Notice of a Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee (FAL), 48th Session, 16607-16608 [2024-04894]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 46 / Thursday, March 7, 2024 / Notices SBA Lender Risk Rating System. SBA will further refine the model as necessary to maintain or improve the predictiveness of its risk scoring. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 633(b)(3); 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6) and (7); 15 U.S.C. 657t; 15 U.S.C. 687(f); and 13 CFR 120.10, 120.1015, 120.1025, 120.1050, 120.1060. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. 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I have ordered that Public Notice of these khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:13 Mar 06, 2024 Jkt 262001 determinations be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202– 632–6471; email: section2459@ state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street, NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 2021. Nicole L. Elkon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024–04860 Filed 3–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–05–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12357] Notice of a Public Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee (FAL), 48th Session The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2023, by way of Microsoft Teams, teleconference, and in-person at the offices of ABSG Consulting in Washington, DC. The primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the forty-eighth session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Facilitation Committee (FAL 48) to be held in person at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom, and in hybrid format from Monday, April 8, 2024, to Friday, April 12, 2024. Members of the public may participate in-person, via Microsoft Teams, or up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line. To RSVP, participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at James.T.Bull@uscg.mil. The meeting location will be the offices of ABSG Consulting at 80 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 and the Microsoft Teams access and/or PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16607 teleconference line will be provided to those who RSVP. The agenda items to be considered at this meeting include: —Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials —Decisions of other IMO bodies —Consideration and adoption of amendments to the Convention —Review and update of the Explanatory Manual to the FAL Convention —Application of single window concept —Review and revision of the IMP Compendium of Facilitation and Electronic Business, including additional e-business solutions —Development of guidelines on Port Community Systems —Measures to address Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in the instruments under the purview of the Facilitation Committee —Development of guidelines for the prevention and suppression of the smuggling of wildlife on ships engaged in international maritime traffic —Introduction of the API/PNR concept in maritime transport —Analysis of possible means of auditing compliance with the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic —Unsafe mixed migration by sea —Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons rescued at sea and stowaways —Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation or maritime traffic —Relations with other organizations —Application of the Committee’s procedures on organization and method of work —Work program —Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024 —Any other business —Consideration of the report of the Committee on its forty-eighth session Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by email at James.T.Bull@ uscg.mil or in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7501, Washington, DC 20593–7501. Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise James Bull not later than March 19, 2024. Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be possible to fulfill. Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ IMO. E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1 16608 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 46 / Thursday, March 7, 2024 / Notices (Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) Leslie W. Hunt, Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Department of State. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE [Docket Number USTR–2024–0002] Request for Comments on Promoting Supply Chain Resilience [FR Doc. 2024–04894 Filed 3–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–09–P Office of the United States Trade Representative. ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing. AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12354] Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘David Medalla: In Conversation With the Cosmos’’ Exhibition Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in the exhibition ‘‘David Medalla: In Conversation with the Cosmos’’ at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that its temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202– 632–6471; email: section2459@ state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 523 of December 22, 2021. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Nicole L. Elkon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024–04859 Filed 3–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–05–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:13 Mar 06, 2024 Jkt 262001 The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) requests comments and will hold a public hearing to inform objectives and strategies that advance U.S. supply chain resilience in trade negotiations, enforcement, and other initiatives. DATES: You must submit comments and responses in accordance with the following schedule: April 12, 2024: Due date for filing requests to appear and a summary of expected testimony at the public hearing. April 22, 2024: Due date for submission of written comments. May 2, 2024: USTR will convene a public hearing in the main hearing room of the U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436 beginning at 10:00 a.m. May 16, 2024: Due date for submission of post-hearing written comments from persons who testified at the public hearing. ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov). The instructions for submitting comments are in sections IV and V below. The docket number is USTR– 2024–0002. For alternatives to on-line submissions, please contact Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 in advance of the deadline. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Special Counsel Victor Ban at (202) 395–5962 or supplychain@ustr.eop.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. Background Strengthening our supply chains is a critical component of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to advance our worker-centered trade policy, create sustainable economic growth, ensure that our economy is more resilient in the face of supply shocks, and enhance U.S. economic security. From the COVID–19 pandemic to Russia’s fullscale invasion of Ukraine, Americans have felt first-hand the impacts of supply chain disruptions, which include volatile prices for critical PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 consumer goods and medical products and widespread product shortages that contribute to inflationary dynamics. Further, global supply chains have been designed to maximize short-term efficiency and minimize costs, leading to greater vulnerability and unsustainable dependencies, and furthermore have promoted trade that may not reflect our core values, like labor standards and environmental protection. This is why the Administration is undertaking a whole-of-government effort to proactively strengthen domestic manufacturing and to secure trusted supply chains through strategic arrangements with trusted partners (friend-shoring) and with regional partners (near-shoring). The President is using all the tools at his disposal, including new authorities under the CHIPS and Science Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to incentivize the reshoring and domestic expansion of critical supply chains. Enduring resilience will require new investments in infrastructure, new incentives to increase the supply of key inputs, and new forms of cooperation with allies and trading partners to prevent and withstand supply chain disruptions and mitigate risks of price spikes and volatility that could contribute to inflationary dynamics. To advance these policy priorities on behalf of the American people, USTR has been crafting a new approach to trade and investment policy that promotes supply chain resilience. Resilient supply chains provide a range of sources for critical inputs; adapt, rebound, and recover with agility when faced with economic shocks; uphold labor rights and environmental protections; and strengthen the domestic manufacturing base and workforce that drive economic growth and world-class American innovation. Over the last several decades, however, U.S. trade and investment policy—including rules related to supply chains—were designed to incentivize short-term cost-efficiency and drive tariff liberalization, with the goal of creating an unfettered global marketplace. This approach helped shape producers’ decision-making that, in many cases, fostered geographically concentrated and operationally complex supply chains. For instance, natural disasters overseas in 2011 disrupted ‘‘just-in-time’’ supply chains with significant negative impacts for U.S. automakers. In geopolitically fraught regions, the challenges are frequently even greater; when low cost is the driver of sourcing decisions, and absent E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16607-16608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04894]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12357]


