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or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7431 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 97–11A003] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of 

Application No. 97–11A003 of an 

Amended Export Trade Certificate to the 

Association for the Administration of 

Rice Quotas, Inc. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce issued an amended Export 

Trade Certificate of Review to the 

Association for the Administration of 

Rice Quotas, Inc., (‘‘AARQ’’) on 

December 16, 2011. The previous 

amendment was issued to AARQ on 

March 11, 2010 and published in the 

Federal Register on March 26, 2010 (75 

FR 14567). This is the eleventh 

amendment to the Certificate. The 

Association for the Administration of 

Rice Quotas, Inc. (‘‘AARQ’’) original 

Certificate was issued on January 21, 

1998 (63 FR 31738, June 10, 1998). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of 

Competition and Economic Analysis, 

International Trade Administration, 

(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or email at etca@trade.gov. 

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. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce, 

International Trade Administration, 

Office of Competition and Economic 

Analysis (‘‘OCEA’’) is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

publish a summary of the issuance in 

the Federal Register. Under Section 

305(a) of the Export Trading Company 

Act (15 U.S.C. 4012(b)(1)) and 15 CFR 

325.11(a), any person aggrieved by the 

Secretary’s determination may, within 

30 days of the date of this notice, bring 

an action in any appropriate district 

court of the United States to set aside 

the determination on the ground that 

the determination is erroneous. 

Description of Amended Certificate 

AARQ’s Export Trade Certificate of 

Review has been amended to update the 

list of Members and to reflect changes 

in ownership, corporate structures, 

names and locations: 

1. ‘‘American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas (a 

subsidiary of SOS Corporation Alimentaria, 

SA)’’ was amended to read ‘‘American Rice, 

Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro 

Foods, S.A. (Spain))’’. 

2. ‘‘Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative, 

Durham, California’’ was amended to read 

‘‘Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative 

(ARMCO), Richvale, California’’. 

3. ‘‘Busch Agricultural Resources, LLC, St. 

Louis, Missouri, and its subsidiary, Pacific 

International Rice Mills, LLC, Woodland, 

California’’ was amended to read ‘‘Bunge 

Milling, Saint Louis, Missouri (a subsidiary 

of Bunge North America, White Plains, New 

York), dba PIRMI (Pacific International Rice 

Mills), Woodland, California’’. 

4. ‘‘Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC (a subsidiary 

of Ansera Marketing, Inc.), Houston, Texas’’ 

was deleted, as Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, 

a successor to Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC, is 

now a subsidiary of another member, TRC 

Trading Corporation (see below). 

5. ‘‘Louis Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton, 

Connecticut’’ was amended to read ‘‘LD 

Commodities Rice Merchandising LLC, 

Wilton, Connecticut, and LD Commodities 

Interior Rice Merchandising LLC, Kansas 

City, Missouri (subsidiaries of Louis Dreyfus 

Commodities LLC, Wilton, Connecticut)’’. 

6. ‘‘Nidera, Inc., Wilton, Connecticut 

(a subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie 

BV (Netherlands))’’ was amended to read 

‘‘Nidera US LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a 

subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie BV 

(Netherlands))’’ . 

7. ‘‘Noble Logistics USA Inc., Portland, 

Oregon’’ was corrected to read ‘‘Noble 

Logistic USA Inc., Portland, Oregon’’. 

8. ‘‘PS International, Ltd., Chapel Hill, 

North Carolina’’ was amended to read ‘‘PS 

International LLC dba PS International, Ltd., 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (jointly owned 

by Seaboard Corporation, Kansas City, 

Missouri, and PS Trading Inc., Chapel Hill, 

North Carolina)’’. 

9. ‘‘Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas (a 

subsidiary of Ebro Puleva, S.A. (Spain)’’ was 

amended to read ‘‘Riviana Foods Inc., 

Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro Foods, 

S.A. (Spain))’’. 

10. ‘‘TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, 

California (a subsidiary of The Rice 

Company)’’ was amended to read ‘‘TRC 

Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a 

subsidiary of TRC Group, Inc., Roseville, 

California) and its subsidiary, Gulf Rice 

Arkansas II, LLC, Houston, Texas’’. 

