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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 19–5A001] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of application for an 

amended Export Trade Certificate of 

Review for National Pecan Shellers 

Association (NPSA), Application No. 

19–5A001. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, 

through the Office of Trade and 

Economic Analysis (OTEA) of the 

International Trade Administration, has 

received an application for an amended 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

(Certificate). This notice summarizes the 

proposed application and seeks public 

comments on whether the Certificate 

should be issued. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda Reynolds, Acting Director, 

OTEA, International Trade 

Administration, (202) 482–5131 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or email at etca@

trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 

the Export Trading Company Act of 

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4011–21) authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export 

Trade Certificates of Review. An Export 

Trade Certificate of Review protects the 

holder and the members identified in 

the Certificate from State and Federal 

government antitrust actions and from 

private treble damage antitrust actions 

for the export conduct specified in the 

Certificate and carried out in 

compliance with its terms and 

conditions. The regulations 

implementing Title III are found at 15 

CFR part 325. OTEA is issuing this 

notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(a), 

which requires the Secretary of 

Commerce to publish a summary of the 

application in the Federal Register, 

identifying the applicant and each 

member and summarizing the proposed 

export conduct. 

Request for Public Comments 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments relevant to the determination 

whether a Certificate should be issued. 

If the comments include any privileged 

or confidential business information, it 

must be clearly marked and a 

nonconfidential version of the 

comments (identified as such) should be 

included. Any comments not marked as 

privileged or confidential business 

information will be deemed to be 

nonconfidential. 

Written comments should be sent to 

ETCA@trade.gov. An original and two 

(2) copies should also be submitted no 

later than 20 days after the date of this 

notice to: Office of Trade and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Room 21028, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

Information submitted by any person 

is exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). However, nonconfidential versions 

of the comments will be made available 

to the applicant if necessary for 

determining whether or not to issue the 

Certificate. Comments should refer to 

this application as ‘‘Export Trade 

Certificate of Review, application 

number 19–5A001.’’ 

Summary of the Application 

Applicant: National Pecan Shellers 

Association, 4348 Carter Creek Pkwy Ste 

101, Bryan, TX 77802. 

Contact: Catherine Clark and Kelsey 

Wallis, Managing Staff at Texas Pecan 

Growers Association. 

Application No.: 19–5A001. 

Date Deemed Submitted: November 

13, 2024. 

Proposed Amendment: National 

Pecan Shellers Association seeks to 

amend its Certificate as follows: 

1. Add the following entities as 

Exporting Members of the Certificate 

within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of 

the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(l)): 

• Pecaninis Inc., San Antonio, TX 

• Rancho Pecana, El Paso, TX 

2. Remove the following companies as 

Members of the Certificate: 

• Exporting Members 

Æ Chase Pecan, LP, San Saba, TX 

Æ John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elgin, 

IL 

Æ Lamar Pecan Company, Hawkinsville, 

GA 

• Non-exporting Members 

Æ The Kellen Company, Atlanta, GA 

(Independent Third Party) 

3. Change the location of the 

following Non-exporting Member of the 

Certificate: 

• Pecan Export Trade Council’s location 

changes from Atlanta, GA to Bryan, 

TX 

NPSA’s proposed amendment of its 

Certificate would result in the following 

Membership list: 

Exporting Members 

• Arnco, Inc. dba Carter Pecan, Panama 

City Beach, FL 

• Diamond Foods LLC, Stockton, CA 

• Easterlin Pecan Co, Montezuma, GA 

• HNH Nut Company, Visalia, CA 

• Hudson Pecan Co., Inc., Ocilla, GA 

• Humphrey Pecan LLC, San Antonio, 

TX 

• La Nogalera USA Inc., El Paso, TX 

• Navarro Pecan Company, Corsicana, 

TX 

• Pecan Grove Farms, Dallas, TX 

• Pecan Star & Nut Corp, San Antonio, 

TX 

• Pecaninis Inc., San Antonio, TX 

• Rancho Pecana, El Paso, TX 

• South Georgia Pecan Company, 

Valdosta, GA 

• Southern Roots Nut Company, LLC, 

Las Cruces, NM 

Non-exporting Members 

• Pecan Export Trade Council, Bryan, 

TX 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Amanda Reynolds, 

Acting Director, Office of Trade and Economic 

Analysis, International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Council on Weights and 

Measures 2025 Interim Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The 2025 Interim Meeting of 

the National Council on Weights and 

Measures (NCWM) will be held inperson at the Francis Marion Hotel, 

Charleston, South Carolina from 

Sunday, January 12, 2025, through 

Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This 

notice contains information about the 

most significant agenda items of the 

NCWM committees. As a result, the 

items are not consecutively numbered. 

