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Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(Reinstatement). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

54,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 90 

seconds. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,350 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Requests 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 be a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Liquid Crystal Institute, et al., Notice of 

Consolidated Decision on Applications 

for Duty–Free Entry of Electron 

Microscopes 

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, 

D.C. 

Docket Number: 10–005. Applicant: 

Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, OH 

44242. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 

Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Czech 

Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 75 

FR 21232, April 23, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–006. Applicant: 

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

21232, April 23, 2010. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Corporation, the Netherlands. Intended 

Use: See notice at 75 FR 21232, April 

23, 2010. 

Docket Number: 10–007. Applicant: 

Washington University in St. Louis, St. 

Louis, MO 63130. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., 

Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 

21232, April 23, 2010. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. No instrument of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instrument, for such purposes as these 

instruments are intended to be used, 

was being manufactured in the United 

States at the time the instruments were 

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: May 17, 2010. 

Christopher Cassel, 

Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, 

Import Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2010–0045] 

Extension of Period for Nominations to 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(United States Patent and Trademark 

Office) previously published a notice in 

the Federal Register requesting 

nominations of individuals to serve on 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee. The USPTO is extending the 

deadline until August 1, 2010. The 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office will consider nominations 

received in response to the original 

notice as published on February 1, 2010, 

as well as from this notice of extension 

and from other sources. The 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice provides committee and 

membership criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

August 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

submitted to Richard Maulsby, Program 

Manager, National Medal of Technology 

and Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450. 

Nominations also may be submitted via 

fax: (571) 270–9100 or by electronic 

mail to: nmti@uspto.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 

1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313–1450, 

telephone (571) 272–8333, or electronic 

mail: nmti@uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The committee was 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Title 5, United States Code, 

Appendix 2). The following provides 

information about the committee and 

membership: 

• Committee members are appointed 

by and serve at the discretion of the 

Secretary of Commerce. The committee 

provides advice to the Secretary on the 

implementation of Public Law 96–480 

(15 U.S.C. 3711), as amended August 9, 

2007. 

• The committee functions solely as 

an advisory body under the FACA. 

Members are appointed to the 12- 

member committee for a term of three 

years. Each will be reevaluated at the 

conclusion of the three-year term with 

the prospect of renewal, pending 

advisory committee needs and the 

Secretary’s concurrence. Selection of 

membership is made in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidelines. 

• Members are responsible for 

reviewing nominations and making 

recommendations for the Nation’s 

highest honor for technological 

innovation, awarded annually by the 

President of the United States. Members 

of the committee must have an 

understanding of, and experience in, 

developing and utilizing technological 

innovation and/or be familiar with the 

education, training, employment and 

management of technological 

manpower. 

• Under the FACA, membership on a 

committee must be balanced. To achieve 

balance, the Department is seeking 

additional nominations of candidates 

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from small, medium-sized, and large 

businesses or with special expertise in 

the following sub-sectors of the 

technology enterprise: 

Medical Innovations/Bioengineering 

and Biomedical Technology; 

Technology Management/Computing/ 

IT/Manufacturing Innovation; 

Technological Manpower/Workforce 

Training/Education. 

Committee members generally are 

Chief Executive Officers or former Chief 

Executive Officers, former winners of 

the National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation; presidents or distinguished 

faculty of universities; or senior 

executives of non-profit organizations. 

As such, they not only offer the stature 

of their positions but also possess 

intimate knowledge of the forces 

determining future directions for their 

organizations and industries. The 

committee as a whole is balanced in 

representing geographical, professional, 

and diverse interests. 

Nomination Information: 

• Nominees must be United States 

citizens, must be able to fully 

participate in meetings pertaining to the 

review and selection of finalists for the 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation, and must uphold the 

confidential nature of an independent 

peer review and competitive selection 

process. 

• The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office is committed to equal 

opportunity in the workplace and seeks 

a broad-based and diverse committee 

membership. 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office is extending the 

period for nomination until August 1, 

2010. 

Dated: May 17, 2010. 

David J. Kappos, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12400 Filed 5–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW58 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of its Spiny Lobster Committee 

and Advisory Panel jointly with the 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council’s Spiny Lobster Committee and 

Advisory Panel, a meeting of its 

Mackerel Committee jointly with the 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council’s Mackerel Committee, and a 

meeting of the Full Council. The 

Council will take action as necessary. 

The Council will also hold an informal 

public question and answer session, and 

a public comment session regarding 

agenda items. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for additional details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 7– 

11, 2010. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel, 

5445 Forbes Place, Orlando, FL 32812; 

telephone: (800) 545–1985 or (407) 240– 

1000; fax: (407) 240–1005. Copies of 

documents are available from Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, North Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free at 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Dates: 

1. Joint Spiny Lobster Committee and 

Advisory Panel Meeting with the Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council’s 

Spiny Lobster Committee and Advisory 

Panel: June 7, 2010, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 

p.m.. 

Committees and Advisory Panels from 

both the South Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Councils 

will meet to review options for 

Amendment 10 to the joint Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) for Spiny 

Lobster for Gulf of Mexico and South 

Atlantic. Amendment 10 will address 

the requirements of the Reauthorized 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) including establishment of 

Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and 

Accountability Measures (AMs). Other 

potential actions in the amendment 

include options for tailing permits, the 

use of undersized lobster as an 

attractant, and consideration of 

delegation of management to the State of 

Florida. The Committees will provide 

recommendations to both the South 

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Councils. 

Note: There will be an informal public 

question and answer session with NOAA 

Fisheries Services’ Regional Administrator 

and the Council Chairman on June 7, 2010 

beginning at 6 p.m. 

2. Joint South Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico Mackerel Committees Meeting: 

June 8, 2010, 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. 

The joint Mackerel Committees will 

review the reports from their respective 

Scientific and Statistical Committees 

(SSCs) regarding Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico stocks of king mackerel and 

Spanish mackerel. The Committees will 

also review Amendment 18 to the FMP 

for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources, 

discuss a king mackerel catch shares 

program and establish public hearing 

dates and locations. Amendment 18 

addresses requirements of the MSA to 

set ACLs and AMs for species managed 

in the FMP. The Committees will 

provide recommendations and direction 

to staff. 

3. Council Session: June 8, 2010, 3:15 

p.m. until 6:15 p.m., June 9, 2010, 8:30 

a.m. until 6:30 p.m., June 10, 2010, 8:30 

a.m. until 6 p.m., June 11, 2010, 8:30 

a.m. until noon. 

Council Session: June 8, 2010, 3:15 p.m. 

until 6:15 p.m. 

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., the Council will 

call the meeting to order, adopt the 

agenda, and approve the March 2010 

meeting minutes. 

3:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., the Council will 

receive presentations relative to 

Snapper Grouper issues, including a 

report from the SSC, an update on 

activities relative to the Oculina Bank 

Experimental Closed Area, quota 

monitoring programs, and data 

collection programs. 

Note: A public comment period on any of 

the June meeting agenda items will be held 

on June 8, 2010 beginning at 6:30 p.m. This 

includes Amendment 17A to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP regarding management 

measures for red snapper. 

Council Session: June 9, 2010, 8:30 a.m. 

until 6:30 p.m. 

8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., the Council will 

review comments received on the Draft 

Environmental Statement relative to 

Amendment 17A to the Snapper 

Grouper Fishery Management Plan for 

the South Atlantic, modify the 

document as appropriate, and approve 

the amendment for submission to the 

Secretary of Commerce for formal 

review. Amendment 17A includes 

actions to meet the requirements of the 

MSA for red snapper, including ending 

overfishing and rebuilding the stock. 

Management measures include a closure 

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