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expand trade between the United States 

and Brazil. 

This notice seeks candidates to fill 

three current vacancies on the U.S. 

Section of the Forum as well as any 

future vacancies that may arise during 

the current appointment terms through 

August 13, 2016. Each candidate must 

be the Chief Executive Officer or 

President (or have a comparable level of 

responsibility) of a U.S.-owned or 

-controlled company that is 

incorporated in and has its main 

headquarters in the United States and 

that is currently doing business in both 

Brazil and the United States. Each 

candidate also must be a U.S. citizen or 

otherwise legally authorized to work in 

the United States and able to travel to 

Brazil and locations in the United States 

to attend official Forum meetings as 

well as independent U.S. Section and 

Committee meetings. In addition, the 

candidate may not be a registered 

foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act of 1938, as amended. 

Evaluation of applications for 

membership in the U.S. Section by 

eligible individuals will be based on the 

following criteria: 

—A demonstrated commitment by the 

individual’s company to the Brazilian 

market either through exports or 

investment. 

—A demonstrated strong interest in 

Brazil and its economic development. 

—The ability to offer a broad 

perspective and business experience 

to the discussions. 

—The ability to address cross-cutting 

issues that affect the entire business 

community. 

—The ability to initiate and be 

responsible for activities in which the 

Forum will be active. 

Members will be selected on the basis 

of who will best carry out the objectives 

of the Forum as stated in the Terms of 

Reference establishing the U.S.-Brazil 

CEO Forum. The U.S. Section of the 

Forum should also include members 

that represent a diversity of business 

sectors and geographic locations. To the 

extent possible, U.S. Section members 

also should represent a cross-section of 

small, medium, and large firms. 

U.S. members will receive no 

compensation for their participation in 

Forum-related activities. Individual 

members will be responsible for all 

travel and related expenses associated 

with their participation in the Forum, 

including attendance at Committee and 

Section meetings. Only appointed 

members may participate in official 

Forum meetings; substitutes and 

alternates will not be designated. 

According to the current Terms of 

Reference, members are normally to 

serve three-year terms, but may be 

reappointed. The individuals appointed 

to fill the vacancies on the U.S. Section 

of the Forum will be appointed to serve 

the remainder of the current three-year 

term cycle ending August 13, 2016. 

To be considered for membership, 

please submit the following information 

as instructed in the ADDRESSES and 

DATES captions above: Name(s) and 

title(s) of the individual(s) requesting 

consideration; name and address of 

company’s headquarters; location of 

incorporation; size of the company; size 

of company’s export trade, investment, 

and nature of operations or interest in 

Brazil; an affirmative statement that the 

applicant is neither registered nor 

required to register as a foreign agent 

under the Foreign Agents Registration 

Act of 1938, as amended; and a brief 

statement of why the candidate should 

be considered, including information 

about the candidate’s ability to initiate 

and be responsible for activities in 

which the Forum will be active. 

Applications will be considered as they 

are received. All candidates will be 

notified of whether they have been 

selected. 

Dated: March 10, 2015. 

Alexander Peacher, 

Acting Director for the Office of Latin America 

& the Caribbean. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05843 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–HE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness: Notice of Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed topics of 

discussion for public meetings of the 

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain 

Competitiveness (Committee). 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

April 15 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 

and April 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting on April 15 

will be held at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 1412, Washington, DC 

20230. The meeting on April 16 will be 

held at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC 

20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Boll, Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional & Business Services, 

International Trade Administration. 

(Phone: (202) 482–1135 or Email: 

richard.boll@trade.gov) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Committee was established under 

the discretionary authority of the 

Secretary of Commerce and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). It 

provides advice to the Secretary of 

Commerce on the necessary elements of 

a comprehensive policy approach to 

supply chain competitiveness designed 

to support U.S. export growth and 

national economic competitiveness, 

encourage innovation, facilitate the 

movement of goods, and improve the 

competitiveness of U.S. supply chains 

for goods and services in the domestic 

and global economy; and provides 

advice to the Secretary on regulatory 

policies and programs and investment 

priorities that affect the competitiveness 

of U.S. supply chains. For more 

information about the Committee visit: 

http://trade.gov/td/services/oscpb/

supplychain/acscc/. 

