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See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:
Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof
From the People’s Republic of China, 69
FR 70122 (December 2, 2004). On
February 2, 2007, the Department
published in the Federal Register a
notice of the initiation of theantidumping duty administrative review
of hand trucks from the PRC for theperiod December 1, 2005, throughNovember 30, 2006. See Initiation ofAntidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 72 FR 5005(February 2, 2007). On January 14, 2008,
the Department published in theFederal Register the preliminary resultsof the hand trucks administrativereview. See Hand Trucks and Certain
Parts Thereof from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results,
Partial Intent to Rescind and Partial
Rescission of the 2005–06
Administrative Review, 73 FR 2214
(January 14, 2008). The final results ofreview are currently due no later thanMay 13, 2008.

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Results.
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Actof 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),requires the Department to issue final
results within 120 days after the date on
which the preliminary results arepublished. However, if it is notpracticable to complete the review
within this time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows theDepartment to extend the time period toa maximum of 180 days. Completion of
the final results of the administrative
review within the 120–day period inthis case is not practicable because theDepartment conducted verification in
the administrative review after
publication of the preliminary results,and, therefore, needs additional time tocomplete post–preliminary results
verification reports, invite and analyze
comments by interested parties on thepreliminary results and verification
reports, and analyze information
gathered at verification.
Because it is not practicable tocomplete this review within the time
specified under the Act, we are fully
extending the time period for issuing
the final results of the administrative
review in accordance with section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, thefinal results are now due no later thanJuly 14, 2008, the next business day
after 180 days from publication of thepreliminary results. This notice ispublished pursuant to sections 751(a)and 777(i) of the Act.

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Dated: May 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–11056 Filed 5–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards andTechnology[Docket No.: 080505629–8631–01]

Interpretation of the International
System of Units (the Metric System ofMeasurement) for the United States
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The International System ofUnits (SI) (the metric system ofmeasurement) has been recognized foruse in the United States since 1866 (15U.S.C. 204) and is the preferred systemof measurement for trade andcommerce. The SI was established andis maintained by the General Conferenceof Weights and Measures and isinterpreted or modified for use in theUnited States by the National Instituteof Standards and Technology (NIST) byauthority of the Secretary of Commerce(15 U.S.C. 205). This notice describes
the recent modifications to the SI andannounces the publication of the latest
interpretation of the SI for the UnitedStates in the 2008 Edition of NISTSpecial Publication 330 ‘‘TheInternational System of Units.’’ The
2008 Edition of NIST Special
Publication 811 ‘‘Guide for the Use ofthe International System of Units’’ wasalso published. Together thesepublications provide the legal
interpretation of and guidelines for theuse of the SI in the United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Ambler Thompson, National Institute ofStandards and Technology, Weights andMeasures Division, International Legal
Metrology Group, 100 Bureau Drive,
Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
2600 or by telephone (301) 975–2333,
Fax: (301) 975–8091, or by e-mail atambler.thompson@nist.gov.
For information regarding NIST’s
efforts to coordinate the transition to theInternational System of Units, contact:
Elizabeth Gentry, Metric Coordinator,
National Institute of Standards andTechnology, Weights and Measures
Division, Laws and Metric Group, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg,
MD 20899–2600 or by telephone (301)975–3690, Fax (301) 975–8091, or by email at TheSI@nist.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

International System of Units(abbreviated as SI in all languages),
generally known as the metric system, isthe preferred system of measurement for
use in trade and commerce in theUnited States (15 U.S.C. 205b) but useof traditional systems of weights andmeasures in non-business activities ispermitted. The SI was established in1960 by the General Conference ofWeights and Measures (abbreviated
CGPM in all languages) and isinterpreted, or modified for, the UnitedStates by the Secretary of Commerce (15U.S.C. 205c) who has delegated thisauthority to the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST). The CGPM is an internationalorganization established by the Meter
Convention in 1875 in which more than
50 countries participate. One of theresponsibilities of the CGPM is toensure the SI reflects the latest advancesin science and technology and provides
a single international language formeasurement. In 2006 the CGPM
published changes to the SI in the 8th
Edition of the Bureau of International
Weights and Measures SI publicationcommonly known as the ‘‘SI Brochure.’’This notice describes the modifications
to the SI and announces the publicationof the latest interpretation of the SI for
the United States in the 2008 Edition ofNIST Special Publication (SP) 330 ‘‘TheInternational System of Units (SI).’’NIST SP 330 describes the history ofthe Meter Convention, explains how theInternational System of Units wasdeveloped, and describes the global
effort to maintain the system. A
comprehensive description of the SI’sbase units, terminology, units andsymbols is also provided. A descriptionof the decimal system and theappropriate multiples and submultiples
to be used in expressing units andvalues is included. Also provided are
editorial style guidelines to ensure that
SI values and units are properly
formatted and clearly written. NIST has
also published the 2008 Edition of its
Special Publication 811 ‘‘Guide for theUse of the International System of Units(SI),’’ which includes additional
guidance on the use of the SI and abroad range of conversion factors. Whenused together, these publications
provide the most current interpretationof the SI and present the latest guidanceon the use of the SI in the United States.
I. Changes to the International Systemof Units (SI)The CGPM adopted the followingchanges in the 8th Edition (2006) of theSI Brochure and these have been

