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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 77 / Monday, April 21, 2008 / Notices
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Richard Hough, U.S.
Census Bureau, MCD HQ–7K150A, 4600
Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 20746,
(301) 763–4823 (or via the internet at
richard.s.hough@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau, with support
from the National Science Foundation
(NSF), plans to conduct a pilot of the
new Business Research and
Development Survey (BRDS) for the
2008 survey year. The BRDS represents
a revision to the currently approved
annual collection of the Survey of
Industrial Research and Development.
The Census Bureau has conducted the
Survey of Industrial Research and
Development (SIRD) since 1957,
collecting primarily financial
information on the systematic work
companies were undertaking with the
goal of discovering new knowledge or
using existing knowledge to develop
new or improved goods and services.
During the past 50 years, the NSF and
Census Bureau have made changes to
the content of the SIRD based on input
from companies responding to the
survey as well as users of the data. The
fundamental concepts of the survey
were largely untouched. More recently,
prompted by recommendations from the
2005 Committee on National Statistics
(CNSTAT) Report, Measuring Research
and Development Expenditures in the
U.S. Economy, the NSF and Census
Bureau began a full-scale redesign of the
SIRD. The goal of the redesign was to
produce high-quality, relevant data on
R&D in the business sector that took into
account the changing reality of R&D and
innovation.
An inter-agency team evaluated the
need for different types of data as well
as the availability of those data within
company records. This evaluation has
resulted in numerous proposed changes.
The content changes include but are not
limited to:
• Adopting a definition of R&D based
on accounting standards.
• Collecting worldwide R&D of
domestic companies.
• Collecting business segment detail.
• Collecting R&D related capital
expenditures.
• Collecting more detailed data about
the R&D workforce.
• Gauging the R&D strategy of
companies, and the potential impact of
R&D on the market.
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• Identifying R&D directed to
application areas of particular national
interest.
• Measuring intellectual property and
technology transfer.
Because of the broad scope of the data
that will be requested, it is unlikely that
a single point of contact within each
company will be best able to answer all
the questions. The BRDS will utilize a
modular instrument that will facilitate
obtaining of information from various
contacts within each company that have
the best understanding of the concepts
and definitions being presented as well
as access to the information necessary to
provide the most accurate response. The
modules have been defined by grouping
questions based on subject matter areas
within the company and currently
include: A financial module focused on
company R&D expenses; a human
resources module; an R&D strategy and
management module; an IP and
technology transfer module; and a
module focused on R&D that is funded
or paid for by third parties. A web
version of the survey is also being
developed using this same approach.
This modular instrument design is a
departure from the SIRD and poses
unique challenges in terms of contact
strategies. Only companies identified as
having a significant amount of R&D
expenses will receive the modular
version of the BRDS. All other
companies will receive a shorter version
of the survey.
The 2008 BRDS pilot will be mailed
to the entire sample. A comprehensive
response analysis study will be
conducted prior to the 2009 survey year.
We will utilize the historic time series
to evaluate data items that are intended
to collect the same concepts presented
in the SIRD.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will use mail out/
mail back survey forms and a web based
collection for the pilot. Companies will
be asked to respond within 60 days of
the initial mail out.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number: BRD1 & BRD1A.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not for-profit
institutions; r-profit; non-farm
companies with 5 or more employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes to 24 hours (Average time: 4
hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 155,300.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 182,
224, and 225.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: April 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Applications for Duty–Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of
whether instruments of equivalent
scientific value, for the purposes for
which the instruments shown below are
intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be postmarked on or before May 12,
2008. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
2104, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 A.M.
and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 2104.
Docket Number: 08–010. Applicant:
University of Dayton Research Institute,
300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469–
0106. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
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Model FEI Quanta 600 FEG.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
is intended to be used for
characterization of organic matrix
composites. The objective of this
research is to develop advanced
aerospace composite materials designed
for sustained service temperatures
between 450F and 600F. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
March 25, 2008.
Docket Number: 08–011. Applicant:
University of Minnesota Institute of
Technology Characterization Facility, 12
Shepherd Labs, 100 Union Street SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument:
Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2
F30 Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company,
Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used for
tomographic 3D imaging of cells, cell
organelles and molecular complexes, as
well as high–resolution imaging at
liquid nitrogen temperatures.
Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: March 27, 2008.
