[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51636-51637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26066]


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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,

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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. If the 
comments include any privileged or confidential business information, 
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments 
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked 
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be 
nonconfidential. An original and five copies, plus two copies of the 
nonconfidential version, 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). However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be 
made available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or 
not to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application 
as ``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 89-3A018.''
    Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Inc.'s (``OPEI'') original 
Certificate was issued on March 19, 1990 (55 FR 11041, March 26, 1990) 
and previously amended on April 20, 1990 (55 FR 21766, May 29, 1990); 
and July 12, 1990 (55 FR 29398, July 19, 1990). A summary of the 
application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Inc. (``OPEI''), 341 
South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
    Contact: Laurence J. Lasoff, Counsel, Telephone: (202) 342-8530.
    Application No.: 89-3A018.
    Date Deemed Submitted: September 16, 1997.
    Proposed Amendment: OPEI 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 C.F.R. 
325.2(1)): Excel Industries, Inc., Hesston, Kansas; and
    2. Delete as ``Members'' the following companies: Engineering 
Products Company, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin; E-Z Rake, Inc., Lebanon, 
Indiana; Falls Products Inc., Geona, Illinois; Merry Tiller, Inc., 
Birmingham, Alabama; NOMA Outdoor Product, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee; 
Roto-Hoe Company, Newbury, Ohio; Sarlo Power Mowers, Inc., Fort Myers, 
Florida; Snapper Power Equipment, McDonough, Georgia; and Trailmate, 
Inc., Sarasota, Florida.

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
W. Dawn Busby,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-26066 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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