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Part III—Issues Regarding the Use of Total 

AFA and Rescission of Certain Reviews 

Comment 17: The Department should not 

apply AFA while scope inquiries are 

pending. 

Comment 18: The Department should not 

apply AFA for the failure to report cast 

products. 

Comment 19: The Department should not 

apply AFA to agent sales made by Huarong, 

LMC/LIMAC, and TMC. 

Comment 20: The Department should 

establish ‘‘combination’’ cash deposit rates 

and utilize ‘‘master list’’ assessment rates. 

Comment 21: The Department should 

recalculate the AFA and PRC-wide rate of 

139.31 percent for bars/wedges because this 

rate contains subsidized prices. 

Comment 22: The Department should 

reconsider its determination to rescind the 

review of hammers/sledges and picks/

mattocks with respect to Huarong and LMC/

LIMAC. 

Part IV—Issues Regarding Assessment 

Instructions 

Comment 23: The Department should deny 

the request by Olympia Industrial 

Incorporated to instruct CBP to liquidate 

entries of scrapers and tampers. 

Comment 24: The Department should 

correct the ministerial error in the draft 

assessment instructions.

[FR Doc. E4–2194 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, United States 

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 

Committee (Committee), National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST), will meet Tuesday, October 5, 

2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 

Wednesday, October 6, 2004, from 8:30 

a.m. to 3 p.m. The primary purpose of 

this meeting is to discuss draft findings 

of the Federal Building and Fire Safety 

Investigation of the World Trade Center 

Disaster (WTC Investigation) and the 

Rhode Island Nightclub Investigation. 

Consequently, all of the first day and all 

but the last one and one-half hours of 

the second day will be held in closed 

session. The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

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

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

October 5, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. and will 

adjourn at 3 p.m. on October 6, 2004. 

The closed portion of the meeting is 

scheduled to begin on October 5 at 8:30 

a.m. and to end at 1:45 p.m. on October 

6, 2004. The last portion of the meeting 

from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on October 6, 

2004, will be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Administration Building, Room 

A1038 at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

Please note admittance instructions 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Cauffman, National 

Construction Safety Team Advisory 

Committee, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, MS 8611, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8611. Mr. Cauffman’s e-mail 

address is stephen.cauffman@nist.gov

and his phone number is (301) 975–

6051.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established pursuant to 

Section 11 of the National Construction 

Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 7310 et 

seq.). The Committee is composed of 

nine members appointed by the Director 

of NIST who were selected for their 

technical expertise and experience, 

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 investigations of 

building failures conducted under the 

authorities of the NCST Act that became 

law in October 2002 and will review the 

procedures developed to implement the 

NCST Act and reports issued under 

section 8 of the NCST Act. Background 

information on the NCST Act and 

information on the NCST Advisory 

Committee is available at http://

www.nist.gov/ncst.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice 

is hereby given that the National 

Construction Safety Team (NCST) 

Advisory Committee (Committee), 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, 

October 5, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at NIST 

headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. 

The primary purpose of this meeting 

is to present draft findings of the 

Federal Building and Fire Safety 

Investigation of the World Trade Center 

Disaster (WTC Investigation) and the 

Rhode Island Nightclub Investigation. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the General Counsel, formally 

determined on August 2, 2004, that 

portions of the meeting of the National 

Construction Safety Team Advisory 

Committee that involve discussions 

regarding the proprietary information 

and trade secrets of third parties, data 

and documents that may also be used in 

criminal cases or lawsuits, matters the 

premature disclosure of which would be 

likely to significantly frustrate 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action, and data collection status and 

the issuance of subpoenas may be 

closed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(4), (5), (9)(B), and (10) 

respectively. Consequently, all of the 

first day and all but the last one and 

one-half hours of the second day will be 

held in closed session. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST Web site at http://

www.nist.gov/ncst.

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs, the WTC 

Investigation, or the Rhode Island 

Investigation are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. On October 6, 

2004, approximately one-half hour will 

be reserved for public comments, and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-served 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 8611, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899–8611, via fax at (301) 

975–6122, or electronically by e-mail to 

ncstac@nist.gov.

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by close of business 

Friday, October 1, 2004, in order to 

attend. Please submit your name, time 

of arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Stephen Cauffman and he 

will provide you with instructions for 

admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must also 

submit their country of citizenship, title, 

employer/sponsor, and address. Mr. 

Cauffman’s e-mail address is 

stephen.cauffman@nist.gov and his 

phone number is (301) 975–6051.

