[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59502-59503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 
of Partially Closed Meeting--Hybrid

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet September 12, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC (enter through Main Entrance on 14th Street between 
Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on 
implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and 
provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Public Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman
2. Opening remarks by the Bureau of Industry and Security
3. Presentations of Papers by the Public
4. Regulations Update
5. Automated Export System Update
6. Working Group Reports

Closed Session

7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the open meeting 
and public participation requirements found in sections 1009(a)(1) and 
1009(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001-
1014). The exemption is authorized by section 1009(d) of the FACA, 
which permits the closure of advisory committee meetings, or portions 
thereof, if the head of the agency to which the advisory committee 
reports determines such meetings may be closed to the public in 
accordance with subsection (c) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c) are subsection 552b(c)(4), which permits closure to protect 
trade secrets and commercial or financial information that is 
privileged or confidential, and subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits 
closure to protect information that would be likely to significantly 
frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action were it to be 
disclosed

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prematurely. The closed session of the meeting will involve committee 
discussions and guidance regarding U.S. Government strategies and 
policies.

    The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
[email protected], no later than September 5, 2023. A limited 
number of seats will be available for the public session. Reservations 
are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of the public may 
present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written 
statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to 
facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to Committee 
members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public 
presentation materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on April 24, 
2023, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) of the FACA, that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control 
List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 
1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public.
    For more information, contact Ms. Springer via email.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18628 Filed 8-28-23; 8:45 am]
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