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from the ‘‘redesigned’’ ASEC. This splitdesign will enable Census Bureau 

analysts to create a ‘‘cross-walk’’ when 

analyzing the effects of the redesigned 

ASEC on income and poverty estimates. 

The U.S. Census Bureau continues to 

follow the 1999 mandate from Congress 

regarding passage of the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), or 

Title XXI. The mandate increased the 

sample size for the CPS, and specifically 

the ASEC, to a level achieving estimates 

that are more reliable for the number of 

individuals participating in this 

program at the state level. Since 2000, 

the ASEC is conducted in February, 

March, and April, rather than only in 

March, to achieve the increase in 

sample size. 

II. Method of Collection 

The ASEC information will be 

collected by both personal visit and 

telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular February, March and 

April CPS interviewing. All interviews 

are conducted using computer-assisted 

interviewing. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0354. 

Form Number: There are no forms. 

We conduct all interviewing on 

computers. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

78,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: There 

are no costs to the respondents other 

than their time to answer the CPS 

questions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Section 182; and Title 29, 

United States Code, Sections 1–9. 

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: August 29, 2013. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21538 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–81–2013] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7— 

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Notification of 

Proposed Production Activity; Puma 

Energy Caribe, LLC (Biodiesel 

Blending); Bayamon, Puerto Rico 

Puma Energy Caribe, LLC (Puma 

Energy) submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the FTZ 

Board for its facility in Bayamon, Puerto 

Rico within Subzone 7F. The 

notification conforming to the 

requirements of the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on August 26, 2013. 

Puma Energy already has authority to 

conduct certain standard refinery 

operations involving crude oil and 

petroleum products within Subzone 7F. 

The current request would add the 

blending of biodiesel to the scope of 

authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), 

additional FTZ authority would be 

limited to the specific foreign-status 

materials and components and specific 

finished products described in the 

submitted notification (as described 

below) and subsequently authorized by 

the FTZ Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt Puma Energy from 

customs duty payments on the foreign 

status component used in export 

production. On its domestic sales, Puma 

Energy would be able to choose the duty 

rates during customs entry procedures 

that apply to renewable diesel blends 

(duty rate—10.5¢/barrel) for the foreign 

status inputs noted below and in the 

existing scope of authority. Customs 

duties also could possibly be deferred or 

reduced on foreign status production 

equipment. 

The component sourced from abroad 

is: Fatty acid methyl ester meeting the 

specification of biodiesel (B100) (duty 

rate—4.6%). 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

October 15, 2013. 

A copy of the notification will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

Web site, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Elizabeth Whiteman at 

Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0473. 

Dated: August 27, 2013. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21638 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 130823751–3751–01] 

Effects of Foreign Policy-Based Export 

Controls 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: BIS is seeking public 

comments on the effect of existing 

foreign policy-based export controls in 

the Export Administration Regulations. 

BIS is requesting public comments to 

conduct consultations with U.S. 

industries. Section 6 of the Export 

Administration Act (EAA) requires BIS 

to consult with industry on the effect of 

such controls and to report the results 

of the consultations to Congress. 

Comments from all interested persons 

are welcome. All comments will be 

made available for public inspection 

and copying and included in a report to 

be submitted to Congress. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may 

be submitted to the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(www.regulations.gov). The 

regulations.gov ID for this rule is: BIS– 

2013–0019. Comments may also be sent 

by email to publiccomments@

bis.doc.gov or on paper to Regulatory 

Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Department of Commerce, 

14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Room 2099B, Washington, DC 

20230. Include the phrase ‘‘FPBEC 


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Comment’’ in the subject line of the 

email message or on the envelope if 

submitting comments on paper. All 

comments must be in writing (either 

submitted to regulations.gov, by email 

or on paper). All comments, including 

personal identifying information (e.g., 

name, address) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter, will be a matter of 

public record and will be available for 

public inspection and copying. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracy L. Patts, Foreign Policy Division, 

Office of Nonproliferation Controls and 

Treaty Compliance, Bureau of Industry 

and Security, telephone 202–482–6389. 

The current Annual Foreign Policy 

Report to the Congress is available at 

http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/

about-bis/newsroom/archives/27-aboutbis/502-foreign-policy-reports, and 

copies may also be requested by calling 

the Office of Nonproliferation Controls 

and Treaty Compliance at the number 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Foreign 

policy-based controls in the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) are 

implemented pursuant to section 6 of 

the Export Administration Act of 1979, 

as amended, (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401– 

2420 (2000)) (EAA). The current foreign 

policy-based export controls maintained 

by the Bureau of Industry and Security 

(BIS) are set forth in the EAR (15 CFR 

parts 730–774), including in parts 742 

(CCL Based Controls), 744 (End-User 

and End-Use Based Controls) and 746 

(Embargoes and Other Special Controls). 

