82_FR_57962 82 FR 57728 - Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

82 FR 57728 - Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 234 (December 7, 2017)

Page Range57728-57729
FR Document2017-26455

The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of the private sector contractor, which assists the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in administering the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), and information received from NIST and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in order to make such suggestions for the improvement of the Award process as the Board deems necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

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

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National 
Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Wednesday, December 
6, 2017. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work 
of the private sector contractor, which assists the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in administering 
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), and information 
received from NIST and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in order to make such 
suggestions for the improvement of the Award process as the Board deems 
necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from 
8:30 a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will 
be open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 101, Lecture Room 
D, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please note admittance instructions 
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige 
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2360, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Board will meet in open 
session on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. Eastern time 
until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board is currently composed of eleven 
members selected for their preeminence in the field of organizational 
performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The 
Board consists of a balanced representation from U.S. service, 
manufacturing, small business, nonprofit, education, and health care 
industries. The Board includes members familiar with the quality, 
performance improvement operations, and competitiveness issues of 
manufacturing companies, service companies, small businesses, 
nonprofits, health care providers, and educational institutions. The 
purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of the 
private sector contractor, which assists the NIST Director in 
administering the Award, and information received from NIST and from 
the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Award in order to make such suggestions for the improvement of the 
Award process as the Board deems necessary. The Board shall make an 
annual report on the results of Award activities to the Director of 
NIST, along with its recommendations for the improvement of the Award 
process. The agenda will include: Report from the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Baldrige Program Business Plan 
Status Report, Baldrige Foundation Fundraising Update, Products and 
Services Update, and Recommendations for the NIST Director. The agenda 
may change to accommodate Board business. The final agenda will be 
posted on the NIST Baldrige Performance Excellence Web site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. The meeting will be open 
to the public.
    Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to 
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs are 
invited to request a place on the agenda. On December 6, 2017 
approximately one-half hour will be reserved in the afternoon 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 about 3 minutes 
each. The exact time for public comments will be included in the final 
agenda that will be posted on the Baldrige Web site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.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 the 
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, NIST,

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100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1020, 
via fax at 301-975-4967 or electronically by email to 
[email protected].
    All visitors to the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
site must pre-register to be admitted. Please submit your name, time of 
arrival, email address and phone number to Robyn Verner no later than 
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 and she will 
provide you with instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must 
submit additional information and should contact Ms. Verner for 
instructions. Ms. Verner's email address is [email protected] and 
her phone number is (301) 975-2361. 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. Verner or visit: 
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/visitor/.
    Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), this Federal Register notice for 
this meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to 
the meeting as exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that 
the meeting be held on December 6, 2017 to accommodate the scheduling 
priorities of the key participants. Notice of the meeting is also 
posted on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Web site 
at: https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/how-baldrige-works/baldrige-community/board-overseers.

