[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56533-56534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application to Amend an Export Trade Certificate of 
Review.

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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

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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) or E-mail at 
[email protected].

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 (5) copies, plus two (2) 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 1104H, 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 87-15A04.''
    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); May 6, 1998 (63 FR 31738, June 
10, 1998); November 10, 1998 (63 FR 63909, November 17, 1998); and 
October 29, 1999 (64 FR 61276, November 10, 1999). 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: Cara E. Maggioni, Attorney, Telephone: (202) 662-5162.
    Application No.: 87-15A04.
    Date Deemed Submitted: September 7, 2000.
    Proposed Amendment: AMT seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add each of the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations 
(15 CFR 325.2(1)): Merritech, Inc., Saginaw, Michigan; Mega 
Manufacturing, Inc., for the activities of its Piranha Division, 
Hutchinson, Kansas; New Nine, Inc., d/b/a GWI Engineering, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan; New Monarch Machine Tool Company, Cortland, New York; 
W.A. Whitney Co., Rockford, Illinois (controlling entity: Esterline 
Technologies, Bellevue, Washington); Evana Automation, Inc., 
Evansville, Indiana (controlling entity: Phillips Service Industries, 
Inc., Livonia, Michigan); Compact Manufacturing Systems, Santa Ana, 
California; ABB Flexible Automation, Inc., New Berlin, Wisconsin 
(controlling entity: Asea Brown Boveri Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut); and 
Welduction Corporation, Novi, Michigan (controlling entity: 
INDUCTOHEAT, Inc., Madison Heights, Michigan);
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the 
Certificate: Bramac Machine Tool Co.; Wysong & Miles Company; DeVlieg-
Bullard Services Group, Inc.; Defiance Machine & Tool Co.; Dyna 
Mechtronics Inc.; and Easco Sparcatron; and
    3. Change the two existing Members' names as follows: ``Process 
Control Automation, Inc.'' is changed to ``Hayes-Lemmerz Process 
Control Automation, Inc.'' and ``Giddings & Lewis, Inc.'' is changed to 
``Gilman Engineering & Manufacturing Co.''

    Dated: September 13, 2000.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-23961 Filed 9-18-00; 8:45 am]
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