28432 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 96 / Friday, May 16, 2008 / Notices 

See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 

Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof 

From the People’s Republic of China, 69 

FR 70122 (December 2, 2004). On 

February 2, 2007, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of the initiation of the 

antidumping duty administrative review 

of hand trucks from the PRC for the 

period December 1, 2005, through 

November 30, 2006. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Request for 

Revocation in Part, 72 FR 5005 

(February 2, 2007). On January 14, 2008, 

the Department published in the 

Federal Register the preliminary results 

of the hand trucks administrative 

review. See Hand Trucks and Certain 

Parts Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Results, 

Partial Intent to Rescind and Partial 

Rescission of the 2005–06 

Administrative Review, 73 FR 2214 

(January 14, 2008). The final results of 

review are currently due no later than 

May 13, 2008. 

Extension of Time Limit of Final 

Results. 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department to issue final 

results within 120 days after the date on 

which the preliminary results are 

published. However, if it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within this time period, section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the time period to 

a maximum of 180 days. Completion of 

the final results of the administrative 

review within the 120–day period in 

this case is not practicable because the 

Department conducted verification in 

the administrative review after 

publication of the preliminary results, 

and, therefore, needs additional time to 

complete post–preliminary results 

verification reports, invite and analyze 

comments by interested parties on the 

preliminary results and verification 

reports, and analyze information 

gathered at verification. 

Because it is not practicable to 

complete this review within the time 

specified under the Act, we are fully 

extending the time period for issuing 

the final results of the administrative 

review in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, the 

final results are now due no later than 

July 14, 2008, the next business day 

after 180 days from publication of the 

preliminary results. This notice is 

published pursuant to sections 751(a) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: May 9, 2008. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket No.: 080505629–8631–01] 

Interpretation of the International 

System of Units (the Metric System of 

Measurement) for the United States 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The International System of 

Units (SI) (the metric system of 

measurement) has been recognized for 

use in the United States since 1866 (15 

U.S.C. 204) and is the preferred system 

of measurement for trade and 

commerce. The SI was established and 

is maintained by the General Conference 

of Weights and Measures and is 

interpreted or modified for use in the 

United States by the National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST) by 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

(15 U.S.C. 205). This notice describes 

the recent modifications to the SI and 

announces the publication of the latest 

interpretation of the SI for the United 

States in the 2008 Edition of NIST 

Special Publication 330 ‘‘The 

International System of Units.’’ The 

2008 Edition of NIST Special 

Publication 811 ‘‘Guide for the Use of 

the International System of Units’’ was 

also published. Together these 

publications provide the legal 

interpretation of and guidelines for the 

use of the SI in the United States. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ambler Thompson, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Weights and 

Measures Division, International Legal 

Metrology Group, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–

2600 or by telephone (301) 975–2333, 

Fax: (301) 975–8091, or by e-mail at 

ambler.thompson@nist.gov. 

For information regarding NIST’s 

efforts to coordinate the transition to the 

International System of Units, contact: 

Elizabeth Gentry, Metric Coordinator, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Weights and Measures 

Division, Laws and Metric Group, 100 

Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–2600 or by telephone (301) 

975–3690, Fax (301) 975–8091, or by email at TheSI@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

International System of Units 

(abbreviated as SI in all languages), 

generally known as the metric system, is 

the preferred system of measurement for 

use in trade and commerce in the 

United States (15 U.S.C. 205b) but use 

of traditional systems of weights and 

measures in non-business activities is 

permitted. The SI was established in 

1960 by the General Conference of 

Weights and Measures (abbreviated 

CGPM in all languages) and is 

interpreted, or modified for, the United 

States by the Secretary of Commerce (15 

U.S.C. 205c) who has delegated this 

authority to the Director of the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST). The CGPM is an international 

organization established by the Meter 

Convention in 1875 in which more than 

50 countries participate. One of the 

responsibilities of the CGPM is to 

ensure the SI reflects the latest advances 

in science and technology and provides 

a single international language for 

measurement. In 2006 the CGPM 

published changes to the SI in the 8th 

Edition of the Bureau of International 

Weights and Measures SI publication 

commonly known as the ‘‘SI Brochure.’’

This notice describes the modifications 

to the SI and announces the publication 

of the latest interpretation of the SI for 

the United States in the 2008 Edition of 

NIST Special Publication (SP) 330 ‘‘The 

International System of Units (SI).’’

NIST SP 330 describes the history of 

the Meter Convention, explains how the 

International System of Units was 

developed, and describes the global 

effort to maintain the system. A 

comprehensive description of the SI’s 

base units, terminology, units and 

symbols is also provided. A description 

of the decimal system and the 

appropriate multiples and submultiples 

to be used in expressing units and 

values is included. Also provided are 

editorial style guidelines to ensure that 

SI values and units are properly 

formatted and clearly written. NIST has 

also published the 2008 Edition of its 

Special Publication 811 ‘‘Guide for the 

Use of the International System of Units 

(SI),’’ which includes additional 

guidance on the use of the SI and a 

broad range of conversion factors. When 

used together, these publications 

provide the most current interpretation 

of the SI and present the latest guidance 

on the use of the SI in the United States. 

I. Changes to the International System 

of Units (SI) 

The CGPM adopted the following 

changes in the 8th Edition (2006) of the 

SI Brochure and these have been 


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incorporated in the 2008 Edition of 

NIST SP 330: 

a. Full incorporation of the 2000 

Supplement which clarified the 

definition of the second and 

incorporated the new coherent SI unit 

with a special name and symbol for the 

mol s¥1, the katal with symbol kat, for 

expressing values of the quantity 

catalytic activity; 

b. A discussion designated as ‘‘the set 

of coherent SI units’’ was added to 

clarify that the base and coherent 

derived units of the SI form a coherent 

set; 

c. New section entitled ‘‘Units for 

quantities that describe biological 

effects’’ was added in view of their 

importance for human health and safety; 

d. New section entitled ‘‘Historical 

note’’ was added to provide updated 

information from Section 1.1 of the 7th 

Edition; 

e. Appendix 1 was updated to include 

all the recent decisions of the CIPM and 

CGPM which impact the SI; 

f. Appendix 2, which discusses the 

experimental realization of units, is 

made available only in electronic form 

on the BIPM Web site at http:// 

www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/ 

appendix2/, so that it may be easily 

updated between SI brochure versions; 

and 

g. New Appendix 3 entitled ‘‘Units for 

photochemical and photobiological 

quantities,’’ was added to point out that 

the SI already includes a SI base unit, 

the candela, which is considered to be 

a biological effects unit of importance to 

industry and human health and safety. 

II. Modifications to the SI for Its Use in 

the United States 

The 2008 Edition of NIST SP 330 

differs from the ‘‘SI Brochure’’ to 

conform to the language and customary 

use of measurement units in the United 

States: 

a. The spelling of English words is in 

accordance with the United States 

Government Printing Office Style 

Manual, which follows Webster’s Third 

New International Dictionary rather 

than the Oxford Dictionary. Thus, the 

spellings ‘‘meter,’’ ‘‘liter,’’ and ‘‘deca’’

are used rather than ‘‘metre,’’ ‘‘litre,’’

and ‘‘deka’’ as in the original BIPM 

English text; 

b. The name of the unit with symbol 

t is defined according to 1 t = 103 kg 

which is called ‘‘metric ton’’ rather than 

‘‘tonne;’’

c. The four units curie, roentgen, rad, 

and rem are included in Table 10; 

d. A number of Editors’ notes are 

added in order to indicate differences of 

interpretation and to clarify the text; 

e. A few minor editorial changes are 

made in order to ‘‘Americanize’’ some 

phrases. 

This notice supersedes the last 

interpretation of the SI that was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 28, 1998 (Vol. 63, No. 144—FR 

40334—40340). 

NIST SP 330, NIST SP 811, and other 

useful information regarding the 

International System of Units (SI) are 

published electronically (http:// 

physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html 

and http://nist.gov/metric) and in hard 

copy. Requests for hardcopies can be 

sent to: TheSI@nist.gov. 

Although there is no formal comment 

period, comments and suggestions on 

the SI are invited and should be sent to 

Dr. Ambler Thompson at the address 

previously indicated. 

Dated: May 9, 2008. 

James M.Turner, 

Deputy Director. 

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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 Tuesday, June 

3, 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 discuss the 

Judging process and Judging process 

changes for 2008; role of Judges’ in 

award process; overview of scoring data; 

2008 Baldrige award cycle; the Judges’

survey of applicants; and the Judges’

mentoring process. The applications 

under review by Judges contain trade 

secrets and proprietary commercial 

information submitted to the 

Government in confidence. 

DATES: The meeting will convene June 

3, 2008 at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 4:30 

p.m. on June 3, 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, Pub. 

L. 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 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: May 9, 2008. 

James M. Turner, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–11034 Filed 5–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No.: 080506632–8633–01] 

Codeless and Semi-Codeless Access 

to the Global Positioning System 

AGENCY: Office of Space 

Commercialization, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Space 

Commercialization seeks comments on a 

plan to transition the installed base of 

codeless and semi-codeless Global 

Positioning System (GPS) user 

equipment to next-generation 

equipment utilizing the modernized 

civil GPS signals known as L2C and L5. 

The plan was developed under the 

auspices of the National Executive 

Committee for Space-Based Positioning, 

Navigation, and Timing (PNT). Under 

the plan, the Department of Defense, as 

the operator of GPS, will continue 


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