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1We published our Climate Change Adaptation 

Plan on our website in July 2022; it is available at 

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022- 

09/1_FPAC_NRCS_ClimateAdaptationPlan_

2022.pdf. 

replacement of poles, circuit breakers, 

conductors, transformers, and 

crossarms. 

B4.11 

Electric power substations and 

interconnection facilities—Construction 

or modification of electric power 

substations or interconnection facilities 

(including, but not limited to, switching 

stations and support facilities). 

B4.12 

Construction of powerlines— 

Construction of electric powerlines 

approximately 10 miles in length or 

less, or approximately 20 miles in 

length or less within previously 

disturbed or developed powerline or 

pipeline rights-of-way. 

B4.13 

Upgrading and Rebuilding Existing 

Powerlines—Upgrading or rebuilding 

existing electric powerlines, which may 

involve relocations of small segments of 

the powerlines within an existing 

powerline right-of-way or within 

otherwise previously disturbed or 

developed lands (as discussed at 10 CFR 

1021.410(g)(1)). Upgrading or rebuilding 

existing electric powerlines also may 

involve widening an existing powerline 

right-of-way to meet current electrical 

standards if the widening remains 

within previously disturbed or 

developed lands and only extends into 

a small area beyond such lands as 

needed to comply with applicable 

electrical standards. Covered actions 

would be in accordance with applicable 

requirements, including the integral 

elements listed at the start of appendix 

B of this part; and would incorporate 

appropriate design and construction 

standards, control technologies, and 

best management practices. This 

categorical exclusion does not apply to 

underwater powerlines. As used in this 

categorical exclusion, ‘‘small’’ has the 

meaning discussed at 10 CFR 

1021.410(g)(2). 

B5.16 

Solar Photovoltaic Systems—(a) The 

installation, modification, operation, or 

decommissioning of commercially 

available solar photovoltaic systems: (1) 

Located on a building or other structure 

(such as rooftop, parking lot or facility, 

or mounted to signage, lighting, gates, or 

fences); or (2) Located within a 

previously disturbed or developed area. 

(b) Covered actions would be in 

accordance with applicable 

requirements (such as land use and 

zoning requirements) in the proposed 

project area and the integral elements 

listed at the start of appendix B of this 

part and would be consistent with 

applicable plans for the management of 

wildlife and habitat, including plans to 

maintain habitat connectivity, and 

incorporate appropriate control 

technologies and best management 

practices. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Jacqueline Emanuel, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26036 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket ID NRCS–2024–0015] 

Request for Public Input About 

Implementation of the Conservation 

Practices To Support Climate Change 

Mitigation and Adaptation 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) requests 

public input for the improvement of the 

Conservation Practice Standards (CPS) 

to maximize climate mitigation and 

adaptation benefits, as supported by 

peer-reviewed scientific literature. 

Conservation practices providing 

climate benefits are delivered through 

existing conservation programs popular 

with producers, including the 

Environmental Quality Incentives 

Program (EQIP); Conservation 

Stewardship Program (CSP); 

Agricultural Conservation Easement 

Program (ACEP); Regional Conservation 

Partnership Program (RCPP); and 

Conservation Technical Assistance. 

These programs are funded through 

both the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 

and the Farm Bill. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by December 23, 2024. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent possible. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments in response to this notice. 

You may submit your comments 

through one of the following methods 

below: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRCS–2024–0015. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments; or 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Ms. Sara del 

Fierro, Climate Mitigation Lead, NRCS 

Climate Office, Office of the Chief, 

NRCS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, South Building, Room 4613, 

Washington, DC 20250. In your 

comment, please specify the Docket ID 

NRCS–2024–0015. 

All comments received, including 

those received by mail, will be posted 

without change and made publicly 

available on http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Ashford-Kornburger, National 

Climate Coordinator, at (202) 205–9434, 

or by email at dana.ashford@usda.gov. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means for communication may contact 

the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or 

dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay 

service (both voice and text telephone 

users can initiate this call from any 

telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Voluntary, incentive-based 

approaches in agriculture play an 

important role in the United States’ 

effort to address climate change. NRCS 

conservation programs support financial 

and technical assistance for producers 

to improve soil carbon; reduce nitrogen 

losses; or reduce, capture, avoid, or 

sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or 

nitrous oxide emissions associated with 

agricultural production for several 

NRCS programs. 

The additional funding through the 

IRA provides NRCS with an 

unprecedented opportunity to 

implement conservation practices that 

provide climate mitigation benefits and 

quantify greenhouse gas emission 

reductions and carbon sequestration. 

For EQIP and CSP conservation 

activities, IRA funding may be used for 

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry 

Mitigation Activities and appropriate 

facilitating practices supporting their 

functions. While the IRA funding is 

focused on CPS that provide climate 

change mitigation benefits, NRCS also 

assists producers in addressing climate 

change impacts by providing climate 

change adaptation options and benefits. 

