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the Secretary’s determination may, 

within 30 days of the date of this notice, 

bring an action in any appropriate 

district court of the United States to set 

aside the determination on the ground 

that the determination is erroneous. 

Description of Amended Certificate 

USSA’s Export Trade Certificate of 

Review has been amended to: 

1. Add each of the following 

companies as a new ‘‘Member’’ of the 

Certificate within the meaning of 

section 325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 

CFR 325.2(l) (2004)): Bayer 

CropScience, Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina (Controlling Entity: 

Bayer Corporation, Bayer CropScience 

AG, D–40789 Monheim am Rhein, 

Germany); ConocoPhillips, Borger, 

Texas; and Solvay Chemicals, Inc., 

Houston, Texas (Controlling Entity: 

Solvay America, Inc., Houston, Texas). 

2. Change the listing of the following 

Members of the Certificate to reflect 

corporate organizational changes: 

‘‘Aventis Crop Science, USA LP’’ to read 

‘‘Bayer CropScience’’ (Aventis Crop 

Science was acquired by Bayer 

Corporation); ‘‘Phillips Petroleum 

Company’’ to read as ‘‘ConocoPhillips’’

(Phillips Petroleum Company merged 

with Conoco, Inc.); and ‘‘Solvay 

Minerals, Inc.,’’ to read as ‘‘Solvay 

Chemicals, Inc.’’ (Solvay Minerals, Inc., 

combined with Solvay Interox, and 

Solvay Performance Chemicals to form 

Solvay Chemicals, Inc.). 

3. Delete the following companies as 

Members of the Certificate: Aventis 

Crop Science, USA LP, Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina 

(Controlling Entity: Aventis Crop 

Science Holding SA, 69009 Lyon, 

France); Phillips Petroleum Company, 

Bartlesville, Oklahoma; and Solvay 

Minerals, Inc., Houston, Texas 

(Controlling Entity: Solvay S.A., 

Brussels, Belgium). 

The effective date of the amended 

certificate is May 4, 2004. A copy of the 

amended certificate will be kept in the 

International Trade Administration’s 

Freedom of Information Records 

Inspection Facility, Room 4001, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Jeffrey Anspacher, 

Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–24881 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Advanced Technology Program 

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that the 

Advanced Technology Program 

Advisory Committee, National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

will meet Tuesday, November 30, 2004 

from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Advanced 

Technology Program Advisory 

Committee is composed of nine 

members appointed by the Director of 

NIST; who are eminent in such fields as 

business, research, new product 

development, engineering, education, 

and management consulting. The 

purpose of this meeting is to review and 

make recommendations regarding 

general policy for the Advanced 

Technology Program (ATP), 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 an ATP and 

competition update, ATP/Offsite 

Comments, Funding Gaps: A 

Perspective from Partners and an open 

discussion. A discussion scheduled to 

begin at 1 p.m. and to end at 3 p.m. on 

November 30, 2004, on ATP budget 

issues will be closed. Agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. All visitors to the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

site will have to pre-register to be 

admitted. Please submit your name, 

time of arrival, e-mail address and 

phone number to Carolyn Peters no later 

than Tuesday, November 23, 2004, and 

she will provide you with instructions 

for admittance. Ms. Peters’s e-mail 

address is carolyn.peters@nist.gov and 

her phone number is (301) 975–5607.

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at 8 a.m. 

and will adjourn at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 

November 30, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Lecture Room B, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. Please note admittance 

instructions under SUMMARY paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn J. Peters, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1000, 

telephone number (301) 975–5607.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, 

with the concurrence of the General 

Counsel, formally determined on 

December 24, 2003, that portions of the 

meeting of the Advanced Technology 

Program Advisory Committee which 

involve discussion of proposed funding 

of the Advanced Technology Program 

may be closed in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), because that 

portion will divulge matters the 

premature disclosure of which would be 

likely to significantly frustrate 

implementation of proposed agency 

actions.

Dated: November 4, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 040910260–4260–01] 

Solicitation of Letters of Interest to 

Form Participating Research Teams at 

the NIST Center for Neutron Research

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) 

announces its intent to form 

partnerships, called ‘‘Participating 

Research Teams’’ (PRT’s), to develop 

and apply advanced cold and thermal 

neutron beam measurement capabilities 

at the NCNR to assist crucial and timely 

U.S. R&D directed toward the 

production of next-generation fuel cells, 

hydrogen storage systems, and related 

materials and components. The NCNR/

NIST is therefore soliciting letters of 

interest in forming PRT’s, which will be 

open to one or more U.S. companies, 

universities, or government agencies. 

Participation by the NCNR/NIST is 

permissible if desired by the PRT and 

the NCNR/NIST.

