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Dated: December 28, 2021.
Tamara Qureshi,
Assistant General Counsel, Chemical Safety
and Hazard Investigation Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development
Agency
Rural Business Center Program
Minority Business
Development Agency (MBDA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
On November 15, 2021,
President Biden signed the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,
which included statutory authority
within the Minority Business
Development Act (the Act) for the
Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA) to establish a Rural Business
Center Program. MBDA is seeking
public comment on various issues
related to rural areas and rural minority
business enterprises to inform the
agency and provide fundamental
information regarding this sector of the
economy. This notice requests
comments on or before January 25,
2022.
SUMMARY:
The deadline for filing comments
is January 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
submitted in electronic form to
mbdapublicaffairs@mbda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danae Pauli, Senior Advisor to the
National Director, MBDA, U.S.
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Department of Commerce, by email at
dpauli@mbda.gov, or at (202) 482–2332.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Minority Business Development
Agency (MBDA), a bureau of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, leads Federal
Government efforts to promote the
growth and global competitiveness of
minority business enterprises (MBEs).
The Minority Business Development
Act (the Act) authorized MBDA to
establish a rural business center
program to serve rural minority business
enterprises or minority business
enterprises located more than 50 miles
from an MBDA Business Center (other
than an MBDA Rural Business Center)
and provide education and training,
legal, financial, and technical assistance
to minority business enterprises.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,
Public Law 117–58, division K, title III,
sections 100301 and 100302 (November
15, 2021). Rural area is defined in the
MBDA Act pursuant to section 371(a) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1991(a). The
Act designated minority-serving
institutions (as defined in section
371(a)(1) through (7) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C.
1067q(a)) as the entities that are eligible
to receive grants to operate a rural
business center. MBDA has initiated the
process of conducting research and
collecting information to design the new
program that meets the business
development needs of MBEs located in
rural areas across the United States.
Comments may be used to help MBDA
decide policy related to the areas of
focus, geographical location and
distribution, and additional areas of
service for the rural business center
program. As part of this process, MBDA
is seeking comments from members of
the public, including but not limited to
operators of rural businesses and
persons with expertise and information,
to provide the following information
related to minority businesses in rural
areas:
1. Describe the types of business
operations in rural areas.
2. What are the financial, operational,
and logistical needs of rural business
enterprises?
3. Are there unique challenges faced
by MBEs located in rural and remote
areas of the U.S.? If so, describe.
4. What are the best methods to
provide education, training, legal,
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financial, and technical assistance to
MBEs in rural areas?
5. Are there examples or success
stories from organizations that provide
services to MBEs in rural areas?
6. How should MBDA measure
success for rural business centers?
7. What specific performance metrics
should MBDA consider for rural
business centers that would measure
service to rural businesses?
8. What factors should be measured to
demonstrate elements of success from
the perspective of organizations that
support, or customers served by rural
businesses?
9. What is the most effective role for
Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to
foster the establishment and growth of
MBEs in rural America and how should
that impact be measured?
10. How many MSIs have degree and/
or academic programs focused on
business-related topics (e.g.,
entrepreneurship, supply chains,
advanced manufacturing/
manufacturing, innovation, etc.) or offer
business accelerator programs and/or
business incubators? Provide names and
locations of MSIs that have these
programs.
11. What is the most effective way for
MSIs to collaborate with communitybased organizations? Please provide
examples.
In addition, MBDA is seeking public
comment regarding the focal points for
the rural business centers as directed by
the section 100302(c) of the MBDA Act:
(i) The adoption of broadband internet
access service (as defined in section
8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor
regulation), digital literacy skills, and ecommerce by rural minority business
enterprises; (ii) advanced
manufacturing; (iii) the promotion of
manufacturing in the United States; (iv)
ways in which rural minority business
enterprises can meet gaps in the supply
chain of critical supplies and essential
goods and services for the United States;
(v) improving the connectivity of rural
minority business enterprises through
transportation and logistics; (vi)
promoting trade and export
opportunities by rural minority business
enterprises; (vii) securing financial
capital; (viii) facilitating
entrepreneurship in rural areas; and (ix)
creating jobs in rural areas.
All comments must be submitted in
electronic form (Word or other
consistent software program) to the
comment mailbox listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. Comments
should include the name or organization
represented, contact information for the
commenter, and the specific issue or
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subject addressed in accordance with
this notice and the provisions of the
MBDA Act, Rural Business Center
Program section.
Josephine Arnold,
Chief Counsel, Minority Business
Development Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Exempted
Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit; request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from the REEF
Environmental Education Foundation
(REEF). If granted, the EFP would
authorize the deployment of noncontainment and spiny lobster traps in
the Federal waters of the South Atlantic
by research and contracted commercial
vessels to target lionfish. The project
would seek to determine the
effectiveness of these traps for attracting
and collecting invasive lionfish while
avoiding impacts to non-target species
and habitats.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the application, identified by
‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0119’’ by any of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0119’’ in the
Search box. Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Kelli O’Donnell, Southeast
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
• Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
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viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
Electronic copies of the application
and programmatic environmental
assessment (PEA) may be obtained from
the Southeast Regional Office website at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
lionfish-traps-exempted-fishing-permitapplications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelli O’Donnell, 727–824–5305; email:
kelli.odonnell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is
requested under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C 1801 et seq.), and regulations at
50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted
fishing.
