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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 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 89-5A016.''
    Geothermal Energy Association's (``GEA'') original Certificate was 
issued under the name ``National Geothermal Association (NGA)''. The 
original Certificate was issued on February 5, 1990 (55 FR 4647, 
February 9, 1990), and previously amended on November 7, 1990 (55 FR 
47784, November 15, 1990); April 17, 1991 (56 FR 16328, April 22, 
1991); September 11, 1991 (56 FR 47068, September 17, 1991), and on 
October 25, 1993 (58 FR 58325, November 1, 1993). On April 12, 1994, 
the National Geothermal Association changed its name to the Geothermal 
Energy Association. A summary of the application for an amendment 
follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: Geothermal Energy Association 2001 Second Street, Suite 5 
Davis, California 95616
Contact: Arthur John Armstrong, Counsel, Telephone: (703) 356-3100
Application No.: 89-5A016
Date Deemed Submitted: June 28, 1994
Proposed Amendment: GEA 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 
C.F.R. 325.2(1)): M-I Drilling Fluids Company, L.L.C., Houston, Texas 
(controlling entity: Smith International Acquisition Corp., Houston, 
Texas); Smith International Acquisition Corp., Houston, Texas, 
(controlling entity: Smith International, Inc., Houston, Texas); and 
Smith International, Inc., Houston, Texas.
    2. Delete each of the following companies as a ``Member'' of the 
Certificate: Energylog Corp.; Grace Drilling Company, Inc.; Mesquite 
Group, Inc.; M-I Drilling Fluids Company and its controlling entity, 
Dresser Industries, Inc.; Technology Export Company and its controlling 
entity, Masco Industries, Inc.; USGIC Dominica, L.P.; and Williams Tool 
Company, Inc.; and
    3. Change the listing of the company name for each current 
``Member'' cited in this paragraph to the new listing cited in this 
paragraph in parenthesis as follows: Maxwell Laboratories, S-CUBED 
Division, and its controlling entity, Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. (S-
Cubed, a Division of Maxwell Labs, and its controlling entity, Maxwell 
Laboratories, Inc.); Nabors Loffland Drilling Company (Nabors Drilling 
USA, Inc.); and Foster Valve Corporation and its controlling entity, 
Masco Industries, Inc. (Foster Valve Corporation, and its controlling 
entity, Mascotech, Inc.).

    Dated: June 30, 1994.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-16394 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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