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evidence and legal arguments, the need 

for any additional information requests, 

as well as the resolution of any pending 

discovery-related disputes. Additional 

prehearing conferences may be 

scheduled as needed. 

Presentation of evidence. The issue of 

whether the hearing will involve the 

presentation of oral versus written 

testimony (including whether it may be 

appropriate to supplement written 

testimony with oral testimony for 

certain witnesses on particular issues in 

dispute) will be addressed more fully at 

the December 4, 2023, prehearing 

videoconference. 

Hearing. The date on which the 

hearing of evidence shall begin will be 

addressed at the December 4, 2023, 

prehearing teleconference. 

II. Additional Case Management 

Procedures 

Good faith effort to confer. A good 

faith effort to confer with the opposing 

party requires at least the placing of one 

telephone call or the transmittal of one 

email message to the opposing party or 

its counsel. 

Discovery motions. The parties must 

make a good faith effort to confer with 

the opposing party to attempt to resolve 

any discovery dispute before filing any 

motions related to discovery. The 

Presiding Officer will not entertain a 

motion to compel discovery, motion for 

sanctions, motion for protective order, 

or any other discovery motions until 

this good faith effort has been made. If 

this good faith effort is unsuccessful, the 

motion shall (1) state that a good faith 

effort has been made to resolve the 

dispute, (2) attach each disputed 

discovery request, answer, and objection 

(if applicable), (3) provide available 

dates and times for a hearing to be 

conducted by videoconference, and (4) 

concisely state the relief sought, the 

basis therefor, and the authority relied 

upon. Any party opposing the motion 

shall file a response no later than 7 days 

after the motion is filed. See 39 CFR 

3010.160(b). No replies shall be 

permitted without express authorization 

of the Presiding Officer. See 39 CFR 

3010.160(c). Failure to file a timely 

response may result in the motion being 

deemed unopposed. The Presiding 

Officer may decide the dispute based on 

the motion and any response, set a 

hearing to be conducted by 

videoconference, or order further 

briefing. 

Extension of time or continuance. If 

either party seeks an extension of time 

or continuance, they must make a good 

faith effort to confer with the opposing 

party to determine a proposed mutually 

agreeable date before filing a motion. 

The motion must be filed before the 

specific deadline expires and shall state 

whether the other party opposes the 

motion. Extensions of time or 

continuances will only be granted for 

good cause shown. 

Waiver or modification. If either party 

seeks to waive or modify the terms of 

any Presiding Officer’s Ruling, the party 

must make a good faith effort to confer 

with the opposing party to determine a 

proposed mutually agreeable resolution 

before filing a motion. The Presiding 

Officer may waive or modify the terms 

of his order for good cause shown. 

Oral argument. If either party requests 

to present oral argument before the 

Presiding Officer relating to any motion 

or brief, the party shall include ‘‘ORAL 

ARGUMENT REQUESTED’’ in the 

caption or title on page 1 of the 

applicable motion, response, or brief. 

III. Ruling 

1. The deadline to file a notice of 

intervention pursuant to 39 CFR 

3010.142 is November 13, 2023. 

2. A prehearing videoconference will 

be conducted before the Presiding 

Officer on December 4, 2023, at 1:00 

p.m. 

3. The parties and counsel shall 

follow the procedural schedule and case 

management procedures established by 

this Presiding Officer’s Ruling. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of the deadline to file a 

notice of intervention and the date of 

the prehearing videoconference in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24380 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Monday, November 13, 

2023, at 1:00 p.m.; Tuesday, November 

14, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. 

PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal 

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW, in the Benjamin Franklin 

Room. 

STATUS: Monday, November 13, 2023, at 

1:00 p.m.—Closed. Tuesday, November 

14, 2023, at 12:00 p.m.—Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Meeting of the Board of Governors 

Monday, November 13, 2023, at 1:00 

p.m. (Closed) 

1. Strategic Issues 

2. Financial and Operational Matters 

3. Compensation and Personnel Matters 

4. Executive Session 

5. Administrative Items 

Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 12:00 

p.m. (Open) 

1. Remarks of the Chairman of the Board 

of Governors 

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General 

and CEO 

3. Approval of the Minutes 

4. Committee Reports 

5. Financial Matters 

a. FY2023 Annual Financial Report 

b. FY2023 10K and Financial 

Statements 

c. Annual Report to Congress 

d. FY2024 Integrated Financial Plan 

and Liquidity Outlook 

e. FY2025 Congressional 

Reimbursement Request 

6. Quarterly Service Performance Report 

7. Approval of Tentative Agenda for the 

February 8, 2024 Meeting 

8. Election of the Chairman and Vice 

Chairman 

A public comment period will begin 

immediately following the adjournment 

of the open session on November 14, 

2023, and shall last no more than 40 

minutes. During the public comment 

period, members of the public present at 

the meeting may comment on any item 

or subject listed on the agenda for the 

open session. Registration of speakers at 

the public comment period is required. 

Speakers must register online at https:// 

www.surveymonkey.com/r/bog-11-14- 

2023. No more than 30 minutes of the 

public comment period shall be allotted 

to registered speakers present at the 

meeting, and no more than three 

minutes shall be allotted to each 

speaker. The time allotted to each 

speaker will be determined after 

registration closes. Registration to speak 

during the public comment period shall 

end on November 9 at noon ET. 

Additionally, a select number of written 

comments will be read in whole or in 

part during the public comment period 

for no more than 10 minutes. Written 

comments on any item or subject listed 

on the agenda for the open session may 

be submitted by United States Mail to 

the address below or to the email 

address bog-inquiries@usps.gov. If 

submitted by email, written comments 

must include a valid email address for 

the person submitting the comment and 

the words ‘‘Public Comment Period’’ in 

the subject line. Written comments must 

be received before November 9 at noon 

ET. Participation in the public comment 

period is governed by 39 CFR 232.1(n). 

The next public comment period is 

scheduled for November 2024. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Michael J. Elston, Secretary of the 


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Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260–1000. 

Telephone: (202) 268–4800. 

Michael J. Elston, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24527 Filed 11–2–23; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

November 9, 2023. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held via 

remote means and/or at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.sec.gov. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or her designee, has 

certified that, in her opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting will consist of the following 

topics: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; 

Resolution of litigation claims; and 

Other matters relating to examinations 

and enforcement proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting agenda items that 

may consist of adjudicatory, 

examination, litigation, or regulatory 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information; please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: November 2, 2023. 

J. Lynn Taylor, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24636 Filed 11–2–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12253] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Dining 

with the Sultan: The Fine Art of 

Feasting’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to 

agreements with their foreign owners or 

custodians for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Dining with the Sultan: The 

Fine Art of Feasting’’ at the Los Angeles 

County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 

California; the Detroit Institute of Arts, 

Detroit, Michigan; and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, are of cultural 

significance, and, further, that their 

temporary exhibition or display within 

the United States as aforementioned is 

in the national interest. I have ordered 

that Public Notice of these 

determinations be published in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24411 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12254] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Object Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: Exhibition 

of a ‘‘Volute Krater’’ Object 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that a certain object being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with its foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary exhibition or 

display in the Department of Greek and 

Roman Art of The Metropolitan 

Museum of Art, New York, New York, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is of 

cultural significance, and, further, that 

its temporary exhibition or display 

within the United States as 

aforementioned is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24410 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1331] 

Snohomish County—Adverse 

Abandonment—GNP RLY, Inc., in 

Snohomish County, Wash. 

On October 17, 2023, Snohomish 

County (the County), a noncarrier, filed 


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