Notice of Update to Advance Consent List, 38878-38879 [2024-09962]

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087 et seq. Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. [FR Doc. 2024–09966 Filed 5–7–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee Office of Science, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces an open meeting of the DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register. DATES: Wednesday, May 29, 2024; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. ADDRESSES: The Pitch at the Wharf, the Penthouse Room, 800 Maine Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024. Teleconference: Remote attendance of the ASCAC meeting will be possible via Zoom. Instructions will be posted on the ASCAC website at https:// science.energy.gov/ascr/ascac/ prior to the meeting and can also be obtained by contacting Christine Chalk by email at christine.chalk@science.doe.gov or by telephone at (301) 903–7486. Advanced registration is required. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Chalk, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research; SC– ASCR/Germantown Building; U.S. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 May 07, 2024 Jkt 262001 Department of Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585–1290; Telephone (301) 903– 7486; email at christine.chalk@ science.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the committee is to provide advice and guidance on a continuing basis to the Office of Science and the Department of Energy on scientific priorities within the field of advanced scientific computing research. Purpose of the Meeting: This meeting is the semi-annual meeting of the Committee. Tentative Agenda: • View from Germantown • Completion of the Exascale Computing Project • Update on ASCR Facilities • Report from SIAM on the Future of Computational Science • Update on Frontiers in Artificial intelligence for Science Security and Technology (FASST) • Report from Subcommittee on Facilities of the Future • Technical presentations • Public Comment (10-minute rule) The meeting agenda includes an update on the budget, accomplishments, and planned activities of the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program and the exascale computing project; technical presentations from funded researchers and industry collaborations; updates from subcommittees, and there will be an opportunity for comments from the public. The meeting will conclude at 5 p.m. (eastern time) on May 29, 2024. Agenda updates and presentations will be posted on the ASCAC website prior to the meeting: https://science.osti.gov/ascr/ascac. Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public in-person and virtually. Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions may do so during the meeting. Approximately 30 minutes will be reserved for public comments. The time allotted per speaker will depend on the number who wish to speak but will not exceed 10 minutes. If you have any questions or need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for this event, please send your request to Christine Chalk at Christine.chalk@ science.doe.gov two weeks, but no later than 48 hours, prior to the event. Closed captions will be enabled. The Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Those wishing to PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 speak should submit their request at least five days before the meeting. Those not able to attend the meeting or who have insufficient time to address the committee are invited to send a written statement to Christine Chalk, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, email to Christine.Chalk@ science.doe.gov. Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available within 90 days on the Advanced Scientific Computing website at https://science.osti.gov/ascr/ascac. Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 2, 2024, by David Borak, Deputy Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signed in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2024. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2024–10047 Filed 5–7–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY National Nuclear Security Administration Notice of Update to Advance Consent List National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of update to advance consent list. AGENCY: The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is providing notice of an update to the advance consent list of countries eligible to receive retransfers from the European Atomic Energy Community (‘‘Euratom’’) of low enriched uranium, non-nuclear material, equipment, and source material transferred pursuant to Article 8.1(C)(i) of the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 8, 2024 / Notices Brussels November 7, 1995 and March 29, 1996, entered into force April 12, 1996 (‘‘U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement’’). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Andrea Ferkile, Director, Office of Nonproliferation Policy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone: (202) 586–8868 or email: andrea.ferkile@nnsa.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 8.1(C)(i) of the U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement permits retransfers of the following to third countries: low enriched uranium, non-nuclear material, equipment, and source material transferred pursuant to the U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement or of low enriched uranium produced through the use of nuclear material or equipment transferred pursuant to the U.S.Euratom 123 Agreement, for nuclear fuel cycle activities other than the production of high enriched uranium. Paragraph B.2 of the Agreed Minute to the U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement requires the United States and Euratom to exchange lists of third countries to which retransfers pursuant to Article 8.1(C)(i) of the Agreement may be made (‘‘advance consent lists’’). To be eligible for inclusion on the advance consent lists, third countries must have made effective non-proliferation commitments and, for countries on the U.S. advance consent list, must be a party to a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States. Such agreements are entered into under the authority of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (‘‘123 Agreement’’). Paragraph B.4 of the Agreed Minute provides that either the United States or Euratom may delete third countries from its lists following consultations with the other Party. The Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (with annex and agreed minute), signed at Washington June 29, 1981, expired December 29, 2021. The Agreement for Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at Pretoria August 25, 1995, entered into force December 4, 1997, expired December 4, 2022. In the absence of 123 agreements with Egypt and South Africa, these countries are being deleted from the advance consent list of countries eligible to receive retransfers from Euratom of low enriched uranium, non-nuclear material, equipment, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 May 07, 2024 Jkt 262001 source material transferred, and low enriched uranium produced through the use of nuclear material or equipment transferred for nuclear fuel cycle activities other than the production of high enriched uranium. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 29, 2024, by Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signed in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2024. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2024–09962 Filed 5–7–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY National Nuclear Security Administration Notice of Update to Advance Consent List National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. AGENCY: Notice of update to advance consent list. ACTION: The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration is providing notice of an update to the advance consent list of countries or destinations eligible to receive retransfers from the Republic of Korea (ROK) of unirradiated low enriched uranium, unirradiated source material, equipment, and components subject to paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at Washington June 15, 2015, entered into force November 25, 2015 (‘‘U.S.-ROK 123 Agreement’’). SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38879 Ms. Andrea Ferkile, Director, Office of Nonproliferation Policy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone: (202) 586–8868 or email: andrea.ferkile@nnsa.doe.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the U.S.-ROK 123 Agreement permits retransfers of the following to areas beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the receiving party if the United States and the ROK agree: nuclear material, moderator material, equipment, and components transferred pursuant to the U.S.-ROK 123 Agreement, and any special fissionable material produced through the use of any such nuclear material, moderator material, or equipment. Subsection 1.a. of Section 3 of the Agreed Minute to the U.S.-ROK 123 Agreement permits the United States and the ROK to retransfer unirradiated low enriched uranium, unirradiated source material, equipment, and components subject to paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the U.S.ROK 123 Agreement to third countries or destinations. The United States and ROK exchanged lists of third countries or destinations for which retransfers of unirradiated low enriched uranium, unirradiated source material, equipment, and components subject to paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the U.S.ROK 123 Agreement could be made by the other Party (‘‘advance consent lists’’). Subsection 1.a. of Section 3 permits either the United States or the ROK to delete third countries or destinations from either list temporarily or permanently following consultations with and written notice to the other Party. The Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed at Washington June 29, 1981, expired December 29, 2021. The Agreement for Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, done at Pretoria August 25, 1995, entered into force December 4, 1997, expired December 4, 2022. In the absence of 123 agreements with Egypt and South Africa, these countries are being deleted from the advance consent list of countries or destinations eligible to receive retransfers from the ROK of unirradiated low enriched uranium, unirradiated source material, equipment, and components subject to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38878-38879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09962]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Nuclear Security Administration


