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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Requests 

for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 37781 

(June 28, 2011). The preliminary results 

are currently due no later than January 

31, 2012. 

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 

Results 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

the Department to make a preliminary 

determination within 245 days after the 

last day of the anniversary month of an 

order for which a review is requested 

and a final determination within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary determination is published 

in the Federal Register. If it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within these time periods, section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the time limit for 

the preliminary determination to a 

maximum of 365 days after the last day 

of the anniversary month. 

We determine that it is not practicable 

to complete the preliminary results of 

this review by the current deadline of 

January 31, 2012, because we require 

additional time to analyze responses 

and obtain further information with 

respect to the respondent’s reported 

quarterly cost of production. Therefore, 

in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we 

are extending the time period for issuing 

the preliminary results of this review by 

85 days to April 25, 2012. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 23, 2012. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1964 Filed 1–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC–2012–0008] 

CPSC Symposium on Phthalates 

Screening and Testing Methods 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC,’’ ‘‘Commission,’’ 

or ‘‘we’’) is announcing its intent to 

hold a symposium on phthalates 

screening and testing methods. The 

symposium will be held at the CPSC’s 

National Product Testing and 

Evaluation Center in Rockville, 

Maryland, on March 1, 2012. We invite 

interested parties to participate in or 

attend the symposium and to submit 

comments. 

DATES: The symposium will be held 

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 1, 2012. 

Individuals interested in serving on 

panels or presenting information at the 

symposium should register by February 

9, 2012; all other individuals who wish 

to attend the symposium should register 

by February 24, 2012. Comments must 

be received by February 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be 

held at the CPSC’s National Product 

Testing and Evaluation Center, 5 

Research Place, Rockville, Maryland 

20850. There is no charge to attend the 

symposium. Persons interested in 

serving on a panel, presenting 

information, or attending the 

symposium should register online at: 

http://www.cpsc.gov/ 

meetingsignup.html, and click on the 

link titled, ‘‘Phthalates Testing 

Symposium.’’ More information about 

the symposium will be posted at 

www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/ 

phthalatestest.html. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket No. CPSC–2012–0008, by any 

of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (email) except through: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, to: Office of 

the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Dreyfus, Ph.D., Directorate for 

Laboratory Sciences, 5 Research Place, 

Rockville, MD 20850, (301) 987–2094, 

mdreyfus@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What does the law require? 

Section 108 of the Consumer Product 

Safety Improvement Act of 2008 

(CPSIA) (Pub. L. 110–314) permanently 

prohibits the sale of any ‘‘children’s toy 

or child care article’’ containing more 

than 0.1 percent of each of three 

specified phthalates: di-(2-ethylhexyl) 

phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate 

(DBP), and benzyl butyl phthalate 

(BBP). Section 108 of the CPSIA also 

prohibits on an interim basis, the sale of 

any ‘‘children’s toy that can be placed 

in a child’s mouth’’ or ‘‘child care 

article’’ containing more than 0.1 

percent of each of three additional 

phthalates: diisononyl phthalate (DINP), 

diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), and di-noctyl phthalate (DNOP). 

Section 14(a)(2) of the Consumer 

Product Safety Act (CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 

2063(a)(2)) establishes testing 

requirements for children’s products 

that are subject to a children’s product 

safety rule. (Section 3(a)(2) of the CPSA 

(15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(2)) defines a 

‘‘children’s product’’ as a consumer 

product designed or intended primarily 

for children 12 and younger.) Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the CPSA also states that, 

before a children’s product that is 

subject to a children’s product safety 

rule is imported for consumption or 

warehousing or distributed in 

commerce, the manufacturer or private 

labeler of such children’s product must 

submit sufficient samples of the 

children’s product, ‘‘or samples that are 

identical in all material respects to the 

product,’’ to an accredited ‘‘third party 

conformity assessment body’’ to be 

tested for compliance with the 

children’s product safety rule. Based on 

such testing, the manufacturer or private 

labeler, under section 14(a)(2)(B) of the 

CPSA, must issue a certificate that 

certifies that such children’s product 

complied with the children’s product 

safety rule based on the assessment of 

a third party conformity assessment 

body accredited and CPSC-approved to 

perform such tests. 

In the Federal Register of August 10, 

2011 (76 FR 49286), we published a 

notice of requirements establishing the 

accreditation criteria for third party 

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conformity with the limits on phthalates 

in children’s toys and child care 

articles. The notice of requirements 

described the test methods that third 

party conformity assessment bodies 

should use when testing for phthalates. 

In brief, the test methods identified in 

the notice of requirements are: 

• CPSC–CH–C1001–09.3, Standard 

Operating Procedure for Determination 

of Phthalates, issued on April 1, 2010. 

This test method can be downloaded 

from the CPSC Web site at: http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/CPSC–CH– 

C1001–09.3.pdf; and/or 

• GB/T 22048–2008, Toys and 

Children’s Products—Determination of 

Phthalate Plasticizers in Polyvinyl 

Chloride Plastic, issued on June 16, 

2008. Information about this method is 

available at: http://220.194.5.109/ 

stdlinfo/servlet/com.sac.sacQuery.

