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comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 1032–1917–01. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Swails or Tammy Adams, (301) 713– 

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 1032– 

1917 is requested under the authority of 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), and the regulations governing the 

taking and importing of marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

Permit No. 1032–1917, issued on 

September 4, 2007 (72 FR 51621), 

authorizes the permit holder to continue 

long-term studies of the Weddell seal 

(Leptonychotes weddellii) population in 

the Erebus Bay, McMurdo Sound, Ross 

Sea, and White Island areas of 

Antarctica. Up to 325 adults and 800 

pups may be captured annually. 

Animals may be weighed, tissued 

sampled, flipper tagged, and released. 

Annually up to 2000 Weddell, 50 

crabeater (Lobodon carcinophagus), and 

50 leopard (Hydrurga leptonyx) seals 

may be incidentally disturbed as a result 

of the research activities. The permit 

authorizes up to 4 (2 adults and 2 pups) 

Weddell seal research-related 

mortalities annually. The permit holder 

is requesting the permit be amended to 

include authorization for use of a small 

temperature logging tag on pups. The 

additional tag would be used to measure 

the amount of time pups spend in the 

water. This information would be used 

as part of the mass dynamics studies. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: June 16, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–940] 

Certain Tow-Behind Lawn Groomers 

and Certain Parts Thereof From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) has determined that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain tow-behind lawn groomers (lawn 

groomers) and certain parts thereof from 

the People’s Republic of China (PRC). 

For information on the estimated 

countervailing duty rates, please see the 

‘‘Suspension of Liquidation’’ section, 

below. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene Calvert or Jun Jack Zhao, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 6, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3586 and (202) 

482–1396, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Period of Investigation 

The period for which we are 

measuring subsidies, i.e., the period of 

investigation (POI), is January 1, 2007 

through December 31, 2007. 

Case History 

The following events have occurred 

since the announcement of the 

preliminary determination, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 24, 2008. See Certain TowBehind Lawn Groomers and Certain 

Parts Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination with 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 

73 FR 70971 (November 24, 2008) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

The Department issued several 

supplemental questionnaires to the 

Government of the People’s Republic of 

China (GOC), Princeway Furniture 

(Dong Guan) Co., Ltd. and Princeway 

Limited (collectively, Princeway) and 

Jiashan Superpower Tools Co., Ltd. 

(Superpower). The Department received 

responses to these questionnaires in 

November and December 2008. Public 

versions of the questionnaires and 

responses, as well as the various 

memoranda cited below, are available at 

the Department’s Central Records Unit 

(Room 1117 in the HCHB Building) 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘CRU’’). 

From January 5 through January 21, 

2009, we conducted verification of the 

questionnaire responses submitted by 

the GOC, Superpower and Princeway. 

We issued verification reports on 

February 27, 2009. See Verification of 

the Questionnaire Responses Submitted 

by the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China (GOC), Verification of 

the Questionnaire Responses Submitted 

by Princeway Furniture (Dong Guan) 

Co., Ltd. & Princeway Limited, and 

Verification of the Questionnaire 

Responses Submitted by Jiashan 

Superpower Tools Co., Ltd. 

On May 13, 2009, we issued our postpreliminary determination regarding the 

‘‘Provision of Hot-Rolled Steel at Less 

Than Adequate Remuneration,’’ ‘‘Export 

Incentive Payments Characterized as 

VAT Rebates,’’ ‘‘Patent Subsidy 

Authorized by the Administration Rule 

for Patent Specific Fund of Jiashan 

County, SHAN KE [2006] No. 58,’’ 

‘‘Foreign Trade Assistance Subsidy 

(Exhibition Attendance Incentive Policy 

of Jiashan County: Article II.24 of SZF 

132),’’ and ‘‘Amortization of Startup 

Costs Under Article 49 of the FIE Tax 

Regulations.’’ See Memorandum to 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of 

Certain Tow-Behind Lawn Groomers 

and Certain Parts Thereof from the 

People’s Republic of China’’ (May 13, 

2009). 

We received a case brief from the GOC 

on May 20, 2009. Agri-Fab, Inc. 

(Petitioner) and respondent companies 

did not submit case briefs or rebuttal 

briefs. On December 23, 2008, the GOC 

submitted a timely request for a hearing 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c). On May 

27, 2009, the GOC withdrew its request 

for a hearing. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

certain non-motorized tow behind lawn 

groomers, manufactured from any 

material, and certain parts thereof. Lawn 

groomers are defined as lawn sweepers, 

aerators, dethatchers, and spreaders. 

