[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28509-28510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2492]


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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 (``ETCA''), 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: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export 
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (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. 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

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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. 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 88-9A016.''
    Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America's original Certificate was 
issued on February 3, 1989 (54 FR 6312, February 9, 1989) and 
previously amended on June 22, 1990 (55 FR 27292, July 2, 1990); August 
20, 1991 (56 FR 42596, August 28, 1991); December 13, 1993 (58 FR 
66344, December 20, 1993); August 23, 1994 (59 FR 44408, August 29, 
1994); September 20, 1996 (61 FR 50471, September 26, 1996); June 20, 
1997 (62 FR 34440, June 26, 1997); and June 8, 1998 (63 FR 35567, June 
30, 1998). A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America, 100 North 20th 
Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    Contact: Harold Zassenhaus, Export Director, Telephone: (215) 564-
3484.
    Application No.: 88-9A016.
    Date Deemed Submitted: May 9, 2005.
    Proposed Amendment: Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America seeks 
to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add each of the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of Sec.  325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 
CFR 325.2(1)): Wood-Mizer Products, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; and 
The Original Saw Co., Britt, Iowa;
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the 
Certificate: CEMCO, Inc.,Whitesburg, Tennessee; Delta International 
Machinery Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Industrial Woodworking 
Machine Company, Garland, Texas; Jenkins Division, Kohler General 
Corporation, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; Machine Systems L.L.C., Bend, 
Oregon; Midwest Automation, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Onsrud 
Machine Corporation, Wheeling, Illinois; A.G. Raymond & Company, Inc., 
Raleigh, North Carolina; Powermatic, McMinnville, Tennessee; Ritter 
Manufacturing, Inc., Antioch, California; Terrco, Inc., Waterloo, South 
Dakota; Timesavers, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Viking Engineering 
and Development, Inc., Fridley, Minnesota; Wisconsin Knife Works, 
Beloit, Wisconsin; Yates-American Machine Co., Beloit, Wisconsin; North 
American Products Corporation, Jasper, Indiana; and Alexander Dodds 
Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and
    3. Change the listing of the following Members: ``Unique Machine & 
Tool Co., Tempe, Arizona'' to the new listing ``Unique Machine & Tool 
Co., Phoenix, Arizona''; ``Carter Products, Inc., Grand Rapids, 
Michigan'' to the new listing ``Carter Products Co., Inc., Grand 
Rapids, Michigan''; ``Safranek Ent., Inc., Atascadero, California'' to 
the new listing ``Safranek Enterprises, Inc., Atascadero, California''; 
and ``Tyler Machinery Company, Inc., Warsaw, Indiana'' to the new 
listing ``Warsaw Machinery, Inc., Warsaw, Indiana.''

    Dated: May 12, 2005.
 Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E5-2492 Filed 5-17-05; 8:45 am]
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