Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 23, 2004 / Notices 68127

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 52–2004] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 141—Monroe 

County, NY; Application for Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the County of Monroe, New 

York, grantee of FTZ 141, requesting 

authority to expand FTZ 141, in Monroe 

County, New York, within the Rochester 

Customs port of entry. The application 

was submitted pursuant to the 

provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally filed on 

November 17, 2004. 

FTZ 141 was approved on April 2, 

1987 (Board Order 355, 52 FR 12219, 4/

15/87). The zone project currently 

consists of the following sites in the 

Monroe County, New York area: Site 1 

(10 acres)—401 Pixley Road, Gates; Site 

2 (8 acres)—39 Breck Street, Rochester; 

Site 3 (14 acres)—10 Carriage Street, 

Honoeye Falls; Site 4 (38 acres)—200 

Carlson Road, Rochester; Site 5 (5 

acres)—655–C Basket Road, Webster; 

Site 6 (5 acres)—111 Commerce Drive, 

Henrietta; Site 7 (3 acres)—10 Thruway 

Park Drive, Henrietta; Site 8 (2.2 

acres)—1698 Lyell Avenue, Rochester; 

Site 9 (1 acre)—847 West Avenue, 

Building #10, Rochester; Site 10 (2 

acres)—3025 Winton Road South, 

Rochester. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to expand the zone to include one 

additional site in Rochester: Proposed 

Site 11 (314 acres)—Rochester 

Technology Park, 789 Elmgrove Road, 

Rochester. The site is principally owned 

by Cohen Asset Management, Inc., and 

Continental Industrial Capital LLC. The 

new site is part of the former Site 4 

(Elmgrove facility) subzone 

manufacturing site of FTZ 141A, 

Eastman Kodak Company, which is 

being converted to general industrial 

use. No specific manufacturing requests 

are being made at this time. Such 

requests would be made to the Board on 

a case-by-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at one of the 

following addresses below: 

1. Submissions via Express/Package 

Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Franklin Court Building—Suite 4100W, 

1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005; or 

2. Submissions via U.S. Postal 

Service: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB–

4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

The closing period for their receipt is 

January 24, 2005. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period (to 

February 7, 2005). 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at address 

No. 1 listed above and at the Office of 

the County Executive, Suite 8100, 39 

West Main Street, Rochester, New York 

14614.

Dennis Puccinelli, 

Executive Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 041025291–4291–01] 

Impact of Implementation of the 

Chemical Weapons Convention on 

Commercial Activities Involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ Chemicals Through 

Calendar Year 2004

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS) is seeking public 

comments on the impact that 

implementation of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention has had on 

commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals through 

calendar year 2004. This notice of 

inquiry is part of an effort to collect 

information to assist in the preparation 

of the annual certification required 

under Condition 9 of Senate Resolution 

75, April 24, 1997, in which the Senate 

gave its advice and consent to the 

ratification of the Chemical Weapons 

Convention.

DATES: Comments are due December 21, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov.

Include the phrase ‘‘Schedule 1 Notice 

of Inquiry’’ in the subject line; 

• Fax: (202) 482–3355 (Attn: Willard 

Fisher); 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier:

Willard Fisher, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Regulatory Policy Division, 

14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC 

20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on the Chemical Weapons 

Convention requirements for ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals, contact Larry Denyer, 

Treaty Compliance Division, Office of 

Nonproliferation and Treaty 

Compliance, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Phone: (703) 605–4400. For questions 

on the submission of comments, contact 

Willard Fisher, Regulatory Policy 

Division, Office of Exporter Services, 

Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 

482–2440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In its resolution to advise and consent 

to the ratification of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention (Convention) (S. 

Res. 75, April 24, 1997), the Senate 

included several conditions. Condition 

9 of Senate Resolution 75, titled 

‘‘Protection of Advanced 

Biotechnology,’’ provides that the 

President shall certify to the Congress 

on an annual basis that ‘‘* * * the 

legitimate commercial activities and 

interests of chemical, biotechnology, 

and pharmaceutical firms in the United 

States are not being significantly 

harmed by the limitations of the 

Convention on access to, and 

production of, those chemicals and 

toxins listed in Schedule 1* * *’’. 

In 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, BIS 

solicited comments from the public on 

the commercial impact of the 

Convention’s Schedule 1 limitations, 

and received no comments. In light of 

this, the President certified to Congress 

that firms were not significantly harmed 

by the Convention’s Schedule 1 

limitations. The Bureau of Industry and 

Security is collecting data to assist in 

determining the impact, if any, that the 

implementation of the Convention’s 

requirements have had on commercial 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ activities through 

calendar year 2004. 

On July 8, 2004, President Bush, by 

Executive Order 13346, delegated his 

authority to make the annual 

certification to the Secretary of 

Commerce. 