DATES: The 2025 NCWM Interim 

Meeting will be held from Sunday, 

January 12, 2025, through Wednesday, 

January 15, 2025. The meeting schedule 

will be available on the NCWM website 

at www.ncwm.com. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Francis Marion Hotel, with an 

address at 387 King Street, Charleston, 

South Carolina 29403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Katrice Lippa, NIST, Office of Weights 

and Measures, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 

2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2600. 

You may also contact Dr. Lippa at (301) 

975–3116 or by email at katrice.lippa@

nist.gov. The meeting is open to the 

public, but the payment of a registration 

fee is required. Please see the NCWM 

website (www.ncwm.com) to view the 


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meeting agendas, registration forms, and 

hotel reservation information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Publication of this notice on the 

NCWM’s behalf is undertaken as a 

public service and does not itself 

constitute an endorsement by the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) of the content of the 

notice. NIST participates in the NCWM 

as an NCWM member and pursuant to 

15 U.S.C. 272(b)(10) and (c)(4) and in 

accordance with Federal policy (e.g., 

OMB Circular A–119 ‘‘Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus 

Standards’’). 

The NCWM is an organization of 

weights and measures officials of the 

states, counties, and cities of the United 

States, and representatives from the 

private sector and federal agencies. 

These meetings bring together 

government officials and representatives 

of business, industry, trade associations, 

and consumer organizations on subjects 

related to the field of weights and 

measures technology, administration, 

and enforcement. NIST hosted the first 

meeting of the NCWM in 1905. Since 

then, the council has provided a model 

of cooperation between Federal, State, 

and local governments and the private 

sector. NIST participates in the NCWM 

to provide technical insights and 

expertise and encourage cooperation 

between the private sector, federal 

agencies, and the states in the 

development of legal metrology 

requirements. NIST also promotes 

uniformity in state laws, regulations, 

and testing procedures used in the 

regulatory control of commercial 

weighing and measuring devices, 

packaged goods, and for other trade and 

commerce issues. 

The NCWM has established multiple 

committees, task groups, and other 

working bodies to address legal 

metrology issues of interest to, inter 

alia, regulatory officials, industry 

representatives, and consumers. 

Comments will be taken by the various 

NCWM committees on agenda items 

during the open hearing portions of the 

meeting identified in the meeting 

schedule. At this stage, the items are 

proposals. The open hearing sessions 

are accessible to all registered attendees 

of the meeting, including both NCWM 

members and non-members. The 

meeting also includes committee work 

sessions in which the committees may, 

inter alia, accept comments, withdraw 

or carryover agenda items that need 

additional maturation, and develop 

recommendations for the agenda items 

for consideration and possible adoption 

in July 2025 at the NCWM 110th Annual 

Meeting. 

These notices are intended to make 

interested parties aware of significant 

agenda items and alert them to the 

committees’ intentions to share reports 

on the status of each at the 2025 NCWM 

Interim Meeting. The notices are also 

presented to invite the participation of 

manufacturers, experts, consumers, 

users, and others who may be interested 

in these efforts. 

The following are brief descriptions of 

significant agenda items that will 

receive further consideration by the 

standing committees at the upcoming 

2025 NCWM Interim Meeting. The full 

agenda of each standing committee is 

provided in NCWM Publication 15 

(ncwm.com/publication-15). Comments 

will be taken on recommendations 

intended to amend NIST Handbook 44, 

‘‘Specifications, Tolerances, and Other 

Technical Requirements for Weighing 

and Measuring Devices’’ (NIST HB 44), 

NIST Handbook 130, ‘‘Uniform Laws 

and Regulations in the Areas of Legal 

Metrology and Fuel Quality’’ (NIST HB 

130), and NIST Handbook 133, 

‘‘Checking the Net Contents of Packaged 

Goods’’ (NIST HB 133). The NIST 

Handbooks are regularly adopted by the 

states, either by reference or through 

administrative procedures. 

