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NACIE will identify and recommend 

solutions to issues critical to driving the 

innovation economy, including enabling 

entrepreneurs and firms to successfully 

access and develop a skilled, globally 

competitive workforce. NACIE will also 

serve as a vehicle for ongoing dialogue 

with the innovation, entrepreneurship, 

and workforce development 

communities, including but not limited 

to business and trade associations. The 

duties of NACIE are solely advisory, and 

it shall report to the Secretary through 

EDA and the Office of the Secretary. 

NACIE members shall be selected in 

a manner that ensures that NACIE is 

balanced and diverse, including diverse 

perspectives and expertise with regard 

to innovation, technology 

commercialization, and related capital 

and talent and workforce development 

issues. Considerations when making 

appointments will also include 

geographic diversity; diversity in the 

size of the appointee’s company or 

organization; diversity of technology 

sector; and representation of workers, 

business and industry, academic 

institutions, nonprofit and 

nongovernmental organizations, and 

other stakeholders. 

Additional factors which may be 

considered in the selection of NACIE 

members include each candidate’s 

proven experience in the design, 

creation, or improvement of innovation 

systems; commercialization of research 

and development; entrepreneurship; 

business-driven talent development that 

leads to a globally competitive 

workforce; and the creation and growth 

of innovation- and entrepreneurshipfocused ecosystems. Members’ 

affiliations may include, but are not 

limited to, successful executive-level 

business leaders; entrepreneurs; 

innovators; investors; post-secondary 

education leaders; directors of 

workforce and training organizations; 

and other experts drawn from industry, 

government, academia, philanthropic 

foundations with a demonstrated track 

record of research or support of 

innovation, entrepreneurship, or 

workforce development, and nongovernmental organizations. Applicants 

and nominees will be evaluated 

consistent with factors specified in this 

notice and their ability to carry out the 

goals of NACIE. Appointments will be 

made without regard to political 

affiliation. 

Membership. Members shall serve at 

the discretion of the Secretary. Because 

members will be appointed as experts, 

members will be considered special 

government employees (SGEs). 

Members participating in NACIE 

meetings and events should expect to be 

responsible for their travel, living, and 

other personal expenses. Meetings will 

be held regularly and not less than twice 

annually, usually in Washington, DC. 

Members are required to attend a 

majority of NACIE’s meetings. For the 

first meeting of the Council, members 

may be required to arrive one day early 

for onboarding and orientation 

activities. 

Eligibility. Eligibility for membership 

is limited to (i) U.S. citizens who are not 

full-time employees of the United States 

government or of a foreign government; 

(ii) are not required to register with the 

Department of Justice as a foreign agent 

under the Foreign Agents Registration 

Act of 1938, as amended, and (iii) are 

not federally-registered lobbyists. 

Application Procedure. For 

consideration, an applicant or 

nominator should submit: 

(1) Applicant’s or nominee’s name 

and title; 

(2) the applicant’s or nominee’s 

personal resume and short bio (fewer 

than 300 words); 

(3) confirmation that the applicant or 

nominee meets all eligibility criteria, 

including a signed affirmative statement 

that the applicant is: 

(i) a U.S. citizen who is not a full-time 

employee of the United States 

government or of a foreign government; 

(ii) not required to register with the 

Department of Justice as a foreign agent 

under the Foreign Agents Registration 

Act of 1938, as amended; and 

(iii) not a federally-registered lobbyist; 

and 

(5) all relevant contact information, 

including mailing address, email 

address, phone number, and support 

staff information where relevant. 

Applications and nominations must 

be submitted via email to nacie@doc.gov 

with a subject line that includes the text 

‘‘[NACIE Application]’’ (without 

quotation marks). 

Appointments of members to NACIE 

will be made by the Secretary. 

Dated: October 22, 2024. 