Matters to Be Considered: Committee 

members are expected to continue to 

discuss the major competitivenessrelated topics raised at the previous 

Committee meetings, including trade 

and competitiveness; freight movement 

and policy; information technology and 

data requirements; regulatory issues; 

finance and infrastructure; and 

workforce development. The 

Committee’s subcommittees will report 

on the status of their work regarding 

these topics. The agenda’s may change 

to accommodate Committee business. 

The Office of Supply Chain, 

Professional & Business Services will 

post the final detailed agenda’s on its 

Web site, http://trade.gov/td/services/

oscpb/supplychain/acscc/, at least one 

week prior to the meeting. The meetings 

will be open to the public and press on 

a first-come, first-served basis. Space is 

limited. The public meetings are 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify Mr. Richard Boll, at 

(202) 482–1135 or richard.boll@

trade.gov five (5) business days before 

the meeting. 

Interested parties are invited to 

submit written comments to the 

Committee at any time before and after 


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13522 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices 

1See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 

From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; 

2012–2013, 79 FR 69425 (November 21, 2014) 

(‘‘Preliminary Results’’). 

the meeting. Parties wishing to submit 

written comments for consideration by 

the Committee in advance of this 

meeting must send them to the Office of 

Supply Chain, Professional & Business 

Services, 1401 Constitution Ave NW., 

Room 11014, Washington, DC 20230, or 

email to richard.boll@trade.gov. 

For consideration during the 

meetings, and to ensure transmission to 

the Committee prior to the meetings, 

comments must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m. EST on April 8, 2015. 

Comments received after April 8, 2015, 

will be distributed to the Committee, 

but may not be considered at the 

meetings. The minutes of the meetings 

will be posted on the Committee Web 

site within 60 days of the meeting. 

Dated: March 9, 2015. 

David Long, 

Director, Office of Supply Chain, Professional 

& Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05883 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership (MEP) 

Management Information Reporting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Deirdre McMahon, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology— 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4800, 301–975– 

8328 (phone). In addition, written 

comments may be sent via email to 

Deirdre.mcmahon@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Sponsored by NIST, the 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership 

(MEP) is a national network of locallybased manufacturing extension centers 

working with small manufacturers to 

assist them improve their productivity, 

improve profitability and enhance their 

economic competitiveness. The 

information collected will provide the 

MEP with information regarding MEP 

Center performance regarding the 

delivery of technology, and business 

solutions to U.S.-based manufacturers. 

The collected information will assist in 

determining the performance of the 

MEP Centers at both local and national 

levels, provide information critical to 

monitoring and reporting on MEP 

programmatic performance, and assist 

management in policy decisions. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory per the 

regulations governing the operation of 

the MEP Program (15 CFR parts 290, 

291, 292, and H.R. 1274—section 2). 

The information collected will include 

center inputs and activities including 

services delivered, clients served, center 

staff, quarterly expenses and revenues, 

partners, strategic plan, operation plans, 

and client success stories. No 

confidentiality for information 

submitted is promised or provided. 

In order to reflect new initiatives and 

new data needs, NIST MEP has 

identified a need to revise its existing 

reporting processes by modifying 

existing reporting elements that will 

enable NIST MEP to better monitor and 

assess the extent to which the Centers 

are meeting program goals and 

milestones. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information will be collected 

from the MEP Centers through the MEP 

Enterprise Information System (MEIS), 

https://meis.nist.gov. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0032. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Time per Response: 160 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,600. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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: March 11, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05890 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–849] 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Administrative 

Review; 2012–2013 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On November 21, 2014, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

‘‘Department’’) published the 

preliminary results and partial 

rescission of the 2012–2013 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain cutto-length carbon steel plate (‘‘CTL 

plate’’) from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’), in accordance with 

section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’).1 The 

period of review (‘‘POR’’) is November 

1, 2012, through October 31, 2013. This 

review covers two PRC companies: 


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