[Federal Register: September 9, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 174)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application to Amend Certificate.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
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 amended Certificate should be 
issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of 
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) the (``Act'') authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. A Certificate 
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 Act 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 copies, plus two 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, Department of Commerce, 
Room 1800H, 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 90-5A006.''
    An Export Trade Certificate of Review (Application No.90-00006) was 
issued to the Forging Industry Association on July 9, 1990 (55 FR 
28801, July 13, 1990) and subsequently amended on April 30, 1991 (56 FR 
21128, May 7, 1991); May 29, 1992 (57 FR 24022, June 5, 1992); April 1, 
1994 (67 FR 16619, April 7, 1994); and July 28, 1995 (60 FR 41879, 
August 14, 1995).

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Forging Industry Association (``FIA''), 25 Prospect 
Avenue West, Suite 300, Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1040.
    Contact: Donald J. Farley, Director of Marketing, Telephone: (216) 
781-6260.
    Application No.: 90-5A006.
    Date Deemed Submitted: August 26, 1998.

Proposed Amendment

    FIA seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add as ``Members'' within the meaning of Section 325.2(1) of the 
Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(1)): Anderson Shumaker Company, Chicago, IL; 
Dana Corporation, for the activities

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of its Spicer Heavy Axle & Brake Division, Marion Forge, Marion, OH.
    2. Delete each of the following companies as a ``Member'' of the 
Certificate: Hussey Marine Alloys, Ltd., Leetsdale, PA; Schlosser Forge 
Company, Cucamonga, CA; and Western Forge & Flange Co., Santa Clara, 
CA.
    3. Change the listing of the company name for each current 
``Member'' cited in this paragraph to the new listing cited in 
parenthesis as follows: BethForge, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh Heavy 
Forge Corporation, Bethlehem, PA); Eaton Corporation, Marion, OH (Eaton 
Corporation, South Bend, IN); Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, 
Erie, PA (Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oxnard, CA); Teledyne 
Portland Forge, Portland, IN (Portland Forge, An Allegheny Teledyne 
Company, Portland IN); The Harris-Thomas Drop Forge Co., Dayton, OH 
(Harris Thomas Industries, Inc., Dayton, OH); Waltec American Forgings, 
Inc., Waterbury, CT (Waltec Forgings, Inc.-Port Huron, Port Huron, MI).

    Dated: September 2, 1998.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
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