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this collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (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 those who
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques, or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
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Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, USDA-Rural Utilities Service,
STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. Fax:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 110907572–1571–01]
National Defense Stockpile Market
Impact Committee Request for Public
Comments on the Potential Market
Impact of Proposed Stockpile for
Fiscal Year 2013
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to advise the public that the National
Defense Stockpile Market Impact
Committee (MIC), co-chaired by the
Departments of Commerce and State, is
seeking public comments on the
potential market impact of the proposed
disposal levels of materials for the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Annual Materials
Plan. The role of the MIC is to advise
the National Defense Stockpile Manager
on the projected domestic and foreign
economic effects of all acquisitions and
disposals of materials from the
stockpile. Public comments are an
important element of the Committee’s
market impact review process.
SUMMARY:
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To be considered, written
comments must be received by October
21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Michael
Vaccaro, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, Office
of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room 3876, Washington, DC
20230, fax: (202) 482–5650 (Attn:
Michael Vaccaro), e-mail:
MIC@bis.doc.gov; and Douglas Kramer,
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
Economic and Business Affairs, Office
of International Energy and Commodity
Policy, Washington, DC 20520, fax:
(202) 647–4037 (Attn: Douglas Kramer),
or e-mail: KramerDR@state.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Liam McMenamin, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Telephone:
(202) 482–2233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Background
Under the authority of the Strategic
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98, et
seq.), the Department of Defense, as
National Defense Stockpile Manager,
maintains a stockpile of strategic and
critical materials to supply the military,
industrial, and essential civilian needs
of the United States for national
defense. Section 3314 of the Fiscal Year
(FY) 1993 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) (50 U.S.C.
98h–1) formally established a Market
Impact Committee (the ‘‘Committee’’) to
‘‘advise the National Defense Stockpile
Manager on the projected domestic and
foreign economic effects of all
acquisitions and disposals of materials
from the stockpile.* * *’’ The
Committee must also balance market
impact concerns with the statutory
requirement to protect the U.S.
Government against avoidable loss.
The Committee is comprised of
representatives from the Departments of
Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense,
Energy, Interior, the Treasury, and
Homeland Security, and is co-chaired
by the Departments of Commerce and
State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the
Committee to consult with industry
representatives that produce, process, or
consume the types of materials stored in
the stockpile.
In Attachment 1, the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA) lists the proposed
quantities for the FY 2013 Annual
Materials Plan. The Committee is
seeking public comments on the
potential market impact of the sale of
these materials as enumerated. Public
comments are an important element of
the Committee’s market impact review
process.
The quantities listed in Attachment 1
are not disposal or sales target
quantities, but rather a statement of the
proposed maximum disposal quantity of
each listed material that may be sold in
a particular fiscal year by the DLA as
noted. The quantity of each material
that will actually be offered for sale will
depend on the market for the material
at the time of the offering as well as on
the quantity of each material approved
for disposal by Congress.
Submission of Comments
The Committee requests that
interested parties provide written
comments, supporting data and
documentation, and any other relevant
information on the potential market
impact of the sale of these commodities.
All comments must be submitted to the
address indicated in this notice. All
comments submitted through e-mail
must include the phrase ‘‘Market Impact
Committee Notice of Inquiry’’ in the
subject line.
The Committee encourages interested
persons who wish to comment to do so
at the earliest possible time. The period
for submission of comments will close
on October 21, 2011. The Committee
will consider all comments received
before the close of the comment period.
Comments received after the end of the
comment period will be considered, if
possible, but their consideration cannot
be assured.
All comments submitted in response
to this notice will be made a matter of
public record and will be available for
public inspection and copying. Anyone
submitting business confidential
information should clearly identify the
business confidential portion of the
submission and also provide a nonconfidential submission that can be
placed in the public record. The
Committee will seek to protect such
information to the extent permitted by
law.
The Office of Administration, Bureau
of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, displays
public comments on the BIS Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Web site at
https://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This office
does not maintain a separate public
inspection facility. If you have technical
difficulties accessing this Web site,
please call BIS’s Office of
Administration at (202) 482–1900 for
assistance.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
ATTACHMENT 1
[Proposed FY 2013 annual materials plan]
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Material
Unit
Quantity
Beryllium Metal ..........................................................................................
Chromium, Ferro ........................................................................................
Chromium, Metal .......................................................................................
Manganese, Ferro .....................................................................................
Manganese, Metallurgical Grade ...............................................................
Talc ............................................................................................................
Tin ..............................................................................................................
Tungsten Metal Powder .............................................................................
Tungsten Ores and Concentrates .............................................................
ST ....................................................
