80 FR 79571 - Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)

Page Range		79571-79572
FR Document		2015-32058

The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet in an open session on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 4, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The VCAT is composed of fifteen members appointed by the NIST Director who are eminent in such fields as business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, education, management consulting, environment, and international relations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or 
Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will 
meet in an open session on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 4, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. 
to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The VCAT is composed of fifteen members 
appointed by the NIST Director who are eminent in such fields as 
business, research, new product development, engineering, labor, 
education, management consulting, environment, and international 
relations.

DATES: The VCAT will meet on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, from 8:30 
a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 4, 2016, from 
8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Portrait Room, 
Administration Building, at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland, 20899. Please note admittance instructions under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Mail Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, telephone 
number 301-975-2667. Ms. Shaw's email address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.

    The purpose of this meeting is for the VCAT to review and make 
recommendations regarding general policy for NIST, 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 updates from the Administration on current research 
priorities and NIST's role in addressing these areas. NIST workforce 
engagement and actions to improve the recruitment and retention of high 
quality staff will also be discussed. The Committee also will present 
its initial observations, findings, and recommendations for the 2015 
VCAT Annual Report. The agenda may change to accommodate Committee 
business. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST Web site at 
http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Committee's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda.
    On Thursday, February 4, approximately one-half hour in the morning 
will be reserved for public comments and speaking times will be 
assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. The amount of time per 
speaker will be determined by the number of requests received, but is 
likely to be about 3 minutes each. The exact time for public comments 
will be included in the final agenda that will be posted on the NIST 
Web site at http://www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 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 
VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, 
via fax at 301-216-0529 or electronically by email to 
[email protected].
    All visitors to the NIST site are required to pre-register to be 
admitted. Please submit your name, time of arrival, email address and 
phone number to Stephanie Shaw by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, 
January 27, 2016. Non-U.S. citizens must submit additional information; 
please contact Ms. Shaw. Ms. Shaw's email address is 
[email protected] and her phone number is 301-975-2667. For 
participants attending in person, please note that federal agencies, 
including NIST, can only accept a state-issued driver's license or 
identification card for access to federal facilities if such license or 
identification card is issued by a state that is compliant with the 
REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-13), or by a state that has an 
extension for REAL ID compliance. NIST currently accepts other forms of 
federal-issued identification in lieu of a state-issued driver's 
license. For detailed information please contact Ms. Shaw at 301-975-
2667 or visit: http://nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.

Richard R. Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-32058 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am]
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of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width are high tensile strength or high elongation Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and
that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures steels. Taiwan.12
at least 10 times the thickness. The products Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled The products subject to this investigation
covered also include products not in coils steel that has been further processed in a are currently classified in the Harmonized
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 third country, including but not limited to Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
and measuring at least twice the thickness. trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
The products described above may be or any other processing that would not 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape otherwise remove the merchandise from the 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
and include products of either rectangular or scope of the investigation if performed in the 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
non-rectangular cross-section where such country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
cross-section is achieved subsequent to the steel. 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
rolling process, i.e., products which have All products that meet the written physical 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products description, and in which the chemistry 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
which have been beveled or rounded at the quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
edges). For purposes of the width and element levels listed above, are within the 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,
thickness requirements referenced above: scope of this investigation unless specifically 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
(1) Where the nominal and actual excluded. The following products are outside 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
measurements vary, a product is within the of and/or specifically excluded from the 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
scope if application of either the nominal or scope of this investigation: 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
actual measurement would place it within • Ball bearing steels; 8 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
the scope based on the definitions set forth products subject to the investigation may also
• Tool steels; 9
above, and enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
• Silico-manganese steel; 10
(2) where the width and thickness vary for 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
defined in the final determination of the
certain products with non-rectangular cross- 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
section, the width of certain products with
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
Japan, and Poland.11 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies. • Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
Steel products included in the scope of this defined in the antidumping orders issued 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
investigation are products in which: (1) Iron by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
predominates, by weight, over each of the Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
other contained elements; (2) the carbon People’s Republic of China, Germany, The HTSUS subheadings above are
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds 8 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which purposes only. The written description of the
the quantity, by weight, respectively contain, in addition to iron, each of the following scope of the investigation is dispositive.
indicated: elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; [FR Doc. 2015–32221 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
• 1.50 percent of copper, or percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
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• 1.25 percent of chromium, or more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
National Institute of Standards and
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and Technology
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called molybdenum.
wolfram), or
Visiting Committee on Advanced
9 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or Technology
the following combinations of elements in the
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
columbium), or than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
and Technology, Department of
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
• 0.30 percent of zirconium and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent Commerce.
Unless specifically excluded, products are
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
included in this scope regardless of levels of or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
boron and titanium. chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, 12 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
For example, specifically included in this molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, 5.5 percent tungsten. Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES
10 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
motor lamination steels, Advanced High as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
recognized as low carbon steels with micro- more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
alloying levels of elements such as titanium 11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
recognized as steels with micro-alloying Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
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levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014). does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and This determination defines grain-oriented electrical of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength no other element in an amount that would give the not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
and high elongation steels, although AHSS steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
and UHSS are covered whether or not they coils or in straight lengths.’’ coating may be applied.’’

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Action		Notice of public meeting.
Dates		The VCAT will meet on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 4, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Contact		Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1060, telephone
FR Citation		80 FR 79571

80 FR 79571 - Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Institute of Standards and Technology

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