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through December 31, 2009. See 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 45094 

(August 2, 2010). On August 26, 2010, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), 

the Department received a timely 

request from Zibo Aifudi, a Chinese 

producer and exporter to the United 

States of sacks, to conduct an 

administrative review of the company 

under the countervailing duty order on 

sacks from the PRC for the period 

January 1, 2009, through December 31, 

2009. 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) and 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), on September 

29, 2010, the Department published a 

notice initiating an administrative 

review of Zibo Aifudi under the 

countervailing duty order. See Initiation 

of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Requests for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 

60076 (September 29, 2010). On 

November 3, 2010, Zibo Aifudi 

withdrew its request for review. 

Rescission of Administrative Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if the party 

that requested the review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

the requested review. On November 3, 

2010, Zibo Aifudi withdrew its request 

for review within the 90-day period, and 

no other party requested a review. 

Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), the Department is 

rescinding this administrative review. 

Assessment 

The Department will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

assess countervailing duties at the cash 

deposit rate in effect on the date of 

entry, for entries during the period 

January 1, 2009, through December 31, 

2009. The Department intends to issue 

appropriate assessment instructions to 

CBP 15 days after publication of this 

notice of rescission of administrative 

review. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the 

disposition of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: December 22, 2010. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER) Strategic Plan 

FY 2011–FY 2015 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER), Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: NOAA’s Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research (OER) is 

seeking comments on the revised draft 

OER STRATEGIC PLAN Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2011–2015, submitted to meet the 

requirement for program direction 

under Public Law 111–11, Section 

12104(b). The draft OER STRATEGIC 

PLAN describes the vision, mission, 

core activities, and organization of the 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research. 

DATES: Comments on this draft report 

must be received by 5 p.m., February 3, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by XRIN 0648–XV56, by any 

one of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Fax: (703) 713–1967, Attn: Yvette 

Jefferson. 

Mail: NOAA Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research (OER), ATTN: 

OER Plan Comments, 1315 East-West 

Highway, R/OER, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

Hand Delivery to Silver Spring Metro 

Center 3: 1315 East-West Highway, 

Room 10151, Silver Spring, Maryland. 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period has closed. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. OAR 

will accept anonymous comments (enter 

N/A in the required fields, if you wish 

to remain anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

Electronic copies of the draft OER 

Strategic Plan and Public Law 111–11 

Chapter XII may be obtained from 

http://www.regulations.gov or from the 

OER Web site at http:// 

explore.noaa.gov/OERPlan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS

CONTACT: OERPlan.Questions@noaa.gov 

or NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER), ATTN: OER Plan 

Questions, 1315 East-West Highway, R/ 

OER, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA’s 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research (OER) is seeking comments on 

the draft OER STRATEGIC PLAN Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011–2015, submitted to meet 

the requirement for program direction 

under Public Law 111–11, Section 

12104(b). The preparation of the report 

was also directed by the Appropriations 

Committee in the Joint Explanatory 

Statement and Senate Report (S. Rept. 

110–124) accompanying the 

Consolidated Fiscal Year 2008 

Appropriations (Pub. L. 110–161). 

OER seeks to better understand our 

ocean frontiers through bold and 

innovative exploration, research and 

technology development. The Office 

explores, maps, observes, detects and 

characterizes ocean areas and 

phenomena; obtaining archiving, and 

distributing ocean data in new ways to 

describe the ocean’s living and 

nonliving resources and physical, 

chemical and biological characteristics. 

Data and observations resulting from 

OER investments will result in new 

discoveries, insights, knowledge and 

identification of new frontiers, and will 

likely lead to new or revised 

understandings of our largely unknown 

ocean. The draft OER STRATEGIC 

PLAN describes how NOAA will 

implement Chapter XII of Public Law 

111–11 through the vision, mission, 

core activities, and organization of the 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research. 

