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Manufacturer/exporter Percent

margin

Rubber Thread International ......... (**)

** There were no shipments or sales of covered merchandise that were subject to this review. The company was not investigated/reviewed for earlier periods.

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries. Individual differences between

United States price and foreign market

value may vary from the percentages

stated above. The Department will issue

appraisement instructions directly to

the U.S. Customs Service. Since the

final results for the more current review

period, October 1, 1994 through

September 30, 1995 were published on

June 20, 1997, the cash deposit

instructions contained in that notice

will apply to all shipments to the

United States of subject merchandise

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after June 20,

1997. The dumping margins established

for the October 1, 1993 through

September 30, 1994 period will have no

effect on the cash deposit rate for any

firm.

This notice serves as a final reminder

to importers of their responsibility

under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate

regarding the reimbursement of

antidumping duties prior to liquidation

of the relevant entries during this

review period. Failure to comply with

this requirement could result in the

Secretary’s presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties

occurred and the subsequent assessment

of double antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective order (APO) of

their responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with section 353.34(d) of the

Department’s regulations. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This administrative review and notice

are in accordance with section 751(a)(1)

of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)), section

771(i) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1677f(i)) and

19 CFR 353.22.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’),

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, has received

an application for an Export Trade

Certificate of Review. This notice

summarizes the conduct for which

certification is sought and requests

comments relevant to whether the

Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Acting Director,

Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs, International Trade

Administration, (202) 482–5131. This is

not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. A

Certificate of Review protects the holder

and the members identified in the

Certificate from state and federal

government antitrust actions and from

private, treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to the determination

of whether a Certificate should be

issued. If the comments include any

privileged or confidential business

information, it must be clearly marked

and a nonconfidential version of the

comments (identified as such) should be

included. Any comments not marked

privileged or confidential business

information will be deemed to be

nonconfidential. An original and five (5)

copies, plus two copies of the

nonconfidential version, should be

submitted no later than 20 days after the

date of this notice to: Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1800H, Washington,

D.C. 20230. Information submitted by

any person is exempt from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act

(5 U.S.C. 552). However,

nonconfidential versions of the

comments will be made available to the

applicant if necessary for determining

whether or not to issue the Certificate.

Comments should refer to this

application as ‘‘Export Trade Certificate

of Review, application number 97–

00003.’’ A summary of the application

is as follows.

Summary of the Application

Applicant: The Association for the

Allocation of Rice Quotas, Inc.

(‘‘AARQ’’), 3200 Trammell Crow Center,

2001 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2997.

Contacts: M. Jean Anderson, Esquire,

Telephone: (202) 682–7217; Robert M.

Bor, Esquire, Telephone: (202) 371–

5730.

Application No.: 97–00003.

Date Deemed Submitted: November

14, 1997.

Members (in addition to applicant):

Affiliated Rice Milling, Inc., Alvin,

Texas; American Rice, Inc., Houston,

Texas; Brinkley Rice Milling Company,

Brinkley, Arkansas; Broussard Rice Mill,

Inc., Mermentau, Louisiana; Busch

Agricultural Resources, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri; Cargill Rice Milling,

Greenville, Mississippi; Connell Rice &

Sugar Co., Westfield, New Jersey;

Continental Grain Company, New York,

New York; El Campo Rice Milling

Company, Louise, Texas; Farmers’ Rice

Cooperative, Sacramento, California;

Farmers Rice Milling Company, Inc.,

Lake Charles, Louisiana; Gulf Rice

Milling, Inc., Houston, Texas; Liberty

Rice Mill, Inc., Kaplan, Louisiana; Louis

Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton,

Connecticut; Newfield Partners Ltd.,

Miami, Florida; Producers Rice Mill,

Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas; Riceland

Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas;

RiceTec, Inc., Alvin, Texas; Riviana

Foods, Inc., Houston, Texas; SunWest

Foods, Inc., Davis, California; Supreme

Rice Mill, Inc., Crowley, Louisiana; The

Rice Company, Roseville, California;

and Uncle Ben’s, Inc., Houston, Texas.

AARQ seeks a Certificate to cover the

following specific Export Trade, Export

Markets, and Export Trade Activities

and Methods of Operations.

Export Trade

Products shipped under the TRQs

will be semi-milled or wholly milled

rice, whether or not polished or glazed

(item 1006.30 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedules [HTS]), and husked (brown)

rice (item 1006.20 of the HTS).

