[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44422-44423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22280]


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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: 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. 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, DC 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 87-13A04.''
    The Association for Manufacturing Technology's (``AMT'') original 
Certificate was issued on May 19, 1987 (52 FR 19371, May 22, 1987) and 
previously amended on December 11, 1987 (52 FR 48454, December 22, 
1987); January 3, 1989 (54 FR 837, January 10, 1989); April 20, 1989 
(54 FR 19427, May 5, 1989); May 31, 1989 (54 FR 24931, June 12, 1989); 
May 29, 1990 (55 FR 23576, June 11, 1990); June 7, 1991 (56 FR 28140, 
June 19, 1991); November 27, 1991 (56 FR 63932, December 6, 1991); July 
20, 1992 (57 FR 33319, July 28, 1992); May 10, 1994 (59 FR 25614, May 
17, 1994); December 1, 1995 (61 FR 13152, March 26, 1996); October 11, 
1996 (61 FR 55616, October 28, 1996; and May 6, 1998 (63 FR 31738, June 
10, 1998). A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology, 7901 
Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102-4269.
    Contact: James Atwood, Legal Counsel, Telephone: (202) 662-5298.
    Application No.: 87-13A04.

    Date Deemed Submitted: August 13, 1998.
    Proposed Amendment: AMT seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add the following companies as new ``Members'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of Sec. 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 
CFR 325.2(1)): DT Industries, Inc., Springfield, MO; Motoman, Inc., 
West Carrollton, OH; and Precision Industrial Automation, Inc., 
Cincinnati, OH;
    2. Delete Banner Welder; Crouch Machinery, Inc.; Danly-Komatsu, 
L.P.; and J. M. Montgomery Manufacturing Inc. as ``Members'' of the 
Certificate; and
    3. Change the listing of the company name for the current 
``Members'' cited

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in this paragraph to the new listing cited in parenthesis as follows: M 
T R Ravensburg, Inc. (Machine Tool Research, Inc.) and Buffalo Forge 
Company (Buffalo Machine Tools of Niagara, Inc.).


    Dated: August 14, 1998.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 98-22280 Filed 8-18-98; 8:45 am]
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