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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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The Department of Commerce will
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Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 27,928.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
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Buybacks pay fishermen either to (1)
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via a long-term loan from the Federal
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seven types of information collection
requirements on the public. These are:
(1) Program requests (including
development of a harvester proponents’
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(3) Referendum material for review
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(4) Buyer reporting and
recordkeeping,
(5) Seller reports (if buyers do not
collect the fee),
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to State authority, and
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Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon
Commission on Management and
Safety and Preliminary Notice of Public
Meeting.
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Notice of establishment of the
NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on
Management and Safety and
Preliminary Notice of Public Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), the Secretary of Commerce
announces the establishment of the
NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on
Management and Safety (Commission).
The Commission will advise the
Secretary on whether (a) the training,
safety, security, and response protocols,
(b) the implementation of those
protocols and internal controls, and (c)
the management structure at the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) are appropriate to
ensure the safe operation of all NIST
programs.
This Notice also provides preliminary
notice of a public meeting of the
Commission. Specific details will be
provided in a subsequent Federal
Register Notice and on the agency’s
Web site.
DATES: The Commission will be
established on or after September 2,
2008.
ADDRESSES: All comments shall be
submitted to Thomas L. Hemingway,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
5838, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–3088; e-mail:
THemingway@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas L. Hemingway, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 5838,
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1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–3088; e-mail:
THemingway@doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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The Commission is needed to provide
expert consensus advice to the
Department of Commerce on
management and safety issues arising
from a spill of a hazardous material that
took place on June 9, 2008 at the
Department’s National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
This incident has been or is being
investigated by the Department of
Energy’s Radiological Assistance
Program; the NIST Ionizing Radiation
Safety Committee; the NIST Safety,
Health, and Environment Division; the
Department of Commerce’s Inspector
General; and five radiation and physics
experts who provided their preliminary
individual recommendations to NIST.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is
also conducting an inspection and
review in response to the incident.
Preliminary findings from these
investigations suggest that the root
causes of the incident include systemic
organizational and cultural issues at
NIST. Only through bringing together
outside analysts can NIST assure itself
and the public that the review is
unbiased.
The Department of Commerce now
requires consensus advice from a group
of scientific experts on whether (a) the
training, safety, security, and response
protocols, (b) the implementation of
those protocols and internal controls,
and (c) the management structure at the
NIST are appropriate to ensure the safe
operation of all NIST programs. While
individual advice has sufficed to
identify existing problems, the
Department requires consensus advice
from outside experts to identify
measures that can be used to address the
organizational and cultural issues in the
future.
The Commission shall begin its
investigation within fourteen days of
establishment. It shall provide an oral
briefing of its preliminary findings to
the Secretary within 45 days of
beginning its investigation, and written
findings within 90 days of beginning its
investigation.
II. Structure
The Commission shall consist of
seven members who are qualified
experts with public or private sector
experience in one or more of the
following areas:
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• Management and organizational
structure;
• Training and human resources
operations;
• Laboratory management and safety;
• Hazardous materials safety;
• Emergency medical response;
• Environmental safety;
• Environmental remediation; and
• Security for hazardous materials.
These members shall serve as Special
Government Employees as such
employees are defined in 18 U.S.C.
202(a).
Management and support services
shall be provided by NIST.
III. Compensation
Members shall receive per diem and
travel expenses as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5703, as amended, for persons
employed intermittently in the
Government service. No other
compensation shall be provided.
IV. Preliminary Notice of Public
Meeting
The first public meeting will be held
within fourteen days after the
Commission is established. Details of
this meeting will be provided in another
Federal Register Notice, and posted on
the Department’s Web site as soon as
they are finalized.
Dated: August 13, 2008.
David K. Bowsher,
Deputy General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
Japan: Amended Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review Pursuant to Final Court
Decision
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 23, 2006, the
United States Court of International
Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of
Commerce’s (the Department’s)
redetermination on remand of the final
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on ball
bearings and parts thereof from Japan
for the period May 1, 2002, through
April 30, 2003. Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.,
and Koyo Corp. of U.S.A. (collectively,
Koyo Seiko), NSK Ltd., NSK Corp., and
NSK Precision America, Inc.
