[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37466-37467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16486]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 01-1A001]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application To Amend the Export Trade Certificate of 
Review Held by Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc., Application No. 01-
1A001.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, through the International Trade 
Administration, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), 
received an application to amend the Export Trade Certificate of Review 
(``Certificate'') held by Ginseng Board of Wisconsin, Inc. (``GBW''). 
This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and seeks public comments 
on whether

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the amended Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, by 
telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or email 
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 as 
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 Trade and Economic 
Analysis, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 21028, 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 amended 
Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as ``Export 
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 01-1A001.''
    A summary of the current application follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Ginseng & Herb Cooperative, 3899 Co Rd B, Marathon, WI 
54448.
    Contact: Glenn Heier, President, (715) 443-3355.
    Application No.: 01-1A001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: July 18, 2018.
    Proposed Amendment: GBW (the Certificate holder) and Ginseng & Herb 
Cooperative (``GHC''; currently a Member) seek to amend the Certificate 
as follows:
    1. Remove GBW as the Certificate holder and issue the Certificate 
to GHC,
    2. Remove all references to GBW and the GBW Seal,
    3. Remove all references to Members,
    4. Remove all references to Mechthild Handke,
    5. Remove all references to Ginseng Research Institute of America, 
Inc. (``GRIA''), and
    6. Remove reference to the supplier lottery.
    Additionally, GHC seeks to change the list of Products under the 
Export Trade section of the Certificate from ``cultivated ginseng and 
cultivated ginseng products; cultivated golden seal and cultivated 
golden seal products; cultivated echinacea and cultivated echinacea 
products'' to ``cultivated ginseng and cultivated ginseng products, 
including wholesale ginseng roots, ginseng capsules 500 mg, ginseng 
slices, ginseng tea, ginseng powder and fiber, and ginseng retail 
root.''
    The Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation currently 
covered by the Certificate as published in the Federal Register on 
January 31, 2001 (66 FR 8386) will be amended consistent with the above 
listed proposed changes.

    Dated: July 27, 2018.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration
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