1592 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2010 / Notices 

1See Silicon Metal From the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Results and Preliminary 

Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 74 FR 32885 (July 9, 2009) 

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 

The green technology pilot program 

will permit patent applications 

pertaining to green technology, i.e., 

environmental quality, energy 

conservation, development of renewable 

energy, or greenhouse gas emission 

reduction, to be accorded special status 

for examination using an expedited 

procedure that is similar to the existing 

first action interview pilot program 

without meeting the current 

requirements of the accelerated 

examination program. The first action 

interview pilot and accelerated 

examination programs are both covered 

under OMB Control Number 0651–0031. 

This pilot will support national and 

international green technology 

initiatives and is expected to run for six 

months. 

II. Method of Collection 

Electronically using the USPTO 

online filing system EFS–Web. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0651–0062. 

Form Number(s): PTO/SB/420. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,225 responses per year. 

Estimated Time Per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that it will take the 

public between 1 hour and 10 hours to 

gather the necessary information, 

prepare the appropriate form or other 

documents, and submit the information 

to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 6,850 hours per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Cost Burden: $2,123,500 per year. The 

USPTO expects that the information in 

this collection will be prepared by 

attorneys. Using the professional rate of 

$310 per hour for attorneys in private 

firms, the USPTO estimates that the 

respondent cost burden for this 

collection will be approximately 

$2,123,500 per year. 

Item Estimated time for 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

annual 

burden hours 

Request for Green Technology Pilot Program (PTO/SB/420) .................. 1 hour .............................................. 5,000 5,000 

Protests by the public against pending applications under 37 CFR 1.291 10 hours .......................................... 65 650

Third-party submissions in published applications under 37 CFR 1.99 ... 7.5 hours ......................................... 160 1,200 

Total .................................................................................................... .......................................................... 5,225 6,850 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Respondent Cost Burden: $30,210 per 

year. There are no capital start-up or 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. However, this 

collection does have record keeping 

costs and filing fees for the second or 

subsequent protest filed by the same 

real party in interest and for a third-part 

submission under 37 CFR 1.99. 

When submitting the information in 

this collection to the USPTO 

electronically through EFS–Web, the 

applicant is strongly urged to retain a 

copy of the file submitted to the USPTO 

as evidence of authenticity in addition 

to keeping the acknowledgment receipt 

as clear evidence of the date the file was 

received by the USPTO. The USPTO 

estimates that it will take 5 seconds 

(0.001 hours) to print and retain a copy 

of the EFS–Web submissions and that 

approximately 5,225 submissions per 

year will be submitted electronically, for 

a total of approximately 5 hours per year 

for printing this receipt. Using the 

paraprofessional rate of $100 per hour, 

the USPTO estimates that the 

recordkeeping cost associated with this 

collection will be approximately $500 

per year. 

There is no fee for filing protests 

under 37 CFR 1.291 unless the filed 

protest is the second or subsequent 

protest by the same real party in 

interest, in which case the 1.17(I) fee of 

$130 must be included (the USPTO 

estimates 7 of the 65 protests filed per 

year will trigger this fee). Third-party 

submissions under 37 CFR 1.99 must 

include the 1.17(p) fee of $180. The 

USPTO estimates that the total fees 

associated with this collection will be 

approximately $29,710 per year. 

The total non-hour respondent cost 

burden for this collection in the form of 

record keeping costs ($500) and filing 

fees ($29,710) is approximately $30,210 

per year. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents; e.g., the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–570–806 

Silicon Metal from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results and 

Partial Rescission of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On July 9, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

‘‘Department’’) published in the Federal 

Register the Preliminary Results of the 

2007–2008 administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on silicon 

metal from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’). We gave interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the Preliminary Results.1 Based upon 

our analysis of the comments and 

information received, we made changes 

to the margin calculations for the final 

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2See Preliminary Results. 

3See Silicon Metal From the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the 

Final Results of the 2007 - 2008 Administrative 

Review, 74 FR 55811 (October 29, 2009). 

4See Silicon Metal from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Second Extension of Time Limit for 

the Final Results of the 2007-2008 Administrative 

Review, 74 FR 62745 (December 1, 2009). 

