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Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Kayla Fajota at kfajota@usccr.gov . Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at (434) 515-2395.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Regional Programs Coordination Unit, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available via the file sharing website, www.box.com . Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission's website, www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Coordination Unit at the above phone number.

This Committee meeting is available to the public through the registration link above. Any interested members of the public may attend this meeting. An open comment period will be provided to allow members of the public to make oral comments as time allows. Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, public minutes of the meeting will include a list of persons who are present at the meeting. If joining via phone, callers can expect to incur regular charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, according to their wireless plan. The Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Closed captioning is available by selecting “CC” in the meeting platform. To request additional accommodations, please email svillanueva@usccr.gov at least 10 business days prior to the meeting.

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On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation under Section 232 (19 U.S.C. 1862) to determine the effects on national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines. This investigation is being undertaken in accordance with part 705 of the National Security Industrial Base Regulations (15 CFR parts 700 to 709) (NSIBR).

Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or information pertinent to this investigation to BIS's Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security no later than June 3, 2025. The Department is particularly interested in comments and information directed at the criteria listed in § 705.4 of the regulations as they affect national security, including the following:

(i) the current and projected demand for commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, in the United States;

(ii) the extent to which domestic production of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, can meet domestic demand;

(iii) the role of foreign supply chains, particularly of major exporters, in meeting U.S. demand for commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines;

(iv) the concentration of U.S. imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, from a small number of suppliers and the associated risks;

(v) the impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade practices on the competitiveness of the commercial aircraft and jet engine industry, as well as the associated commercial aircraft and jet engine parts industry, in the United States;

(vi) the economic impact of artificially suppressed prices of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, due to foreign unfair trade practices and state-sponsored overproduction;

(vii) the potential for export restrictions by foreign nations, including the ability of foreign nations to weaponize their control over supplies of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines;

(viii) the feasibility of increasing domestic capacity for commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, to reduce import reliance;

(ix) the impact of current trade policies on domestic production of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, and whether additional measures, including tariffs or quotas, are necessary to protect national security; and

(x) any other relevant factors.

Material submitted by members of the public that is business confidential information will be exempted from public disclosure as provided for by § 705.6(a) of the NSIBR (see the ADDRESSES section of this notice). Communications from agencies of the U.S. Government will not be made available for public inspection (see 15 CFR 705.6(a)(3)). BIS does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. Requesters should first view the Bureau's web page, which can be found at: https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/ (see “Electronic FOIA” heading). If requesters cannot access the website, they may call (202) 482-0795 for assistance. The records related to this assessment are made accessible in accordance with the regulations published at 15 CFR 4.1 through 4.11.

On October 10, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited comments from interested parties. 1 We received no comments from interested parties on the Preliminary Results, and we made no changes from the Preliminary Results. Accordingly, no decision memoranda accompany this Federal Register notice; the Preliminary Results are hereby adopted as these final results. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

The product covered by this Order is OCTG from India. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Results.

We determine that the following net countervailable subsidy exists for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:

Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations of the final results of an administrative review within five days of a public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no changes to the Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose.

Pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown for the company above on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, effective upon publication of these final results, shall remain in effect until further notice.

This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction.

These results are being issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

On January 4, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD and CVD orders on hardwood plywood from China. 1 On January 2, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Orders covering entries of hardwood plywood from China from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. 2 On March 5, 2024, based on timely requests for administrative reviews, Commerce initiated the AD administrative review with respect to 68 companies  3 and initiated the CVD administrative review with respect to nine companies. 4

On March 26, 2024, and July 2, 2024, Commerce released entry data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to interested parties for comment in the AD and CVD proceedings. 5 Subsequently, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to 64 of the 68 companies subject to the AD review, and one of the nine companies subject to the CVD review, because they had no suspended entries during the POR. 6

On April 4 and 18, 2024, in the AD review, we received timely no-shipment certifications and separate rate applications (SRAs), respectively, from four companies for which we did not state our intent to rescind this review. 7

On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in these administrative proceedings by seven days. 8 On September 23, 2024, and October 2, 2024, we issued memoranda extending the deadline for the preliminary results of the AD and CVD reviews by 120 days. 9 On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in these administrative proceedings by 90 days. 10 The deadline for the preliminary results of the AD and CVD reviews is now May 7, 2025. For details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the initiation of the reviews, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 11 The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is available at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision memorandum is included in Appendix III to this notice.

