Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of an amended export trade certificate of review, application no. 85-10A018.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to the U.S. Shippers Association (“USSA”) on October 27, 2004. The original Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 85-00018 was issued to USSA on June 3, 1986, and announced in the Federal Register on June 9, 1986, (51 FR 20873). The previous amendment (No. 85-9A018) was issued to USSA on July 2, 2001, and announced in the Federal Register July 9, 2001, (66 FR 35773).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, by telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.

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. The regulations implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2004).

Export Trading Company Affairs is issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department of Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the Federal Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

USSA's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to:

1. Add each of the following companies as a new “Member” of the Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(l) (2004)): Bayer CropScience, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Controlling Entity: Bayer Corporation, Bayer CropScience AG, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany); ConocoPhillips, Borger, Texas; and Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Houston, Texas (Controlling Entity: Solvay America, Inc., Houston, Texas).

2. Change the listing of the following Members of the Certificate to reflect corporate organizational changes: “Aventis Crop Science, USA LP” to read “Bayer CropScience” (Aventis Crop Science was acquired by Bayer Corporation); “Phillips Petroleum Company” to read as “ConocoPhillips” (Phillips Petroleum Company merged with Conoco, Inc.); and “Solvay Minerals, Inc.,” to read as “Solvay Chemicals, Inc.” (Solvay Minerals, Inc., combined with Solvay Interox, and Solvay Performance Chemicals to form Solvay Chemicals, Inc.).

3. Delete the following companies as Members of the Certificate: Aventis Crop Science, USA LP, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Controlling Entity: Aventis Crop Science Holding SA, 69009 Lyon, France); Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Solvay Minerals, Inc., Houston, Texas (Controlling Entity: Solvay S.A., Brussels, Belgium).

The effective date of the amended certificate is May 4, 2004. A copy of the amended certificate will be kept in the International Trade Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility, Room 4001, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.