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interested parties and an inadequate
response (in this case no response) from
respondent interested parties, the
Department is conducting an expedited
sunset review to determine whether
revocation of the CVD order on CTL
plate from Mexico would lead to the
continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy. See section 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C) of the Act.
In accordance with section
751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department
may extend the period of time for
making its determination in a sunset
review by not more than 90 days, if it
determines that the review is
extraordinarily complicated. As set forth
in section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the
Department may treat a sunset review as
extraordinarily complicated if it is a
review of a transition order. The sunset
review subject to this notice is a review
of a transition order. Therefore, the
Department has determined, pursuant to
section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, that
the sunset review of the CVD order on
CTL plate from Mexico is
extraordinarily complicated and
requires additional time for the
Department to complete its analysis.
Accordingly, the Department will
extend the deadline in this proceeding,
and, as a result, intends to issue the
final results of the expedited sunset
review of the CVD order on CTL plate
from Mexico on or about May 30, 2006,
90 days from the original scheduled
date of the expedited final sunset
review.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B)
and (C) of the Act.
Dated: February 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Announcement of Residential Fire
Suppression Research Needs
Workshop
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Workshop.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
invites interested parties to attend a
one-day Residential Fire Suppression
Research Needs Workshop. The
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Workshop will provide a forum to
discuss test methods, technologies, and
R&D that can significantly improve
residential fire protection through the
development of science-based methods
that test the performance of fire
suppression technology with emphasis
on residential kitchen applications. The
Workshop program will include experts
from the standards, hardware
manufacturer, testing and fire service
communities, and those doing research
on fire suppression, speaking on today’s
fire safety challenges. The workshop
will be held April 11, 2006 from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
The goal of the workshop is to
identify barriers that impede advances
in the application of localized
suppression systems in residences. In
this regard, the Workshop will explore:
• Residential Fire Trends
• Developments in Suppression
System Technologies
• Characterization of the Performance
of Suppression Systems
• The Role of Federal Agencies and
Standards Committees
• Opportunities for Collaboration
We expect this workshop to provide
a strong foundation for follow-on efforts
among government agencies, industry,
and academia to
• Identify/define research needs on
Residential Fire Suppression
• Develop performance standards
• Demonstrate performance metrics
Due to space limitations, attendance
will be limited to 45 registered
participants. Participants will be
registered on a first come first serve
basis. Attendees must pre-register; there
will be no same-day registrations.
DATES: The Residential Fire Suppression
Research Needs Workshop will be held
April 11, 2006. The workshop will be
held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
at the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau
Drive, Bldg 224, Rm B–245,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
register for the conference, contact:
Yalasha Redd at (301) 975–6864, or via
e-mail yalasha.redd@nist.gov. Please
pre-register by no later than March 24,
2006. For technical information,
contact: Anthony Hamins at 301–975–
6598, anthony.hamins@nist.gov, or
Daniel Madrzykowski at 301–975–6677,
daniel.madrzykowski@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Of the
400,000 residential fires reported in
2001, approximately 30% involved
cooking equipment in the kitchen,
resulting in approximately 370 fatalities
and 4,300 injuries. Sixty-eight percent
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of these cooking fires involved the
stovetop. To address this life-safety
issue on a timely basis, retrofit fire
suppression systems must be considered
as part of the solution. A number of
range top fire suppression systems have
been developed, however, market
acceptance has been limited. Broad
acceptance of effective fire suppression
systems will require the development
and industry acceptance of a standard
test method. Existing standard
suppression test methods designed for
residential sprinklers (UL 1626) and
commercial systems (UL 300) are not
optimized for devices developed
specifically for residential stovetop
fires. There is currently no widely
accepted standard test method for
residential kitchen fire hazards,
although there is an outline for fire test
methods for self-contained units,
UL300A, ‘‘Outline of Investigation for
Extinguishing System Units for
Residential Range Top Cooking
Surfaces’’. For more information on the
workshop agenda refer to https://
www.bfrl.nist.gov/info/workshop/
resfire/.
Dated: February 17, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
[Docket No. 060119011–6011–01]
Notice of Intent To Establish the NIST
Nucleic Acid Sequence Library
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is
collecting nucleic acid sequences,
which have been dedicated to the public
domain, in order to form a library of
sequences suitable for the preparation of
RNA reference materials. These
reference materials are intended to act
as external RNA controls in gene
expression assays. It is expected that
there will be commercial products based
upon this sequence library.