Distributions of the TRQ bid proceeds

will be based on exports of the above

types of rice and rice in the husk (paddy

or rough) (item 1006.10 of the HTS).
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Export Markets

Rice for which TRQ awards have been

made will be exported to the countries

that comprise the European Union.

Exports that will serve as a basis for

distribution of the proceeds of the TRQ

awards will be to the European Union

as well as all parts of the world except

the United States (the fifty states of the

United States, the District of Columbia,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory

of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of

Operations

Purpose

The Association for the Allocation of

Rice Quotas, Inc. (‘‘AARQ’’) will

manage on an open tender basis the

tariff-rate quotas (‘‘TRQs’’) for milled

and brown rice granted by the European

Union (‘‘EU’’) to the United States under

the U.S.-EU Enlargement Agreement

signed July 22, 1996, or any amended or

successor agreement providing for EU

rice TRQs (‘‘the TRQ System’’) and

provide for distribution of the proceeds

received from the tender process as set

forth below.

Membership

Any person or entity domiciled or

incorporated in the United States may

become a Member of AARQ upon (i)

submission to the Administrator of an

application accompanied by evidence

that the applicant is a rice mill or has

exported U.S. rice from the United

States, (ii) execution of the AARQ

Operating Agreement, and (iii) in the

case of applications received after

December 31, 1997, payment of a onetime, nonrefundable fee of $3,000 to

AARQ. The fee may be waived for small

exporters, as determined by the Board of

Directors of AARQ.

TRQ Administrator; Implementation

AARQ shall contract with an

independent third party Administrator

who is not engaged in the production,

milling, distribution, or sale of rice, who

shall bear responsibility for

administering the TRQ System, subject

to general oversight and supervision by

the Board of Directors of AARQ.

Open Tender Process; Persons or

Entities Eligible to Bid

(a) AARQ shall offer TRQ Certificates

for duty-free or reduced-duty shipments

of rice to the EU on open tender to the

highest bidders. All U.S. TRQ quantities

(in metric tons) shall be allocated

through the Open Tender Process for

such tranches (‘‘TRQ Tranches’’) as may

be provided for in the relevant EU

regulations. The Open Tender Process

shall constitute the sole and exclusive

mechanism by which AARQ allocates

TRQ quantities.

(b) Any person or entity incorporated

or domiciled in the United States,

whether or not a Member of AARQ,

shall be eligible to bid in any Open

Tender Process.

Notice

The Administrator will publish notice

(‘‘Notice’’) of each Open Tender Process

to be held for the allocation of TRQs for

each TRQ Tranche in the Journal of

Commerce, and at the discretion of

AARQ in other publications of general

circulation within the U.S. rice

industry. The Notice will invite

independent bids and will specify (i)

the total amount (in metric tons) of each

TRQ to be allocated pursuant to the

applicable TRQ Tranche; and (ii) the

date on which all bids for TRQ

Certificates must be submitted to and

received by the Administrator (the ‘‘Bid

Date’’). The Notice will normally be

published not later than 45 days prior

to the opening of the TRQ Tranche; if

EU decisions on the opening of TRQs or

EU regulations necessitate a condensed

timetable for notice and bidding, the

Administrator will publish the required

Notice as promptly as possible after the

EU announcements, and will in any

event specify a Bid Date that is at least

5 working days after publication of the

Notice. Bids may be submitted by hand

delivery or facsimile, and must be

received by the Administrator by 5:00

p.m. EST on the Bid Date.

Form of Bid; Performance Security

(a) A bid shall be submitted on a form

provided by the Administrator and shall

state (i) the name, address, telephone,

and facsimile or telex number of the

bidder; (ii) the form of rice and quantity

in metric tons bid, with a minimum bid

quantity of twenty (20) metric tons; (iii)

the bid price in U.S. dollars per metric

ton; and (iv) the total value of the bid.

(b) The bid form shall contain a

provision, signed by the bidder, that the

bidder agrees that any dispute that may

arise relating to the bidding process or

the award of TRQ Certificates shall be

settled by arbitration administered by

the American Arbitration Association in

accordance with its Commercial

Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the

award rendered by the arbitrator may be

entered in any court having jurisdiction

thereof.

(c) The bidder shall submit with its

bid(s) a performance bond, irrevocable

letter of credit drawn on a U.S. bank,

cashier’s check, wire transfer, or

equivalent performance security, in a

form approved by AARQ and for the

benefit of an account designated by the

Administrator, in the amount of $50,000

or the total value of its bid(s), whichever

is less. Such performance security shall

be forfeited if the bidder fails timely to

pay for TRQ Certificates awarded to it.

