Export Trade Certificates of Review

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Federal Register: May 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 88)

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

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application No. 88-12A16

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application (88-12A16) to Amend the Export

Trade Certificate of Review Issued to Wood Machinery Manufacturers of

America, Application no. 88-00016.

SUMMARY: Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') of the 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: Jeffrey Anspacher, Acting Director,

Office of Competition and Economic Analysis, 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 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: Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 7021-X, 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 88-12A16.''

The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America's (``WMMA'') original

Certificate was issued on February 3, 1989 (54 FR 6312, February 9, 1989), and last amended on December 24, 2009 (75 FR 1335, January 11, 2010). A summary of the current application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (``WMMA''), 100

North 20th Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1443.

Contact: Harold Zassenhaus, Export Consultant, Telephone: (301) 652-0693.

Application No.: 88-12A16.

Date Deemed Submitted: April 26, 2010.

Proposed Amendment: WMMA seeks to amend its Certificate to: 1. Add the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the

Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of the Regulations

(15 CFR 325.2(l)): Precision Drive Systems LLC, Bessemer City, NC;

Vortex Tool Company, Inc., Schofield, WI; and Williams & Hussey Machine

Co., Inc., Milford, NH, and 2. Delete the following company as a Member of WMMA's Certificate:

CTD Machines, Inc., Los Angeles.

Dated: May 3, 2010.

Joseph E. Flynn,

Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.

FR Doc. 2010-10696 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am

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