21538 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 10, 2012 / Notices 

19See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Administrative Review, 77 FR 12235 (February 29, 

2012). 

documentation establishing the date on 

which its subject merchandise was first 

entered into the United States for 

consumption and the volume of that 

first entry. For further discussion of this 

issue, see the I&D Memorandum. 

Assessment Rates 

Because the Department is rescinding 

Marvin Furniture’s NSR, the assessment 

rate to which Marvin Furniture’s 

shipments will be subject will not be 

affected by this review. The assessment 

rate, however, could change because the 

Department is currently conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on WBF from 

the PRC covering the period of January 

1, 2011, through December 31, 2011.19

Effective upon publication of this 

notice, the Department will instruct CBP 

to continue to suspend entries during 

the period January 1, 2011, through 

December 31, 2011, of subject 

merchandise exported by Marvin 

Furniture until CBP receives 

instructions relating to the 

administrative review of the WBF order 

covering the period January 1, 2011, 

through December 31, 2011. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Effective upon publication of this 

notice of final rescission of the NSR of 

Marvin Furniture, the Department will 

instruct CBP to discontinue the option 

of posting a bond or security in lieu of 

a cash deposit for entries of subject 

merchandise exported by Marvin 

Furniture. Cash deposits will continue 

to be required for exports of subject 

merchandise by Marvin Furniture 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of this notice at the 

PRC-wide rate, 216.01 percent. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a final reminder 

to importers of their responsibility 

under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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. 

Return or Destruction of Proprietary 

Information 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to the administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under the APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3) which 

continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or 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 violation which is subject to sanction. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B) 

and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended and 19 CFR 351.214(f). 

Dated: April 3, 2012. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8599 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No. 120224144–2069–01] 

Announcing DRAFT Revisions to 

Federal Information Processing 

Standard (FIPS) 186–3, Digital 

Signature Standard (DSS), and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

requests comments on revisions to 

Federal Information Processing 

Standard (FIPS) 186–3, Digital Signature 

Standard, which was approved in 

January 2009. The proposed revisions 

are available at http://csrc.nist.gov/ 

publications/PubsDrafts.html. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to: Chief, Computer Security 

Division, Information Technology 

Laboratory, Attention: Draft Change 

Notice FIPS 186–3, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Mail Stop 8930, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. 

Electronic comments may be sent to: 

fips_186–3_change_notice@nist.gov, 

with ‘‘186–3 Change Notice’’ in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine Barker, Computer Security 

Division, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–8930, phone: 301–975–2911, 

email elaine.barker@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FIPS 186, 

first published in 1994, specified a 

digital signature algorithm (DSA) to 

generate and verify digital signatures. 

Later revisions (FIPS 186–1, FIPS 186– 

2, and FIPS 186–3, adopted in 1998, 

1999 and 2009, respectively) adopted 

two additional algorithms: The Elliptic 

Curve Digital Signature Algorithm 

(ECDSA) and the RSA digital signature 

algorithm. 

NIST is seeking public comment on 

proposed revisions to FIPS 186–3. This 

proposed revision: 

• Clarifies terms used within the 

FIPS; 

• Allows the use of any random bit/ 

number generator that is approved for 

use in FIPS–140-validated modules; 

• Reduces restrictions on the 

retention and use of prime number 

generation seeds for generating RSA key 

pairs; 

• Corrects statements in FIPS 186–3 

regarding the generation of the integer k, 

which is used as a secret number in the 

generation of DSA and ECDSA digital 

signatures; 

• Corrects a typographical error in the 

processing steps of secret number 

generation for ECDSA; 

• Corrects the wording of the criteria 

for generating RSA key pairs; and 

• Aligns the specification for the use 

of a salt with RSASSA–PSS digital 

signatures scheme with Public Key 

Cryptography Standard (PKCS) #1. 

Authority: In accordance with the 

Information Technology Management 

Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–106) 

and the Federal Information Security 

Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) (Pub. 

L. 107–347), the Secretary of Commerce 

is authorized to approve Federal 

Information Processing Standards 

(FIPS). NIST activities to develop 

computer security standards to protect 

Federal sensitive (unclassified) 

information systems are undertaken 

pursuant to specific responsibilities 

assigned to NIST by section 20 of the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3), as 

amended by section 303 of FISMA. 

E.O. 12866: This notice has been 

determined not to be significant for the 

purposes of E.O. 12866. 


