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(3) Disturb hazardous substances, 

pollutants, contaminants, or 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA)—excluded petroleum 

and natural gas products that preexist in 

the environment such that there would 

be uncontrolled or unpermitted releases; 

(4) Have the potential to cause 

significant impacts on environmentally 

sensitive resources. An environmentally 

sensitive resource is typically a resource 

that has been identified as needing 

protection through Executive Order, 

statute, or regulation by Federal, state, 

or local government, or a federally 

recognized Indian tribe. An action may 

be categorically excluded if, although 

sensitive resources are present, the 

action would not have the potential to 

cause significant impacts on those 

resources (such as construction of a 

building with its foundation well above 

a sole-source aquifer or upland surface 

soil removal on a site that has 

wetlands). Environmentally sensitive 

resources include, but are not limited to: 

(i) Property (such as sites, buildings, 

structures, and objects) of historic, 

archeological, or architectural 

significance designated by a Federal, 

state, or local government, federally 

recognized Indian tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization, or property 

determined to be eligible for listing on 

the National Register of Historic Places; 

(ii) Federally listed threatened or 

endangered species or their habitat 

(including critical habitat) or Federallyproposed or candidate species or their 

habitat (Endangered Species Act); statelisted or state-proposed endangered or 

threatened species or their habitat; 

Federally-protected marine mammals 

and Essential Fish Habitat (Marine 

Mammal Protection Act; MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act); and otherwise 

Federally-protected species (such as the 

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act or 

the Migratory Bird Treaty Act); 

(iii) Floodplains and wetlands; 

(iv) Areas having a special 

designation such as Federally- and statedesignated wilderness areas, national 

parks, national monuments, national 

natural landmarks, wild and scenic 

rivers, state and Federal wildlife 

refuges, scenic areas (such as National 

Scenic and Historic Trails or National 

Scenic Areas), and marine sanctuaries; 

(v) Prime or unique farmland, or other 

farmland of statewide or local 

importance, as defined at 7 CFR 

658.2(a), ‘‘Farmland Protection Policy 

Act: Definitions,’’ or its successor; 

(vi) Special sources of water (such as 

sole-source aquifers, wellhead 

protection areas, and other water 

sources that are vital in a region); and 

(vii) Tundra, coral reefs, or rain 

forests; or 

(5) Involve genetically engineered 

organisms, synthetic biology, 

governmentally designated noxious 

weeds, or invasive species, unless the 

proposed activity would be contained or 

confined in a manner designed and 

operated to prevent unauthorized 

release into the environment and 

conducted in accordance with 

applicable requirements, such as those 

of the Department of Agriculture, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the National Institutes of Health. 

The CEs being adopted will be used 

to determine whether each proposal, 

individually or cumulatively, will have 

a significant effect on the human 

environment. RD will ensure in its 

review of each action that: it has not 

been segmented as required by DOE 

regulations at 10 CFR 1021.410(b)(3); it 

has been reviewed for integral elements; 

and that RD is applying the appropriate 

level of environmental review to the 

action as required by the CEQ 

regulations at 40 CFR 1501.3. 

III. Consideration of Extraordinary 

Circumstances 

RD’s implementing procedures for 

extraordinary circumstances at 7 CFR 

1970.52 will be used when evaluating 

projects where the adopted CEs will be 

applied because both agencies define 

extraordinary circumstances very 

closely (see 10 CFR 1021.410(b)(2)). RD 

procedures for extraordinary 

circumstances also direct the agency to 

consider ‘‘characteristics of the 

geographic area affected by the 

proposal,’’ and include a list of specific 

‘‘[s]ignificant adverse environmental 

effects that the Agency considers to be 

extraordinary circumstances.’’ Because 

RD’s definition of extraordinary 

circumstances includes DOE’s 

definition in its entirety, but also 

includes additional details that address 

considerations relevant to RD’s 

programs, RD will rely on the language 

found in RD’s implementing 

procedures. RD’s regulations include the 

same factors as DOE’s regulations, and 

DOE also requires an evaluation for the 

integral elements defined in 10 CFR part 

1021 Subpart D, Appendix B. 

IV. Consultation With DOE and 

Determination of Appropriateness 

RD and DOE consulted on the 

appropriateness of RD’s adoption of the 

CEs in February, April, October, and 

November of 2024. RD and DOE’s 

consultation included a review of DOE’s 

experience developing and applying the 

CEs, the types of actions for which RD 

plans to utilize the CEs, and 

consideration of extraordinary 

circumstances. These RD actions are 

similar to the type of projects that DOE 

undertakes or funds and therefore the 

effects of RD projects will be similar to 

the effects of DOE projects, which are 

not significant, absent the existence of 

extraordinary circumstances that could 

involve potentially significant effects. 

Therefore, RD has determined that its 

proposed use of the CEs as described in 

this notice would be appropriate. 

V. Notice to the Public and 

Documentation of Adoption 

This notice serves to identify to the 

public and document RD’s adoption of 

DOE’s CEs, per 40 CFR 1501.4(e)(3) for 

contracts, policies, and marketing and 

allocation plans for electric power; 

power marketing services and activities; 

electricity transmission agreements; 

upgrading and rebuilding of existing 

powerlines, construction and operation 

of electrochemical-battery or flywheel 

energy storage systems; actions to 

conserve energy or water; and solar 

photovoltaic systems. The notice 

identifies the types of actions to which 

RD will apply the CEs, as well as the 

considerations that RD will use in 

determining whether an action is within 

the scope of the CEs. 

