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organizational leadership, relevant 

project management experience and a 

significant commitment of human 

resources talent to ensure the project’s 

successful execution (see 13 CFR 

301.8(b)); 

3. The ability of the applicant to 

implement the proposed project 

successfully (see 13 CFR 301.8); 

4. The feasibility of the budget 

presented; 

5. The cost to the Federal government; 

and 

6. The extent to which the 

application: 

a. Includes workshops that leverage 

EDA investment assistance; and 

b. Exhibits regional dispersal and an 

estimated size of the audience and its 

composition (e.g., urban and rural 

practitioners). 

Selection Factors: The Assistant 

Secretary, as the Selecting Official, 

expects to fund the highest ranking 

application, as recommended by the 

review panel, submitted under this 

notice. However, the Assistant Secretary 

may not make any selection, or he may 

select an application out of rank order 

for the following reasons: (1) A 

determination that the application better 

meets the overall objectives of sections 

2 and 207 of PWEDA (42 U.S.C. 3121 

and 3147); (2) the applicant’s 

performance under previous awards; or 

(3) the availability of funding. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 30, 2004 (69 FR 78389), is 

applicable to this request for 

applications. This notice may be 

accessed by entering the Federal 

Register volume and page number 

provided in the previous sentence at the 

following Internet Web site: http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/retrieve.html. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This request for applications contains 

collections of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the use of Form ED–900A 

(Application for Investment Assistance) 

under control number 0610–0094. Form 

ED–900A’s program-specific component 

(National Technical Assistance, 

Training, and Research and Evaluation 

Program Requirements) also is approved 

under OMB control number 0610–0094, 

and incorporates Forms SF–424A 

(Budget Information—Non-Construction 

Programs, OMB control number 0348–

0044) and SF–424B (Assurances—NonConstruction Programs, OMB control 

number 0348–0040). OMB has approved 

the use of Form SF–424 (Application for 

Financial Assistance) under control 

number 4040–0004. Notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, no person is 

required to respond to, nor shall any 

person be subject to a penalty for failure 

to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review.’’

Executive Order 13132 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain ‘‘policies that have 

Federalism implications,’’ as that phrase 

is defined in Executive Order 13132, 

‘‘Federalism.’’

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comments are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning grants, 

benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for 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 has not 

been prepared. 

Dated: July 9, 2007. 

Benjamin Erulkar, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Economic Development and Chief Operating 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–13586 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Deemed Export Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Partially Closed Meeting 

The Deemed Export Advisory 

Committee (DEAC) will meet in an open 

session on Monday, July 30, 2007 from 

9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. at the University of 

Chicago, The Donnelley Biological 

Sciences Learning Center (BSLC), 924 

East 57th Street, Room 115, Chicago, IL 

60637 (located between Ellis Avenue 

and Drexel Avenue). Registration will 

begin at 8:30 a.m. A map of the campus 

can be found at the following Web site 

http://maps.uchicago.edu/pdfs/ 

campus.pdf. 

The DEAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee established in accordance 

with the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 

U.S.C. app. 2. It advises the Secretary of 

Commerce on deemed export licensing 

policy. A tentative agenda of topics for 

discussion is listed below. While these 

topics will likely be discussed, this list 

is not exhaustive and there may be 

discussion of other related items during 

the public session. 

July 30, 2007 

Public Session 

1. Introductory Remarks. 

2. Current Deemed Export Control 

Policy Issues. 

3. Technology Transfer Issues. 

4. U.S. Industry Competitiveness. 

5. U.S. Academic and Government 

Research Communities. 

6. Industry, Academia and other 

Stakeholder Comments. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations will not be accepted. To 

the extent time permits, members of the 

general public may present oral 

statements to the DEAC. The general 

public may submit written statements at 

any time before or after the meeting. 

However, to facilitate distribution to 

DEAC members, BIS suggests that 

general public presentation materials or 

comments be forwarded before the 

meeting to Ms. Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov. 

