35842 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 138 / Tuesday, July 21, 2009 / Notices 

June 6, 2005. NIST published an 

amendment on July 15, 2008 (FR 73 

40502), which became permanent on 

October 1, 2008. 

The plan provides for modifications 

to be made as experience is gained, 

results are analyzed, and conclusions 

are reached with regard to the working 

efficacy of the system. This notice 

formally amends the APMS plan to 

exclude NIST ST employees from the 

APMS performance management system 

and to include these employees in the 

Department of Commerce’s 5-level 

performance management system. NIST 

is making this modification because it 

has determined that ST employees 

should be evaluated in the same manner 

as all other Department of Commerce ST 

employees, which is under the 5-level 

performance management system. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

Table of Contents 

I. Executive Summary 

II. Basis for APMS Plan Modification 

III. Changes to the APMS Plan 

I. Executive Summary 

The National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST) is removing its 

Senior Professional (ST) employees 

from the Alternative Personnel 

Management System (APMS) 

performance management system. 

Instead, ST employees will be covered 

under the Department of Commerce’s 5- 

level performance management system. 

This amendment modifies the July 15, 

2008 (73 FR 40502) amendment. 

Specifically, NIST will exclude ST 

employees from the performance 

management piece of the APMS. NIST 

ST employees will be covered under the 

Department of Commerce’s 5-level 

performance management system. 

NIST will continually monitor the 

effectiveness of this amendment. 

II. Basis for APMS Plan Modification 

NIST determined that ST employees 

should be evaluated in the same manner 

as all other Department of Commerce ST 

employees, which is under the 5-level 

performance management system. 

III. Changes in the APMS Plan 

The APMS at the NIST, published in 

the Federal Register on October 21, 

1997 (62 FR 54604), as amended May 6, 

2005 (70 FR 23996), and July 15, 2008 

(73 FR 40502) is amended as follows: 

1. Senior Executive Service (SES) and 

ST–3104 Positions (62 FR 54607) is 

replaced with the following: The 

personnel systems for SES positions (see 

5 U.S.C. 3131–3136 and 5 U.S.C. 5381– 

5385) did not change for the NIST 

APMS. SES classification, staffing, 

compensation, performance appraisal, 

awards and reduction in force are based 

on standard SES methods. ST–3104 

positions (see 5 U.S.C. 3104 and 5376) 

are covered under the Department of 

Commerce’s 5-level performance 

management system. Classification, 

staffing and compensation, however, 

did not change. Neither SES nor ST– 

3104 employees were subject to the pro 

rata share payouts upon conversion to 

the NIST APMS system. Pay 

adjustments for their positions under 

the NIST APMS are carried out in 

accordance with existing Federal rules 

pertaining to SES and ST–3104 pay 

adjustments. 

2. Performance Evaluation and 

Rewards, Coverage (62 FR 54611) is 

amended as follows: All employees 

covered by the NIST APMS are covered 

by the APMS performance evaluation 

and rewards system, except that NIST 

may remove from the system any 

position not filled by career or career– 

conditional appointment. ST–3104 

employees have their performance 

evaluated under the Department of 

Commerce’s 5-level performance 

management system and may receive 

bonuses under that system. Members of 

the Senior Executive Service remain 

under the DOC–NIST SES performance 

appraisal, pay and bonus system. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–894] 

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Certain Tissue 

Paper Products from the People’s 

Republic of China 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Smith or Brandon Custard, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office 2, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1766 or (202) 482– 

1823, respectively. 

Background 

On April 6, 2009, the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) published 

in the Federal Register the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on certain 

tissue paper products from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’), covering the 

period March 1, 2007, through February 

29, 2008. See Certain Tissue Paper 

Products from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of the 2007–2008 

Administrative Review and Intent Not to 

Revoke Order in Part, 74 FR 15449 

(April 6, 2009). The current deadline for 

the final results in this review is August 

4, 2009. 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results of Review 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department to issue the 

final results of the review of an 

antidumping duty order within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results is published in the 

Federal Register. If it is not practicable 

to complete the review within this time 

period, the Department may extend that 

120-day period to 180 days. 

Having provided the interested parties 

more time to submit publicly available 

information and case and rebuttal briefs 

for consideration in the final results of 

this review, the Department finds that it 

is not practicable to complete the final 

results of this review within the current 

time frame, as it requires additional 

time to properly analyze the data and 

arguments submitted by the interested 

parties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department 

is extending the time limit for 

completion of the final results of this 

review until October 5, 2009, which is 

the next business day after 180 days 

after the date on which the notice of the 

preliminary results was published in the 

Federal Register. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: July 14, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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