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during the public forums, SBA officials 

will not provide comment on the 

testimony of speakers. SBA requests that 

commenters focus on the contents of 

SBA’s 2023 Revised Methodology. SBA 

requests that commenters do not raise 

issues pertaining to specific industries, 

or issues outside the scope of SBA’s 

2023 Revised Methodology. 

In the December 11, 2023, Federal 

Register notice, SBA requested feedback 

on a number of questions within the 

scope of the 2023 Revised Methodology, 

including: (a) Should SBA adopt a new 

disparity ratio approach to evaluating 

small business participation in the 

Federal market, which will replace the 

Federal contracting factor the Agency 

used in the past?; (b) Should SBA lower 

size standards regardless of prevailing 

economic conditions when the 

analytical results support lowering them 

or should it consider the prevailing 

economic environment when deciding 

on whether to revise size standards?; (c) 

Should SBA consider adjusting 

employee-based size standards for labor 

productivity growth or increased 

automation similar to it adjusts 

monetary-based size standards for 

inflation?; (d) Should SBA consider 

lowering its size standards generally?; 

(e) Are there alternative or additional 

factors or data sources that SBA should 

consider when establishing, reviewing, 

or revising size standards?; and (f) Does 

SBA’s current approach to establishing 

or modifying small business size 

standards make sense in the current 

economic environment? SBA hopes to 

receive public input on these questions, 

as well as on others, as posed in the 

December 2023 notice. 

Presenters are encouraged to provide 

a written copy of their testimony. SBA 

will accept written material that the 

presenter wishes to provide that further 

supplements his or her testimony 

during the public forums. Electronic or 

digitized submissions are encouraged. 

The two virtual public forums on size 

standards will be held on Tuesday, 

January 16, 2024 and Thursday, January 

18, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

EST; SBA will adjourn early if all 

testimony has been delivered before the 

end time. 

III. Registration 

Participants must pre-register to 

attend either of the two virtual public 

forums on size standards by visiting 

SBA’s size standards web page at http:// 

www.sba.gov/size and registering at the 

link provided. On the registration form, 

participants may indicate whether they 

would like to testify at the forum. After 

registering, participants will receive an 

email with an access link and call-in 

information which can be used to access 

the forum on the scheduled date and 

time. Additional information about the 

forum is provided on SBA’s 

announcements about updating size 

standards web page, available at https:// 

www.sba.gov/articles?keyword=&

article_type=253&field_article_

authoring_office_target_

id=5086&langcode=All, and in the 

invitation that participants receive upon 

registration. SBA will attempt to 

accommodate all interested parties that 

wish to present testimony. Based on the 

number of registrants it may be 

necessary to impose time limits to 

ensure that everyone who wishes to 

testify can do so. 

IV. Information on Service for 

Individuals With Disabilities 

For information on services for 

individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance contact 

Samuel Castilla at the telephone number 

or email address indicated above under 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

Sam Le, 

Director, Office of Policy, Planning and 

Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00781 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 12301] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Statement of Material 

Change, Merger, Acquisition, or 

Divestiture of a Registered Party 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are 

requesting comments on this collection 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to March 

18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web: Persons with access to the 

internet may comment on this notice by 

going to www.Regulations.gov. You can 

search for the document by entering 

‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2024–0001’’ in 

the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 

• Email: DDTCPublicComments@

state.gov. 

• Regular Mail: Send written 

comments to: Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls, Attn: Managing 

Director, 2401 E St. NW, Suite H–1205, 

Washington, DC 20522–0112. 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and the OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Andrea Battista, who may be reached 

at BattistaAL@state.gov or 202–663– 

3136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Statement of Material Change, Merger, 

Acquisition, or Divestiture of a 

Registered Party. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0227. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

• Originating Office: Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of 

Political Military Affairs, Department of 

State (T/PM/DDTC). 

• Form Number: DS–7789. 

• Respondents: Individuals and 

companies registered with DDTC and 

engaged in the business of 

manufacturing, brokering, exporting, or 

temporarily importing defense hardware 

or defense technology data. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

698. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

698. 

• Average Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 1,396 

hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 


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or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls (DDTC), Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, in accordance with the Arms 

Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 

2751 et seq.) and the International 

Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 

CFR parts 120–130), has the principal 

missions of taking final action on 

license applications and other requests 

for defense trade transactions via 

commercial channels, ensuring 

compliance with the statute and 

regulations, and collecting various types 

of reports. By statute, Executive Order, 

regulation, and delegation of authority, 

DDTC is charged with controlling the 

export and temporary import of defense 

articles, the provision of defense 

services, and the brokering thereof, 

which are covered by the U.S. 

Munitions List. 

