[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39632-39633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19298]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Trade Certificate of Review; Notice of Application To 
Amend Certificate

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

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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 87-11A004.''
    Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 87-00004 was issued to AMT--
The Association For Manufacturing Technology (``AMT'') on May 19, 1987 
(52 FR 19371, May 22, 1987) and subsequently amended on December 11, 
1987 (52 FR 48454, December 22, 1987), January 3, 1989 (54 FR 837, 
January 10, 1989), April 20, 1989 (54 FR 19427, May 5, 1989), May 31, 
1989 (54 FR 24931, June 12, 1989), May 29, 1990 (55 FR 23576, June 11, 
1990), June 7, 1991 (56 FR 28140, June 19, 1991), November 27, 1991 (56 
FR 63932, December 6, 1991), July 20, 1992 (57 FR 33319, July 28, 
1992), May 10, 1994 (59 FR 25614, May 17, 1994), and December 1, 1995 
(61 FR 13152, March 26, 1996).

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology 
(``AMT''), 7901 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-4269.
    Contact: Andrew J. Shapiro, legal counsel, Telephone: (202) 662-
5547.
    Application No.: 87-11A004.
    Date Deemed Submitted: July 16, 1996.

Proposed Amendment

    AMT seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add as ``Members'' the following companies: ATS Ohio, 
Westerville, Ohio; and Banner Welder, Germantown, Wisconsin.
    2. Delete as ``Members'' the following companies: Bath Iron Works; 
Berger Lahr Motion Technology, Inc.; George Fischer, Ltd.; Huron 
Machine Products; K.T. Design & Prototype; Light Machine Corp.; and 
Surf/Tran Burlytic Systems Division.
    3. Change the listing of the company name for the current 
``Members'' cited in this paragraph to the new listing cited in 
parenthesis as follows: The Cincinnati Gilbert Machine Tool Co. (The 
Cincinnati Gilbert Machine Tool Co. L.L.C.); CM Positech (CM Positech, 
Division of Columbus McKinnon); D.A. Griffin (Griffin Automation); 
Litton (Western Atlas); Hobart Brothers Company (Hobart Laser 
Products); Republic Lagun Machine Tool Co. (Republic Lagun CNC Corp.); 
Wadell Machine & Tool Co. (Wadell, Division of Rendas Tool & Die, 
Inc.); and Wallace Coast Machinery Corp. (Wallace Coast Machinery Co., 
Division of Jesse Engineering Co.).
    Dated: July 24, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-19298 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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