60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of Material Change, Merger, Acquisition, or Divestiture of a Registered Party, 3016-3017 [2024-00742]
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during the public forums, SBA officials
will not provide comment on the
testimony of speakers. SBA requests that
commenters focus on the contents of
SBA’s 2023 Revised Methodology. SBA
requests that commenters do not raise
issues pertaining to specific industries,
or issues outside the scope of SBA’s
2023 Revised Methodology.
In the December 11, 2023, Federal
Register notice, SBA requested feedback
on a number of questions within the
scope of the 2023 Revised Methodology,
including: (a) Should SBA adopt a new
disparity ratio approach to evaluating
small business participation in the
Federal market, which will replace the
Federal contracting factor the Agency
used in the past?; (b) Should SBA lower
size standards regardless of prevailing
economic conditions when the
analytical results support lowering them
or should it consider the prevailing
economic environment when deciding
on whether to revise size standards?; (c)
Should SBA consider adjusting
employee-based size standards for labor
productivity growth or increased
automation similar to it adjusts
monetary-based size standards for
inflation?; (d) Should SBA consider
lowering its size standards generally?;
(e) Are there alternative or additional
factors or data sources that SBA should
consider when establishing, reviewing,
or revising size standards?; and (f) Does
SBA’s current approach to establishing
or modifying small business size
standards make sense in the current
economic environment? SBA hopes to
receive public input on these questions,
as well as on others, as posed in the
December 2023 notice.
Presenters are encouraged to provide
a written copy of their testimony. SBA
will accept written material that the
presenter wishes to provide that further
supplements his or her testimony
during the public forums. Electronic or
digitized submissions are encouraged.
The two virtual public forums on size
standards will be held on Tuesday,
January 16, 2024 and Thursday, January
18, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
EST; SBA will adjourn early if all
testimony has been delivered before the
end time.
III. Registration
Participants must pre-register to
attend either of the two virtual public
forums on size standards by visiting
SBA’s size standards web page at https://
www.sba.gov/size and registering at the
link provided. On the registration form,
participants may indicate whether they
would like to testify at the forum. After
registering, participants will receive an
email with an access link and call-in
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information which can be used to access
the forum on the scheduled date and
time. Additional information about the
forum is provided on SBA’s
announcements about updating size
standards web page, available at https://
www.sba.gov/articles?keyword=&
article_type=253&field_article_
authoring_office_target_
id=5086&langcode=All, and in the
invitation that participants receive upon
registration. SBA will attempt to
accommodate all interested parties that
wish to present testimony. Based on the
number of registrants it may be
necessary to impose time limits to
ensure that everyone who wishes to
testify can do so.
IV. Information on Service for
Individuals With Disabilities
For information on services for
individuals with disabilities or to
request special assistance contact
Samuel Castilla at the telephone number
or email address indicated above under
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice.
Sam Le,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and
Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 12301]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Statement of Material
Change, Merger, Acquisition, or
Divestiture of a Registered Party
Notice of request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to March
18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web: Persons with access to the
internet may comment on this notice by
going to www.Regulations.gov. You can
search for the document by entering
‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2024–0001’’ in
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the Search field. Then click the
‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete
the comment form.
• Email: DDTCPublicComments@
state.gov.
• Regular Mail: Send written
comments to: Directorate of Defense
Trade Controls, Attn: Managing
Director, 2401 E St. NW, Suite H–1205,
Washington, DC 20522–0112.
You must include the DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control
number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to Andrea Battista, who may be reached
at BattistaAL@state.gov or 202–663–
3136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
Statement of Material Change, Merger,
Acquisition, or Divestiture of a
Registered Party.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0227.
• Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
• Originating Office: Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of
Political Military Affairs, Department of
State (T/PM/DDTC).
• Form Number: DS–7789.
• Respondents: Individuals and
companies registered with DDTC and
engaged in the business of
manufacturing, brokering, exporting, or
temporarily importing defense hardware
or defense technology data.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
698.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
698.
