Change in Discount Rate for Water Resources Planning, 100533-100534 [2024-29263]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Notices toothbrush, one hohoa style kapa beater, and three coral abraders. Item: one unassociated funerary object. Site Name: ARCH 14–138, site E2, site 50–10–37– 6655. Geographical Location: Hōlualoa, Kona, Hawai1i. Collection History: ARCH 14–138 is an archaeological surface survey and excavation conducted by the Archaeology Research Center of Hawai‘i (ARCH) circa 1980. The excavated materials for this project were inherited by the late Dr. Kikuchi, emeritus professor at Kaua1i Community College. The founding of the Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community College, an archive curating Dr. Kikuchi’s materials, began September 2022, and processing of these materials began in 2024. Processing of ARCH 14–138 materials resulted in the discovery that the 19th century non-human bone toothbrush is an unassociated funerary object. The artifact bag containing this item states that this non-human bone toothbrush is associated with a Native Hawaiian burial and was found at the feet of the burial. It is dissociated from any known iwi kupuna. The ARCH 14–138 project report describes the burial crypt at site 50–10–37–6655, including a description of the non-human bone toothbrush being present there with iwi kupuna. Accession #: 50–10–37–6655–AR110. Item: four unassociated funerary objects. Site Name: ARCH 14–152 III, site 50–10–37–6479, surface chamber 2, field #1, code 1. Geographical Location: La1aloa, Kona, Hawai1i. Collection History: ARCH 14–152 III is an archaeological surface survey and excavation conducted by the Archaeology Research Center of Hawai‘i (ARCH) circa 1980. The excavated materials for this project were inherited by the late Dr. Kikuchi, emeritus professor at Kaua1i Community College. The founding of the Kikuchi Center at Kaua‘i Community College, an archive curating Dr. Kikuchi’s materials, began September 2022, and processing of these materials began in 2024. Processing and provenance research of ARCH 14–152 III materials resulted in the discovery that the one hohoa kapa beater and three coral abraders are unassociated funerary objects. Site 50–10–37–6479 is identified in the report as a lava tube with multiple chambers. The report states that the lava tube contained human remains. The items are dissociated from any known iwi kupuna. Accession #: 10–6479–AR83, 10–6479–AR76, 10–6479–AR78, 10– 6479–AR77 Determinations The Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community College has determined that: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:28 Dec 11, 2024 Jkt 265001 • The five unassociated funerary objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Hale Mua Cultural Group and Protect Keopuka Ohana. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 13, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community College must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Kikuchi Center at Kaua1i Community College is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: December 4, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–29262 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 100533 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation [RR83550000, 245R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676] Change in Discount Rate for Water Resources Planning Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of change in discount rate. AGENCY: The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing the interest rate to be used by Federal agencies in the formulation and evaluation of plans for water and related land resources is 3.00 percent for fiscal year 2025. DATES: This discount rate is to be used for the period October 1, 2024, through and including September 30, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandee Blumenthal, Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Law Administration Division, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225; telephone (303) 445–2435; or email at bblumenthal@usbr.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 require an annual determination of a discount rate for Federal water resources planning. The discount rate for Federal water resources planning for fiscal year 2025 is 3.00 percent. The prior year’s rate, as announced in the Federal Register on November 16, 2023 (88 FR 78785), was 2.75 percent for fiscal year 2024. Discounting is used to convert future monetary values to present values. This rate has been computed in accordance with section 80(a), Public Law 93–251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 704.39, which: (1) specify that the rate will be based upon the average yield during the preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United States which, at the time the computation is made, have terms of 15 years or more remaining to maturity (average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the rate will not be raised or lowered more than one-quarter of 1 percent for any year. The U.S. Department of the Treasury calculated the specified average to be 4.5055 percent. In accordance with the Water Resource Council Rules and Regulations, the maximum adjustment allowed for the current fiscal year rate is one-quarter of one percentage point from the previous fiscal year rate, which was 2.75 percent. Therefore, the fiscal year 2025 rate is 3.00 percent. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12DEN1.SGM 12DEN1 100534 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Notices All Federal agencies will use the rate of 3.00 percent in the formulation and evaluation of water and related land resources plans for the purpose of discounting future benefits and computing costs or otherwise converting benefits and costs to a common-time basis. Christopher Beardsley, Director, Mission Assurance and Protection Organization. [FR Doc. 2024–29263 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4332–90–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337–TA–1372] Certain Vaporizer Devices, Cartridges Used Therewith, and Components Thereof; Notice of Request for Submissions on the Public Interest International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that on December 5, 2024, the presiding administrative law judge (‘‘ALJ’’) issued an Initial Determination on Violation of Section 337. On December 5, 2024, the ALJ also issued a Recommended Determination on remedy and bonding should a violation be found in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting submissions on public interest issues raised by the recommended relief should the Commission find a violation. This notice is soliciting comments from the public and interested government agencies only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205–3115. Copies of non-confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 205–1810. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 provides that, if the Commission finds a ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:28 Dec 11, 2024 Jkt 265001 violation, it shall exclude the articles concerned from the United States unless, after considering the effect of such exclusion upon the public health and welfare, competitive conditions in the United States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States, and United States consumers, it finds that such articles should not be excluded from entry. (19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1)). A similar provision applies to cease and desist orders. (19 U.S.C. 1337(f)(1)). The Commission is soliciting submissions on public interest issues raised by the recommended relief should the Commission find a violation, specifically: a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order directed to certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof imported, sold for importation, and/or sold after importation by respondent JUUL Labs, Inc. of Washington, DC Parties are to file public interest submissions pursuant to 19 CFR 210.50(a)(4). The Commission is interested in further development of the record on the public interest in this investigation. Accordingly, members of the public and interested government agencies are invited to file submissions of no more than five (5) pages, inclusive of attachments, concerning the public interest in light of the ALJ’s Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding issued in this investigation on December 5, 2024. Comments should address whether issuance of the recommended remedial orders in this investigation, should the Commission find a violation, would affect the public health and welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States, or United States consumers. In particular, the Commission is interested in comments that: (i) explain how the articles potentially subject to the recommended remedial orders are used in the United States; (ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the United States relating to the recommended orders; (iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded; (iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant’s licensees, and/or thirdparty suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of articles PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 potentially subject to the recommended orders within a commercially reasonable time; and (v) explain how the recommended orders would impact consumers in the United States. Written submissions must be filed no later than by close of business on January 6, 2025. Persons filing written submissions must file the original document electronically on or before the deadlines stated above. The Commission’s paper filing requirements in 19 CFR 210.4(f) are currently waived. 85 FR 15798 (Mar. 19, 2020). Submissions should refer to the investigation number (‘‘Inv. No. 337–TA–1372’’) in a prominent place on the cover page and/or the first page. (See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, https://www.usitc.gov/ documents/handbook_on_filing_ procedures.pdf.). Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary (202–205–2000). Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in confidence must request confidential treatment by marking each document with a header indicating that the document contains confidential information. This marking will be deemed to satisfy the request procedure set forth in Rules 201.6(b) and 210.5(e)(2) (19 CFR 201.6(b) & 210.5(e)(2)). Documents for which confidential treatment by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. Any non-party wishing to submit comments containing confidential information must serve those comments on the parties to the investigation pursuant to the applicable Administrative Protective Order. A redacted non-confidential version of the document must also be filed simultaneously with any confidential filing and must be served in accordance with Commission Rule 210.4(f)(7)(ii)(A) (19 CFR 210.4(f)(7)(ii)(A)). 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100533-100534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29263]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR83550000, 245R5065C6, RX.59389832.1009676]