At the option of a successful bidder, its

performance security may be applied to

the price of its successful bid(s), or

retained as security for a subsequent

Open Tender Process. Any performance

security not forfeited, applied to a bid

price, or retained as future security shall

be returned to the bidder promptly after

the close of the Open Tender Process.

(d) The contents of the bids shall be

treated by the Administrator as

confidential and may be disclosed only

to another neutral third party as

necessary to ensure the effective

operation of the TRQ System; provided,

however, that after issuance of all TRQ

Certificates in an Open Tender Process,

the Administrator shall promptly notify

all bidders of and release to the public

(i) the total tonnage for which TRQ

Certificates were awarded under the

milled rice TRQ Tranche and the brown

rice TRQ Tranche, respectively, and (ii)

the price per metric ton of the highest

successful bid for each TRQ Tranche.

TRQ Certificate Awards

(a) Following the close of the bidding

period, after having carefully reviewed

each apparently high bid to ensure its

conformity with applicable

requirements, the Administrator shall

notify each high bidder that its bid(s)

have been determined to be high bid(s).

If two or more bidders have submitted

identically priced high bids that

together cover more than the available

tonnage, the Administrator shall divide

the award among those bidders in

proportion to the quantities of their bids

and offer the proportionate shares to

each of those bidders. If any of those

bidders rejects all or part of the quantity

offered, it shall be offered first to the

remaining such bidder(s) and then to

the next highest bidder.

(b) Promptly after issuance of the

notification that its bid is a high bid, a

bidder shall pay the full amount of the

bid to the Administrator either by

certified check or by wire transfer to an

account designated by the

Administrator. If the bidder fails timely

to pay the full amount of the bid, the

Administrator shall revoke the award,

and grant the award to the next highest

bidder.

(c) If the total bids received cover less

than the tonnage of the relevant TRQ

Tranche, the unused portion shall, to
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the extent consistent with EU

regulations, be carried over to a

succeeding Tranche. In any Tranche as

to which EU regulations prohibit such

carry-over, should total bids received

cover less than the total tonnage

available in the Tranche, the unused

portion shall be offered to all successful

bidders, in proportion to the size of

their respective awards, at the lowest

successful bid price.

(d) The full amounts received from

successful bidders shall be deposited in

an interest-bearing account designated

by the Administrator in a financial

institution approved by the Board of

Directors of AARQ.

Delivery of TRQ Certificates

(a) Promptly after receiving the full

amount of a successful bid, the

Administrator shall transmit to the

successful bidder a TRQ Certificate that

designates the quantity and form of rice

covered by the bid and any known

expiration date pursuant to EU

regulations.

(b) To facilitate monitoring of

shipments of packaged rice pursuant to

EU regulations, the TRQ Certificate shall

include a space for designation by the

exporter of the type of packaging, if any,

of the rice covered by the TRQ

Certificate.

(c) TRQ Certificates issued to

successful bidders shall be freely

transferable.

Disposition of Tender Proceeds

(a) The proceeds of Open Tender

Processes shall be applied and

distributed as provided in paragraphs

(b) through (g) below.

(b) Operating expenses of AARQ,

including legal, accounting, and

administrative costs of establishing and

operating the TRQ System, shall be paid

as incurred from tender proceeds as

they become available, pursuant to

authorization by the AARQ Board of

Directors.

(c) From the remaining proceeds of

tenders as soon as available—

(i) The U.S. Rice Industry Coalition

for Exports, Inc. (‘‘US RICE’’) shall be

reimbursed for its documented TRQrelated legal expenses up to $450,000.

(ii) The Rice Millers’ Association

(‘‘RMA’’) shall be reimbursed up to

$450,000 (A) for its documented TRQrelated legal and administrative

expenses, (B) for payment of up to

$100,000 to the Committee for Fair

Allocation of Rice Quotas for its

documented TRQ-related legal

expenses, (C) for payment of up to

$25,000 to each individual member of

the RMA/ETCR for its documented third

party legal expenses in calendar years

1996 and 1997 in connection with the

establishment of an ETC for

administration of the TRQs, and (D) for

payment of $25,000 to each member of

the RMA/ETCR that documents that it

shipped a minimum of 500 metric tons

of milled or brown rice to the EU in

calendar year 1996 and has not received

a distribution under item (C). If there are

insufficient funds available to make

payments provided for in subparagraphs

(c)(ii)(C) and (D), the amount that each

RMA/ETCR member would otherwise

be entitled to receive will be reduced by

a pro-rata amount so that the total

distribution will be equal to the amount

available for this purpose.

