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Please visit the South Atlantic 

Council website at: https://safmc.net/ 

king-and-spanish-mackerel-portmeetings/ for meeting materials and 

location information. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Wiegand, Fishery Social 

Scientist, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571– 

4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email: 

christina.wiegand@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council is hosting a series of port 

meetings along the Atlantic coast 

throughout 2024 in order to take a 

focused look at the Atlantic king 

mackerel and Atlantic Spanish mackerel 

fisheries. The agenda for the four inperson public hearings is as follows: 

Council staff will briefly introduce port 

meetings and the Council’s goals and 

objectives. Attendees will then have the 

opportunity, through a series of 

discussion-based breakout groups, to 

provide input on a variety of issues 

related to the Atlantic king mackerel 

and Spanish mackerel fisheries 

including changing environmental 

conditions, needed management 

changes, commercial and recreational 

fishery dynamics, and the goals and 

objectives of the Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics Fishery Management Plan. 

Information provided during port 

meetings will be summarized and 

presented to the Council for use in 

management decision-making. 

Additional port meetings will be 

scheduled along the Atlantic coast 

throughout the remainder of 2024. 

In-Person Locations 

Monday, November 18, 2024: Brock 

Environmental Center, Oyster 

Conference Room, 3663 Marlin Bay 

Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455; phone: 

(1–888) 728–3229; 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024: Town 

of White Stone, 433 Rappahannock 

Drive, White Stone, VA 22578; phone: 

(804) 435–3260; 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024: 

Worcester County Library—Berlin 

Branch, 13 Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MD 

21811; phone: (410) 641–0650; and 

Thursday, November 21, 2024: 

Stafford Township Administration 

Building, 260 East Bay Avenue, 

Manahawkin, NJ 08050; phone: (609) 

597–1000. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aid should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 28, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE432] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; U.S. Fishing Opportunities in 

the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 

Organization Regulatory Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of U.S. fishing 

opportunities. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing 2025 

fishing opportunities in the Northwest 

Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) 

Regulatory Area with the possibility of 

being renewed for up to 2 subsequent 

years. This action is necessary to make 

fishing privileges in the Regulatory Area 

available on an equitable basis to the 

extent possible. The intended effect of 

this notice is to alert U.S. fishing vessels 

of fishing opportunities for Atlantic cod, 

redfish, and Illex squid, along with 

other fisheries that may become 

available; to relay the available quotas 

available to U.S. participants; and to 

outline the process and requirements for 

vessels to apply to participate in the 

2025 fishery in the NAFO Regulatory 

Area. 

DATES: Effective through December 31, 

2025. Expressions of interest regarding 

fishing opportunities in NAFO will be 

accepted through November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Expressions of interest 

regarding U.S. fishing opportunities 

should be made in writing to Michael 

Pentony, U.S. Commissioner to NAFO, 

NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 

Fisheries Office at 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 (phone: 

978–281–9315, email: 

Michael.Pentony@noaa.gov). 

Information relating to chartering 

vessels of NAFO Contracting Party, 

transferring NAFO fishing opportunities 

to or from another NAFO Contracting 

Party, or U.S. participation in NAFO is 

available from Patrick E. Moran in the 

NMFS Office of International Affairs, 

Trade, and Commerce at 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

(phone: 301–427–8370, fax: 301–713– 

2313, email: Pat.Moran@noaa.gov). 

Additional information about NAFO 

fishing opportunities, NAFO 

Conservation and Enforcement 

Measures (CEM), and the High Seas 

Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA) 

Permit required for NAFO participation 

is available from Shannah Jaburek, in 

the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 

Fisheries Office at 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 (phone: 

978–282–8456, fax: 978–281–9135, 

email: Shannah.Jaburek@noaa.gov) and 

online from NAFO at https://

www.nafo.int. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannah Jaburek, Fishery Policy 

Analyst, (978) 282–8456. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General NAFO Background 

The United States is a Contracting 

Party to NAFO. NAFO is an 

intergovernmental fisheries science and 

management body whose convention 

applies to most fishery resources in 

international waters of the Northwest 

Atlantic, except salmon, tunas/marlins, 

whales, and sedentary species such as 

shellfish. Currently, NAFO has 13 

contracting parties from North America, 

Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. 