July 31, 2007 

Closed Session 

The DEAC will also meet in a closed 

session on Monday, July 30, 2007, from 

approximately 8 a.m.–9 a.m. and from 

approximately 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. In 

addition, the DEAC will meet in a 

closed session on Tuesday, July 31, 

2007 from approximately 9 a.m.–5:30 

p.m. During the closed session, there 

will be discussion of matters 

determined to be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration formally determined on 

July 2, 2007, pursuant to Section 10(d) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 (10)(d)), 

that the portion of the meeting 

concerning trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

deemed privileged or confidential as 

described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), the 

portion of the meeting concerning 


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matters the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of an agency 

action as described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B), and the portion of the 

meeting dealing with matters that are 

(A) specifically authorized under 

criteria established by an Executive 

Order to be kept secret in the interests 

of national defense or foreign policy and 

(B) in fact properly classified pursuant 

to such Executive Order (5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1)(A) and (1)(B)), shall be 

exempt from the provisions relating to 

public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 

2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). All other 

portions of the DEAC meeting will be 

open to the public. 

For more information, please call 

Yvette Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: July 10, 2007. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3452 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–912] 

[C–570–913] 

Extension of the Deadline for 

Determining the Adequacy of the 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions: New Pneumatic Off–

The-Road Tires from The People’s 

Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita or Charles Riggle, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 8 

(antidumping); or Mark Hoadley or 

Thomas Gilgunn, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 6 (countervailing), Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–4243, (202) 482–

0650, (202) 482–3148, and (202) 482–

4236, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

BACKGROUND 

The Petitions 

On June 18, 2007, the Department of 

Commerce (‘‘Department’’) received 

antidumping duty and countervailing 

duty petitions (‘‘petitions’’) filed in 

proper form by Titan Tire Corporation, 

a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc. 

(‘‘Titan’’), and the United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, AFL–CIOCLC (‘‘USW’’) (collectively, 

‘‘Petitioners’’), on behalf of the domestic 

industry producing new pneumatic off–

the-road tires (‘‘OTR tires’’). 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’) 

require that antidumping and 

countervailing duty petitions be filed by 

or on behalf of the domestic industry. 

Sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of 

the Act provide that the Department’s 

industry support determination be 

based on whether a minimum 

percentage of the relevant industry 

supports the petition. A petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, sections 702(c)(4)(D) 

and 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provide that, 

if the petition does not establish support 

of domestic producers or workers 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product, the Department shall: (i) poll 

the industry or rely on other 

information in order to determine if 

there is support for the petition, as 

required by subparagraph (A); or (ii) if 

there is a large number of producers, 

determine industry support using a 

statistically valid sampling method to 

poll the industry. 

Extension of Time 

Sections 702(c)(1)(A)(ii) and 

732(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provide that 

within 20 days of the filing of 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

petitions, the Department will 

determine, inter alia, whether the 

petitions have been filed by or on behalf 

of the U.S. industry producing the 

domestic like product. Sections 

702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act 

provide that the deadline for the 

initiation determination can be 

extended by 20 days in any case in 

which the Department must ‘‘poll or 

otherwise determine support for the 

petition by the industry . . . .’’ Because 

it is not clear from the petitions whether 

the industry support criteria have been 

met, we have determined to extend the 

time limit for initiating the 

investigations in order to poll the 

domestic industry. We intend to issue 

polling questionnaires to all known 

domestic producers of OTR tires 

identified in the petitions. The 

questionnaires will be on file in the 

Central Records Unit in room B–099 of 

the main Department of Commerce 

building. The questionnaire requests 

each company to respond to the 

questions and fax its response to the 

Department. 

We will need additional time to 

analyze the domestic producers’

responses to our request for information. 

See the ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions’’ section of this 

notice, above. Therefore, in accordance 

with sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 

732(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we are extending 

the deadline for determining the 

adequacy of the petitions until July 28, 

2007, which is 40 days from the filing 

date of the petitions. Because July 28, 

2007, falls on a Saturday, the initiation 

determination will be due no later than 

Monday, July 30, 2007, the first business 

day following the statutory deadline. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

Because the Department has extended 

the deadline for the initiation 

determinations, the Department has 

contacted the International Trade 

Commission (‘‘ITC’’) and has made this 

extension notice available to the ITC. 

Dated: July 6, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–13719 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–909, A–520–802] 

Certain Steel Nails from the People’s 

Republic of China and the United Arab 

Emirates:Initiation of Antidumping 

Duty Investigations 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bankhead (People’s Republic of 

China) or David Goldberger (United 

Arab Emirates), AD/CVD Operations, 

Offices 9 and 2, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 


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