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whether increased imports into the 

United States of articles like or directly 

competitive with those produced by 

each firm contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT

ASSISTANCE

[7/1/2008 through 7/31/2008] 

Firm Address Date accepted 

for filing Products 

Springs Window Fashions, LLC ..... 8601 State Route 405, Montgomery, PA 17752.7/15/2008 Horizontal mini blinds. 

Eyelet Crafters Inc ......................... 2712 South Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06723.7/15/2008 Bottle closures, caps, jar covers, valve domes, collars, caps, barrels and refill tubes. 

Specialty Screw Corporation .......... 2801 Huffman Blvd., Rockford, IL 

61103–3906.

7/11/2008 Metal cold headed products, such as screws, bolts, 

and fasteners. 

Octagon Systems Corporation ....... 7403 Church Ranch Blvd, 

Westminister, CO 80021.

7/8/2008 Printed circuit boards and computers specially designed for use in harsh environments. 

H&H Meat Products, Inc ................ P.O. Box 358, Mercedes, TX 

78570.

7/9/2008 Processes beef for the retail beef industry. 

Mohawk Finishing Products ........... 22 South Center Street, Hickory, 

NC 28602.

7/24/2008 Touch-up and repair products that are used in the 

furniture and cabinet industries. 

J.F. Dubberly .................................. 214 Vernonburg Avenue, Savannah, GA 31419.7/1/2008 Grades shrimp, processes, packs and ships to 

wholesale and retail markets. 

B. Walter & Company, Inc ............. 655 Factory St., Wabash, IN 

46992–3213.

7/16/2008 Wood parts and metal hardware for the furniture industry. 

Inola Casting Works, Inc ................ P.O.B. 969, Inola, OK 74036 ......... 7/10/2008 Lapel jewelry and assorted base metal novelties. 

Necedah Screw Machine Products, 

Inc.

1301 Precision Parkway, Necedah, 

WI 54646.

7/18/2008 Designs, manufactures, finishes and assembles precision turned metal screws, parts and assemblies 

out of brass, steel and aluminum. 

Vantage Technology, Inc ............... 1000 West 8th Street, Vancouver, 

WA 98660.

7/1/2008 MSM, (methylsulfonylmethane), trademarked Opti 

MSM, tablets and powder for human nutrition, 

cosmetic formulas, equine nutrition and industrial 

applications. 

Safety Speed Cut Mfg. Co. Inc ...... 13943 Lincoln Street NE., Ham 

Lake, MN 55304–4611.

7/16/2008 Woodworking equipment such as vertical panel 

saws and other machines. 

Keeters Meat Company, LLC ........ P.O. Box 41, Tulia, TX 79088 ....... 7/21/2008 Sausage of beef and pork. 

Manufactured Assemblies Corporation.7484 Webster St, Dayton, OH 

45414.

7/23/2008 Custom cable assemblies, wire harnesses, and electrical/mechanical assemblies. 

Empirical Systems Aerospace, LLC P.O. Box 595, Pismo Beach, CA 

93448.

7/11/2008 Design, analysis, manufacturing and testing for new 

concept products. 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in these proceedings may 

request a public hearing on the matter. 

A written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Office of Performance 

Evaluation, Room 7009, Economic 

Development Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230, no later than ten (10) 

calendar days following publication of 

this notice. Please follow the procedures 

set forth in Section 315.9 of EDA’s final 

rule (71 FR 56704) for procedures for 

requesting a public hearing. The Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance official 

program number and title of the 

program under which these petitions are 

submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

William P. Kittredge, 

Program Officer for TAA. 

[FR Doc. E8–18295 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 42–2008] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 272—Lehigh and 

Northampton Counties, PA; 

Application for Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Lehigh Valley Economic 

Development Corporation, grantee of 

Foreign-Trade Zone 272, requesting 

authority to expand its zone to include 

an additional site in Northampton 

County, Pennsylvania. The application 

was submitted pursuant to the 

provisions of the FTZ Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was 

formally filed on August 1, 2008. 

FTZ 272 was approved by the Board 

on April 5, 2007 (Board Order 1502, 72 

FR 18960, 4/16/07). The generalpurpose zone currently consists of the 

following sites: Site 1 (727 acres)—

Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII, 1805 

East 4th Street, Bethlehem; Site 2 (96 

acres)—Arcadia East Industrial Park, 

intersection of Route 512 and Silver 

Crest Road, East Allen Township; Site 3 

(83 acres)—Arcadia West Industrial 

Park, intersection of I–78 and Route 863, 

Weisenberg Township; Site 4 (226 

acres)—West Hills Business Center, 

intersection of I–78 and Route 863, 

Weisenberg Township; Site 5 (399 

acres)—Boulder Business Center, 

intersection of Boulder Drive and 

Industrial Blvd., Breinigsville (Upper 

Macungie Township); Site 6 (183 

acres)—Lehigh Valley West Corporate 

Center, intersection of Nestle Way and 

Schantz Road, Breinigsville (Upper 

Macungie Township); and Site 7 (213 

acres)—within the LogistiCenter, 4950 

Hanoverville Road, Bethlehem (Lower 

Nazareth Township). 