Unless specifically excluded, lawn 

groomers that are designed to perform at 

least one of the functions listed above 

are included in the scope of this 

investigation, even if the lawn groomer 

is designed to perform additional nonsubject functions (e.g., mowing). 

All lawn groomers are designed to 

incorporate a hitch, of any 

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configuration, which allows the product 

to be towed behind a vehicle. Lawn 

groomers that are designed to 

incorporate both a hitch and a push 

handle, of any type, are also covered by 

the scope of this investigation. The 

hitch and handle may be permanently 

attached or removable, and they may be 

attached on opposite sides or on the 

same side of the lawn groomer. Lawn 

groomers designed to incorporate a 

hitch, but where the hitch is not 

attached to the lawn groomer, are also 

included in the scope of the 

investigation. 

Lawn sweepers consist of a frame, as 

well as a series of brushes attached to 

an axle or shaft which allows the 

brushing component to rotate. Lawn 

sweepers also include a container 

(which is a receptacle into which debris 

swept from the lawn or turf is 

deposited) supported by the frame. 

Aerators consist of a frame, as well as 

an aerating component that is attached 

to an axle or shaft which allows the 

aerating component to rotate. The 

aerating component is made up of a set 

of knives fixed to a plate (known as a 

‘‘plug aerator’’), a series of discs with 

protruding spikes (a ‘‘spike aerator’’), or 

any other configuration, that are 

designed to create holes or cavities in a 

lawn or turf surface. Dethatchers consist 

of a frame, as well as a series of tines 

designed to remove material (e.g., dead 

grass or leaves) or other debris from the 

lawn or turf. The dethatcher tines are 

attached to and suspended from the 

frame. Lawn spreaders consist of a 

frame, as well as a hopper (i.e., a 

container of any size, shape, or material) 

that holds a media to be spread on the 

lawn or turf. The media can be 

distributed by means of a rotating 

spreader plate that broadcasts the media 

(broadcast spreader), a rotating agitator 

that allows the media to be released at 

a consistent rate (drop spreader), or any 

other configuration. 

Lawn dethatchers with a net fully– 

assembled weight (i.e., without packing, 

additional weights, or accessories) of 

100 pounds or less are covered by the 

scope of the investigation. Other lawn 

groomers sweepers, aerators, and 

spreaders with a net fully–assembled 

weight (i.e., without packing, additional 

weights, or accessories) of 200 pounds 

or less are covered by the scope of the 

investigation. 

Also included in the scope of the 

investigation are modular units, 

consisting of a chassis that is designed 

to incorporate a hitch, where the hitch 

may or may not be included, which 

allows modules that perform sweeping, 

aerating, dethatching, or spreading 

operations to be interchanged. Modular 

units when imported with one or more 

lawn grooming modules with a fully 

assembled net weight (i.e., without 

packing, additional weights, or 

accessories) of 200 pounds or less when 

including a single module, are included 

in the scope of the investigation. 

Modular unit chassis, imported without 

a lawn grooming module and with a 

fully assembled net weight (i.e., without 

packing, additional weights, or 

accessories) of 125 pounds or less, are 

also covered by the scope of the 

investigation. When imported 

separately, modules that are designed to 

perform subject lawn grooming 

functions (i.e., sweeping, aerating, 

dethatching, or spreading), with a fully 

assembled net weight (i.e., without 

packing, additional weights, or 

accessories) of 75 pounds or less, and 

that are imported with or without a 

hitch, are also covered by the scope. 

Lawn groomers, assembled or 

unassembled, are covered by this 

investigation. For purposes of this 

investigation, ‘‘unassembled lawn 

groomers’’ consist of either 1) all parts 

necessary to make a fully assembled 

lawn groomer, or 2) any combination of 

parts, constituting a less than complete, 

unassembled lawn groomer, with a 

minimum of two of the following 

‘‘major components’’: 

1) an assembled or unassembled 

brush housing designed to be used 

in a lawn sweeper, where a brush 

housing is defined as a component 

housing the brush assembly, and 

consisting of a wrapper which 

covers the brush assembly and two 

end plates attached to the wrapper; 

2) a sweeper brush; 

3) an aerator or dethatcher weight 

tray, or similar component designed 

to allow weights of any sort to be 

added to the unit; 

4) a spreader hopper; 

5) a rotating spreader plate or agitator, 

or other component designed for 

distributing media in a lawn 

spreader; 

6) dethatcher tines; 

7) aerator spikes, plugs, or other 

aerating component; or 

8) a hitch, defined as a complete hitch 

assembly comprising of at least the 

following two major hitch 

components, tubing and a hitch 

plate regardless of the absence of 

minor components such as pin or 

fasteners. Individual hitch 

component parts, such as tubing, 

hitch plates, pins or fasteners are 

not covered by the scope. 

