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• Wallace E. Boston, Ph.D., President 

Emeritus, American Public University 

System, Inc., Charles Town, West 

Virginia. Appointed by Secretary Betsy 

DeVos. 

• Keith Curry, Ed.D., President/Chief 

Executive Officer, Compton College and 

Compton Community College District, 

Compton, California. Appointed by 

Secretary Miguel Cardona. 

• David A. Eubanks, Ph.D., Assistant 

Vice President for Assessment and 

Institutional Effectiveness, Furman 

University, Greenville, South Carolina. 

Appointed by Secretary Betsy DeVos. 

• Molly E. Hall-Martin, Ph.D., 

Director, W–SARA, Western Interstate 

Commission for Higher Education 

(WICHE), Boulder, Colorado. Appointed 

by Secretary Miguel Cardona. 

• D. Michael Lindsay, Ph.D., 

President, Taylor University, Upland, 

Indiana. Appointed by Secretary Betsy 

DeVos. 

• Mary Ellen Petrisko, Ph.D., Former 

President, WASC Senior College and 

University Commission, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania. Appointed by Secretary 

Betsy DeVos. 

Members Appointed by the Speaker of 

the House of Representatives with 

Terms Expiring September 30, 2026: 

• Kathleen Sullivan Alioto, Ed.D., 

Strategic Advisor, Fundraiser, and 

Consultant, New York, New York, San 

Francisco, California, and Boston, 

Massachusetts. Appointed by 

Representative Nancy Pelosi. 

• Roslyn Clark Artis, J.D., Ed.D., 

President, Benedict College, Columbia, 

South Carolina. Appointed by 

Representative Nancy Pelosi. 

• Jennifer Blum, J.D., Principal, Blum 

Higher Education Advising, PLLC, 

Washington, DC. Appointed by 

Representative Kevin McCarthy. 

• Arthur E. Keiser, Ph.D., Chancellor, 

Keiser University, Fort Lauderdale, 

Florida. Appointed by Representative 

Kevin McCarthy. 

• Robert Mayes, Jr., CEO, Columbia 

Southern Education Group, Elberta, 

Alabama. Appointed by Representative 

Kevin McCarthy. 

• Robert Shireman, Senior Fellow, 

The Century Foundation, Berkeley, 

California. Appointed by Representative 

Nancy Pelosi. 

Members Appointed by the President 

Pro Tempore of the Senate with Terms 

Expiring September 30, 2028: 

• Debbie Cochrane, Bureau Chief, 

California Bureau for Private 

Postsecondary Education, Alameda, 

California. Appointed by Senator Chuck 

Schumer. 

• Zakiya Smith Ellis, Ed.D., Principal, 

Education Counsel, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Appointed by Senator Chuck Schumer. 

• Michael Poliakoff, Ph.D., President, 

American Council of Trustees and 

Alumni, Washington, DC. Appointed by 

Senator Mitch McConnell. 

• Claude O. Pressnell Jr., Ed.D., 

Former President, Tennessee 

Independent Colleges and Universities 

Association, Nashville, Tennessee. 

Appointed by Senator Mitch 

McConnell. 

• Jose ́ Luis Cruz Rivera, Ph.D., 

President, Northern Arizona University, 

Flagstaff, Arizona. Appointed by 

Senator Chuck Schumer. 

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Department of Education was signed on 

November 8, 2024, by Miguel A. 

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Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28979 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities 

AGENCY: President’s Board of Advisors 

on Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the final meeting of the 

President’s Board of Advisors on 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities (Board) under the Biden 

Administration and provides 

information to members of the public 

about how to attend the meeting, 

request to make oral comments at the 

meeting, and submit written comments 

pertaining to the work of the Board. 

DATES: On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, the 

Board will hold a virtual meeting from 

10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. eastern daylight 

time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sedika Franklin, Associate Director/ 

Designated Federal Official, U.S. 

Department of Education, White House 

Initiative on Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

202–744–1336. Email at 

sedika.franklin@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Board’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: The Board is established by 

20 U.S.C. 1063e (the HBCUs Partners 

Act) and Executive Order 14041 

(September 3, 2021) and is continued by 

Executive Order 14109 (September 29, 

2023). The Board is also governed by the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 

(commonly known as the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act), which sets 

forth standards for the formation and 

use of advisory committees. The 

purpose of the Board is to advise the 

President, through the White House 

Initiative on Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities (Initiative), on all 

matters pertaining to strengthening the 

educational capacity of Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities 

(HBCUs). 

