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Successful working groups will be
organized around a clear vision of
specific metrology products—standards,
including reference materials, reference
data, reference methods, and
documentary standards—that will
enable interoperability and
reproducibility. The goal of the
workshop is to identify several initial
working groups with critical mass,
leadership teams, and a clear path
forward to deliver standards that
support the growth of the bioeconomy.
DATES: The Synthetic Biology Standards
Consortium Kick-Off meeting will be
held on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 from
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Pacific time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Li Ka Shing Conference Center at
Stanford University, 291 Campus Drive,
Stanford, CA 94305. To register, go to
http://tinyurl.com/sbsc-0315. There is
no registration fee. Space is limited so
please register early. Travel and parking
information can be found on the
registration page listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Matthew
Munson by email at [email protected]
or by phone at (650) 690–6761, or Sarah
Munro by email at [email protected] or
by phone at (650) 690–6796, or Marc
Salit by email at [email protected] or by
phone at (650) 350–2338.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Synthetic
biology will realize its full contributions
to the bioeconomy when a robust
metrology infrastructure is in place to
enable coordination of labor and reuse
of materials. Metrology products—
standards, including reference
materials, reference data, reference
methods, and documentary standards—
can enable business-to-business
transactions at scale. The NIST-hosted
Synthetic Biology Standards
Consortium (SBSC) will collectively
build the infrastructure to support a
fully integrated global synthetic biology
enterprise. NIST will provide standards
development support for some
consortium activities, as well as
facilitation and technical leadership.
The SBSC will be convened as a
standards setting consortium focused on
the shared standards development
needs of consortium members. It will
provide safe harbor for collaborative
work through the formation of technical
standards-setting working groups.
Successful working groups will be
organized around a clear vision of
specific metrology products that will
enable interoperability and
reproducibility.
Example metrology products might
include a reference material such as a
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lysates to be used as a benchmark for
mass spectroscopy; reference data such
as a DNA watermark repository; a
reference method for DNA sequence
verification; and a documentary
standard for minimum information
standards for biological protocol
interoperability.
The goal of the workshop is to
identify several initial working groups
with critical mass, leadership teams,
and a clear path forward to deliver
standards. Participants are invited to
put forth proposals—your input is
essential to the success of this work.
Some candidate working groups are
listed on the registration page. Proposals
for working groups are strongly solicited
and may be contributed via the
workshop registration page (http://
tinyurl.com/sbsc-0315), SBSC Trello
page (http://tinyurl.com/NIST–SBSC), or
email to the NIST team ([email protected]).
The portfolio of working groups and the
technical projects within working
groups will be dynamic as needs shift
and arise.
At present, we expect that the
workshop will conclude with:
• A prioritized list of working groups
with well-defined customers, scope,
and initial products
• Working group leadership teams to
begin to coordinate technical
implementation
• A plan for continued engagement
within the consortium, including
ways of working together
• Establishment of consortium
operations, e.g., steering committee
and advisory board
The SBSC—Kick-off Workshop will
be held on Tuesday March 31, 2015
from 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Pacific time.
The workshop will be held in the Li Ka
Shing Conference Center at Stanford
University in Stanford, California. To
register, go to http://tinyurl.com/sbsc0315. There is no registration fee. Space
is limited so please register early. Travel
and parking information can be found
on the registration page listed above.
There is no cost for participating in
the consortium or the workshop. No
proprietary information will be shared
at the workshop.
Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Economic Survey
of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Captains and
Crew Associated With the Gulf of
Mexico (GOM) Grouper-Tilefish
Individual Fishing Quota (GT–IFQ)
Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 26, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Dr. Larry Perruso, (305) 361–
4278 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) proposes to collect economic
and attitudinal data from hired captains
and crew regarding the performance of
the GOM Grouper-Tilefish IFQ Program
five years after its implementation.
These data will be used to estimate the
effects of the GT–IFQ Program on these
stakeholders for the five-year program
review mandated by the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
The population targeted by the
economic survey is hired captains and
crew that participate in the GOM
Grouper-Tilefish fishery. In addition,
the information will be used to
strengthen and improve fishery
management decision-making, and
satisfy legal mandates under Executive
Order 12866, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, the Endangered Species Act, the

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National Environmental Policy Act and
other pertinent statues.
II. Method of Collection
The economic and attitudinal
information sought will be collected via
in-person surveys.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100 captains and 500 crew.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Comments submitted in
response to this notice will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection; they also will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 18, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Manufacturers’ Shipments,
Inventories, and Orders Survey (M3).
OMB Control Number: 0607–0008.
Form Number(s): M–3(SD).
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 4,800.
Average Hours per Response: 20
minutes.
Burden Hours: 19,200.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau is requesting an extension of the
currently approved collection for the
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories,
and Orders (M3) survey. This survey
collects monthly data from domestic
manufacturers on Form M–3 (SD),
which is mailed at the end of each
month. Data requested are shipments,
new orders, unfilled orders, and
inventories by stage of fabrication. It is
currently the only survey that provides
broad-based monthly statistical data on
the economic conditions in the
domestic manufacturing sector. The
survey is designed to measure current
industrial activity and to provide an
indication of future production
commitments. The value of shipments
measures the value of goods delivered
during the month by domestic
manufacturers. Estimates of new orders
serve as an indicator of future
production commitments and represent
the current sales value of new orders
received during the month, net of
cancellations. Substantial accumulation
or depletion of backlogs of unfilled
orders measures excess (or deficient)
demand for manufactured products. The
level of inventories, especially in
relation to shipments, is frequently used
to monitor the business cycle.
This survey provides an essential
component of the current economic
indicators needed for assessing the
evolving status of the economy and
formulating economic policy. The Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has designated this
survey as a principal federal economic
indicator. The shipments and inventory
data are essential inputs to the gross
domestic product (GDP), while the
orders data are direct inputs to the
leading economic indicator series. The
GDP and the economic indicator series
would be incomplete without these
data. The survey also provides valuable
and timely domestic manufacturing data
for economic planning and analysis to
business firms, trade associations,
research and consulting agencies, and
academia.
The data are used for analyzing shortand long-term trends, both in the
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other sectors of the economy. The data
on value of shipments, especially when
adjusted for change in inventory,
measure current levels of production.
New orders figures serve as an indicator
of future production commitments.
Changes in the level of unfilled orders,
because of excess or shortfall of new
orders compared with shipments, are
used to measure the excess (or
deficiency) in the demand for
manufactured products. Changes in the
level of inventories and the relation of
these to shipments are used to project
future movements in manufacturing
activity. These statistics are valuable for
analysts of business cycle conditions
including members of the Council of
Economic Advisers (CEA), the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal
Reserve Board (FRB), the Department of
the Treasury, business firms, trade
associations, private research and
consulting agencies, and the academic
community.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 131, 182, and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to
[email protected] or fax
to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: March 18, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–833]

Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on polyester
AGENCY:

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