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of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Salomeh Ghorbani, Director, IAE 

Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement 

Division, at 202–430–0206 or IAE_

Admin@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Subpart 4.11 prescribes policies and 

procedures for requiring contractor 

registration in the System for Award 

Management (SAM) database to increase 

visibility of vendor sources (including 

their geographical locations) for specific 

supplies and services; and establish a 

common source of vendor data for the 

Government. 

In the past, the GSA Office of 

Inspector General (OIG) conducted an 

investigation into fraudulent activities 

discovered within SAM. As a result, 

SAM.gov workflows and data analysis 

have been revised over the last several 

years to improve our ability to identify 

bad actors earlier than before. 

As a result of GSA actively pursuing 

technical alternatives to the collection 

of this information for all non-federal 

entities, GSA seeks to refine the 

requirement previously adopted, where 

a risk-based approach was used to 

justify the collection of the entity 

administrator appointment letter 

(EAAL) for all new entities, and only 

employ this method to establish an 

Entity Administrator to an existing 

entity where the previous administrator 

is no longer on staff. 

This information is essential to GSA’s 

acquisition mission to meet the needs of 

all federal agencies, as well as the needs 

of the grant community. A key element 

of GSA’s mission is to provide efficient 

and effective acquisition solutions 

across the Federal Government. SAM is 

essential to the accomplishment of that 

mission. In addition to federal contracts, 

federal assistance programs also rely 

upon the integrity and security of the 

information in SAM. Without 

assurances that the information in SAM 

is protected and is at minimal risk of 

compromise, GSA would risk losing the 

confidence of the federal acquisition 

and assistance communities that it 

serves. As a result, some entities may 

prefer not to do business with the 

federal government. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 139,027. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Total Annual Responses: 139,027. 

Hours per Response: .5. 

Total Burden Hours: 69,513. 

The information collection allows 

GSA to request the notarized letter and 

apply this approach to individuals who 

seek to become the Entity Administrator 

for an entity record in SAM.gov when 

there is no Entity Administrator 

appointed for that entity in the system. 

Individuals seeking administrator 

access to entity records in SAM are 

provided the template for the 

requirements of the notarized letter. It is 

estimated that the individual will take 

an average 0.5 hours to create the letter 

and 0.25 hours to upload the letter to 

the Federal Service Desk. GSA proposes 

that an individual equivalent to a GS– 

5, Step 5 Administrative Support person 

within the government would perform 

these tasks. The estimated hourly rate of 

$25.06 (Base + Locality + Fringe) was 

used for the calculation. 

Based on historical data of the ratio of 

small entities to other than small 

entities that exist in SAM, GSA 

approximates 58,500 of the 90,000 

annual entities who do not have an 

individual with the Entity 

Administrator role will have in-house 

resources to notarize documents. GSA 

proposes that the entities with in-house 

notaries will typically be large 

businesses where the projected salary of 

the executive or officer responsible for 

signing the notarized letter is, on 

average, approximately $150 per hour. 

The projected time for signature and 

notarizing the letter internally is 0.5 

hours. 

The other remaining 31,500 entities 

per year are estimated to be small 

entities where the projected salary of the 

executive or officer responsible for 

signing the notarized letter is, on 

average, approximately $100 per hour. 

These entities will likely have to obtain 

notary services from an outside source. 

The projected time for signature and 

notarizing the letter externally is 1 hour. 

The estimate includes a nominal fee 

($5.00) usually charged by third-party 

notaries. 

C. Public Comments 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register at 89 FR 92688 on 

November 22, 2024. No public 

comments were received. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the Regulatory Secretariat Division by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 3090–0317, Notarized 

Document Submittal for System for 

Award Management Registration, in all 

correspondence. 

Lois Mandell, 

Director, Regulatory Secretariat Division. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01755 Filed 1–24–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–WY–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–1434] 

Certain Composite Intermediate Bulk 

Containers; Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

December 5, 2024, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Schu ̈tz Container Systems, Inc. 

of North Branch, New Jersey and 

Protechna S.A. of Fribourg, Switzerland. 

The complaint was supplemented on 

December 20, 2024. The complaint, as 

supplemented, alleges violations of 

section 337 based upon the importation 

into the United States, the sale for 

importation, and the sale within the 

United States after importation of 

certain composite intermediate bulk 

containers by reason of the infringement 

of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 

9,718,581 (‘‘the ’581 patent’’); U.S. 

