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1 In comments made on the interim final sunset 

regulations, a number of parties stated that the 

proposed five-day period for rebuttals to 

substantive responses to a notice of initiation was 

insufficient. This requirement was retained in the 

final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As 

provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the 

Department will consider individual requests to 

extend that five-day deadline based upon a showing 

of good cause. 

from the Commission’s information 

requirements. Please consult the 

Department’s regulations for 

information regarding the Department’s 

conduct of Sunset Reviews.1 Please 

consult the Department’s regulations at 

19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms 

and for other general information 

concerning AD and CVD proceedings at 

the Department. 

This notice of initiation is being 

published in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218 

(c). 

Dated: March 25, 2011. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7761 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Request for Public Comments 

Concerning Regulatory Cooperation 

Activities That Would Help Eliminate or 

Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory 

Divergences in North America That 

Disrupt U.S. Exports 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

extension of the request for public 

comment to the Federal Register notice 

on regulatory cooperation activities in 

North America. The comment period is 

extended to April 18, 2011. 

DATES: The comment period for notice 

published on March 3, 2011 (76 FR 

11760), is extended to April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions should be 

made via the internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket ITA– 

2011–0003. Please direct written 

submissions to Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 

6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. The public 

is strongly encouraged to file 

submissions electronically rather than 

by mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding this notice should 

be directed to regcoop@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on March 3, 2011, inviting 

public comment on the following 

possible types of cooperative regulatory 

activities between or among the United 

States, Mexico, and Canada: 

Information-sharing agreements; 

technical assistance; memoranda of 

understanding, mutual recognition 

agreements; collaboration between 

regulators before initiating rulemaking 

proceedings; agreements to align 

particular regulatory measures; 

equivalency arrangements; and 

accreditation of testing laboratories or 

other conformity assessment bodies. 

These comments will serve as a basis for 

bilateral and trilateral discussion with 

Canada and Mexico on regulatory 

cooperation activities to undertake 

which will support the President’s 

National Export Initiative and serve as 

a basis for discussion with the U.S.- 

Mexico High-Level Regulatory 

Cooperation Council and the U.S.- 

Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council. 

The notice published on March 3, 

2011 (76 FR 11760) informed interested 

parties that DOC would accept written 

comments no later than April 4, 2011. 

Associations and organizations with an 

interest in these activities have 

expressed concerns with the 30-day 

deadline and have requested an 

extension. Based on these requests, DOC 

is extending the comment period until 

April 18, 2011, to provide interested 

parties additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. DOC will accept 

comments received no later than April 

18, 2011 and will not consider any 

further extensions to the comment 

period. 

Requirements for Submissions: In 

order to ensure the timely receipt and 

consideration of comments, the 

Department of Commerce’s International 

Trade Administration (ITA) strongly 

encourages commenters to make on-line 

submissions, using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Comments should be submitted under 

docket number ITA–2011–0003. To find 

this docket, enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ window at 

the www.regulations.gov home page and 

click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will provide a 

search-results page listing all documents 

associated with that docket number. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the search-results page, and 

click on the link entitled ‘‘Submit a 

Comment.’’ The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site provides 

the option of making submissions by 

filling in a comments field, or by 

attaching a document. ITA prefers 

submissions to be provided in an 

attached document. (For further 

information on using the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

Web site by clicking on the ‘‘Help’’ tab.) 

All comments and recommendations 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be made available to the public. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing business confidential 

information, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. The top 

of any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’. 

Any person filing comments that 

contain business confidential 

information must also file in a separate 

submission a public version of the 

comments. The file name of the public 

version of the comments should begin 

with the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should be followed by the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments. If a comment contains no 

business confidential information, the 

file name should begin with the 

character ‘‘P’’, followed by the name of 

the person or entity submitting the 

comments. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

Dated: March 29, 2011. 

John Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

Commerce for Market Access and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Advisory Committee on Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR 

or Committee), will hold a meeting via 

teleconference on Monday, April 25, 

2011 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EDT). The primary 

purpose of this meeting is to review the 

Committee’s draft annual report to the 

NIST Director. The draft report will be 

posted on the NEHRP Web site at http:// 

nehrp.gov/. Interested members of the 

public will be able to participate in the 

meeting from remote locations by 

calling into a central phone number. 

