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Georgia: Charlton, Ware. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Rafaela Monchek, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24182 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12565] 

Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation 

for International Maritime Organization 

Council 133 Meeting 

The Department of State will conduct 

a public meeting at 11 a.m. on 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, both inperson at Coast Guard Headquarters in 

Washington, DC, and via teleconference. 

The primary purpose of the meeting is 

to prepare for the 133rd session of the 

International Maritime Organization’s 

(IMO) Council (C 133) to be held in 

London, United Kingdom from Monday, 

November 18, 2024, to Friday, 

November 22, 2024. 

Members of the public may 

participate up to the capacity of the 

teleconference phone line, which can 

handle 500 participants or up to the 

seating capacity of the room if attending 

in person. The meeting location will be 

the United States Coast Guard 

Headquarters, 5PS Conference Room, 

and the teleconference line will be 

provided to those who RSVP. To RSVP, 

participants should contact the meeting 

coordinator, LCDR Emily Rowan, by 

email at Emily.K.Rowan@uscg.mil. 

LCDR Rowan will provide access 

information for in-person and virtual 

attendance. 

The agenda items to be considered by 

the advisory committee at this meeting 

mirror those to be considered at Council 

133, and include: 

—Adoption of the agenda 

—Report of the Secretary-General on 

credentials 

—Rules of Procedure 

—Strategy and Planning 

—Resource Management 

—Consolidated text of the IMO 

Convention 

—Enhancement of multilingualism 

—IMO Member State Audit Scheme 

—Enhancement of GISIS 

—Report of the Marine Environmental 

Protection Committee 

—Global maritime training institutions 

—External relations 

—Report on the status of conventions 

—Place, date and duration of the next 

session of the Council (C 134) and 

items for inclusion in the provisional 

agendas for the next two sessions of 

the Council (C 134 and C 135) 

—Supplementary agenda items, if any 

Please note: the IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the C 133 agenda to 

accommodate the constraints associated 

with the meeting format. Any changes to 

the agenda will be reported to those 

who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate should 

contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR 

Emily Rowan, by email at 

Emily.K.Rowan@uscg.mil, or in writing 

at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, 

Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593– 

7509, by November 7, 2024. Members of 

the public needing reasonable 

accommodation should advise the 

meeting coordinator not later than 

October 31, 2024. Requests made after 

that date will be considered but might 

not be possible to fulfill. 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ 

IMO. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) 

Leslie W. Hunt, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2024–0018] 

Applications for Inclusion on the 

Binational Panels Roster Under the 

United States-Mexico-Canada 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Request for applications. 

SUMMARY: The United States-MexicoCanada Agreement (USMCA) provides 

for the establishment of a roster of 

individuals to serve on binational 

panels convened to review final 

determinations in antidumping or 

countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 

proceedings and amendments to AD/ 

CVD statutes of a USMCA Party. The 

United States annually renews its 

selections for the roster. USTR invites 

applications from eligible individuals 

wishing to be included on the roster for 

the period April 1, 2025, through March 

31, 2026. 

DATES: USTR must receive your 

application by November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You should submit your 

application through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov (regs.gov), using 

docket number USTR–2024–0018. 

Follow the submission instructions 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thor Petersen, Assistant General 

Counsel, Thorvald.J.Petersen@

ustr.eop.gov, 202.395.9599. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Binational Panel AD/CVD Reviews 

Under the USMCA 

Article 10.12 of the USMCA provides 

that a party involved in an AD/CVD 

proceeding may obtain review by a 

binational panel of a final AD/CVD 

determination of one USMCA Party 

with respect to the products of another 

USMCA Party. Binational panels decide 

whether AD/CVD determinations are in 

accordance with the domestic laws of 

the importing USMCA Party using the 

standard of review that would have 

been applied by a domestic court of the 

importing USMCA Party. A panel may 

uphold the AD/CVD determination, or 

may remand it to the national 

administering authority for action not 

inconsistent with the panel’s decision. 

Panel decisions may be reviewed in 

specific circumstances by a 3 member 

extraordinary challenge committee, 

selected from a separate roster 

composed of 15 current or former 

judges. 