NOAA welcomes all comments on the 

content of the draft report, especially 

with respect to implementation of the 


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research aspect of the organization. We 

also request comments on any 

inconsistencies perceived within the 

report, and possible omissions of 

important topics or issues. This draft 

report is being issued for comment only 

and is not intended for interim use. For 

any shortcoming noted within the 

report, please propose specific 

remedies. Suggested changes will be 

incorporated where appropriate, and a 

final report will be posted on the OER 

Web site. 

Please follow these instructions for 

preparing and submitting comments. 

Overview comments should be provided 

first and should be numbered. 

Comments that are specific to particular 

pages or paragraphs of the section 

should follow any overview comments 

and should identify the page numbers to 

which they apply. Please number each 

page of your comments. Following these 

instructions will facilitate the 

processing of comments and assure that 

all comments are appropriately 

considered. 

Dated: December 23, 2010. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32886 Filed 12–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2010–0091] 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Call for 2011 Nominations 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(United States Patent and Trademark 

Office) is accepting nominations for the 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation (NMTI). Since establishment 

by Congress in the Stevenson-Wydler 

Technology Innovation Act of 1980, the 

President of the United States has 

awarded the National Medal of 

Technology and Innovation (initially 

known as the National Medal of 

Technology) annually to our nation’s 

leading innovators. If you know of a 

candidate who has made an 

outstanding, lasting contribution to the 

economy through the promotion of 

technology or technological manpower, 

you may obtain a nomination form from: 

http://go.usa.gov/1dU. 

DATES: The deadline for submission of 

a nomination is March 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The NMTI nomination form 

for the year 2011 may be obtained by 

visiting the USPTO Web site at http:// 

go.usa.gov/1dU. Nomination 

applications should be submitted to 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, by electronic mail 

to: NMTI@uspto.gov; or by mail to 

Richard Maulsby, United States Patent 

and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; 

telephone (571) 272–8333, or by 

electronic mail to: nmti@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: Enacted by Congress in 

the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

Innovation Act of 1980, the National 

Medal of Technology was first awarded 

in 1985. On August 9, 2007, the 

President signed the America 

COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to 

Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 

Technology, Education, and Science) 

Act of 2007. The Act amended Section 

16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

Innovation Act of 1980, changing the 

name of the Medal to the ‘‘National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation.’’ 

The Medal is the highest honor awarded 

by the President of the United States to 

America’s leading innovators in the 

field of technology and is given 

annually to individuals, teams, or 

companies who have made outstanding 

contributions to the promotion of 

technology and technological manpower 

for the improvement of the economic, 

environmental or social well-being of 

the United States. 

The primary purpose of the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation is 

to recognize American innovators 

whose vision, creativity, and brilliance 

in moving ideas to market has had a 

profound and lasting impact on our 

economy and way of life. The Medal 

highlights the national importance of 

fostering technological innovation based 

upon solid science, resulting in 

commercially successful products and 

services. 

Eligibility and Nomination Criteria: 

Information on eligibility and 

nomination criteria is provided on the 

Nominations Guidelines at http:// 

go.usa.gov/1dU. 

Dated: December 21, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–52–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Application 

December 22, 2010. 

Take notice that on December 15, 

2010, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 

No. CP11–52–000 an application 

pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) and the Commission 

Regulations, for authorization to 

abandon by sale to Tauber Pipeline 

L.L.C. (Tauber) three supply laterals and 

related facilities located in South Texas, 

all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to James D. 

Johnston, Associate General Counsel, 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 1001 

Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002 

at (713) 420–4998 or by e-mail at 

james.johnston@elpaso.com. 

Specifically, Tennessee filed an 

application requesting approval for 

abandonment by sale to Tauber of three 

supply laterals: Tennessee’s Line 5A– 

100, approximately 5.8 miles of 10-inch 

pipeline, Line No. 5A–200, 

approximately 32.2 miles of 12-inch 

pipeline, and Line No. 5A–300, 

approximately 6.2 miles of 6-inch 

pipeline. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 


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