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address the Shasta County Resource 

Advisory Committee. 

Dated: April 28, 2011. 

Arlen P. Cravens, 

Acting Forest Supervisor, Shasta-Trinity 

National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2011–10951 Filed 5–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS 

COMMISSION 

No Fear Act 

AGENCY: American Battle Monuments 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The American Battle 

Monuments Commission (ABMC) is 

providing notice to its employees, 

former employees, and applicants for 

federal employment about the rights and 

remedies available to them under the 

Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection, and 

retaliation laws. This notice fulfills the 

ABMC’s initial notification obligation 

under the Notification and Federal 

Employees Antidiscrimination and 

Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act), as 

implemented by the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) regulations at 5 

CFR part 724. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit 

the ABMC Web site at http:// 

www.abmc.gov, or contact Michael 

Conley, Director, Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO), by mail at American 

Battle Monuments Commission, 2300 

Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 500, 

Arlington, VA 22201, or by phone at 

(703) 696–5177. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

15, 2002, Congress enacted the 

‘‘Notification and Federal Employee 

Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 

of 2002,’’ which is now known as the No 

FEAR Act. See Public Law 107–174, 

codified at 5 U.S.C. 2301 note. As stated 

in the full title of the Act, the Act is 

intended to ‘‘require that Federal 

agencies be accountable for violations of 

antidiscrimination and whistleblower 

protection laws.’’ In support of this 

purpose, Congress found that ‘‘agencies 

cannot run effectively if those agencies 

practice or tolerate discrimination.’’ 

Public Law 107–174, § 101(1). 

The Act also requires this agency to 

provide this notice to its Federal 

employees, former Federal employees 

and applicants for Federal employment 

to inform you of the rights and 

protections available to you under 

Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection, and 

retaliation laws. 

Antidiscrimination Laws 

A Federal agency cannot discriminate 

against an employee or applicant with 

respect to the terms, conditions or 

privileges of employment on the basis of 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

age, disability, sexual orientation, 

parental status or any other non-merit 

factor. Discrimination on these bases is 

prohibited by one or more of the 

following statutes: 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), 

29 U.S.C. 206(d), 29 U.S.C. 631, 29 

U.S.C. 633a, 29 U.S.C. 791 and 42 U.S.C. 

2000e–16. 

If you believe that you have been the 

victim of unlawful discrimination on 

the basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin or disability, you must 

contact an Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) counselor within 45 

calendar days of the alleged 

discriminatory action, or, in the case of 

a personnel action, within 45 calendar 

days of the effective date of the action, 

before you can file a formal complaint 

of discrimination with your agency. See, 

e.g., 29 CFR Part 1614. If you believe 

that you have been the victim of 

unlawful discrimination on the basis of 

age, you must either contact an EEO 

counselor as noted above or give notice 

of intent to sue the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 

180 calendar days of the alleged 

discriminatory action. If you are alleging 

discrimination based on marital status 

or political affiliation, you may file a 

written complaint with the U.S. Office 

of Special Counsel (OSC) see contact 

information below). In the alternative 

(or in some cases, in addition), you may 

pursue a discrimination complaint by 

filing a grievance through the agency’s 

administrative grievance procedures, if 

such procedures apply and are 

available. 

Whistleblower Protection Laws 

A Federal employee with authority to 

take, direct others to take, recommend 

or approve any personnel action must 

not use that authority to take or fail to 

take, or threaten to take or fail to take 

a personnel action against an employee 

or applicant because of disclosure of 

information by that individual that is 

reasonably believed to evidence 

violations of law, rule or regulation; 

gross mismanagement; gross waste of 

funds; an abuse of authority; or a 

substantial and specific danger to public 

health or safety, unless disclosure of 

such information is specifically 

prohibited by law and such information 

is specifically required by Executive 

Order to be kept secret in the interest of 

national defense or the conduct of 

foreign affairs. 

Retaliation against an employee or 

applicant for making a protected 

disclosure is prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 

2302(b)(8). If you believe that you have 

been the victim of whistleblower 

retaliation, you may file a written 

complaint (Form OSC–11) with the U.S. 

Office of Special Counsel, 1730 M 

Street, NW., Suite 218, Washington, DC 

20036–4505, or online through the OSC 

Web site at http://www.osc.gov. 

Retaliation for Engaging in Protected 

Activity 

A Federal agency cannot retaliate 

against an employee or applicant 

because that individual exercised his or 

her rights under any of the Federal 

antidiscrimination or whistleblower 

protection laws listed above. If you 

believe that you are the victim of 

retaliation for engaging in protected 

activity, you must follow, as 

appropriate, the procedures described in 

the Antidiscrimination Laws and 

Whistleblower Protection Laws sections 

or, if applicable, the administrative or 

negotiated grievance procedures in 

order to pursue any legal remedy. 

