Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 2, 2008 / Notices 51271 

March 31, 2012. To apply for 

designation, contact the Compliance 

Division at the address listed above for 

forms and information, or obtain 

applications at the GIPSA Web site, 

http://www.gipsa.usda.gov. 

Request for Comments 

We are also publishing this notice to 

provide interested persons the 

opportunity to present comments on the 

quality of services provided by the 

Jamestown, Lincoln, Midsouth, and 

Sioux City official agencies. In the 

designation process, we are particularly 

interested in receiving comments citing 

reasons and pertinent data for support 

or objection to the designation of the 

applicants. Submit all comments to the 

Compliance Division at the above 

address or at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

In determining which applicant will 

be designated, we will consider 

applications, comments, and other 

available information. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–19538 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

[Docket No. 0808251149–81159–01] 

Foreign Availability Assessment: 

Uncooled Thermal Imaging Cameras 

Incorporating Microbolometer Focal 

Plane Arrays 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of a Foreign 

Availability Assessment and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to announce 

that the Bureau of Industry and Security 

(BIS) is initiating a foreign availability 

assessment pursuant to sections 5(f) and 

5(h) of the Export Administration Act of 

1979, as amended (EAA). The Office of 

Technology Evaluation (OTE) will 

oversee the assessment of the foreign 

availability in China of uncooled 

thermal imaging cameras incorporating 

microbolometer focal plane arrays. BIS 

is also seeking public comments on the 

foreign availability of these cameras in 

China. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 17, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: rhajen@bis.doc.gov. Include 

the phrase ‘‘Microbolometer FA Study’’

in the subject line; 

• Fax: (202) 482–5361. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Ryan Hajen, Office of Technology 

Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Room 1093, 14th Street and 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Kurland, Office of Technology 

Evaluation, Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC 20230, Telephone: 

(202) 482–2385; e-mail: 

kkurland@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 5(f) and 5(h) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as amended 

(EAA), authorizes the Secretary of 

Commerce to conduct foreign 

availability assessments to examine and 

reevaluate the effectiveness of U.S. dualuse export controls on certain items that 

are controlled for national security 

reasons under the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR). The 

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 

has been delegated the responsibility of 

conducting these assessments and 

compiling a final report for the 

Secretary’s review and consideration 

when issuing a final foreign availability 

determination. Part 768 of the EAR sets 

forth the procedures related to foreign 

availability assessments. BIS is 

publishing this notice to announce the 

initiation of an assessment and to 

request public comments on certain 

aspects of the item under review. 

Foreign Availability Assessment 

On behalf of the Secretary, BIS has 

initiated an assessment in response to a 

certified foreign availability petition 

received from the Sensors and 

Instrumentation Technical Advisory 

Committee (SITAC). The SITAC petition 

asserts the foreign availability of 

uncooled thermal imaging cameras in 

China. These cameras incorporate 

microbolometer focal plane arrays 

operating in a spectral band between 8 

and 14 microns, with a frame rate no 

higher than 60 Hz, and a pixel count of 

110,592 or less. These items are 

currently controlled for national 

security reasons under Export Control 

Commodity Classification Number 

(ECCN) 6A003.b.4.b on the Commerce 

Control List (Supplement No. 1 to Part 

774 of the EAR). The SITAC petition 

asserts that cameras of comparable 

quality to those subject to control under 

6A003.b.4.b are available-in-fact from 

China in sufficient quantities to render 

the U.S. export control of the cameras 

ineffective. 

BIS has reviewed the SITAC petition 

and determined that it has sufficient 

evidence to show that foreign 

availability of these cameras exists. 

Therefore, BIS is initiating a foreign 

availability assessment of uncooled 

thermal imaging cameras incorporating 

microbolometer focal plane arrays. 

Upon completion of the assessment, BIS 

will submit its findings to the Secretary 

of Commerce, who in turn will issue a 

final determination for the Department. 

The final determination will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Request for Comments 

To assist in assessing the foreign 

availability of these cameras, BIS is 

seeking public comments and 

submissions that relate to the following 

information: 

• Product names and model 

designations of cameras that are made in 

China and that are comparable to the 

U.S. cameras with a spectral band 

between 8 and 14 microns, a frame rate 

of no more than 60 Hz, and a pixel 

count of 110,592 or less (U.S. cameras); 

• Names and locations of Chinese 

companies that produce and export 

indigenously-produced cameras 

comparable to U.S. cameras; 

• Chinese production quantities, 

sales, and/or exports of cameras 

comparable to U.S. cameras; 

• Data on imports of Chinese cameras 

comparable to U.S. cameras, and/or 

testing and analysis of such cameras; 

• An estimate of the economic impact 

on U.S. companies of the export 

controls on the U.S. cameras. 