Kevin Kimball,
NIST Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. 2017-26455 Filed 12-5-17; 11:15 am]
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57728 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 234 / Thursday, December 7, 2017 / Notices it finds compelling reasons to deny the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and appointed by the Secretary of request. Commerce. The Board consists of a National Institute of Standards and balanced representation from U.S. On November 27, 2017, the petitioner Technology service, manufacturing, small business, submitted a timely request that the Department postpone the preliminary nonprofit, education, and health care Board of Overseers of the Malcolm industries. The Board includes members CVD determination.3 The petitioner Baldrige National Quality Award familiar with the quality, performance stated that it requests postponement AGENCY: National Institute of Standards improvement operations, and because of the complexity of the competitiveness issues of manufacturing investigation and the schedule.4 and Technology, Department of Commerce. companies, service companies, small Further, the petitioner stated that ‘‘the businesses, nonprofits, health care deadlines for responding to Sections II ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. providers, and educational institutions. and III of the questionnaire fall after the SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the The purpose of this meeting is to review scheduled preliminary determination. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality and discuss the work of the private Without extending the preliminary Award (Board) will meet in open sector contractor, which assists the determination, Chemours would be session on Wednesday, December 6, NIST Director in administering the unable to comment on the responses or 2017. The purpose of this meeting is to Award, and information received from suggest follow-up questions prior to a review and discuss the work of the NIST and from the Chair of the Judges preliminary determination. The private sector contractor, which assists Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Department would be similarly unable the Director of the National Institute of Quality Award in order to make such to issue supplemental questionnaires.’’ 5 Standards and Technology (NIST) in suggestions for the improvement of the In accordance with 19 CFR administering the Malcolm Baldrige Award process as the Board deems 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the National Quality Award (Award), and necessary. The Board shall make an reasons for requesting a postponement information received from NIST and annual report on the results of Award from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the activities to the Director of NIST, along of the preliminary determination, and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality with its recommendations for the the Department finds no compelling Award in order to make such improvement of the Award process. The reason to deny the request. Therefore, in suggestions for the improvement of the agenda will include: Report from the accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige Award process as the Board deems the Act, the Department is postponing National Quality Award, Baldrige necessary. Details on the agenda are the deadline for the preliminary Program Business Plan Status Report, noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY determination to no later than 130 days Baldrige Foundation Fundraising INFORMATION section of this notice. after the date on which this Update, Products and Services Update, DATES: The meeting will be held on investigation was initiated, i.e., to and Recommendations for the NIST Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from February 26, 2018.6 Pursuant to section Director. The agenda may change to 8:30 a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR accommodate Board business. The final Eastern time. The meeting will be open 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final agenda will be posted on the NIST to the public. determination of this investigation will Baldrige Performance Excellence Web ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at continue to be 75 days after the date of site at http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/ the National Institute of Standards and the preliminary determination. community/overseers.cfm. The meeting Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Building This notice is issued and published 101, Lecture Room D, Gaithersburg, will be open to the public. pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act Maryland 20899. Please note admittance Individuals and representatives of and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY organizations who would like to offer Dated: November 30, 2017. INFORMATION section of this notice. comments and suggestions related to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Board’s affairs are invited to request a Gary Taverman, place on the agenda. On December 6, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, 2017 approximately one-half hour will and Countervailing Duty Operations be reserved in the afternoon for public performing the non-exclusive functions and National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail comments, and speaking times will be duties of the Assistant Secretary for Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland assigned on a first-come, first-served Enforcement and Compliance. 20899–1020, telephone number (301) basis. The amount of time per speaker [FR Doc. 2017–26382 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am] 975–2360, or by email at will be determined by the number of BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov. requests received, but is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The exact time for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 3 See Letter from the petitioner, public comments will be included in ‘‘Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from India: Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the the final agenda that will be posted on Petitioner’s Request for Extension of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as Countervailing Duty Investigation Preliminary the Baldrige Web site at http:// amended, 5 U.S.C. App. www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/ Determination,’’ (November 27, 2017). 4 Id. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory overseers.cfm. Questions from the 5 Id. Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. public will not be considered during 6 Postponing the preliminary determination to App., notice is hereby given that the this period. Speakers who wish to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 130 days after initiation would place the deadline on Sunday, February 25, 2018. The Department’s Board will meet in open session on expand upon their oral statements, practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from those who had wished to speak, but weekend or Federal holiday, the appropriate 8:30 a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. could not be accommodated on the deadline is the next business day. See Notice of Eastern time. The Board is currently agenda, and those who were unable to Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines composed of eleven members selected attend in person are invited to submit Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 for their preeminence in the field of written statements to the Baldrige FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). organizational performance excellence Performance Excellence Program, NIST, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Dec 06, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 234 / Thursday, December 7, 2017 / Notices 57729 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, ACTION: Notice; availability of evaluation ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899–1020, of joint state/tribal harvest plan and Notice via fax at 301–975–4967 or request for comment. Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): electronically by email to robyn.verner@ Threatened, naturally produced and nist.gov. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that artificially propagated Puget Sound. All visitors to the National Institute of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): Standards and Technology site must Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Threatened, naturally produced and pre-register to be admitted. Please Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the artificially propagated Puget Sound. submit your name, time of arrival, email Skagit River System Cooperative and the address and phone number to Robyn Washington Department of Fish and Background Verner no later than 8:00 a.m. Eastern Wildlife have jointly submitted a The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Time, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 steelhead fishery resource management Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, and she will provide you with plan (RMP) to NMFS pursuant to the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the instructions for admittance. Non-U.S. limitation on take prohibitions for Skagit River System Cooperative and the citizens must submit additional actions conducted under Limit 6 of the Washington Department of Fish and information and should contact Ms. 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead Wildlife have jointly submitted a Verner for instructions. Ms. Verner’s promulgated under the Endangered steelhead fishery RMP to NMFS email address is robyn.verner@nist.gov Species Act (ESA). The plan proposes to pursuant to the limitation on take and her phone number is (301) 975– manage the harvest of natural-origin prohibitions for actions conducted 2361. Please note that federal agencies, Skagit River (Washington State) under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for including NIST, can only accept a state- steelhead as an independent steelhead salmon and steelhead promulgated issued driver’s license or identification management unit within the ESA-listed under the Endangered Species Act card for access to federal facilities if Puget Sound steelhead demographic (ESA). The plan was submitted in such license or identification card is population segment (DPS). The Plan November of 2016, pursuant to limit 6 issued by a state that is compliant with proposes to implement these Skagit of the 4(d) Rule for ESA-listed salmon the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109– River steelhead fisheries pursuant to and steelhead. The RMP would manage 13), or by a state that has an extension U.S. v. Washington. This document the harvest of Skagit River natural-origin for REAL ID compliance. NIST currently serves to notify the public of the steelhead in the Skagit River and in the accepts other forms of federal-issued availability for comment of the terminal marine area of the Skagit River identification in lieu of a state-issued proposed evaluation and pending (Marine Area 8). driver’s license. For detailed determination of the Secretary of As required by the ESA 4(d) Rule (65 information please contact Ms. Verner Commerce (Secretary) as to whether the FR 42422, July 10, 2000, as updated in or visit: http://www.nist.gov/public_ RMP meets the criteria under Limit 6 of 70 FR 37160, June 28, 2005), the affairs/visitor/. the 4(d) Rule and as to whether Secretary is seeking public comment on Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), this implementation of the RMP will this proposed evaluation and pending Federal Register notice for this meeting appreciably reduce the likelihood of determination as to whether the RMP is being published fewer than 15 survival and recovery of ESA-listed meets the criteria under Limit 6 of the calendar days prior to the meeting as Puget Sound steelhead and Puget Sound 4(d) Rule and as to whether exceptional circumstances exist. It is Chinook salmon. implementation of the RMP will appreciably reduce the likelihood of imperative that the meeting be held on DATES: Comments must be received at survival and recovery of ESA-listed December 6, 2017 to accommodate the the appropriate address (see ADDRESSES) Puget Sound steelhead and Puget Sound scheduling priorities of the key no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on Chinook. participants. Notice of the meeting is January 8, 2018. also posted on the National Institute of ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Authority Standards and Technology’s Web site at: proposed evaluation and pending Under section 4 of the ESA, the https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/how- determination should be addressed to Secretary of Commerce is required to baldrige-works/baldrige-community/ James Dixon, NMFS Sustainable adopt such regulations as he deems board-overseers. Fisheries Division, 510 Desmond Drive, necessary and advisable for the Kevin Kimball, Suite 103, Lacey, WA 98503. Comments conservation of species listed as NIST Chief of Staff. may be submitted by email. The threatened. The ESA salmon and mailbox address for providing email steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July [FR Doc. 2017–26455 Filed 12–5–17; 11:15 am] comments is: skagit-steelhead-harvest- 10, 2000, as updated in 70 FR 37160, BILLING CODE 3510–13–P plan.wcr@noaa.gov. Include in the June 28, 2005) specifies categories of subject line of the email comment the activities that contribute to the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE following identifier: Comments on conservation of listed salmonids and Skagit River Steelhead Harvest Plan. sets out the criteria for such activities. National Oceanic and Atmospheric The documents are available on the Limit 6 of the updated 4(d) Rule (50 Administration Internet at CFR 223.203(b)(6)) further provides that www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov. the prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the Comments received will also be updated 4(d) Rule (50 CFR 223.203(a)) RIN 0648–XF864 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES available for public inspection, by do not apply to activities associated Endangered and Threatened Species; appointment, during normal business with a joint state/tribal artificial Take of Anadromous Fish hours by calling (360) 753–9579. propagation plan provided that the joint plan has been determined by NMFS to AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: be in accordance with the salmon and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and James Dixon at (360) 534–9329 or by steelhead 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42422, July Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), email at james.dixon@noaa.gov. 10, 2000, as updated in 70 FR 37160, Commerce. 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CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Open Meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will be open to the public.
ContactRobert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1020, telephone number (301) 975-2360, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 57728 
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