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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business
Development
U.S. Small Business
Administration
ACTION: Notice of open Federal
Interagency Task Force meeting.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) is issuing this
notice to announce the location, date,
time and agenda for the next meeting of
the Interagency Task Force on Veterans
Small Business Development. The
meeting is open to the public.
DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, June 7,
2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
Where:
Eisenhower Conference Room B,
located on the Concourse level.
Teleconference Call In Number:
888–858–2144 Passcode: 4881729.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business
Development (Task Force). The Task
Force is established pursuant to
Executive Order 1354 to coordinate the
efforts of Federal agencies to improve
capital, business development
opportunities, and pre-established
federal contracting goals for small
business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans and servicedisabled veterans.
Moreover, the Task Force shall
coordinate administrative and
regulatory activities and develop
proposals relating to ‘‘six focus areas’’:
(1) Improving capital access and
capacity of small business concerns
owned and controlled by veterans and
service-disabled veterans through loans,
surety bonding, and franchising; (2)
ensuring achievement of the preestablished Federal contracting goals for
small business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans and service
disabled veterans through expanded
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such small business concerns with
contracting opportunities; (3) increasing
the integrity of certifications of status as
a small business concern owned and
controlled by a veteran or servicedisabled veteran; (4) reducing
paperwork and administrative burdens
on veterans in accessing business
development and entrepreneurship
opportunities; (5) increasing and
improving training and counseling
services provided to small business
concerns owned and controlled by
veterans; and (6) making other
improvements relating to the support for
veterans business development by the
Federal Government.
Additional Information: This meeting
is open to the public. Advance notice of
attendance is requested. Anyone
wishing to attend and/or make
comments to the Task Force must
contact SBA’s Office of Veterans
Business Development no later than
June 2, 2017 at veteransbusiness@
sba.gov. Comments for the record
should be applicable to the ‘‘six focus
areas’’ of the Task Force and will be
limited to five minutes in the interest of
time and to accommodate as many
participants as possible. Written
comments should also be sent to the
above email no later than June 2, 2017.
Special accommodations requests
should also be directed to SBA’s Office
of Veterans Business Development at
(202) 205–6773 or to veteransbusiness@
sba.gov.
For more information on veteran
owned small business programs, please
visit www.sba.gov/veterans.
Dated: May 16, 2017.
Richard W. Kingan,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
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Notice of Receipt of Express Pipeline
LLC (Express US) Notification for
Maintaining a Presidential Permit to
Operate and Maintain Pipeline
Facilities on the Border of the United
States and Canada
Department of State.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Department of State (‘‘Department’’)
has received from Enbridge Inc.
(‘‘Enbridge’’) notice that Enbridge has
acquired the entities that own Express
Pipeline LLC (‘‘Express US’’), which
owns, operates and maintains pipeline
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facilities (‘‘Express Pipeline’’)
authorized under a Presidential permit
issued to Express US on July 9, 2015.
Express US will continue to own,
operate, and maintain the Express
Pipeline as well as hold the Presidential
permit.
Interested parties are invited to
submit comments within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice on https://
www.regulations.gov with regard to
whether maintaining a Presidential
permit for the Express Pipeline would
be in the national interest in light of the
change in control of the existing border
facility.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments until June 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Presidential Permit Coordinator, Energy
Resources Bureau, Office of Policy
Analysis and Public Diplomacy, United
States Department of State, 2201 C St.
NW., Suite 4422, Washington, DC
20520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enbridge’s
notification is available at https://
www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/
applicants/expresspipeline/index.htm.
Express US is a corporation duly
organized under the laws of Delaware.
The ultimate parent company of Express
is now Enbridge, a publicly traded
corporation based in Calgary, Canada
with approximately 15,811 miles
(25,446 kilometers) of active crude
pipeline across North America.
The Express Pipeline is a 786-mile,
24-inch crude oil pipeline crossing the
U.S.-Canada border near Wild Horse,
Montana, and terminating near Casper,
Wyoming. The Express Pipeline has
been in operation since 1997 and
primarily transports crude oil from
Hardisty, Alberta, Canada.
Under Executive Order 13337 the
Secretary of State is designated and
empowered to receive all applications
for Presidential permits for the
construction, connection, operation, or
maintenance at the borders of the
United States, of facilities for the
exportation or importation of liquid
petroleum, petroleum products, or other
non-gaseous fuels to or from a foreign
country. The Department has the
responsibility to determine whether
issuance of a new Presidential permit
reflecting the change in control of the
Express Pipeline would be in the U.S.
national interest.
Consistent with Public Notice 5092,
(Procedures for Issuance of a
Presidential Permit Where There Has
Been a Transfer of the Underlying
Facility, Bridge or Border Crossing for
Land Transportation, 70 FR 30990,
issued on May 31, 2005), the
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration
ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force meeting.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this
notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the next
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, June 7, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
Where:
Eisenhower Conference Room B, located on the Concourse level.
Teleconference Call In Number:
888-858-2144 Passcode: 4881729.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development (Task Force). The Task Force is established pursuant to
Executive Order 1354 to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to
improve capital, business development opportunities, and pre-
established federal contracting goals for small business concerns owned
and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans.
Moreover, the Task Force shall coordinate administrative and
regulatory activities and develop proposals relating to ``six focus
areas'': (1) Improving capital access and capacity of small business
concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service-disabled veterans
through loans, surety bonding, and franchising; (2) ensuring
achievement of the pre-established Federal contracting goals for small
business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and service disabled
veterans through expanded mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] assistance and
matching such small business concerns with contracting opportunities;
(3) increasing the integrity of certifications of status as a small
business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or service-disabled
veteran; (4) reducing paperwork and administrative burdens on veterans
in accessing business development and entrepreneurship opportunities;
(5) increasing and improving training and counseling services provided
to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans; and (6)
making other improvements relating to the support for veterans business
development by the Federal Government.
Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance
notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make
comments to the Task Force must contact SBA's Office of Veterans
Business Development no later than June 2, 2017 at
veteransbusiness@sba.gov. Comments for the record should be applicable
to the ``six focus areas'' of the Task Force and will be limited to
five minutes in the interest of time and to accommodate as many
participants as possible. Written comments should also be sent to the
above email no later than June 2, 2017. Special accommodations requests
should also be directed to SBA's Office of Veterans Business
Development at (202) 205-6773 or to veteransbusiness@sba.gov.
For more information on veteran owned small business programs,
please visit www.sba.gov/veterans.
Dated: May 16, 2017.
Richard W. Kingan,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-10730 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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