Any tangible evidence to support the 

above information would also be useful 

to BIS in its conduct of this assessment. 

Examples of other useful evidence are 

found in Supplement No. 1 to Part 768 

of the EAR. 

Submission of Comments 

All comments must be submitted to 

the address indicated in this notice. The 

Department of Commerce requires that 

all comments be submitted in written 

form. 

BIS encourages interested persons 

who wish to comment to do so at the 

earliest possible time. The period for 

submission of comments will close on 

September 17, 2008. BIS will consider 

all comments received before the close 

of the comment period. Comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period will be considered if possible, 

but their consideration cannot be 

assured. 


erowe on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES
51272 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 2, 2008 / Notices 

BIS will accept comments or 

information accompanied by a request 

that part or all of the material be treated 

confidentially because of its proprietary 

nature. The information for which 

confidential treatment is requested must 

be submitted to BIS separately from 

non-confidential information. Each page 

containing company confidential 

information must be marked 

‘‘Confidential Information.’’ Please be 

careful to mark only that information 

that is legitimately company 

confidential, trade secret, proprietary, or 

financial information with the 

‘‘confidential information’’ designation. 

If submitted information fails to meet 

the standards for confidential treatment, 

BIS will immediately return the 

information to the submitter. 

Information submitted in response to 

this notice, and not deemed 

confidential, will be a matter of public 

record and will be available for public 

inspection and copying. The Office of 

Administration, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

displays public comments on the BIS 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Web 

site at http://www.bis.doc.gov/foia. This 

office does not maintain a separate 

public inspection facility. If you have 

technical difficulties accessing this Web 

site, please call BIS’s Office of 

Administration, at (202) 482–1093, for 

assistance. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Christopher Wall, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20168 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Advance Notification of 

Sunset Reviews 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Upcoming Sunset 

Reviews. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Every five years, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘the Department’’) and the 

International Trade Commission 

automatically initiate and conduct a 

review to determine whether revocation 

of a countervailing or antidumping duty 

order or termination of an investigation 

suspended under section 704 or 734 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping or a 

countervailable subsidy (as the case may 

be) and of material injury. 

Upcoming Sunset Reviews for October 

2008 

The following Sunset Review is 

scheduled for initiation in October 2008 

and will appear in that month’s Notice 

of Initiation of Five-year Sunset 

Reviews. 

Antidumping Duty Proceedings Department Contact 

Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide from the PRC (A–570–882) .............................................................. Brandon Farlander (202) 482–0182 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings.

No Sunset Review of countervailing duty orders are scheduled for initiation in October 2008..

Suspended Investigations.

No Sunset Review of suspended investigations are scheduled for initiation in October 2008..

The Department’s procedures for the 

conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.218. Guidance on 

methodological or analytical issues 

relevant to the Department’s conduct of 

Sunset Reviews is set forth in the 

Department’s Policy Bulletin 98.3-- 

Policies Regarding the Conduct of Fiveyear (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 

(April 16, 1998) . The Notice of 

Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) 

Reviews provides further information 

regarding what is required of all parties 

to participate in Sunset Reviews. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the 

Department will maintain and make 

available a service list for these 

proceedings. To facilitate the timely 

preparation of the service list(s), it is 

requested that those seeking recognition 

as interested parties to a proceeding 

contact the Department in writing 

within 10 days of the publication of the 

Notice of Initiation. 

Please note that if the Department 

receives a Notice of Intent to Participate 

from a member of the domestic industry 

within 15 days of the date of initiation, 

the review will continue. Thereafter, 

any interested party wishing to 

participate in the Sunset Review must 

provide substantive comments in 

response to the notice of initiation no 

later than 30 days after the date of 

initiation. 

This notice is not required by statute 

but is published as a service to the 

international trading community. 

Dated: August 20, 2008. 

Edward C. Yang, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20292 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila E. Forbes, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Unit, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, 

telephone: (202) 482–4697. 

Background 

Each year during the anniversary 

month of the publication of an 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

order, finding, or suspension of 

investigation, an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, may request, 

in accordance with section 351.213 

(2002) of the Department of Commerce 

(the Department) Regulations, that the 

Department conduct an administrative 

review of that antidumping or 

countervailing duty order, finding, or 

suspended investigation. 

Respondent Selection 

In the event the Department limits the 

number of respondents for individual 

examination for administrative reviews 

initiated pursuant to requests made for 

the orders identified below, the 

Department intends to select 

respondents based on U.S. Customs and 


erowe on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES