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vote in support of designation as a 

shortage situation will be 

‘‘recommended for designation as a 

shortage situation.’’ Nominations 

scoring below 70 by the primary 

reviewer, and failure to achieve a simple 

majority vote in support of designation 

will be ‘‘not recommended for 

designation as a shortage situation.’’ In 

the event of a discrepancy between the 

primary reviewer’s scoring and the 

panel poll results, the VMLRP program 

manager will be authorized to make the 

final determination on the nomination’s 

designation. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

November, 2014. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27423 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of 

a meeting of the Federal Economic 

Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC). 

The Committee will advise the Directors 

of the Economics and Statistics 

Administration’s (ESA) two statistical 

agencies, the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau, 

and the Commissioner of the 

Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) on statistical 

methodology and other technical 

matters related to the collection, 

tabulation, and analysis of federal 

economic statistics. Last minute changes 

to the agenda are possible, which could 

prevent giving advance public notice of 

schedule adjustments. 

DATES: December 12, 2014. The meeting 

will begin at approximately 9:00 a.m. 

and adjourn at approximately 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Census Bureau Conference 

Center, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, 

MD 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James R. Spletzer, Designated Federal 

Official, Department of Commerce, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Research and 

Methodology Directorate, Room 5K175, 

4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone 301–763–4069, email: 

james.r.spletzer@census.gov. For TTY 

callers, please call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 and 

give them the above listed number you 

would like to call. This service is free 

and confidential. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the FESAC are appointed by the 

Secretary of Commerce. The Committee 

advises the Directors of the BEA, the 

Census Bureau, and the Commissioner 

of the Department of Labor’s BLS, on 

statistical methodology and other 

technical matters related to the 

collection, tabulation, and analysis of 

federal economic statistics. The 

Committee is established in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Title 5, United States Code, 

Appendix 2). 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and a brief period is set aside for public 

comments and questions. Persons with 

extensive questions or statements must 

submit them in writing at least three 

days before the meeting to the 

Designated Federal Official named 

above. If you plan to attend the meeting, 

please register by Monday, December 1, 

2014. You may access the online 

registration form with the following 

link: https://www.regonline.com/fesac_

dec2014_meeting. Seating is available to 

the public on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should also be directed to 

the Designated Federal Official as soon 

as known, and preferably two weeks 

prior to the meeting. 

Due to increased security and for 

access to the meeting, please call 301– 

763–9906 upon arrival at the Census 

Bureau on the day of the meeting. A 

photo ID must be presented in order to 

receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are 

not allowed beyond the first floor. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

John H. Thompson, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27438 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 

et seq.), the Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) has received 

petitions for certification of eligibility to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

from the firms listed below. 

Accordingly, EDA has initiated 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each of these 

firms 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 ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

[11/4/2014 through 11/13/2014] 

Firm name Firm address 

Date 

accepted for 

investigation 

Product(s) 

ETM Enterprises I, Inc., d/b/a ETM 

Enterprises, Inc.

920 N. Clinton Street, Grand 

Ledge, MI 48837.

11/13/2014 The firm manufactures compression molded fiberglass reinforced plastic parts for heavy-duty transportation vehicles. 

Gulf Fish, Inc. ................................. 5885 Highway 311, Houma, LA 

70360.

11/13/2014 The firm processes shrimp and prawn for consumption. 

Ingersoll CM Systems, LLC ........... 3505 Centennial Drive, Midland, 

MI 48642.

11/12/2014 The firm manufactures machine tool equipment for 

crankshaft and camshaft machining lines. 

Pioneer Service, Inc. ...................... 542 W. Factory Road, Addison, IL 

33272.

11/12/2014 The firm manufactures machined metal parts and 

components. 

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

Continued 

[11/4/2014 through 11/13/2014] 

Firm name Firm address 

Date 

accepted for 

investigation 

Product(s) 

American Standard Company, Inc. 1570 Water Street, Southington, 

CT 06489.

11/12/2014 The firm manufactures fiber optic wire strippers, dog 

tags, blades for knives, tree pruning tools, various 

metal stamped products and various tools assemblies. 