11. ‘‘Veetee Rice, Inc., Springfield, Virginia 

(a subsidiary of Veetee Investments 

(Bahamas))’’ was amended to read ‘‘Veetee 

Rice Inc., Great Neck, New York (a subsidiary 

of Veetee Investments Corporation 

(Bahamas))’’. 

The effective date of the amended 

certificate is December 16, 2011, the 

date on which AARQ’s application to 

amend was deemed submitted. A copy 

of the amended certificate will be kept 

in the International Trade 

Administration’s Freedom of 

Information Records Inspection Facility, 

Room 4001, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Joseph E. Flynn, 

Director, Office of Competition and Economic 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7458 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; NIST Associates 

Information System 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Mary Clague, 301–975–4188, 

mary.clague@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

NIST Associates (NA) will include 

guest researchers, research associates, 

contractors, and other non-NIST 

employees that require access to the 

NIST campuses or NIST resources. The 

NIST Associates Information System 

(NAIS) information collection 

instrument(s) are completed by 

incoming NAs. The NAs will be 


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requested to provide personal 

identifying data including home 

address, date and place of birth, 

employer name and address, and basic 

security information. The data provided 

by the collection instruments will be 

input into NAIS, which automatically 

populates the appropriate forms, and is 

routed through the approval process. 

NIST’s Office of Security receives 

security forms through the NAIS process 

and is able to allow preliminary access 

to NAs to the NIST campuses or 

resources. The data collected will also 

be the basis for further security 

investigations as necessary. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information is collected in paper 

format. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(new information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 22, 2012. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7375 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Advisory Committee on Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR 

or Committee), will hold a meeting via 

teleconference on Friday, April 27, 2012 

from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The 

primary purpose of this meeting is to 

review the Committee’s draft annual 

report to the NIST Director. Any draft 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Interested members of the public will be 

able to participate in the meeting from 

remote locations by calling into a 

central phone number. 

DATES: The ACEHR will hold a meeting 

via teleconference on Friday, April 27, 

2012, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the 

meeting should be sent to National 

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 

Director, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. For instructions on how to 

participate in the meeting, please see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Jack Hayes, National Earthquake 

Hazards Reduction Program Director, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8604. Dr. Hayes’ email address is 

jack.hayes@nist.gov and his phone 

number is (301) 975–5640. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 103 of the NEHRP 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 

108–360). The Committee is composed 

of 12 members appointed by the 

Director of NIST, who were selected for 

their technical expertise and experience, 

established records of distinguished 

professional service, and their 

knowledge of issues affecting the 

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program. In addition, the Chairperson of 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 

Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee (SESAC) serves in an exofficio capacity on the Committee. The 

Committee assesses: 

• Trends and developments in the 

science and engineering of earthquake 

hazards reduction; 

• The effectiveness of NEHRP in 

performing its statutory activities 

(improved design and construction 

methods and practices; land use 

controls and redevelopment; prediction 

techniques and early-warning systems; 

coordinated emergency preparedness 

plans; and public education and 

involvement programs); 

• Any need to revise NEHRP; and 

• The management, coordination, 

implementation, and activities of 

NEHRP. 

Background information on NEHRP 

and the Advisory Committee is available 

at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is 

hereby given that the ACEHR will hold 

a meeting via teleconference on Friday, 

April 27, 2012, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. 

Eastern Time. There will be no central 

meeting location. Interested members of 

the public will be able to participate in 

the meeting from remote locations by 

calling into a central phone number. 

The primary purpose of this meeting is 

to review the Committee’s draft annual 

report to the NIST Director. Any draft 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

NEHRP Web site at http://nehrp.gov/. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request detailed instructions by 

contacting Michelle Harman on how to 

dial in from a remote location to 

participate in the meeting. Michelle 

Harman’s email address is 

michelle.harman@nist.gov, and her 

phone number is 301–975–5324. 

Approximately fifteen minutes will be 

reserved from 2:45 p.m.–3 p.m. Eastern 

Time for public comments; speaking 

times will be assigned on a first-come, 

first-serve basis. The amount of time per 

speaker will be determined by the 

number of requests received, but is 

likely to be about 3 minutes each. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated, 

and those who were unable to 

participate are invited to submit written 

statements to the ACEHR, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

100 Bureau Drive, MS 8604, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604, via 

fax at (301) 975–5433, or electronically 

by email to info@nehrp.gov. 

All participants of the meeting are 

required to pre-register. Anyone wishing 

to participate must register by close of 


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