NAFO’s Commission is responsible for 

the management and conservation of the 

fishery resources in the NAFO 

Regulatory Area (in waters outside the 

exclusive economic zones (EEZ)). Figure 

1 shows the NAFO Regulatory Area. 

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As a Contracting Party to NAFO, the 

United States may be allocated catch 

quotas or effort allocations for certain 

species in specific areas within the 

NAFO Regulatory Area and/or may 

participate in fisheries for other species 

for which we have not received a 

specific quota. For most stocks for 

which the United States does not 

receive a specific allocation, an open 

allocation, known as the ‘‘Others’’ 

allocation under the Convention, is 

shared access among all NAFO 

Contracting Parties. 

Additional information on NAFO can 

be found online at https://www.nafo.int/ 

About-us. The 2025 NAFO CEM— 

specifying the fishery regulations, Total 

Allowable Catches (TAC or ‘‘quotas’’), 

and other information about the fishery 

program—will be available online at: 

https://www.nafo.int/Fisheries/ 

Conservation when completed. 

Information from the 2024 Annual 

Meeting of NAFO, at which changes to 

the TACs and other management 

measures occur, is available on the 

NAFO website. 

This notice announces the fishing 

opportunities available to U.S. vessels 

in NAFO regulatory waters, including 

specific 2025 stocks for which the 

United States has an allocation under 

NAFO, and fishing opportunities under 

the ‘‘Other’’ NAFO allocations. This 

notice also outlines the application 

process and other requirements for U.S. 

vessels that wish to participate in the 

2025 NAFO fisheries. 

NAFO Fishing Opportunities Available 

to U.S. Fishing Vessels 

The principal species managed by 

NAFO are Atlantic cod, yellowtail and 

witch flounders, Acadian redfish, 

American plaice, Greenland halibut, 

white hake, capelin, shrimp, skates, and 

Illex squid. NAFO specifies 

conservation measures for fisheries on 

these species occurring in its Regulatory 

Area, including TACs for these managed 

species that are allocated among NAFO 

Contracting Parties. The United States 

received quota allocations at the 2024 

NAFO Annual Meeting for three stocks 

to be fished during 2025. The species, 

location by NAFO subarea, and 

allocation (in metric tons (mt)) of these 

2025 U.S. fishing opportunities are as 

follows: Atlantic Cod in Division 3L 

(fishing year July 1, 2024–June 30, 

2025), 19.14 mt; Redfish in Division 3M, 

69 mt; and Illex Squid in Subareas 3 & 

4, 453 mt. Atlantic cod in Division 3L 

was recently reopened to NAFO 

fisheries following the protocol 

described in the NAFO CEM and a 

decision by the Government of Canada. 

To better align with Canada’s decision 

process, the NAFO Commission agreed 

to set the fishing year for this stock to 


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Boundary of the Subareas 

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July 1 through June 30 of the following 

year. Canada will inform NAFO prior to 

July 1 of each year of its decision to 

open the directed fishery, at which 

point, the NAFO allocation would be 

implemented. 

The TACs that may be available to 

U.S. vessels for stocks where the United 

States has not been specifically 

allocated quota (i.e., the ‘‘Others’’ 

allocation in Annex I.A of the CEM) are 

as follows: 

TABLE 1—2025 NAFO ‘‘OTHERS’’ 

ALLOCATIONS

Species NAFO 

division 

Others 

Quota 

(mt) 

Cod ........................... 3M 50.45 

Redfish ...................... 3LN 36 

3O 100 

Yellowtail Flounder ... 3LNO 79 

Witch Flounder ......... 3NO 14 

White Hake ............... 3NO 59 

Skates ....................... 3LNO 258 

Note that the United States shares the 

‘‘Other’’ allocations with other NAFO 

Contracting Parties, and access is on a 

first come, first served basis. Directed 

fishing is prohibited by NAFO when the 

‘‘Others’’ quota for a particular stock has 

been fully harvested. 