• Average Time per Response: 2
hours.
• Total Estimated Burden Time: 1,396
hours.
• Frequency: On occasion.
• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
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or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Abstract of Proposed Collection
SUMMARY:
The Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls (DDTC), Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, U.S. Department of
State, in accordance with the Arms
Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C.
2751 et seq.) and the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22
CFR parts 120–130), has the principal
missions of taking final action on
license applications and other requests
for defense trade transactions via
commercial channels, ensuring
compliance with the statute and
regulations, and collecting various types
of reports. By statute, Executive Order,
regulation, and delegation of authority,
DDTC is charged with controlling the
export and temporary import of defense
articles, the provision of defense
services, and the brokering thereof,
which are covered by the U.S.
Munitions List.
ITAR §§ 122.4 and 129.8 requires
registrants to notify DDTC in the event
of a change in registration information
or if the registrant is a party to a merger,
acquisition, or divestiture of an entity
producing or marketing ITAR-controlled
items. Based on certain conditions
enunciated in the ITAR, respondents
must notify DDTC of these changes at
differing intervals—no less than 60 days
prior to the event, if a foreign person is
acquiring a registered entity, and/or
within 5 days of its culmination. This
information is necessary for DDTC to
ensure registration records are accurate
and to determine whether the
transaction is in compliance with the
regulations (e.g., with respect to ITAR
§ 126.1); assess the steps that need to be
taken with respect to existing
authorizations (e.g., transfers); and to
evaluate the implications for US
national security and foreign policy.
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Methodology
This information will be collected by
DDTC’s electronic case management
system and respondents will certify the
data via electronic signature.
Kevin E. Bryant,
Deputy Director, Office of Directives
Management, Department of State.
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Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
Subsequent License Renewal Project;
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
Tennessee Valley Authority.
Record of decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt
the Preferred Alternative identified in
the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN)
Subsequent License Renewal (SLR)
project Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
SEIS). The Notice of Availability of the
Final SEIS for the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant Subsequent License Renewal
project was published in the Federal
Register on August 11, 2023. The
Preferred Alternative, Alternative B—
BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 Subsequent
License Renewal, supports TVA’s goal
to continue to generate baseload power
at the BFN site between 2033 and 2056,
thus generating sufficient electricity to
supply the Tennessee Valley with
increasingly clean, reliable, and
affordable electricity for the region’s
homes and businesses as outlined in
TVA’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan
(IRP).
J.
Taylor Johnson, NEPA Compliance
Specialist, Tennessee Valley Authority,
1101 Market Street, BR 2C–C,
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; by
telephone (423) 751–2732, or email at
jtcates@tva.gov. The Final SEIS, this
Record of Decision (ROD), and other
project documents are available on
TVA’s website https://www.tva.gov/
nepa.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
This
notice is provided in accordance with
the Council on Environmental Quality’s
regulations for implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) (40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) 1500 through 1508) and TVA’s
NEPA procedures 18 CFR part 1318.
TVA is a corporate agency and
instrumentality of the United States that
provides electricity for business
customers and local power distributors
serving 10 million people in the
Tennessee Valley—an 80,000-squaremile region comprised of Tennessee and
parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, and
Virginia. TVA receives no taxpayer
funding and derives virtually all
revenues from the sale of electricity. In
addition to operating and investing
revenues in its power system, TVA
provides flood control, navigation, and
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land management for the Tennessee
Valley watershed, and provides
economic development and job creation
assistance within the Tennessee Valley
power service area.
In March 2002 and June 2002, TVA
issued a Final SEIS and a ROD for the
operating license renewal of BFN. TVA
submitted a License Renewal
Application (LRA) to the NRC in
December 2003 for a 20-year renewal of
the operating licenses for each BFN
unit. The environmental conclusions of
the NRC Final SEIS did not differ from
the TVA Final SEIS conclusions, and
the NRC issued Supplement 21
regarding Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
Units 1, 2, and 3, to the Generic EIS
(GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants (NUREG–1437) in June 2005. The
NRC issued operating license renewals
for Units 1, 2, and 3 in May 2006,
allowing continued operation of the
three BFN units until 2033, 2034, and
2036, respectively.
