[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71535-71536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30415]


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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, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has received an 
application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
(``ACertificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Office 
of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free

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number) or by 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, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 1104H, Washington, DC 20230, or transmit by E-mail at 
[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 97-6A003.''
    The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.'s 
original Certificate was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4220, 
January 28, 1998), and previously amended on June 4, 1998 (63 FR 31738, 
June 10, 1998); September 25, 1998 (63 FR 53013, October 2, 1998); June 
1, 2000 (65 FR 36410, June 8, 2000); April 5, 2001 (66 FR 21368, April 
30, 2001); and February 5, 2002 (67 FR 7357, February 19, 2002). A 
summary of the current application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(AARQ), c/o David Van Oss of Riviana Foods Inc., 2777 Allen Parkway, 
Houston, Texas 77019.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esq., Counsel to Applicant, Telephone: 
(202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-6A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: November 19, 2002.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ 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(l) of the Regulations 
(15 C.F.R. Sec.  325.2(l) (2002)): JIT Products, Inc., Davis, 
California; Nidera, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera 
Handelscompagnie BV (Netherlands)); and Sunshine Rice, Inc., Stockton, 
California (a subsidiary of Sunshine Business Enterprises, Inc.).
    2. Delete the following companies as Members of the Certificate: 
Glencore Ltd., Stamford, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Glencore 
International AG), for the activities of Glencore Grain Division; and 
Liberty Rice Mill, Inc., Kaplan, Louisiana.
    3. Change the listing of the following Members: ``CAL PAC 
Investments, LLC dba California Pacific Rice Milling, Woodland, 
California'' should be amended to read ``Gold River Mills, LLC dba 
California Pacific Rice Milling, Woodland, California;'' ``Incomar 
Texas Ltd., and its subsidiary, Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC, Houston, 
Texas'' should be amended to read ``Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC (subsidiary 
of Ansera Marketing, Inc.), Houston, Texas;'' ``PS International, Ltd., 
Durham, North Carolina'' should be amended to read ``PS International, 
Ltd., Chapel Hill, North Carolina;'' ``Texana Rice, Inc., Houston, 
Texas'' should be amended to read ``Texana Rice Inc., Louise, Texas;'' 
``The Connell Company, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey'' should be amended 
to read ``The Connell Company for the activities of itself, its 
subsidiary, Connell (Taiwan) Ltd., and its two divisions, Connell Rice 
& Sugar Co. and Connell International Company, Berkeley Heights, New 
Jersey;'' and ``Uncle Ben's, Inc., Houston, Texas'' should be amended 
to read ``Uncle Ben's Inc., Greenville, Mississippi.''

    Dated: November 25, 2002.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Director, Office of Export Trading, Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-30415 Filed 11-29-02; 8:45 am]
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