5See Letter From the Department of Commerce, 

To All Interested Parties Regarding 2007/2008 

Administrative Review of Silicon Metal from the 

People’s Republic of China, dated November 18, 

2009. 

6See Letter From the Department of Commerce, 

To All Interested Parties Regarding 2007/2008 

Administrative Review of Silicon Metal from the 

People’s Republic of China, dated December 11, 

2009. 

7See Silicon Metal from the People’s Republic of 

China: Notice of Final Results of 2005/2006 New 

Shipper Reviews (‘‘New Shipper Reviews’’), 72 FR 

58641 (October 16, 2007). 

results. We continue to find that certain 

exporters have sold subject merchandise 

at less than normal value during the 

period of review (‘‘POR’’), June 1, 2007, 

through May 31, 2008. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobby Wong, Susan Pulongbarit, or 

Jerry Huang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

9, Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0409, 

(202) 482–4031, or (202) 482–4047. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 30, 2008, the Department 

initiated an administrative review of 

five producers/exporters of subject 

merchandise from the PRC: Jiangxi 

Gangyuan Silicon Industry Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Jiangxi Gangyuan’’); Lao Silicon Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘Lao Silicon’’); S. AU Trade Co., 

Ltd. (‘‘AU Trade’’); and Shanghai 

Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Shanghai Jinneng’’) and its affiliated 

producer, Datong Jinneng Industrial 

Silicon Co., Inc. (‘‘Datong Jinneng’’) 

(collectively, the ‘‘Jinneng Companies’’). 

In the Preliminary Results the 

Department rescinded the review with 

respect to Datong Jinneng and Lao 

Silicon in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), because the Department 

preliminary determined that neither 

company had made shipments of 

subject merchandise during the POR. 

Also, in the Preliminary Results, the 

Department preliminarily determined 

that AU Trade will remain part of the 

PRC–wide entity for the purposes of this 

review because the Department received 

an untimely filing of AU Trade’s 

Separate Rate Application (‘‘SRA’’). 

Thus, two companies remain subject to 

this review: Shanghai Jinneng and 

Jiangxi Gangyuan. 

As noted above, on July 9, 2009, the 

Department published the Preliminary 

Results of this administrative review.2

On July 29, 2009, Globe Metallurgical 

Inc. (‘‘Petitioner’’) submitted additional 

surrogate value information. On July 29, 

2009, the Jinneng Companies and 

Jiangxi Gangyuan (‘‘Respondents’’) 

submitted additional surrogate value 

information. 

On August 10, 2009, Petitioner 

requested a hearing. On September 17, 

2009, the Department held public and 

closed hearings to discuss the final 

results of the instant review. 

In response to requests by interested 

parties, on August 18, 2009, we 

extended the deadline for parties to 

submit case briefs and rebuttal briefs 

until August 21, 2009, and September 4, 

2009, respectively. On August 21, 2009, 

we received case briefs from Petitioner 

and Respondents. On September 3, 

2009, we extended the deadline for 

parties to submit rebuttal briefs until 

September 9, 2009. On September 10, 

2009, we received rebuttal briefs from 

Petitioner and Respondents. 

On October 29, 2009, the Department 

partially extended the deadline for the 

completion of the final results of this 

review until November 6, 2009.3 On 

December 1, 2009, the Department fully 

extended the deadline for the 

completion of the final results of this 

review until January 5, 2010.4

On November 10, 2009, the 

Department received letters from the 

Embassy of the PRC and the Ministry of 

Commerce for the PRC (‘‘MOFCOM’’) 

(collectively, ‘‘PRC government letters’’), 

and subsequently requested comments 

from interested parties regarding the 

letters and a related remand 

determination.5 On December 2, 2009, 

the Department received comments 

from MOFCOM pursuant to the 

Department’s request. On December 3, 

2009, the Department received 

comments from Petitioner and 

Respondents pursuant to the 

Department’s request. On December 5, 

2009, the Department received a letter 

from the Chinese Minister of Commerce, 

and subsequently requested comments 

from interested parties regarding the 

letter.6 On December 16, 2009, the 

Department received comments from 

Petitioner regarding the December 5, 

2009, letter. 

