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on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a meeting of the Tennessee
Advisory Committee to the Commission
will convene by conference call on
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 11:00
a.m. (CT). The purpose is to plan the
Committee’s upcoming briefings.
DATES: The meeting will be held on:
Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 11:00
a.m. CT.
Join via Webex: https://
civilrights.webex.com/civilrights/
j.php?MTID=m9c8f90d5669
efb4844365bf0dcec37a1.
Join via phone: 800–360–9505 USA
Toll Free; Access Code: 276 348 210
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Moreno at [email protected]
or by phone at 434–515–0204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the WebEx link above. If joining
only via phone, callers can expect to
incur charges for calls they initiate over
wireless lines, and the Commission will
not refund any incurred charges.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and
hard of hearing may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
providing the Service with the call-in
number found through registering at the
web link provided above for the
meeting.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments during the open period
at the end of the meeting. Members of
the public may also submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the Regional Programs Unit
within 30 days following the respective
meeting. Written comments may be
emailed to Victoria Moreno at
[email protected]. All written
comments received will be available to
the public.
Persons who desire additional
information may contact the Regional
Programs Unit at (202) 809–9618.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing as they become available
at the www.facadatabase.gov. Persons
interested in the work of this advisory
committee are advised to go to the
Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov,
or to contact the Regional Programs Unit
at the above phone number or email
address.
Agenda
Wednesday, February 23, 2022; 11:00
a.m. (CT)
1. Welcome & Roll Call
2. Chair’s Comments

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3. Briefing Planning
4. Next Steps
5. Public Comment
6. Adjourn
Dated: February 16, 2022.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Iowa
Advisory Committee to the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that
the Iowa Advisory Committee
(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights will hold WebEx meetings
on Friday, April 1, 2022, at 3:00 p.m.–
5:00 p.m. Central Time. The Committee
will hear testimony from speakers
regarding equal access to post-secondary
education and the efficiency of civil
rights and on Friday, May 13, 2022 at
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Central Time. The
Committee will hear testimony from
speakers regarding equal access to postsecondary education the efficience of
civil rights protections to ensure access
for protected groups.
DATES: The meeting will take place on
Friday, April 1, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. CT
and May 13, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. CT.
Link for 4/1/2022 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m.
(CT).
Online Regisration (Audio/Visual):
https://tinyurl.com/040122.
Telephone (Audio Only): Dial 800–
360–9505 USA Toll Free; Access code:
2761 831 5052.
Link for 5/13/2022 (Friday) at 3:00
p.m. (CT) https://tinyurl.com/051322.
Online Registration: Dial 800–360–
9505 USA Toll Free Access code 2763
131 0121.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
Fortes, DFO, at [email protected] or
(202) 519–2938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committee meetings are available to the
public through the conference link
above. Any interested member of the
public may listen to the meeting. An
open comment period will be provided
to allow members of the public to make
a statement as time allows. If joining via
phone, callers can expect to incur
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regular charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, according to their
wireless plan. The Commission will not
refund any incurred charges.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and
hard of hearing may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
providing the Service with the
conference details found through
registering at the web link above. To
request additional accommodations,
please email [email protected] at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public are also
entitled to submit written comments;
the comments must be received in the
regional office within 30 days following
the meeting. Written comments may be
emailed to Corrine Sanders at csanders@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit at
(312) 353–8311.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit
Office, as they become available, both
before and after the meeting. Records of
the meeting will be available via
www.facadatabase.gov under the
Commission on Civil Rights, Iowa
Advisory Committee link. Persons
interested in the work of this Committee
are directed to the Commission’s
website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may
contact the Regional Programs
Coordination Unit at the above email or
street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Presentations and Q & A
III. Public Comment
IV. Committee Business/
Announcements
V. Adjournment
Dated: February 15, 2022.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2022–03621 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Annual Business Survey
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance

