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participation only, for public input 

about water quantity in the west as it 

relates to existing NRCS programs. 

(There will not be any in-person 

gathering for this listening session.) 

Stakeholders will have an opportunity 

to provide oral comments during the 

virtual public listening session. 

Stakeholders must notify NRCS 

during registration of their wish to 

speak at the listening session. 

Stakeholders who do not notify NRCS 

during registration of their wish to 

speak will not have the opportunity to 

comment during the virtual listening 

session. Due to the anticipated high 

level of interest in the opportunity to 

make public comments and the limited 

time available to do so, NRCS will do 

its best to accommodate all persons who 

registered and requested to provide oral 

comments and will limit all speakers to 

3 minutes. NRCS encourages persons 

and groups who have similar interests to 

consolidate their information for 

presentation by a single representative. 

The stakeholders may provide 

feedback on any of the following 

questions: 

D For agricultural producers: What is 

your most pressing water related issue 

that may constrain or currently 

constrains your operations? 

D For non-producers and 

organizations: What is your most 

pressing water related issue that is 

needed by the agricultural community 

you assist? 

D For producers and organizations: 

What is your most pressing water 

related issue with which NRCS can help 

you through a technical or financial 

assistance program or through 

facilitating and engaging in a 

collaboration or partnership? 

D How can NRCS best coordinate with 

other Federal, State, and Local efforts to 

address water related issues? 

D How can State Technical 

Committees assist in addressing your 

most pressing water related issues? 

D What additional issues do you 

confront that NRCS should have 

awareness of? 

NRCS expects to obtain input about 

the challenges, needed breakthroughs, 

and priorities through the virtual 

listening session and through 

submission of written comments. NRCS 

will treat stakeholder input equally. 

NRCS will then evaluate the challenges, 

needed breakthroughs, and priorities 

identified by this effort and will 

consider this information in its 

evaluation of existing programs and 

efforts to position these programs to 

achieve positive outcomes. 

Meeting Agenda 

The listening session will begin with 

brief opening remarks, with an overview 

of NRCS efforts to address water related 

issues in the west, from USDA and 

NRCS leadership. 

Individual speakers providing oral 

comments will be limited to 3 minutes 

each. However, if all speakers can be 

accommodated within time for the 

listening session, individual speaking 

times may be adjusted at the written 

request of the stakeholder (use the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

information provided above in this 

notice). If, at 3 minutes each, the time 

allotted to registered speakers exceeds 

the available time for the listening 

session, a limited number of speakers 

will be selected on a first-come, firstserve basis. 

If you are called upon during the 

listening session to provide oral 

comments and you or your 

representative are not available to speak, 

your opportunity to provide oral 

comments will pass to another speaker. 

Meeting Times 

The listening session will be held on 

Thursday, December 17, 2020, starting 

at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. A mid-day 

break will be scheduled at 

approximately 12:00 p.m. (noon). The 

listening session will resume at 1:30 

p.m. and continue to approximately 

3:30 p.m. 

NRCS may decide to extend the 

listening session to Friday, December 

18, 2020. At the end of the listening 

session on Thursday, December 17, 

2020, NRCS will announce whether an 

extension of the listening session will 

occur on Friday, December 18, 2020, or 

whether the listening session will 

conclude on Thursday, December 17, 

2020. If the listening session is extended 

to Friday, December 18, 2020, the 

listening session will begin at 10:00 a.m. 

Eastern time and end at approximately 

12:00 p.m. (noon). The listening session 

on Friday, December 18, 2020, may end 

earlier if there are no additional oral 

comments to be presented from anyone 

who registered to provide oral 

comments. 

Oral and Written Comments 

We request that speakers providing 

oral comments also provide a written 

copy of their comments. All written 

comments have the same due date, as 

specified above in this notice. 

Registration Required To Attend 

There is no registration fee for the 

public listening session, but preregistration is mandatory for anyone 

who wishes to attend. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA will, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by USDA. 

How To File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at: https://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf or write a letter signed by you or 

your authorized representative. 

You may also send your completed 

complaint form or letter to USDA by any 

of following methods: Mail: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Director, 

Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; Fax: (202) 690–7442; or 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice only). 

Kevin D. Norton, 

Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26525 Filed 12–2–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the New 

York Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: 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 New York Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting on 

Friday, December 18, 2020, from 1:00– 

2:15 p.m. EST for the purpose of 

discussing the Committee’s project on 

evictions in New York. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, December 18, 2020, from 1:00– 

2:00 p.m. EST. 

