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concerning grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Benjamin Erulkar, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–2133 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Information Systems Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Information Systems Technical 

Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet 

on February 20 and 21, 2008, 9 a.m., at 

the Space and Naval Warfare Systems 

Center (SPAWAR), Building 33, Cloud 

Room, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, 

California, 92152. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration on 

technical questions that affect the level 

of export controls applicable to 

information systems equipment and 

technology. 

Wednesday, February 20 

Open Session 

1. Welcome and Introduction. 

2. Quantum Computing. 

3. Lasers Lithography. 

4. 3–D Semiconductor Technology. 

5. Discussion: Wassenaar Proposals 

for 2008. 

6. Discussion: APP Review. 

7. Bio-metric Technology. 

Thursday, February 21 

Closed Session 

8. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov, no later than 

February 13, 2008. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that public 

presentation materials or comments be 

forwarded before the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on January 31, 

2008, pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 (10)(d)), that 

the portion of the meeting concerning 

trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information deemed privileged 

or confidential as described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4) and the portion of the 

meeting concerning matters the 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

frustrate significantly implementation of 

an agency action as described in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 

10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining 

portions of the meeting will be open to 

the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Teresa Telesco, 

Acting Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2150 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–808] 

Certain Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate from the Russia; Preliminary 

Results of Administrative Review of 

the Suspension Agreement 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of 

the Administrative Review of the 

Suspension Agreement on Certain Cut–

to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the 

Russia. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

Nucor Corporation (Nucor), a domestic 

interested party, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) is 

conducting an administrative review of 

the Agreement Suspending the 

Antidumping Investigation of Certain 

Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from 

the Russian Federation (the Agreement) 

for the period January 1, 2006 through 

December 31, 2006, to review the 

current status of the Agreement and 

compliance with the Agreement by Joint 

Stock Company Severstal (Severstal). 

For the reasons stated in this notice, the 

Department preliminarily determines 

that Severstal is in compliance with the 

Agreement. The preliminary results are 

set forth in the section titled 

‘‘Preliminary Results of Review,’’ infra. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Parties who submit comments are 

requested to provide: (1) a statement of 

the issues, and (2) a brief summary of 

the arguments. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sally C. Gannon or Jay Carreiro, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, 

telephone: (202) 482–0162 or (202) 482–

3674. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 20, 2002, the 

Department signed an agreement under 

section 734(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), with Russian steel 

producers/exporters, including 

Severstal, which suspended the 

antidumping duty investigation on 

certain cut–to-length carbon steel plate 

(CTL plate) from Russia. See Suspension 

of Antidumping Duty Investigation: 

Certain Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel 

Plate from the Russian Federation, 68 

FR 3859 (January 27, 2003) (Suspension 

Agreement). 

On January 3, 2007, Nucor submitted 

a request for an administrative review 

pursuant to Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 72 

FR 99 (January 3, 2007). On March 14, 

2007, and October 5, 2007, the 

Department issued its Questionnaire 

and Supplemental Questionnaire, 

respectively, to Severstal. Severstal 

submitted its responses on April 20, 

2007, and October 26, 2007, 

respectively. 

On October 1, 2007, the Department 

postponed the preliminary results of 

this review until January 31, 2008. See 

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 

the Preliminary Results of 

Administrative Review of the 

Suspension Agreement on Certain Cut–

to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from 

Russia, 72 FR 55744 (October 1, 2007). 


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