Technical Advisory Committees; Notice of Recruitment of Private-Sector Members, 3567 [2014-01122]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 14 / Wednesday, January 22, 2014 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Technical Advisory Committees;
Notice of Recruitment of Private-Sector
Members
Seven Technical Advisory
Committees (TACs) advise the
Department of Commerce on the
technical parameters for export controls
applicable to dual-use commodities and
technology and on the administration of
those controls. The TACs are composed
of representatives from industry
representatives, academic leaders and
U.S. Government representing diverse
points of view on the concerns of the
exporting community. Industry
representatives are selected from firms
producing a broad range of goods,
technologies, and software presently
controlled for national security, nonproliferation, foreign policy, and short
supply reasons or that are proposed for
such controls, balanced to the extent
possible among large and small firms.
TAC members are appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce and serve terms
of not more than four consecutive years.
The membership reflects the
Department’s commitment to attaining
balance and diversity. TAC members
must obtain secret-level clearances prior
to appointment. These clearances are
necessary so that members may be
permitted access to the classified
information needed to formulate
recommendations to the Department of
Commerce. Each TAC meets
approximately four times per year.
Members of the Committees will not be
compensated for their services.
The seven TACs are responsible for
advising the Department of Commerce
on the technical parameters for export
controls and the administration of those
controls within the following areas:
Information Systems TAC: Control List
Categories 3 (electronics), 4(computers),
and 5 (telecommunications and
information security); Materials TAC:
Control List Category 1 (materials,
chemicals, microorganisms, and toxins);
Materials Processing Equipment TAC:
Control List Category 2 (materials
processing); Regulations and Procedures
TAC: The Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) and Procedures for
implementing the EAR; Sensors and
Instrumentation TAC: Control List
Category 6 (sensors and lasers);
Transportation and Related Equipment
TAC: Control List Categories 7
(navigation and avionics), 8 (marine),
and 9 (propulsion systems, space
vehicles, and related equipment) and
the Emerging Technology and Research
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Advisory Committee: (1) The
identification of emerging technologies
and research and development activities
that may be of interest from a dual-use
perspective; (2) the prioritization of new
and existing controls to determine
which are of greatest consequence to
national security; (3) the potential
impact of dual-use export control
requirements on research activities; and
(4) the threat to national security posed
by the unauthorized exports of
technologies.
To respond to this recruitment notice,
please send a copy of your resume to
Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@
bis.doc.gov.
Deadline: This Notice of Recruitment
will be open for one year from its date
of publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Yvette Springer on (202) 482–2813.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–843]
Certain Lined Paper Products From
India: Initiation of Changed
Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) has received
information sufficient to warrant
initiation of a changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain lined paper products (CLPP)
from India. Specifically, based upon a
request filed by Navneet Education
Limited (Navneet Education), a
producer/exporter to the United States
of subject merchandise, the Department
is initiating a changed circumstances
review to determine whether Navneet
Education is the successor-in-interest of
Navneet Publications (India) Ltd.
(Navneet Publications), a mandatory
respondent in several prior
administrative reviews of the CLPP
Order.1
AGENCY:
1 See Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Lined Paper
Products from the People’s Republic of China;
Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Lined
Paper Products from India, Indonesia and the
People’s Republic of China; and Notice of
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Lined Paper
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Effective January 22, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Robinson or Eric B. Greynolds,
AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–3797 and (202) 482–6071,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 28, 2006, the
Department published an antidumping
duty order on CLPP from India.2 On
October 17, 2013,3 Navneet Education
informed the Department that effective
September 30, 2013, the former
company ‘‘Navneet Publications’’ 4
changed its name to Navneet Education
in accordance with the company’s
existing board of directors’ resolution
and Indian law. Navneet Education
stated that the name change process
began in August 2013 and was finalized
by the end of September 2013. Navneet
Education submitted a copy of ‘‘Fresh
Certificate of Incorporation Consequent
upon Change of Name’’ approved by
‘‘Government of India—Ministry of
Corporate Affairs, Registrar of
Companies, Maharashtra, Mumbai,’’
dated October 17, 2013.5
Navneet Education explained that the
purpose of its name change is to reflect
the broader educational scope of the
company’s business in recent years,
beyond the traditional and narrower
paper publication line of business
implied by the former name.
Specifically, Navneet Education
indicated that its company’s ‘‘modern
development and direction of its
business has established the company as
a leading supplier of educational
publications, a strong brand in the field
of educational and children’s
publications and scholastic stationary
Products from India and Indonesia, 71 FR 56949
(September 28, 2006) (CLPP Order).
2 See CLPP Order.
3 See Certain Lined Paper Products from India:
Request for Changed Circumstances Reviews of
Navneet Publications (India) Ltd. (October 17, 2013)
(CCR Request) at 8.
4 CCR Request at 2 indicated that Navneet
Publications has participated as a respondent in the
original antidumping duty investigation, and it has
been a respondent in several antidumping duty
administrative reviews, most often as a named
mandatory respondent (e.g., in the second through
fourth reviews it received the following companyspecific margins of 1.34 percent, 0.43 percent, and
2.7 percent, respectively. In the fifth review,
Navneet Publications received a non-selected rate of
11.01 percent. In the ongoing sixth review, it is
again selected as a mandatory respondent).
5 See CCR Request at Attachment 1.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Technical Advisory Committees; Notice of Recruitment of Private-
Sector Members
SUMMARY: Seven Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) advise the
Department of Commerce on the technical parameters for export controls
applicable to dual-use commodities and technology and on the
administration of those controls. The TACs are composed of
representatives from industry representatives, academic leaders and
U.S. Government representing diverse points of view on the concerns of
the exporting community. Industry representatives are selected from
firms producing a broad range of goods, technologies, and software
presently controlled for national security, non-proliferation, foreign
policy, and short supply reasons or that are proposed for such
controls, balanced to the extent possible among large and small firms.
TAC members are appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and serve
terms of not more than four consecutive years. The membership reflects
the Department's commitment to attaining balance and diversity. TAC
members must obtain secret-level clearances prior to appointment. These
clearances are necessary so that members may be permitted access to the
classified information needed to formulate recommendations to the
Department of Commerce. Each TAC meets approximately four times per
year. Members of the Committees will not be compensated for their
services.
The seven TACs are responsible for advising the Department of
Commerce on the technical parameters for export controls and the
administration of those controls within the following areas:
Information Systems TAC: Control List Categories 3 (electronics),
4(computers), and 5 (telecommunications and information security);
Materials TAC: Control List Category 1 (materials, chemicals,
microorganisms, and toxins); Materials Processing Equipment TAC:
Control List Category 2 (materials processing); Regulations and
Procedures TAC: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and
Procedures for implementing the EAR; Sensors and Instrumentation TAC:
Control List Category 6 (sensors and lasers); Transportation and
Related Equipment TAC: Control List Categories 7 (navigation and
avionics), 8 (marine), and 9 (propulsion systems, space vehicles, and
related equipment) and the Emerging Technology and Research Advisory
Committee: (1) The identification of emerging technologies and research
and development activities that may be of interest from a dual-use
perspective; (2) the prioritization of new and existing controls to
determine which are of greatest consequence to national security; (3)
the potential impact of dual-use export control requirements on
research activities; and (4) the threat to national security posed by
the unauthorized exports of technologies.
To respond to this recruitment notice, please send a copy of your
resume to Ms. Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov.
Deadline: This Notice of Recruitment will be open for one year from
its date of publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Yvette Springer on (202) 482-2813.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01122 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
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