[Federal
Register: September 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 178)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
International
Trade Administration
Export
Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION:
Notice of application to amend the Export Trade Certificate of
Review
issued to U.S. Shippers Association.
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SUMMARY:
Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade
Administration,
Department of Commerce, has received an application to
amend
an Export Trade Certificate of Review. 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 oetca@ita.doc.gov.
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-X
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 85-13A18.''
The U.S. Shippers Association's original
Certificate was issued on
June
3, 1986 (51 FR 20873, June 9, 1986), and last amended on April 6,
2006
(71 FR 18721, April 12, 2006). A summary of the current
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.: 85-13A18.
Date Deemed Submitted: September 4, 2007.
Proposed Amendment: USSA seeks to amend
its Certificate to: Add
each
of the following companies and persons as a new ``Member'' of the
Certificate
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations
(15
CFR 325.2(1)):
(a.) Taminco, Inc.; Taminco Higher Amines,
Inc.; and Taminco
Methylamines,
Inc., each located in Allentown, PA, and
(b.) Salvatore Di Paola and Carrie M.
Bowden, both of Missouri
City,
TX.
Dated: September 10, 2007.
Jeffrey
C. Anspacher,
Director
Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-18114 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]
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