As part of the implementation of the 

Climate Change Adaptation Plan,1

NRCS is integrating climate information 

into current business procedures, 

assessments, and opportunities 

including CPS. All CPS are reviewed at 

least once every 5 years. This request 

provides the public an opportunity to 

provide input at the beginning of the 


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2The Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry 

Mitigation Activities List is available at https://

www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/ 

NRCS-CSAF-Mitigation-Activities-List.pdf. 

review cycle for several CPS. NRCS will 

consider public comments, technical 

literature references, and input from 

subject matter experts and researchers. 

The CPS review process facilitates 

inclusion of new scientific findings, 

updated or new technology, and 

implementation experience. While 

NRCS welcomes comments on all CPS, 

as a priority NRCS is requesting input 

on the CPS listed in the two tables 

below, which are at the beginning of the 

review process. NRCS is also 

specifically requesting additional data 

and scientific literature related to the 

evaluation criteria and implementation 

that maximizes climate-related benefits. 

TABLE 1—CPS FOR REVIEW THAT

ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERED CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND

FORESTRY MITIGATION ACTIVITIES

Code Name 

313 .......... Waste Storage Facility. 

314 .......... Brush Management. 

315 .......... Herbaceous Weed Treatment. 

336 .......... Soil Carbon Amendment. 

338 .......... Prescribed Burning. 

367 .......... Roofs and Covers. 

383 .......... Fuel Break. 

420 .......... Wildlife Habitat Planting. 

554 .......... Drainage Water Management. 

590 .......... Nutrient Management. 

592 .......... Feed Management. 

632 .......... Waste Separation Facility. 

643 .......... Restoration of Rare or Declining 

Natural Communities. 

666 .......... Forest Stand Improvement. 

TABLE 2—CPS FOR REVIEW THAT

ARE NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDERED

CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE AND

FORESTRY MITIGATION ACTIVITIES

Code Name 

316 .......... Animal Mortality Facility. 

360 .......... Waste Facility Closure. 

605 .......... Denitrifying Bioreactor. 

Mitigation 

NRCS is seeking input on 

improvements to maximize climate 

benefits to CPS currently considered 

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry 

Mitigation Activities 2 as well as input 

regarding other conservation practices 

and innovative technologies or 

strategies that may also result in climate 

change mitigation benefits. NRCS also 

requests information to support the 

agency’s estimation of the mitigation 

benefits associated with conservation 

practices. 

Adaptation 

NRCS is also seeking input to improve 

CPS to assist producers in adapting to 

and building resilience to current and 

future climate changes, including 

seasonal temperature shifts and 

extremes; drought; increasing wildfire 

hazards; sea level rise; movement of 

invasive species; and other issues. 

Information provided through this 

request will help NRCS identify and 

prioritize improvements to CPS or 

associated technical guidance. NRCS 

will identify immediate changes to be 

implemented for available funding for 

fiscal year 2026 and will continue to 

identify and adopt additional changes in 

the future. 

List of Questions for Commenters 

The list of questions below is not 

exhaustive and serves only to assist 

members of the public in formulating 

comments on some of the most 

important issues that NRCS is 

considering as it relates to CPS with 

consideration of climate change 

benefits. For responses, please consider 

including, if available: specific 

requirements, tools, procedures, etc. 

supported by scientific literature, 

handbooks, or other technical standards 

that support a specific implementation 

of CPS to maximize the mitigation 

benefits or provide benefits (for those 

not considered mitigation activities); 

and planning or design details that 

would further enhance the mitigation 

benefits of the conservation practice. 

The questions are not intended to 

restrict the feedback that members of the 

public may provide. 

Climate Change Mitigation 

1. What changes are needed to CPS to 

add flexibility or support 

implementation options to provide 

mitigation benefits? When evaluating 

conservation activities for inclusion on 

the Climate-Smart Mitigation Activity 

List, NRCS considers the following 

criteria: 

a. Mitigation Benefit: An 

implementation of the activity is 

expected to result in a direct impact on 

either (or both) the carbon or nitrogen 

cycle, resulting in net greenhouse gas 

emission reduction or removal (that is, 

carbon sequestration) within a given 

scope (for example, geography, 

timeframe, or system) as supported by 

the scientific literature; and 

b. Quantification of Estimated Benefit: 

For the activity under consideration, 

NRCS should have a science-based 

approach for quantitatively estimating 

annual mitigation benefits at a scale 

consistent with available NRCS activity 

data. 

2. What additional technical guidance 

should NRCS provide or develop to 

support planning, designing, and 

implementing the CPS in a way to 

maximize mitigation benefits? Input 

may include specific implementation of 

CPS to maximize the mitigation benefits 

or provide benefits (for those not 

considered mitigation activities). 

3. What models, methods, data, 

literature, and tools should NRCS 

consider as it develops and refines its 

estimation of the climate change 

mitigation benefits associated with CPS? 

Climate Change Adaptation 

1. What changes are needed to CPS to 

add flexibility or support 

implementation options in a way that 

considers potential climate change 

impacts and provides adaptation 

benefits, when possible? 