(collectively, NSK), and NTN
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Corporation, NTN Bearing Corp. of
America, American NTN Bearing
Manufacturing Corp., NTN Driveshaft,
Inc., and NTN–BCA Corp. (collectively,
NTN) appealed the CIT’s decision to the
United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit (CAFC). On December
14, 2007, the CAFC affirmed the CIT’s
decision. Because all litigation has
concluded, the Department is now
issuing these amended final results of
review. We will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate
entries subject to these amended final
results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Schauer or Richard Rimlinger,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0410 or (202) 482–
4477, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 15, 2004, the
Department published the final results
of administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on ball bearings
and parts thereof from Japan for the
period May 1, 2002, through April 30,
2003. See Antifriction Bearings and
Parts Thereof From France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews,
Rescission of Administrative Reviews in
Part, and Determination To Revoke
Order in Part, 69 FR 55574 (September
15, 2004) (AFBs 14). Koyo Seiko, NSK,
NTN, and Timken US Corporation
(Timken) filed lawsuits with the CIT
challenging the final results of AFBs 14.
On January 31, 2006, the CIT affirmed
the Department’s final results in part
and remanded the case to the
Department in part to reexamine its
treatment of the lump–sum billing
adjustments reported by Koyo Seiko.
The CIT also remanded the case to the
Department to explain its treatment of
the high–profit sales reported by NTN.
See NSK Ltd. v. United States, 416 F.
Supp. 2d 1334 (CIT 2006) (NSK Ltd.).
The Department filed its remand
results on April 3, 2006. In those
remand results, the Department denied
all of the lump–sum billing adjustments
reported by Koyo Seiko and recalculated
the antidumping margin for Koyo Seiko
accordingly. The Department also
explained its treatment of the high–
profit sales reported by NTN. See
Remand Determination NSK Ltd. v.
United States, Consol. Court No. 04–
00519 (April 3, 2006), which is available
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management
and Safety and Preliminary Notice of Public Meeting.
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on
Management and Safety and Preliminary Notice of Public Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App.), the Secretary of Commerce announces the establishment of
the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety (Commission).
The Commission will advise the Secretary on whether (a) the training,
safety, security, and response protocols, (b) the implementation of
those protocols and internal controls, and (c) the management structure
at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are
appropriate to ensure the safe operation of all NIST programs.
This Notice also provides preliminary notice of a public meeting of
the Commission. Specific details will be provided in a subsequent
Federal Register Notice and on the agency's Web site.
DATES: The Commission will be established on or after September 2,
2008.
ADDRESSES: All comments shall be submitted to Thomas L. Hemingway, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 5838, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3088; e-mail:
THemingway@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas L. Hemingway, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Room 5838,
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1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482-3088; e-mail: THemingway@doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Commission is needed to provide expert consensus advice to the
Department of Commerce on management and safety issues arising from a
spill of a hazardous material that took place on June 9, 2008 at the
Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
This incident has been or is being investigated by the Department
of Energy's Radiological Assistance Program; the NIST Ionizing
Radiation Safety Committee; the NIST Safety, Health, and Environment
Division; the Department of Commerce's Inspector General; and five
radiation and physics experts who provided their preliminary individual
recommendations to NIST. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is also
conducting an inspection and review in response to the incident.
Preliminary findings from these investigations suggest that the
root causes of the incident include systemic organizational and
cultural issues at NIST. Only through bringing together outside
analysts can NIST assure itself and the public that the review is
unbiased.
The Department of Commerce now requires consensus advice from a
group of scientific experts on whether (a) the training, safety,
security, and response protocols, (b) the implementation of those
protocols and internal controls, and (c) the management structure at
the NIST are appropriate to ensure the safe operation of all NIST
programs. While individual advice has sufficed to identify existing
problems, the Department requires consensus advice from outside experts
to identify measures that can be used to address the organizational and
cultural issues in the future.
The Commission shall begin its investigation within fourteen days
of establishment. It shall provide an oral briefing of its preliminary
findings to the Secretary within 45 days of beginning its
investigation, and written findings within 90 days of beginning its
investigation.
II. Structure
The Commission shall consist of seven members who are qualified
experts with public or private sector experience in one or more of the
following areas:
Management and organizational structure;
Training and human resources operations;
Laboratory management and safety;
Hazardous materials safety;
Emergency medical response;
Environmental safety;
Environmental remediation; and
Security for hazardous materials.
These members shall serve as Special Government Employees as such
employees are defined in 18 U.S.C. 202(a).
Management and support services shall be provided by NIST.
III. Compensation
Members shall receive per diem and travel expenses as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5703, as amended, for persons employed intermittently in the
Government service. No other compensation shall be provided.
IV. Preliminary Notice of Public Meeting
The first public meeting will be held within fourteen days after
the Commission is established. Details of this meeting will be provided
in another Federal Register Notice, and posted on the Department's Web
site as soon as they are finalized.
Dated: August 13, 2008.
David K. Bowsher,
Deputy General Counsel.
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