Additional directed quota for these 

and other stocks managed within the 

NAFO Regulatory Area could be made 

available to U.S. vessels through 

industry-initiated chartering 

arrangements or government-togovernment transfers of quota from 

other NAFO Contracting Parties. 

U.S. vessels participating in NAFO 

may also retain bycatch of NAFO 

managed species to the following 

maximum amounts as outlined in 

Article 6 of the CEM. The percentage, by 

weight, is calculated as a percent of 

each stock of the total catch of species 

listed in CEM Annex I.A (i.e., the NAFO 

managed stocks listed in table 1) 

retained onboard from the applicable 

division at the time of inspection, based 

on logbook information: 

1. Cod, Division 3M: 1,250 kilograms 

(kg) or 5 percent, whichever is greater; 

2. Witch Flounder, Division 3NO: 

1,250 kg or 5 percent, whichever is 

greater; 

3. Redfish, Division 3LN: 1,250 kg or 

5 percent, whichever is greater; 

4. Cod, Division 3NO: 1,000 kg or 4 

percent, whichever is greater; 

5. American plaice: While conducting 

a directed fishery for yellowtail flounder 

in Divisions 3LNO—2,900 kg or 15 

percent of American plaice in 

accordance with provisions in Article 

6.3(g); otherwise, 1,250 kg or 5 percent, 

whichever is greater; and 

6. For all other Annex I.A stocks 

where the U.S. has no specific quota, 

the bycatch limit is 2,500 kg or 10 

percent, whichever is greater, unless a 

ban on fishing applies or the quota for 

the stock has been fully utilized. If the 

fishery for the stock is closed or a 

retention ban applies, the permitted 

bycatch limit is 1,250 kg or 5 percent, 

whichever is greater. 

Opportunities to fish for species not 

listed above (i.e., species listed in 

Annex I.A of the NAFO CEM and nonallocated on non-regulated species), but 

occurring within the NAFO Regulatory 

Area, such as Atlantic halibut, may also 

be available. U.S. fishermen interested 

in fishing for these other species should 

contact the NMFS Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office (see 

ADDRESSES) for additional information. 

Authorization to fish for such species 

will include permit-related conditions 

or restrictions, including but not limited 

to, minimum size requirements, 

bycatch-related measures, and catch 

limits. Any such conditions or 

restrictions will be designed to ensure 

the optimum utilization, long-term 

sustainability, and rational management 

and conservation of fishery resources in 

the NAFO Regulatory Area, consistent 

with the Convention on Cooperation in 

the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, which 

has been adopted by all NAFO 

Contracting Parties. 

Applying for These Fishing 

Opportunities 

Expressions of interest to fish for any 

or all of the 2025 U.S. fishing 

opportunities in NAFO described above 

will be considered from all U.S. fishing 

interests (e.g., vessel owners, processors, 

agents, others). Applicants are urged to 

carefully review and thoroughly address 

the application requirements and 

selection criteria as detailed below. 

Expressions of interest should be 

directed in writing to Regional 

Administrator Michael Pentony (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Information Required in an Application 

Letter 

Expressions of interest should include 

a detailed description of anticipated 

fishing operations in 2025. Descriptions 

should include, at a minimum: 

• Intended target species; 

• Proposed dates of fishing 

operations; 

• Vessel(s) to be used to harvest fish, 

including the name, registration, and 

home port of the intended harvesting 

vessel(s); 

• The number of fishing personnel 

and their nationality involved in vessel 

operations; 

• Intended landing port or ports; 

including for ports outside of the United 

States, whether or not the product will 

be shipped to the United States for 

processing; 

• Processing facilities to be used; 

• Target market for harvested fish; 

and 

• Evidence demonstrating the ability 

of the applicant to successfully conduct 

fishing operations in the NAFO 

Regulatory Area, in accordance with 

NAFO management measures. This may 

include descriptions of previously 

successful NAFO or domestic fisheries 

participation. 

Note that applicant U.S. vessels must 

possess or be eligible to receive a valid 

HSFCA permit. HSFCA permits are 

available from the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. 

