Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 / Notices 80541 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Minority Business 

Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) 

will hold a meeting to discuss the work 

of its four subcommittees as well as to 

have a topical discussion on issues 

pertinent to the MBEAC’s mission. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Herbert Clark Hoover Building of the 

U.S. Department of Commerce, located 

at 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann J. Hill, primary Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), Minority 

Business Development Agency, U.S. 

Department of Commerce at (202) 482– 

4826; email: Jhill@mbda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Detail: The Minority 

Business Enterprises Advisory Council 

(MBEAC) will hold a meeting to receive 

a briefing on recommendations for 

policy and/or policy recommendations 

from the four MBEAC subcommittees: 

Access to Contracts, Access to Capital, 

Access to Global Markets, and Data 

Repository. Additionally, the MBEAC 

will provide feedback on ideas and 

recommendations that relate to barriers 

to entrepreneurship, ways to overcome 

those barriers, and opportunities to 

expand access to resources to grow and 

scale socially or economically 

disadvantaged businesses. 

Background: The MBEAC is a nondiscretionary advisory committee 

established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 9571– 

73 and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

chapter 10. The MBEAC’s objective is to 

provide the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Minority Business 

Development with consensus advice 

from the public and private sector on a 

range of policy issues that affect socially 

or economically disadvantaged 

businesses, with duties including, but 

not limited to: identifying barriers to 

entrepreneurship and business growth; 

providing insight to relevant data, 

research, and policy alternatives; and 

serving as a source of knowledge and 

information on developments in areas of 

the economic and social life of the 

United States that affect socially or 

economically disadvantaged businesses. 

Agenda: The agenda for the October 

29, 2024, MBEAC meeting is as follows: 

1. Welcome and introduction of council 

members 

2. Discussion of MBEAC subcommittee 

recommendations 

3. Discussion of barriers to 

entrepreneurship and access to 

resources 

4. Public comment period 

5. Adjournment 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Public seating is limited and available 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Members of the public wishing to attend 

the meeting must notify Nikia Young at 

nyoung@mbda.gov by 5 p.m. EDT on 

Thursday, October 24, 2024, to preregister for clearance into the building. 

Please specify any requests for 

reasonable accommodation at least five 

(5) business days in advance of the 

meeting. Last-minute requests will be 

accepted but may not be possible to 

fulfill. A designated amount of time, 

from 2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m., will be 

available for pertinent brief oral 

comments from members of the public 

attending the meeting. Any member of 

the public may submit pertinent written 

comments concerning the MBEAC’s 

activities at http://www.mbda.gov/main/ 

MBEAC-submit-comments. Any written 

comments received by 5 p.m. EDT on 

Tuesday, October 22, 2024, will be 

transmitted to the Council prior to the 

meeting. Comments received after that 

date will be distributed to the members 

on a rolling basis. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Joann J. Hill, at (202) 482–4826, or Jhill@

mbda.gov, at least five (5) days before 

the meeting date. Copies of the MBEAC 

meeting minutes will be available to the 

public upon request. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Eric J. Morrissette, 

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Minority Business Development, Performing 

the delegated duties of the Under Secretary 

Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22727 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Permits for Incidental Taking 

of Endangered or Threatened Species 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request 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. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on June 6, 2024, 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Permits for Incidental Taking of 

Endangered or Threatened Species. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0230. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 35. 

Average Hours per Response: 80 

hours for a permit application 

(including Habitat Conservation Plans), 

1 hour for transfer of an incidental take 

permit, 8 hours for a permit report, 30 

minutes for a Certificate of Inclusion 

(when applicable), and 10 hours for a 

watershed plan (when applicable). 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 427. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 

(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) imposed 

prohibitions against the taking of 

endangered species. In 1982, Congress 

revised the ESA to allow permits 

authorizing the taking of endangered 

species incidental to otherwise lawful 

activities. The corresponding 

regulations (50 CFR part 222.222) 

established procedures for persons to 

apply for such a permit. In addition, the 

regulations set forth specific reporting 

requirements for such permit holders. 

