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1 88 FR 37486 (June 8, 2023). 2 88 FR 72013 (Oct. 19, 2023). 

Commenters needing more time to 

comment must submit a request in 

writing, stating the reasons for the 

request by the due date for comments. 

OSHA will limit any extension to 10 

days unless the requester justifies a 

longer time period. OSHA may deny a 

request for an extension if it is not 

adequately justified. 

To review copies of the exhibits 

identified in this notice, as well as 

comments submitted to the docket, 

contact the Docket Office, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor. These materials 

also are generally available online at 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2013–0016 (for 

further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner. After addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, staff will 

make a recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health on whether to grant 

NNA’s application for expansion of the 

scope of recognition. The Assistant 

Secretary will make the final decision 

on granting the application. In making 

this decision, the Assistant Secretary 

may undertake other proceedings 

prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

OSHA will publish a public notice of 

the final decision in the Federal 

Register. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, authorized the 

preparation of this notice. Accordingly, 

the agency is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), 

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 

(85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 

CFR 1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02440 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2023–5] 

Exemptions To Permit Circumvention 

of Access Controls on Copyrighted 

Works: Notice of Public Hearings 

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of 

Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The United States Copyright 

Office will hold public hearings as part 

of the ninth triennial rulemaking 

proceeding under the Digital 

Millennium Copyright Act (‘‘DMCA’’) 

concerning proposed exemptions to the 

DMCA’s prohibition against 

circumvention of technological 

measures that control access to 

copyrighted works. Parties interested in 

testifying at the hearings are invited to 

submit requests to testify pursuant to 

the instructions set forth below. 

DATES: Public hearings will be 

scheduled for the week of April 15–19, 

2024. Requests to testify must be 

received no later than 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern time on March 1, 2024. The 

Office will prepare a schedule based on 

the number and nature of requests to 

testify. Once the schedule of hearing 

witnesses is finalized, the Office will 

notify all participants and post the 

times, dates, and agenda of the hearings 

at https://www.copyright.gov/1201/ 

2024/. 

ADDRESSES: The Office will conduct the 

hearings remotely using the Zoom 

videoconferencing platform. Requests to 

testify should be submitted through the 

request form available at http://

www.copyright.gov/1201/2024/hearingrequest.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the 

General Counsel, by email at meft@

copyright.gov or by telephone at (202) 

707–8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 8, 

2023, the Copyright Office (‘‘Office’’) 

published a notice of inquiry in the 

Federal Register to initiate the ninth 

triennial rulemaking proceeding under 

17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1), which provides 

that the Librarian of Congress, upon 

recommendation of the Register of 

Copyrights, may exempt certain classes 

of copyrighted works from the 

prohibition against circumventing a 

technological measure that controls 

access to a copyrighted work.1 On 

October 19, 2023, the Office published 

a notice of proposed rulemaking setting 

forth proposed exemptions for seven 

new or expanded classes of works and 

requesting written comments.2 The 

responsive comments received thus far 

are posted on the Office’s website. See 

https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2024/. 

At this time, the Office is announcing 

public hearings to be held via Zoom to 

further consider the proposed 

exemptions. Each hearing will pertain to 

a proposed exemption and will feature 

a panel of witnesses. Hearings will be 

live-streamed, recorded, transcribed, 

and posted to the Office’s website. 

Those who wish to speak on a panel 

should submit a request to testify by 

following the procedure detailed below. 

If the Office does not receive any 

requests to testify regarding a particular 

class, it will not host a hearing for that 

proposed exemption. If the Office 

receives requests to testify but 

determines a hearing is not necessary, it 

will contact requesters. 

A. Submitting Requests To Testify 

A request to testify should be 

submitted to the Office using the form 

on the Office’s website indicated in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Anyone 

wishing to testify with respect to more 

than one proposed class must submit a 

separate form for each request. To the 

extent feasible, the Office requests that 

organizations submit only one panelist 

request per proposed class and 

encourages parties with similar interests 

to select a common representative to 

testify on their behalf. If multiple 

persons from the same organization 

wish to testify regarding the same 

proposed exemption, each should 

submit a separate request, and explain 

in their submission the need for 

multiple witnesses. For parties 

represented by law school clinics, the 

Office will attempt to accommodate 

requests to allow students to participate 

under the supervision of a faculty 

member. 

Depending on the number and nature 

of the requests, and in light of the 

limited time available, the Office may 

not be able to accommodate all requests 

to testify. The Office will give 

preference to those who have submitted 

substantive comments in support of or 

in opposition to a proposal. 

