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351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred, and in the subsequent 

assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is also the reminder to 

parties subject to administrative 

protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results and notice in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: March 23, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix I 

List of Comments in the Decision 

Memorandum 

Comment 1: Differences Between 

Statutory Financial Statements and 

Financial Statements Prepared 

According to International Financial 

Reporting Standards 

Comment 2: Financial Statements for 

G&A and Financial Expenses 

Comment 3: Goodwill Amortization 

Comment 4: Research and Development 

Expenses and Certain G&A Expenses 

Comment 5: Major Inputs 

Comment 6: Adjustments to the Cost of 

Manufacturing 

Comment 7: Financial Expenses 

Comment 8: Solvay’s Use of Polymist® 

in Producing In–Scope Products 

Comment 9: Non–U.S. Sales 

Comment 10: Treatment of Negative 

Dumping Margins (Zeroing) 

[FR Doc. E9–7232 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Scope Rulings 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 31, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) hereby publishes a list 

of scope rulings completed between 

October 1, 2008, and December 31, 

2008. In conjunction with this list, the 

Department is also publishing a list of 

requests for scope rulings and 

anticircumvention determinations 

pending as of December 31, 2008. We 

intend to publish future lists after the 

close of the next calendar quarter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Renkey, AD/CVD Operations, 

China/NME Group, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: 202–482–2312. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department’s regulations provide 

that the Secretary will publish in the 

Federal Register a list of scope rulings 

on a quarterly basis. See 19 CFR 

351.225(o). Our most recent notification 

of scope rulings was published on 

December 1, 2008. See Notice of Scope 

Rulings, 73 FR 72771 (December 1, 

2008). This current notice covers all 

scope rulings and anticircumvention 

determinations completed by Import 

Administration between October 1, 

2008, and December 31, 2008, inclusive, 

and it also lists any scope or 

anticircumvention inquiries pending as 

of December 31, 2008. As described 

below, subsequent lists will follow after 

the close of each calendar quarter. 

Scope Rulings Completed Between 

October 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008 

Germany 

A–428–825: Stainless Steel Sheet and 

Strip in Coils from Germany. Requestor: 

Almetals, Inc.; TriClad nickel-clad 

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils is 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; October 10, 2008. 

Japan 

A–588–046: Polychloroprene Rubber 

from Japan. Requestor: DuPont 

Performance Elastomers L.L.C.; solid 

polychloroprenes that are dipolymers of 

chloroprene and methacrylic acid 

having methacrylic acid comonomer 

content in the 0.2 percent to 5.0 percent 

range (this category does not include 

aqueous chloroprene/methacrylic acid 

dipolymer dispersion products or 

solvent solutions of chloroprene/ 

methacrylic acid dipolymers) are 

excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; October 31, 

2008. 

A–588–046: Polychloroprene Rubber 

from Japan. Requestor: DuPont 

Performance Elastomers L.L.C; aqueous 

dispersions of 2-chlorobutadiene-1,3 

homopolymers, where the polymer 

content of the dispersion is between 55 

weight percent and 61 weight percent 

and the dispersed homopolymer 

contains less than 10 weight percent of 

a tetrahydrofuran-insoluble fraction are 

excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; December 12, 

2008. 

People’s Republic of China 

A–570–504: Petroleum Wax Candles 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Sourcing International, LLC; 

Red Rose Stem (HM65975W–G); White 

and Yellow Poppies (HM65895R); Water 

Lotus (HM52305LB); Spotted Orchid 

(HM12066); and Bouquet of Pom Pom 

(HM65833W–G) novelty candles are not 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; October 20, 2008. 

A–570–827: Cased Pencils from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Walgreen Co.; the ‘‘ArtSkills Stencil 

Kit’’ is not within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; October 8, 

2008. 

A–570–882: Refined Brown 

Aluminum Oxide from the People’s 

Republic of China. Requestor: 3M 

Company; semi-friable aluminum oxide 

and heat-treated aluminum oxide are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; October 1, 2008. 

A–570–886: Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from the People’s Republic 

of China. Requestor: Rayton Produce 

Packaging Inc.; promotional bag (model 

# F–OPPAPEJZLG) is within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; October 

2, 2008. 