Information regarding other 

requirements for fishing in the NAFO 

Regulatory Area is detailed below and is 

also available from the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

U.S. applicants wishing to harvest 

U.S. allocations using a vessel from 

another NAFO Contracting Party, or 

hoping to enter a chartering 

arrangement with a vessel from another 

NAFO Contracting Party, should see 

below for details on U.S. and NAFO 

requirements for such activities. If you 

have further questions regarding what 

information is required in an expression 

of interest, please contact Patrick Moran 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Criteria Used in Identifying Successful 

Applicants 

Applicants demonstrating the greatest 

benefits to the United States through 

their intended operations will be most 

successful. Such benefits may include: 

• The use of U.S. vessels and crew to 

harvest fish in the NAFO Regulatory 

Area; 

• Positive impacts on U.S. 

employment as a result of the fishing, 

transport, or processing operations; 

• Use of U.S. processing facilities; 

• Transport, marketing, and sales of 

product within the U.S.; and 

• Other ancillary demonstrable 

benefits to U.S. businesses as a result of 

the fishing operation. 

Other factors we may consider 

include, but are not limited to: A 

documented history of successful 

fishing operations in NAFO or other 

similar fisheries; the history of 

compliance by the vessel with the 

NAFO CEM or other domestic and 

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including potential disqualification of 

an applicant with repeated compliance 

issues; and for those applicants without 

NAFO or other international fishery 

history, a description of demonstrated 

harvest, processing, marketing, and 

regulatory compliance within domestic 

fisheries. 

To ensure equitable access by U.S. 

fishing interests, we may provide 

additional guidance or procedures, or 

we may issue regulations designed to 

allocate fishing interests to one or more 

U.S. applicants from among qualified 

applicants. After reviewing all requests 

for allocations submitted, we may also 

decide not to grant any allocations if it 

is determined that no requests 

adequately meet the criteria described 

in this notice. 

Notification of Selected Vessels in the 

2025 NAFO Fisheries 

We will provide written responses to 

all applicants notifying them of their 

application status and, as needed for 

successful applicants, allocation awards 

will be made as quickly as possible so 

that we may notify NAFO and take other 

necessary actions to facilitate operations 

in the Regulatory Area by U.S. fishing 

interests. Successful applicants will 

receive additional information from us 

on permit conditions and applicable 

regulations before starting 2025 fishing 

operations. 

Mid-Season Allocation Adjustments 

In the event that an approved U.S. 

entity does not, is not able to, or is not 

expected to fish an allocation, or part 

thereof, awarded to them, NMFS may 

reallocate to other approved U.S. 

entities. If requested, approved U.S. 

entities must provide updated fishing 

plans and/or schedules. A U.S. entity 

may not consolidate or transfer 

allocations without prior approval from 

NMFS. 

Chartering a Vessel To Fish Available 

U.S. Allocations 

For NAFO-regulated species listed in 

Annexes I.A and I.B, the United States 

may enter into a chartering arrangement 

with a vessel from any other NAFO 

Contracting Party. Additionally, any 

U.S. vessel or fishing operation may 

enter into a chartering arrangement with 

any other vessel or business from a 

NAFO Contracting Party. The United 

States and the other Contracting Party 

involved in a chartering arrangement 

must agree to the charter, and the NAFO 

Executive Secretary must be advised of 

the chartering arrangement before the 

commencement of any charter fishing 

operations. Any U.S. vessel or fishing 

operation interested in making use of 

the chartering provisions of NAFO must 

provide at least the following 

information: The name and registration 

number of the U.S. vessel; a copy of the 

charter agreement; a detailed fishing 

plan; a written letter of consent from the 

applicable NAFO Contracting Party; and 

the date from which the vessel is 

authorized to commence fishing; and 

the duration of the charter (not to 

exceed 6 months). 

Expressions of interest using another 

NAFO Contracting Party vessel under 

charter should be accompanied by a 

detailed description of anticipated 

benefits to the United States, as 

described above. Additional detail on 

chartering arrangements can be found in 

Article 26 of the CEM (https://

www.nafo.int/Fisheries/Conservation). 

