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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President’s Advisory Commission on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics
Meeting
White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Announcement of an Open
Meeting.
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AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and agenda of the ninth
meeting of the President’s Advisory
Commission on Educational Excellence
for Hispanics. The notice also describes
the functions of the Commission. Notice
of the meeting is required by section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
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Committee Act and intended to notify
the public of its opportunity to attend.
Due to unexpected complications in
securing adequate meeting space
coupled with the immediate need to
establish a plan of activities for the
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics’ 25th
Anniversary scheduled to begin on or
about September 2014, this notice is
being published late.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 9
a.m.–4 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: Durango Building,
Southwest Room, 1.124, The University
of Texas at San Antonio, Downtown
Campus, 501 Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., San
Antonio, TX 78207.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emmanuel Caudillo, Special Advisor,
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington,
DC 20202; telephone: 202–401–1411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
President’s Advisory Commission on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics
(the Commission) is established by
Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010;
reestablished December 12, 2012). The
Commission is governed by the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92–463;
as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2)
which sets forth standards for the
formation and use of advisory
committees. The purpose of the
Commission is to advise the President
and the Secretary of Education on all
matters pertaining to the education
attainment of the Hispanic community.
The Commission shall advise the
President and the Secretary in the
following areas: (i) Developing,
implementing, and coordinating
educational programs and initiatives at
the Department and other agencies to
improve educational opportunities and
outcomes for Hispanics of all ages; (ii)
increasing the participation of the
Hispanic community and HispanicServing Institutions in the Department’s
programs and in education programs at
other agencies; (iii) engaging the
philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and
education communities in a national
dialogue regarding the mission and
objectives of this order; (iv) establishing
partnerships with public, private,
philanthropic, and nonprofit
stakeholders to meet the mission and
policy objectives of this order.
Meeting: The Commission will
provide updates to its activities and
engagement efforts on key priorities,
and hold breakout sessions with the
established subcommittees: Early
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Learning; K–12; and Higher Education.
There will be discussion focusing on the
Commission’s 25th Anniversary in
2015.
Individuals who wish to attend the
Commission meeting must RSVP by 12
noon EDT, Friday, August 29, 2014, to
WHIEEH@ed.gov.
An opportunity for public comment
will be available on Wednesday,
September 3, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., CDT. Individuals who wish to
provide comments will be allowed three
minutes to speak. Those members of the
public interested in submitting written
comments may do so by submitting
them to the attention of Emmanuel
Caudillo, White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics,
U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W108,
Washington, DC 20202, by Friday,
August 29, 2014 or via email at
WHIEEH@ed.gov.
Reasonable Accommodations:
Individuals who will need
accommodations in order to attend the
meeting (e.g., interpreting services,
assistive listening devices, or material in
alternative format) should notify
Emmanuel Caudillo, Special Advisor,
White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics at 202–401–
1411, no later than Wednesday, August
27, 2014. We will attempt to meet
requests for such accommodations after
this date, but cannot guarantee their
availability. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
Access to Records of the Meeting:
Records are kept of all Commission
proceedings and are available for public
inspection at the office of the White
House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington,
DC 20202, Monday through Friday
(excluding federal holidays) during the
hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
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Ted Mitchell,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Record of Decision To Withdraw From
Production and Distribution of the
Radioisotope Germanium-68 Used for
Calibration Sources
Office of Science, Department
of Energy.
ACTION: Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(Department or DOE) Isotope Program,
within the Office of Science, currently
produces and distributes the
radioisotope germanium-68 (Ge-68).
There are two primary uses of the Ge68: In the manufacture of calibration
sources for Positron Emission
Tomography (PET) scanners used for
diagnostic medical imaging; and in the
manufacture of germanium-68/gallium68 (Ge-68/Ga-68) generators, which
provide Ga-68 as a positron source in
radiopharmaceuticals used in PET
imaging.
The Department published a Notice of
Inquiry and Request for comment in the
Federal Register, on March 8, 2013,
concerning its consideration of
withdrawal from commercial
production of Ge-68. The Department
received numerous comments in
response to this Notice of Inquiry,
evaluated substantial information
provided by one private domestic
company seeking the Department’s
withdrawal, and assessed other
available information. The Department
determined that Ge-68 is reasonably
available from the commercial sector for
use in the manufacture of calibration
sources but not for use in Ge-68/Ga-68
generators. The Department published a
Notice of Intent and Request for
comment in the Federal Register, on
April 9, 2014, to provide the public with
notice and seek public comment on the
Department’s intent to withdraw from
the production and distribution of Ge-68
used in the manufacture of calibration
sources, while maintaining its current
position in the production and
distribution of Ge-68 for Ge-68/Ga-68
generators. Three comments in response
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to this Notice of Intent were received
and assessed by the Department to
conclude the evaluation process with
this Record of Decision. The
Department’s decision is to: (1)
Withdraw from sales of Ge-68 for the
purpose of fabricating calibration
sources, while maintaining production
capability in the event circumstances
change; (2) maintain its current position
in the production and distribution of
Ge-68 for use in the manufacture of Ge68/Ga-68 generators; and (3) require the
Department’s Ge-68 customers to sign
an end-use statement that the Ge-68 will
be used only in the fabrication of Ge-68/
Ga-68 generators.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Marc Garland, Program Manager, Office
of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science,
U.S. Department of Energy,
Germantown Building, SC–26.2, 1000
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20585, Tel: 301–903–9576.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the
Department’s policy to refrain from
competition with private industry in the
commercial production and distribution
of radioisotopes when those
radioisotopes are reasonably available
commercially. This policy was
announced in the Federal Register
notice, 30 FR 3247 (March 9, 1965),
entitled ‘‘Policies and Procedures for
Transfer of Commercial Radioisotope
Production and Distribution to Private
Industry’’ (‘‘Statement of Policy’’). The
Statement of Policy provides criteria
and guidance on withdrawal from the
market and states that when the
Department determines to voluntarily
withdraw from the commercial
production and distribution of
particular radioisotopes, it will publish
a notice of such intent for public
comment.