The major components or parts of 

lawn groomers that are individually 

covered by this investigation under the 

term ‘‘certain parts thereof’’ are: (1) 

brush housings, where the wrapper and 

end plates incorporating the brush 

assembly may be individual pieces or a 

single piece; and (2) weight trays, or 

similar components designed to allow 

weights of any sort to be added to a 

dethatcher or an aerator unit. 

The products for which relief is 

sought specifically exclude the 

following: 1) agricultural implements 

designed to work (e.g., churn, burrow, 

till, etc.) soil, such as cultivators, 

harrows, and plows; 2) lawn or farm 

carts and wagons that do not groom 

lawns; 3) grooming products 

incorporating a motor or an engine for 

the purpose of operating and/or 

propelling the lawn groomer; 4) lawn 

groomers that are designed to be hand 

held or are designed to be attached 

directly to the frame of a vehicle, rather 

than towed; 5) ‘‘push’’ lawn grooming 

products that incorporate a push handle 

rather than a hitch, and which are 

designed solely to be manually 

operated; 6) dethatchers with a net 

assembled weight (i.e., without packing, 

additional weights, or accessories) of 

more than 100 pounds, or lawn 

groomers sweepers, aerators, and 

spreaders with a net fully–assembled 

weight (i.e., without packing, additional 

weights, or accessories) of more than 

200 pounds; and 7) lawn rollers 

designed to flatten grass and turf, 

including lawn rollers which 

incorporate an aerator component (e.g., 

‘‘drum–style’’ spike aerators). 

The lawn groomers that are the 

subject of this investigation are 

currently classifiable in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) statistical reporting numbers 

8432.40.0000, 8432.80.0000, 

8432.80.0010, 8432.90.0030, 

8432.90.0080, 8479.89.9896, 

8479.89.9897, 8479.90.9496, and 

9603.50.0000. These HTSUS provisions 

are given for reference and customs 

purposes only, and the description of 

merchandise is dispositive for 

determining the scope of the product 

included in this investigation. 

Scope Comments 

On December 30, 2008, and on 

January 7, 2009, Brinly–Hardy Company 

(Brinly–Hardy), a domestic producer of 

the merchandise under consideration, 

submitted comments on the scope of the 

investigation. Specifically, Brinly– 

Hardy requested that the scope be 

revised to define one of the eight listed 

‘‘major components,’’ specifically a 

hitch, as a complete hitch assembly, 

with all necessary components. Brinly– 

Hardy requested that individual 

components such as tubing, hitch plates 

or pins, not be covered by the scope. 

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On January 12, 2009, Petitioner 

submitted comments in response to 

Brinly–Hardy’s request. Petitioner 

agreed that a hitch should be defined, 

but stated that a hitch should be defined 

as consisting of its own major 

components, i.e., tubing and a hitch 

plate, rather than all necessary 

components. Petitioner stated that the 

absence of minor components such as a 

hitch pin or fasteners is not intended to 

remove a hitch assembly from the 

definition of a hitch. 

We have received no further 

comments on the scope of the 

investigation. Thus, we are making a 

final determination that hitches are 

defined as a complete hitch assembly 

comprising of at least the following two 

major hitch components, tubing and a 

hitch plate regardless of the absence of 

minor components such as pin or 

fasteners. The revised scope language is 

included in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigation’’ section, above. See also 

Memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Certain TowBehind Lawn Groomers and Certain 

Parts Thereof from the People’s 

Republic of China’’ (June 12, 2009) 

(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Decision 

Memorandum’’), which is hereby 

adopted by this notice, at Comment 12. 