Public Call Information: Dial: (800) 

367–2403; Conference ID: 7109728. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mallory Trachtenberg, DFO, at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov or 202–809– 

9618. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the following tollfree call-in number. An open comment 

period will be provided to allow 

members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference operator will ask callers to 

identify themselves, the organizations 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference call. Callers can 

expect to incur charges for calls they 

initiate over wireless lines, and the 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

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 Mallory Trachtenberg at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov in the 

Regional Programs Unit Office/Advisory 

Committee Management Unit. Persons 

who desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Program Unit at 

202–809–9618. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available via https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/ 

FACAPublicCommittee?id=a10t0000001

gzmAAAQ under the Commission on 

Civil Rights, New York Advisory 

Committee link. Persons interested in 

the work of this Committee are also 

directed to the Commission’s website, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact 

the Regional Programs Unit office at the 

above email or phone number. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Roll Call 

II. Approval of Minutes from Last 

Meeting 

III. Discussion: Evictions in New York 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: November 30, 2020. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26613 Filed 12–2–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Decision on Application for Duty-Free 

Entry of Scientific Instruments; Rice 

University, et. al 

This is a decision pursuant to Section 

6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and 

Cultural Materials Importation Act of 

1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by 

Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 

part 301). On October 19, 2020, the 

Department of Commerce published a 

notice in the Federal Register 

requesting public comment on whether 

instruments of equivalent scientific 

value, for the purposes for which the 

instruments identified in the docket(s) 

below are intended to be used, are being 

manufactured in the United States. See 

Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments, 85 FR 66305, 

October 19, 2020 (Notice). We received 

no public comments. Related records 

can be viewed through prior 

arrangement with Ms. Dianne Hanshaw 

at Dianne.Hanshaw@trade.gov. 

Docket Number: 20–003. Applicant: 

Rice University, Department of 

Microengineering, 6100 Main Street, 

Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: 

Ultrasonic Linear Piezo Stage and 

controller. Manufacturer: Xeryon, 

Belgium. Intended Use: See Notice at 85 

FR 66305, October 19, 2020. Comments: 

None received. Decision: Approved. We 

know of no instruments of equivalent 

scientific value to the foreign 

instruments described below, for such 

purposes as this is intended to be used, 

that were being manufactured in the 

United States at the time of order. 

Reasons: According to the applicant, the 

instrument will be used to study 

automatic and large-scale surgical 

implantation of nanoelectrode threads 

into rodent and primate brains. 

Specifically, a platform is developed 

that can insert 8 ultraflexible 

nanoelectrode threads (uNETs) into the 

brain simultaneously and 

independently, while each insertion site 

is flexibly defined by the surgeons’ and 

researchers’ need and can be precisely 

researched by micromanipulators. 

Successful development of this 

technology will significantly reduce the 

time, errors and tissue trauma during 

brain surgery, meanwhile, it will open 

opportunities such as slow-speed 

insertion, flexibly targeting multiple 

regions and large-scale neural 

recordings. 

Docket Number: 20–004. Applicant: 

Texas A&M University, AgriLife 

Research, 2147 TAMU, College Station, 

TX 77843–2147A. Instrument: 3D 

Microfabrication System Photonic 

Professional GT. Manufacturer: 

Nanoscribe, Germany. Intended Use: 

See Notice at 85 FR 66305–06, October 

19, 2020. Comments: None received. 

Decision: Approved. We know of no 

instruments of equivalent scientific 

value to the foreign instruments 

described below, for such purposes as 

this is intended to be used, that were 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order. Reasons: According 

to the applicant, the instrument will be 

used to conduct research in the broad 

areas of material research, thin-film 

metal semiconductors, biomicrofluidics, medical devices and 

optical/photonic devices, to name a few. 

These physical platforms will manifest 

in the forms of devices (ranging from 1– 

200 cm2) that will then be taken to 

individual laboratories for further 

experimentation in the aforementioned 

fields under the guidance and scope of 

the Texas A&M University research 

communities. 

Docket Number: 20–005. Applicant: 

University of Chicago Argonne LLC, 

Operator of National Laboratory 9700 

South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439– 

4873. Instrument: Libera Brilliance+ 4⁄4

with GDX module BPM electronics. 

Manufacturer: Instrumentation 

Technologies D.D., Solvenia. Intended 

Use: See Notice at 85 FR 66305, October 

19, 2020. Comments: None received. 

Decision: Approved. We know of no 

instruments of equivalent scientific 

value to the foreign instruments 

described below, for such purposes as 

this is intended to be used, that were 

being manufactured in the United States 

at the time of order. Reasons: According 

to the applicant, the instrument will be 

used to study precision measurement 

for the particle beam position in the 

Advanced Photon Source Upgrade 

storage ring. The measurement 

information is used to steer the particle 

beam and photon beam that will be used 

as a three-dimensional X-ray 

microscope for experimental purposes. 

The materials/phenomena include 

material properties analysis, protein 

mapping for pharmaceutical companies, 

X-ray imaging and chemical 

composition determination and many 

others, but are not limited to grain 

structure, grain boundary and 

interstitial defects and morphology. 

These properties are not only studied at 

ambient environments, but also under 


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