Background
The Department currently produces
and distributes the radioisotope Ge-68.
The Department was made aware of
domestic private industry development
of commercial production and
distribution of this radioisotope in the
United States, in addition to the
distribution in the United States of the
radioisotope produced by foreign
entities. In light of these circumstances,
a Notice of Inquiry and Request for
comment entitled ‘‘Consideration of
Withdrawal from Commercial
Production and Distribution of the
Radioisotope Germanium-68’’ (‘‘Notice
of Inquiry’’) was published in the
Federal Register, 78 FR 15009 (March 8,
2013), announcing the Department’s
intent to conduct an evaluation and to
request comments and information from
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the public for consideration in the
evaluation.
The Department received numerous
comments in response to the Notice of
Inquiry from private citizens affected by
the use of Ge-68 in Ge-68/Ga-68
generators critical in medical imaging
for certain cancers, and from some
private companies involved in the
manufacture of products for medical
purposes. The Department conducted an
evaluation of all available information,
including all comments received in
response to the Notice of Inquiry, and
subsequently published a Notice of
Intent to Withdraw from Production and
Distribution of the Radioisotope
Germanium-68 Used for Calibration
Sources (‘‘Notice of Intent and Request
for Comment’’) (‘‘NOI’’) in the Federal
Register, 79 FR 19610 (April 9, 2014).
The NOI announced the Department’s
intent to withdraw from production of
Ge-68 for the manufacture of calibration
sources, but to maintain production and
distribution of Ge-68 for Ge-68/Ga-68
generators. To provide assurance of
supply of Ge-68 for calibration source
purposes, the Department announced
that it would maintain production
capability but not engage in sales to the
marketplace. Sales of Ge-68 for
calibration sources would end by April
30, 2014, and thereafter customers
would be required to sign an end-use
statement that the Ge-68 would be used
in the fabrication of Ge-68/Ga-68
generators. The NOI presented the basis
for the Department’s proposed actions
and solicited comments regarding those
actions.
Evaluation and Determination
The Department received three
comments in response to the NOI, two
from the general public and one from
private industry. The responses from the
general public were received from a
university researcher involved in Ga-68
radiopharmaceutical development and a
cancer patient who benefits from the use
of Ga-68 radiopharmaceuticals; both
responses were in support of the
Department’s announced intent to
maintain production for use in Ge-68/
Ga-68 generators. Neither commenter
objected to the Department’s withdrawal
from the production and distribution of
Ge-68 used in calibration sources.
The response received from private
industry, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals,
supported the Department’s announced
intent to withdraw from production of
Ge-68 for the manufacture of calibration
sources, but provided additional
information and requested the
Department reconsider the announced
intent to maintain production and
distribution of Ge-68 for Ge-68/Ga-68
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics Meeting
AGENCY: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Announcement of an Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the ninth
meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics. The notice also describes the functions of
the Commission. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public
of its opportunity to attend. Due to unexpected complications in
securing adequate meeting space coupled with the immediate need to
establish a plan of activities for the White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics' 25th Anniversary scheduled to
begin on or about September 2014, this notice is being published late.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: Durango Building, Southwest Room, 1.124, The University of
Texas at San Antonio, Downtown Campus, 501 Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., San
Antonio, TX 78207.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emmanuel Caudillo, Special Advisor,
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, 400
Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, DC 20202; telephone: 202-
401-1411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Advisory Commission on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics (the Commission) is established by
Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010; reestablished December 12, 2012).
The Commission is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92-463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix
2) which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory
committees. The purpose of the Commission is to advise the President
and the Secretary of Education on all matters pertaining to the
education attainment of the Hispanic community.
The Commission shall advise the President and the Secretary in the
following areas: (i) Developing, implementing, and coordinating
educational programs and initiatives at the Department and other
agencies to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for
Hispanics of all ages; (ii) increasing the participation of the
Hispanic community and Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the
Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies;
(iii) engaging the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and education
communities in a national dialogue regarding the mission and objectives
of this order; (iv) establishing partnerships with public, private,
philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to meet the mission and
policy objectives of this order.
Meeting: The Commission will provide updates to its activities and
engagement efforts on key priorities, and hold breakout sessions with
the established subcommittees: Early Learning; K-12; and Higher
Education. There will be discussion focusing on the Commission's 25th
Anniversary in 2015.
Individuals who wish to attend the Commission meeting must RSVP by
12 noon EDT, Friday, August 29, 2014, to WHIEEH@ed.gov.
An opportunity for public comment will be available on Wednesday,
September 3, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., CDT. Individuals who wish to
provide comments will be allowed three minutes to speak. Those members
of the public interested in submitting written comments may do so by
submitting them to the attention of Emmanuel Caudillo, White House
Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, DC 20202, by
Friday, August 29, 2014 or via email at WHIEEH@ed.gov.
Reasonable Accommodations: Individuals who will need accommodations
in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistive
listening devices, or material in alternative format) should notify
Emmanuel Caudillo, Special Advisor, White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics at 202-401-1411, no later than
Wednesday, August 27, 2014. We will attempt to meet requests for such
accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee their
availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
Access to Records of the Meeting: Records are kept of all
Commission proceedings and are available for public inspection at the
office of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room
4W108, Washington, DC 20202, Monday through Friday (excluding federal
holidays) during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
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
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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: 20 U.S.C. 101c.
Ted Mitchell,
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-20870 Filed 8-29-14; 8:45 am]
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