Notice of Update to Advance Consent List

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of update to advance consent list.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security 
Administration is providing notice of an update to the advance consent 
list of countries eligible to receive retransfers from the European 
Atomic Energy Community (``Euratom'') of low enriched uranium, non-
nuclear material, equipment, and source material transferred pursuant 
to Article 8.1(C)(i) of the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful 
Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States of America and the 
European Atomic Energy Community, signed at

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Brussels November 7, 1995 and March 29, 1996, entered into force April 
12, 1996 (``U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Andrea Ferkile, Director, Office 
of Nonproliferation Policy, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585, telephone: (202) 586-8868 or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 8.1(C)(i) of the U.S.-Euratom 123 
Agreement permits retransfers of the following to third countries: low 
enriched uranium, non-nuclear material, equipment, and source material 
transferred pursuant to the U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement or of low 
enriched uranium produced through the use of nuclear material or 
equipment transferred pursuant to the U.S.-Euratom 123 Agreement, for 
nuclear fuel cycle activities other than the production of high 
enriched uranium. Paragraph B.2 of the Agreed Minute to the U.S.-
Euratom 123 Agreement requires the United States and Euratom to 
exchange lists of third countries to which retransfers pursuant to 
Article 8.1(C)(i) of the Agreement may be made (``advance consent 
lists''). To be eligible for inclusion on the advance consent lists, 
third countries must have made effective non-proliferation commitments 
and, for countries on the U.S. advance consent list, must be a party to 
a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States. Such 
agreements are entered into under the authority of section 123 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (``123 Agreement''). Paragraph 
B.4 of the Agreed Minute provides that either the United States or 
Euratom may delete third countries from its lists following 
consultations with the other Party.
    The Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt 
Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (with annex and agreed 
minute), signed at Washington June 29, 1981, expired December 29, 2021. 
The Agreement for Cooperation between the United States of America and 
the Republic of South Africa Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy, done at Pretoria August 25, 1995, entered into force December 
4, 1997, expired December 4, 2022. In the absence of 123 agreements 
with Egypt and South Africa, these countries are being deleted from the 
advance consent list of countries eligible to receive retransfers from 
Euratom of low enriched uranium, non-nuclear material, equipment, and 
source material transferred, and low enriched uranium produced through 
the use of nuclear material or equipment transferred for nuclear fuel 
cycle activities other than the production of high enriched uranium.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 29, 
2024, by Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, pursuant to 
delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with 
the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For 
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of 
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the 
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document 
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way 
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-09962 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P


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