Development of these reference
materials is being done in conjunction
with the External RNA Control
Consortium (ERCC), an ad hoc
international consortium of
approximately 70 organizations from the
public, private, and academic sectors.
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The initial sequence library will
be compiled on March 17, 2006.
Contributions received later than this
date will be considered for inclusion in
the library, but may not be included in
the first round of testing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Salit, Advanced Chemical Science
Laboratory, Stop 8310, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8310.
Telephone: (301) 975–3646; FAX: 301
975–5449; or by e-mail: salit@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST is
collecting nucleic acid sequences to
form a library of sequences suitable for
the preparation of RNA reference
materials. These reference materials are
intended to act as external RNA controls
in gene expression assays.
Development of these reference
materials is being done in conjunction
with the External RNA Control
Consortium, an ad hoc international
consortium of approximately 70
organizations from the public, private,
and academic sectors. This group has
described the materials to be developed
(see https://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/
Cell&TissueMeasurements/
GeneExpression/ERCC.htm) has
published a plan to qualify the
performance of the candidate sequence
library (see Consortium, E.R.C.,
Proposed methods for testing and
selecting the ERCC external RNA
controls. BMC Genomics, 2005. 6(1): p.
150) and is developing guidance for
using external RNA controls to validate
a gene expression assay (see https://
www.clsi.org description of provisional
guidance MM–16).
The External RNA Reference Material
sequences are intended to mimic
endogenous mRNA transcripts, in
particular for mammalian species. These
sequences should:
1. Be from 500 to 2000 nucleotides in
length;
2. Have not more than marginal
expected cross reactivity with assay
probes for popular research organisms
(including H. sapiens, M. muscularis, S.
cereviciae, A. thaliana, E. coli, C.
elegans, D. melanogoster, D. rerio).
Marginal cross reactivity will be defined
as having no more than 20 contiguous
bases of identity and overall homology
less than 70% with any section of the
genomes of interest; and,
3. Have GC content of 40–60% and be
void of significant repetitive elements,
palindromes or regions of low
complexity (Human, mouse and rat
genomes are an average of 40–42% GC).
To be included in the library, RNA
sequences must:
1. Be entered in the National Center
for Biotechnology Information’s
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GenBank database (https://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/
index.html).
2. Be dedicated to the Public Domain
for broad dissemination and
unrestricted use by any interested party.
Sequences provided to NIST for
inclusion in the library must be
physically embodied in a suitable
vector, in a suitable organism, and
should be provided as such to NIST.
Dated: February 11, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Public Meeting
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on
Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES)
will meet March 10, 2006.
DATE AND TIME: The meeting is
scheduled as follows: March 10, 2006, 9
a.m.–4 p.m. The first part of this
meeting will be closed to the public.
The public portion of the meeting will
begin at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Horizon room of the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center
Washington, DC. The Reagan Building is
located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20004. While
open to the public, seating capacity may
be limited.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by section 10(a) (2)of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby
given of the meeting of ACCRES.
ACCRES was established by the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on
May 21, 2002, to advise the Secretary
through the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
on long- and short-range strategies for
the licensing of commercial remote
sensing satellite systems.
Matters To Be Considered
The first part of the meeting will be
closed to the public pursuant to Section
10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, as
amended by section 5(c) of the
Government in Sunshine Act, P.L. 94–
409 and in accordance with section
552b(c)(1) of Title 5, United States Code.
Accordingly, portions of this meeting
which involve the ongoing review and
implementation of the April 2003 U.S.
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Commercial Remote Sensing Space
Policy and related national security and
foreign policy considerations for
NOAA’s licensing decisions may be
closed to the public. These briefings are
likely to disclose matters that are
specifically authorized under criteria
established by Executive Order 12958 to
be kept secret in the interest of national
defense or foreign policy and are in fact
properly classified pursuant to such
Executive Order.
