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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2013 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Request for Nominations of Members
To Serve on the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee
Bureau of the Census,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) is requesting
nominations of individuals and
organizations to the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee. The Census
Bureau will consider nominations
received in response to this notice, as
well as from other sources. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice provides committee and
membership criteria.
DATES: Please submit nominations by
December 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations
to Jeri Green, Chief, Office of External
Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room
8H182, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233. Nominations
also may be submitted via fax at 301–
763–8609 or by email to jeri.green@
census.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri
Green, Chief, Office of External
Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room
8H182, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301)
763–2070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Census Scientific Advisory Committee
was established in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title
5, United States Code (U.S.C.),
Appendix 2). The following provides
information about the committee,
membership, and the nomination
process.
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SUMMARY:
Objectives and Duties
1. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee advises the Director of the
Census Bureau on the uses of scientific
developments in statistical data
collection, statistical analysis, survey
methodology, geospatial analysis,
econometrics, cognitive psychology, and
computer science as they pertain to the
full range of Census Bureau programs
and activities (including:
communications, decennial,
demographic, economic, field
operations, geographic, information
technology, and statistics).
2. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee provides scientific and
technical expertise from the following
disciplines: demography, economics,
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geography, psychology, statistics, survey
methodology, social and behavioral
sciences, Information Technology and
computing, marketing, communications,
and other fields of expertise, as
appropriate, to address Census Bureau
program needs and objectives. This
expertise is necessary to ensure that the
Census Bureau continues to provide
relevant and timely statistics used by
federal, state, and local governments as
well as business and industry in an
increasingly technologically-oriented
society.
3. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee functions solely as an
advisory body under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
4. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee reports to the Director of the
Census Bureau.
Membership
1. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee consists of up to 20 members
and one Chair appointed by the Director
of the Census Bureau.
2. Members are appointed for a two or
three-year term with staggered term-end
dates.
3. Members shall serve as either
Special Government Employees (SGEs)
or Representatives. SGEs will be subject
to the ethical standards applicable to
SGEs. Members will be individually
advised of the capacity in which they
serve through appointment letters.
Committee membership will be
reevaluated at the conclusion of the two
or three-year term with the prospect of
member renewal, active attendance and
participation in meetings,
administrative compliance, Census
Bureau needs, and the Director’s
concurrence will also be factors in
renewals.
4. Committee members are selected in
accordance with applicable Department
of Commerce guidelines. The Census
Scientific Advisory Committee aims to
have balanced representation,
considering such factors as geography,
technical, and scientific expertise. The
Advisory Committee will include
members from diverse backgrounds,
including academia and private
enterprise, which are further diversified
by business type or industry, geography,
and other factors.
5. No employee of the federal
government can serve as a member of
the Census Scientific Advisory
Committee.
Miscellaneous
1. Members of the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee serve without
compensation, but receive
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reimbursement for committee-related
travel and lodging expenses.
2. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee meets at least once a year,
budget permitting, but additional
meetings may be held as deemed
necessary by the Census Director or
Designated Federal Official. All
Advisory Committee meetings are open
to the public in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Nomination Information
1. Nominations are requested as
described above.
2. Nominees must have scientific and
technical expertise in such areas as
demography, economics, geography,
psychology, statistics, survey
methodology, social and behavioral
sciences, Information Technology,
computing, or marketing. Such
knowledge and expertise are needed to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Director of the Census Bureau on the
trends, uses, and application of
scientific innovations and developments
in relation to the full range of Census
Bureau programs and activities.
3. Individuals, groups, and/or
organizations may submit nominations
on behalf of individual candidates. A
summary of the candidate’s
´
qualifications (resume or curriculum
vitae) must be included along with the
nomination letter. Nominees must be
able to actively participate in the tasks
of the Census Scientific Advisory
Committee, including, but not limited
to, regular meeting attendance,
committee meeting discussant
responsibilities, review of materials, as
well as participation in conference calls,
webinars, working groups, and/or
special committee activities.
4. Nominations of organizations may
come from individuals or organizations.
Organizations also may self-nominate. A
summary of the organization’s
qualifications and the experience that
qualifies it for membership should be
included in the nomination letter.
Nominated organizations must be able
to participate actively in the tasks of the
Census Scientific Advisory Committee,
including, but not limited to, regular
meeting attendance, review of materials,
and participation in conference calls,
webinars, working groups, and special
committee activities.
5. The Department of Commerce is
committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks diverse Advisory
Committee membership.
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Dated: November 1, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
Such submissions are subject to
verification in accordance with section
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘Act’’). Further, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i),
a copy must be served on every party on
the Department’s service list.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation
in Part
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) has received
requests to conduct administrative
reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings
with September anniversary dates. In
accordance with the Department’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Effective Date: November 8,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
The Department has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings with
September anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
the Department discussed below refer to
the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (‘‘POR’’), it must notify the
Department within 60 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. All submissions must be filed
electronically at https://
iaaccess.trade.gov in accordance with
19 CFR 351.303. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures;
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Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews,
the Department intends to select
respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S.