Article 10.11 of the USMCA provides 

that a USMCA Party may refer an 

amendment to the AD/CVD statutes of 

another USMCA Party to a binational 

panel for a declaratory opinion as to 

whether the amendment is inconsistent 

with the General Agreement on Tariffs 

and Trade (GATT), the WTO 

Antidumping or Subsidies Agreements, 

successor agreements, or the object and 

purpose of the USMCA with regard to 

the establishment of fair and predictable 

conditions for the progressive 

liberalization of trade while maintaining 

effective and fair disciplines on unfair 

trade practices. If the panel finds that 

the amendment is inconsistent, the two 

USMCA Parties must consult and seek 

to achieve a mutually satisfactory 

solution. 

B. Roster and Composition of 

Binational Panels 

Annex 10–B.1 of the USMCA 

provides for the maintenance of a roster 

of at least 75 individuals for service on 

Chapter 10 binational panels, with each 

USMCA Party selecting at least 25 

individuals. A separate five-person 

panel is formed for each review of a 


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final AD/CVD determination or 

statutory amendment. To form a panel, 

the two USMCA Parties involved each 

appoint two panelists, normally by 

drawing upon individuals from the 

roster. If the Parties cannot agree upon 

the fifth panelist, one of the Parties, 

decided by lot, selects the fifth panelist 

from the roster. The majority of 

individuals on each panel must consist 

of lawyers in good standing, and the 

chair of the panel must be a lawyer. 

When there is a request to establish a 

panel, roster members from the two 

involved USMCA Parties will complete 

a disclosure form that is used to identify 

possible conflicts of interest or 

appearances thereof. The disclosure 

form requests information regarding 

financial interests and affiliations, 

including information regarding the 

identity of clients of the roster member 

and, if applicable, clients of the roster 

member’s firm. 

C. Criteria for Eligibility for Inclusion 

on Roster 

The United States bases the selection 

of individuals for inclusion on the 

Chapter 10 roster on the eligibility 

criteria set out in Annex 10–B.1 of the 

USMCA. Annex 10–B.1 provides that 

Chapter 10 roster members must be 

citizens of a USMCA Party, must be of 

good character and of high standing and 

repute, and are to be chosen strictly on 

the basis of their objectivity, reliability, 

sound judgment, and general familiarity 

with international trade law. Aside from 

judges, roster members may not be 

affiliated with the governments of any of 

the three USMCA Parties. Annex 10–B.1 

also provides that, to the fullest extent 

practicable, the roster must include 

judges and former judges. 

USTR is committed to diversity, 

equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and 

encourages all qualified individuals to 

apply. 

D. Adherence to the USMCA Code of 

Conduct for Binational Panelists 

The Code of Conduct under Chapter 

10 and Chapter 31 (Dispute Settlement) 

(see https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/ 

secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/ 

usmca-aceum-tmec/code-codecodigo.aspx?lang=eng), which was 

established pursuant to Article 10.17 of 

the USMCA, provides that current and 

former Chapter 10 roster members 

‘‘shall avoid impropriety and the 

appearance of impropriety and shall 

observe high standards of conduct so 

that the integrity and impartiality of the 

dispute settlement process is 

preserved.’’ The Code of Conduct also 

provides that candidates to serve on 

Chapter 10 panels, as well as those who 

ultimately are selected to serve as 

panelists, have an obligation to 

‘‘disclose any interest, relationship or 

matter that is likely to affect [their] 

impartiality or independence, or that 

might reasonably create an appearance 

of impropriety or an apprehension of 

bias.’’ Annex 10–B.1 of the USMCA 

provides that roster members may 

engage in other business while serving 

as panelists, subject to the Code of 

Conduct and provided that such 

business does not interfere with the 

performance of the panelist’s duties. In 

particular, Annex 10–B.1 states that 

‘‘[w]hile acting as a panelist, a panelist 

may not appear as counsel before 

another panel.’’ 

E. Procedures for Selection of Roster 

Members 

Section 412 of the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement 

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 116–113 

(19 U.S.C. 4582)), establishes 

procedures for the selection by USTR of 

the individuals chosen by the United 

States for inclusion on the Chapter 10 

roster. The roster is renewed annually, 

and applies during the one-year period 

beginning April 1st of each calendar 

year. 