ST ....................................................
ST ....................................................
ST ....................................................
SDT .................................................
ST ....................................................
MT ...................................................
LB W ................................................
LB W ................................................
1 Potential
Disposal/Upgrade.
Disposal.
3 Actual quantity will be limited to remaining inventory.
2 Potential
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas on
the Import of Certain Worsted Wool
Fabrics to Persons Who Cut and Sew
Men’s and Boys’ Worsted Wool Suits,
Suit-Type Jackets and Trousers in the
United States
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is soliciting applications
for an allocation of the 2012 tariff rate
quotas on certain worsted wool fabric to
persons who cut and sew men’s and
boys’ worsted wool suits, suit-type
jackets and trousers in the United
States.
AGENCY:
The Department hereby
solicits applications from persons
(including firms, corporations, or other
legal entities) who cut and sew men’s
and boys’ worsted wool suits and suitlike jackets and trousers in the United
States for an allocation of the 2012 tariff
rate quotas on certain worsted wool
fabric. Interested persons must submit
an application on the form provided to
the address listed below by October 21,
2011. The Department will cause to be
published in the Federal Register its
determination to allocate the 2012 tariff
rate quotas and will notify applicants of
their respective allocation as soon as
possible after that date. Promptly
thereafter, the Department will issue
licenses to eligible applicants.
DATES: To be considered, applications
must be received or postmarked by
5 p.m. on October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be
submitted to Office of Textiles and
Apparel, Room 3001, United States
Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230 (telephone: (202) 482–3400).
Application forms may be obtained from
that office (via facsimile or mail) or from
the following Internet address: https://
otexa.ita.doc.gov/wooltrq/
wool_app.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Carrigg, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–2573.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
Title V of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 (the Act) created two tariff
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rate quotas (TRQs), providing for
temporary reductions in the import
duties on limited quantities of two
categories of worsted wool fabrics
suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers: (1) For worsted
wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS) heading 9902.51.11); and (2) for
worsted wool fabric with average fiber
diameters of 18.5 microns or less (HTS
heading 9902.51.12). On August 6, 2002,
President Bush signed into law the
Trade Act of 2002, which includes
several amendments to Title V of the
Act. On December 3, 2004, the Act was
further amended pursuant to the
Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004, Public
Law 108–429, by increasing the TRQ for
worsted wool fabric with average fiber
diameters greater than 18.5 microns,
HTS 9902.51.11, to an annual total level
of 5.5 million square meters, and
extending it through 2007, and
increasing the TRQ for average fiber
diameters of 18.5 microns or less, HTS
9902.51.15 (previously 9902.51.12), to
an annual total level of 5 million square
meters and extending it through 2006.
On August 17, 2006 the Act was further
amended pursuant to the Pension
Protection Act of 2006, Public Law 109–
280, which extended both TRQs,
9902.51.11 and 9902.51.15, through
2009. The Senate-passed Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
extending the TRQ for both HTS
through 2014.
The Act requires that the TRQs be
allocated to persons who cut and sew
men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits,
suit-type jackets and trousers in the
United States. On October 24, 2005, the
Department adopted final regulations
establishing procedures for allocating
the TRQ. See 70 FR 61363; 19 CFR 335.
In order to be eligible for an allocation,
an applicant must submit an application
on the form provided at https://
otexa.ita.doc.gov/wooltrq/wool_app.htm
to the address listed above by 5 p.m. on
October 21, 2011 in compliance with
the requirements of 15 CFR 335. Any
business confidential information that is
marked business confidential will be
kept confidential and protected from
disclosure to the full extent permitted
by law.
Dated: September 14, 2011.
Kim Glas,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and
Apparel.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas on
the Import of Certain Worsted Wool
Fabrics to Persons Who Weave Such
Fabrics in the United States
Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration.
ACTION: The Department of Commerce
(Department) is soliciting applications
for an allocation of the 2012 tariff rate
quotas on certain worsted wool fabric to
persons who weave such fabrics in the
United States.
AGENCY:
The Department hereby
solicits applications from persons
(including firms, corporations, or other
legal entities) who weave worsted wool
fabrics in the United States for an
allocation of the 2012 tariff rate quotas
on certain worsted wool fabric.
Interested persons must submit an
application on the form provided to the
address listed below by October 21,
2011. The Department will cause to be
published in the Federal Register its
determination to allocate the 2012 tariff
rate quotas and will notify applicants of
their respective allocation as soon as
possible after that date. Promptly
thereafter, the Department will issue
licenses to eligible applicants.