On December 22, 2009, the 

Department requested comments on 

Indian import data from the World 

Trade Atlas under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule 6305.330.00 ‘‘Sacks and Bags, 

for Packing of Goods, of Polyethylene/ 

Polypropylene Strips Nes.’’ from the 

2005–2006 new shipper reviews of 

silicon metal from China.7 No parties 

submitted comments to the Department 

regarding this data. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs by parties to this review 

are addressed in the ‘‘Silicon Metal from 

the People’s Republic of China: Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the 

Final Results of 2007/2008 

Administrative Review,’’ which is dated 

concurrently with this notice (‘‘I&D 

Memo’’). A list of the issues which 

parties raised and to which we respond 

in the I&D Memo is attached to this 

notice as an Appendix. The I&D Memo 

is a public document and is on file in 

the Central Records Unit (‘‘CRU’’), Main 

Commerce Building, Room 1117, and is 

accessible on the Department’s website 

at http://www.trade.gov/ia. The paper 

copy and electronic version of the 

memorandum are identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on a review of the record as 

well as comments received from parties 

regarding our Preliminary Results, we 

have made revisions to Jiangxi 

Gangyuan and Shanghai Jinneng’s 

margin calculations for the final results. 

For all changes to Jiangxi Gangyuan and 

Shanghai Jinneng’s calculations, see I&D 

Memo and the company specific 

analysis memorandums. 

Scope of the Order 

Imports covered by this review are 

shipments of silicon metal containing at 

least 96.00 but less than 99.99 percent 

of silicon by weight. Also covered by 

this review is silicon metal from the 

PRC containing between 89.00 and 

96.00 percent silicon by weight but 

which contains a higher aluminum 

content than the silicon metal 

containing at least 96.00 percent but less 

than 99.99 percent silicon by weight. 

Silicon metal is currently provided for 

under subheadings 2804.69.10 and 

2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule (HTS) as a chemical product, 

but is commonly referred to as a metal. 

Semiconductor–grade silicon (silicon 

metal containing by weight not less than 

99.99 percent of silicon and provided 

for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the 

HTS) is not subject to this review. 

Although the HTS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Final Partial Rescission 

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In the Preliminary Results, the 

Department preliminarily rescinded this 

review with respect to the following 

companies: Datong Jinneng and Lao 

Silicon. Subsequent to the Preliminary 

Results, no information was submitted 

on the record indicating that the above 

companies made sales to the United 

States of subject merchandise during the 

POR. Thus, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), and consistent with our 

practice, we are rescinding this review 

with respect to the above–named 

companies for the period of June 1, 

2007, through May 31, 2008. 

Separate Rates 

In our Preliminary Results, we treated 

Jiangxi Gangyuan and Datong Jinneng as 

separate rate companies. We have not 

received any information since the 

issuance of the Preliminary Results that 

provides a basis for the reconsideration 

of this treatment. Therefore, the 

Department continues to find that 

Jiangxi Gangyuan and Datong Jinneng 

meet the criteria for a separate rate. 

In our Preliminary Results, we 

determined that the Department 

received an untimely filing of AU 

Trade’s SRA. The Department notes that 

AU Trade was considered as part of the 

PRC–wide entity and did not receive its 

own separate rate. We have not received 

any information since the issuance of 

the Preliminary Results that provides a 

basis for the reconsideration of this 

determination. Therefore, the 

Department continues to find that AU 

Trade will remain part of the PRC–wide 

entity for the purposes of this review, as 

the Department did not conduct a 

review of its separate rate eligibility. 

Facts Available 

Section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that if an interested party: (A) withholds 

information that has been requested by 

the Department; (B) fails to provide such 

information in a timely manner or in the 

form or manner requested, subject to 

subsections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the Act; 

(C) significantly impedes a 

determination under the antidumping 

statute; or (D) provides such information 

but the information cannot be verified, 

the Department shall, subject to 

subsection 782(d) of the Act, use facts 

otherwise available in reaching the 

applicable determination. 