The applicant is now requesting to 

expand the zone to include an 

additional site in Northampton County: 

Proposed Site 8 (163 acres)—at the 

Prologis 33 warehouse facility, located 

at 3819 and 3850 ProLogis Parkway, 


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Northampton County. The site is owned 

by ProLogis. The site will provide 

warehousing and distribution services 

to area businesses. No specific 

manufacturing authority is being 

requested at this time. Such requests 

would be made to the Board on a caseby-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment on the application is 

invited from interested parties. 

Submissions (original and 3 copies) 

shall be addressed to the Board’s 

Executive Secretary at the address listed 

below. The closing period for their 

receipt is October 7, 2008. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period (to October 22, 2008). 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

for public inspection at at the Lehigh 

Valley Economic Development 

Corporation, 2158 Avenue C, Suite 200, 

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017; and 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

For further information, contact 

Kathleen Boyce at 

Kathleen_Boyce@ita.doc.gov or (202) 

482–1346. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary . 

[FR Doc. E8–18343 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige 

National Quality Award 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that the Judges 

Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National 

Quality Award will meet Thursday, 

September 11, 2008. The Judges Panel is 

composed of twelve members 

prominent in the fields of quality, 

innovation, and performance excellence 

and appointed by the Secretary of 

Commerce. The purpose of this meeting 

is to review applicant consensus scores 

and select applicants for site visit 

review. The applications under review 

by Judges contain trade secrets and 

proprietary commercial information 

submitted to the Government in 

confidence. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

September 11, 2008 at 8 a.m. and 

adjourn at 5 p.m. on September 11, 

2008. The entire meeting will be closed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Lecture Room A, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Harry Hertz, Director, National Quality 

Program, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899, telephone number 

(301) 975–2361. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, 

with the concurrence of the General 

Counsel, formally determined on March 

4, 2008, that the meeting of the Judges 

Panel will be closed pursuant to Section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, as 

amended by Section 5(c) of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, Public 

Law 94–409. The meeting, which 

involves examination of Award 

applicant data from U.S. companies and 

other organizations and a discussion of 

this data as compared to the Award 

criteria in order to recommend site 

visits for potential Award recipients, 

may be closed to the public in 

accordance with Section 552b(c)(4) of 

Title 5, United States Code, because the 

meetings are likely to disclose trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person 

which is privileged or confidential. 

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

James M. Turner, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–18340 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No.: 080626787–8961–02] 

RIN 0648–ZB96 

Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2009 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice 

to change the full proposal submission 

deadline for the solicitation ‘‘Bay 

Watershed Education and Training (B–

WET) Hawaii Program,’’ to August 29, 

2008 to give the public more time to 

respond. The solicitation, which was 

originally announced in the Federal 

Register on July 11, 2008, gave a 

proposal due date of August 15, 2008. 

DATES: Proposals must be submitted no 

later than 5:59 p.m., Hawaii Time, 

August 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Full proposal application 

packages should be submitted through 

Grants.gov APPLY. The standard NOAA 

funding application package is available 

at www.grants.gov. 

If an applicant does not have Internet 

access, hard copies with original 

signatures may be sent to: NOAA Pacific 

Services Center, 737 Bishop Street, 

Suite 1550, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, 

ATTN: Stephanie Bennett. Applicants 

submitting hard copy applications must 

submit one (1) hard copy of the entire 

application package, a CD copy of the 

package, including all forms with 

original signatures. Any proposal 

packages received after the August 29, 

2009, submission deadline will not be 

accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

administrative or technical issues, 

contact Stephanie Bennett at 808–522–

7481 (phone) or by e-mail at 

Stephanie.Bennett@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

publishes this notice to change the full 

proposal submission deadline for the 

solicitation ‘‘Bay Watershed Education 

and Training (B–WET) Hawaii Program’’

announced in the Federal Register on 

July 11, 2008 (73 FR 40052). The 

deadline for full submissions is changed 

from August 15, 2008 to August 29, 

2008 to give the public more time to 

respond. All other requirements for this 

solicitation remain the same. 

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will NOAA or the 

Department of Commerce be responsible 

for proposal preparation costs if this 

program is cancelled because of other 

agency priorities. Publication of this 

announcement does not oblige NOAA to 

award any specific project or to obligate 

any available funds. Applicants are 

hereby given notice that funding for the 

Fiscal Year 2009 program is contingent 

upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2009 

appropriations. 


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