Notice of Termination of Selected National Voluntary Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation Program Services, 53408-53409 [2014-21412]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 2014 / Notices
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Dated: September 3, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[B–62–2014]
[FR Doc. 2014–21462 Filed 9–8–14; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Foreign-Trade Zone 75—Phoenix,
Arizona; Notification of Proposed
Production Activity; Orbital Sciences
Corporation (Satellites and Space Craft
Launch Vehicles), Gilbert, Arizona
Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC),
an operator of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)
75, submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for
its facility in Gilbert, Arizona, within
FTZ 75. The notification conforming to
the requirements of the regulations of
the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on August 28, 2014.
OSC already has authority to produce
satellites and space craft launch
vehicles within Site 10 of FTZ 75. The
current request would add a foreign
component (aluminum cable tie
mounts) to the scope of authority.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b),
additional FTZ authority would be
limited to the specific foreign-status
materials/components and specific
finished products described in the
submitted notification (as described
below) and subsequently authorized by
the FTZ Board.
Production under FTZ procedures
could exempt OSC from customs duty
payments on the foreign status
materials/components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, OSC
would be able to choose the duty rate
during customs entry procedures that
applies to finished satellites and space
craft launch vehicles (free) for the
foreign status aluminum cable tie
mounts and the components in the
existing scope of authority. Customs
duties also could possibly be deferred or
reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is
October 20, 2014.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
21013, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s Web site, which is accessible
via www.trade.gov/ftz.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pierre Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov, or
(202) 482–1378.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of
August 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Enforcement and Compliance Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
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Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone
160 Under Alternative Site Framework;
Anchorage, Alaska
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
[Docket Number: 140305199–4619–02]
Whereas, the Board adopted the
alternative site framework (ASF) (15
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the
establishment or reorganization of
zones;
Whereas, the Municipality of
Anchorage, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 160, submitted an application to
the Board (FTZ Docket B–87–2013,
docketed September 19, 2013) for
authority to reorganize under the ASF
with a service area of the Municipality
of Anchorage, within and adjacent to
the Anchorage U.S. Customs and Border
Protection port of entry, and FTZ 160’s
existing Sites 1 through 7 would be
categorized as magnet sites;
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (78 FR 59914–59915,
September 30, 2013) and the application
has been processed pursuant to the FTZ
Act and the Board’s regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations are satisfied;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to reorganize FTZ 160
under the ASF is approved, subject to
the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.13, to the Board’s
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
the zone, and to a five-year ASF sunset
provision for magnet sites that would
terminate authority for Sites 2 through
7 if not activated by 08/31/2019.
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Notice of Termination of Selected
National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation
Program Services
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Termination of Selected
NVCASE Program Services.
AGENCY:
The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST)
announces the termination of the
Organic Production and Processing subprogram offered by NIST’s National
Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program,
effective January 1, 2016. NIST takes
this action because there are now
suitable alternative paths to foreign
market access, and there would be no
significant public disadvantage to
terminating the Organic Production and
Processing sub-program.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2016, the
NVCASE sub-program on Organic
Production and Processing will be
terminated.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments
regarding NVCASE should be directed
to the NVCASE Program Manager,
National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation
Program, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2100, or
by email to ramona.saar@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ramona Saar, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–2100, email to ramona.saar@
nist.gov, or phone 301–975–5521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) administers the
National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation
(NVCASE) program under regulations
SUMMARY:
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found in Part 286 of Title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
Under the NVCASE program NIST
evaluates U.S.-based conformity
assessment bodies in order to be able to
provide assurances to a foreign
government that qualifying bodies meet
that government’s requirements and can
provide results that are acceptable to
that government. The program is
intended to provide a technically-based
U.S. approval process for U.S. industry
to gain foreign market access.
On December 6, 2002, NIST received
a request from a U.S. accreditation body
to establish a sub-program, under the
NVCASE program, for Organic
Production and Processing. The stated
objectives of the request were to provide
confidence in the quality of this
accreditation body’s work, and to
provide assurance that this accreditation
body complied with the requirements of
some foreign governments, thus
facilitating the export of U.S. products.
NIST, having determined that there
was no satisfactory recognition
alternative available and that there was
evidence that significant public
disadvantage would result from the
absence of any alternative, established
the NVCASE sub-program for Organic
Production and Processing on
November 4, 2003, following a public
workshop held on May 9, 2003. A notice
was published in the Federal Register
on November 4, 2003, announcing the
establishment of the program (68 FR
62434).
In the decade since the establishment
of the sub-program, the United States
has made numerous trade arrangements
to facilitate the international trade of
organic products. The resulting changes
in the international requirements have
increased international market access
for U.S. producers. NIST considers that
there are now suitable alternative paths
to foreign market access, and that there
would be no significant public
disadvantage to terminating the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program.
In a Federal Register notice published
on April 15, 2014 (79 FR 21210), NIST
requested written comments on the
intended termination of the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program
offered by NVCASE, and announced a
30-day comment period for that
purpose. No comments were received.
Accordingly, the NIST NVCASE
program announces that it will cease to
grant or renew recognition under the
Organic Production and Processing subprogram, effective January 1, 2016.