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 Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms Division, Room 

71030, 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 requirements set 

forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR 

315.9 for procedures to request a public 

hearing. The Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance official number 

and title for the program under which 

these petitions are submitted is 11.313, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Michael DeVillo, 

Eligibility Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27371 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–82–2014] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 23—Buffalo, New 

York Application for Reorganization 

Under Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the County of Erie, grantee of FTZ 23, 

requesting authority to reorganize the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the FTZ 

Board (15 CFR 400.2(c)). The ASF is an 

option for grantees for the establishment 

or reorganization of zones and can 

permit significantly greater flexibility in 

the designation of new subzones or 

‘‘usage-driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the FTZ Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

a zone. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally docketed on 

November 13, 2014. 

FTZ 23 was approved by the FTZ 

Board on March 31, 1976 (Board Order 

110, 41 FR 14824, 4/7/1976) and 

expanded on November 2, 1979 (Board 

Order 148, 44 FR 65802, 11/15/1979); 

April 16, 1982 (Board Order 187, 47 FR 

18014, 4/27/1982); February 7, 1985 

(Board Order 291, 50 FR 6372, 2/15/

1985); October 30, 1989 (Board Order 

445, 54 FR 46431, 11/3/1989); and, June 

25, 1993 (Board Order 645, 58 FR 36390, 

7/7/1993). 

The current zone includes the 

following sites: Site 1 (225 acres)— 

Gateway Trade Center, Buffalo Harbor 

near the Lackawanna Canal, Buffalo and 

Lackawanna, Erie County, City; Site 2 

(298 acres)—Wehrle International 

Business Park, adjacent to the Greater 

Buffalo International Airport, Amherst, 

Erie County; Site 3 (13 acres)—OakMichigan Industrial Corridor, 225 Oak 

Street, Buffalo, Erie County; Site 5 (55 

acres)—Grand Island Industrial Park, 

353 Lang Boulevard, Grand Island, Erie 

County; Site 6 (11 acres)—Speed 

Transportation, 2299 Kenmore Avenue, 

Tonawanda, Erie County; Site 7 (189 

acres)—Aero and Airport Business 

Parks, bounded by Holtz Road, Ellicott 

Creek, Rein Road, and the New York 

State Thruway, (immediately adjacent to 

the Buffalo Niagara International 

Airport), Cheektowaga, Erie County; Site 

8 (194 acres)—Buffalo Niagara 

International Airport’s Air Cargo 

Facility and Airport Commerce Center, 

bounded by Genesee Street, Wehrle 

Drive, and Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga, 

Erie County; Site 9 (5 acres)—Starline 

U.S.A. Inc., 3036 Alt Boulevard, Grand 

Island, Erie County; Site 10 (14.2 

acres)—Buffalo Lakeside Commerce 

Park, 283 and 315 Ship Canal Parkway, 

Buffalo, Erie County; and, Site 11 (5.8 

acres)—Sonwil Distribution Center, 

4900 North America Drive, West 

Seneca, Erie County. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Erie County, 

New York, as described in the 

application. If approved, the grantee 

would be able to serve sites throughout 

the service area based on companies’ 

needs for FTZ designation. The 

proposed service area is within and 

adjacent to the Buffalo Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone to include 

Site 1 as a ‘‘magnet’’ site and Sites 5, 6, 

9, 10 and 11 as ‘‘usage-driven’’ sites, as 

well as to remove Sites 2, 3, 7 and 8. 

The ASF allows for the possible 

exemption of one magnet site from the 

‘‘sunset’’ time limits that generally 

apply to sites under the ASF, and the 

applicant proposes that Site 1 be so 

exempted. The application would have 

no impact on FTZ 23’s previously 

authorized subzones. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

evaluate and analyze the facts and 

information presented in the application 

and case record and to report findings 

and recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

January 20, 2015. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

February 2, 2015. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ 

Board’s Web site, which is accessible 

via www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Elizabeth 

Whiteman at Elizabeth.Whiteman@

trade.gov or (202) 482–0473. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27406 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

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