All requests to testify must clearly 

identify: 

• The name of the person seeking to 

serve as a witness; 

• The organization or organizations 

represented, if any; 

• Contact information; 

• The proposed class about which the 

person seeks to testify; 


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• A two- to three-sentence summary 

of the testimony the witness expects to 

present; and 

• If the witness is requesting the 

ability to demonstrate a use or a 

technology at the hearing, a description 

of the demonstration, the approximate 

time required, and any functionality 

required to make the demonstration 

viewable via Zoom. The Office cannot 

guarantee that witnesses will have the 

ability to introduce demonstrative 

evidence into the record during the 

hearing but will consider options to 

accommodate such requests. 

Following receipt of the requests to 

testify, the Office will prepare agendas 

listing the witnesses, dates, and times 

for each hearing. Once prepared, the 

agendas will be circulated to witnesses 

and posted at http://www.copyright.gov/ 

1201/2024. 

B. Format of Public Hearings 

The Office will establish time limits 

for each panel after receiving all 

requests to testify. Generally, the Office 

plans to allot approximately one to two 

hours for each proposed class, 

depending upon the complexity of the 

class. Members of the public will be 

provided a limited opportunity to offer 

additional comments for the record, but 

parties who wish to provide detailed 

information to the Office are encouraged 

to submit a request to testify. 

The hearings will focus on legal or 

factual issues that the Office finds 

unclear or underdeveloped in the 

written record, as well as demonstrative 

evidence. Witnesses should be prepared 

to discuss, among other things, where 

the copies of the works sought to be 

accessed are stored, how those works 

can be accessed, and what would be 

done with the works upon access. The 

Office also encourages witnesses to 

provide real-world examples, 

descriptions, or demonstrations of 

methods of access, uses, and 

technologies pertinent to a proposal. 

Presenters who wish to hold 

demonstrations should consider 

whether a demonstration is able to be 

presented in a format that enables it to 

be viewed by participants and observers 

via Zoom. To ensure proper 

documentation of the hearings, the 

Office will require that a copy of any 

audio, visual, or audiovisual materials 

that have been prepared in advance 

(e.g., slideshows and videos) be 

provided to it following the hearing. 

The Office may contact witnesses 

individually ahead of time to ensure 

that demonstrations can be preserved 

for the record in an appropriate form. 

C. Ex-Parte Communications 

The Office plans to permit requests 

for ex parte meetings later this year. Ex 

parte communications may be used to 

supplement, but not substitute for, the 

written record and testimony at the 

public hearings. 

The Office recently issued regulations 

governing ex parte communications 

during official rulemakings,3 which will 

govern in this proceeding. Pursuant to 

those regulations, summaries of any ex 

parte hearings will be publicly available 

on the Office’s website and will be part 

of the written record. The Office will 

provide more information about the 

process, including the timing for 

meetings, on its web page following the 

completion of the public hearings. No 

ex parte meetings will be scheduled 

before that time. 

Dated: February 2, 2024. 

Suzanne V. Wilson, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

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BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Comments Request: 

Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA) will submit the 

following information collection 

requests to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 8, 2024 to 

be assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the information collection to Mahala 

Vixamar, National Credit Union 

Administration, 1775 Duke Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314, Suite 5067; 

Fax No. 703–519–8579; or Email at 

PRAComments@NCUA.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submission may be 

obtained by contacting Mahala Vixamar 

at (703) 718–1155. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: 3133–0165. 

Title: Fair Credit Reporting (FCRA), 

Regulation V and 12 CFR 717. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

previously approved collection. 

Abstract: The Fair Credit Reporting 

Act (FCRA) sets standards for the 

collection, communication, and use of 

information bearing on a consumer’s 

creditworthiness, credit standing, credit 

capacity, character, general reputation, 

personal characteristics, or mode of 

living. FCRA has been revised 

numerous times since it took effect, 

notably by passage of the Consumer 

Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996, 

the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, 

and the Fair and Accurate Credit 

Transactions Act of 2003. Regulation V 

contains several requirements that 

impose information collection 

requirements on federal credit unions: 

the negative information notice; riskbased pricing; the procedures to 

enhance the accuracy and integrity of 

information furnished to consumer 

reporting agencies; the duties upon 

notice of dispute from a consumer; the 

affiliate marketing opt-out notice; and 

the prescreened consumer reports optout notice. The collection of information 

pursuant to Parts 1022 and 717 is 

triggered by specific events and 

disclosures and must be provided to 

consumers within the time periods 

established under the regulation. 

Regulation V and 12 CFR 717 includes 

model notices and/or model forms that 

can be used to comply with the 

disclosure requirements of FCRA. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: Notfor-profit institutions; Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 272,686. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit comments 

concerning: (a) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of the 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 


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