[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11118-11119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5138]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 99-4A005]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of Application (99-4A005) to Amend the Export
Trade Certificate of Review Issued to California Almond Export
Association, LLC, Application no. 99-00005.
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SUMMARY: The Export Trading Company Affairs unit, Office of Competition
and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, U.S.
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: Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of
Competition and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration,
(202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or by E-mail at
[email protected].
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
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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
7021X, Washington, DC 20230, or transmitted by E-mail to
[email protected]. 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 99-4A005.''
The original Certificate for the California Almond Export
Association, LLC was issued on December 27, 1999 (65 FR 760, January 6,
2000). The Certificate has been previously amended three times. The
last amendment was issued on May 25, 2007 (72 FR 30775, June 4, 2007).
A summary of the current application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: California Almond Export Association LLC (``CAEA''),
4800 Sisk Road, Modesto, California 95356.
Contact: Doug Youngdahl, Chairman, P.O. Box 1768, Sacramento, CA
95812. Telephone: (916) 446-8595.
Application No.: 99-4A005.
Date Deemed Submitted: March 1, 2010.
Proposed Amendment: CAEA seeks to amend its Certificate to reflect
the following changes:
1. Add the following company as a new Member of the Certificate
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR
325.2(1)): Mariani Nut Company, Winters, CA;
2. Amend the listing of the following Member: ``South Valley Farms,
Wasco, California'' to read ``South Valley Almond Company, LLC'' and
3. Delete the following Members from the Certificate: A & P Growers
Cooperative, Inc; Gold Hills Nut Co., Inc.; Harris Woolf California
Almonds; Golden West Nuts, Inc.; and RPAC, LLC.
Dated: March 4, 2010.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.
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