[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1574]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of application to amend certificate.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''),
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has
received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review.
This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments
relevant to whether the amended Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
W. Dawn Busby, Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs,
International Trade Administration, (202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-
free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. A Certificate of Review
protects the holder and the members identified in the Certificate from
state and federal government antitrust actions and from private, treble
damage antitrust actions for the export conduct specified in the
Certificate and carried out in compliance with its terms and
conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require
the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying
the applicant and summarizing its proposed export conduct.
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. An
original and five (5) copies should be submitted no later than 20 days
after the date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company
Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce,
Room 1800H, Washington, D.C. 20230. Information submitted by any person
is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer to this application as ``Export
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 85-6A018.''
U.S. Shippers Association's (``USSA'') original Certificate was
issued on June 3, 1986 (51 FR 20873, June 9, 1986), and previously
amended on January 16, 1990 (55 FR 2543, January 25, 1990); November
13, 1990 (55 FR 48664, November 21, 1990); September 22, 1993 (58 FR
51061, September 30, 1993); and on June 28, 1994 (59 FR 34411, July 5,
1994). A summary of the application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: U.S. Shippers Association (``USSA''), 1209 Orange
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
Contact: Andrew J. Shapiro, Counsel, Telephone: (202) 662-5447.
Application No.: 85-6A018.
Date Deemed Submitted: January 10, 1997.
Proposed Amendment
USSA seeks to amend its Certificate to add the following companies
as new ``Members'' of the Certificate within the meaning of Section
325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 C.F.R. 325.2(1)): NOVA Chemicals Inc.,
Monaca, PA (Controlling Entity: NOVA Corporation, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada); Pecten Chemicals Inc., Houston, TX (Controlling Entity: Royal
Dutch Petroleum Company, The Hague, The Netherlands); and Phillips
Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK.
Dated: January 11, 1997.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-1574 Filed 1-22-97; 8:45 am]
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