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Notices Federal Register

1434 

Vol. 90, No. 5 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 

1FSA has applied a payment limitation of 

$900,000 for payments to specialty crop producers 

under previous programs. For both the Emergency 

Relief Program (ERP) and ERP 2022, producers were 

subject to a $900,000 payment limitation for 

specialty crops if at least 75 percent of the person 

or legal entity’s average adjusted gross income was 

income derived from farming, ranching, and 

forestry related activities. For ERP Phase 1, see the 

NOFA published May 18, 2022 (87 FR 30164– 

30172); for ERP Phase 2, see 7 CFR 760.1906(b)(1); 

for ERP 2022, see the NOFA published October 31, 

2023 (88 FR 74404–74419). 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID FSA–2024–0011] 

Notice; Marketing Assistance for 

Specialty Crops 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and application 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is announcing changes to the 

available funding, payment limitation, 

and application deadline for Marketing 

Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC). 

DATES: FSA county offices will accept 

applications for MASC until January 10, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Sayers; telephone: (202) 720– 

6870; email: Kathy.Sayers@usda.gov. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication should 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 

FSA announced MASC in a Notice of 

Funds Availability (NOFA) in the 

Federal Register on December 10, 2024 

(89 FR 99212–99220). The NOFA 

announced that the MASC application 

period began on December 10, 2024, and 

would end on January 8, 2025. This 

notice is announcing an extension of the 

application period through January 10, 

2025; the extension is intended to 

provide public notification of the 

changes announced in this notice in 

advance of the application period 

closing. 

The NOFA provided that MASC 

would use up to $2 billion in 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

funding to provide eligible specialty 

crop producers with marketing 

assistance payments that will help them 

engage in activities that aid in 

expanding domestic specialty crop 

markets or in developing new markets 

for their specialty crops. FSA has 

determined that an additional $650 

million in CCC funding is available for 

this purpose, so up to $2.65 billion may 

be used to provide assistance through 

MASC. 

The NOFA also provided that a 

person or legal entity, other than a joint 

venture or general partnership, cannot 

receive, directly or indirectly, more than 

$125,000 in MASC payments. In this 

notice, FSA is announcing that the 

payment limitation will be increased 

from $125,000 to $900,000. FSA is 

making this change in response to 

stakeholder engagement and feedback 

received after publication of the MASC 

NOFA. During this time, stakeholders 

have emphasized the higher marketing 

costs related to specialty crops due to 

perishability, transporting, and 

packaging, which present greater 

financial challenges maintaining and 

expanding markets. Stakeholders have 

also raised concerns that the MASC 

payment limitation was different than 

the payment limitation for specialty 

crops in some previous programs.1

USDA acknowledges the concerns 

expressed by stakeholders regarding the 

inconsistent manner in which program 

requirements are applied and the impact 

that this may have on producer 

expectations regarding eligibility and 

potential program benefits to support 

producers in marketing their 

commodities. 

The increases in the amount of 

available funding and the payment 

limitation do not change how FSA will 

determine the percent payment factors 

used in the MASC payment calculation. 

As provided in the NOFA, if demand for 

MASC payments exceeds available 

funding, either MASC payments may be 

prorated, the payment limitation may be 

lowered, or both. The increase to the 

payment limitation does not change 

how a payment to a legal entity will be 

attributed to members who have a direct 

or indirect ownership interest in the 

legal entity; the provisions regarding 

attribution will be applied as provided 

in the NOFA. 

Zach Ducheneaux, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00215 Filed 1–6–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–E2–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the Puerto 

Rico Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the Puerto 

Rico Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by virtual 

web conference on Wednesday, January 

29, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. Atlantic Time. 

The purpose is to continue discussion 

on their project on the civil rights 

impacts of the Insular Cases in Puerto 

Rico. 

DATES: January 29, 2025, Wednesday, at 

3:30 p.m. Atlantic Time (2:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time) 

ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held via 

Zoom. 

Registration Link (Audio/Visual): 

https://tinyurl.com/mpsrnvy2. 