Peter Langlois, 

Group Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24865 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials and Equipment Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Materials and Equipment 

Technical Advisory Committee will 

meet on November 7, 2024, 10:00 a.m.– 

3:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, in the 

Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC (enter through Main 

Entrance on 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues). The Committee advises and 

assists the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) and other Federal officials 

and agencies with respect to actions 

designed to carry out the policy set forth 

in section 1752(1)(A) of the Export 

Control Reform Act. The purpose of the 

meeting is to have Committee members 

and U.S. Government representatives 

mutually review updated technical data 

and policy-driving information that has 

been gathered. 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Opening Remarks and Introduction 

by BIS Senior Management. 

2. Presentation: Overview of 

Livingston International. 

3. Presentation: Hydraulic Institute 

Valve Association. 

4. Public comments and Proposals. 

Closed Session 

5. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Betty Lee at Betty.Lee@bis.doc.gov. A 

limited number of seats will be available 

for members of the public to attend the 

open session in person. Reservations are 

not accepted. Special Accommodations: 


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Individuals requiring special 

accommodations to access the public 

meeting should contact Ms. Betty Lee no 

later than Thursday, October 31, 2024, 

so that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. To the extent that time permits, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements to the Committee. The public 

may submit written statements at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

However, to facilitate distribution of 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that members of 

the public forward their materials prior 

to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. 

Material submitted by the public will be 

made public and therefore should not 

contain confidential information. 

Meeting materials from the public 

session will be accessible via the 

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) 

site at https://tac.bis.gov, within 30-days 

after the meeting. The Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Administration, 

performing the non-exclusive functions 

and duties of the Chief Financial Officer 

and Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on May 6, 2024, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d)), that the 

portion of the meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and the U.S. export control 

policies shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 

1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

Meeting cancellation: If the meeting is 

cancelled, a cancellation notice will be 

posted on the TAC website at https://

tac.bis.doc.gov. 

For more information, contact Ms. 

Lee. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24779 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; MBDA 

National Minority Enterprise Awards 

Program Requirements 

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 August 26, 

2024, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Minority Business 

Development Agency (MBDA), 

Commerce. 

Title: MBDA National Minority 

Enterprise Awards Program 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0640–0025. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular; Revision of 

a currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 250. 

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour. 

Burden Hours: 250. 

Needs and Uses: One of MBDA’s 

largest initiatives is the annual National 

Minority Enterprise Development (MED) 

Week Conference. The conference 

recognizes the role that minority 

entrepreneurs play in building the 

American economy through the creation 

of jobs, products and services, in 

addition to supporting their local 

communities. It includes the private, 

non-profit, and government sectors and 

provides a venue to discuss critical 

business issues affecting minority 

business as well as strategies to foster 

the growth and competitiveness of the 

minority business community. The MED 

Week Awards Program is a key element 

in the conference as it celebrates the 

outstanding achievements of minority 

entrepreneurs. MBDA has created 

categories of awards including Minority 

Construction Firm of the Year, Minority 

Manufacturer of the Year, Minority 

Retail or Service Firm of the Year, 

Minority Technology Firm of the Year, 

Minority Supplier Distributor of the 

Year, Media Award, Distinguished 

Supplier Diversity Award, Access to 

Capital Award, the Ronald H. Brown 

Leadership Award, and the Abe Venable 

Award for Lifetime Achievement. 

Nominations for these awards are to be 

opened to the public. MBDA must 

collect two kinds of information: (a) 

Information identifying the nominee 

and nominator and (b) information 

explaining why the nominee should be 

given the award. The information will 

be used to determine those applicants 

best meeting the pre-announced 

selection criteria. Use of a nomination 

form standardizes and limits the 

information collected as part of the 

nomination process. This makes the 

competition fair and eases any burden 

on applicants and reviewers alike. 

Participation in the competition is 

voluntary. The awards are strictly 

honorary. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local, or tribal 

government; Federal government. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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. 

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 0640–0025. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24927 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE322] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to SouthCoast 

Wind Energy Marine Site 

Characterization Surveys Off the Coast 

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of renewal 

incidental harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued a renewal 

incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) to SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC 


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