Under Section 412, an interagency 

committee chaired by USTR prepares a 

preliminary list of candidates eligible 

for inclusion on the Chapter 10 roster. 

After consultation with the Senate 

Committee on Finance and the House 

Committee on Ways and Means, the 

U.S. Trade Representative selects the 

final list of individuals chosen by the 

United States for inclusion on the 

Chapter 10 roster. 

F. Applications 

USTR invites eligible individuals who 

wish to be included on the Chapter 10 

roster for the period April 1, 2025, 

through March 31, 2026, to submit 

applications. In order to be assured of 

consideration, USTR must receive your 

application by November 29, 2024. 

Submit applications electronically to 

regs.gov, using docket number USTR– 

2024–0018. For technical questions on 

submitting comments on regs.gov, 

please contact the regs.gov help desk at 

regulationshelpdesk@gsa.gov or 

1.866.498.2945. If you are unable to 

submit through regs.gov after seeking 

assistance from the help desk, please 

contact Sandy McKinzy at 202.395.9483 

before transmitting your application and 

in advance of the deadline. 

In order to ensure the timely receipt 

and consideration of applications, USTR 

strongly encourages applicants to make 

on-line submissions, using regs.gov. To 

apply via regs.gov, enter docket number 

USTR–2024–0018 on the home page and 

click ‘search.’ The site will provide a 

search-results page listing all documents 

associated with this docket. Find a 

reference to this notice by selecting 

‘notice’ under ‘document type’ on the 

left side of the search-results page, and 

click on the ‘comment now’ link. For 

further information on using the 

regs.gov website, please consult the 

resources provided on the website by 

clicking on ‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’ on the bottom of the 

page. 

Regs.gov allows users to provide 

comments by filling in a ‘type comment’ 

field, or by attaching a document using 

an ‘upload file’ field. USTR prefers that 

applications be provided in an attached 

document. If a document is attached, 

please type ‘‘Application for Inclusion 

on USMCA Chapter 10 Roster’’ in the 

‘upload file’ field. USTR prefers 

submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission 

is in an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘type comment’ field. 

Applications must be typewritten, 

and should be headed ‘‘Application for 

Inclusion on USMCA Chapter 10 

Roster.’’ Applications should include 

the following information, and each 

section of the application should be 

numbered as indicated: 

1. Name of the applicant. 

2. Business address, telephone 

number, fax number, and email address. 

3. Citizenship(s). 

4. Current employment, including 

title, description of responsibility, and 

name and address of employer. 

5. Relevant education and 

professional training. 

6. Spanish language fluency, written 

and spoken. 

7. Post-education employment 

history, including the dates and 

addresses of each prior position and a 

summary of responsibilities. 

8. Relevant professional affiliations 

and certifications, including, if any, 

current bar memberships in good 

standing. 

9. A list and copies of publications, 

testimony, and speeches, if any, 

concerning AD/CVD law. Judges or 

former judges should list relevant 

judicial decisions. Submit only one 

copy of publications, testimony, 

speeches, and decisions. 

10. Summary of any current and past 

employment by, or consulting or other 

work for, the Governments of the United 

States, Canada, or Mexico. 

11. The names and nationalities of all 

foreign principals for whom the 

applicant is currently or has previously 

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Agents Registration Act, 22 U.S.C. 611 

et seq., and the dates of all registration 

periods. 

12. List of proceedings brought under 

U.S., Canadian, or Mexican AD/CVD 

law regarding imports of U.S., Canadian, 

or Mexican products in which the 

applicant advised or represented (for 

example, as consultant or attorney) any 

U.S., Canadian, or Mexican party to 

such proceeding and, for each such 

proceeding listed, the name and country 

of incorporation of such party. 

13. A short statement of qualifications 

and availability for service on Chapter 

10 panels, including information 

relevant to the applicant’s familiarity 

with international trade law and 

willingness and ability to make time 

commitments necessary for service on 

panels. 

