[Federal Register: April 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 77)] [Notices] [Page 19746-19747] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr22ap99-28] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Export Trade Certificate of Review ACTION: Notice of Application to Amend Certificate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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) 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 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 1104H, Washington D.C. 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 88-5A013.'' CISA Export Trade Group, Inc.'s original Certificate was issued on October 13, 1988 (53 FR 43253, October 26, 1988), and previously amended on [[Page 19747]] March 2, 1990 (55 FR 23123, June 6, 1990), December 16, 1991 (57 FR 883, January 9, 1992) and on October 9, 1997 (62 FR 54832, October 22, 1997). A summary of the application for an amendment follows. Summary of the Application APPLICANT: Casting Industry Suppliers of America International, formerly known as CISA Export Trade Group. 223 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606. CONTACT: John M. Peterson, Esquire, Telephone: (312) 263-3001. APPLICATION NO.: 88-5A013. DATE DEEMED SUBMITTED: April 13, 1999. PROPOSED AMENDMENT: The CISA Export Trade Group, Inc., seeks to amend its Certificate to 1. Change the listing of the Certificate holder cited in this paragraph to the new listing cited in this paragraph in parenthesis as follows: CISA Export Trade Group, Inc. (Casting Industry Suppliers of America International); and 2. Change the listing of the ``Member'' cited in this paragraph to the new listing cited in this paragraph in parenthesis as follows: Didion Manufacturing Company (Didion International, Inc.); and 3. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the Certificate within the meaning of section Sec. 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2 (1)): Georg Fischer Disa, Inc., Holly, MI; Hickman, Williams & Company, Livonia, MI; and 4. Add the following companies as new ``Members'' of the Certificate within the meaning of Sec. 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2 (1)): ABB Industrial System Inc, Columbus, Ohio, for the activities of its division ABB Metallurgy, New Brunswick, NJ; CSI Industrial Systems Corporation, Grayling, MI; Fairmount Minerals, Ltd., Chardon, OH; and Hamilton Technical Ceramics, Paris, ON Canada. Dated: April 16, 1999. Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs. [FR Doc. 99-10069 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P