GjbzcxDetailServlet?std_code=GB/ 

T%2022048–2008. 

Thus, third party conformity 

assessment bodies use either of the two 

test methods identified immediately 

above when they test children’s toys 

and child care articles for compliance 

with the phthalates limits. 

II. What do we hope the symposium 

will accomplish? 

The CPSIA’s phthalate restrictions, 

coupled with the testing and 

certification requirements in the CPSA, 

have created certain challenges for 

manufacturers, retailers, and third party 

conformity assessment bodies (more 

commonly known as ‘‘testing 

laboratories’’). Therefore, we intend to 

hold the first CPSC Symposium on 

Phthalates Screening and Testing 

Methods on March 1, 2012, at our 

National Product Testing and 

Evaluation Center, located at 5 Research 

Place, Rockville, Maryland 20850. The 

symposium will run from 10 a.m. to 3 

p.m. 

Our goal is to review available and 

emerging technologies for detecting 

phthalates and to stimulate discussion 

of technological needs to improve 

testing methods. We intend to ensure 

that the advantages and limitations of 

screening and testing methods are 

discussed. We plan to use a 

combination of technical presentations 

and discussion panels to explore these 

issues at the symposium. 

III. What topics will be addressed at the 

symposium? 

We plan to cover the following topics: 

• Methods for increased quality 

control, from the manufacturing process 

to testing a final product; 

• Available chemical analysis 

instrumentation and techniques, 

including infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), 

Thermal Desorption, Direct Analysis 

Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART– 

MS), and Gas Chromatography/Mass 

Spectrometry (GC/MS); 

• Advantages and limitations of 

available technology; and 

• Emerging organic chemical 

detection and quantification 

technologies. 

We will prepare a detailed agenda 

based on scheduled presenters and 

expected attendance, and we will make 

the agenda available on our Web site at: 

www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/ 

phthalatetestagenda.pdf. 

IV. Details Regarding the Symposium 

A. When and where will the symposium 

be held? 

The symposium will be held from 10 

a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 1, 2012, at the 

CPSC’s National Product Testing and 

Evaluation Center, 5 Research Place, 

Rockville, Maryland 20850. 

B. How do you register for the 

symposium? 

If you would like to make a 

presentation at the symposium or to be 

considered as a panel member for a 

specific topic or topics, you should 

register by February 9, 2012. (See the 

ADDRESSES portion of this document for 

the Web site link and instructions on 

where to register.) We also ask that you 

indicate whether you would like to 

serve on a panel or make a presentation, 

and indicate the topic(s) for which you 

wish to be considered. We ask that you 

limit the number of topics to no more 

than three. We will select panelists and 

individuals who will make 

presentations at the symposium, based 

on considerations such as the 

individual’s familiarity or expertise 

with the topic to be discussed; the 

practical utility of the information to be 

presented (such as a discussion of 

specific methods), and the individual’s 

viewpoint or ability to represent certain 

interests (such as large manufacturers, 

small manufacturers, consumer 

organizations). 

In addition, please inform Dr. 

Matthew Dreyfus, mdreyfus@cpsc.gov, 

(301) 987–2094 of any special 

equipment needs required to make a 

presentation. While an effort will be 

made to accommodate all persons who 

wish to make a presentation, the time 

allotted for presentations will depend 

on the number of persons who wish to 

speak on a given topic and the agenda. 

We recommend that individuals and 

organizations with common interests 

consolidate or coordinate their 

presentations and request time for a 

joint presentation. If you wish to make 

a presentation and want to make copies 

of your presentation or other handouts 

available, you should bring copies to the 

symposium. We will notify those who 

are selected to make a presentation or 

participate in a session or panel at least 

two weeks before the symposium. 

Selections will be made in attempt to 

ensure that a wide variety of interests 

are represented. 

If you do not wish to make a 

presentation, we ask that you register by 

February 24, 2012. Please be aware that 

seating will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. If you are unable to attend 

the symposium, it will be available 

through a webcast, but you may not be 

able to interact with the panels and 

presenters. 

If you need special accommodations 

because of disability, please contact Dr. 

Matthew Dreyfus, mdreyfus@cpsc.gov, 

(301) 987–2094 at least 10 days before 

the symposium. 

In addition, we encourage written or 

electronic comments to the docket. 

Written or electronic comments will be 

accepted until February 27, 2012. Please 

note that all comments should be 

restricted to the topics covered by the 

symposium. 

C. What happens if few people register 

for the symposium? 

If fewer than 15 individuals register 

for the symposium, we may cancel the 

symposium. If we decide to cancel the 

symposium, we will post a cancellation 

notice by February 23, 2012, on the Web 

page for the symposium insert web 

address and send an email to all 

registered participants who provide 

their email address when they register. 

Dated: January 25, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 


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