[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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