Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 231 / Thursday, December 2, 2004 / Notices 70121

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1360] 

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; 

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Industrial 

Automation Products), Champaign, IL 

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, 

and when the activity results in a 

significant public benefit and is in the 

public interest; 

Whereas, the Economic Development 

Council for Central Illinois, grantee of 

Foreign-Trade Zone 114, has made 

application to the Board for authority to 

establish special-purpose subzone status 

at the warehousing, processing and 

distribution facility (industrial 

automation products) of Rockwell 

Automation, Inc., located in Champaign, 

Illinois (FTZ Docket 6–2004, filed 3/5/

2004); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 12300, 3/16/2004); 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 would 

be in the public interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

grants authority for subzone status at the 

industrial automation products 

warehousing, processing and 

distribution facility of Rockwell 

Automation, Inc., located in Champaign, 

Illinois (Subzone 114E), at the location 

described in the application, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including § 400.28.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

November, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–26562 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1359] 

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 72; 

Indianapolis, IN 

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 Indianapolis Airport 

Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 72, submitted an application to the 

Board for authority to expand FTZ 72 to 

include four additional sites at locations 

in Madison, Marion and Hendricks 

Counties, Indiana, within the 

Indianapolis Customs port of entry (FTZ 

Docket 45–2003; filed 9/10/03); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (68 FR 54717, 9/18/03) and the 

application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; 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 the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 72 is 

approved, subject to the Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.28, and further subject to the 

Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation 

limit for the overall zone project.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of 

November, 2004. 

James J. Jochum, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import 

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26563 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 53–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 7—Mayaguez, PR; 

Application for Subzone, Ortho 

Biologics, LLC (Pharmaceutical 

Intermediates), Manatı ́, PR 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Puerto Rico Industrial 

Development Company (PRIDCO), 

grantee of FTZ 7, requesting specialpurpose subzone status for the 

pharmaceutical intermediate 

manufacturing facility of Ortho 

Biologics, LLC (OBI) in Manatı ́, Puerto 

Rico. OBI is a subsidiary of Johnson & 

Johnson. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was 

formally filed on November 19, 2004. 

The OBI facility is located within a 

Johnson & Johnson-affiliated complex 

(10 buildings, 128,548 sq. ft. on 58.518 

acres) located at State Road No. 2, Km. 

45.6 in Manatı ́, Puerto Rico. The 

property is owned by Ortho-McNeilJanssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., which 

produces finished pharmaceutical 

products at one of 2 manufacturing 

plants at the site. Only the OBI plant 

will be activated at this time. The OBI 

plant (218 employees) is used for 

warehousing and manufacturing of EPO 

bulk intermediate; activities which OBI 

is proposing to perform under FTZ 

procedures. Most of the intermediate is 

exported for further processing into a 

hormone which stimulates red blood 

cell production for the treatment of 

anemia. Foreign-sourced materials will 

account for some 14 percent of the bulk 

intermediate’s value, and include Qsepharose, citric acid, TRIS–HCL and 

Tris Base. 

Zone procedures would exempt OBI 

from Customs duty payments on foreign 

materials used in production for export. 

At least 95 percent of the EPO bulk 

intermediate will be exported. The 

remaining five percent will be shipped 

domestically to a contractor to be 

processed into finished product that is 

then exported to Canada. On domestic 

shipments, the company would be able 

to defer Customs duty payments on 

foreign materials, and to choose the 

duty rate that applies to the EPO bulk 

intermediate (duty-free), instead of the 

rates otherwise applicable to the foreign 

input materials noted above 

(predominantly active ingredient, Qsepharose, 3.9% ad valorem). OBI 

would also be able to avoid duty on