Patent No. 8,708,150 (‘‘the ’150 patent’’); 

U.S. Patent No. 8,919,562 (‘‘the ’562 

patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 8,567,626 (‘‘the 

’626 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 9,004,310 

(‘‘the ’310 patent’’); and U.S. Patent No. 

8,276,299 (‘‘the’299 patent’’). The 

complaint further alleges that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by the applicable Federal 

Statute. The complainant requests that 

the Commission institute an 

investigation and, after the 

investigation, issue a general exclusion 

order, in the alternative a limited 

exclusion order, and cease and desist 

orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

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to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at (202) 205– 

2000. General information concerning 

the Commission may also be obtained 

by accessing its internet server at 

https://www.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The authority for 

institution of this investigation is 

contained in section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 

1337, and in section 210.10 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2024). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

January 21, 2025 ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain products 

identified in paragraph (2) by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 

1–3 and 5 of the ’581 patent; claims 1, 

2, 6, and 8–10 of the ’562 patent; claims 

1 and 3–5 of the ’299 patent; claims 1– 

5 of the ’150 patent; claims 1–3 of the 

’626 patent; and claims 1–5 and 8 of the 

’310 patent, and whether an industry in 

the United States exists as required by 

subsection (a)(2) of section 337; 

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the 

plain language description of the 

accused products or category of accused 

products, which defines the scope of the 

investigation, is ‘‘composite 

intermediate bulk containers’’; 

(3) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainants are: 

Schu ̈tz Container Systems, Inc., 200 

Aspen Hill Rd., North Branch, NJ 

08876–5950 

Protechna S.A., Avenue De La Gare 14, 

CH–1701 Fribourg, Switzerland 

(b) The respondents are the following 

entities alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and are the parties upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

Shandong Jinshan Jieyuan Container 

Co., Ltd., 69 Hengyuan Road, Dantu 

Industrial Park, Zhengjiang City, 

Jiangsu Province, China, 212000 

Zibo Jielin Plastic Pipe Manufacture Co. 

Ltd., No. 6, Qingtian Road, Qilu 

Chemical Industrial Park, Zibo City, 

Shandong Province, China, 255410 

Shanghai Sakura Plastic Products Co., 

Ltd., (d/b/a Shanghai Yinghua Plastic 

Products Co., LTD), No. 1353, Maixin 

Highway, Xinqiao Town, Songjiang 

District, Shanghai, China, 201600 

Hebei Shijiheng Plastics, Co., Ltd., No. 

5 Torch Avenue, Sino-Europe 

Industrial Park of Hebei, Province, 

Zhongjie Huanghua City, China, 

061100 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(4) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

shall designate the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondents in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as 

amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 

2020), such responses will be 

considered by the Commission if 

received not later than 20 days after the 

date of service by the complainants of 

the complaint and the notice of 

investigation. Extensions of time for 

submitting responses to the complaint 

and the notice of investigation will not 

be granted unless good cause therefor is 

shown. 

Failure of a respondent to file a timely 

response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of an exclusion order or a cease 

and desist order or both directed against 

the respondent. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: January 21, 2025. 

Susan Orndoff, 

Supervisory Attorney. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01740 Filed 1–24–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Rust Foundation 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 25, 2024, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Rust 

Foundation has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Open Source Science B.V., 

Breda, NETHERLANDS; PROMOTIC, 

Lome ́, TOGOLESE REPUBLIC; and 

Student Research and Development dba 

CodeDay, Seattle, WA, have been added 

as parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and Rust 

Foundation intends to file additional 

written notifications disclosing all 

changes in membership. 

On April 14, 2022, Rust Foundation 

filed its original notification pursuant to 

section 6(a) of the Act. The Department 

of Justice published a notice in the 

Federal Register pursuant to section 

6(b) of the Act on May 13, 2022 (87 FR 

29384). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on August 12, 2024. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on October 11, 2024 (89 FR 82634). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement 

Operations, Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01726 Filed 1–24–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—America’s DataHub 

Consortium 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 

28, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), America’s DataHub 

Consortium (‘‘ADC’’) has filed written 


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