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ACTION:

Notice of an open meeting.

The Minority Business
Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC)
will hold a meeting to discuss the work
of its four subcommittees as well as to
have a topical discussion on issues
pertinent to the MBEAC’s mission.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT).
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
the Herbert Clark Hoover Building of the
U.S. Department of Commerce, located
at 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joann J. Hill, primary Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), Minority
Business Development Agency, U.S.
Department of Commerce at (202) 482–
4826; email: Jhill@mbda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional Detail: The Minority
Business Enterprises Advisory Council
(MBEAC) will hold a meeting to receive
a briefing on recommendations for
policy and/or policy recommendations
from the four MBEAC subcommittees:
Access to Contracts, Access to Capital,
Access to Global Markets, and Data
Repository. Additionally, the MBEAC
will provide feedback on ideas and
recommendations that relate to barriers
to entrepreneurship, ways to overcome
those barriers, and opportunities to
expand access to resources to grow and
scale socially or economically
disadvantaged businesses.
Background: The MBEAC is a nondiscretionary advisory committee
established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 9571–
73 and in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C.
chapter 10. The MBEAC’s objective is to
provide the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Minority Business
Development with consensus advice
from the public and private sector on a
range of policy issues that affect socially
or economically disadvantaged
businesses, with duties including, but
not limited to: identifying barriers to
entrepreneurship and business growth;
providing insight to relevant data,
research, and policy alternatives; and
serving as a source of knowledge and
information on developments in areas of
the economic and social life of the
United States that affect socially or
economically disadvantaged businesses.
Agenda: The agenda for the October
29, 2024, MBEAC meeting is as follows:
1. Welcome and introduction of council
members
2. Discussion of MBEAC subcommittee
recommendations

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3. Discussion of barriers to
entrepreneurship and access to
resources
4. Public comment period
5. Adjournment
The meeting is open to the public.
Public seating is limited and available
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Members of the public wishing to attend
the meeting must notify Nikia Young at
nyoung@mbda.gov by 5 p.m. EDT on
Thursday, October 24, 2024, to preregister for clearance into the building.
Please specify any requests for
reasonable accommodation at least five
(5) business days in advance of the
meeting. Last-minute requests will be
accepted but may not be possible to
fulfill. A designated amount of time,
from 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m., will be
available for pertinent brief oral
comments from members of the public
attending the meeting. Any member of
the public may submit pertinent written
comments concerning the MBEAC’s
activities at http://www.mbda.gov/main/
MBEAC-submit-comments. Any written
comments received by 5 p.m. EDT on
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, will be
transmitted to the Council prior to the
meeting. Comments received after that
date will be distributed to the members
on a rolling basis.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Joann J. Hill, at (202) 482–4826, or Jhill@
mbda.gov, at least five (5) days before
the meeting date. Copies of the MBEAC
meeting minutes will be available to the
public upon request.
Dated: September 13, 2024.
Eric J. Morrissette,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
Minority Business Development, Performing
the delegated duties of the Under Secretary
Minority Business Development Agency, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Permits for Incidental Taking
of Endangered or Threatened Species
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
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review and clearance in accordance
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 June 6, 2024,
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
Title: Permits for Incidental Taking of
Endangered or Threatened Species.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0230.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Number of Respondents: 35.
Average Hours per Response: 80
hours for a permit application
(including Habitat Conservation Plans),
1 hour for transfer of an incidental take
permit, 8 hours for a permit report, 30
minutes for a Certificate of Inclusion
(when applicable), and 10 hours for a
watershed plan (when applicable).
Total Annual Burden Hours: 427.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposed
prohibitions against the taking of
endangered species. In 1982, Congress
revised the ESA to allow permits
authorizing the taking of endangered
species incidental to otherwise lawful
activities. The corresponding
regulations (50 CFR part 222.222)
established procedures for persons to
apply for such a permit. In addition, the
regulations set forth specific reporting
requirements for such permit holders.
The regulations contain three sets of
information collections: (l) applications
for incidental take permits, (2)
applications for certificates of inclusion,
and (3) reporting requirements for
permits issued. Certificates of inclusion
are only required if a general permit is
issued to a representative of a group of
potential permit applicants, rather than
requiring each entity to apply for and
receive a permit.
The required information is used to
evaluate the impacts of the proposed
activity on endangered species, to make
the determinations required by the ESA
prior to issuing a permit, and to
establish appropriate permit conditions.

