Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 115 / Thursday, June 13, 1996 / Notices 30033

On Tuesday, May 28, 1996, the Office

of Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, notified, at 61

FR 26499, receipt of an application for

a Certificate from the Rice Millers’

Association (RMA). The notice

identified nineteen RMA member

companies who were applying for

protection under the Certificate. The

Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs hereby notifies a clarification of

the identity of the following prospective

member:

1. Cargill Rice Milling, of Greenville,

Mississippi is a division of Cargill,

Incorporated, of Wayzata, Minnesota.

The membership list in the notice of

application should therefore read:

Cargill, Incorporated, of Wayzata,

Minnesota, for the activities of its

division Cargill Rice Milling, of

Greenville, Mississippi.

Dated: June 6, 1996.

Jude Kearney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service

Industries and Finance.

[FR Doc. 96–15026 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

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International Trade Administration

ACTION: Renewal of the Environmental

Technologies Trade Advisory

Committee.

SUMMARY: The Environmental

Technologies Trade Advisory

Committee (ETTAC) is renewed. The

renewal of the ETTAC is in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, 5 U.S.C. App.2, and 41 CFR parts

101–5.10(1990), Federal Advisory

Committee Management Rule.

ETTAC was established May 31, 1994,

to advise the Secretary of Commerce in

his capacity as the Chairman of the

Trade Promotion Coordinating

Committee (TPCC), as well as other

TPCC heads and officials on issues

related to the export of environmental

technologies.

ETTAC functions as an advisory body

in accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. On October

22, 1994, the Congress passed the Jobs

Through Trade Enhancement Act, 15

U.S.C. 4728 (c). This Act mandated the

creation of such an advisory committee

on the promotion of environmental

technologies exports.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Office of Environmental Technologies

Exports, Trade Development,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

5225.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

Anne L. Alonzo,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Technologies Exports.

[FR Doc. 96–14950 Filed 6–12–96; 8:45 am]

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Market Development Cooperator

Program

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration (ITA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The mission of ITA is to

promote U.S. exports and to strengthen

the international trade position of the

United States. Building partnerships

with the private sector enhances ITA’s

ability to fulfill its mission. To

encourage such partnerships, ITA has

created the Market Development

Cooperator Program (MDCP) to develop,

maintain and expand markets for

nonagricultural goods and services

produced in the United States.

The MDCP aims to:

• Challenge the private sector to think

strategically about foreign markets;

• Be the catalyst that spurs private

sector innovation and investment in

export marketing; and

• Increase the number of American

companies taking decisive export

actions.

The advantage of a joint effort is that

it permits the Government to pool

expertise and funds with non-Federal

sources so that each maximizes its

market development resources.

Partnerships of this sort also may

provide a sharper focus on long-term

export market development than do

traditional trade promotion activities

and serve as a mechanism for improving

Government-industry relations.

While the Department of Commerce

sponsors, guides and partially funds the

MDCP with a matching requirement by

the recipient, the Department of

Commerce expects applicants to

develop, initiate and carry out market

development project activities. As an

active partner, ITA will provide

assistance identified by the applicant as

being essential to the achievement of

project goals and objectives. U.S.

industry is best able to assess its

problems and needs in the foreign

marketplace and to recommend

innovative solutions and programs that

can be the formula to success in

international trade.

Examples of activities that might be

included in an applicant’s project are

described below. No one of these

activities or any combination of these

activities must be included for a

proposal to receive favorable

consideration. The Department of

Commerce encourages applicants to

propose activities that (1) would be

most appropriate to market

development needs of their industry or

industries; and (2) display the

imagination and innovation of the

applicant working in partnership with

the Government to obtain the maximum

market development impact.

A public meeting for parties

considering applying for funding under

the MDCP will be held on July 11, 1996.

Attendance at this public meeting is not

required of potential applicants. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide

general information regarding the MDCP

procedures, selection process, and

proposal preparation to potential

applicants. No discussion of specific

proposals will occur at this meeting.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

July 11, 1996. Completed applications

must be received no later than 5:00 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time August 8, 1996.

Competitive application kits will be

available from the Department of

Commerce starting June 13, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held at the Herbert Clark Hoover

Building, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Contact the information contact for

room location.

To obtain an application kit, please

send a written request with a selfaddressed mailing label to Mr. Greg

O’Connor, Manager, Market

Development Cooperator Program,

Trade Development/OPCRM, Room

3211, U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. 20230. Application

kits may also be picked up in Room

3211, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230. The

application kit contains all forms

necessary to participate in the MDCP

application process.

Please send completed applications to

the Office of Planning, Coordination and

Resource Management, Trade

Development, Room 3211, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Greg O’Connor, Manager, Market

Development Cooperator Program,

Trade Development, Room 3211,

Washington, D.C. 20230, (202) 482–

3197.