NCWM S&T Committee 

The NCWM Specifications and 

Tolerances Committee (S&T Committee) 

will consider proposed amendments to 

NIST HB 44, including those identified 

below. A detailed technical review by 

the NIST Office of Weights and 

Measures of the S&T Committee agenda 

items will be made available prior to the 

2025 NCWM Interim Meeting in the 

2025 NIST OWM Interim Technical 

Analysis at https://www.nist.gov/pml/ 

owm/publications/owm-technicalanalysis. 

SCL—Scales 

SCL–25.1 S.5.2. Parameters for 

Accuracy Class, S.6. Marking 

Requirements, and UR.3. Use 

Requirements 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

new proposal submitted by NIST Office 

of Weights and Measures. The proposal 

is to amend the requirements to 

establish a minimum capacity for scales 

and require that information to be 

marked on new scales. 

SCL–25.3 UR.3.14. Zero-Balance 

Recorded Weight for Forklift Scales 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

new proposal submitted by the 

Pennsylvania Bureau of Ride and 

Measurement Standards. The proposal 

is to add a requirement for forklift scales 

that would require these devices to 

indicate and record a zero-balance 

condition prior to determining the 

weight of the load on the device. 

FMT—Farm Milk Tanks 

FMT–25.1 UR.1. Installation 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

new proposal submitted by the USDA– 

AMS-Dairy Programs. The proposal 

amends the current section 4.42. Farm 

Milk Tanks Code paragraph UR.1. 

Installation to require the leveling legs 

on stationary farm milk tanks to be 

permanently attached to the floor by 

cement as a means to prevent any 

adjustment to the leveling legs after 

calibration. The proposal removes the 

option for defining the correct position 

of each leg on the floor for tanks that are 

not permanently mounted in the 

facility. 

Item Block 1 (B1) 

TXI—Taximeters and TNS— 

Transportation Network Measurement 

Systems 

B1–TXI–25.1 5.54 Transportation-ForHire Systems 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

new proposal submitted by the NCWM 

Transportation-for-Hire Systems Task 

Group. The proposal would revise 

section 5.54., currently titled 

‘‘Taximeters,’’ and rename it 

‘‘Transportation-For-Hire Systems.’’ The 

new revised section would combine the 

existing requirements for taximeters in 

section 5.54. with those that are 

currently in section 5.60. Transportation 

Network Measurement Systems to create 

a single section addressing both types of 

vehicle for hire applications. 

B1–TNS–25.1 Section 5.60. 

Transportation Network Measurement 

Systems—Tentative Code 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

new proposal submitted by the 

Transportation-for-Hire Systems Task 

Group. The proposal would consolidate 

section 5.60. Transportation Network 

Measurement Systems with section 

5.54. Taximeters. Both sets of 

requirements would be incorporated 

into an updated and renamed section 

5.54., and section 5.60. would be 

removed from NIST HB 44. 

OTH—Other Items 

OTH–25.1 2.26. Weigh-in-Motion 

Systems Used for Vehicle Direct 

Enforcement 

The S&T Committee will consider a 

proposal submitted by New York City 


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Department of Transportation, NY State 

Department of Agriculture and Markets, 

NJ Office of Weights and Measures, 

Oregon Department of Agriculture, 

Washington DC Department of 

Transportation, C2SMART, and Kistler. 

The proposal is to include a new 

Section 2.26. Weigh-in-Motion Systems 

Used for Vehicle Direct Enforcement to 

NIST HB 44 that provides standards that 

can be used by local and State agencies 

to certify Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) 

systems used for automated 

enforcement of gross vehicle weight 

limits. 