DATES: Letters of interest will be 

received on an ongoing basis until 

further notice.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should 

send letters to Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher, 

Director, NIST Center for Neutron 

Research, 100 Bureau Drive, 

64908 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 9, 2004 / Notices 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8560, or via email to Patrick.Gallagher@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NIST 

Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), 

which is located at the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

in Gaithersburg, MD, intends to form 

partnerships, called ‘‘Participating 

Research Teams’’ (PRT’s), to develop 

and apply advanced cold and thermal 

neutron beam measurement capabilities 

at the NCNR to assist crucial and timely 

U.S. R&D directed toward the 

production of next-generation fuel cells, 

hydrogen storage systems, and related 

materials and components. The 

partnership agreements will be based 

upon the statutory technology transfer 

authorities available to NIST, including 

the Federal Technology Transfer Act. 

Under these partnerships, new or 

existing NCNR neutron-imaging and 

neutron-scattering instrumentation, 

which are uniquely sensitive to the 

transport, behavior, and nanoscale 

properties of hydrogen and hydrogenous 

materials, would be developed or 

upgraded and modified to permit the 

study of critical materials and devices 

under conditions that are directly 

relevant to their use and performance in 

technological applications. 

Organizations participating in a PRT 

would share the costs of developing and 

constructing neutron instrumentation 

and their subsequent operation. In 

return, PRT members would share 

access to a portion of the total time 

available on the capabilities developed 

under the partnership. At the same time, 

at least 25% of the total time would be 

made available to non-PRT U.S. 

organizations on a competitive, meritbased basis. 

The modes of PRT access could be 

tailored for either individual or joint 

research, and the subsequent data 

would be made available to the U.S. 

science and technology community 

through open publication in archived 

and peer-reviewed journals, or in 

publicly available reports. Proprietary 

research would require separate 

approval and the payment of suitable 

charges by the partnership organizations 

to assure full cost recovery to the 

Government, including a commensurate 

share of the operating expenses of the 

NCNR. 

PRT’s will be open to one or more 

U.S. companies, universities, or 

government agencies. It is anticipated 

that PRT agreements will be established 

for a three-year period, with renewal 

subject to the requirements and interests 

of the partnership and the NIST/NCNR. 

Proposals for PRT’s will be evaluated by 

an internal panel of NCNR/NIST staff on 

the basis of technical merit, level of 

effort, and the statutory mission of NIST 

and final approval of PRT agreements 

will be made by the Director, NCNR.

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 04–24941 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Sea Grant Review Panel

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of November 3, 2004, 

concerning the National Sea Grant 

Review Panel’s notice of public meeting. 

The document contained an incorrect 

meeting location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Francis M. Schuler, 301–713–2445. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

3, 2004, in FR Doc. 04–24538, on page 

64033, in the first column, correct the 

ADDRESSES caption to read: On 

November 17th, The Churchill Hotel, 

1914 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, 

Washington, DC 20009. On November 

18th, Sea Grant Association Office, 1201 

New York Avenue, Northwest, 4th Floor 

Conference Room, Washington, DC 

20005.

Louisa Koch, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 110204A]

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene public hearings regarding a 

change to the preferred management 

alternative for consideration under 

Action 5 in Amendment 6 to the Shrimp 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

Action 5 in Amendment 6 proposes the 

requirement for a Federal penaeid 

(white, pink, and brown) shrimp permit 

in order to fish for or possess penaeid 

shrimp in the South Atlantic Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ). Public hearings 

regarding other proposed management 

actions in Amendment 6 to the Shrimp 

FMP have been completed.

DATES: The hearing dates are:

1. Monday, November 22, 2004, 

beginning at 6 p.m. in Charleston, SC.

2. Monday, December 6, 2004, 

beginning at 6 p.m. in Atlantic Beach, 

NC.

Written comments, including e-mail 

comments, will be accepted until 5 p.m. 

on December 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The hearing locations are:

1. Hampton Inn and Suites, 678 

Citadel Haven Drive, Charleston, SC 

29414; telephone: 843–573–1200; and

2. Sheraton Atlantic Beach Hotel, 

2717 W. Fort Macon Road, Atlantic 

Beach, NC 28512; telephone: 800–624–

8875 or 252–240–1155.

Written comments should be sent to 

Bob Mahood, Executive Director, South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 

One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, 

Charleston, SC 29407–4699. Comments 

may also be submitted via e-mail to 

shrimpcomments@safmc.net.

Copies of the public hearing 

document are available by contacting 

Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, One Southpark 

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366 or toll 

free 866–SAFMC–10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, One Southpark 

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366 or toll 

free 866–SAFMC–10; fax: 843–769–

4520; e-mail: kim.iverson@safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional hearings are being scheduled 

because the Council, at its October 2004 

meeting, chose a new preferred 

alternative relevant to Federal penaeid 

shrimp permits that is more restrictive 

than earlier alternatives included in the 

initial round of public hearings. The 

new preferred alternative removes an 

earlier exception to the permit that 

stated:

a valid commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic penaeid shrimp is not required if the 

shrimp trawler (1) is in transit in the South 

Atlantic EEZ and (2) no trawl net or try net 

aboard the vessel is rigged for fishing.