BIS Seeks Comments on Proposed FY 2013 Supplement to Nat’l Stockpile Plan

The Bureau of Industry and Security announced that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments by August 17, 2012, on the potential market impact of a proposed supplement to the Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Materials Plan. The Committee proposes changes to R&D projects involving cadmium zinc tellurium (CZT) substrates and triamino trinitrobenzene (TATB), and pertain to four materials: germanium; manganese, metallurgical grade; platinum - iridium; and zinc.