(d) From the proceeds of tenders in

each of the first two years of operations,

each Member of AARQ that documents

to the Administrator exports of milled

or brown rice to Austria, Sweden, or

Finland during 1990–1994 shall be paid

up to $75 per metric ton of its

documented 1990–1994 annual average

of such shipments, provided, however,

that the total amount paid to all eligible

Members under this provision may not

exceed $1,800,000 in each of the two

years. If $1,800,000 is insufficient to

permit payments of $75 per metric ton,

the amount that each eligible Member

would otherwise be entitled to receive

will be reduced pro rata so that the total

distribution will be equal to the amount

available for this purpose. Any

documented costs previously incurred

by the RMA in reviewing and analyzing

documentation of member shipments to

Austria, Finland, or Sweden during

1990–1994 shall be considered a cost of

administering the TRQ System,

pursuant to paragraph (b) above.

(e) Of the proceeds remaining at the

end of each year of operations—

(i) Twenty-two percent (22%) shall be

distributed to the Rice Foundation, its

successors, or assigns, solely for

research purposes and expenses related

thereto. Disbursement of the funds by

the Rice Foundation is the subject of a

separate agreement between the Rice

Foundation and the State Rice Producer

Legislative Groups of Arkansas,

California, Louisiana, Mississippi,

Missouri, and Texas, and any dispute

under that agreement shall not be a

matter for resolution under this

Operating Agreement.

(ii) Thirty-nine percent (39%) shall be

distributed to Members exporting U.S.

paddy, brown, and/or milled rice to the

EU based on their percentage shares by

volume, adjusted as provided in item

(iv) of this subparagraph, of Members’

exports to the EU during the year.

(iii) Thirty-nine percent (39%) shall

be distributed to Members exporting

U.S. paddy, brown, and/or milled rice to

all non-EU world destinations, based on

their percentage shares by volume,

adjusted as provided in item (iv) of this

subparagraph, of Members’ non-EU

worldwide exports during the year.

(iv) The computation of Members’

exports under this paragraph (e) shall be

made on a milled rice equivalent basis

using U.S. Department of Agriculture

standard equivalency factors.

(f) A year shall be the calendar year,

except that if an Open Tender Process

occurs in 1997, the first year of

operations shall be the period from the

date of that tender through December

31, 1998.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing

provisions of this paragraph, promptly

upon implementation of the TRQ

System by the EU, the Board of

Directors shall consider and may direct

distributions during 1998 of proceeds

from tenders of a major portion of the

TRQ tonnage to be offered in the first

year of operations, basing distributions

pursuant to paragraph (e)(ii) and (iii) on

Members’ exports during calendar year

1997.

Eligibility for Distributions; Submission

of Export Documentation.

Any Member of AARQ will be eligible

to participate in distributions of tender

proceeds if: (i) it is a member under the

ETCR issued to AARQ by the U.S.

Department of Commerce on the date of

a distribution or its membership under

the ETCR is the subject of an ETCR

amendment pending with the

Department of Commerce on that date,

and (ii) it has timely submitted the

required export documentation to the

Administrator.

Distribution of Tender Proceeds

Within sixty (60) days of the

submission of the required

documentation for the year or as soon as

practicable thereafter, the Administrator

shall notify each Member, on a

confidential basis, of its percentage

share of U.S. rice exports by Members

to the EU and/or non-EU destinations,

as applicable, for the previous year, and

the dollar amount of its distribution. As

promptly as possible following such

notification, the Administrator shall

cause the distributions to be made to

eligible Members. If an amendment to

include an eligible Member under the

ETCR is pending at the Department of

Commerce, the Administrator shall

cause such Member’s distribution to be

held for distribution promptly upon

issuance of the amendment.

Arbitration of Disputes

Any controversy or claim arising out

of or relating to the TRQ System or to
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the AARQ Operating Agreement, or the

breach thereof, including inter alia a

Member’s qualification for a

distribution, the interpretation of

documents, or the distribution itself,

shall be settled by arbitration

administered by the American

Arbitration Association in accordance

with its Commercial Arbitration Rules,

and judgment on the award rendered by

the arbitrator may be entered in any

court having jurisdiction thereof.

Confidential Information

Confidential export documentation

and any other confidential information

submitted to AARQ by an applicant for

membership, by a Member in

connection with qualifying for a

distribution, or by any person in

connection with the TRQ System shall

be marked ‘‘Confidential’’ and

submitted to the Administrator, who

shall maintain its confidentiality. The

Administrator shall not disclose such

confidential information to any Member

other than the submitter, or to any

officers, agents, or employees of any

Member other than the submitter, and

shall not disclose such confidential

information to any other person except

to another neutral third party as

necessary to make the determination for

which the information was submitted,

to process distributions, or in

connection with the arbitration of a

dispute.

