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7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia 

(VHS); Interstate Movement and Import 

Restrictions on Certain Live Fish. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0340. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act of 2002 is the 

primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture is charged with disease 

prevention. APHIS regulations in 9 CFR, 

part 93 govern the importation of certain 

species of fish to prevent the 

introduction or spread of specific pests 

and diseases of aquaculture facilities 

within the United States. APHIS is 

establishing regulations to prevent the 

introduction of VHS into U.S. 

aquaculture facilities by controlling the 

movement of certain live fish species at 

risk of harboring VHS. VHS is listed as 

a notifiable disease by the World 

Organization for Animal Health. APHIS 

will use several forms to collect 

necessary information. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect the necessary 

information using the Interstate 

Certificate of Inspection (ICI); Permit for 

Movement of Restricted Animals VS 

Form 1–27; Cleaning and Disinfection 

Certificate; Application for Import or InTransit Permit VS Form 17–129; Health 

Certificate and a 72-hour advance 

notification by the importer notifying 

the APHIS port veterinarian. If the 

information was collected less 

frequently or not collected at all, it 

would significantly cripple APHIS’ 

ability to prevent the introduction of 

VHS into U.S. aquaculture facilities by 

controlling the movement of live fish at 

risk of harboring VHS virus. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–7028 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Solicitation of Nominations, Advisory 

Committee on Biotechnology and 21st 

Century Agriculture 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, 

Research, Education, and Economics, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App., the 

Agricultural Research Service is 

requesting nominations for qualified 

persons to serve as members of the 

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on 

Biotechnology and 21st Century 

Agriculture (AC21). The charge for the 

AC21 is two-fold: To examine the longterm impacts of biotechnology on the 

U.S. food and agriculture system and 

USDA; and to provide guidance to 

USDA on pressing individual issues, 

identified by the Office of the Secretary, 

related to the application of 

biotechnology in agriculture. 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received by fax or postmarked on or 

before April 29, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: All nomination materials 

should be sent to Michael Schechtman, 

Designated Federal Official, Office of 

the Deputy Secretary, USDA, 202B 

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, 14th 

and Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Schechtman, Telephone (202) 

720–3817. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Nominations are being sought for open 

Committee seats to supplement a pool of 

nominations received on or before 

December 22, 2008. AC21 members 

serve terms of up to 2 years, with terms 

for around half of the Committee 

members generally expiring in most 

years. The committee’s Charter allows 

for a committee of 20 to 25 members 

and there are currently a minimum of 12 

slots on the Committee that need to be 

filled, including that of the Chair. Equal 

opportunity practices, in line with 

USDA policies, will be followed in all 

membership appointments to the 

Committee. To ensure that 

recommendations of the Committee take 

into account the needs of the diverse 

groups served by the Department, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Nominees of the AC21 should have 

recognized expertise in one or more of 

the following areas: Recombinant-DNA 

(rDNA) research and applications using 

plants; rDNA research and applications 

using animals; rDNA research and 

applications using microbes; food 

science; silviculture and related forest 

science; fisheries science; ecology; 

veterinary medicine; the broad range of 

farming or agricultural practices; weed 

science; plant pathology; biodiversity; 

applicable laws and regulations relevant 

to agricultural biotechnology policy; 

risk assessment; consumer advocacy 

and public attitudes; public health/ 

epidemiology; ethics, including 

bioethics; human medicine; 

biotechnology industry activities and 

structure; intellectual property rights 

systems; and international trade. 

Members will be selected by the 

Secretary of Agriculture in order to 

achieve a balanced representation of 

viewpoints to address effectively USDA 

biotechnology policy issues under 

consideration. Background information 

regarding the work of the AC21, 

including reports already developed by 

the Committee, is available on the 

USDA Web site at http://www.usda.gov/ 

wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_

1OB?navid=BIOTECH&

parentnav=AGRICULTURE&

navtype=RT. 

Nominations for AC21 membership 

must be in writing and provide the 

appropriate background documents 

required by USDA policy, including 

background disclosure form AD–755. 

All nomination materials should be sent 

to Michael Schechtman at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. Forms 

may also be submitted by fax to (202) 

690–4265. To obtain form AD–755 only, 

please contact Dianne Fowler, Office of 

Pest Management Policy, telephone 

(202) 720–4074, fax (202) 720–3191; email Dianne.fowler@ars.usda.gov. 

The AC21 meets in Washington, DC, 

up to four (4) times per year. The 

function of the AC21 is solely advisory. 

Members of the AC21 and its 

subcommittees serve without pay, but 

with reimbursement of travel expenses 

and per diem for attendance at AC21 

and subcommittee functions for those 

AC21 members who require assistance 

in order to attend the meetings. While 

away from home or their regular place 

of business, those members will be 


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eligible for travel expenses paid by the 

Office of the Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics, USDA, 

including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, at the same rate as a person 

employed intermittently in the 

government service is allowed under 

Section 5703 of Title 5, United States 

Code. 

Submitting Nominations: 

Nominations should be typed and 

include the following: 

1. A brief summary of no more than 

two (2) pages explaining the nominee’s 

suitability to serve on the AC21. 

2. A resume or curriculum vitae. 

3. A completed copy of form AD–755. 

All nominations must be post marked 

no later than April 29, 2009. 