Change in Discount Rate for Water Resources Planning

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of change in discount rate.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing the interest rate to 
be used by Federal agencies in the formulation and evaluation of plans 
for water and related land resources is 3.00 percent for fiscal year 
2025.

DATES: This discount rate is to be used for the period October 1, 2024, 
through and including September 30, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandee Blumenthal, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Reclamation Law Administration Division, P.O. Box 25007, 
Denver, Colorado 80225; telephone (303) 445-2435; or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 and 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 require an annual 
determination of a discount rate for Federal water resources planning. 
The discount rate for Federal water resources planning for fiscal year 
2025 is 3.00 percent. The prior year's rate, as announced in the 
Federal Register on November 16, 2023 (88 FR 78785), was 2.75 percent 
for fiscal year 2024. Discounting is used to convert future monetary 
values to present values.
    This rate has been computed in accordance with section 80(a), 
Public Law 93-251 (88 Stat. 34), and 18 CFR 704.39, which: (1) specify 
that the rate will be based upon the average yield during the preceding 
fiscal year on interest-bearing marketable securities of the United 
States which, at the time the computation is made, have terms of 15 
years or more remaining to maturity (average yield is rounded to 
nearest one-eighth percent); and (2) provide that the rate will not be 
raised or lowered more than one-quarter of 1 percent for any year. The 
U.S. Department of the Treasury calculated the specified average to be 
4.5055 percent. In accordance with the Water Resource Council Rules and 
Regulations, the maximum adjustment allowed for the current fiscal year 
rate is one-quarter of one percentage point from the previous fiscal 
year rate, which was 2.75 percent. Therefore, the fiscal year 2025 rate 
is 3.00 percent.

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    All Federal agencies will use the rate of 3.00 percent in the 
formulation and evaluation of water and related land resources plans 
for the purpose of discounting future benefits and computing costs or 
otherwise converting benefits and costs to a common-time basis.

Christopher Beardsley,
Director, Mission Assurance and Protection Organization.
[FR Doc. 2024-29263 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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