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conclusion of the three-year term with 

the prospect of renewal, pending 

advisory committee needs and the 

Secretary’s concurrence. Selection of 

membership is made in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidelines. 

• Members are responsible for 

reviewing nominations and making 

recommendations for the Nation’s 

highest honor for technological 

innovation, awarded annually by the 

President of the United States. Members 

of the committee must have an 

understanding of, and experience in, 

developing and utilizing technological 

innovation and/or be familiar with the 

education, training, employment and 

management of technological 

manpower. 

• Under the FACA, membership on a 

committee must be balanced. To achieve 

balance, the Department is seeking 

additional nominations of candidates 

from small, medium-sized, and large 

businesses or with special expertise in 

the following sub-sectors of the 

technology enterprise: 

Medical Innovations/Bioengineering 

and Biomedical Technology; 

Technology Management/Computing/ 

IT/Manufacturing Innovation; 

Technological Manpower/Workforce 

Training/Education. 

Committee members generally are 

Chief Executive Officers or former Chief 

Executive Officers, former winners of 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation; presidents or distinguished 

faculty of universities; or senior 

executives of non-profit organizations. 

As such, they not only offer the stature 

of their positions but also possess 

intimate knowledge of the forces 

determining future directions for their 

organizations and industries. The 

committee as a whole is balanced in 

representing geographical, professional, 

and diverse interests. 

Nomination Information: 

• Nominees must be United States 

citizens, must be able to fully 

participate in meetings pertaining to the 

review and selection of finalists for the 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation, and must uphold the 

confidential nature of an independent 

peer review and competitive selection 

process. 

• The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office is committed to equal 

opportunity in the workplace and seeks 

a broad-based and diverse committee 

membership. 

Dated: February 16, 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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number 0911121400–0091–02] 

Summer Undergraduate Research 

Program Extension of Due Date for 

Proposals 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), United States 

Department of Commerce 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Due to extreme weather 

conditions in the Mid-Atlantic United 

States, NIST is extending the deadline 

for proposal submission for its Summer 

Undergraduate Research Fellowship 

Program competition to 5 p.m. Eastern 

time, Friday, February 19, 2010, for 

SURF Gaithersburg, and noon Mountain 

Time, Friday, February 19, 2010, for 

SURF Boulder. 

DATES: Paper and electronic 

submissions must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, 

February 19, 2010, for SURF 

Gaithersburg, and noon Mountain Time, 

Friday, February 19, 2010, for SURF 

Boulder. 

ADDRESSES: Paper submissions for SURF 

Gaithersburg must be sent to Ms. Anita 

Sweigert, Administrative Coordinator, 

SURF NIST Gaithersburg Programs, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

8400, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8400. 

Paper applications for SURF Boulder 

must be sent to Ms. Cynthia Kotary, 

Administrative Coordinator, SURF NIST 

Boulder Programs, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 325 

Broadway, Mail Stop 104, Boulder, CO 

80305–3337. Electronic submissions 

must be sent as specified in the original 

program announcement, Summer 

Undergraduate Research Fellowships 

(SURF) Gaithersburg and Boulder 

Programs: Availability of Funds, 74 FR 

66291 (Dec. 15, 2009). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program questions for SURF 

Gaithersburg should be addressed to Ms. 

Anita Sweigert, Administrative 

Coordinator, SURF NIST Gaithersburg 

Programs, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 8400, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8400, Tel: (301) 975–4200, Email: anita.sweigert@nist.gov. The SURF 

NIST Gaithersburg Program Web site is: 

http://www.surf.nist.gov/surf2.htm. 

Program questions for SURF Boulder 

should be addressed to Ms. Cynthia 

Kotary, Administrative Coordinator, 

SURF NIST Boulder Programs, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

325 Broadway, Mail Stop 104, Boulder, 

CO 80305–3337, Tel: (303) 497–3319, Email: kotary@boulder.nist.gov; Web site: 

http://www.nist.gov/surfboulder/. All 

grants related administration questions 

concerning this program should be 

directed to Hope Snowden, NIST Grants 

and Agreements Management Division 

at (301) 975–6002 or 

hope.snowden@nist.gov, or for 

assistance with using Grants.gov contact 

support@grants.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 15, 2009, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

(NIST) Gaithersburg and Boulder 

Summer Undergraduate Research 

Programs (SURF) announced that they 

were soliciting proposals for financial 

assistance (74 FR 66219). The due date 

for submission of all proposals was 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, February 

16, 2010. Due to extreme weather 

conditions and associated power 

outages, Internet outages, and closings 

of public facilities in the Mid-Atlantic 

area, including a shut-down of the 

Federal government and universities, 

some proposers did not have the 

opportunity to timely prepare 

applications. In order to provide all 

interested parties a fair and reasonable 

opportunity to submit a proposal, NIST 

is extending the solicitation period until 

5 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, February 

19, 2010, for SURF Gaithersburg, and 

noon Mountain Time, Friday, February 

19, 2010, for SURF Boulder. Electronic 

and paper proposals received between 

the original deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time February 16, 2010, and 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time February 19, 2010 for 

SURF Gaithersburg, or between the 

original deadline of 5 p.m. Mountain 

Time February 16, 2010 and noon 

Mountain Time February 19, 2010 for 

SURF Boulder, are deemed timely. 

