[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 199 (Friday, October 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53216-53217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24867]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 88-11A16]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application (<greek-i>88-11A16) to Amend the Export 
Trade Certificate of Review Issued to Wood Machinery Manufacturers of 
America, Application No. 88-00016.

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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e78882938486a78e9386c9838884c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a353f2e393b1a332e3b743e3539743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>.

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

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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 88-11A16.''
    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 July 9, 2008 (73 FR 41032, July 17, 2008). 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.: 88-11A16.
    Date Deemed Submitted: September 25, 2009.
    Proposed Amendment: WMMA seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add the following company as a new ``Member'' of the Certificate 
within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 CFR 
325.2(l)): Saw Trax Mfg., Inc., Kennesaw, GA, and
    2. Delete the following company as a Member of WMMA's Certificate: 
James L. Taylor Manufacturing Company, Poughkeepsie, NY.

     Dated: October 1, 2009.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Acting Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.
[FR Doc. E9-24867 Filed 10-15-09; 8:45 am]
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