The regulations contain three sets of 

information collections: (l) applications 

for incidental take permits, (2) 

applications for certificates of inclusion, 

and (3) reporting requirements for 

permits issued. Certificates of inclusion 

are only required if a general permit is 

issued to a representative of a group of 

potential permit applicants, rather than 

requiring each entity to apply for and 

receive a permit. 

The required information is used to 

evaluate the impacts of the proposed 

activity on endangered species, to make 

the determinations required by the ESA 

prior to issuing a permit, and to 

establish appropriate permit conditions. 


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80542 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 / Notices 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: 1 application per a permit, 

annual permit reporting, and 24-hour 

Interaction Reports. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

Legal Authority: ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0230. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22870 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

cancellation. 

SUMMARY: This is to notify the public 

that the meeting of the Science Advisory 

Board (SAB)is canceled in its entirety. 

DATES: September 11, 2024 from 3:00 

p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Casey Stewart, Executive Director, 

SSMC3, Room 11360, 1315 East-West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 

Number: 240–381–0833; Email: 

noaa.scienceadvisoryboard@noaa.gov; 

or visit the SAB website at https://

sab.noaa.gov/current-meetings/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting was announced in the Federal 

Register on August 15, 2024, Volume 

89, Number 158, page 66355. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22460 Filed 10–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE349] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Notice of Initiation of a 5-Year Review 

for the Chinese River Dolphin 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation; request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the 

initiation of a 5-year review for the 

Chinese river dolphin, also called the 

Baiji or the Yangtze River dolphin, 

(Lipotes vexillifer). NMFS is required by 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to 

conduct 5-year reviews to ensure that 

the listing classifications of species are 

accurate. The 5-year review must be 

based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review. We request submission of 

any such information on the Indus River 

dolphin, particularly information on the 

status, threats, and recovery of the 

species that has become available since 

the previous review in 2017. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than 

December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

information on this document, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2024–0111, 

by the following method: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit 

electronic information via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://

www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2024–0111 in the Search box. 

Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. 

Instructions: Information sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the specified period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All information 

received is a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on https://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information submitted voluntarily by 

the sender will be publicly accessible. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

submissions (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the 

required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Parsons, NOAA Affiliate, 

Chris.Parsons@noaa.gov, tel. (301) 427– 

8400 (main office). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the initiation of our 

review of the Chinese River dolphin 

(Lipotes vexillifer), listed as endangered 

under the ESA. Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the 

ESA requires that we conduct a review 

of listed species at least once every 5 

years. The species was previously 

reviewed in 2017. The regulations in 50 

CFR 424.21 require that we publish a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing species currently under 

active review. On the basis of such 

reviews under section 4(c)(2)(B), we 

determine whether any species should 

be removed from the list (i.e., delisted) 

or reclassified from endangered to 

threatened or from threatened to 

endangered (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(B)). As 

described by the regulations in 

§ 424.11(e), the Secretary of Commerce 

shall delist a species if the Secretary 

determines, based on consideration of 

the factors and standards set forth in 

paragraph (c) of that section, that the 

best scientific and commercial data 

available substantiate that: (1) the 

species is extinct; (2) the species has 

recovered to the point at which it no 

longer meets the definition of an 

endangered species or a threatened 

species; (3) new information that has 

become available since the original 

listing decisions shows the listed entity 

does not meet the definition of an 

endangered species or a threatened 

species; or (4) new information that has 

become available since the original 

listing decision shows the listed entity 

does not meet the definition of a 

species. Any change in Federal 

classification would require a separate 

rulemaking process. 

Background information on the 

species is available on the NMFS 

website at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/ 

chinese-river-dolphin. 

Public Solicitation of New Information 

To ensure that the review is complete 

and based on the best available 


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