[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1574]



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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 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 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 85-6A018.''
    U.S. Shippers Association's (``USSA'') original Certificate was 
issued on June 3, 1986 (51 FR 20873, June 9, 1986), and previously 
amended on January 16, 1990 (55 FR 2543, January 25, 1990); November 
13, 1990 (55 FR 48664, November 21, 1990); September 22, 1993 (58 FR 
51061, September 30, 1993); and on June 28, 1994 (59 FR 34411, July 5, 
1994). A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: U.S. Shippers Association (``USSA''), 1209 Orange 
Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
    Contact: Andrew J. Shapiro, Counsel, Telephone: (202) 662-5447.
    Application No.: 85-6A018.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 10, 1997.

Proposed Amendment

    USSA seeks to amend its Certificate to add the following companies 
as new ``Members'' of the Certificate within the meaning of Section 
325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 C.F.R. 325.2(1)): NOVA Chemicals Inc., 
Monaca, PA (Controlling Entity: NOVA Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, 
Canada); Pecten Chemicals Inc., Houston, TX (Controlling Entity: Royal 
Dutch Petroleum Company, The Hague, The Netherlands); and Phillips 
Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK.

    Dated: January 11, 1997.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-1574 Filed 1-22-97; 8:45 am]
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