[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7465-7466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1844]


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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 amended Certificate should be 
issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa M. Bachman, Acting Director, 
Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade 
Administration by phone at (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. 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 in writing to: Office of Export Trading 
Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of 
Commerce, Room 1104H, Washington, D.C. 20230, or transmitted by E-mail 
to [email protected]. 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 97-4A003.''
    The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ'') original Certificate was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 
4223, January 28, 1998) and last amended on June 1, 2000 (65 FR 36410, 
June 8, 2000). 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 Ludovico Manfredi, Newfieldrice, Inc., 1401 
Brickell Avenue, Suite 332, Miami, FL 33131.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esquire, Telephone: (202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-4A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 10, 2001.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add the following companies as new ``Members'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations 
(15 CFR 325.2(1)): Alliance Grain, Inc., Voorhees, NJ (Controlling 
Entity: ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha); Associated Rice Marketing 
Cooperative, Durham, CA; California Rice Marketing, LLC, Sacramento, 
CA; The Sun Valley Rice Co., LLC, Arbuckle;
    2. Delete the following company as a ``Member'' of the Certificate 
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 
325.2(1)): ContiGroup Companies, Inc., New York, New York;

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    3. Change the listings of the current Members as follows: ``AC 
HUMKO, Corp., Cordova, Tennessee'' should be amended to ``ACH Food 
Companies, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee;'' ``California Commodity Traders, 
LLC, Sacramento, California'' should be amended to ``California 
Commodity Traders, LLC, Robbins, California and its affiliate, American 
Commodity Company, LLC, Robbins, California;'' ``ConAgra, Inc. for the 
activities of KBC Trading and Processing Company, Stockton, 
California'' should be amended to ``ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, 
Nebraska, and its subsidiary, Alliance Grain, Inc., Voorhees, New 
Jersey;'' ``Kennedy Rice Dryers, Inc., Mer Rouge, Louisiana'' should be 
amended to ``Kennedy Rice Dryers, L.L.C., Mer Rouge, Louisiana;'' 
``Kitoku America, Inc., Davis, California (a subsidiary of Kitoku Co., 
Ltd.)'' should be amended to ``Kitoku America, Inc., Davis, California 
(a subsidiary of Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd.);'' ``Newfield Partners Ltd., 
Miami, Florida'' should be amended to ``Newfieldrice, Inc., Miami, 
Florida;'' ``The Connell Company, Westfield, New Jersey'' should be 
amended to ``The Connell Company, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.''

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Vanessa M. Bachman,
Acting Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 01-1844 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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