All other portions of the meeting will
be open to the public. During the open
portion of the meeting, the Committee
will have updates of the Landsat
Mission, data archive issues, and new
licensed remote sensing space systems,
The committee will also receive public
comments on its activities.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for special accommodations
may be directed to ACCRES, NOAA/
NESDIS International and Interagency
Affairs Office, 1335 East-West Highway,
Room 7311, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910.
Additional Information and Public
Comments
Any member of the public wishing
further information concerning the
meeting or who wishes to submit oral or
written comments should contact Kay
Weston, Designated Federal Officer for
ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS International
and Interagency Affairs Office, 1335
East-West Highway, Room 7311, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. Copies of the
draft meeting agenda can be obtained
from Tahara Moreno at (301) 713–2024
ext. 202, fax (301) 713–2032, or e-mail
Tahara.Moreno@noaa.gov.
The ACCRES expects that public
statements presented at its meetings will
not be repetitive of previouslysubmitted oral or written statements. In
general, each individual or group
making an oral presentation may be
limited to a total time of five minutes.
Written comments (please provide at
least 13 copies) received in the NOAA/
NESDIS International and Interagency
Affairs Office on or before march 6,
2006, will be provided to Committee
members in advance of the meeting.
Comments received too close to the
meeting date will normally be provided
to Committee members at the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay
Weston, NOAA/NESDIS International
and Interagency Affairs, 1335 East West
Highway, Room 7313, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910; telephone (301) 713–
2024 x205, fax (301) 713–2032, e-mail
Kay.Weston@noaa.gov, or Tahara
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 060119011-6011-01]
Notice of Intent To Establish the NIST Nucleic Acid Sequence
Library
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is
collecting nucleic acid sequences, which have been dedicated to the
public domain, in order to form a library of sequences suitable for the
preparation of RNA reference materials. These reference materials are
intended to act as external RNA controls in gene expression assays. It
is expected that there will be commercial products based upon this
sequence library.
Development of these reference materials is being done in
conjunction with the External RNA Control Consortium (ERCC), an ad hoc
international consortium of approximately 70 organizations from the
public, private, and academic sectors.
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DATES: The initial sequence library will be compiled on March 17, 2006.
Contributions received later than this date will be considered for
inclusion in the library, but may not be included in the first round of
testing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Salit, Advanced Chemical Science
Laboratory, Stop 8310, National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8310. Telephone: (301) 975-3646; FAX:
301 975-5449; or by e-mail: salit@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST is collecting nucleic acid sequences to
form a library of sequences suitable for the preparation of RNA
reference materials. These reference materials are intended to act as
external RNA controls in gene expression assays.
Development of these reference materials is being done in
conjunction with the External RNA Control Consortium, an ad hoc
international consortium of approximately 70 organizations from the
public, private, and academic sectors. This group has described the
materials to be developed (see https://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/
Cell&TissueMeasurements/GeneExpression/ERCC.htm) has published a plan
to qualify the performance of the candidate sequence library (see
Consortium, E.R.C., Proposed methods for testing and selecting the ERCC
external RNA controls. BMC Genomics, 2005. 6(1): p. 150) and is
developing guidance for using external RNA controls to validate a gene
expression assay (see https://www.clsi.org description of provisional
guidance MM-16).
The External RNA Reference Material sequences are intended to mimic
endogenous mRNA transcripts, in particular for mammalian species. These
sequences should:
1. Be from 500 to 2000 nucleotides in length;
2. Have not more than marginal expected cross reactivity with assay
probes for popular research organisms (including H. sapiens, M.
muscularis, S. cereviciae, A. thaliana, E. coli, C. elegans, D.
melanogoster, D. rerio). Marginal cross reactivity will be defined as
having no more than 20 contiguous bases of identity and overall
homology less than 70% with any section of the genomes of interest;
and,
3. Have GC content of 40-60% and be void of significant repetitive
elements, palindromes or regions of low complexity (Human, mouse and
rat genomes are an average of 40-42% GC).
To be included in the library, RNA sequences must:
1. Be entered in the National Center for Biotechnology
Information's GenBank database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/
index.html).
2. Be dedicated to the Public Domain for broad dissemination and
unrestricted use by any interested party.
Sequences provided to NIST for inclusion in the library must be
physically embodied in a suitable vector, in a suitable organism, and
should be provided as such to NIST.
Dated: February 11, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
[FR Doc. E6-2775 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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