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Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: 1 application per a permit,
annual permit reporting, and 24-hour
Interaction Reports.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.
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 0648–0230.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Science Advisory Board
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).

AGENCY:

Notice of public meeting
cancellation.

ACTION:

This is to notify the public
that the meeting of the Science Advisory
Board (SAB)is canceled in its entirety.

SUMMARY:

September 11, 2024 from 3:00
p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET.

DATES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Casey Stewart, Executive Director,
SSMC3, Room 11360, 1315 East-West
Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone
Number: 240–381–0833; Email:
noaa.scienceadvisoryboard@noaa.gov;
or visit the SAB website at https://
sab.noaa.gov/current-meetings/.
The
meeting was announced in the Federal

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Register on August 15, 2024, Volume
89, Number 158, page 66355.
David Holst,
Chief Financial Officer/Administrative
Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review
for the Chinese River Dolphin
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of initiation; request for
information.
AGENCY:

The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
initiation of a 5-year review for the
Chinese river dolphin, also called the
Baiji or the Yangtze River dolphin,
(Lipotes vexillifer). NMFS is required by
the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to
conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that
the listing classifications of species are
accurate. The 5-year review must be
based on the best scientific and
commercial data available at the time of
the review. We request submission of
any such information on the Indus River
dolphin, particularly information on the
status, threats, and recovery of the
species that has become available since
the previous review in 2017.
DATES: To allow us adequate time to
conduct this review, we must receive
your information no later than
December 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
information on this document,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2024–0111,
by the following method:
• Electronic Submission: Submit
electronic information via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA–
NMFS–2024–0111 in the Search box.
Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete
the required fields, and enter or attach
your comments.
Instructions: Information sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the specified period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All information
received is a part of the public record
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and will generally be posted for public
viewing on https://www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information submitted voluntarily by
the sender will be publicly accessible.
NMFS will accept anonymous
submissions (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the
required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Parsons, NOAA Affiliate,
Chris.Parsons@noaa.gov, tel. (301) 427–
8400 (main office).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice announces the initiation of our
review of the Chinese River dolphin
(Lipotes vexillifer), listed as endangered
under the ESA. Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the
ESA requires that we conduct a review
of listed species at least once every 5
years. The species was previously
reviewed in 2017. The regulations in 50
CFR 424.21 require that we publish a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing species currently under
active review. On the basis of such
reviews under section 4(c)(2)(B), we
determine whether any species should
be removed from the list (i.e., delisted)
or reclassified from endangered to
threatened or from threatened to
endangered (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(B)). As
described by the regulations in
§ 424.11(e), the Secretary of Commerce
shall delist a species if the Secretary
determines, based on consideration of
the factors and standards set forth in
paragraph (c) of that section, that the
best scientific and commercial data
available substantiate that: (1) the
species is extinct; (2) the species has
recovered to the point at which it no
longer meets the definition of an
endangered species or a threatened
species; (3) new information that has
become available since the original
listing decisions shows the listed entity
does not meet the definition of an
endangered species or a threatened
species; or (4) new information that has
become available since the original
listing decision shows the listed entity
does not meet the definition of a
species. Any change in Federal
classification would require a separate
rulemaking process.
Background information on the
species is available on the NMFS
website at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/
chinese-river-dolphin.
Public Solicitation of New Information
To ensure that the review is complete
and based on the best available

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