[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22161]


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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 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 89-7A016.''
    Geothermal Energy Association's (``GEA'') 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); October 25, 1993 (58 FR 58325, 
November 1, 1993); September 26, 1994 (59 FR 50575, October 4, 1994); 
and March 6, 1996 (61 FR 11189). A summary of the application for an 
amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Geothermal Energy Association (``GEA''), 2001 Second 
Street, Suite 5, Davis, California 95616,
    Contact: John Armstrong, Counsel, Telephone: (703) 356-3100.

    Application No.: 89-7A016.
    Date Deemed Submitted: August 23, 1996.
    Proposed Amendment: Geothermal Energy Association seeks to amend 
its Certificate to:
    1. Add the following company as a new ``Member'' of the Certificate 
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 
325.2(1)): Ormat Technologies, Inc. as the controlling entity of the 
GEA Certificate Member Ormat International, Inc.
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the 
Certificate: University of Utah Research Institute; and Big Bear Mud & 
Engineering Company; and
    3. Change the listing of the company names for the current members: 
``Calpine Corporation'' d.b.a ``Santa Rosa Geothermal Company, L.P.'' 
to the new listing ``Calpine Corporation''; and ``Unocal Geothermal 
Division and its controlling entity, ``Unocal Corporation'' to ``Union 
Oil of California'', d.b.a. ``Unocal and/or Unocal Corporation''.

    Dated: August 26, 1996.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-22161 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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