DATES: To be considered, applications
must be received or postmarked by 5
p.m. on October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be
submitted to the Office of Textiles and
Apparel, Room 3001, United States
Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230 (telephone: (202) 482–3400).
Application forms may be obtained from
that office (via facsimile or mail) or from
the following Internet address: https://
otexa.ita.doc.gov/wooltrq/
wool_fabric.htm.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Carrigg, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–2573.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Title V of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 (the Act) created two tariff
rate quotas (TRQs), providing for
temporary reductions in the import
duties on limited quantities of two
categories of worsted wool fabrics
suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers: (1) For worsted
wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 110907572-1571-01]
National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for
Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile
for Fiscal Year 2013
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the
National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee (MIC), co-chaired by
the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on
the potential market impact of the proposed disposal levels of
materials for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Annual Materials Plan. The role
of the MIC is to advise the National Defense Stockpile Manager on the
projected domestic and foreign economic effects of all acquisitions and
disposals of materials from the stockpile. Public comments are an
important element of the Committee's market impact review process.
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DATES: To be considered, written comments must be received by October
21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Michael
Vaccaro, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security,
Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room 3876, Washington, DC 20230, fax: (202) 482-5650
(Attn: Michael Vaccaro), e-mail: MIC@bis.doc.gov; and Douglas Kramer,
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs,
Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy, Washington, DC
20520, fax: (202) 647-4037 (Attn: Douglas Kramer), or e-mail:
KramerDR@state.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liam McMenamin, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Telephone: (202) 482-2233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the authority of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock
Piling Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. 98, et seq.), the Department
of Defense, as National Defense Stockpile Manager, maintains a
stockpile of strategic and critical materials to supply the military,
industrial, and essential civilian needs of the United States for
national defense. Section 3314 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1993 National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (50 U.S.C. 98h-1) formally established
a Market Impact Committee (the ``Committee'') to ``advise the National
Defense Stockpile Manager on the projected domestic and foreign
economic effects of all acquisitions and disposals of materials from
the stockpile.* * *'' The Committee must also balance market impact
concerns with the statutory requirement to protect the U.S. Government
against avoidable loss.
The Committee is comprised of representatives from the Departments
of Commerce, State, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, the
Treasury, and Homeland Security, and is co-chaired by the Departments
of Commerce and State. The FY 1993 NDAA directs the Committee to
consult with industry representatives that produce, process, or consume
the types of materials stored in the stockpile.
In Attachment 1, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) lists the
proposed quantities for the FY 2013 Annual Materials Plan. The
Committee is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of
the sale of these materials as enumerated. Public comments are an
important element of the Committee's market impact review process.
The quantities listed in Attachment 1 are not disposal or sales
target quantities, but rather a statement of the proposed maximum
disposal quantity of each listed material that may be sold in a
particular fiscal year by the DLA as noted. The quantity of each
material that will actually be offered for sale will depend on the
market for the material at the time of the offering as well as on the
quantity of each material approved for disposal by Congress.
Submission of Comments
The Committee requests that interested parties provide written
comments, supporting data and documentation, and any other relevant
information on the potential market impact of the sale of these
commodities. All comments must be submitted to the address indicated in
this notice. All comments submitted through e-mail must include the
phrase ``Market Impact Committee Notice of Inquiry'' in the subject
line.
The Committee encourages interested persons who wish to comment to
do so at the earliest possible time. The period for submission of
comments will close on October 21, 2011. The Committee will consider
all comments received before the close of the comment period. Comments
received after the end of the comment period will be considered, if
possible, but their consideration cannot be assured.
All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made a
matter of public record and will be available for public inspection and
copying. Anyone submitting business confidential information should
clearly identify the business confidential portion of the submission
and also provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in
the public record. The Committee will seek to protect such information
to the extent permitted by law.
The Office of Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, displays public comments on the BIS Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Web site at https://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This
office does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. If you
have technical difficulties accessing this Web site, please call BIS's
Office of Administration at (202) 482-1900 for assistance.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
Attachment 1
[Proposed FY 2013 annual materials plan]
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Material Unit Quantity Footnote
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Beryllium Metal............................... ST.............................. 59 \1\
Chromium, Ferro............................... ST.............................. 65,204 2 3
Chromium, Metal............................... ST.............................. 500 \2\
Manganese, Ferro.............................. ST.............................. 100,000 \2\
Manganese, Metallurgical Grade................ SDT............................. 222,025 2 3
Talc.......................................... ST.............................. 639 2 3
Tin........................................... MT.............................. 804 \1\
Tungsten Metal Powder......................... LB W............................ 77,433 2 3
Tungsten Ores and Concentrates................ LB W............................ 5,069,782 2 3
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