Injury Test 

Because the PRC is a ‘‘Subsidies 

Agreement Country’’ within the 

meaning of section 701(b) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) is 

required to determine pursuant to 

section 701(a)(2) of the Act whether 

imports of the subject merchandise from 

the PRC materially injure, or threaten 

material injury to, a United States 

industry. On August 21, 2008, the ITC 

published its preliminary determination 

that there is a reasonable indication that 

an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of allegedly 

subsidized imports from the PRC of 

subject merchandise. See Certain TowBehind Lawn Groomers and Parts 

Thereof From China Determinations, 73 

FR 49489 (August 21, 2008); and Certain 

Tow-Behind Lawn Groomers and Parts 

Thereof from China (Preliminary), 

USITC Pub. 4028, Inv. Nos. 701–TA– 

457 and 731–TA–1153 (August 2008). 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case brief 

submitted by the GOC are addressed in 

the Decision Memorandum. Attached to 

this notice as an Appendix is a list of 

the issues that parties have raised and 

to which we have responded in the 

Decision Memorandum. Parties can find 

this public memorandum in the 

Department’s CRU. In addition, a 

complete version of the Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ 

frn/. The paper copy and electronic 

version of the Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Use of Adverse Facts Available 

For purposes of this final 

determination, we have continued to 

rely on facts available and have again 

used adverse inferences in accordance 

with sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act 

to determine the countervailable 

subsidy rates for the following five 

companies that provided no response to 

the Department’s ‘‘quantity and value’’ 

questionnaire issued during the 

respondent selection process: Qingdao 

Hundai Tools Co., Ltd., Qingdao Taifa 

Group Co., Ltd., Maxchief Investments 

Ltd., Qingdao EA Huabang Instrument 

Co., Ltd., and World Factory Inc. 

(collectively, non-h;cooperative 

companies). A full discussion of our 

decision to apply adverse facts available 

(AFA) is presented in the Decision 

Memorandum in the section ‘‘Use of 

Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Facts Available.’’ On this basis, we 

determine that the AFA countervailable 

subsidy rate for the five non– 

cooperating companies is 264.98 

percent ad valorem. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, we have 

calculated an individual rate for the 

companies under investigation, 

Superpower and Princeway. Section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that for 

companies not investigated, we will 

determine an all others rate equal to the 

weighted average countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated, excluding any zero and de 

minimis countervailable subsidy rates, 

and any rates determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. As Princeway’s 

rate was de minimis, it is not included 

in the all others rate. 

Exporter/Manufacturer Net Subsidy Rate 

Princeway Furniture 

(Dong Guan) Co., 

Ltd. and Princeway 

Limited ....................... 0.56% (de minimis) 

Jiashan Superpower 

Tools Co., Ltd ........... 13.30% 

Maxchief Investments 

Ltd ............................. 264.98% 

Exporter/Manufacturer Net Subsidy Rate 

Qingdao EA Huabang 

Instrument Co., Ltd ... 264.98% 

Qingdao Hundai Tools 

Co., Ltd ..................... 264.98% 

Qingdao Taifa Group 

Co., Ltd ..................... 264.98% 

World Factory, Inc ........ 264.98% 

All Others ...................... 13.30% 

In accordance with section 703(d) of 

the Act, we instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to discontinue the 

suspension of liquidation for 

countervailing duty purposes for subject 

merchandise entered on or after March 

24, 2009, but to continue the suspension 

of liquidation of entries made from 

November 24, 2008 through March 23, 

2009. 

We will issue a countervailing duty 

order and reinstate the suspension of 

liquidation under section 706(a) of the 

Act if the ITC issues a final affirmative 

injury determination, and will require a 

cash deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for such entries of merchandise 

in the amounts indicated above, except 

for Princeway, which has a de minimis 

rate and will be excluded from an order. 

This exclusion will apply only to 

subject merchandise both produced and 

exported by Princeway. If the ITC 

determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary 

information related to this investigation. 

We will allow the ITC access to all 

privileged and business proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an Administrative Protective 

Order (APO), without the written 

consent of the Assistant Secretary for 

Import Administration. 

Return or Destruction of Proprietary 

Information 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

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destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

This determination is published 

pursuant to sections 705(d) and 777(i) of 

the Act. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

APPENDIX 

List of Comments and Issues in the 

Decision Memorandum 

Comment 1: Application of CVD Law to 

a Country that the Department Treats as 

an NME in a Parallel AD Investigation 

Comment 2: Double Counting/ 

Overlapping Remedies 

Comment 3: Cut–off Date for 

Countervailing Subsidies 

Comment 4: Discount Rate Used for 

Benefit Calculations 

Comment 5: Public Authority Status of 

Hot–Rolled Steel Producer 

Comment 6: Preferential Tax Policies for 

Enterprises with Foreign Investment 

(Two Free, Three Half Program) 