DATES: The ACEHR will hold a meeting 

via teleconference on Monday, April 25, 

2011, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the 

meeting should be sent to National 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 

Director, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. For instructions on how to 

participate in the meeting, please see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jack Hayes, National Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Program Director, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. Dr. Hayes’ e-mail address 

is jack.hayes@nist.gov and his phone 

number is (301) 975–5640. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 103 of the NEHRP 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 

108–360). The Committee is composed 

of 14 members appointed by the 

Director of NIST, who were selected for 

their technical expertise and experience, 

established records of distinguished 

professional service, and their 

knowledge of issues affecting the 

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program. In addition, the Chairperson of 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee (SESAC) serves in an exofficio capacity on the Committee. The 

Committee assesses: 

• Trends and developments in the 

science and engineering of earthquake 

hazards reduction; 

• The effectiveness of NEHRP in 

performing its statutory activities 

(improved design and construction 

methods and practices; land use 

controls and redevelopment; prediction 

techniques and early-warning systems; 

coordinated emergency preparedness 

plans; and public education and 

involvement programs); 

• Any need to revise NEHRP; and 

• The management, coordination, 

implementation, and activities of 

NEHRP. 

Background information on NEHRP 

and the Advisory Committee is available 

at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is 

hereby given that the ACEHR will hold 

a meeting via teleconference on 

Monday, April 25, 2011, from 1 p.m. 

until 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT). There will be no central meeting 

location. The public is invited to 

participate in the meeting by calling in 

from remote locations. The primary 

purpose of this meeting is to review the 

Committee’s draft annual report to the 

NIST Director. The draft report will be 

posted on the NEHRP Web site at 

http://nehrp.gov/. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request detailed instructions by 

contacting Michelle Harman on how to 

dial in from a remote location to 

participate in the meeting. Michelle 

Harman’s e-mail address is 

michelle.harman@nist.gov, and her 

phone number is 301–975–5324. 

Approximately fifteen minutes will be 

reserved from 3:45 p.m.–4 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EDT) for public 

comments; speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-serve 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received, but is likely to be 

about 3 minutes each. Questions from 

the public will not be considered during 

this period. Speakers who wish to 

expand upon their oral statements, 

those who had wished to speak but 

could not be accommodated, and those 

who were unable to participate are 

invited to submit written statements to 

the ACEHR, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, MS 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604, via fax at (301) 975–5433, 

or electronically by e-mail to 

info@nehrp.gov. 

All participants of the meeting are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to participate must 

register by close of business Wednesday, 

April 20, 2011, in order to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, e-mail 

address, and phone number to Michelle 

Harman. After registering, participants 

will be provided with detailed 

instructions on how to dial in from a 

remote location in order to participate. 

Michelle Harman’s e-mail address is 

michelle.harman@nist.gov, and her 

phone number is (301) 975–5324. 

Dated: March 24, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7744 Filed 3–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Technology Innovation Program 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Technology Innovation 

Program Advisory Board, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) will meet in open session on 

Tuesday, May 18, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 3:30 p.m. Eastern daylight savings 

time. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. 

and will adjourn at 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Portrait Room, Building 

101, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. 

Please note admittance instructions 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rene Cesaro, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, 

telephone number (301) 975–2162. Ms. 

Cesaro’s e-mail address is 

rene.cesaro@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) 

Advisory Board is composed of ten 

members appointed by the Director of 

NIST who are eminent in such fields as 

business, research, science and 

technology, engineering, education, and 

management consulting. The purpose of 

this meeting is to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for the Technology Innovation 

Program, its organization, its budget, 

and its programs within the framework 

of applicable national policies as set 

forth by the President and the Congress. 

The agenda will include a TIP update, 

a presentation on the status of TIP’s 

current project portfolio, and a 

discussion of potential critical national 

need areas for future funding. The 

agenda may change to accommodate 

Board business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the TIP Web site at: http:// 

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