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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Extension of Comment Period for the 

Notice and Request for Comments on 

the Implications of Access and Benefit 

Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes 

and Other Proposed Commitments 

Being Considered Under a WHO 

Convention, Agreement or Other 

International Instrument on Pandemic 

Prevention, Preparedness and 

Response 

AGENCY: Office for Global Affairs, Office 

of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This document extends the 

comment period for the Notice and 

Request for Comments on the 

Implications of Access and Benefit 

Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes 

and Other Proposed Commitments 

Being Considered Under a WHO 

Convention, Agreement or Other 

International Instrument on Pandemic 

Prevention, Preparedness and Response 

that appeared in the December 22, 2023, 

issue of the Federal Register. The 

comment period for the notice, which is 

due to close on January 22, 2024, is 

extended to January 31, 2024. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published December 22, 2023, at 

88 FR 88637, is extended. To be assured 

consideration, comments must be 

received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern 

time January 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be emailed to OGA.RSVP@hhs.gov with 

the subject line ‘‘Written Comment Re: 

Implications of Access and Benefit 

Sharing (ABS) Commitments/Regimes 

and Other Proposed Commitments in 

the WHO Pandemic Agreement’’ by 

January 31, 2024. Comments received 

after that date will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Kim, Office for Global Affairs, 

Office of the Secretary, HHS, Room 

(639H) Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

200 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20201. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The original notice with 

full details is available at https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2023/12/22/2023-28341/notice-andrequest-for-comments-on-theimplications-of-access-and-benefitsharing-abs. 

In December 2021, WHO’s Member 

States decided at a Special Session of 

the World Health Assembly to establish 

an intergovernmental negotiating body 

(INB), representing all regions of the 

world, to draft and negotiate a WHO 

convention, agreement, or other 

international instrument on pandemic 

prevention, preparedness, and response. 

More information about the INB process 

can be found here: https://inb.who.int/ 

home/inb-process. The INB currently 

intends to submit its outcome to the 

Seventy-seventh World Health 

Assembly in May 2024. 

The United States has expressed 

support for the development of an 

international instrument to protect the 

world from pandemic health threats 

now and in the future, and in a more 

rapid and equitable manner. Full details 

on the negotiating text and the outcomes 

sought by the United States are available 

at https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2023/12/22/2023-28341/ 

notice-and-request-for-comments-onthe-implications-of-access-and-benefitsharing-abs. 

Purpose: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) and 

the Department of State are charged 

with co-leading the U.S. delegation to 

the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body 

(INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO 

convention, agreement or other 

international instrument on pandemic 

prevention, preparedness, and response. 

Specific topics and questions: 

Stakeholders are invited to provide 

comments on any and all issues raised 

by the negotiating text, including 

potential vehicles and means for 

implementation of commitments to 

which the U.S. may subscribe. To the 

extent commenters choose to comment 

on specific provisions of the negotiating 

text, it is helpful to reference any 

articles or sub-articles being addressed. 

To provide additional time for 

interested parties to consider and 

comment on the negotiating text, the 

Department is extending the comment 

period for all comments through January 

31, 2024. 

Susan Kim, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office 

of Global Affairs, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01275 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–38–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2023–0924] 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee; March 2024 Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee (Committee) will 

conduct a series of meetings over 2 days 

in New Orleans, LA to discuss matters 

relating to activities directly involved 

with, or in support of, the exploration 

of offshore mineral and energy 

resources, to the extent that such 

matters are within the jurisdiction of the 

United States Coast Guard. All meetings 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: Meetings: The National Offshore 

Safety Advisory Committee’s 

subcommittees will meet on Tuesday, 

March 12, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 

p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT). 

These subcommittee meetings will be 

for 90 minutes each and will start with 

the Subchapter N subcommittee, from 

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. (CDT); and then the 

SEACOR POWER subcommittee from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (CDT). 

The full Committee will meet on 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. (CDT). Please note these 

meetings may close early if the 

subcommittees or the full Committee 

have completed their business. 

Comments and supporting 

documents: To ensure your comments 

are reviewed by Committee members 

before the meetings, submit your written 

comments no later than February 28, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Renaissance New Orleans Pere 

Marquette French Quarter Area Hotel, 

817 Common Street, New Orleans, LA 

70112–2307, website Family-Friendly 

Hotel, New Orleans | Renaissance New 

Orleans French Quarter Area 

(marriott.com). 

The National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee is committed to 

ensuring all participants have equal 

access regardless of disability status. If 

you require reasonable accommodations 

due to a disability to fully participate, 

please email Mr. Patrick Clark at 

patrick.w.clark@uscg.mil or telephone at 

571–607–8236 as soon as possible. 

