[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19920-19921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9612]


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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: Vanessa M. Bachman, Acting Director, 
Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade 
Administration, [email protected] or (202) 482-5131. This is not a 
toll-free number. In addition, the Office's website may be consulted at 
http://www.ita.doc.gov/oetca.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) 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 non-confidential version of the 
comments (identified as such) should be included. Any comments not 
marked privileged or confidential business

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information will be deemed to be non-confidential. An original and five 
copies, plus two copies of the non-confidential version, should be 
submitted by mail to: Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, Room 1104H, 
Washington D.C. 20230; or by E-mail to [email protected] no later than 
20 days after the date of this notice. Information submitted by any 
person is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 
(5 U.S.C. 552). However, non-confidential 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 
85-9A018.''
    The United States Shippers' Association (``USSA'') original 
Certificate was issued on June 3, 1986 (51 FR 20873, June 9, 1986), and 
last amended on May 28, 1999 (64 FR 29994, June 4, 1999). A summary of 
the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: The United States Shippers' Association (``USSA''), 1209 
Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
    Contact: Karin Kizer, Legal Counsel, Telephone: (202) 662-6000.
    Application No.: 85-9A018.
    Date Deemed Submitted: April 3, 2001.
    Proposed Amendment: USSA 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 C.F.R. 325.2 (1)): Basell USA Inc., Wilmington, DE (Controlling 
Entity: Basell NV., Hoofddorp, The Netherlands); Resolution Performance 
Products LLC, Houston, TX; (Controlling Entity: Apollo Management LP, 
New York, NY); KRATON Polymers U.S. LLC (Controlling Entity: R.K. 
Polymers LLC, New York, NY); Aventis Crop Science, USA LP (Controlling 
Entity: Aventis Crop Science Holding SA, Lyon, France);
    2. Change the listing of current member Rhodia, Inc., Cranberry, NJ 
(Controlling Entity: Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., Courbevoie, France) to 
Rhodia, Inc., Cranberry, NJ (Controlling Entity: Rhodia, S.A., 
Boulonge-Billancourt, France);
    3. Delete the following members: ANGUS Chemical Company, Buffalo 
Grove, IL (Controlling Entity: Alberta Natural Gas, Alberta, Canada); 
Nova Chemicals Inc., Monaca, PA; Rhone-Poulenc AG Company, Research 
Triangle Park, NC (Controlling Entity: Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., Courbevoie, 
France); and Rhone-Poulenc Animal Nutrition, Atlanta, GA (Controlling 
Entity: Rhone-Poulenc, S.A., Courbevoie, France);
    4. Add the following to the ``Definitions'' section of the 
Certificate: ``Consultant'' means any individual, corporation, 
partnership, limited liability company retained by USSA to act on 
USSA's behalf in administrative, negotiating and coordinating 
activities authorized by the Certificate;'' and
    5. Add the term ``Consultants'' to those listed in the ``Protection 
Provided by the Certificate'' section of the Certificate.

    Dated: April 12, 2001.
Vanessa M. Bachman,
Acting Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 01-9612 Filed 4-17-01; 8:45 am]
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