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USDA is an equal opportunity 

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Louis Aspey, 

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Conservation Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02077 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

[Docket Number—240126–0025] 

Nomination of Individuals to the 

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Census Bureau, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Under Secretary for 

Economic Affairs requests the 

nomination of individuals to the Federal 

Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee (FESAC or the Committee). 

The Under Secretary for Economic 

Affairs, in coordination with the 

Directors of the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau, 

as well as the Commissioner of the 

Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS), will consider 

nominations received in response to this 

notice, as well as from other sources. 

DATES: Nominations for FESAC will be 

accepted on an ongoing basis and will 

be considered as and when vacancies 

arise. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

by email to Gianna.marrone@bea.gov 

(subject line ‘‘FESAC Nomination’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gianna Marrone, Committee 

Management Official, Department of 

Commerce, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, telephone 301–278–9282, 

email: gianna.marrone@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FESAC 

was established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2). The following sections 

provide information about the 

Committee, membership to the 

Committee, and the Committee’s 

nomination process. 

Objectives and Scope of FESAC 

Activities 

The Committee advises the Directors 

of BEA and the Census Bureau, as well 

as the Commissioner of BLS, on 

statistical methodology and other 

technical matters related to the design, 

collection, tabulation, and analysis of 

federal economic statistics. 

Description of FESAC Member Duties 

The Committee functions solely as an 

advisory committee to the senior 

officials of BEA, the Census Bureau, and 

BLS (the agencies). Important aspects of 

the Committee’s responsibilities 

include, but are not limited to: 

a. Recommending research to address 

important technical problems arising in 

the field of federal economic statistics; 

b. Identifying areas in which better 

coordination of the agencies’ activities 

would be beneficial; 

c. Exploring ways to enhance the 

agencies’ economic indicators to 

improve their timeliness, accuracy, and 

specificity to meet changing demands 

and future data needs; 

d. Improving the means, methods, and 

techniques to obtain economic 

information needed to produce current 

and future economic indicators; and 

e. Coordinating, in its identification of 

agenda items, with other existing 

academic advisory committees 

chartered to provide agency-specific 

advice, for the purpose of avoiding 

duplication of effort. 

The Committee meets once or twice a 

year, budget permitting. Additional 

meetings may be held as deemed 

necessary by the Under Secretary for 

Economic Affairs or the Designated 

Federal Official. All Committee 

meetings are open to the public in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

FESAC Membership 

The Committee will comprise 

approximately sixteen members who 

serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of 

Commerce. Members shall be appointed 

by the Under Secretary for Economic 

Affairs in consultation with the 

agencies. Committee members shall be 

professionals in appropriate disciplines, 

including economists, statisticians, 

survey methodologists, computer 

scientists, data scientists, and 

behavioral scientists who are experts in 

their fields and are recognized for their 

scientific, professional, and operational 

achievements and objectivity. 

Membership will represent data users 

with expertise from the public sector, 

academia, and the private sector. 

Members will be chosen to achieve a 

balanced membership that will meet the 

needs of the agencies. 

Members shall serve as Special 

Government Employees (SGEs) and 

shall be subject to the applicable ethics 

rules. 

A FESAC member term is three years. 

Members may serve more than one term 

as described in the FESAC Charter, 

available at: https://apps.bea.gov/fesac/. 

Compensation for Members 

Members of the Committee serve 

without compensation but may be 

reimbursed for Committee-related travel 

and lodging expenses. 

Solicitation of Nominations 

The Committee is currently filling one 

or more positions on FESAC. 

The Under Secretary of Economic 

Affairs, in consultation with the 

agencies, will consider nominations of 

all qualified individuals to ensure that 

the Committee includes the areas of 

experience noted above. Individuals 

may nominate themselves or other 

individuals. Professional associations 

and organizations also may nominate 

one or more qualified persons for 

Committee membership. Nominations 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 23 / Friday, February 2, 2024 / Notices 7361 

1See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents 

from Taiwan: Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 

Duty Order, 77 FR 27419 (May 10, 2012) (Order). 2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445, 27447 (May 2, 

2023). 3See Archroma’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Administrative,’’ dated May 31, 2023. 4See TFM’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Stilbenic Optical 

Brightening Agents (CSOBA) from Taiwan,’’ dated 

May 30, 2023. 5See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

44262, 44268 (July 12, 2023). 6See Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents from 

People’s Republic of China and Taiwan: Final 

Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Order, 

87 FR 80162 (December 29, 2022) (Revocation 

Notice). 7 Id. 87 FR at 80163. 8 Id. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review of Certain Stilbenic Optical 

Brightening Agents from Taiwan; 2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

10See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

shall state that the nominee is willing to 

serve as a Committee member and carry 

out the affiliated duties. A nomination 

package should include the following 

information for each nominee: 

1. A letter of nomination stating the 

name, affiliation, and contact 

information for the nominee, the basis 

for the nomination (i.e., what specific 

attributes recommend the nominee for 

service in this capacity), and the 

nominee’s field(s) of expertise; 

2. A biographical sketch of the 

nominee; 

3. A copy of the nominee’s 

curriculum vitae; and 

4. The name, return address, email 

address, and daytime telephone number 

at which the nominator can be 

contacted. 

The Committee aims to have a 

balanced representation among its 

members, considering such factors as 

geography, age, sex, race, ethnicity, 

technical expertise, community 

involvement, and knowledge of 

programs and/or activities related to 

FESAC. Individuals will be selected 

based on their expertise in or 

representation of specific areas as 

needed by FESAC. 

All nomination information should be 

provided in a single, complete package. 

Interested applicants should send their 

nomination packages to Gianna 

Marrone, Committee Management 

Official, at Gianna.Marrone@bea.gov 

(subject line ‘‘FESAC Nomination’’). 

Authority: Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C. app. 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

Sabrina L. Montes, 

Designated Federal Official, Federal 

Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02126 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–848] 

Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents 

From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that Teh Fong Min 

International Co., Ltd., also known as 

Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. 

(TFM), the sole producer and/or 

exporter subject to this administrative 

review, made sales of stilbenic optical 

brightening agents (OBAs) at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR) May 1, 2022, through 

November 26, 2022. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Weiner, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 10, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register the antidumping duty 

(AD) order on OBAs from Taiwan.1 On 

May 2, 2023, we published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request an administrative review of 

the Order for the POR.2 In May 2023, 

Archroma, U.S., Inc. (Archroma), a U.S. 

producer of OBAs, timely requested an 

administrative review of TFM.3

Additionally, TFM and its affiliated U.S. 

importer TFM North America, Inc 

requested a review of TFM.4 On July 12, 

2023, we initiated this administrative 

review with respect to TFM.5

On December 29, 2022, Commerce 

revoked the Order effective November 

27, 2022.6 Because only entries of 

subject merchandise ‘‘prior to the 

effective date of revocation will 

continue to be subject to suspension of 

liquidation and AD deposit 

requirements,’’ 7 the POR for this 

administrative review is abbreviated 

(i.e., May 1, 2022, through November 

26, 2022).8

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this administrative review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.9

The Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

is a public document and is made 

available to the public 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 is available at 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of the 

topics discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is attached as an 

Appendix to this notice. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are OBAs. A full description of the 

scope of the Order is contained in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Export price and constructed export 

price are calculated in accordance with 

section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of the 

Administrative Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the POR May 

1, 2022, through November 26, 2022: 

Producer and/or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Teh Fong Min International Co., 

Ltd/Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd ...................... 1.04 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed in connection with these 

preliminary results to interested parties 

within five days after public 

announcement of these preliminary 

results.10


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