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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–80–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 163—Ponce, PR; 

Notification of Proposed Production 

Activity; Zimmer Manufacturing BV 

(Medical Devices); Ponce, PR 

CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of FTZ 163, 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity on behalf of Zimmer 

Manufacturing BV (Zimmer), located in 

Ponce, Puerto Rico. The notification 

conforming to the requirements of the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) 

was received on November 1, 2012. 

A separate application for subzone 

status at the Zimmer facility was 

submitted and will be processed under 

Section 400.31 of the Board’s 

regulations. The facility is used for the 

production, warehousing and 

distribution of orthopedic implants for 

knee and hip reconstruction as well as 

trauma devices. Production under FTZ 

procedures could exempt Zimmer from 

customs duty payments on the foreign 

status components used in export 

production. On its domestic sales, 

Zimmer would be able to choose the 

duty rates during customs entry 

procedures that apply to the finished 

products (duty-free) for the foreign 

status inputs noted below. Customs 

duties also could possibly be deferred or 

reduced on foreign status production 

equipment. 

Components and materials sourced 

from abroad include: polymers of 

ethylene in primary forms; acrylic 

polymers in primary forms; silicones in 

primary forms; self-adhesive shapes of 

plastics; other shapes of plastics; 

packaging; bars, rods, angles shapes and 

sections of stainless steel; articles of 

iron or steel; and, artificial joints, parts 

and accessories (duty rate ranges from 

duty-free to 6.5%). 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

December 26, 2012. 

A copy of the notification 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 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 5, 2012. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27776 Filed 11–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Michigan State University, et al.; Notice 

of Decision on Applications for DutyFree Entry of Scientific Instruments 

This is a decision pursuant to Section 

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and 

Cultural Materials Importation Act of 

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by 

Pub. .106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 

301). Related records can be viewed 

between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in 

Room 3720, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 

Docket Number: 12–036. Applicant: 

Michigan State University, 2555 

Engineering Building, Department of 

Mechanical Engineering, East Lansing, 

MI 48824–1226. Instrument: Diode 

Pumped High speed Nd:YAG laser 

system. Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH, 

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 77 

FR 61739, October 11, 2012. Comments: 

None received. Decision: Approved. We 

know of no instruments of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instruments described below, for such 

purposes as this is intended to be used, 

that was being manufactured in the 

United States at the time of its order. 

Reasons: The instrument will be used as 

a diagnostics equipment to study high 

temperature combustion occurring in a 

laboratory combustor with highly 

turbulent flows, specifically to detect 

chemical species of combustion in 

conditions that are similar to actual 

engine operating conditions. The system 

will be used to pump a dye laser to 

generate ultra-violet light which can be 

used to rack chemical species during 

combustion, such as hydroxyl (OH) 

radicals. The hydroxyl which is excited 

using ultraviolet light (283 nm) will 

then fluoresce and can be detected using 

an intensified CCD camera. The key 

requirements that this system fulfills are 

the beam profile of M2<2, to ability to 

perform sub 10 ns pulses with all the 

different specifications, and the crystals 

inside are all temperature controlled to 

phase match regardless of the outside 

temperature fluctuations. 

Dated: November 8, 2012. 

Gregory W. Campbell, 

Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, 

Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27782 Filed 11–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet on 

Monday, December 10, 2012 from 8:30 

to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The primary 

purpose of this meeting is to update the 

Committee on the status of the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) Disaster and Failure Studies 

Program, receive NIST’s response to the 

Committee’s 2011 annual report 

recommendations, update the 

Committee on the progress of the NIST 

Technical Investigation of the May 22, 

2011 Tornado in Joplin, MO, and gather 

information for the Committee’s 2012 

Annual Report to Congress. The agenda 

may change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST Web site at http:// 

www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ncst/. 

DATES: The NCST Advisory Committee 

will meet on Monday, December 10, 

2012 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern time. The meeting will be open 

to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Lecture Room B, Administration 

Building, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau 

Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. 