imports during the POR. We intend to
release the CBP data under
Administrative Protective Order
(‘‘APO’’) to all parties having an APO
within seven days of publication of this
initiation notice and to make our
decision regarding respondent selection
within 21 days of publication of this
Federal Register notice. The
Department invites comments regarding
the CBP data and respondent selection
within five days of placement of the
CBP data on the record of the applicable
review.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department has found
that determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances
review). For any company subject to this
review, if the Department determined,
or continued to treat, that company as
collapsed with others, the Department
will assume that such companies
continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent
selection purposes. Otherwise, the
Department will not collapse companies
for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify
which companies subject to review
previously were collapsed, and (b)
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provide a citation to the proceeding in
which they were collapsed. Further, if
companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire
for purposes of respondent selection, in
general each company must report
volume and value data separately for
itself. Parties should not include data
for any other party, even if they believe
they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was
collapsed with another company or
companies in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered
collapsing that entity, complete quantity
and value data for that collapsed entity
must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that has requested a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department
may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties
additional certainty with respect to
when the Department will exercise its
discretion to extend this 90-day
deadline, interested parties are advised
that the Department does not intend to
extend the 90-day deadline unless the
requestor demonstrates that an
extraordinary circumstance has
prevented it from submitting a timely
withdrawal request. Determinations by
the Department to extend the 90-day
deadline will be made on a case-by-case
basis.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market
economy (‘‘NME’’) countries, the
Department begins with a rebuttable
presumption that all companies within
the country are subject to government
control and, thus, should be assigned a
single antidumping duty deposit rate. It
is the Department’s policy to assign all
exporters of merchandise subject to an
administrative review in an NME
country this single rate unless an
exporter can demonstrate that it is
sufficiently independent so as to be
entitled to a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is
sufficiently independent from
government control of its export
activities to be entitled to a separate
rate, the Department analyzes each
entity exporting the subject
merchandise under a test arising from
the Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the
People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 20588
(May 6, 1991), as amplified by Final
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Census
Scientific Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is requesting
nominations of individuals and organizations to the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee. The Census Bureau will consider nominations
received in response to this notice, as well as from other sources. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice provides committee and
membership criteria.
DATES: Please submit nominations by December 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Jeri Green, Chief, Office of
External Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233. Nominations also may be submitted via fax
at 301-763-8609 or by email to jeri.green@census.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, Chief, Office of External
Engagement, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233, telephone (301) 763-2070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Scientific Advisory Committee was
established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), Appendix 2). The following
provides information about the committee, membership, and the
nomination process.
Objectives and Duties
1. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee advises the Director of
the Census Bureau on the uses of scientific developments in statistical
data collection, statistical analysis, survey methodology, geospatial
analysis, econometrics, cognitive psychology, and computer science as
they pertain to the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities
(including: communications, decennial, demographic, economic, field
operations, geographic, information technology, and statistics).
2. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee provides scientific and
technical expertise from the following disciplines: demography,
economics, geography, psychology, statistics, survey methodology,
social and behavioral sciences, Information Technology and computing,
marketing, communications, and other fields of expertise, as
appropriate, to address Census Bureau program needs and objectives.
This expertise is necessary to ensure that the Census Bureau continues
to provide relevant and timely statistics used by federal, state, and
local governments as well as business and industry in an increasingly
technologically-oriented society.
3. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee functions solely as an
advisory body under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
4. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee reports to the Director
of the Census Bureau.
Membership
1. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee consists of up to 20
members and one Chair appointed by the Director of the Census Bureau.
2. Members are appointed for a two or three-year term with
staggered term-end dates.
3. Members shall serve as either Special Government Employees
(SGEs) or Representatives. SGEs will be subject to the ethical
standards applicable to SGEs. Members will be individually advised of
the capacity in which they serve through appointment letters. Committee
membership will be reevaluated at the conclusion of the two or three-
year term with the prospect of member renewal, active attendance and
participation in meetings, administrative compliance, Census Bureau
needs, and the Director's concurrence will also be factors in renewals.
4. Committee members are selected in accordance with applicable
Department of Commerce guidelines. The Census Scientific Advisory
Committee aims to have balanced representation, considering such
factors as geography, technical, and scientific expertise. The Advisory
Committee will include members from diverse backgrounds, including
academia and private enterprise, which are further diversified by
business type or industry, geography, and other factors.
5. No employee of the federal government can serve as a member of
the Census Scientific Advisory Committee.
Miscellaneous
1. Members of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee serve
without compensation, but receive reimbursement for committee-related
travel and lodging expenses.
2. The Census Scientific Advisory Committee meets at least once a
year, budget permitting, but additional meetings may be held as deemed
necessary by the Census Director or Designated Federal Official. All
Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Nomination Information
1. Nominations are requested as described above.
2. Nominees must have scientific and technical expertise in such
areas as demography, economics, geography, psychology, statistics,
survey methodology, social and behavioral sciences, Information
Technology, computing, or marketing. Such knowledge and expertise are
needed to provide advice and recommendations to the Director of the
Census Bureau on the trends, uses, and application of scientific
innovations and developments in relation to the full range of Census
Bureau programs and activities.
3. Individuals, groups, and/or organizations may submit nominations
on behalf of individual candidates. A summary of the candidate's
qualifications (resum[eacute] or curriculum vitae) must be included
along with the nomination letter. Nominees must be able to actively
participate in the tasks of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee,
including, but not limited to, regular meeting attendance, committee
meeting discussant responsibilities, review of materials, as well as
participation in conference calls, webinars, working groups, and/or
special committee activities.
4. Nominations of organizations may come from individuals or
organizations. Organizations also may self-nominate. A summary of the
organization's qualifications and the experience that qualifies it for
membership should be included in the nomination letter. Nominated
organizations must be able to participate actively in the tasks of the
Census Scientific Advisory Committee, including, but not limited to,
regular meeting attendance, review of materials, and participation in
conference calls, webinars, working groups, and special committee
activities.
5. The Department of Commerce is committed to equal opportunity in
the workplace and seeks diverse Advisory Committee membership.
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Dated: November 1, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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