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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 89, No. 229 

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF 

THE UNITED STATES 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Assembly of the Administrative 

Conference of the United States 

AGENCY: Administrative Conference of 

the United States 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assembly of the 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States (ACUS) will meet during 

a one-day hybrid plenary session to 

consider three proposed 

recommendations and to conduct other 

business. Written comments may be 

submitted in advance, and the meeting 

will be accessible to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 9:30 

a.m.–4 p.m. ET. The meeting may 

adjourn early if all business is 

concluded prior to the stated end time. 

ADDRESSES: For those attending in 

person, the meeting will be held at The 

U.S. Small Business Administration 

Eisenhower Conference Room, 409 

Third Street SW, Washington, DC 

20416. There will be a virtual 

attendance option. Information on how 

the public can access the meeting will 

be available on the agency’s website 

prior to the meeting at https://

www.acus.gov/event/82nd-plenarysession. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawne McGibbon, General Counsel 

(Designated Federal Officer), 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Suite 706 South, 1120 

20th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; 

Telephone 202–480–2080; email 

smcgibbon@acus.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States makes recommendations 

to federal agencies, the President, 

Congress, and the Judicial Conference of 

the United States regarding the 

improvement of administrative 

procedures (5 U.S.C. 594). ACUS’s 

membership, when meeting in plenary 

session, constitutes the Assembly of the 

Conference (5 U.S.C. 595). 

Agenda: Three proposed 

recommendations will be considered by 

the Assembly. In addition, there will be 

updates on past, current, and pending 

ACUS initiatives, as well as other 

business. Summaries of the 

recommendations appear below: 

Using Algorithmic Tools in Regulatory 

Enforcement. This proposed 

recommendation provides best practices 

for using artificial intelligence, 

predictive analytics, and other 

algorithmic tools to support agencies’ 

regulatory enforcement efforts. It 

addresses the potential benefits and 

risks of using algorithmic tools to detect, 

investigate, and prosecute 

noncompliance with the law and 

identifies policies, practices, and 

organizational structures that agencies 

can put in place to ensure they enforce 

the law fairly, accurately, and 

efficiently. 

Public Engagement in Agency 

Rulemaking Under the Good Cause 

Exemption: This proposed 

recommendation provides best practices 

for public engagement when agencies 

find good cause to forgo notice-andcomment rulemaking procedures under 

the Administrative Procedure Act. It 

encourages agencies to use direct final 

rulemaking, interim final rulemaking, 

and alternative methods of public 

engagement to ensure robust public 

participation even when they rely 

properly on the good cause exemption. 

Nonlawyer Assistance and 

Representation. This proposed 

recommendation provides best practices 

for agencies to increase the availability 

of nonlawyer representation and 

assistance to participants in their 

adjudicative systems. It provides 

guidance on the establishment of rules 

authorizing qualification or, as 

appropriate, accreditation of nonlawyer 

representatives; ways to make such 

processes accessible and transparent; 

and strategies for coordinating with 

other government agencies and 

nongovernmental organizations to 

increase the availability of 

representation and assistance. 

Additional information about the 

proposals and the agenda, as well as any 

changes or updates to the same, can be 

found at the 82nd Plenary Session page 

on ACUS’s website prior to the start of 

the meeting at: https://www.acus.gov/ 

event/82nd-plenary-session. 

Public Participation: ACUS welcomes 

the virtual attendance of the public at 

the meeting. Members of the public 

wishing to view the meeting are asked 

to RSVP online at the 82nd Plenary 

Session web page shown above no later 

than two days before the meeting to 

ensure adequate bandwidth and 

accessibility. A link to a livestream of 

the meeting will be posted the morning 

of the meeting on the 82nd Plenary 

Session web page. A video recording of 

the meeting will be available on ACUS’s 

website shortly after the conclusion of 

the event at https://youtube.com/ 

channel/UC1Gu44Jq1U7XsGdC9Tfl_zA. 

Written Comments: Persons who wish 

to comment on any of the proposed 

recommendations may do so by 

submitting a written statement either by 

email to info@acus.gov with ‘‘December 

2024 Plenary Session Comments’’ in the 

subject line of the email, or by U.S. Mail 

addressed to: December 2024 Plenary 

Session Comments, Administrative 

Conference of the United States, Suite 

706 South, 1120 20th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20036. Written 

submissions must be received no later 

than 10:00 a.m. (EDT), Friday, December 

6, 2024, to ensure consideration by the 

Assembly. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 595) 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Shawne McGibbon, 

General Counsel. 

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Advisory Committee Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Agency for International 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

public meeting and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), notice 

is hereby given of Advisory Committee 

on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) 

public meeting on Thursday, December 

12, 2024. 


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ADDRESSES: To view additional 

information related to ACVFA please 

visit https://www.usaid.gov/ 

organization/advisory-committee. 

The meeting will feature remarks by 

the USAID Administrator and the 

ACVFA Chair, and two discussion 

panels featuring ACVFA members on (1) 

development and national security, and 

(2) ongoing challenges and 

opportunities for USAID policy and 

programming. 

You may submit comments regarding 

the work of ACVFA to acvfa@usaid.gov. 