Lionfish is an invasive marine species
that occurs in both the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf) and South Atlantic. The harvest
of lionfish in the Federal waters of the
Gulf and South Atlantic is not currently
managed by NMFS. The EFP application
submitted to NMFS involves the use of
prohibited gear in Federal waters.
Federal regulations prohibit the use or
possession of a fish trap in Federal
waters in the Gulf and South Atlantic
(50 CFR 622.9(c)). In South Atlantic
Federal waters, the term ‘‘fish trap’’
refers to a trap capable of taking fish,
except for a seabass pot, a golden crab
trap, or a crustacean trap, which are a
type of trap historically used in the
directed fishery for blue crab, stone
crab, red crab, jonah crab, or spiny
lobster and that contains at any time not
more than 25 percent, by number, of
fish other than blue crab, stone crab, red
crab, jonah crab, and spiny lobster (50
CFR 622.2). The EFP would exempt
these activities from the regulations
prohibiting the use or possession of a
fish trap in Federal waters of the South
Atlantic at 50 CFR 622.9(c) and exempt
the activities from the spiny lobster
seasonal closures at 50 CFR 622.403(b)
and (c). This allows the applicant to use
non-containment traps and spiny lobster
traps to target lionfish throughout the
calendar year, including during the
spiny lobster closed season off Florida.
This exemption does not apply to
fishing in areas where spiny lobster trap
fishing is currently prohibited in
Federal waters to protect corals (50 CFR
622.406). As described in more detail
later in this notice, the EFP will allow
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development Agency
Rural Business Center Program
AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included statutory
authority within the Minority Business Development Act (the Act) for
the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to establish a Rural
Business Center Program. MBDA is seeking public comment on various
issues related to rural areas and rural minority business enterprises
to inform the agency and provide fundamental information regarding this
sector of the economy. This notice requests comments on or before
January 25, 2022.
DATES: The deadline for filing comments is January 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be submitted in electronic form to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danae Pauli, Senior Advisor to the
National Director, MBDA, U.S. Department of Commerce, by email at
[email protected], or at (202) 482-2332.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau of the
U.S. Department of Commerce, leads Federal Government efforts to
promote the growth and global competitiveness of minority business
enterprises (MBEs). The Minority Business Development Act (the Act)
authorized MBDA to establish a rural business center program to serve
rural minority business enterprises or minority business enterprises
located more than 50 miles from an MBDA Business Center (other than an
MBDA Rural Business Center) and provide education and training, legal,
financial, and technical assistance to minority business enterprises.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, division K,
title III, sections 100301 and 100302 (November 15, 2021). Rural area
is defined in the MBDA Act pursuant to section 371(a) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1991(a). The Act
designated minority-serving institutions (as defined in section
371(a)(1) through (7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C.
1067q(a)) as the entities that are eligible to receive grants to
operate a rural business center. MBDA has initiated the process of
conducting research and collecting information to design the new
program that meets the business development needs of MBEs located in
rural areas across the United States. Comments may be used to help MBDA
decide policy related to the areas of focus, geographical location and
distribution, and additional areas of service for the rural business
center program. As part of this process, MBDA is seeking comments from
members of the public, including but not limited to operators of rural
businesses and persons with expertise and information, to provide the
following information related to minority businesses in rural areas:
1. Describe the types of business operations in rural areas.
2. What are the financial, operational, and logistical needs of
rural business enterprises?
3. Are there unique challenges faced by MBEs located in rural and
remote areas of the U.S.? If so, describe.
4. What are the best methods to provide education, training, legal,
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financial, and technical assistance to MBEs in rural areas?
5. Are there examples or success stories from organizations that
provide services to MBEs in rural areas?
6. How should MBDA measure success for rural business centers?
7. What specific performance metrics should MBDA consider for rural
business centers that would measure service to rural businesses?
8. What factors should be measured to demonstrate elements of
success from the perspective of organizations that support, or
customers served by rural businesses?
9. What is the most effective role for Minority Serving
Institutions (MSIs) to foster the establishment and growth of MBEs in
rural America and how should that impact be measured?
10. How many MSIs have degree and/or academic programs focused on
business-related topics (e.g., entrepreneurship, supply chains,
advanced manufacturing/manufacturing, innovation, etc.) or offer
business accelerator programs and/or business incubators? Provide names
and locations of MSIs that have these programs.
11. What is the most effective way for MSIs to collaborate with
community-based organizations? Please provide examples.
In addition, MBDA is seeking public comment regarding the focal
points for the rural business centers as directed by the section
100302(c) of the MBDA Act: (i) The adoption of broadband internet
access service (as defined in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation), digital literacy
skills, and e-commerce by rural minority business enterprises; (ii)
advanced manufacturing; (iii) the promotion of manufacturing in the
United States; (iv) ways in which rural minority business enterprises
can meet gaps in the supply chain of critical supplies and essential
goods and services for the United States; (v) improving the
connectivity of rural minority business enterprises through
transportation and logistics; (vi) promoting trade and export
opportunities by rural minority business enterprises; (vii) securing
financial capital; (viii) facilitating entrepreneurship in rural areas;
and (ix) creating jobs in rural areas.
All comments must be submitted in electronic form (Word or other
consistent software program) to the comment mailbox listed in the
ADDRESSES section above. Comments should include the name or
organization represented, contact information for the commenter, and
the specific issue or subject addressed in accordance with this notice
and the provisions of the MBDA Act, Rural Business Center Program
section.
Josephine Arnold,
Chief Counsel, Minority Business Development Agency.
[FR Doc. 2021-28331 Filed 12-29-21; 8:45 am]
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