Please note admittance instructions 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Letvin, Director, Disaster and Failure 

Studies Program, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Mail Stop 8600, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8600. Mr. Letvin’s email address 

is eric.letvin@nist.gov and his phone 

number is (301) 975–5412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established pursuant to 

Section 11 of the NCST Act (15 U.S.C. 

7310). The Committee is composed of 

ten members, appointed by the Director 

of NIST, who were selected for their 

technical expertise and experience, 


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established records of distinguished 

professional service, and their 

knowledge of issues affecting teams 

established under the NCST Act. The 

Committee will advise the Director of 

NIST on carrying out studies of building 

failures conducted under the authorities 

of the NCST Act and will review the 

procedures developed to implement the 

NCST Act and reports issued under 

section 8 of the NCST Act (15 U.S.C. 

7307). Background information on the 

NCST Act and information on the NCST 

Advisory Committee is available at 

http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ 

ncst/. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App., notice is hereby given that the 

NCST Advisory Committee will meet on 

Monday, December 10, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. 

and will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time. The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

The primary purpose of this meeting 

is to update the Committee on the status 

of the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) Disaster and 

Failure Studies Program, receive NIST’s 

response to the Committee’s 2011 

annual report recommendations, update 

the Committee on the progress of the 

NIST Technical Investigation of the May 

22, 2011 Tornado in Joplin, MO, and 

gather information for the Committee’s 

2012 Annual Report to Congress. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Web site at http://www.nist.gov/el/ 

disasterstudies/ncst/. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to 

items on the Committee’s agenda for 

this meeting are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. Approximately 

fifteen minutes will be reserved for 

public comments, and speaking times 

will be assigned on a first-come, firstserved basis. The amount of time per 

speaker will be determined by the 

number of requests received, but is 

likely to be 5 minutes each. Questions 

from the public will not be considered 

during this period. Speakers who wish 

to expand upon their oral statements, 

those who had wished to speak but 

could not be accommodated on the 

agenda, and those who were unable to 

attend in person are invited to submit 

written statements to the National 

Construction Safety Team Advisory 

Committee, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, MS 8600, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8600, via fax at (301) 975–4032, 

or electronically by email to 

ncstac@nist.gov. 

All those wishing to speak must 

submit their request by email to the 

attention of Mr. Eric Letvin, 

eric.letvin@nist.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time, Monday, December 3, 2012. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 

Monday, December 3, 2012, in order to 

attend. Please submit your full name, 

email address, and phone number to 

Michelle Harman. Non-U.S. citizens 

must also submit their country of 

citizenship, title, and employer/sponsor. 

Mrs. Harman’s email address is 

michelle.harman@nist.gov, and her 

phone number is (301) 975–5324. 

Dated: November 7, 2012. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27689 Filed 11–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Socio-Economic 

Profile of Small-Scale Commercial 

Fisheries in the U.S. Caribbean 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before January 14, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Dr. Juan J. Agar, (305) 361– 

4218 or Juan.Agar@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new information 

collection. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) proposes to collect socioeconomic data about small scale 

fishermen and seafood dealers operating 

in the U.S. Caribbean. The survey 

intends to collect information on 

demographics, fishing practices, costs 

and earnings (revenues, variable and 

fixed costs), market and distribution 

channels, capital investment, attitudes 

and perceptions about the performance 

management actions and the health of 

local fisheries, including the impact of 

invasive species. The data gathered will 

be used to describe U.S. Caribbean 

fisheries, assess socio-economic 

performance of small-scale fleets, and 

evaluate the socio-economic impacts of 

Federal regulatory actions. In addition, 

the information will be used to 

strengthen and improve fishery 

management decision-making, satisfy 

legal mandates under Executive Order 

12866, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, the Endangered Species 

Act, and the National Environmental 

Policy Act, and other pertinent statues. 

II. Method of Collection 

The socio-economic information 

sought will be collected via in-person, 

telephone and mail surveys. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(request for a new information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hr. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $ 0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 


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