A–570–886: Polyethylene Retail 

Carrier Bags from the People’s Republic 

of China. Requestor: Majestic 

International; certain polyethylene gift 

bags (UPC codes starting with 8–51603- 

and ending with: 00002–3, 00004–7, 

00140–2, 00141–9, 00142–6, 00041–2, 

00040–5, 00052–8, 00059–7, 00066–5, 

00068–9, 00071–9, 00072–6, 00075–7, 

00076–4, 00092–4, 00093–1, 00094–8, 

00098–6, 00131–0, 00132–7, 00133–4, 

00144–0, 00145–7, 00152–5, 00153–2, 

00155–6, 00156–3, 00160–0, 00163–1, 

00165–5, 00166–2, 00175–4, 00176–1, 

00181–5, 00183–9, 00226–3, 00230–0, 

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1See Notice of Scope Rulings, 72 FR 43245, 

43246 (August 3, 2007). 

00253–9, 00254–6, 00255–3, 00256–0, 

00257–7, 00259–1, 00260–7, 00262–1, 

00263–8, 00300–0, 00301–7, 00302–4, 

00303–1, 00305–5, 00306–2, 00307–9, 

00308–6, 00309–3, 00350–5, 00351–2, 

00352–9, 00353–6, 00354–3, 00355–0, 

00356–7, 00357–4, 00358–1) are not 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; November 19, 2008. 

A–570–890 Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Stanley Furniture 

Company, Inc.; its convertible cribs are 

not within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; December 23, 2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Central Purchasing, LLC.; its welding 

cart (model number 65939), is not 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; October 1, 2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Reisenthel Accessories; Carrycruiser 

shopping cart is not within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; October 15, 

2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Ardisam, Inc.; Yukon Tracks 

Sportsman’s Cart (model number 

AV125) is not within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; October 16, 

2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Conair Corporation; LadderKart, a hand 

truck with an integral folding stepladder, is within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; October 20, 

2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

American Lawn Mower Company; 

Collect-It Garden Waste Remover is not 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; November 10, 2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Eastman Outdoors, Inc.; Versa deer cart 

(model #9930) is not within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; 

December 31, 2008. 

A–570–922 and C–570–923: Raw 

Flexible Magnets from the People’s 

Republic of China. Requestor: Target 

Corporation; certain decorative retail 

magnets (for model numbers starting 

with DPCI05319- and ending with: 2052 

and 2058) are not within the scope of 

the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders; certain decorative retail 

magnets (for model numbers starting 

with DPCI05319- and ending with: 

2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 

2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 

2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, and model 

number DPCI053230152) are within the 

scope of the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders; December 

22, 2008. 

Multiple Countries 

A–423–808 and C–423–809: Stainless 

Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium; A– 

475–822: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 

from Italy; A–580–831: Stainless Steel 

Plate in Coils from South Korea; A–583– 

830: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 

Taiwan; A–791–805 and C–791–806: 

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from South 

Africa. Requestor: Ugine & ALZ Belgium 

N.V.; stainless steel products with an 

actual thickness of less than 4.75 mm, 

regardless of nominal thickness, are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

and countervailing duty orders; 

December 3, 2008. 

Anticircumvention Determinations 

Completed Between October 1, 2008, 

and December 31, 2008 

None. 

Scope Inquiries Terminated Between 

October 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008 

None. 

Anticircumvention Inquiries Terminated 

Between October 1, 2008, and December 

31, 2008 

None. 

Scope Inquiries Pending as of December 

31, 2008 

People’s Republic of China 

A–570–806: Silicon Metal from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Globe Metallurgical Inc.; whether 

certain silicon metal exported by FerroAlliages et Mineraux to the United 

States from Canada is within scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

October 1, 2008. 

A–570–827: Cased Pencils from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Walgreen Co.; whether the ‘‘ArtSkills 

Draw & Sketch Kit’’ is within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; 

requested May 29, 2007; initiated March 

21, 2008. 

A–570–827: Cased Pencils from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Paper Magic Group (‘‘PMG’’); whether 

PMG’s children’s Valentine card sets 

with pencils are within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

October 6, 2008; initiated November 20, 

2008. 

A–570–864: Pure Magnesium in 

Granular Form from the People’s 

Republic of China. Requestor: ESM 

Group Inc.; whether atomized ingots are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; original scope ruling 

rescinded and vacated April 18, 2007; 1

initiated April 18, 2007; preliminary 

ruling issued August 27, 2008. 

A–570–866: Folding Gift Boxes from 

the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Footstar; whether certain 

four boxes for business cards and forms 

(length × width: 5 × 3.5; 7 × 3.5; 12.125 

× 3.5; and 11 × 8.5) are within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; 

requested April 26, 2007. 