ITAR §§ 122.4 and 129.8 requires 

registrants to notify DDTC in the event 

of a change in registration information 

or if the registrant is a party to a merger, 

acquisition, or divestiture of an entity 

producing or marketing ITAR-controlled 

items. Based on certain conditions 

enunciated in the ITAR, respondents 

must notify DDTC of these changes at 

differing intervals—no less than 60 days 

prior to the event, if a foreign person is 

acquiring a registered entity, and/or 

within 5 days of its culmination. This 

information is necessary for DDTC to 

ensure registration records are accurate 

and to determine whether the 

transaction is in compliance with the 

regulations (e.g., with respect to ITAR 

§ 126.1); assess the steps that need to be 

taken with respect to existing 

authorizations (e.g., transfers); and to 

evaluate the implications for US 

national security and foreign policy. 

Methodology 

This information will be collected by 

DDTC’s electronic case management 

system and respondents will certify the 

data via electronic signature. 

Kevin E. Bryant, 

Deputy Director, Office of Directives 

Management, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00742 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 

Subsequent License Renewal Project; 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt 

the Preferred Alternative identified in 

the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) 

Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) 

project Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

SEIS). The Notice of Availability of the 

Final SEIS for the Browns Ferry Nuclear 

Plant Subsequent License Renewal 

project was published in the Federal 

Register on August 11, 2023. The 

Preferred Alternative, Alternative B— 

BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 Subsequent 

License Renewal, supports TVA’s goal 

to continue to generate baseload power 

at the BFN site between 2033 and 2056, 

thus generating sufficient electricity to 

supply the Tennessee Valley with 

increasingly clean, reliable, and 

affordable electricity for the region’s 

homes and businesses as outlined in 

TVA’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan 

(IRP). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Taylor Johnson, NEPA Compliance 

Specialist, Tennessee Valley Authority, 

1101 Market Street, BR 2C–C, 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; by 

telephone (423) 751–2732, or email at 

jtcates@tva.gov. The Final SEIS, this 

Record of Decision (ROD), and other 

project documents are available on 

TVA’s website https://www.tva.gov/ 

nepa. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) (40 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) 1500 through 1508) and TVA’s 

NEPA procedures 18 CFR part 1318. 

TVA is a corporate agency and 

instrumentality of the United States that 

provides electricity for business 

customers and local power distributors 

serving 10 million people in the 

Tennessee Valley—an 80,000-squaremile region comprised of Tennessee and 

parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, and 

Virginia. TVA receives no taxpayer 

funding and derives virtually all 

revenues from the sale of electricity. In 

addition to operating and investing 

revenues in its power system, TVA 

provides flood control, navigation, and 

land management for the Tennessee 

Valley watershed, and provides 

economic development and job creation 

assistance within the Tennessee Valley 

power service area. 

In March 2002 and June 2002, TVA 

issued a Final SEIS and a ROD for the 

operating license renewal of BFN. TVA 

submitted a License Renewal 

Application (LRA) to the NRC in 

December 2003 for a 20-year renewal of 

the operating licenses for each BFN 

unit. The environmental conclusions of 

the NRC Final SEIS did not differ from 

the TVA Final SEIS conclusions, and 

the NRC issued Supplement 21 

regarding Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 

Units 1, 2, and 3, to the Generic EIS 

(GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants (NUREG–1437) in June 2005. The 

NRC issued operating license renewals 

for Units 1, 2, and 3 in May 2006, 

allowing continued operation of the 

three BFN units until 2033, 2034, and 

2036, respectively. 

In September 2015, TVA submitted a 

license amendment request (LAR) for 

extended power uprate (EPU) of all 

three units. The NRC issued a draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) in the Federal Register on 

December 1, 2016, for public comment. 

On May 22, 2017, the NRC issued the 

Final EA and FONSI related to the EPU 

license amendment. 

BFN’s 3,900 MWe of electric 

generating capability provides power to 

the Tennessee Valley Power Service 

Area. The TVA service area obtains 

approximately 40 percent of its power 

from nuclear generation and BFN 

provides approximately half of that 

total. BFN’s current baseload generation 

supports future forecasted baseload 

power needs, as outlined in the TVA’s 

2019 IRP, by helping to maintain grid 

stability and generating capacity for 

TVA’s generation portfolio mix. TVA 

prepared the Final SEIS pursuant to 

NEPA to assess the environmental 

impacts associated with SLR for BFN 

Units 1, 2, and 3. 

Alternatives Considered 

TVA considered a wide range of 

options to identify feasible alternatives 

available to supply approximately 3,900 

MWe between 2033 to 2056, and 

ultimately carried forward two 

alternatives for evaluation. The two 

alternatives considered by TVA in the 

Final SEIS are: 

Alternative A—No Action. Under this 

alternative, TVA would not submit a 

SLR application to the NRC to renew the 

BFN operating licenses. If Alternative A 

were to be selected, TVA would allow 

the current BFN operating licenses to 


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