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injury, or threatening to cause material 

injury, to a U.S. industry. See section 

703(a)(2) of the Act. A negative ITC 

determination will result in the 

investigation being terminated; 

otherwise, the investigation will 

proceed according to statutory and 

regulatory time limits. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: June 16, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

For purposes of this investigation, 

prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC 

strand) is steel wire strand, other than of 

stainless steel, which is suitable for use in, 

but not limited to, prestressed concrete (both 

pretensioned and post-tensioned) 

applications. The scope of this investigation 

encompasses all types and diameters of PC 

strand whether uncoated (uncovered) or 

coated (covered) by any substance, including 

but not limited to, grease, plastic sheath, or 

epoxy. This merchandise includes, but is not 

limited to, PC strand produced to the 

American Society for Testing and Materials 

(ASTM) A–416 specification, or comparable 

domestic or foreign specifications. PC strand 

made from galvanized wire is excluded from 

the scope if the zinc and/or zinc oxide 

coating meets or exceeds the 0.40 oz./ft2

standard set forth in ASTM–A–475. 

The PC strand subject to this investigation 

is currently classifiable under subheadings 

7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. E9–14743 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XP88 

Magnuson–Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS, has made a 

preliminary determination that the 

subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

application contains all the required 

information and warrants further 

consideration. Therefore, NMFS 

announces that the Assistant Regional 

Administrator proposes to recommend 

that an EFP be issued that would allow 

four commercial fishing vessel to 

conduct fishing operations that are 

otherwise restricted by the regulations 

governing the fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States. The EFP, 

which would enable the applicants to 

land more than one standard tote of 

female red crabs and to conduct at–sea 

sampling and tagging, would allow for 

exemptions for up to four vessels from 

the Atlantic Deep–sea Red Crab Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). 

Regulations under the Magnuson– 

Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

may be submitted by e–mail to 

RedCrabEFP@noaa.gov. Include in the 

subject line of the e–mail comment the 

following document identifier: 

‘‘Comments on Red Crab EFP.’’ Written 

comments should be sent to Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on Red Crab EFP.’’ 

Comments may also be sent via 

facsimile (fax) to (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moira Kelly, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

phone: 978–281–9218, fax: 978–281– 

9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An 

application for an EFP was submitted on 

November 19, 2008, by Dr. Richard 

Wahle of the Bigelow Laboratory for 

Ocean Sciences; Dr. Yong Chen of the 

School of Marine Sciences, University 

of Maine; and Mr. Jon Williams of the 

New England Red Crab Harvesters’ 

Association. A supplementary proposal 

was received on February 10, 2009, that 

provided greater detail on the harvest of 

female red crabs (Chaceon 

quinquidens). 

This project is fully funded by the 

New England Red Crab Harvesters’ 

Association. The primary goal of the 

experimental fishery is to begin 

harvesting non–egg bearing females to 

expand the red crab market and increase 

efficiency in the harvesting process. In 

addition, an experimental fishery that 

includes non–egg bearing females 

would provide an opportunity to 

conduct at–sea sampling, renewed 

tagging, and model development to 

better evaluate the growth and 

reproductive performance of the 

population, as well as the impact of 

current and proposed harvesting on 

yields and egg production. This aspect 

of the project would be conducted by an 

onboard researcher under the direction 

of Dr. Wahle. The objectives of this 

project are as follows: 

1. Characterize regional variability in 

the reproductive characteristics of the 

red crab population along the 

geographic range of the fishery on the 

New England and mid–Atlantic shelf 

break; 

2. Conduct tagging to evaluate growth 

rates that will facilitate the development 

of growth and yield and egg production 

models for the fishery; and 

3. Develop yield and egg per recruit 

models to identify potential biological 

reference points for red crab stock 

assessment and to evaluate impacts of 

fishing on the female red crab resource. 

The experimental design calls for 

normal commercial fishing operations, 

with the addition of retaining females. 

The research and experimental fishing 

would occur within the constraints of 

the current management measures, 

including possession limits and days– 

at–sea limits. The research would occur 

during normal fishing operations by 

sampling the catch to evaluate the size 

and sex composition of the catch, 

including the number of egg–bearing 

females. Further, the applicants propose 

to tag up to 20,000 crabs over 2 years 

to analyze growth. In order to allow for 

sufficient numbers of crabs for the 

tagging project, a small number of traps 

would be fitted with small mesh to trap 

smaller crabs. All crabs would be sorted 

and weighed, and crabs of marketable 

size would be retained for sale. All 

discards would be released as quickly as 

practicable to reduce incidental 

mortality. All at–sea research would be 

conducted from one of the four active 

red crab fishing vessels, fishing under 

that vessel’s DAS. 

