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national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. Program information may be 

made available in languages other than 

English. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means of 

communication to obtain program 

information (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, American Sign Language) 

should contact the responsible Mission 

Area, agency, or staff office; or the 711 

Relay Service. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, a complainant should 

complete a Form AD–3027, USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint 

Form, which can be obtained online at 

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/ 

files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any 

USDA office, by calling (866) 632–9992, 

or by writing a letter addressed to 

USDA. The letter must contain the 

complainant’s name, address, telephone 

number, and a written description of the 

alleged discriminatory action in 

sufficient detail to inform the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about 

the nature and date of an alleged civil 

rights violation. 

The completed AD–3027 form or 

letter must be submitted to USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; or 

(2) Fax: (833) 256–1665 or (202) 690– 

7442; or 

(3) Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Andrew Berke, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA 

Rural Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27901 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Census Scientific Advisory Committee; 

Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) requests nominations 

of individuals to the Census Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CSAC or 

Committee). The Census Bureau will 

consider nominations received in 

response to this notice, as well as from 

other sources. The SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice 

provides Committee and membership 

criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

February 2, 2024. The Census Bureau 

will retain nominations received after 

this date for consideration should 

additional vacancies occur. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to the census.scientific.advisory 

.committee@census.gov (subject line 

‘‘2024 CSAC Nominations’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shana Banks, Chief, Advisory 

Committee Branch, Office of Program, 

Performance and Stakeholder 

Integration (PPSI), Census Bureau, by 

telephone at 301–763–3815 or by email 

at Shana.J.Banks@census.gov. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 

a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern standard time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Scientific Advisory Committee 

was established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) title 5, United States Code 

(U.S.C.), app. The following provides 

information about the Committee, 

membership, and the nomination 

process. 

Objectives and Duties 

1. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee advises the Director of the 

U.S. Census Bureau on the full range of 

Census Bureau programs and activities 

including communications, 

demographic, economic, field 

operations, geography, information 

technology, and statistics. 

2. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee will address census policies, 

research and methodology, tests, 

operations, communications/messaging, 

and other activities to ascertain needs 

and best practices to improve censuses, 

surveys, operations, and programs. 

3. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee will provide formal review 

and feedback on internal and external 

working papers, reports, and other 

documents related to the design and 

implementation of census programs and 

surveys. 

4. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee will function solely as an 

advisory body and shall comply fully 

with the provisions of the FACA. 

5. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee reports to the Director of the 

Census Bureau. 

Membership 

1. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee consists of up to 21 members 

who are appointed by and serve at the 

discretion of the Director of the Census 

Bureau. 

2. Members will serve for a three-year 

term. All members will be evaluated at 

the conclusion of their first term with 

the prospect of renewal, pending 

Committee needs. Active attendance 

and participation in meetings and 

activities will be factors considered 

when determining term renewal or 

membership continuance. Members may 

be appointed for a second three-year 

term at the discretion of the Director. 

3. Members shall serve as Special 

Government Employees (SGEs) and will 

be subject to the ethics rules applicable 

to SGEs. 

4. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee aims to have balanced 

representation among its members, 

considering such factors as geography, 

scientific expertise, community 

involvement, and knowledge of census 

programs and/or activities, and, where 

possible the Census Bureau will 

consider the ethnic, racial, and gender 

diversity and various abilities of the 

United States population. 

5. No employee of the Federal 

Government can serve as a member of 

the Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee. 

Miscellaneous 

1. The Census Bureau will not 

compensate members of the Committee 

for their services, but shall, upon 

request, reimburse travel expenses as 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703. 

2. The Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee will convene twice per year, 

budget and environmental conditions 

permitting. The Committee will use 

formal advisory committee meetings, 

webinars, working groups, and other 

means of review to accomplish its goals, 

consistent with the requirements of 

FACA. 

Nomination Information 

1. Nominations are requested as 

described above. 

2. Nominees must have scientific and 

technical expertise in such areas as 

communications, demographic, 

economic, field operations, geography, 

information technology, and statistics. 

Such knowledge and expertise are 

needed to provide advice and 


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1See Mattresses from Indonesia: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigation, 88 FR 57412 

(August 23, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Mattresses from Indonesia: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation, 88 FR 69132 (October 5, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Negative Determination of the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Mattresses 

from Indonesia,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 57413. 

6See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5–6. 

7The deadline for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary scope decision memorandum. 

recommendations to the Director of the 

Census Bureau on the trends, uses, and 

application of scientific innovations and 

developments in relation to the full 

range of Census Bureau programs and 

activities. 

3. The Census Bureau is especially 

interested in receiving applications from 

persons with expertise in survey 

methodology, information technology, 

computer science and engineering, 

geography, psychology, business/ 

finance, sociology, and marketing. 

4. Individuals, groups, and/or 

organizations may submit nominations 

on behalf of individual candidates. A 

summary of the candidate’s 

qualifications (resume ́ or curriculum 

vitae) must be included along with the 

nomination letter. Nominees must be 

able to actively participate in the tasks 

of the Census Scientific Advisory 

Committee, including, but not limited 

to, regular meeting attendance, 

Committee meeting discussant 

responsibilities, review of materials, as 

well as participation in conference calls, 

webinars, working groups, and/or 

special Committee activities. 

5. The Department of Commerce is 

committed to equal opportunity in the 

workplace and seeks diverse Committee 

membership. 

Robert L. Santos, Director, Census 

Bureau, approved the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Dated: December 26, 2023. 

Shannon Wink, 

Program Analyst, Policy Coordination Office, 

U.S. Census Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28812 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–192–2023] 

Approval of Expansion of Subzone 

144C; Orgill, Inc.; Tifton, Georgia 

On September 28, 2023, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the Brunswick and Glynn 

County Development Authority, grantee 

of FTZ 144, requesting an expansion of 

Subzone 144C subject to the existing 

activation limit of FTZ 144, on behalf of 

Orgill, Inc., in Tifton, Georgia. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (88 FR 69116, October 5, 

2023). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR 

400.36(f)), the application to expand 

Subzone 144C was approved on 

December 26, 2023, subject to the FTZ 

Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including section 400.13, and further 

subject to FTZ 144’s 2,000-acre 

activation limit. 

Dated: December 26, 2023. 

Camille R. Evans, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28811 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–560–839] 

Mattresses From Indonesia: 

Preliminary Negative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With the Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are not being provided to 

producers and exporters of mattresses 

from Indonesia. The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable January 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Natasia Harrison or Harrison Tanchuck, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1240 or 

(202) 482–7421, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on August 23, 

2023.1 On October 5, 2023, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination until December 26, 

2023.2

For a complete description of events 

that followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are mattresses from 

Indonesia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).5 We received 

comments concerning the scope of the 

concurrent antidumping duty (AD) 

investigations of mattresses as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice.6 We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested parties 

and intend to issue our preliminary 

decision regarding the scope of the AD 

and CVD investigations prior to or 

concurrently with the AD preliminary 

determinations. We will incorporate the 

scope decisions from the AD 

investigations into the scope of the final 

CVD determination for this 

investigation, after considering any 

relevant comments submitted in scope 

case and rebuttal briefs.7


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