The Board advises the President in 

the following areas: (i) improving the 

identity, visibility, and distinctive 

capabilities and overall competitiveness 

of HBCUs; (ii) engaging the 

philanthropic, business, government, 

military, homeland-security, and 

education communities in a national 

dialogue regarding new HBCU programs 

and initiatives; (iii) improving the 


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ability of HBCUs to remain fiscally 

secure institutions that can assist the 

Nation in achieving its educational 

goals and in advancing the interests of 

all Americans; (iv) elevating the public 

awareness of, and fostering appreciation 

of, HBCUs; (v) encouraging publicprivate investments in HBCUs; and (vi) 

improving government-wide strategic 

planning related to HBCU 

competitiveness to align Federal 

resources and provide the context for 

decisions about HBCU partnerships, 

investments, performance goals, 

priorities, human capital development, 

and budget planning. Notice of the 

meeting is required by 5 U.S.C. chapter 

10 (commonly known as the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act) and is 

intended to notify the public of an 

opportunity to attend the meeting. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will include roll call; approval of the 

minutes from the September 19, 2024, 

Board meeting; discussion on the 

addendum to the Board’s 2023 report to 

the President; and acknowledgements of 

the Board’s work. The public comment 

period will begin immediately following 

the conclusion of such discussions. The 

Board will hold a vote on the 

addendum, which will serve as its 2024 

report to the President. 

Access to the Meeting: An advance 

RSVP is not required to attend the 

meeting. The public may join the 

meeting by computer at the following 

link: https://ed-gov.zoomgov.com/ 

webinar/register/WN_

3ERLW9n8QOerxPqd3Bt9_A. 

To virtually join the meeting, please 

click on the link, enter your name, email 

address, and organization, and follow 

the prompts to connect to the meeting 

audio by computer or telephone. 

Members of the public may virtually 

join the meeting 5 minutes prior to its 

start time. Members of the public 

joining by phone will be automatically 

placed in listen only mode. 

Submission of requests to make an 

oral comment: There will be an allotted 

time for oral comment at the meeting. 

The public may submit a request to 

make oral comment by sending a note 

via the chat function to the Host of the 

meeting. Please include ‘‘Oral Comment 

Request’’ in the note and provide the 

name, title, organization/affiliation, and 

email address of the person requesting 

to speak. The Designated Federal 

Official will call upon each requestor in 

the order in which the requests were 

received. Each individual who makes a 

request will have an opportunity to 

speak for up to two minutes. All oral 

comments will become part of the 

official record of the meeting. 

Submission of written comments: 

Written comments pertaining to the 

work of the Board may be submitted to 

the whirsvps@ed.gov mailbox. Please 

include in the subject line ‘‘Written 

Comments: Public Comment.’’ The 

email must include the name(s), title, 

organization/affiliation, mailing 

address, email address, and telephone 

number of the person(s) making the 

comment. Comments should be 

submitted as a Microsoft Word 

document or in a medium compatible 

with Microsoft Word (not a PDF file) 

that is attached to the email or provided 

in the body of the email message. Please 

do not send material directly to the 

members of the Board. Written 

comments will become part of the 

official record of the meeting. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

Department will post the official report 

of the meeting on the Board’s website, 

https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/policy/ 

presidents-board-of-advisors-pba-onhbcus, no later than 90 days after the 

meeting. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b), 

the public may also inspect the meeting 

materials and other Board records at 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 

by emailing oswhi-hbcu@ed.gov to 

schedule an appointment. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice at least two 

weeks before the meeting date. 

Although we will attempt to meet a 

request received after that date, we may 

not be able to make available the 

requested auxiliary aid or service 

because of insufficient time to arrange 

it. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: HBCUs Partners Act, 

Presidential Executive Order 14041, 

continued by Executive Order 14109. 

Alexis Barret, 

Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28944 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP24–971–000. 

Applicants: Vector Pipeline L.P. 

Description: Vector Pipeline L.P. 

submits Cost and Revenue Study. 

Filed Date: 12/3/24. 

Accession Number: 20241203–5268. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP25–265–000. 

Applicants: NEXUS Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rates—DTE 860002 and 

860003 eff 12–1–24 to be effective 12/ 

1/2024. 

Filed Date: 12/3/24. 

Accession Number: 20241203–5241. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP25–266–000. 

Applicants: Greylock Production, 

LLC, Pillar Energy, LLC. 

Description: Joint Petition for Limited 

Waiver of Capacity Release Regulations, 

et al. of Greylock Production, LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 12/3/24. 

Accession Number: 20241203–5266. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/24. 

Docket Numbers: RP25–267–000. 

Applicants: Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C. 

Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: RP 

2024–12–04 Negotiated Rate Agreement 

Amendment to be effective 12/4/2024. 

Filed Date: 12/4/24. 

Accession Number: 20241204–5108. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/16/24. 

Any person desiring to intervene, to 

protest, or to answer a complaint in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 

of the Commission’s Regulations (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the 

specified comment date. Protests may be 

considered, but intervention is 

necessary to become a party to the 

proceeding. 


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