A–570–866: Folding Gift Boxes from 

the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Hallmark Cards, Inc.; 

whether its ‘‘FunZip’’ gift presentation 

is within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested June 1, 2007. 

A–570–868: Folding Metal Tables and 

Chairs from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: New Tec Integration 

Co., Ltd.; whether New Tec’s chair using 

two U-shaped steel tubes to form the 

front and rear legs, and not utilizing the 

cross-bracing typically affixed to the leg 

frame by rivets, welds, and fasteners, is 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested July 30, 2008; 

initiated September 24, 2008. 

A–570–890: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Armel Enterprises, 

Inc.; whether certain children’s 

playroom and accent furniture are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested September 24, 

2007. 

A–570–890: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Target Corporation; 

whether the Shabby Chic secretary desk 

and mirror are within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

November 30, 2007. 

A–570–890: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Zinus, Inc. and Zinus 

(Xiamen) Inc.; whether its Smartbox 

mattress support and box spring are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested January 22, 2008. 

A–570–890: Wooden Bedroom 

Furniture from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Acme Furniture 

Industry, Inc.; whether its mattress 

supports (item nos. 2833, 2834, 2835, 

2836 and 2837) are within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

February 26, 2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Northern Tool & Equipment Co.; 

whether a high-axle torch cart (item 

#164771) is within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

March 27, 2007. 


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A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Corporate Express Inc.; whether its 

luggage carts, model numbers CEB31210 

and CEB31490, are within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

January 31, 2008. 

A–570–891: Hand Trucks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Safco Products Co.; whether its 

StowAway Cart (Model 4062) and Stow 

And Go Cart (Model 4049) are within 

the scope of the antidumping duty 

order; requested October 16, 2008; 

initiated November 28, 2008. 

A–570–898: Chlorinated 

Isocyanurates from the People’s 

Republic of China. Requestor: BioLab, 

Inc.; whether chlorinated isocyanurates 

originating in the People’s Republic of 

China, that are packaged, tableted, 

blended with additives, or otherwise 

further processed in Vietnam before 

entering the U.S., are within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; 

requested August 15, 2007; initiated 

March 21, 2008. 

A–570–899: Artist Canvas from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

C2F, Inc.; whether framed artist canvas 

in two forms (i.e., 65% polyester, 35% 

cotton bulk or 100% cotton bulk) woven 

in the Republic of Korea and cut and 

framed in the People’s Republic of 

China are within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

September 4, 2008. 

A–570–899: Artist Canvas from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Art Supplies Enterprises, Inc.; whether 

framed artist canvas woven and primed 

in Vietnam and cut and framed in the 

People’s Republic of China is within the 

scope of the antidumping duty order; 

requested December 22, 2008. 

A–570–901: Lined Paper Products 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Lakeshore Learning 

Materials; whether certain printed 

educational materials, product numbers 

RR973 and RR974 (Reader’s Book Log); 

GG185 and GG186 (Reader’s Response 

Notebook); GG181 and GG182 (The 

Writer’s Notebook); RR673 and RR674 

(My Word Journal); AA185 and AA186 

(Mi Diario de Palabras); RR630 and 

RR631 (Draw & Write Journal); AA786 

and AA787 (My First Draw & Write 

Journal); AA181 and AA182 (My Picture 

Word Journal); GG324 and GG325 

(Writing Prompts Journal); EE441 and 

EE442 (Daily Math Practice Journal 

Grades 1–3); EE443 and EE444 (Daily 

Math Practice Journal Grades 4–6); 

EE651 and EE652 (Daily Language 

Practice, Grades 1–3); EE653 and EE654 

(Daily Language Practice Journal, Grades 

4–6), are within the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

December 7, 2006; initiated May 7, 

2007. 

A–570–901: Lined Paper Products 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Livescribe Inc., whether the 

patented dot-patterned paper 

(trademarked ‘‘ANOTO’’) is within the 

scope of the antidumping duty order; 

requested October 24, 2008. 

A–570–901: Lined Paper Products 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: PlanAhead LLC; whether 

writing cases, writing portfolios, 

portfolios and padfolios, 70314 

Professional Padfolio; 70689 Contour 

Padfolio; 72055 Urban Padfolio; 72537 

Fashion Padfolio, are within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; 

requested November 17, 2008. 

A–570–904: Certain Activated Carbon 

from the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Rolf C Hagen (USA) Corp; 

whether certain fish filter parts are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested November 14, 

2008. 

A–570–909: Certain Steel Nails from 

the People’s Republic of China. 