Issued under authority delegated in 7 

CFR 2.17. 

Basil I. Gooden, 

Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27790 Filed 11–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: December 11, 2024; 9:00 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. Local Time. 

PLACE: On December 11, 2024, the 

Board will meet at: Radio Free Europe/ 

Radio Liberty Headquarters, 

Vinohradska ́ 159a, 100 00 Prague 10. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

International Broadcasting Advisory 

Board (Board) will conduct a meeting 

closed to the public at the date and time 

listed above. Board Members 

(membership includes Chair Kenneth 

Jarin, Luis Botello, Jamie Fly, Michelle 

Giuda, Kathleen Matthews, Under 

Secretary Lee Satterfield (Secretary of 

State’s Representative)), Chief Executive 

Officer of the U.S. Agency for Global 


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1See Certain Steel Trailer Wheels 12 to 16.5 

Inches from the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 

84 FR 45952 (September 3, 2019) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 

FR 62717 (August 1, 2024). 

3See Domestic Interested Party’s Letter, 

‘‘Petitioner’s Notice of Intent to Participate in the 

First Five-Year Review,’’ dated August 16, 2024. 

Media (USAGM), the USAGM General 

Counsel and Acting Board Secretary to 

the Board, the Secretariat to the Board, 

and recording secretaries will attend the 

closed meeting. Certain USAGM staff 

members who may be called on to brief 

or support the Board also may attend. 

The USAGM General Counsel and 

Board Secretary has certified that, in his 

opinion, exemptions set forth in the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, in 

particular 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (6), and 

(9)(B), permit closure of this meeting. 

The entirety of the Board’s 

membership approved the closing of 

this meeting. 

The purpose for closing the meeting is 

so that the IBAB may decide on hiring 

certain entity heads. The closed meeting 

also will focus on discussing the 

development of internal rules and 

practices to govern Board processes and 

functions. This includes developing 

processes or rules relating to IBAB, 

USAGM, and the USAGM entities. 

Publicizing these deliberations would 

frustrate the implementation of the very 

items they will be proposing. [This 

related to (2), (6) and (9).] 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, IBAB 

will post an announcement of the 

change, along with the new time, date, 

and/or place of the meeting on its 

website at https://www.ibab.gov. 

Although a separate federal entity, 

USAGM prepared this notice and will 

continue to support the Board in 

accordance with 22 U.S.C. 6205(g). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact USAGM’s 

Executive Director Oanh Tran at (202) 

920–2583. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b, 22 U.S.C. 

6205(e)(3)(C). 

Dated: November 27, 2024. 

Meredith L. Meads, 

Executive Assistant, USAGM. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28366 Filed 11–27–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 2171] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

123 Under Alternative Site Framework; 

Denver, Colorado 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) adopts the following Order: 

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the 

establishment . . . of foreign-trade 

zones in ports of entry of the United 

States, to expedite and encourage 

foreign commerce, and for other 

purposes,’’ and authorizes the Board to 

grant to qualified corporations the 

privilege of establishing foreign-trade 

zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection ports of entry; 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the World Trade Center 

Denver, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 

123, submitted an application to the 

Board (FTZ Docket B–16–2024, 

docketed April 18, 2024) for authority to 

reorganize under the ASF with a service 

area of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, 

Denver, Douglas, Elbert, and Morgan 

Counties and a portion of Larimer and 

Weld Counties, Colorado, in and 

adjacent to the Denver Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry, FTZ 

123’s existing Sites 3 and 4 would be 

categorized as magnet sites, and existing 

Site 7 would be categorized as a usagedriven site; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (89 FR 31132–31133, April 24, 

2024) and the application has been 

processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiners’ report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 123 

under the ASF is approved, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including section 400.13, to the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

the zone, to an ASF sunset provision for 

magnet sites that would terminate 

authority for Sites 3 and 4 if not 

activated within five years from the 

month of approval, and to an ASF 

sunset provision for usage-driven sites 

that would terminate authority for Site 

7 if no foreign-status merchandise is 

admitted for a bona fide customs 

purpose within three years from the 

month of approval. 

Dated: November 25, 2024. 

Dawn Shackleford, 

Executive Director of Trade Agreements 

Policy & Negotiations, Alternate Chairman, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28157 Filed 11–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–091] 

Certain Steel Wheels 12 to 16.5 Inches 

in Diameter From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited First Sunset Review of the 

Countervailing Duty Order; 2024 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) finds that 

revocation of the countervailing duty 

(CVD) order on certain steel wheels 12 

to 16.5 inches in diameter (steel wheels) 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of 

countervailable subsidies at the levels 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of the 

Sunset Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable December 2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0189. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 3, 2019, Commerce 

published the Order on steel wheels 

from China.1 On August 1, 2024, 

Commerce published the notice of 

initiation of the first sunset review of 

the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).2 On August 16, 2024, Commerce 

received a notice of intent to participate 

from Dexstar Wheel Division of 

Americana Development Inc. (the 

domestic interested party), within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The domestic 

interested party claimed interested party 

status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act 

as a U.S. producer engaged in the 

production of steel wheels in the United 

States. 

On August 30, 2024, Commerce 

received an adequate substantive 

response from the domestic interested 

party within the 30-day deadline 


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