Instructions: You are free to submit 

comments at any time, including orally 

at the meetings as time permits, but if 


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you want Committee members to review 

your comment before the meetings, 

please submit your comments no later 

than February 28, 2024. We are 

particularly interested in comments on 

the topics in the ‘‘Agenda’’ section 

below. We encourage you to submit 

comments through the Federal Decision 

Making Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov, type 

USCG–2023–0924 in the search box and 

click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, look for this 

document in the Search Results column, 

and click on it. If your material cannot 

be submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, email the 

individual in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document for alternate instructions. You 

must include the docket number USCG– 

2023–0924. Comments received will be 

posted without alteration at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

may wish to review the Privacy and 

Security Notice, found via link on the 

homepage https://www.regulations.gov. 

For more about privacy and submissions 

in response to this document, see DHS’s 

eRulemaking System of Records notice 

(85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). If you 

encounter technical difficulties with 

comment submission, contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Docket Search: Documents mentioned 

in this notice as being available in the 

docket, and all public comments, will 

be in our online docket at https://

www.regulations.gov and can be viewed 

by following that website’s instructions. 

Additionally, if you go to the online 

docket and sign-up for email alerts, you 

will be notified when comments are 

posted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Patrick W. Clark, Designated Federal 

Officer of the National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee, 2703 Martin 

Luther King Jr Ave SE, Stop 7509, 

Washington, DC 20593–7509, telephone 

571–607–8236 or email patrick.w.clark@

uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 117–286, 5 U.S.C., ch. 10). The 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee was established on 

December 4, 2018, by section 601 of the 

Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115– 

282, 132 Stat. 4192), and amended by 

section 8331 of the Elijah E. Cummings 

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 

(Pub. L. 116–283) and is codified in 46 

U.S.C. 15106. The Committee operates 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and 46 U.S.C. 

15109. The Committee provides advice 

and recommendations to the Secretary 

of Homeland Security on matters 

relating to activities directly involved 

with, or in support of, the exploration 

of offshore mineral and energy 

resources, to the extent that such 

matters are within the jurisdiction of the 

United States Coast Guard. 

Agenda 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 

Two subcommittees will meet to 

discuss the following task statements. 

(1)Task Statement 02–2023: 33 CFR 

Subchapter N 

(2)Task Statement 01–2023: SEACOR 

POWER 

The task statements and other 

subcommittee information are located at 

Pages—Missions Content (uscg.mil). 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 

The agenda for the March 13, 2024 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Call to order. 

(2) Roll call and determination of 

quorum. 

(3) Installation of new Chair and ViceChair. 

(4) Adoption of previous meeting 

minutes and agenda. 

(5) Opening remarks. 

(6) Update/Final Report from the 33 

CFR Subchapter N Subcommittee. 

(7) Update/Final Report from the 

SEACOR POWER Subcommittee. 

(8) New business. 

(9) Public comment period. 

(10) Closing remarks/plans for next 

meeting. 

(11) Adjournment of meeting. 

A copy of all pre-meeting 

documentation will be available at: 

Pages—Missions Content (uscg.mil) no 

later than February 28, 2024. 

Alternatively, you may contact Mr. 

Patrick Clark as noted in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

During the March 13, 2024, 

Committee meeting, a public comment 

period will be held from approximately 

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CDT). Speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to 3 

minutes. Please note that this public 

comment period may start before 4:30 

p.m. (CDT) if all other agenda items 

have been covered and may end before 

5 p.m. (CDT) if all of those wishing to 

comment have done so. Please contact 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to register 

as a speaker. 

Dated: January 17, 2024. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01229 Filed 1–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2023–0928] 

Shipping Safety Fairways Along the 

Atlantic Coast 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement; notice of virtual and inperson scoping meetings; and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard, as the lead 

agency, announces its intent to prepare 

a Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement that will evaluate the 

potential environmental consequences 

of the Coast Guard’s Proposed Action to 

establish shipping safety fairways and 

other routing measures along the 

Atlantic Coast of the United States. 

While vessels are not required to use 

them, fairways are designed to keep 

traditional navigation routes free from 

fixed structures that could impact 

navigation safety and impede other 

shared offshore activities. This Notice of 

Intent is intended to solicit feedback on 

preliminary alternatives to help the 

Coast Guard narrow the scope of the 

PEIS. The Coast Guard intends to host 

three in-person meetings and one virtual 

scoping public meeting to provide 

additional information to the public and 

to solicit input on potential issues, 

concerns, and reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the PEIS. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted at 

one of the public meetings or in writing 

to the online docket via https://

www.regulations.gov on or before March 

8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2023–0928 using the Federal Decision 

Making Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this document call or 

email Maureen Kallgren, Coast Guard; 


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