[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18315-18316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9617]
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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. Applicant
has requested expedited review.
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 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. If the
comments include any privileged or confidential business information,
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments
(identified as such) should be
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included. Any comments not marked privileged or confidential business
information will be deemed to be nonconfidential. An original and five
copies, plus two copies of the nonconfidential version, 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). However,
nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made available to the
applicant if necessary for determining whether or not to issue the
Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as ``Export
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 96-AE003.'' The Rice
Millers'' Association's (``RMA'') original Certificate was issued on
August 16, 1996 (61 FR 43733, August 26, 1996). A summary of the
application for an amendment is as follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Rice Millers'' Association, 4301 North Fairfax Drive,
Suite 305, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1616.
Contact: Cynthia H. Tough, Vice President of International Affairs
for the USA Rice Federation, Telephone: (703) 351-8161.
Application No.: 96-AE003.
Date Deemed Submitted: March 31, 1997.
Proposed Amendment: RMA seeks to amend its Certificate to expand
the eligibility for membership in the RMA Certificate to include both
mill members and associate members. Associate members include a broad
range of companies with an interest in the rice industry, including bag
manufacturers, brokers, equipment manufacturers/suppliers, exporters,
food processing companies, freight forwarders, grain elevators, grain
merchandisers, industry associations, inspection companies, management
companies, port authorities, and stevedoring/shipping companies. Any
proprietor, partnership, or corporation, whether or not engaged in rice
milling in the United States, which is not a member of RMA and which
wishes to participate in the activities covered by the Certificate, may
join the ETCR upon meeting the qualifications for membership in RMA.
Therefore, the definition of ``Member'' in RMA's Certificate would
be amended to read as follows: ``Member'' means a member of the Rice
Millers' Association which has been certified as a ``Member'' within
the meaning of Section 325.2(l) of the Regulations and is listed in
Attachment I. Members must sign the Operating Agreement of the Rice
Millers'' Association Export Trade Certificate of Review in order to
participate in the certified activities. Any RMA member, including any
mill member or associate member, which is not a Member listed in
Attachment I may join RMA's Export Trade Certificate of Review by
requesting that RMA file for an amended certificate and by signing the
Operating Agreement. Any proprietor, partnership, or corporation either
engaged in rice milling in the United States or not engaged in rice
milling in the United States, which is not a member of RMA and which
wishes to participate in the activities covered by this certificate,
may join RMA's membership upon meeting the qualifications for
membership and then request that RMA file for an amended certificate. A
Member may withdraw from coverage under this certificate at any time by
giving written notice to RMA, a copy of which RMA will promptly
transmit to the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney General.''
Dated: April 9, 1997.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading, Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-9617 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]
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