Comment 7: Refund of Enterprise 

Income Taxes on FIE Profits Reinvested 

in an Export Oriented Enterprise 

Comment 8: Import Tariff and VAT 

Exemptions for Encouraged Industries 

Importing Equipment for Domestic 

Operations 

Comment 9: Export Incentive Payments 

Characterized as ‘‘VAT Rebates’’ 

Comment 10: Amortization of Startup 

Costs in the PRC Tax Law 

Comment 11: Calculation of the All 

Others Rate 

Comment 12: Whether to Clarify the 

Scope Language for Hitches 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

The Manufacturing Council: Meeting 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council 

will hold an introductory meeting with 

the Secretary of Commerce to discuss 

topics related to the U.S. manufacturing 

sector. 

DATES: June 23, 2009. 

Time: TBD. 

Location: TBD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Marc Chittum, The Manufacturing 

Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: 202–482–4501; and e-mail: 

Marc.Chittum@mail.doc.gov. 

Dated: June 15, 2009. 

J. Marc Chittum, 

Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing 

Council. 

[FR Doc. E9–14392 Filed 6–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcing a Workshop on the 

Protocol for Lightweight 

Authentication of Identity (PLAID) 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshop. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), in 

cooperation with the Australian Federal 

Government agency, Centrelink, will 

hold a public workshop on July 13–15, 

2009, at the NIST Gaithersburg campus. 

The workshop is open to the public but 

requires registration. The goal of the 3- 

day workshop is to explore potential 

commercial implementations of the 

Protocol for Lightweight Authentication 

of Identity (PLAID) and the potential 

usefulness of this protocol to U.S. 

Federal agencies. PLAID public resources are available 

from the following site: http:// 

www.govdex.gov.au. The principle of the workshop is that 

each attending vendor has two days, 

with the assistance of Centrelink, to 

‘‘port’’ existing source code, or develop 

new code for their device or card. All 

the information vendors need will be 

available to them ahead of the workshop 

on the http://www.govdex.gov.au site. 

Vendors may obtain as much or as little 

assistance as they please from other 

vendors in the workshop. (Card vendors 

might, for instance, assist device 

vendors.) 

On the third day, end-users are 

invited to view the efforts of all of the 

vendors. Each vendor will use their 

space to demonstrate their PLAID 

implementation to attendees. Attendees 

are invited to interact with the vendors 

and discuss their PLAID 

implementation. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

July 13–15, 2009, 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

in the Employees’ Lounge and the 

Poster Hallway in the Administration 

Building on the NIST Gaithersburg 

campus, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please 

note registration and admittance 

instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanya Brewer, T: (301) 975–4534, E: 

tbrewer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), in cooperation 

with the Australian Federal Government 

agency, Centrelink, will hold a public 

workshop on July 13–15, 2009, at the 

NIST Gaithersburg campus. The 

workshop is open to the public but 

requires registration. The goal of the 3- 

day workshop is to explore potential 

commercial implementations of the 

Protocol for Lightweight Authentication 

of Identity (PLAID) and the potential 

usefulness of this protocol to U.S. 

Federal agencies. 

PLAID public resources are available 

from the following site: http:// 

www.govdex.gov.au. The principle of 

the workshop is that each attending 

vendor has two days, with the 

assistance of Centrelink, to ‘‘port’’ 

existing source code, or develop new 

code for their device or card. All the 

information vendors need will be 

available to them ahead of the workshop 

on the www.govdex.gov.au site. Vendors 

may obtain as much or as little 

assistance as they please from other 

vendors in the workshop. (Card vendors 

might, for instance, assist device 

vendors.) 

On the third day, end-users are 

invited to view the efforts of all of the 

vendors. Each vendor will use their 

space to demonstrate their PLAID 

implementation to attendees. Attendees 

are invited to interact with the vendors 

and discuss their PLAID 

implementation. 

This workshop is open to the public, 

but all attendees, vendors and others, 

must pre-register in advance. All 

visitors to the NIST campus are required 

to register in advance. No late or sameday registrations will be accepted for 

this reason. All attendees must present 

a government-issued ID when gaining 

access to the campus. There is no 

registration fee. Please submit your 

name, time of arrival, e-mail address 

and phone number to Tanya Brewer or 

Annie Sokol, and one of them will 

provide you with further logistics 

information. Non-U.S. citizens must 

also submit their country of citizenship, 

title, employer/sponsor, and address. 

The registration deadline is July 7, 2009. 

Tanya Brewer’s e-mail address is 

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