Section 782(c)(1) of the Act provides 

that, if an interested party promptly 

notifies the Department that it is unable 

to submit the information in the 

requested form and manner, together 

with a full explanation and suggested 

alternative forms in which such party is 

able to submit the information, the 

Department shall take into 

consideration the ability of the party to 

submit the information in the requested 

form and manner and may modify such 

requirements to the extent necessary to 

avoid imposing an unreasonable burden 

on that party. 

For this final determination, in 

accordance with section 776(a)(2)(B) of 

the Act and 782(e)(3) of the Act, we 

have determined that the use of facts 

available is appropriate for Shanghai 

Jinneng’s consumption of electricity. 

The record evidence demonstrates that 

Shanghai Jinneng consumed additional 

electricity in the preparation of raw 

materials and in finishing production, 

which was not previously reported as 

production electricity. Therefore, we 

have adjusted the production electricity 

factor of production (‘‘FOP’’) to include 

electricity consumed in the raw material 

and finishing workshops. However, 

since the workshops are used in the 

production of other non–subject 

merchandise, and that the company 

only began to report the electricity 

consumption in January of 2008, we 

have applied neutral facts available to 

allocate the proper consumption in the 

production of subject silicon metal, and 

to derive estimated electricity 

consumption for the first seven months 

of the POR. See I&D Memo at Comment 

13. 

Final Results of Review 

The weighted–average dumping 

margins for the POR are as follows: 

SILICON METAL FROM THE PRC 

Exporter Weighted–Average 

Margin (Percent) 

Jiangxi Gangyuan ......... 50.02% 

Shanghai Jinneng ......... 23.16% 

PRC–Wide Entity .......... 139.49% 

Assessment 

Upon issuance of the final results, the 

Department will determine, and CBP 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. The Department 

intends to issue assessment instructions 

to CBP 15 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of 

review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1), we will calculate 

importer–specific (or customer) ad 

valorem duty assessment rates based on 

the ratio of the total amount of the 

dumping margins calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of those same sales. We will 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review if any importer–specific 

assessment rate calculated in the final 

results of this review is above de 

minimis. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of these final results of this 

administrative review for all shipments 

of the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date, as provided for by section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the 

exporters listed above, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate established in these 

final results of review (except, if the rate 

is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 

percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be 

required for that company); (2) for 

previously investigated or reviewed PRC 

and non–PRC exporters not listed above 

that have separate rates, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

exporter–specific rate published for the 

most recent period; (3) for all PRC 

exporters of subject merchandise which 

have not been found to be entitled to a 

separate rate, the cash deposit rate will 

be the PRC–wide rate of 139.49 percent; 

and (4) for all non–PRC exporters of 

subject merchandise which have not 

received their own rate, the cash deposit 

rate will be the rate applicable to the 

PRC exporters that supplied that non– 

PRC exporter. These deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until publication of the 

final results of the next administrative 

review. 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 

to file a certificate regarding the 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

prior to liquidation of the relevant 

entries during this POR. Failure to 

comply with this requirement could 

result in the Department’s presumption 

that reimbursement of antidumping 

duties has occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of doubled antidumping 

duties. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. Timely written notification 

of the return/destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

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Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

administrative review and notice in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix I Decision Memorandum 

I. General Issues: 

Comment 1: Treatment of VAT and 

Export Taxes 

Comment 2: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Silica Fume 

Comment 3: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Electricity 

Comment 4: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value Financial Statements 

Comment 5: Treatment of the Silica 

Fume By–Product Offset 

Comment 6: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Coal 

Comment 7: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Truck Freight 

Comment 8: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Oxygen 

Comment 9: Selection of Appropriate 

Surrogate Value for Polypropylene Bags 

Comment 10: Inclusion of Certain U.S. 