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Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8573 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB094 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Sturgeon Research in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

letter of authorization; request for 

comments and information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) for authorization to take small 

numbers of marine mammals incidental 

to conducting sturgeon research in the 

Gulf of Mexico, over the course of 5 

years from the date of issuance. 

Pursuant to regulations implementing 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), NMFS is announcing receipt 

of USFWS’s request for the development 

and implementation of regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals and inviting 

information, suggestions, and comments 

on USFWS’s application and request. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than May 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to 

Tammy Adams, Acting Chief, Permits 

and Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3225. The mailbox address for providing 

email comments is ITP.Laws@noaa.gov. 

Comments sent via email, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 10- 

megabyte file size. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Laws, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability 

A copy of USFWS’s application may 

be obtained by writing to the address 

specified above (see ADDRESSES), 

telephoning the contact listed above (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or 

visiting the internet at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm#applications. 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 

to allow, upon request, the incidental, 

but not intentional taking of small 

numbers of marine mammals by U.S. 

citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

if certain findings are made and 

regulations are issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

may be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

certain subsistence uses, and if the 

permissible methods of taking and 

requirements pertaining to the 

mitigation, monitoring and reporting of 

such taking are set forth. 

NMFS has defined ‘negligible impact’ 

in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ 

Except with respect to certain activities 

not pertinent here, the MMPA defines 

‘harassment’ as: ‘‘any act of pursuit, 

torment, or annoyance which (i) has the 

potential to injure a marine mammal or 

marine mammal stock in the wild [Level 

A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential 

to disturb a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild by causing 

disruption of behavioral patterns, 

including, but not limited to, migration, 

breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or 

sheltering [Level B harassment].’’ 

Summary of Request 

On January 27, 2012, NMFS received 

a complete application from USFWS 

requesting authorization for take of four 

species of marine mammals incidental 

to sturgeon research conducted by and 

in collaboration with USFWS. The 

requested regulations would be valid for 

5 years from the date of issuance. As a 

result of this research, it is possible that 

marine mammals may be entangled in 

gill nets, resulting in injury, serious 

injury, or mortality. Because the 

specified activities have the potential to 

take marine mammals present within 

the action area, USFWS requests 

authorization to take bottlenose 

dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic 

spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), 

pantropical spotted dolphins (S. 

attenuata), and striped dolphins (S. 

coeruleoalba). 

Specified Activities 

The USFWS is working with NMFS, 

the U.S. Geological Survey, and other 

partners on several wide-ranging 

projects across inshore waters of the 

Gulf of Mexico in designated critical 

habitat areas for the Gulf sturgeon 

(Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi). The 

Gulf sturgeon was listed in 1991 as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act. Sturgeon research projects 

include: (1) A Natural Resource Damage 

Assessment (NRDA) project entitled 

‘‘Mississippi Canyon 252 Assessment 

Plan for the Collection of Data to 

Determine Potential Exposure and 

Injuries of Threatened Gulf Sturgeon’’; 

(2) an annual summer and fall census; 

and (3) fine-scale movement and habitat 

assessment within and nearby 

Choctawhatchee Bay, FL. Sampling 

locations will occur in Florida, 

Mississippi, and Louisiana, throughout 

the Pearl, Pascagoula, Escambia, Yellow, 

Blackwater, Choctawhatchee, 

Apalachicola, and Suwannee rivers and 

their associated bays near the river 

mouths. 

These research projects involve the 

use of gill nets to capture sturgeon in 

order to assess physical condition, 

implant telemetry transmitters, and 

collect census information, among other 

objectives. The USFWS recorded two 

deaths of bottlenose dolphins in 2011 as 

a result of entanglement and subsequent 

asphyxiation in gill nets deployed for 

sturgeon research—the only two records 

of interactions with marine mammals in 

26 years of USFWS survey effort. Since 

that incident, USFWS has begun 

implementing avoidance measures 

designed in consultation with NMFS. 

Although entanglement of marine 

mammals in gill nets deployed for 

sturgeon research is extremely rare, and 

the likelihood of such an event is 

further reduced by the use of avoidance 

measures, the possibility remains that 

USFWS could incidentally take marine 

mammals in the course of conducting 

future sturgeon research. 

A more detailed description of the 

sturgeon research conducted by USFWS 

may be found in USFWS’ application, 

which is available at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. 

Information Solicited 

Interested persons may submit 

information, suggestions, and comments 

concerning USFWS’s request (see 

ADDRESSES). All information, 

suggestions, and comments related to 

USFWS’s request and NMFS’ potential 


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