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Export Trading Company Affairs (ETCA)

The Export Trade Certificate of Review Program - The Competitive Edge for U.S. Exporters

[Federal Register: August 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 167)]

[Notices]

[Page 52068-52069]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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.

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) 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

[[Page 52069]]

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: 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 84-11A12.''

Geothermal Energy Association's original Certificate was issued on

February 5, 1990 (55 FR 4647, February 9, 1990) and last amended on

November 20, 1996 (61 FR 60092, November 26, 1996).

A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application:

Applicant: Geothermal Energy Association, 1025 Thomas Jefferson

Street, NW, Suite 227, Washington, DC 20007.

Contact: Daniela Stratulat, Telephone: (202) 944-8561.

Application No.: 89-8A016.

Date Deemed Submitted: August 15, 2000.

Proposed Amendment: Geothermal Energy Association 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 C.F.R. 325.2(1)): Power Engineers, Inc., PO Box 1066, 3940

Glenbrook Drive, Hailey, ID 83333; Bibb & Associates, Inc., 201 South

Lake Ave, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101;

2. Change the listing of the company name for the current Member

``Maxwell Laboratories'' to the new listing ``Maxwell Technologies,

Inc.''

Dated: August 22, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading, Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00-21894 Filed 8-25-00; 8:45 am]

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