These controls apply to a range of 

countries, items, activities and persons, 

including: 

• Entities acting contrary to the 

national security or foreign policy 

interests of the United States (§ 744.11); 

• Certain general purpose 

microprocessors for ‘‘military end-uses’’ 

and ‘‘military end-users’’ (§ 744.17); 

• Significant items (SI); 

• Hot section technology for the 

development, production, or overhaul of 

commercial aircraft engines, 

components, and systems (§ 742.14); 

• Encryption items (§ 742.15); 

• Crime control and detection items 

(§ 742.7); 

• Specially designed implements of 

torture (§ 742.11); 

• Certain firearms and related items 

based on the Organization of American 

States Model Regulations for the Control 

of the International Movement of 

Firearms, their Parts and Components 

and Munitions included within the 

Inter-American Convention Against the 

Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking 

in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, 

and Other Related Materials (§ 742.17); 

• Regional stability items (§ 742.6); 

• Equipment and related technical 

data used in the design, development, 

production, or use of certain rocket 

systems and unmanned air vehicles 

(§§ 742.5 and 744.3); 

• Chemical precursors and biological 

agents, associated equipment, technical 

data, and software related to the 

production of chemical and biological 

agents (§§ 742.2 and 744.4) and various 

chemicals included on the list of those 

chemicals controlled pursuant to the 

Chemical Weapons Convention 

(§ 742.18); 

• Communication intercepting 

devices, software and technology 

(§ 742.13); 

• Nuclear propulsion (§ 744.5); 

• Aircraft and vessels (§ 744.7); 

• Restrictions on exports and 

reexports to certain persons designated 

as proliferators of weapons of mass 

destruction (§ 744.8); 

• Certain cameras to be used by 

military end-users or incorporated into 

a military commodity (§ 744.9); 

• Countries designated as Supporters 

of Acts of International Terrorism 

(§§ 742.8, 742.9, 742.10, 742.19, 746.2, 

746.4, 746.7, and 746.9); 

• Certain entities in Russia (§ 744.10); 

• Individual terrorists and terrorist 

organizations (§§ 744.12, 744.13 and 

744.14); 

• Certain persons designated by 

Executive Order 13315 (‘‘Blocking 

Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its 

Senior Officials and Their Family 

Members’’) (§ 744.18); 

• Certain sanctioned entities 

(§ 744.20); 

• Embargoed countries (Part 746); and 

• U.N. arms embargoes (§ 746.1). 

In addition, the EAR impose foreign 

policy-based export controls on certain 

nuclear-related commodities, 

technology, end-uses and end-users 

(§§ 742.3 and 744.2), in part, 

implementing section 309(c) of the 

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 

(42 U.S.C. 2139a). 

Under the provisions of section 6 of 

the EAA, export controls maintained for 

foreign policy purposes require annual 

extension. Section 6 of the EAA requires 

a report to Congress when foreign 

policy-based export controls are 

extended. The EAA expired on August 

20, 2001. Executive Order 13222 of 

August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 

783 (2002)), as amended by Executive 

Order 13637 of March 8, 2013, 78 FR 

16129 (March 13, 2013), which has been 

extended by successive Presidential 

Notices, the most recent being that of 

August 8, 2013 (78 FR 49105 (Aug. 12, 

2013)), continues the EAR and, to the 

extent permitted by law, the provisions 

of the EAA, in effect under the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. 

(2000) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010)). The 

Department of Commerce, as 

appropriate, follows the provisions of 

section 6 of the EAA by reviewing its 

foreign policy-based export controls, 

conducting consultations with industry 

through public comments on such 

controls, and preparing a report to be 

submitted to Congress. In January 2013, 

the Secretary of Commerce, on the 

recommendation of the Secretary of 

State, extended for one year all foreign 

policy-based export controls then in 

effect. BIS is now soliciting public 

comment on the effects of extending the 

existing foreign policy-based export 

controls from January 2014 to January 

2015. Among the criteria considered in 

determining whether to extend U.S. 

foreign policy-based export controls are 

the following: 

1. The likelihood that such controls 

will achieve their intended foreign 

policy purposes, in light of other factors, 

including the availability from other 

countries of the goods, software or 

technology proposed for such controls; 

2. Whether the foreign policy 

objective of such controls can be 

achieved through negotiations or other 

alternative means; 

3. The compatibility of the controls 

with the foreign policy objectives of the 

United States and with the overall U.S. 

policy toward the country subject to the 

controls; 

4. Whether the reaction of other 

countries to the extension of such 

controls is not likely to render the 

controls ineffective in achieving the 

intended foreign policy objective or be 

counterproductive to U.S. foreign policy 

interests; 

5. The comparative benefits to U.S. 

foreign policy objectives versus the 

effect of the controls on the export 

performance of the United States, the 

competitive position of the United 

States in the international economy, the 

international reputation of the United 

States as a supplier of goods and 

technology; and 

6. The ability of the United States to 

effectively enforce the controls. 

