Federal Register: June 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 124)

DOCID: fr30jn09-38 FR Doc E9-15487

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCID: fr30jn09-38

ACTION: Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Application (84-20A12) To Amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review Previously Issued to Northwest Fruit Exporters.

SUBJECT CATEGORY:

Export Trade Certificate of Review

DOCUMENT SUMMARY:

Export Trading Company Affairs, 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 Certificate should be issued.

SUMMARY:

Export Trade Certificate of Review

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Title III of the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 400121) 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 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 transmit by Email at
oetca@ita.doc.gov. 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 8420A12.''

The original Certificate for Northwest Fruit Exporters was issued on June 11, 1984 (49 FR 24581, June 14, 1984), and last amended on September 17, 2008 (73 FR 54561, September 22, 2008).

A summary of the application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application:

Applicant: Northwest Fruit Exporters (``NFE''), 105 South 18th Street, Suite 227, Yakima, Washington 98901.

Contact: James R. Archer, Manager to NFE, Telephone: (509) 576 8004.

Application No.: 8420A12.

Date Deemed Submitted: June 18, 2009.

Proposed Amendment: NFE seeks to amend its Certificate to:

1. Delete the following companies as Members of the Certificate: Clasen Fruit & Cold Storage Co., Union Gap, WA; Lotus Fruit Packing, Inc., Brewster, WA; Snokist Growers, Yakima, WA; and Tree To You, LLC, Chelan, WA.

2. Add the following companies as new Members of the Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.(1)): Cervantes Orchards & Vineyards LLC, Grandview, WA; Columbia Valley Fruit, L.L.C., Yakima, WA; Conrad & Gilbert Fruit, Grandview, WA; Diamond Fruit Growers, Odell, OR; Orchard View Farms, Inc., The Dalles, OR; and Wenoka Sales LLC, Wenatchee, WA.

3. Change the listing of the following Member: Change ``Congdon Orchards, Inc., Yakima, WA'' to the new listing ``Congdon Packing Co. L.L.C., Yakima, WA''.
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Dated: June 25, 2009.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Acting Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis. [FR Doc. E915487 Filed 62909; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Jeffrey Anspacher, Acting Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, (202) 4825131 (this is not a tollfree number) or by Email at oetca@ita.doc.gov.