Grant of Authority for Subzone Status: Banner Pharmacaps, Inc. (Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Soft Gelatin Capsules), High Point, NC

Federal Register: September 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 182)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Order No. 1574

Grant of Authority For Subzone Status

Banner Pharmacaps, Inc.

(Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Soft Gelatin Capsules)

High Point, North Carolina

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 and Border Protection 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 Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, has made application to the Board for authority to establish special- purpose subzone status at the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant of

Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., located in High Point, North Carolina (FTZ

Docket 8-2008, filed 2/12/08);

WHEREAS, notice inviting public comment has been given in the

Federal Register (73 FR 10421, 2/27/08); 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 is in the public interest;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status for activity related to certain prescription pharmaceutical product and soft gelatin capsule manufacturing at the Banner

Pharmacaps, Inc., facility located in High Point, North Carolina

(Subzone 230C), as described in the application and Federal Register notice, and subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2\nd\ day of September 2008.

David M. Spooner,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration.

Alternate Chairman Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

ATTEST:

Andrew McGilvray,

Executive Secretary.

FR Doc. E8-21847 Filed 9-17-08; 8:45 am

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