Export Trade Certificate of Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application to amend certificate.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''),

International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has

received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review.

This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments

relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W. Dawn Busby, Director, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration,

(202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

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. A 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 Act 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. An

original and five (5) copies should be submitted no later than 20 days

after the date of this notice

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to: Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade

Administration, Department of Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington, D.C.

20230. Information submitted by any person is exempt from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Comments should

refer to this application as ``Export Trade Certificate of Review,

application number 89-3A010.''

Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute's (``ARI'') original

Certificate was issued on May 10, 1991 (56 FR 23284, May 21, 1991) and

previously amended on July 6, 1992 (57 FR 30956, July 13, 1992) and

February 9, 1995 (60 FR 9011, February 16, 1995). A summary of the

application for an amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (``ARI''),

4301 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 425, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

Contact: Renee Hancher, Director of International Trade, Telephone:

(703) 524-8800.

Application No.: 89-3A010.

Date Deemed Submitted: November 6, 1996.

Proposed Amendment: ARI seeks to amend its Certificate to:

1. Add each of the following companies as new ``Members'' of the

Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations

(15 CFR 325.2(1)): Calmac Manufacturing Corporation, Englewood, New

Jersey; Des Champs Laboratories, Inc., Natural Bridge Station,

Virginia; Elkhart Product Corporation, Geneva, Indiana; IMI Cornelius,

Inc., Anoka, Minnesota; Inter-City Products Corporation, USA,

Lewisburg, Tennessee; Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge,

Florida; Metal Industries Inc., Clearwater, Florida; National Comfort

Products, Bensalem, Pennsylvania; New Thermal Technologies Inc.,

Clearwater, Florida; Refrigerant Recovery Technologies, Inc., Garrett,

Indiana; Refron, Inc., Long Island City, New York; SPX Corporation, for

the activities of its Robinair Division-HVAC/R Group, Montpelier, Ohio;

Russell, Brea, California; Semco, Incorporated, Columbia, Missouri; The

Whalen Company, Easton, Maryland; and two subsidiaries of AAF/McQuay:

AAF International, Louisville, Kentucky and McQuay International,

Minneapolis, Minnesota;

2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the

Certificate: Brookside Group, Inc., McCordsville, Indiana; Eaton

Corporation, for the activities of its Automotive & Appliance Control

Operations, Carol Stream, Illinois; and Tomkins Industries, Inc.,

Dayton, Ohio;

3. Change the listing of the company name of the following current

``Members'' as follows: Change Heat Exchangers, Inc., and Mestek, Inc.,

for the activities of its Sterling Radiator Division, to Mestek, Inc.,

for the activities of its KOLDWAVE, Division and its Sterling HVAC

Equipment Division; Lau to LAU Industries; MDI Major Diversities, Inc.

to Pinnacle Products, Inc.; Miller-Picking Corporation to Miller-

Picking International Corporation; NIBCO, Inc., for the activities of

its OEM Division to NIBCO, Inc.; and NORDYNE Inc. to NORDYNE, INC.; and

4. Add as new products to be covered as Export Trade under the

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

(15 CFR 325.2(j)): (1) unit ventilators, (2) air-to-air energy recovery

ventilation equipment, (3) desiccant cooling and dehumidification

equipment, and (4) refrigerant reclaimers.

Dated: November 14, 1996.

W. Dawn Busby,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. 96-29625 Filed 11-19-96; 8:45 am]

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