Katherine Smith, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education and Economics. 

[FR Doc. E9–6884 Filed 3–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–801] 

Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 

Changed–Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

SKF Aeroengine France S.A.S.U., the 

Department of Commerce is initiating a 

changed–circumstances review of the 

antidumping duty order on ball bearings 

and parts thereof from France. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristin Case or Richard Rimlinger, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

(202) 482–3174 or (202) 482–4477, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published an antidumping 

duty order on ball bearings and parts 

thereof from France on May 15, 1989. 

See Antidumping Duty Orders: Ball 

Bearings, Cylindrical Roller Bearings, 

Spherical Plain Bearings, and Parts 

Thereof From France, 54 FR 20902 (May 

15, 1989). On August 11, 2000, the 

Department revoked the order, effective 

May 1, 1999, with respect to sales of ball 

bearings by SNFA S.A. (SNFA). See 

Antifriction Bearings (Other Than 

Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts 

Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, 

Japan, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, 

and the United Kingdom; Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Revocation of Orders in 

Part, 65 FR 49219 (August 11, 2000). 

On March 2, 2007, pursuant to a 

request from SNFA, SKF France S.A., 

and SKF Aerospace France S.A.S., we 

initiated a changed–circumstances 

review in order to determine whether 

SNFA was a successor–in-interest to 

SKF France S.A. following SNFA’s 

acquisition by that company or, 

alternatively, that post–acquisition 

SNFA was the successor–in-interest to 

the pre–acquisition SNFA. See Ball 

Bearings and Parts Thereof from France: 

Initiation of an Antidumping Duty 

Changed–Circumstances Review, 72 FR 

9513 (March 2, 2007). During the course 

of the changed–circumstances review, 

the companies informed the Department 

that SNFA would be changing its name 

to SKF Aeroengine France S.A.S.U. 

(SKF Aeroengine). 

On June 29, 2007, we initiated an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on ball bearings 

and parts thereof from France for the 

period May 1, 2006, through April 30, 

2007, with respect to SKF France S.A. 

and SKF Aerospace France S.A.S. See 

Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part 

and Deferral of Administrative Review, 

72 FR 35690 (June 29, 2007). On 

October 26, 2007, we rescinded the 

changed–circumstances review and 

explained that, because we had initiated 

an administrative review with respect to 

SKF France S.A. and SKF Aerospace 

France S.A.S., we would address any 

issues that had arisen during the course 

of the changed–circumstances review in 

the context of the administrative review. 

See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France and Italy: Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Changed– 

Circumstances Reviews, 72 FR 60798 

(October 26, 2007). In the final results 

of the 2006/07 administrative review, 

we determined that post–acquisition 

SNFA was the successor–in-interest to 

pre–acquisition SNFA and that, during 

the period of review, SNFA had not 

changed its name to SKF Aeroengine. 

See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 

and the United Kingdom: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in 

Part, 73 FR 52823 (September 11, 2008), 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at comment 12 (AFBs 

Final Results). 

On February 6, 2009, SKF Aeroengine 

requested that, because the Department 

appeared to have left open the effect of 

the name change on its determination in 

AFBs Final Results, the Department 

either confirm that its determination 

encompassed the name change or, in the 

alternative, the Department initiate a 

changed–circumstances review to 

determine whether SKF Aeroengine is 

the successor–in-interest to SNFA. 

No other party submitted comments. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the order are 

ball bearings (other than tapered roller 

bearings) and parts thereof. These 

products include all bearings that 

employ balls as the rolling element. 

Imports of these products are classified 

under the following categories: 

antifriction balls, ball bearings with 

integral shafts, ball bearings (including 

radial ball bearings) and parts thereof, 

and housed or mounted ball bearing 

units and parts thereof. 

Imports of these products are 

classified under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 

3926.90.45, 4016.93.00, 4016.93.10, 

4016.93.50, 6909.19.5010, 8431.20.00, 

8431.39.0010, 8482.10.10, 8482.10.50, 

8482.80.00, 8482.91.00, 8482.99.05, 

8482.99.2580, 8482.99.35, 8482.99.6595, 

8483.20.40, 8483.20.80, 8483.50.8040, 

8483.50.90, 8483.90.20, 8483.90.30, 

8483.90.70, 8708.50.50, 8708.60.50, 

8708.60.80, 8708.70.6060, 8708.70.8050, 

8708.93.30, 8708.93.5000, 8708.93.6000, 

8708.93.75, 8708.99.06, 8708.99.31, 

8708.99.4960, 8708.99.50, 8708.99.5800, 

8708.99.8080, 8803.10.00, 8803.20.00, 

8803.30.00, 8803.90.30, and 8803.90.90. 

Although the HTSUS item numbers 

above are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of the order is 

dispositive. 

Initiation of Changed–Circumstances 

Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

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

and 19 CFR 351.216, the Department 

will conduct a changed–circumstances 

review upon receipt of information 

concerning, or a request from an 

interested party for a review of, an 

antidumping duty order which shows 

changed circumstances sufficient to 

warrant a review of the order. SKF 

Aeroengine claims that it has satisfied 

the criteria to warrant such a review. We 

agree that the information submitted by 

SKF Aeroengine demonstrates changed 

circumstances sufficient to warrant a 


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