Annual Reports

In accordance with its Bylaws, AARQ

shall publish an annual report,

including a statement of the operating

expenses and aggregate data on the

distribution of proceeds, as reflected in

the audited financial statement of the

AARQ TRQ System.

Amendments

During the first eight years of the

operation of the TRQ System, any

amendment to the following

fundamental provisions of the TRQ

System shall take effect only upon the

unanimous approval by all Voting

Members of AARQ: provisions relating

to (i) qualification for membership in

AARQ, except the amount of the

nonrefundable fee, (ii) the paragraph

entitled ‘‘Open tender process; Persons

or entities eligible to bid,’’ and (iii) the

disposition of tender proceeds. In

addition, no reduction may be made in

the distribution required to be made to

the Rice Foundation for research and

expenses related thereto, unless

approved by unanimous consent of the

Rice Producer Legislative Groups of

Arkansas, California, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. The

Board of Directors of AARQ shall

otherwise have authority to amend the

provisions of the TRQ System as set

forth in the Bylaws of AARQ.

Cooperation With the U.S. Government

and the European Commission

AARQ will provide whatever

information and consultations may be

useful in order to ensure effective

consultations between the U.S.

Government and the European

Commission concerning the

implementation and operation of the

TRQ System. In particular, while

maintaining the confidentiality of

confidential information submitted by

bidders and Members, AARQ will

provide its annual report, regular

reports following the tender for each

TRQ Tranche, reports on distributions

of tender proceeds, and/or any other

information that might be requested by

the U.S. Government. Directly or

through the U.S. Government, AARQ

will endeavor to accommodate any

information requests from the

Commission (while protecting

confidential data), and will consult with

the Commission as appropriate.

Miscellaneous Implementing Provisions

AARQ and/or its members may (i)

meet, discuss and provide for an

administrative structure to implement

the foregoing tariff rate quota

management system, assess its

operations and provide modifications as

necessary to improve its workability, (ii)

meet, exchange and discuss information

regarding the structure and method for

implementing the foregoing tariff rate

quota management system, (iii) meet,

exchange and discuss the types of

information needed regarding the

bidding process, distribution of the bid

proceeds, and past export transactions

that are necessary for implementation of

the system, (iv) meet, exchange and

discuss information concerning U.S.

and foreign agreements, legislation and

regulations affecting the TRQ

management system, (v) and otherwise

meet, discuss and exchange information

as necessary to implement the activities

described above and take the necessary

action to implement the foregoing TRQ

management system.

Abbreviated Amendment Procedures

New AARQ members may be

incorporated as Members in the

Certificate through an abbreviated

amendment procedure. Under the

procedure, AARQ will notify the

Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney

General, in writing, of those members of

AARQ that wish to be included as

Members in the Certificate. The

notification will include a certification

from each such member of its domestic

and export sales of Products in its

preceding fiscal year. Notice of the

members so identified shall be

published in the Federal Register. If 30

days or more following publication in

the Federal Register, the Secretary of

Commerce, with the concurrence of the

Attorney General, determines that the

incorporation in the Certificate of the

members through the abbreviated

amendment procedure is consistent

with the standards of the Act, the

Secretary of Commerce shall amend the

Certificate to incorporate such members,

effective as of the date on which the

application for amendment is deemed

submitted. If the Secretary of Commerce

does not so amend the Certificate within

60 days of publication in the Federal

Register, such amendment must be

sought through the normal amendment

procedure.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Morton Schnabel,

Acting Director, Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 971031260–7260–01]

Voluntary Product Standard PS 2–92

‘‘Performance Standard for WoodBased Structural-Use Panels’’;

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments on Voluntary Product

Standard PS 2–92.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST)

provides notice that on behalf of the

Department of Commerce NIST is

conducting the five-year review of

Voluntary Product Standard (VPS) PS

2–92 ‘‘Performance Standard for WoodBased Structural-Use Panels’’ as

required by Department Procedures. The

Standing Committee for PS 2–92,

responsible for maintaining the

standard, is assisting NIST in

implementing the review which is

conducted to determine if the standard

has become obsolete, technically

inadequate, no longer acceptable to or

used by the industry, or inconsistent

with law or established public policy.

Upon completion of the review, the

Standing Committee will make a

recommendation to NIST as to whether