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with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on July 6, 2020
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Annual Business Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1004.
Form Number(s): ABS–1.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Number of Respondents: 308,000.
Average Hours per Response: 58
minutes.
Burden Hours: 301,533.
Needs and Uses: In an effort to
improve the measurement of business
dynamics in the United States, the
Census Bureau is conducting the
Annual Business Survey (ABS). The
ABS combines Census Bureau firm-level
collections to reduce respondent
burden, increase data quality, reduce
operational costs, and operate more
efficiently. The ABS replaced the fiveyear Survey of Business Owners (SBO)
for employer businesses, the Annual
Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), and the
Business Research and Development
(R&D) and Innovation for
Microbusinesses (BRDI–M) surveys. The
ABS provides information on selected
economic and demographic
characteristics for businesses and
business owners by sex, ethnicity, race,
and veteran status. Further, the survey
measures research and development for
microbusinesses, new business topics
such as innovation and technology, as
well as other business characteristics.
The ABS is sponsored by the National
Center for Science and Engineering
Statistics (NCSES) within the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and
conducted by the Census Bureau for five
years (2018–2022).
The ABS includes all nonfarm
employer businesses filing Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms as
individual proprietorships,
partnerships, or any other type of
corporation, with receipts of $1,000 or
more. The ABS sampled approximately
850,000 employer businesses for survey
year 2018 (reference year 2017). Starting
with survey year 2019 (reference year
2018), the sample is reduced to
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businesses annually (survey years 2019–
2022) to reduce the burden on the
respondents. The reduced sample size
will yield summary-level estimates for
women-owned, minority-owned, and
veteran-owned businesses at the 2-digit
NAICS, U.S., state and metropolitan
statistical area (MSA) levels. The Census
Bureau uses administrative data to
estimate the probability that a firm is
minority- or women-owned. Each firm
is then placed in one of nine frames for
sampling. The sampling frames are:
American Indian or Alaskan Native,
Asian, Black or African American,
Hispanic, Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic White
Men, Other, Publicly Owned, and
Women. The sample is stratified by
state, industry, and frame. The Census
Bureau selects some companies with
certainty based on volume of sales,
payroll, and number of paid employees
or NAICS. All certainty cases are sure to
be selected and represent only
themselves.
Starting with survey year 2021
(reference year 2020), the ABS sample
included an additional 8,000
respondents to collect research activities
from nonprofit organizations.
Historically, nonprofit organizations
were in scope to the ABS, however, they
were not mailed before the 2021 ABS
because the survey does not expect
nonprofit organizations to be classifiable
by sex, ethnicity, race, or veteran status.
To include the nonprofit organizations,
the sample size increased to
approximately 308,000 (300,000
employer businesses + 8,000 nonprofit
organizations). Of note, nonprofit
organizations will only see questions
relating to research activities and will
not be asked any questions relating to
owner demographics.
The ABS is designed to allow for
incorporating new content each survey
year based on topics of relevance. Each
year new questions will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval.
Employer businesses will be asked
questions about the sex, ethnicity, race,
and veteran status for up to four persons
owning the majority of rights, equity, or
interest in the business (Section B of the
questionnaire). Organizations sampled
as nonprofits and respondents with 1–
9 employees will be asked about
research and development (R&D)
activities, R&D costs, and R&D capital
expenditures (Sections C and D of the
questionnaire respectively). Further,
employer businesses sampled will be
asked about the following topics: Goods,
Services, and Business Processes and
Technology (Section E of the
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Property (Section F of the
questionnaire); Domestic and Foreign
Transactions (Section G of the
questionnaire); and Coronavirus
Pandemic Impact on Research and
Development and Business Activities
(Section H of the questionnaire). The
2022 ABS includes additional questions
on capital expenditures for R&D
performers. The R&D capital
expenditures is asked of nonprofits and
businesses with 1–9 employees
(sections C and D of the ABS
questionnaire).
The ABS is primarily collected via an
electronic or web-based instrument.
Respondents selected for the survey
receive an initial letter informing them
of their requirement to complete the
survey as well as instructions on
accessing the survey. The 2022 ABS
initial mailing is scheduled for July
2022. Responses will be due
approximately 30 days from initial
mailing. Respondents will also receive a
due date reminder approximately one
week before responses are due. The
Census Bureau plans to conduct two
follow-up mailings and an optional
third follow-up if deemed necessary
based on check-in. Nonrespondents may
receive a certified mailing for the
second and third follow-up mailings.
The Census Bureau may also plan to
conduct an email follow-up to select
nonrespondents reminding them to
submit their report in the electronic
instrument. The Census Bureau may
include a paper questionnaire during
the follow-up activities to assist with
collecting data from select
nonrespondents. Closeout of mail
operations is scheduled for January
2023 but may be extended to allow
ample time to receive returned forms if
necessary. Response data will be
processed as they are received. Upon
the close of the collection period, data
processing will continue, and records
will be edited, reviewed, tabulated, and
disseminated.
The Census Bureau, in collaboration
with the NCSES, has started discussing
topics for the 2023–2027 ABS 5-year
cycle. As a result, a draft 5-year content
plan has been developed for OMB’s
review.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 8(b), 131, and 182;
Title 42, United States Code, Section
1861–76 (National Science Foundation
Act of 1950, as amended); and Section
505 within the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 authorize
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Title 13, United States Code, require a
response from sampled firms.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and

entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–1004.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2022–03724 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice and opportunity for
public comment.

ACTION:

The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of the
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firms’
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.

SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE
[1/20/2022 through 2/11/2022]
Firm name
Davis Drapery & Interiors, Inc

629 Distributors Row, Harahan, LA 70123

1/21/2022

Midstates, Inc ..........................

1/26/2022

Palmetto Plating Company, Inc

4820 Capital Avenue NE, Aberdeen, SD
57401.
16200 NW 49th Avenue, Miami Gardens,
FL 33014.
510 Saco Lowell Road, Easley, SC 29640

Cooper Enterprises, Inc ..........

89 Curtis Drive, Shelby, OH 44875 ............

2/11/2022

Pavilion USA, LLC ...................

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accepted for
investigation

Firm address

Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Division, Room 71030,
Economic Development Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten
(10) calendar days following publication
of this notice. These petitions are
received pursuant to section 251 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.8 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Bryan Borlik,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[S–21–2022]

Foreign-Trade Zone 196—Fort Worth,
Texas, Application for Subzone
Expansion TTI, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
Alliance Corridor, Inc., grantee of FTZ
196, requesting expanded subzone
status for the facilities of TTI, Inc.,
located in Fort Worth, Texas. The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and the regulations of the FTZ
Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally
docketed on February 15, 2022.
The proposed subzone site (3.6 acres)
is located at 5050 Mark IV Parkway, Fort
Worth, Texas. No authorization for
production activity has been requested
at this time. The proposed expanded
subzone would be subject to the existing
activation limit of FTZ 196. Because the

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Product(s)
The firm manufactures window coverings, including blinds, shades, and curtains.
The firm manufactures printed paper products.
The firm manufactures metal furniture for use
outdoors.
The firm applies protective coatings and finishes
to metal parts.
The firm manufactures miscellaneous wooden
parts and assemblies.

proposed new site is located outside of
FTZ 196’s Alternative Site Framework
(ASF) service area, authorization for the
expanded subzone would not be under
the ASF
In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to review
the application and make
recommendations to the Executive
Secretary.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: [email protected]. The
closing period for their receipt is April
4, 2022. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
April 18, 2022.
A copy of the application will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Online FTZ Information Section’’
section of the FTZ Board’s website,
which is accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz.

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