Requestor: Shanghai March Import & 

Export Co., Ltd.; whether the horseshoe 

nails imported by Shanghai March 

Import & Export Co., Ltd. are within the 

scope of the antidumping duty order; 

requested October 17, 2008. 

A–570–916 and C–570–917: 

Laminated Woven Sacks from the 

People’s Republic of China. Requestor: 

Archer Daniels Midland Company; 

whether Products A and Product B 

described as: (1) Made of a single ply of 

woven polypropylene strip; (2) 

laminated with biaxially-oriented 

polypropylene (‘‘BOPP’’); (3) printed in 

three colors; and (4) of less than one 

kilogram in weight are within the scope 

of the antidumping duty order; whether 

Products C, D and F described as each 

having no lamination or coating of 

BOPP; and whether Product E described 

as: (1) Made of a single ply of woven 

polypropylene strip; (2) laminated with 

BOPP; (3) printed in two colors; and (4) 

less than one kilogram in weight are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; requested October 24, 2008. 

A–570–918: Steel Wire Garment 

Hangers from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Econoco Corporation; 

whether chrome-plated hangers with a 

certain diameter are within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

December 3, 2008. 

A–570–918: Steel Wire Garment 

Hangers from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: American Hanger; 

whether chrome-plated hangers with a 

certain diameter are within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

December 1, 2008. 

A–570–922 and C–570–923: Raw 

Flexible Magnets from the People’s 

Republic of China. Requestor: Target 

Corporation; whether certain decorative 

retail magnets (for model numbers 

starting with DPCI05319- and ending 

with: 2052, 2058, 2064, 2065, 2066, 

2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 

2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 

2079; and model number 

DPCI053230152) are within the scope of 

the antidumping duty order; requested 

September 9, 2008. 

Anticircumvention Rulings Pending as 

of December 31, 2008 

People’s Republic of China 

A–570–849: Cut-to-Length Carbon 

Steel Plate from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Nucor Corporation, 

SSAB N.A.D., Evraz Claymont Steel, 

Evraz Oregon Steel Mills, and 

ArcelorMittal USA Inc.; whether adding 

metallurgically and economically 

insignificant amounts of boron is a 

minor alteration that circumvents the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

August 13, 2008; initiated October 10, 

2008. 

A–570–868: Folding Metal Tables and 

Chairs from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Meco Corporation; 

whether the common leg table (a folding 

metal table affixed with cross bars that 

enable the legs to fold in pairs) 

produced in the People’s Republic of 

China is a minor alteration that 

circumvents the antidumping duty 

order; requested October 31, 2005; 

preliminary ruling issued October 27, 

2008. 

A–570–894: Certain Tissue Paper 

Products from the People’s Republic of 

China. Requestor: Seaman Paper 

Company of Massachusetts, Inc.; 

whether imports of tissue paper from 

Thailand made out of jumbo rolls and 

sheets of tissue paper from the People’s 

Republic of China are circumventing the 

antidumping duty order; requested 

September 10, 2008; initiated October 

27, 2008. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the completeness of this 

list of pending scope and 

anticircumvention inquiries. Any 

comments should be submitted to the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD 

Operations, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 

NW., APO/Dockets Unit, Room 1870, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o). 


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March 20, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–7221 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No.: 090318324–9325–01] 

RIN 0693–ZA89 

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) 

Notice of Availability of Funds and 

Announcement of Public Meeting 

(Proposers’ Conference) 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) 

announces that it will hold a single 

fiscal year 2009 competition and is 

soliciting high-risk, high-reward 

research and development (R&D) 

proposals for financial assistance. TIP 

also announces that it will hold a public 

meeting (Proposers’ Conference) for all 

interested parties. TIP is soliciting 

proposals under this fiscal year 2009 

competition in two areas of critical 

national need entitled ‘‘Civil 

Infrastructure’’ and ‘‘Manufacturing’’ as 

described in the Program Description 

section below. 

DATES: The due date for submission of 

proposals is 3 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Tuesday, June 23, 2009. This deadline 

applies to any mode of proposal 

submission, including paper and 

electronic. Do not wait until the last 

minute to submit a proposal. TIP will 

not make any allowances for late 

submissions, including incomplete 

Grants.gov registration or delays by 

guaranteed overnight couriers. To avoid 

any potential processing backlogs due to 

last minute registrations, proposers are 

strongly encouraged to start their 

Grants.gov registration process at least 

four weeks prior to the proposal 

submission due date. Review, selection, 

and award processing is expected to be 

completed by the end of November 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be 

submitted to TIP as follows: 

Paper Submission: Send to National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 

Technology Innovation Program, 100 

Bureau Drive, Stop 4701, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–4701. 