Notice of a Public Meeting in Preparation for International 
Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee (FAL), 48th Session

    The Department of State will conduct a public meeting at 9:00 a.m. 
on Tuesday, April 2, 2023, by way of Microsoft Teams, teleconference, 
and in-person at the offices of ABSG Consulting in Washington, DC. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the forty-eighth 
session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Facilitation 
Committee (FAL 48) to be held in person at IMO Headquarters in London, 
United Kingdom, and in hybrid format from Monday, April 8, 2024, to 
Friday, April 12, 2024.
    Members of the public may participate in-person, via Microsoft 
Teams, or up to the capacity of the teleconference phone line. To RSVP, 
participants should contact the meeting coordinator, Mr. James Bull, by 
email at [email protected]. The meeting location will be the 
offices of ABSG Consulting at 80 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 and 
the Microsoft Teams access and/or teleconference line will be provided 
to those who RSVP.
    The agenda items to be considered at this meeting include:

--Adoption of the agenda; report on credentials
--Decisions of other IMO bodies
--Consideration and adoption of amendments to the Convention
--Review and update of the Explanatory Manual to the FAL Convention
--Application of single window concept
--Review and revision of the IMP Compendium of Facilitation and 
Electronic Business, including additional e-business solutions
--Development of guidelines on Port Community Systems
--Measures to address Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in the 
instruments under the purview of the Facilitation Committee
--Development of guidelines for the prevention and suppression of the 
smuggling of wildlife on ships engaged in international maritime 
traffic
--Introduction of the API/PNR concept in maritime transport
--Analysis of possible means of auditing compliance with the Convention 
on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
--Unsafe mixed migration by sea
--Consideration and analysis of reports and information on persons 
rescued at sea and stowaways
--Technical cooperation activities related to facilitation or maritime 
traffic
--Relations with other organizations
--Application of the Committee's procedures on organization and method 
of work
--Work program
--Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 2024
--Any other business
--Consideration of the report of the Committee on its forty-eighth 
session

    Those who plan to participate may contact the meeting coordinator, 
Mr. James Bull, by email at [email protected] or in writing at 2703 
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Stop 7501, Washington, DC 20593-7501. 
Members of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise 
James Bull not later than March 19, 2024. Requests made after that date 
will be considered, but might not be possible to fulfill.
    Additional information regarding this and other IMO public meetings 
may be found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/IMO.


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(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552)

Leslie W. Hunt,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-04894 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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