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Dated: September 9, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 04–20741 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcing a Public Workshop on 

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of 

Federal Employees/Contractors

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST).

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

announces a public workshop to obtain 

information on secure and reliable 

methods of verifying the identity of 

Federal employees and Federal 

contractors who are authorized access to 

Federal facilities and Federal 

information systems. An agenda and 

related information for the workshop 

will be available before the workshop 

from the NIST Computer Security 

Resource Center Web site at http://

csrc.nist.gov. This workshop is not 

being held in anticipation of a 

procurement activity.

DATES: The PIV Public workshop will be 

held on October 7, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The PIV Public workshop 

will take place in a hotel facility in 

Gaithersburg, Maryland. Information 

about the meeting location and hotel 

accommodations will be available at 

http://csrc.nist.gov by September 8, 

2004. 

Registration: Registration prior to 5 

p.m. October 3, 2004, is required. All 

registrations must be done online at 

https://rproxy.nist.gov/CRS/. Please go 

to this Conference Registration link and 

complete the registration form for the 

October 7, 2004 PIV Public Workshop. 

The registration fee is $95.00 and will 

include a continental breakfast and a 

deli-style lunch. A visitor’s 

identification badge will be issued to all 

registered participants. The registrar for 

the workshop is Teresa Vicente 

(telephone: 301–975–3883; e-mail: 

teresa.vicente@nist.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curt 

Barker (e-mail: wbarker@nist.gov;

telephone: 301–975–8443; fax 301–948–

1233) or Dr. Dennis Branstad

(e-mail: Branstad@nist.gov; telephone: 

301–975–4060) for technical 

information regarding the workshop. 

Background Information: On August 

27, 2004, President Bush signed the 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive/HSPD–12 (see http://

www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/

2004/08/20040827–8.html) establishing 

a policy for a Common Identification 

Standard for Federal Employees and 

Contractors. This Directive states that 

the Secretary of Commerce shall 

promulgate a Federal standard within 

six months that assures secure and 

reliable forms of identification of 

Federal Employees and Federal 

Contractor Employees in many 

applications. The principal objectives of 

the standard are to create a secure and 

reliable automated system that may be 

used Government-wide to: (1) Establish 

the authentic true identity of an 

individual; (2) issue an PIV token (e.g., 

smartcard) to each authenticated 

individual which can later be used to 

verify the identity of the individual 

using appropriate technical means when 

access to a secure Federal facility or 

information system is requested; (3) be 

based on graduated criteria that provide 

appropriate levels of assurance and 

security to the application; (4) be 

strongly resistant to identity fraud, 

counterfeiting, and exploitation by 

individuals, terrorist organizations, or 

conspiracy groups; and (5) initiate 

development and use of interoperable 

automated systems meeting these 

objectives. 

NIST is planning to propose a Federal 

Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 

tentatively entitled Personal Identity 

Verification as the primary document 

specified in HSPD–12. The envisioned 

standard may likely address operational 

requirements and the technical 

framework, architecture, and 

specifications for an automated system 

that will provide secure and reliable 

forms of identification to be issued by 

the Federal Government to its 

employees and contractors (including 

contractor employees). We anticipate 

that the technical focus will primarily 

be on electronic identity verification 

and access authorization credentials 

securely contained in an integratedcircuit token (e.g., smartcard) containing 

biometric characteristics (e.g., 

fingerprint image, facial image) of the 

individual to whom the token was 

issued for later identity verification. The 

standard shall not apply to 

identification associated with national 

security systems as defined by 44 U.S.C. 

3542(b)(2).

Authority: NIST is conducting this 

workshop in accordance with HSPD–12 and 

within its authority under the Federal 

Information Security Management Act of 

2002, the Information Technology 

Management Reform Act of 1996, Executive 

Order 13011, and OMB Circular A–130.

Dated: September 9, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 04–20740 Filed 9–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–CN–U

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request.

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Under Secretary of defense (Personnel 

and Readiness) announces the following 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. 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 burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by November 15, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

the Department of Defense Education 

Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203–1635, ATTN: Ms. 

Judith L. Williams.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the above address or call 

at (703) 588–3143. 

Title and OMB Control Number:

‘‘Department of Defense Education 

Activity (DoDEA) Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys for Sponsors and Students’’; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0421. 

Needs and Uses: The DoDEA 

Customer Satisfaction Surveys are a tool 

used to measure the satisfaction level of