (HTSUS 2923.10--duty rate 
3.7%).
    The FTZ staff invites the comments of interested parties for 
consideration in its review. Submissions shall be addressed to the 
Board's Executive Secretary at the address listed below. The closing 
period for their receipt is May 15, 2009.
    A copy of the request will be available for public inspection at 
the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via https://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane_Finver@ita.doc.gov, 
or (202) 482-1367.


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    Dated: April 9, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-8635 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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