[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69358-69359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3351]


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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: Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. 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: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export 
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (202) 482-
5131 (this is not a toll-free 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: 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 97-8A003.''
    The original Certificate for the Association for the Administration 
of Rice Quotas, Inc., was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4220, 
January 28, 1998).

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The Certificate has been amended seven times. The last amendment was 
issued on March 3, 2004 (69 FR 12831, March 18, 2004). 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 Dickie Hollier of The Connell Company, One Connell Drive, 
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esq., Counsel to Applicant, Telephone: 
(202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-8A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: November 17, 2004.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to reflect 
the following name, address, corporate changes and deletions of 
Members:
    1. ``American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas'' should be amended to 
read ``American Rice, Inc., Houston Texas (a subsidiary of SOS Cuetara 
USA, Inc.)'' due to a corporate acquisition. ``Kitoku America, Inc., 
Davis, California (a subsidiary of Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd.)'' should 
be amended to read ``Kitoku America, Inc., Burlingame, California (a 
subsidiary of Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd. (Japan))'' due to an address 
change. ``Mermentau Rice, Inc., Mermentau, Louisiana'' should be 
amended to read ``Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, Mermentau, Louisiana'' due 
to a corporate name change. ``Newfieldrice, Inc., Miami, Florida'' 
should be amended to read ``Newfieldrice, Inc., Miramar, Florida'' due 
to an address change. ``Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd., Los Angeles, 
California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan))'' 
should be amended to read ``Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd., Santa Fe 
Springs, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. 
(Japan))'' due to an address change. ``Riviana Foods, Inc. Houston, 
Texas'' should be amended to read ``Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas 
(a subsidiary of Ebro Puleva, S.A. (Spain))'' due to a corporate 
acquisition.
    2. Delete the following companies as Members of the Certificate: 
``ACH Food Companies, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee,'' and ``KD 
International Trading, Inc., Stockton, California (a subsidiary of 
Sunshine Business Enterprises, Inc.).''

    Dated: November 22, 2004.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E4-3351 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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