Include ‘‘Public Comment, ACVFA 

Meeting, December 12, 2024’’ in the 

subject line. All public comments and 

questions will be included in the official 

record of the meeting and posted 

publicly on the USAID website. 

American Sign Language 

interpretation will be provided during 

the public meeting. If you require a 

reasonable accommodation, please 

email reasonableaccommodations@

usaid.gov. Include ‘‘Request for 

Reasonable Accommodation, ACVFA 

Meeting, December 12, 2024’’ in the 

subject line. 

The entirety of this meeting is open to 

the public. You may register to watch 

the live public meeting at this link: 

https://usaid.zoomgov.com/webinar/ 

register/WN_

JQF23hAxRFmqPNJZLt1ZfQ. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Vargas, Designated Federal 

Officer for ACVFA, at kvargas@

usaid.gov or 202–705–5769. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACVFA is 

USAID’s external advisory committee, 

bringing together representatives from 

private voluntary organizations, 

nongovernmental organizations, 

academia, civil society, and the private 

sector to foster understanding, 

communication, and cooperation in the 

area of foreign aid. 

Pursuant to its charter, ACVFA is 

holding an annual public meeting on 

December 12, 2024, from 10:30 a.m.–12 

p.m. ET. This meeting is free and open 

to the public. The Committee welcomes 

public participation and comment via 

the web and/or email addresses 

provided above. 

Karen Vargas, 

ACVFA Designated Federal Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Intent To Renew the Northwest Forest 

Plan Area Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to renew the 

Charter for the Northwest Forest Plan 

Area Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces 

its intent to renew the Charter for the 

Northwest Forest Plan Area Advisory 

Committee (Committee). The Charter for 

the Northwest Forest Plan Area 

Advisory Committee is being renewed 

so that the Committee may provide 

continued advice and recommendations 

on landscape management approaches 

and implementation of such approaches 

that promote sustainability, climate 

change adaptations, and wildfire 

resilience while providing for increasing 

use of and demands from National 

Forest System lands in the Northwest 

Forest Plan area. The Committee will be 

governed by the provisions of FACA. 

Duration of the Committee is for two 

years unless renewed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

ADDRESSES: USDA Forest Service, 1220 

Southwest 3rd Avenue, Ste. G015, 

Portland, OR 97204. Committee 

information can also be found on the 

Northwest Forest Plan Federal Advisory 

Committee website at https://

www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/ 

landmanagement/planning/ 

?cid=fseprd1076013 or by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquiries may be sent to Ann Eberhart 

Goode, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, by phone at (707) 562– 

8738 or email at ann.goode@usda.gov or 

Delaney Caslow, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, by phone at 

(503) 804–3545 or email at 

delaney.caslow@usda.gov. Individuals 

who use telecommunications devices 

for the hearing impaired may call 711 to 

reach the Telecommunications Relay 

Service, 24 hours a day, every day of the 

year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2), 

with the concurrence of the General 

Services Administration (GSA), and 

subject to the approval of the Secretary 

of Agriculture, the USDA Forest Service 

intends to renew the Federal Advisory 

Committee for sustainable, climateadapted, wildfire-resilient landscapes 

across the Northwest Forest Plan 

(NWFP) area. The Committee will be a 

discretionary advisory committee. The 

Committee will operate under the 

provisions of the FACA and will report 

to the Secretary of Agriculture through 

the Chief of the Forest Service. The 

purpose of the Committee is to provide 

advice and recommendations on 

landscape management approaches and 

implementation of such approaches that 

promote sustainability, climate change 

adaptations, and wildfire resilience 

while providing for increasing use of 

and demands from National Forest 

System lands in the NWFP area. 

Accordingly, the Committee will be 

asked to perform the following duties or 

fulfill other requests made by the 

Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of 

the Forest Service by offering 

recommendations on: 

1. Planning and implementation 

options that complement the national 

Wildfire Crisis Strategy to assist the 

USDA Forest Service to transition to 

greater proactive wildfire risk reduction 

and address key obstacles related to 

existing vegetation management. 

2. Approaches to address the dynamic 

nature of ecosystems, utilize adaptive 

management, monitoring, and 

integration of future uncertainty into 

land management planning. 

3. Application of the best available 

science regarding the following primary 

issues: (a) the ecological importance of 

old forests; (b) climate change, fire, and 

associated disturbance processes; (c) 

terrestrial and aquatic reserved land use 

allocations and the relationship between 

the two; (d) the climatic diversity of 

forests encompassed by the NWFP area; 

and (e) habitat connectivity at multiple 

scales in light of changed conditions. 

4. Incorporation of traditional 

ecological knowledge and indigenous 

perspectives and values into Federal 

forest planning and management. 

5. Communication tools and strategies 

to: (a) help provide greater 

understanding of landscape or 

programmatic level planning and 

implementation options and 

requirements and (b) enhance outreach 

efforts, public engagement, meaningful 

Tribal consultation and participation, 

targeted outreach to underserved 

communities, and stakeholder 

collaboration within the scope of the 

Committee. 

6. Issue preliminary discrete 

recommendations in sequence with 

Forest Service NWFP planning and 

implementation timelines. 


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