In September 2015, TVA submitted a
license amendment request (LAR) for
extended power uprate (EPU) of all
three units. The NRC issued a draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) in the Federal Register on
December 1, 2016, for public comment.
On May 22, 2017, the NRC issued the
Final EA and FONSI related to the EPU
license amendment.
BFN’s 3,900 MWe of electric
generating capability provides power to
the Tennessee Valley Power Service
Area. The TVA service area obtains
approximately 40 percent of its power
from nuclear generation and BFN
provides approximately half of that
total. BFN’s current baseload generation
supports future forecasted baseload
power needs, as outlined in the TVA’s
2019 IRP, by helping to maintain grid
stability and generating capacity for
TVA’s generation portfolio mix. TVA
prepared the Final SEIS pursuant to
NEPA to assess the environmental
impacts associated with SLR for BFN
Units 1, 2, and 3.
Alternatives Considered
TVA considered a wide range of
options to identify feasible alternatives
available to supply approximately 3,900
MWe between 2033 to 2056, and
ultimately carried forward two
alternatives for evaluation. The two
alternatives considered by TVA in the
Final SEIS are:
Alternative A—No Action. Under this
alternative, TVA would not submit a
SLR application to the NRC to renew the
BFN operating licenses. If Alternative A
were to be selected, TVA would allow
the current BFN operating licenses to
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-00742]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 12301]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of
Material Change, Merger, Acquisition, or Divestiture of a Registered
Party
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to March
18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web: Persons with access to the internet may comment on
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2024-0001'' in the Search
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment
form.
Email: [email protected].
Regular Mail: Send written comments to: Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls, Attn: Managing Director, 2401 E St. NW, Suite
H-1205, Washington, DC 20522-0112.
You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and
supporting documents, to Andrea Battista, who may be reached at
[email protected] or 202-663-3136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Information Collection: Statement of Material
Change, Merger, Acquisition, or Divestiture of a Registered Party.
OMB Control Number: 1405-0227.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved
collection.
Originating Office: Directorate of Defense Trade Controls,
Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Department of State (T/PM/DDTC).
Form Number: DS-7789.
Respondents: Individuals and companies registered with
DDTC and engaged in the business of manufacturing, brokering,
exporting, or temporarily importing defense hardware or defense
technology data.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 698.
Estimated Number of Responses: 698.
Average Time per Response: 2 hours.
Total Estimated Burden Time: 1,396 hours.
Frequency: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques
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or other forms of information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, in accordance
with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120-
130), has the principal missions of taking final action on license
applications and other requests for defense trade transactions via
commercial channels, ensuring compliance with the statute and
regulations, and collecting various types of reports. By statute,
Executive Order, regulation, and delegation of authority, DDTC is
charged with controlling the export and temporary import of defense
articles, the provision of defense services, and the brokering thereof,
which are covered by the U.S. Munitions List.
ITAR Sec. Sec. 122.4 and 129.8 requires registrants to notify DDTC
in the event of a change in registration information or if the
registrant is a party to a merger, acquisition, or divestiture of an
entity producing or marketing ITAR-controlled items. Based on certain
conditions enunciated in the ITAR, respondents must notify DDTC of
these changes at differing intervals--no less than 60 days prior to the
event, if a foreign person is acquiring a registered entity, and/or
within 5 days of its culmination. This information is necessary for
DDTC to ensure registration records are accurate and to determine
whether the transaction is in compliance with the regulations (e.g.,
with respect to ITAR Sec. 126.1); assess the steps that need to be
taken with respect to existing authorizations (e.g., transfers); and to
evaluate the implications for US national security and foreign policy.
Methodology
This information will be collected by DDTC's electronic case
management system and respondents will certify the data via electronic
signature.
Kevin E. Bryant,
Deputy Director, Office of Directives Management, Department of State.
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