[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43676-43677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21779]


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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 
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morton Schnabel, 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. An Export Trade 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 Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 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 97-2A003.''
    The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ'') original Certificate was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 
4220, January 28, 1998), and previously amended on June 4, 1998 (63 FR 
31738, June 10, 1998). A summary of the application for an amendment 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, 
Inc. (``AARQ''), c/o Thomas Ferrara, AC Humko Rice Specialities, 7171 
Goodlett Farms Parkway, Memphis, TN 38018-4909.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esquire, Telephone: (202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-2A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: August 4, 1998.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to add the

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following companies as new ``Members'' of the Certificate within the 
meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2 (1)): 
Garnac Grain Co., Inc., Overland Park, KS; Truijillo & Sons, Inc., 
Miami, FL; Gulf Pacific Disc, Inc., Houston, TX; Gulf Pacific Rice Co., 
Inc., Houston, TX; and Gulf Rice Arkansas, Inc., Crawfordsville, AR.

    Dated: August 10, 1998.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-21779 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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