[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28606]


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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: 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, DC 20230, or transmit 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 97-5A003.''
    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 last amended on April 5, 2001, (66 FR 
21368, April 30, 2001). A summary of the application for an amendment 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: The Association for the Allocation of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ''), c/o Ludovico Manfredi, Newfieldrice, Inc., PO Box 310518, 
Miami, Florida 33231-0578.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esquire, Telephone: (202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-5A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: November 7, 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 Sec. 325.2(1) of the regulations (15 
CFR 325.2(1)): Rickmers Rice USA, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri 
(Controlling Entity: Rickmers Reismuhb GMBH, Bremen, Germany;) 
Commodity Specialists Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the Certificate 
within the meaning of Sec. 325.2(1) of the regulations (15 CFR 
325.2(1)): Affiliated Rice Milling, Inc., Alvin, Texas; Garnac Grain 
Co., Inc., Overland Park, Kansas;
    3. Change the listings of the names of the current Members as 
follows: ``AFE (USA), Inc., Houston, Texas'' to ``AFE (USA), Inc., 
Portland, Oregon;'' ``California Pacific Rice Milling, Ltd., Arbuckle, 
California'' to ``CAL PAC Investments, LLC dba California Pacific Rice 
Milling, Woodland, California; `` ``Glencore Ltd., Stamford, 
Connecticut (a subsidiary of Glencore International AG), for the 
activities of Glencore Grain Division and Glencore Ltd.''s subsidiary, 
LaGrain International Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana;'' should be amended 
to read ``Glencore Ltd., Stamford, Connecticut (a subsidiary of 
Glencore International AG), for the activities of Glencore Grain 
Division.''

    Dated: November 9, 2001.
Vanessa M. Bachman,
Acting Office Director.
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