Sales in Margin Calculations 

Comment 11: Freight Distances 

Reported by the Respondents 

II. Shanghai Jinneng Issues 

Comment 12: Treatment and Valuation 

of Graphite Powder 

Comment 13: Datong Jinneng Reported 

Electricity Usage 

III. Jiangxi Gangyuan Issues 

Comment 14: Jiangxi Gangyuan’s 

Production Quantity 

Comment 15: Jiangxi Gangyuan’s By– 

Product Offset 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–AW92 

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Limited 

Access for Guided Sport Charter 

Vessels in Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of application period. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will accept 

applications from persons applying to 

receive a charter halibut permit under 

the Limited Access System for Guided 

Sport Charter Vessels in Alaska. 

Potential eligible applicants are notified 

of the one-time opportunity to apply for 

a charter halibut permit for the 60–day 

period from February 4, 2010, through 

April 5, 2010. Any applications received 

by NMFS after the ending date will be 

considered untimely and will be denied. 

DATES: An application for a charter 

halibut permit will be accepted by 

NMFS from 8 a.m. Alaska local time 

(A.l.t.) on February 4, 2010, through 5 

p.m. A.l.t. on April 5, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Application forms are 

available on the internet through the 

Alaska Region website at http:// 

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/ 

default.htm or by contacting NMFS at 

1–800–304–4846 (option 2). An 

application form may be submitted by 

mail to NMFS, Alaska Region, 

Restricted Access Management, P.O. 

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, by 

facsimile (907–586–7354), or by hand 

delivery to NMFS, 709 West 9th Street, 

Room 713, Juneau, AK 99081. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Baker, 907-586-7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

published a final rule implementing a 

limited access system for charter vessels 

in the guided sport fishery for Pacific 

halibut in waters of International Pacific 

Halibut Commission Regulatory Areas 

2C (Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central 

Gulf of Alaska) in the Federal Register 

on January 5, 2010 (75 FR 554). Under 

this rule, NMFS will issue a charter 

halibut permit to the owner of a 

licensed charter fishing business based 

on the business’s past participation in 

the charter halibut fishery. Section 

300.67(h)(1) of the final rule requires 

NMFS to specify an application period 

for charter halibut permits of no less 

than 60 days in the Federal Register, 

and to deny any applications received 

after the last day of the application 

period. 

This notice specifies a 60–day 

application period of February 4, 2010, 

through April 5, 2010. An application 

period was referenced in the proposed 

rule published on April 21, 2009 (74 FR 

18178) and in the final rule published 

on January 5, 2010 (75 FR 554). This 60– 

day application period is consistent 

with the intent of the final rule to give 

adequate time for participants in the 

charter halibut fisheries in Areas 2C and 

3A to review the final rule and prepare 

materials necessary for the application 

procedure specified at 50 CFR 

300.67(h)(3). Beginning on February 1, 

2011, all vessels with charter anglers on 

board that are catching and retaining 

Pacific halibut in Areas 2C and 3A will 

be required to have on board the vessel 

a valid original charter halibut permit 

with an angler endorsement equal to or 

greater than the number of charter 

anglers that are fishing for halibut. 

All persons are hereby notified that 

they must obtain an application on the 

Internet or request a charter halibut 

application from NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES). The application period 

for charter halibut permits begins at 8 

a.m. A.l.t. on February 4, 2010, and ends 

at 5 p.m. A.l.t. on April 5, 2010. 

Applicants with incomplete 

applications will be notified in writing 

of the specific information necessary to 

complete the application. Charter 

halibut permit applications submitted to 

NMFS (see ADDRESSES) after 5 p.m. 

A.l.t. on April 5, 2010, will be 

considered untimely and will be denied. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Establishment of NIST Smart Grid 

Advisory Committee and Solicitation of 

Nominations for Members 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the 

NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee 

and solicitation of nominations for 

members. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) announces the establishment of 

the NIST Smart Grid Advisory 

Committee (Committee). The Committee 

will advise the Director of NIST in 

carrying out duties authorized by the 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007. 

DATES: Nominations for members of the 

initial NIST Smart Grid Advisory 

Committee must be received on or 

before February 11, 2010. NIST will 

continue to accept nominations on an 

ongoing basis and will consider them as 

vacancies arise. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be 

submitted to George Arnold, National 

Coordinator for Smart Grid 

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