Conformity assessment bodies currently
recognized under the sub-program will
remain recognized until January 1, 2016,
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provided they continue to meet program
requirements.
Dated: August 29, 2014.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director of Laboratory Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Sanctuary System Business Advisory
Council: Public Meeting
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the Sanctuary System
Business Advisory Council (Council).
The meeting is open to the public, and
participants may provide comments at
the appropriate time during the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, September 24, 2014, from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. An
opportunity for public comment will be
provided at 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times
and the agenda topics described below
are subject to change.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Knott Harbor View Room of the
National Aquarium, 501 East Pratt
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910. (Phone: 301–713–7264, Fax:
301–713–0404; email: rebecca.holyoke@
noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS
serves as the trustee for 14 marine
protected areas encompassing more than
170,000 square miles of ocean and Great
Lakes waters from the Hawaiian Islands
to the Florida Keys, and from Lake
Huron to American Samoa. National
marine sanctuaries protect our Nation’s
most vital coastal and marine natural
and cultural resources, and through
active research, management, and
public engagement, sustain healthy
environments that are the foundation for
thriving communities and stable
economies. One of the many ways
ONMS ensures public participation in
the designation and management of
national marine sanctuaries is through
the formation of advisory councils. The
Sanctuary System Business Advisory
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Council (Council) has been formed to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Director regarding the relationship
of the ONMS with the business
community. Additional information on
the Council can be found at https://
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/bac/
welcome.html.
Matters To Be Considered: The
meeting will provide an opportunity for
council representatives to hear how
national marine sanctuaries are
connected to users, communities,
corporations, and economies and the
avenues being pursued to enhance these
connections. Advisory council
representatives will be asked to provide
advice on how ONMS can enhance its
connections, programming, and
marketing to expand its reach beyond a
subset of communities. The agenda is
subject to change. The agenda is
available at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
management/bac/welcome.html.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11 .429 Marine Sanctuary Program.
Dated: August 13, 2014.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–21536 Filed 9–8–14; 8:45 am]
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD163
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Construction of
the Block Island Wind Farm
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA),
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued an Incidental Harassment
Authorization (IHA) to Deepwater Wind
Block Island, LLC (DWBI) to take marine
mammals, by harassment, incidental to
construction of the Block Island Wind
Farm.
DATES: Effective October 31, 2014,
through October 30, 2015. A copy of the
IHA and application are available by
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number: 140305199-4619-02]
Notice of Termination of Selected National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation Program Services
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Termination of Selected NVCASE Program Services.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
announces the termination of the Organic Production and Processing sub-
program offered by NIST's National Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program, effective January 1, 2016. NIST
takes this action because there are now suitable alternative paths to
foreign market access, and there would be no significant public
disadvantage to terminating the Organic Production and Processing sub-
program.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2016, the NVCASE sub-program on Organic
Production and Processing will be terminated.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments regarding NVCASE should be directed to
the NVCASE Program Manager, National Voluntary Conformity Assessment
Systems Evaluation Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2100,
or by email to ramona.saar@nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ramona Saar, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2100, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-2100, email to ramona.saar@nist.gov, or phone 301-975-5521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) administers the National Voluntary Conformity
Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) program under regulations
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found in Part 286 of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Under the NVCASE program NIST evaluates U.S.-based conformity
assessment bodies in order to be able to provide assurances to a
foreign government that qualifying bodies meet that government's
requirements and can provide results that are acceptable to that
government. The program is intended to provide a technically-based U.S.
approval process for U.S. industry to gain foreign market access.
On December 6, 2002, NIST received a request from a U.S.
accreditation body to establish a sub-program, under the NVCASE
program, for Organic Production and Processing. The stated objectives
of the request were to provide confidence in the quality of this
accreditation body's work, and to provide assurance that this
accreditation body complied with the requirements of some foreign
governments, thus facilitating the export of U.S. products.
NIST, having determined that there was no satisfactory recognition
alternative available and that there was evidence that significant
public disadvantage would result from the absence of any alternative,
established the NVCASE sub-program for Organic Production and
Processing on November 4, 2003, following a public workshop held on May
9, 2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register on November 4,
2003, announcing the establishment of the program (68 FR 62434).
In the decade since the establishment of the sub-program, the
United States has made numerous trade arrangements to facilitate the
international trade of organic products. The resulting changes in the
international requirements have increased international market access
for U.S. producers. NIST considers that there are now suitable
alternative paths to foreign market access, and that there would be no
significant public disadvantage to terminating the Organic Production
and Processing sub-program.
In a Federal Register notice published on April 15, 2014 (79 FR
21210), NIST requested written comments on the intended termination of
the Organic Production and Processing sub-program offered by NVCASE,
and announced a 30-day comment period for that purpose. No comments
were received.
Accordingly, the NIST NVCASE program announces that it will cease
to grant or renew recognition under the Organic Production and
Processing sub-program, effective January 1, 2016. Conformity
assessment bodies currently recognized under the sub-program will
remain recognized until January 1, 2016, provided they continue to meet
program requirements.
Dated: August 29, 2014.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director of Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-21412 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
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