BIS is particularly interested in 

receiving comments on the economic 

impact of proliferation controls. BIS is 

also interested in industry information 

relating to the following: 

1. Information on the effect of foreign 

policy-based export controls on sales of 

U.S. products to third countries (i.e., 

those countries not targeted by 


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1See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review, 78 FR 25423 

(May 1, 2013). 

2Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, 

Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 

LLC (collectively, Petitioners). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Continued 

sanctions), including the views of 

foreign purchasers or prospective 

customers regarding U.S. foreign policybased export controls. 

2. Information on controls maintained 

by U.S. trade partners. For example, to 

what extent do U.S. trade partners have 

similar controls on goods and 

technology on a worldwide basis or to 

specific destinations? 

3. Information on licensing policies or 

practices by our foreign trade partners 

that are similar to U.S. foreign policy 

based export controls, including license 

review criteria, use of conditions, and 

requirements for pre- and post-shipment 

verifications (preferably supported by 

examples of approvals, denials and 

foreign regulations). 

4. Suggestions for bringing foreign 

policy-based export controls more into 

line with multilateral practice. 

5. Comments or suggestions to make 

multilateral controls more effective. 

6. Information that illustrates the 

effect of foreign policy-based export 

controls on trade or acquisitions by 

intended targets of the controls. 

7. Data or other information on the 

effect of foreign policy-based export 

controls on overall trade at the level of 

individual industrial sectors. 

8. Suggestions for measuring the effect 

of foreign policy-based export controls 

on trade. 

9. Information on the use of foreign 

policy-based export controls on targeted 

countries, entities, or individuals. BIS is 

also interested in comments relating 

generally to the extension or revision of 

existing foreign policy-based export 

controls. 

Parties submitting comments are 

asked to be as specific as possible. All 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period will be considered 

by BIS in reviewing the controls and in 

developing the report to Congress. All 

comments received in response to this 

notice will be displayed on BIS’s 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Web 

site at http://efoia.bis.doc.gov/ and on 

the Federal e-Rulemaking portal at 

www.Regulations.gov. All comments 

will also be included in a report to 

Congress, as required by section 6 of the 

EAA, which directs that BIS report to 

Congress the results of its consultations 

with industry on the effects of foreign 

policy-based controls. 

Dated: August 28, 2013. 

Matthew S. Borman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21577 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 

et al.: Notice of Consolidated Decision 

on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Electron Microscope 

This is a decision consolidated 

pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 

Related records can be viewed between 

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 3720, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC. 

Docket Number: 13–016. Applicant: 

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 

Richland, WA 99352. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 

JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 

notice at 78 FR 34990, June 11, 2013. 

Docket Number: 13–018. Applicant: 

The Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA 

92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 

Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 78 

FR 34990, June 11, 2013. 

Docket Number: 13–021. Applicant: 

University of Massachusetts Amherst, 

Amherst, MA 01003. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 

JEOL Ltd, Japan. Intended Use: See 

notice at 78 FR 37206–07, June 20, 2013. 

Docket Number: 13–022. Applicant: 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 

84132. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 

34990–91, June 11, 2013. 

Docket Number: 13–024. Applicant: 

University of Pennsylvania, Biomedical 

Research Building, Philadelphia, PA 

19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 

Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 78 

FR 34990–91, June 11, 2013. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. No instrument of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as this 

instrument is intended to be used, is 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time the instrument was ordered. 

Reasons: Each foreign instrument is an 

electron microscope and is intended for 

research or scientific educational uses 

requiring an electron microscope. We 

know of no electron microscope, or any 

other instrument suited to these 

purposes, which was being 

manufactured in the United States at the 

time of order of each instrument. 

Dated: August 27, 2013. 

Richard Herring, 

Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement 

Office, Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21641 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–938] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Notice of Partial Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 5, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia M. Tran or Raquel Silva, AD/

CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

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

6475, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

On May 1, 2013, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) published a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

citric acid and certain citrate salts from 

the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 

covering the period of January 1, 2012, 

through December 31, 2012.1 The 

Department received a timely request 

for a CVD administrative review from 

Petitioners 2 for RZBC Group Co., Ltd., 

RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export 

Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. 

(collectively, RZBC). The Department 

also received timely requests from RZBC 

and Laiwu Taihe Biochemistry Co., Ltd. 

(Laiwu) for a CVD administrative review 

of themselves. On June 28, 2013, the 

Department published the notice of 

initiation of this CVD administrative 

review with respect to the two 

companies.3 On July 31, 2013, Laiwu 


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