Any vessel from another Contracting 

Party wishing to enter into a chartering 

arrangement with the United States 

must be in full current compliance with 

the requirements outlined in the NAFO 

Convention and CEM. These 

requirements include, but are not 

limited to, submission of the following 

reports to the NAFO Executive 

Secretary: 

• Notification that the vessel is 

authorized by its flag state to fish within 

the NAFO Regulatory Area during 2025; 

• Provisional monthly catch reports 

for all vessels of that NAFO Contracting 

Party operating in the NAFO Regulatory 

Area; 

• Daily catch reports for each day 

fished by the subject vessel within the 

Regulatory Area; 

• Observer reports within 30 days 

following the completion of a fishing 

trip; and 

• An annual statement of actions 

taken by its flag state to comply with the 

NAFO Convention. 

The United States may also consider 

the vessel’s previous compliance with 

NAFO bycatch, reporting, and other 

provisions, as outlined in the NAFO 

CEM, before authorizing the chartering 

arrangement. 

Transfer of U.S. Quota Allocations to 

Another NAFO Party 

Under NAFO rules in effect for 2025, 

the United States may transfer fishing 

opportunities by mutual agreement with 

another NAFO Contracting Party and 

with prior notification to the NAFO 

Executive Secretary. An applicant may 

request to arrange for any of the 

previously described U.S. opportunities 

to be transferred to another NAFO party, 

although such applications will likely 

be given lesser priority than those that 

involve more direct harvesting or 

processing by U.S. entities. Applications 

to arrange for a transfer of U.S. fishing 

opportunities should contain a letter of 

consent from the receiving NAFO 

Contracting Party, and should also be 

accompanied by a detailed description 

of anticipated benefits to the United 

States. As in the case of chartering 

operations, the United States may also 

consider a NAFO Contracting Party’s 

previous compliance with NAFO 

bycatch, reporting, and other provisions, 

as outlined in the NAFO CEM, before 

entering agreeing to a transfer. 

Receiving a Transfer of NAFO Quota 

Allocations From Another NAFO Party 

Under NAFO rules in effect for 2025, 

the United States may receive transfers 

of additional fishing opportunities from 

other NAFO Contracting Parties. We are 

required to provide a letter consenting 

to such a transfer and must provide 

notice to the NAFO Executive Secretary. 

In the event that an applicant is able to 

arrange for the transfer of additional 

fishing opportunities from another 

NAFO Contracting Party to the United 

States, the United States may agree to 

facilitate such a transfer. However, there 

is no guarantee that if an applicant has 

facilitated the transfer of quota from 

another Contracting Party to the United 

States, such applicant will receive 

authorization to fish for such quota. If 

quota is transferred to the United States, 

we may need to solicit new applications 

for the use of such quota. All applicable 

NAFO requirements for transfers must 

be met. As in the case of chartering 

operations, the United States may also 

consider a NAFO Contracting Party’s 

previous compliance with NAFO 

bycatch, reporting, and other provisions, 

as outlined in the NAFO CEM, before 

agreeing to accept a transfer. Any 

fishing quota or other harvesting 

opportunities received via this type of 

transfer are subject to all U.S and NAFO 

rules as detailed below. 

For more details on NAFO 

requirements for chartering and 

transferring NAFO allocations, contact 

Patrick Moran (see ADDRESSES). 

Fishing in the NAFO Regulatory Area 

U.S. applicant vessels must be in 

possession of, or obtain, a valid HSFCA 

permit, which is available from the 

NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 

Fisheries Office. All permitted vessels 

must comply with any conditions of this 

permit and all applicable provisions of 

the Convention on Cooperation in the 

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries and the 

CEM. We reserve the right to impose 

additional permit conditions that ensure 

compliance with the NAFO Convention 

and the CEM, the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

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The CEM provisions include, but are 

not limited to: 

• Maintaining a fishing logbook with 

NAFO-designated entries (Annex II.A 

and Article 28); 

• Adhering to NAFO hail system 

requirements (Annexes II.D and II.F; 

Article 28); 

• Carrying an approved onboard 

observer for each trip consistent with 

requirements of Article 30; 

• Maintaining and using a 

functioning, autonomous vessel 

monitoring system authorized by 

issuance of the HSFCA permit as 

required by Articles 29 and 30; and 

• Complying with all relevant NAFO 

CEM requirements, including minimum 

fish sizes, gear, bycatch retention, and 

per-tow move on provisions for 

exceeding bycatch limits in any one 

haul/set. 