The applicant may make requests to 

NMFS for minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted by NMFS without 

further notice if they are deemed 

essential to facilitate completion of the 

proposed research and result in only a 

minimal change in the scope or impact 

of the initially approved EFP request. In 

accordance with NOAA Administrative 

Order 216–6, a Categorical Exclusion or 

other appropriate NEPA document 

would be completed prior to the 

issuance of the EFP. Further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

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final determination is made to issue the 

EFP. After publication of this document 

in the Federal Register, the EFP, if 

approved, may become effective 

following a 15-day public comment 

period. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: June 17, 2009. 

Kristen C. Koch, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–14722 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Jointly Owned Invention Available for 

Non-Exclusive, Royalty-Free Licensing 

for Advanced Encryption Standard Sbox Applications 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of jointly owned 

invention available for non-exclusive, 

royalty-free licensing for Advanced 

Encryption Standard S-box applications. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

jointly owned by the U.S. Government, 

as represented by the Department of 

Commerce, and the University of 

Southern Denmark. The Department of 

Commerce’s interest in the invention is 

available for non-exclusive, royalty-free 

licensing in the Field of Use of 

Advanced Encryption Standard S-box 

applications, in accordance with 35 

U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to 

achieve expeditious commercialization 

of results of federally funded research 

and development. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Technical and licensing information on 

this invention may be obtained by 

writing to: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Office of 

Technology Partnerships, Building 820, 

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. 

Information is also available via 

telephone: 301–975–3084, fax 301–975– 

3482, or e- mail: 

brenda.thomasson@nist.gov. Any 

request for information should include 

the NIST Docket number or Patent 

number and title for the invention as 

indicated below. The invention 

available for licensing is: 

[Patent Number Application No. 12/ 

367,660 filed February 9, 2009] 

[NIST DOCKET NUMBER: 08–033] 

Title: A New Technique for 

Combinational Circuit Optimization and 

a New Circuit for the S-Box of AES. 

Abstract: A method of simplifying a 

combinational circuit establishes an 

initial combinational circuit operable to 

calculate a set of target signals. A 

quantity of multiplication operations 

performed in a first portion of the initial 

combinational circuit is reduced to 

create a first, simplified combinational 

circuit. The first portion includes only 

multiplication operations and addition 

operations. A quantity of addition 

operations performed in a second 

portion of the first, simplified 

combinational circuit is reduced to 

create a second, simplified 

combinational circuit. The second 

portion includes only addition 

operations. Also, the second, simplified 

combinational circuit is operable to 

calculate the target signals using fewer 

operations than the initial 

combinational circuit. 

A computer-implemented method of 

simplifying a plurality of formulas 

establishes a plurality of formulas. The 

formulas include only addition 

operations, and the formulas correspond 

to a portion of a combinational circuit 

including only addition operations. A 

basis set including a plurality of input 

signals is defined. Using a computer, a 

distance vector is determined that 

includes one value for each of the 

plurality of formulas, the one value 

corresponding to a number of addition 

operations necessary to calculate a 

corresponding formula using signals 

from the basis set. Using the computer, 

two basis vectors are determined whose 

sum, when added to the distance vector, 

reduces at least one value in the 

distance vector, and the sum is added to 

the basis set. The steps of determining 

two basis vectors whose sum, when 

added to the basis set, reduces at least 

one value in the distance vector, and 

adding the sum to the basis set may be 

selectively repeated until the basis set 

includes sums corresponding to each of 

the plurality of formulas. 

A combinational circuit for a 

Substitution-Box for the Advanced 

Encryption Standard having a total of 

115 Boolean gates comprises a first, 

input portion, a second portion coupled 

to the first, input portion, and a third, 

output portion coupled to the second 

portion. The first, input portion has 23 

XOR gates. The second portion has 30 

XOR gate and 32 AND gates, and 

computes the non-linear component of 

inversion in GF(256). Also, in the 

second portion 11 of the 30 XOR gates 

and 5 of the 32 AND gates are operable 

to perform inversion in GF(16). The 

third, output portion has 26 XOR gates 

and 4 XNOR gates. 

Dated: June 18, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–14734 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Technology Innovation Program 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology; Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., 

notice is hereby given that the 

Technology Innovation Program 

Advisory Board, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) will 

meet Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 8:30 

a.m. to 3 p.m. The Technology 

Innovation Program (TIP) Advisory 

Board is composed of ten members 

appointed by the Director of NIST who 

are eminent in such fields as business, 

research, science and technology, 

engineering, education, and 

management consulting. The purpose of 

this meeting is to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for the Technology Innovation 

Program, its organization, its budget, 

and its programs within the framework 

of applicable national policies as set 

forth by the President and the Congress. 

The agenda will include a TIP Update. 

Agenda may change to accommodate 

Board business. 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Tuesday, July 7, at 8:30 a.m. and will 

adjourn at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Employees’ Lounge, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899. Please note admittance 

instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

JoEllen Hansroth, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–4700, 

telephone number (301) 975–2162. 

JoEllen’s e-mail address is 

joellen.hansroth@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda will include a TIP Update. The 

agenda may change to accommodate 

Board business. The final agenda will be