[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42003-42004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20582]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 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 84-7A012.''
Northwest Fruit Exporters' (``NFE'') original Certificate was
issued on June 11, 1984 (49 FR 24581, June 14, 1984)
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and previously amended on May 2, 1988 (53 FR 16303, May 6, 1988);
September 21, 1988 (53 FR 37628, September 27, 1988); September 20,
1989 (54 FR 39454, September 26, 1989); November 19, 1992 (57 FR 55510,
November 25, 1992); and August 16, 1994 (59 FR 43093). A summary of the
application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Northwest Fruit Exporters (``NFE''), 105 South 18th
Street, # 205 Yakima, Washington 98901.
Contact: Ken Severn, Secretary/Treasurer, Telephone: (509) 453-
4837.
Application No.: 84-7A012.
Date Deemed Submitted: August 5, 1996.
Proposed Amendment: Northwest Fruit Exporters seeks to amend its
Certificate to:
1. Add each of the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the
Certificate within the meaning of Sec. 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15
CFR 325.2(1)): Andrus & Roberts Produce Co., Sunnyside, Washington;
Barbee Orchards/Obert Cold Storage, Zillah, Washington; Blue Bird,
Inc., Peshastin, Washington; Blue Mountain Growers, Inc., Milton-
Freewater, Oregon; Columbia Reach Pack, Yakima, Washington; Crandell
Fruit Company, Wenatchee, Washington; Custom Apple Packers, Inc.,
Brewster, Washington; Dole Northwest, Wenatchee, Washington; Fossum
Orchards, Inc., Yakima, Washington; G & G Orchards, Inc., Yakima,
Washington; Keystone Ranch, Riverside, Washington; Olympic Fruit Co.,
Moxee, Washington; Rolling Hills Orchards, Emmett, Idaho; Roy Farms,
Moxee, Washington; Sands Orchards, Inc., Emmett, Idaho; Smith & Nelson,
Inc., Tonasket, Washington; Squaw Creek Ranch, Inc., Pateros,
Washington; Symms Fruit Ranch, Inc., Caldwell Idaho; and The Apple
House, Inc., Brewster, Washington.
2. Delete the following companies as a ``Members'' of the
Certificate: Blue Chelan, Inc., Chelan, Washington; Earl E. Brown &
Sons, Inc., Milton-Freewater, Oregon; Cowin & Sons, Wapato, Washington;
Dovex Export Co., Wenatchee, Washington; Duckwall-Pooley Fruit Co.,
Odell, Oregon; E.W. Brandt & Sons, Inc., Parker, Washington; Holt and
Robison Fruit Co., Inc., Omak, Washington; Jones Fruit & Produce, Inc.,
Cashmere, Washington; M & J Fruit Sales, Yakima, Washington; Nuchief
Sales, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington; Orchard View Farms, The Dalles,
Oregon; Pacific Fruit Growers & Packers, Inc., Yakima, Washington;
Peshastin Fruit Gowers Assn., Peshastin, Washington; Pine Canyon Fruit
Co., Inc., Orondo, Washington; Poirier Warehouse, Pateros, Washington;
Rainier Fruit Sales, Selah, Washington; Skookum, Inc., Wenatchee,
Washington; Sun King Fruit, Sunnyside, Washington; Valicoff Fruit
Company, Inc., Wapato, Washington; and Wapato Fruit, Wapato,
Washington; and
3. Change the listing of the company name for the current Member
``Trout, Inc.'' to the new listing ``Trout-Blue Chelan, Inc.;''
Dated: August 7, 1996.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-20582 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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