All SURF application and 

competition requirements and 

information announced in the December 

15, 2009 Federal Register notice apply 

to proposals submitted during the 

extended time period. The review, 

selection, and award processing time for 

SURF remains unchanged. 

Executive Order 12372 

(Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs). Proposals under this 

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program are not subject to Executive 

Order 12372. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism). 

This notice does not contain policies 

with Federalism implications as defined 

in Executive Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory 

Planning and Review). This notice is not 

a significant regulatory action under 

Sections 3(f)(3) and 3(f)(4) of Executive 

Order 12866, as it does not materially 

alter the budgetary impact of a grant 

program and does not raise novel policy 

issues. This notice is not an 

‘‘economically significant’’ regulatory 

action under Section 3(f)(1) of the 

Executive Order, as it does not have an 

effect on the economy of $100 million 

or more in any one year, and it does not 

have a material adverse effect on the 

economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities. 

Administrative Procedure Act and 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Prior notice 

and comment are not required under 5 

U.S.C. 553, or any other law, for rules 

relating to public property, loans, 

grants, benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)). Because prior notice and an 

opportunity for public comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, 

a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 

required and has not been prepared. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Marc G. Stanley, 

Acting Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3507 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Hearing on the Department of Justice’s 

Actions Related to the New Black 

Panther Party Litigation and its 

Enforcement of Section 11(b) of the 

Voting Rights Act 

Correction 

Notice document 2010–3168 

appearing on page 7441 in the issue of 

Friday, February 19, 2010 was included 

in error. The document was withdrawn 

and should not have appeared in the 

issue. 

[FR Doc. C1–2010–3168 Filed 2–22–10; 12:00 pm] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, February 16, 

2010, 2 p.m.–4 p.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Unblockable Drains/Public 

Accommodations—Virginia Graeme 

Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act/ 

Minimum State Requirements for 

Grants. 

A live webcast of the Meeting can be 

viewed at http://www.cpsc.gov/webcast/ 

index.html. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3323 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Draft Guidance, Establishing, 

Applying, and Revising Categorical 

Exclusions Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft 

Guidance, ‘‘Establishing, Applying, and 

Revising Categorical Exclusions Under 

the National Environmental Policy Act.’’ 

SUMMARY: On February 18, 2010, the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) announced four steps to 

modernize, reinvigorate, and ease the 

use and increase the transparency of 

implementation of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Enacted in 1970, NEPA is a fundamental 

tool used to harmonize our economic, 

environmental, and social aspirations 

and is a cornerstone of our Nation’s 

efforts to protect the environment. 

NEPA recognizes that many Federal 

activities affect the environment and 

mandates that Federal agencies consider 

the environmental impacts of their 

proposed actions before acting. 

Additionally, NEPA emphasizes public 

involvement in government actions 

affecting the environment by requiring 

that the benefits and the risks associated 

with proposed actions be assessed and 

publicly disclosed. 

CEQ, which is charged with 

implementing NEPA, recognizes that it 

is a visionary and versatile law that can 

be used effectively to address new 

environmental challenges facing our 

Nation and also to engage the public 

widely and effectively. Furthermore, 

CEQ wants to develop more effective 

and accessible tools for citizen 

involvement in government decisionmaking. These actions are designed to 

provide carefully-tailored new 

assessment and reporting requirements, 

facilitate agency compliance with 

NEPA, and enhance the quality of 

public involvement in governmental 

decisions relating to the environment. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before April 9, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The NEPA Draft Guidance 

documents are available at http:// 

www.nepa.gov. Comments on the NEPA 

Draft Guidance ‘‘Establishing, Applying, 

and Revising Categorical Exclusions 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act’’ should be submitted 

electronically to 

CE.guidance@ceq.eop.gov, or in writing 

to The Council on Environmental 

Quality, Attn: Ted Boling, 722 Jackson 

Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted 

Boling, Senior Counsel, at (202) 395– 

5750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many 

Federal actions do not have significant 

effects on the environment. When these 

actions fall into broad categories of 

activities, agencies may apply a 

‘‘categorical exclusion’’ from further 

NEPA review. This draft guidance 

clarifies the rules for categorical 

exclusions and ensures that there is a 

concise public record when agencies 

apply them. While CEQ previously has 

sought public comments on this matter, 

this guidance provides additional 

clarifications, so it will seek additional 

public comment for 45 days. Draft 

guidance documents are now available 

at the Council on Environmental 

Quality Web site at http:// 

www.nepa.gov. 

Public comments are requested on or 

before April 9, 2010. 

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