2. What additional technical guidance 

should NRCS provide to support 

planning, designing, and implementing 

the CPS to ensure consideration of 

climate change impacts and maximize 

adaptation? Input may include specific 

implementation of CPS to maximize the 

adaptation benefits. 

Innovation 

1. What other innovative, 

economically viable ideas, technologies, 

or solutions are available to provide 

climate change mitigation or adaptation 

benefits that NRCS should consider for 

development of a new CPS? 

Maximizing the Value of Public 

Feedback 

NRCS plans to use the answers 

provided by the public to inform its 

approach to improve CPS. NRCS 

encourages public comment on these 

questions and requests any other 

information, scientific literature, or data 

that commenters believe are relevant to 

this request. NRCS is particularly 

interested in feedback that identifies 

specific CPS and includes scientific 

literature citations, data, guidance, 

benefit estimation methods, procedures 

or processes, and actionable 

information, data, or viable alternatives 

that would assist in implementing 

programmatic goals and requirements. 

You may contact us by sending an email 

to: SM.FPAC.NRCS.CLIMATE@

usda.gov, if you have questions or 

concerns. Please specify the Docket ID: 

NRCS–2024–0015 in the subject line. 


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1On August 13, 2018, the President signed into 

law the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 

includes the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, 50 

U.S.C. 4801–4852 (‘‘ECRA’’). While section 1766 of 

ECRA repeals the provisions of the Export 

Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. app. sec. 2401 et seq. 

(‘‘EAA’’), (except for three sections which are 

inapplicable here), section 1768 of ECRA provides, 

in pertinent part, that all orders, rules, regulations, 

and other forms of administrative action that were 

made or issued under the EAA, including as 

continued in effect pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq. (‘‘IEEPA’’), and were in effect as of ECRA’s 

date of enactment (August 13, 2018), shall continue 

in effect according to their terms until modified, 

superseded, set aside, or revoked through action 

undertaken pursuant to the authority provided 

under ECRA. Moreover, section 1761(a)(5) of ECRA 

authorizes the issuance of temporary denial orders. 

50 U.S.C. 4820(a)(5). 

Review of Public Feedback 

NRCS will use the public comments 

to inform review of our CPS and 

associated technical documents. 

This document is issued solely for 

informational purposes and program 

planning purposes. Public comments 

provided in response to this document 

will not bind NRCS to any further 

actions, including publication of any 

formal response or agreement to initiate 

a recommended change. NRCS will 

consider the feedback in the public 

comments and make changes or 

consider improvements at our sole 

discretion. 

Finally, comments submitted in 

response to this document will not be 

considered as petitions for rulemaking 

submitted as specified in the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553(e)). 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means of communication for program 

information (for example, braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible agency or the USDA 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 

711 for Telecommunications Relay 

Service (both voice and text telephone 

users can initiate this call from any 

phone). Additionally, program 

information may be made available in 

languages other than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: (1) mail to: U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; (2) Fax: (202) 690– 

7442; or (3) email: program.intake@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Louis Aspey, 

Associate Chief, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26051 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–40–2024] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 78; 

Authorization of Production Activity; 

AESC US LLC; (Lithium-Ion Battery 

Cells); Smyrna, Tennessee 

On July 8, 2024, AESC US LLC 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the FTZ Board for 

its facility within Subzone 78L, in 

Smyrna, Tennessee. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (89 FR 57852, July 16, 

2024). On November 5, 2024, the 

applicant was notified of the FTZ 

Board’s decision that no further review 

of the activity is warranted at this time. 

The production activity described in the 

notification was authorized, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including section 400.14. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26023 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–39–2024] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 75; 

Authorization of Production Activity; 

LG Energy Solution Arizona, Inc.; 

(Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery Cells 

and Lithium Iron Phosphate PouchType Batteries); Queen Creek, Arizona 

On July 8, 2024, City of Phoenix, 

grantee of FTZ 75, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of 

LG Energy Solution Arizona, Inc., 

within Subzone 75V, in Queen Creek, 

Arizona. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (89 FR 57851–57852, 

July 16, 2024). On November 5, 2024, 

the applicant was notified of the FTZ 

Board’s decision that no further review 

of the activity is warranted at this time. 

The production activity described in the 

notification was authorized, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including section 400.14. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26022 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Rossiya Airlines, Pilotov St 18–4, St. 

Petersburg, Russia, 196210; Order 

Renewing Temporary Denial of Export 

Privileges 

Pursuant to section 766.24 of the 

Export Administration Regulations, 15 

CFR parts 730–774 (‘‘EAR’’ or ‘‘the 

Regulations’’),1 I hereby grant the 

request of the Office of Export 

Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’) to renew the 

temporary denial order (‘‘TDO’’) issued 

in this matter on November 8, 2023. I 

find that renewal of this order is 

necessary in the public interest to 

prevent an imminent violation of the 

Regulations and that renewal for an 

extended period is appropriate because 

Rossiya Airlines (‘‘Rossiya’’) has 

engaged in a pattern of repeated, 

ongoing and/or continuous apparent 

violations of the EAR. 


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