NCWM L&R Committee 

The NCWM Laws and Regulations 

Committee (L&R Committee) will 

consider proposed amendments to NIST 

HB 130, including those identified 

below. A detailed technical review by 

the NIST Office of Weights and 

Measures of the L&R Committee agenda 

items will be made available prior to the 

2025 NCWM Interim Meeting in the 

2025 NIST OWM Interim Analysis at 

https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/ 

publications/owm-technical-analysis. 

MOS—NIST Handbook 130 

NET–24.2. 2.16.3.1. Tare Weights; Part 

(c) Allowable difference 

The L&R Committee will further 

consider a proposal to clarify the 

existing language for the method of sale 

for stamped or stenciled tare weights of 

Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders. This 

will include changes to existing 

language within NIST HB 130 that 

references tolerances for cylinders. It is 

intended to resolve the discrepancy that 

exists between NIST Handbook 130 and 

Title 49 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations with respect to the 

allowable differences between the 

stamped tare weight and the actual tare 

weight of cylinders used for compressed 

or liquefied gases in refillable cylinders. 

OTH—NIST Handbook 130 

OTH–24.1 X. Uniform Shipping Law 

The L&R Committee will further 

consider a proposal that has been 

designated as an ‘‘Assigned’’ item, 

meaning that further development will 

be done by the NCWM Uniform 

Shipping Law Task Group. This 

proposal provides model language for 

inclusion in NIST HB 130 that would 

establish Uniform Shipping Laws meant 

to ensure accurate shipment of goods. 

This regulation includes language 

authorizing the enforcement of these 

regulations, empowers the state to 

promulgate regulations as needed to 

carry out the provisions of the Act, and 

provides for civil and criminal 

penalties. The development of this item 

will include outreach to stakeholders, 

including federal agencies. 

FALS—Fuels and Lubricants 

Subcommittee 

B2–FLR–24.1 3.12.1.X Identification of 

Grade & 3.12.2.X. Identification of 

Grade 

The L&R Committee will further 

consider a proposal that has been 

designated as an ‘‘Assigned’’ item, 

meaning that the NCWM Fuels and 

Lubricants Subcommittee is being 

tasked to fully develop the proposal to 

ensure the applicable ASTM fuel grade 

designations are clearly identified for 

the marketplace. This proposal provides 

language for a new NIST HB 130 

regulation that specifies labeling 

requirements that will properly identify 

the grade of natural gas (compressed 

and liquified to include blends of these 

products with hydrogen) when this 

product is dispensed and sold as a 

vehicle fuel. These standards will be 

applicable at the point fuel is dispensed 

into the vehicle. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE497] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a oneday in-person meeting of its Shrimp 

Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: The meeting will convene 

Monday, December 16, 2024, from 8 

a.m. to 1:30 p.m., EST. For agenda 

details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Gulf Council office. Registration 

information will be available on the 

Council’s website by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the 

Shrimp AP meeting on the calendar. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Matt Freeman, Economist, Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

matt.freeman@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

though agenda items may be addressed 

out of order (changes will be noted on 

the Council’s website when possible.) 

Monday, December 16, 2024; 8 a.m.– 

1:30 p.m., EST (7 a.m.–12:30 p.m. CST) 

Meeting will begin with Introduction 

of Members, Election of Chair and Vice 

Chair, Adoption of Agenda and 

Approval of Summary from March 19– 

20, 2024 Meeting, and Scope of Work. 

The AP will review and discuss 

Council Actions in Response to Motions 

from the March 2024 Shrimp AP 

Meeting, discuss the Draft Shrimp 

Framework Action: Modification of the 

Vessel Position Data Collection Program 

for the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery, 

receive a presentation on Survey Design 

and Estimated Costs for Positionrecording Devices in the Gulf of Mexico 

Shrimp Fleet, and receive an update on 

Shrimp Futures Program. 

Lastly, the AP will receive any public 

testimony and discuss other business 

items. 

Meeting Adjourns— 

The in-person meeting will be 

broadcast via webinar. You may register 

by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and 

clicking on the Shrimp Advisory Panel 

meeting on the calendar. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to takeaction to address the emergency at least 

5 working days prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid or accommodations should 

be directed to Kathy Pereira, 


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