Docket Number: 08–012. Applicant:
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for
Scientific Research, 25134 Rye Canyon
Loop, Suite 200, Santa Clarita, CA
91355. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model FEI Inspect S. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Czech Republic. Intended
Use: The instrument is intended to be
used to examine grain size and phase
transformation boundaries of ceramics,
metallurgical reactions in braze and
weld joints and critical dimension
measurements and materials research in
microelectronic components.
Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: March 31, 2008.
Docket Number: 08–013. Applicant:
National Institutes of Health, 18 Library
Drive, MSC 5430, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model
Tecnai G2 20 Twin. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Netherlands. Intended Use:
The instrument is intended to be used
to study various areas of molecular cell
biology, including the mechanisms of
intracellular protein trafficking, the
biogenesis and dynamics of intracellular
organelles, the developmental control of
the cell cycle, iron metabolism in
humans and the genetic response to
environmental stress. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 7, 2008.
Dated: April 16, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the
United Kingdom: Extension of Time
Limit for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Reviews
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 21, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yang Jin Chun or Richard Rimlinger,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–5760 or (202) 482–
4477, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
At the request of interested parties,
the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated administrative
reviews of the antidumping duty orders
on ball bearings and parts thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the
United Kingdom for the period May 1,
2006, through April 30, 2007. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part
and Deferral of Administrative Review,
72 FR 35690 (June 29, 2007). On
November 16, 2007, we rescinded in
part the administrative reviews of the
antidumping duty orders on ball
bearings and parts thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom. See Ball Bearings and Parts
Thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Notice
of Partial Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR
64577 (November 16, 2007). On January
16, 2008, we extended the due date for
the completion of the preliminary
results of reviews by 75 days. See Ball
Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Extension of Time Limit for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, 73 FR
2887 (January 16, 2008). The
preliminary results of the reviews still
underway are currently due no later
than April 15, 2008.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
the Department to make a preliminary
determination within 245 days after the
last day of the anniversary month of an
order for which a review is requested
and a final determination within 120
days after the date on which the
preliminary determination is published.
If it is not practicable to complete the
review within these time periods,
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows
the Department to extend the time limit
for the preliminary determination to a
maximum of 365 days after the last day
of the anniversary month.
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
these reviews within the current time
limit because of the number of
respondents covered by these reviews
and complex issues involving, inter alia,
several respondents’ recent changes in
corporate structure. Therefore, we are
extending the time period for issuing
the preliminary results of these reviews
by 15 days until April 30, 2008.
This notice is published in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
Dated: April 15, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–8571 Filed 4–18–08; 8:45 am]
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International Trade Administration
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Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand:
Notice of Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order and
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 7, 2008, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
initiation and preliminary results of a
changed circumstances review and
intent to revoke the antidumping duty
order on canned pineapple fruit (CPF)
from Thailand. See Notice of Initiation
and Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Review, and Intent to
Revoke Order, 73 FR 12377 (March 7,
2008) (Initiation and Preliminary
Results). We received no comments
from interested parties. Thus, we
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended by Pub.
L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the
question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the
purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to be used,
are being manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations
and be postmarked on or before May 12, 2008. Address written comments
to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 2104, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be examined between
8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room
2104.
Docket Number: 08-010. Applicant: University of Dayton Research
Institute, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-0106. Instrument:
Electron Microscope,
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Model FEI Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for
characterization of organic matrix composites. The objective of this
research is to develop advanced aerospace composite materials designed
for sustained service temperatures between 450F and 600F. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 25, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-011. Applicant: University of Minnesota Institute of
Technology Characterization Facility, 12 Shepherd Labs, 100 Union
Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model Tecnai G2 F30 Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Netherlands.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for tomographic 3D
imaging of cells, cell organelles and molecular complexes, as well as
high-resolution imaging at liquid nitrogen temperatures. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 27, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-012. Applicant: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for
Scientific Research, 25134 Rye Canyon Loop, Suite 200, Santa Clarita,
CA 91355. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FEI Inspect S.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
is intended to be used to examine grain size and phase transformation
boundaries of ceramics, metallurgical reactions in braze and weld
joints and critical dimension measurements and materials research in
microelectronic components. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: March 31, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-013. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 18
Library Drive, MSC 5430, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 20 Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company,
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to
study various areas of molecular cell biology, including the mechanisms
of intracellular protein trafficking, the biogenesis and dynamics of
intracellular organelles, the developmental control of the cell cycle,
iron metabolism in humans and the genetic response to environmental
stress. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 7, 2008.
Dated: April 16, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
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