Join by Phone (Audio Only): 1–833 

435 1820 USA Toll Free; Meeting ID: 

161 582 1962 #. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Email Victoria Moreno, Designated 

Federal Officer at vmoreno@usccr.gov, 

or by phone at 434–515–0204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting will take place in Spanish with 


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English interpretation. This committee 

meeting is available to the public 

through the registration link above. Any 

interested member of the public may 

listen to the meeting. An open comment 

period will be provided to allow 

members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. Per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, public 

minutes of the meeting will include a 

list of persons who are present at the 

meeting. If joining via phone, callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Closed captioning 

will be available for individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or who have 

certain cognitive or learning 

impairments. To request additional 

accommodations, please email ebohor@

usccr.gov at least 10 business days prior 

to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Victoria Moreno at 

vmoreno@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

1–312–353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meetings will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, Puerto 

Rico Advisory Committee link. Persons 

interested in the work of this Committee 

are directed to the Commission’s 

website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at ebohor@usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

1. Welcome & Roll Call 

2. Committee Discussion on Project 

Regarding the Civil Rights Impacts 

of the Insular Cases in Puerto Rico 

3. Next Steps 

4. Public Comment 

5. Other Business 

6. Adjourn 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00145 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–1–2025] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 265, 

Notification of Proposed Production 

Activity; Unimacts Company; (Steel 

Products); Conroe, Texas 

The City of Conroe, Texas, grantee of 

FTZ 265 has submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the FTZ 

Board (the Board) on behalf of the 

Unimacts Company for the company’s 

facility in Conroe, Texas within FTZ 

265. The notification conforming to the 

requirements of the Board’s regulations 

(15 CFR 400.22) was received on 

December 19, 2024. 

Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ 

production activity would be limited to 

the specific foreign-status material(s)/ 

component(s) and specific finished 

product(s) described in the submitted 

notification (summarized below) and 

subsequently authorized by the Board. 

The benefits that may stem from 

conducting production activity under 

FTZ procedures are explained in the 

background section of the Board’s 

website—accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. The proposed finished product(s) 

and material(s)/component(s) would be 

added to the production authority that 

the Board previously approved for the 

operation, as reflected on the Board’s 

website. 

The proposed finished products 

include flat-rolled steel (electrolytically 

plated or coated with zinc) of various 

widths and thicknesses, flat-rolled steel 

(zinc-coated/plated) of various widths 

and thicknesses, and flat-rolled steel 

(coated or plated with various materials) 

(duty-free). 

The proposed foreign-status 

materials/components include flatrolled steel (electrolytically plated or 

coated with zinc) of various widths and 

thicknesses, flat-rolled steel (zinc 

coated/plated) of various widths and 

thicknesses, flat-rolled steel (coated or 

plated with various materials), wide 

flat-rolled steel (electrolytically plated 

or coated with zinc), wide flat-rolled 

steel (electrolytically plated or coated 

with aluminum-zinc alloys), and wide 

flat-rolled steel (plated or coated with 

zinc) of varying thicknesses (duty-free). 

The request indicates that certain 

materials/components are subject to 

duties under section 232 of the Trade 

Expansion Act of 1962 (section 232) or 

section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 

(section 301), depending on the country 

of origin. The applicable section 232 

and section 301 decisions require 

subject merchandise to be admitted to 

FTZs in privileged foreign status (19 

CFR 146.41). The request indicates that 

flat-rolled steel (electrolytically plated 

or coated with zinc) of various widths 

and thicknesses, flat-rolled steel (zinc 

coated/plated) of various widths and 

thicknesses, flat-rolled steel (coated or 

plated with various materials), wide 

flat-rolled steel (electrolytically plated 

or coated with zinc), wide flat-rolled 

steel (electrolytically plated or coated 

with aluminum-zinc alloys), and wide 

flat-rolled steel (plated or coated with 

zinc) of varying thicknesses are subject 

to an antidumping/countervailing duty 

(AD/CVD) order/investigation if 

imported from certain countries. The 

Board’s regulations (15 CFR 

400.13(c)(2)) require that merchandise 

subject to AD/CVD orders, or items 

which would be otherwise subject to 

suspension of liquidation under AD/ 

CVD procedures if they entered U.S. 

customs territory, be admitted to the 

zone in PF status (19 CFR 146.41). 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

February 18, 2025. 

A copy of the notification will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Online FTZ Information System’’ 

section of the Board’s website. 

For further information, contact 

Kolade Osho at Kolade.Osho@trade.gov. 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00188 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–188, A–557–832] 

Float Glass Products From the 

People’s Republic of China and 

Malaysia: Initiation of Less-Than-FairValue Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dmitry Vladimirov (the People’s 

Republic of China (China)) and Jeff 

Pedersen (Malaysia), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 


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