68128 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 23, 2004 / Notices 

The Convention on the Prohibition of 

the Development, Production, 

Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical 

Weapons and Their Destruction, 

commonly called the Chemical 

Weapons Convention (CWC), is an 

international arms control treaty that 

establishes the Organization for the 

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

(OPCW) to implement the verification 

provisions of the treaty. The CWC 

imposes a number of obligations on 

countries that have ratified the 

Convention (States Parties), including 

enactment of legislation to prohibit the 

production, storage, and use of chemical 

weapons, and establishment of a 

National Authority for liaison with the 

OPCW and other States Parties. The 

CWC also requires States Parties to 

implement a comprehensive data 

declaration and inspection regime to 

provide transparency and to verify that 

both the public and private sectors of 

States Parties are not engaged in 

activities prohibited under the CWC. 

Schedule 1’’ chemicals are those toxic 

chemicals and precursors identified in 

the Convention as posing a high risk to 

the object and purpose of the 

Convention. The ‘‘Schedule 1’’

chemicals are set forth in the 

Convention’s ‘‘Annex on Chemicals,’’ as 

well as in Supplement No. 1 to part 712 

of the Chemical Weapons Convention 

Regulations (15 CFR 712). 

The ‘‘Schedule 1’’ provisions of the 

Convention that affect commercial 

activities are implemented through part 

712 of the Chemical Weapons 

Convention Regulations and parts 742 

and 745 of the Export Administration 

Regulations, both administered by the 

Bureau of Industry and Security. These 

regulations: 

(1) Prohibit the import of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals from States not Party to 

the Convention (15 CFR 712.2(b)); 

(2) Require annual declarations by 

certain facilities engaged in the 

production of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals 

in excess of 100 grams aggregate per 

calendar year (i.e., declared ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ facilities) for purposes not prohibited 

by the Convention (15 CFR 712.5); 

(3) Require government approval of 

‘‘declared Schedule 1’’ facilities (15 CFR 

712.5(e));

(4) Provide that ‘‘declared Schedule 

1’’ facilities are subject to initial and 

routine inspection by the Organization 

for the Prohibition of Chemical 

Weapons (15 CFR 712.5(d)); 

(5) Require 200 days advance 

notification of establishment of new 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ production facilities 

producing greater than 100 grams 

aggregate of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals per 

calendar year (15 CFR 712.4); 

(6) Require advance notification and 

annual reporting of all imports and 

exports of ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals to, or 

from, other States Parties to the 

Convention (15 CFR 712.6, 742.18 and 

745); and 

(7) Prohibit the export of ‘‘Schedule 

1’’ chemicals to States not Party to the 

Convention (15 CFR 742.18 and 745.2). 

Discussion and Request for Comments 

In order to assist in determining 

whether the legitimate commercial 

activities and interests of chemical, 

biotechnology, and pharmaceutical 

firms in the United States are being 

significantly harmed by the limitations 

of the Convention on access to, and 

production of, ‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals, 

BIS is seeking public comments on any 

effects that implementation of the 

Chemical Weapons Convention has had 

on commercial activities involving 

‘‘Schedule 1’’ chemicals through 

calendar year 2004. 

Submission of Comments 

All comments must be submitted to 

the address indicated in this notice. The 

Department requires that all comments 

be submitted in written form. 

The Department encourages interested 

persons who wish to comment to do so 

at the earliest possible time. The period 

for submission of comments will close 

on December 21, 2004. The Department 

will consider all comments received 

before the close of the comment period. 

Comments received after the end of the 

comment period will be considered if 

possible, but their consideration cannot 

be assured. The Department will not 

accept comments accompanied by a 

request that a part or all of the material 

be treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. The Department will 

return such comments and materials to 

the persons submitting the comments 

and will not consider them. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be a matter of public record 

and will be available for public 

inspection and copying. 

The Office of Administration, Bureau 

of Industry and Security, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, displays 

public comments on the BIS Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) Web site at 

http://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This office 

does not maintain a separate public 

inspection facility. If you have technical 

difficulties accessing this web site, 

please call BIS’s Office of 

Administration, at (202) 482–2165, for 

assistance.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Peter Lichtenbaum, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No. 041103306–4306–01] 

RIN 0693–AB54 

Announcing Draft of Federal 

Information Processing Standard 

(FIPS) 201, Personal Identification 

Verification for Federal Employees and 

Contractors

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces Draft 

Federal Information Processing 

Standard (FIPS) 201, Personal 

Identification Verification for Federal 

Employees and Contractors, for public 

review and comment. The draft of FIPS 

201 is being proposed in response to 

tasking to the Secretary of Commerce by 

the President to promulgate, in 

accordance with applicable law, a 

Federal standard for secure and reliable 

forms of identification for Federal 

employees. The standard specifies the 

minimum necessary technical and 

operational requirements for such 

Federal identification credentials. Prior 

to the submission of this proposed 

standard to the Secretary of Commerce 

for review and approval, it is essential 

that consideration be given to the needs 

and views of the public, users, the 

information technology industry, and 

Federal, State and local government 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to solicit such views.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 23, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Chief, Computer Security 

Division, Information Technology 

Laboratory, Attention: Comments on 

Draft FIPS 201, 100 Bureau Drive—Stop 

8930, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8930. Electronic comments may 

also be sent to: 

DRAFTFIPS201@nist.gov. The draft of 

the standard is available via http://

csrc.nist.gov/piv-project/index.html.

Comments received in response to this 

notice will be published electronically 

at http://csrc.nist.gov.