Electronic Submission: http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Cuthill at 301–975–3273 or by 

e-mail at barbara.cuthill@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Information. The full 

Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) 

announcement for this request for 

proposals contains detailed information 

and requirements for the program. 

Proposers are strongly encouraged to 

read the FFO in developing proposals. 

The full FFO announcement text is 

available at http://www.grants.gov and 

on the TIP Web site at http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip/helpful.html. In 

addition, proposers are directed to 

review the March 2009 Technology 

Innovation Program Proposal 

Preparation Kit available at http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip/helpful.html. The TIP 

Proposal Preparation Kit must be used 

to prepare a TIP proposal. The TIP 

implementing regulations are published 

at 15 CFR part 296, and included in the 

TIP Proposal Preparation Kit as 

Appendix B. 

Public Meeting (Proposers’ 

Conference). TIP is holding a public 

meeting (Proposers’ Conference) at NIST 

to provide general information regarding 

TIP, to offer guidance on preparing 

proposals, and to answer questions. 

Proprietary technical discussions about 

specific project ideas with NIST staff are 

not permitted at this conference or at 

any time before submitting the proposal 

to TIP. Therefore, proposers should not 

expect to have proprietary issues 

addressed at the proposers’ conference. 

Also, NIST/TIP staff will not critique or 

provide feedback on project ideas while 

they are being developed by a proposer. 

However, NIST/TIP staff will answer 

questions about the TIP eligibility and 

cost-sharing requirements, evaluation 

and award criteria, selection process, 

and the general characteristics of a 

competitive TIP proposal at the 

Proposers’ Conference and by phone 

and e-mail. Attendance at the TIP 

proposers’ conference is not required. 

The TIP Proposers’ Conference is 

being held on the following date, time, 

and location: 

April 8, 2009, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Eastern 

Time: NIST Red Auditorium, 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD. Preregistration is required by 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time on April 6, 2009 for the Proposers’ 

Conference being held at NIST 

Gaithersburg, MD. Due to increased 

security at NIST, no on-site registrations 

will be accepted and all attendees must 

be pre-registered. Photo identification 

must be presented at the NIST main gate 

to be admitted to the April 8, 2009 

conference. Attendees must wear their 

conference badge at all times while on 

the NIST campus. Electronic 

Registration at: https://rproxy.nist.gov/ 

CRS/. 

No registration fee will be charged at 

the Proposers’ Conference. Presentation 

materials from the Proposers’ 

Conference will be made available on 

the TIP Web site. 

TIP may schedule additional 

Proposers’ Conferences at other 

locations throughout the country. If this 

occurs, notices will be posted on the TIP 

Web site at http://www.nist.gov/tip and 

grants.gov Web site and in the Federal 

Register. 

Statutory Authority. Section 3012 of the 

America Creating Opportunities to 

Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 

Technology, Education, and Science 

(COMPETES) Act, Public Law 110–69 

(August 9, 2007), 15 U.S.C.A. 278n (2008). 

CFDA. 11.616, Technology Innovation 

Program. 

Program Description. TIP is soliciting 

proposals under this fiscal year 2009 

competition in two areas of critical 

national need entitled ‘‘Civil 

Infrastructure’’ and ‘‘Manufacturing’’ as 

described below. 

Area of Critical National Need 1: Civil 

Infrastructure 

The objective of this competition is to 

provide civil infrastructure managers 

with tools to better manage the 

structural integrity of elements of the 

civil infrastructure. Two elements of the 

societal challenge of managing the 

Structural Integrity of the United States’ 

Infrastructure will be addressed as 

outlined in the white paper ‘‘Advanced 

Sensing Technologies and Advanced 

Repair Materials for the Infrastructure: 

Water Systems, Dams, Levees, Bridges, 

Roads, and Highways’’ (http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip/comp09_home.html). 

Solutions to this societal challenge 

require advancement beyond the current 

practice and state-of-the-art of sensing 

technologies and repair/retrofit 

technologies. Sensing advancements are 

needed to assess the structural integrity 

and/or deterioration processes of water 

mains, wastewater collection systems, 

dams, levees, navigation lock structures, 

bridges, roads, and highways. Sensing 

technologies must be more accurate in 

their determinations of structural 

integrity, easier to use, and more 

economically feasible. The increased 

information obtained from new sensing 

technologies will lead to better 

prioritization of repair schedules; 

however, prioritization is only the first 


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