14. On a separate page, the names, 

addresses, telephone and fax numbers of 

three individuals willing to provide 

information concerning the applicant’s 

qualifications for service, including the 

applicant’s character, reputation, 

reliability, judgment, and familiarity 

with international trade law. 

G. Current Roster Members and Prior 

Applicants 

Current members of the Chapter 10 

roster who remain interested in 

inclusion on the Chapter 10 roster only 

need to indicate that they are reapplying 

and submit updates (if any) to their 

applications on file. Current members 

do not need to resubmit their 

applications. Individuals who 

previously have applied but have not 

been selected must submit new 

applications to reapply. If an applicant, 

including a current or former roster 

member, has previously submitted 

materials referred to in item 9, such 

materials need not be resubmitted. 

H. Public Disclosure 

Applications are covered by a Privacy 

Act System of Records Notice and are 

not subject to public disclosure and will 

not be posted publicly on regs.gov. They 

may be referred to other federal agencies 

and Congressional committees in the 

course of determining eligibility for the 

roster, and shared with foreign 

governments and the USMCA 

Secretariat in the course of panel 

selection. 

I. False Statements 

False statements by applicants 

regarding their personal or professional 

qualifications, or financial or other 

relevant interests that bear on the 

applicants’ suitability for placement on 

the Chapter 10 roster or for appointment 

to binational panels, are subject to 

criminal sanctions under 18 U.S.C. 

1001. 

Juan Millan, 

Acting General Counsel, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative. 

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BILLING CODE 3390–F4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–2478] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Report of 

Inspections Required by Airworthiness 

Directive, Part 39 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The collection involves the 

member of the public that may submit 

an Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOC) request to the FAA by using the 

Airworthiness Directives Development 

(ADD) External website. The 

information to be collected will be used 

to support publicly disseminated 

information to the FAA and/or is 

necessary because this information 

supports the Department of 

Transpiration’s strategic goal to promote 

the public health and safety by working 

toward eliminating transportationrelated deaths and injuries. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: https://

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By Mail: Michelle Janollari, 25249 

Country Club Blvd., North Olmsted, OH 

44070. 

By Email: michelle.k.janollari@

faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Janollari by email at: 

michelle.k.janollari@faa.gov; phone: 

440–686–2001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Comments Invited: You are asked to 

comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0056. 

Title: Report of Inspections Required 

by Airworthiness Directives, Part 39. 

Form Numbers: There is no standard 

form to use for AMOC submission. 

However, the public may access the 

ADD External website to submit an 

AMOC request to the FAA. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: Alternative Methods of 

Compliance (AMOC) are submitted to 

the FAA by the general public. While 

anyone may submit an AMOC there is 

no standard form to use. From Order 

8110.103B Alternative Methods of 

Compliance (AMOC), Section 32: 

3–2. AMOC Proposal. 14 CFR 39.19 

states in part that ‘‘anyone may propose 

to the FAA an alternative method of 

compliance or a change in the 

compliance time, if the proposal 

provides an acceptable level of safety.’’ 

a. Although a letter is preferred, 

AMOC proposals may be submitted by 

other means, such as email, fax, or 

telephone. AMOC proposals received by 

telephone must be documented. 

An AMOC Response Letter is written 

by an internal FAA user and sent to the 

AMOC Requester. The template may be 

generated from the ADD Dashboard and 

follows the latest Order. There is not an 

FAA or OMB number on this template. 

A member of the public may submit 

an AMOC request to the FAA by using 

the ADD External website. Registration 

is not needed to use this website. 

External users must consent to the 

‘‘Terms of Use’’ statement before 

proceeding to the AMOC proposal web 

page. An AMOC is required if an owner/ 

operator of aircraft cannot comply with 

an AD or finds a different method to 

comply with the actions specified in an 

AD, as mandated by 14 CFR part 39. 

Respondents: The respondents are a 

member of the public who may submit 

an AMOC request to FAA by using the 

ADD External website. We estimate that 

25 ADs yearly will require reports of 

information and findings. The average 

AD affects about 1,120 owners/ 

operators. Therefore, 25 ADs times 

1,120 owners/operators per year equal 

28,000 reports. 

Frequency: As needed. 


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