Further details regarding U.S. and 

NAFO requirements are available from 

the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 

Fisheries Office, and can also be found 

in the NAFO CEM on the internet 

(https://www.nafo.int/Fisheries/ 

Conservation). 

Vessels issued valid HSFCA permits 

under 50 CFR part 300 are exempt from 

certain domestic fisheries regulations 

governing fisheries in the Northeast 

United States found in 50 CFR part 648. 

These exemptions are conditional on 

the following requirements: The vessel 

operator has a letter of authorization 

issued by the Regional Administrator on 

board the vessel; for the duration of the 

trip, the vessel fishes, except for 

transiting purposes, exclusively in the 

NAFO Regulatory Area and does not 

harvest fish in, or possess fish harvested 

in, or from, the U.S. EEZ; when 

transiting the U.S. EEZ, all gear is 

properly stowed and not available for 

immediate use as defined under § 648.2; 

and the vessel operator complies with 

the provisions, conditions, and 

restrictions specified on the HSFCA 

permit and all NAFO CEM while fishing 

in the NAFO Regulatory Area. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

Trade, and Commerce, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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Comments Request 

AGENCY: U.S. International Development 

Finance Corporation (DFC). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, agencies are 

required to publish a Notice in the 

Federal Register notifying the public 

that the agency is creating a new 

information collection for OMB review 

and approval and requests public 

review and comment on the submission. 

The agencies received no comments in 

response to the sixty (60) day notice. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional thirty (30) days for public 

comments to be submitted. Comments 

are being solicited on the need for the 

information; the accuracy of the burden 

estimate; the quality, practical utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize 

reporting the burden, including 

automated collected techniques and 

uses of other forms of technology. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for 

copies of the subject information 

collection may be sent by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Deborah Papadopoulos, 

Agency Submitting Officer, U.S. 

International Development Finance 

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20527. 

• Email: fedreg@dfc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

agency form number or OMB form 

number for this information collection. 

Electronic submissions must include the 

agency form number in the subject line 

to ensure proper routing. Please note 

that all written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Agency Submitting Officer: Deborah 

Papadopoulos, (202) 357–3979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agency received no comments in 

response to the sixty (60) day notice 

published in Federal Register at 89 FR 

67613 on August 21, 2024. Upon 

publication of this notice, DFC will 

submit to OMB a request for approval of 

the following information collection. 

Summary Form Under Review 

Title of Collection: Consultation 

Request Form. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Agency Form Number: DFC–018. 

OMB Form Number: Not assigned, 

new information collection. 

Frequency: Once per investor per 

project. 

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

individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Number of Respondents: 700–1000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.25 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 175–250 hours. 

Abstract: The Consultation Request 

Form will serve as the public’s first 

point-of-contact with a DFC business 

development (BD) representative, 

replacing the current inefficient emailbased system of processing inbound 

queries, and will: 

• streamline communications, 

improving the agency’s responsiveness 

and the customer service experience; 

• equip BD representatives to more 

quickly screen ineligible/non-viable 

projects and educate the public on 

eligibility criteria, thereby sourcing 

more quality leads in less time; 

• improve data tracking on cold 

inquiries and proposals, helping to 

inform market interest, anticipate 

pipeline gaps, and proactively shape BD 

strategy. 

Lisa Wischkaemper, 

Administrative Counsel, Office of the General 

Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25454 Filed 10–31–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3210–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission of Data by State 

Educational Agencies; Submission 

Dates for State Revenue and 

Expenditure Reports for Fiscal Year 

2024, Revisions to Those Reports, and 

Revisions to Prior Fiscal Year Reports 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

dates for State educational agencies 

(SEAs) to submit expenditure and 

revenue data and average daily 

attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 

(the National Public Education 

Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2024, revisions to those 


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