[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2910-2911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-470]


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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 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 
7021-B H, 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 85-12A18.''

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    A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: U.S. Shippers Association (``USSA''), 3715 East Valley 
Drive, Missouri City, Texas 77459, Contact: John S. Chinn, Project 
Director, Telephone: (734) 927-4328.
    Application No.: 85-12A18.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 9, 2006.
    The original USSA Certificate was issued on June 3, 1986 (51 FR 
20873, June 9, 1986), and last amended on November 5, 2004 (69 FR 
67703, November 19, 2004).
    Proposed Amendment: USSA 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(1) of the Regulations 
(15 CFR 325.2(1)):
    (a) Atotech USA, Inc., Rockhill, South Carolina; Bostik, Inc., 
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; Hutchinson FTS, Inc., Troy, Michigan; Paulstra 
CRC Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Sartomer Company, Inc., Exton, 
Pennsylvania; Total Lubricants USA, Inc., Linden, New Jersey; and Total 
Petrochemicals USA, Inc., Houston, Texas. The controlling entity for 
these seven proposed new members is Total Holdings USA, Inc., Houston, 
Texas;
    (b) Shell Chemical LP, Houston, Texas; Shell Chemicals Americas, 
Inc., Calgary, Ontario, Canada; and Shell Oil Products Company LLC, 
Houston, Texas. The controlling entity for these three proposed new 
members is Royal Dutch Shell plc, The Hague, The Netherlands; and
    (c) DeSantis & Associates, Inc., Missouri City, Texas;
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the 
Certificate: ConocoPhillips, Borger, Texas; Lyondell Chemicals 
Worldwide, Inc., Houston, Texas; and Pecten Chemicals, Inc., Houston, 
Texas; and
    3. Change the name of the following Member: ``Resolution 
Performance Products, LLC, Houston, Texas'' to ``Hexion Specialty 
Chemicals, Houston, Texas'' (controlling entity: Apollo Management LP, 
New York, New York).

    Dated: January 11, 2006.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E6-470 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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