Disciplinary Actions 

Under the existing laws, each agency 

retains the right, where appropriate, to 

discipline a Federal employee for 

conduct that is inconsistent with 

Federal antidiscrimination and 

whistleblower protection laws up to and 

including removal. If OSC has initiated 

an investigation under 5 U.S.C. 1214, 

however, according to 5 U.S.C. 1214(f), 

agencies must seek approval from the 

Special Counsel to discipline employees 

for, among other activities, engaging in 

prohibited retaliation. Nothing in the No 

FEAR Act alters existing laws or permits 

an agency to take unfounded 

disciplinary action against a Federal 

employee or to violate the procedural 

rights of a Federal employee who has 

been accused of discrimination. 

Additional Information 

For further information regarding the 

No FEAR Act regulations, refer to 5 CFR 

part 724, as well as the appropriate 

offices within the ABMC (e.g., EEO or 

Personnel and Administration). 

Additional information regarding 

Federal antidiscrimination, 

whistleblower protection and retaliation 

laws can be found on the EEOC Web site 

at http://www.eeoc.gov and on the OSC 

Web site at http://www.osc.gov. 

Existing Rights Unchanged 

Pursuant to section 205 of the No 

FEAR Act, neither the Act nor this 


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notice creates, expands or reduces any 

rights otherwise available to any 

employee, former employee or applicant 

under the laws of the United States, 

including the provisions of law 

specified in 5 U.S.C. 2302(d). 

Frank A. Manies, 

Director, Human Resources and 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–10984 Filed 5–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, May 13, 2011; 

9 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: The Washington Marriott at 

Metro Center, Junior Ballroom Salons 

1 and 2, 775 12th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Briefing Agenda 

This briefing is open to the public. 

Topic: Peer-to-Peer Violence and 

Bullying: Examining the Federal 

Response 

I. Introductory Remarks by Chairman 

II. Speakers’ Presentations 

III. Questions by Commissioners and 

Staff Director 

IV. Adjourn Briefing 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. Hearing-impaired persons who 

will attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least three business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Dated: May 3, 2011. 

Kimberly A. Tolhurst, 

Senior Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2011–11116 Filed 5–3–11; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: National Ocean Recreational 

Expenditure (NORE) Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 12,701. 

Average Hours per Response: Nonparticipants in ocean activities, 2 

minutes; Participants in ocean activities, 

10 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 2,449. 

Needs and Uses: This is a request for 

a new information collection. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

13547: Stewardship of our Oceans, our 

Coasts and our Great Lakes, and 

NOAA’s Next Generation Strategic Plan, 

the National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) plans to collect data to estimate 

expenditures on recreational activities 

in the U.S. that interact with marine 

resources falling within the scope of 

NMFS’ public trust responsibilities. 

These activities may include but are not 

limited to: Wildlife watching (for 

example, whales or dolphins) from a 

boat or from shore; kayaking or canoeing 

in fish habitat areas such as estuaries 

and sloughs; and snorkeling or scuba 

diving on fish aggregating devices such 

as ship wrecks. The survey will help 

enhance NMFS’ understanding of the 

economic implications of its public trust 

responsibilities as they relate to nonfishing recreational activities. The data 

collected may also provide information 

useful for the purposes of marine spatial 

planning. Measures of economic 

performance that may be supported by 

this data collection include the 

following: (1) Contribution to net 

national benefit; and (2) contribution to 

regional economic impacts (income and 

employment). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: One time or every two 

months for up to one year. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: May 2, 2011. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–10954 Filed 5–4–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–423–809] 

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 

Belgium: Final Results of Full Sunset 

Review and Revocation of the 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 2, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) initiated the second 

sunset review of the countervailing duty 

(‘‘CVD’’) order on certain stainless steel 

plate in coils from Belgium (‘‘SSPC’’ or 

‘‘subject merchandise’’) pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (‘‘the Act’’). On the basis of 

a notice of intent to participate and an 

adequate substantive response filed on 

behalf of the domestic interested parties 

and adequate substantive responses 

from ArcelorMittal Stainless Belgium 

N.V. (‘‘AMS’’) and the Government of 

Belgium (‘‘GOB’’), the Department 

determined to conduct a full sunset 

review of the CVD order pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(2). As a result of our 

analysis, the Department finds that 

revocation of the CVD order would not 

likely lead to continuation or recurrence 

of a countervailable subsidy. Therefore, 

the Department is revoking this CVD 

order. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 5, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Tran or Jennifer Meek, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1503 or (202) 482– 

2778. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 2, 2010, the Department 

initiated the second sunset review of the 

CVD order on SSPC from Belgium in 

accordance with section 751(c) of the 

Act. See Initiation of Five-Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 75 FR 30777 (June 2, 

2010). 


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