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incorporated in the 2008 Edition ofNIST SP 330:
a. Full incorporation of the 2000
Supplement which clarified thedefinition of the second andincorporated the new coherent SI unit
with a special name and symbol for themol s¥1, the katal with symbol kat, forexpressing values of the quantity
catalytic activity;
b. A discussion designated as ‘‘the setof coherent SI units’’ was added toclarify that the base and coherent
derived units of the SI form a coherent
set;
c. New section entitled ‘‘Units forquantities that describe biologicaleffects’’ was added in view of theirimportance for human health and safety;
d. New section entitled ‘‘Historicalnote’’ was added to provide updated
information from Section 1.1 of the 7thEdition;e. Appendix 1 was updated to include
all the recent decisions of the CIPM andCGPM which impact the SI;
f. Appendix 2, which discusses theexperimental realization of units, ismade available only in electronic formon the BIPM Web site at http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/appendix2/, so that it may be easily
updated between SI brochure versions;andg. New Appendix 3 entitled ‘‘Units forphotochemical and photobiologicalquantities,’’ was added to point out that
the SI already includes a SI base unit,
the candela, which is considered to bea biological effects unit of importance toindustry and human health and safety.

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II. Modifications to the SI for Its Use inthe United States
The 2008 Edition of NIST SP 330
differs from the ‘‘SI Brochure’’ toconform to the language and customary
use of measurement units in the UnitedStates:a. The spelling of English words is inaccordance with the United States
Government Printing Office Style
Manual, which follows Webster’s Third
New International Dictionary rather
than the Oxford Dictionary. Thus, thespellings ‘‘meter,’’ ‘‘liter,’’ and ‘‘deca’’are used rather than ‘‘metre,’’ ‘‘litre,’’and ‘‘deka’’ as in the original BIPM
English text;b. The name of the unit with symbolt is defined according to 1 t = 103 kg
which is called ‘‘metric ton’’ rather than‘‘tonne;’’c. The four units curie, roentgen, rad,and rem are included in Table 10;
d. A number of Editors’ notes areadded in order to indicate differences ofinterpretation and to clarify the text;

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e. A few minor editorial changes are
made in order to ‘‘Americanize’’ somephrases.
This notice supersedes the lastinterpretation of the SI that waspublished in the Federal Register on
July 28, 1998 (Vol. 63, No. 144—FR
40334—40340).
NIST SP 330, NIST SP 811, and otheruseful information regarding theInternational System of Units (SI) are
published electronically (http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html
and http://nist.gov/metric) and in hard
copy. Requests for hardcopies can besent to: TheSI@nist.gov.
Although there is no formal comment
period, comments and suggestions on
the SI are invited and should be sent toDr. Ambler Thompson at the address
previously indicated.
Dated: May 9, 2008.
James M.Turner,Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8–11058 Filed 5–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards andTechnology
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department ofCommerce.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.
2, notice is hereby given that the Judges
Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award will meet Tuesday, June
3, 2008. The Judges Panel is composedof twelve members prominent in thefields of quality, innovation, andperformance excellence and appointed
by the Secretary of Commerce. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss theJudging process and Judging processchanges for 2008; role of Judges’ inaward process; overview of scoring data;
2008 Baldrige award cycle; the Judges’
survey of applicants; and the Judges’
mentoring process. The applications
under review by Judges contain trade
secrets and proprietary commercial
information submitted to theGovernment in confidence.
DATES: The meeting will convene June
3, 2008 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30
p.m. on June 3, 2008. The entire meeting
will be closed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the National Institute of Standards andTechnology, Administration Building,

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Maryland 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Harry Hertz, Director, National Quality
Program, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899, telephone number(301) 975–2361.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TheAssistant Secretary for Administration,with the concurrence of the GeneralCounsel, formally determined on March4, 2008, that the meeting of the Judges
Panel will be closed pursuant to Section
10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, asamended by Section 5(c) of theGovernment in the Sunshine Act, Pub.
L. 94–409. The meeting, which involves
examination of Award applicant datafrom U.S. companies and otherorganizations and a discussion of thisdata as compared to the Award criteria
in order to recommend Award
recipients, may be closed to the publicin accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) ofTitle 5, United States Code, because themeetings are likely to disclose trade
secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person
which is privileged or confidential.
Dated: May 9, 2008.
James M. Turner,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E8–11034 Filed 5–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration[Docket No.: 080506632–8633–01]

Codeless and Semi-Codeless Accessto the Global Positioning System
AGENCY: Office of Space

Commercialization, National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request forcomments.
SUMMARY: The Office of SpaceCommercialization seeks comments on aplan to transition the installed base ofcodeless and semi-codeless Global
Positioning System (GPS) user
equipment to next-generationequipment utilizing the modernizedcivil GPS signals known as L2C and L5.
The plan was developed under theauspices of the National Executive
Committee for Space-Based Positioning,Navigation, and Timing (PNT). Under
the plan, the Department of Defense, as
the operator of GPS, will continue

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