The merchandise covered by the scope of the Orders is hardwood plywood from China. A complete description of the scope of the Orders is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of the publication of the notice of initiation. On January 31, 2024, (1) Govina Investment Joint Stock Company (Govina), (2) Groll Ply and Cabinetry Co., Ltd. (Groll Ply), 3) Huong Son Wood Group Co., Ltd. (Huong Son), and (4) Thang Long Wood Panel Company (Thang Long) requested review of their exports under the Orders. 12 On April 24, 2024, and May 1, 2024, Govina, Groll Ply, Huong Son, and Thang Long withdrew their requests for review in the AD and CVD reviews. 13 Because the requests for review were timely withdrawn for Govina, Groll Ply, Huong Son, and Thang Long, and because no other party requested reviews of these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding these reviews for Govina, Groll Ply, Huong Son, and Thang Long.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR subject to the AD or CVD order for which liquidation is suspended, Commerce may rescind an administrative review, in whole or only with respect to a particular exporter or producer. 14 At the end of the administrative review, any suspended entries are liquidated at the assessment rate computed for the review period. 15 Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate. On September 25, 2024, and October 11, 2024, respectively, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind the AD and CVD reviews with respect to certain companies because those companies had no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise and invited parties to comment. 16 We received no comments on our intent to rescind the reviews with respect to these companies. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR for these companies under review, we are hereby rescinding these administrative reviews, in part, with respect to these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). See Appendix II for a list of all companies for which Commerce is rescinding these reviews.

Commerce is conducting these reviews in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. See Appendix III for a complete list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

In these administrative reviews, we issued a questionnaire to Eagle, Golden Bridge, Greatwood Hung Yen, and Lechenwood to gather information on the quantity and value of their shipments of hardwood plywood to the United States. 17 All four companies reported that they had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. 18 As a result of an inquiry into whether hardwood plywood exported from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) was circumventing the Orders, Commerce established a certification program that allows eligible exporters to certify that their shipments of plywood from Vietnam were not produced using certain inputs from China. 19 Eagle, Golden Bridge, and Lechenwood are currently not eligible to certify their shipments of plywood. Therefore, we issued these companies “certification eligibility” questionnaires to collect information about the companies' production process and material inputs. The three companies all reported that their suspended entries consisted exclusively of non-subject merchandise. 20 We have analyzed the information in these responses, which was consistent with the types of information we have examined in prior segments, and preliminarily find that all of the companies have provided information to support their claims that the hardwood plywood they exported to the United States are of non-subject plywood, and thus, they had no shipments of subject plywood from China during the POR.

The fourth respondent, Greatwood Hung Yen, is currently eligible to certify that its entries of hardwood plywood shipped from Vietnam are not subject to the Orders, but was unable to certify certain of its shipments at the time of entry because Greatwood Hung Yen became eligible to participate in the certification program under these Orders near the mid-point of the POR. 21 Therefore, at Commerce's request, Greatwood Hung Yen submitted the certifications that would have accompanied its entries had the company been permitted to submit the certifications at the time of entry. 22 Based on these certifications, we preliminarily find that Greatwood Hung Yen had no shipments of plywood from China during the POR.

Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide entity applies to the AD administrative review. 23 Under this policy, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the China-wide entity. 24 Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, the China-wide entity is not under review. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

In the AD administrative review, we have not addressed the separate rate status of the four companies subject to this review because we preliminarily determine that they had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Eagle, Golden Bridge, and Lechenwood are currently ineligible to certify that their shipments of hardwood plywood from Vietnam are not subject to the Orders   25 All three of these respondents have requested that they be eligible to participate in the certification program in place for entries of hardwood plywood exported from Vietnam. 26 With respect to these requests, we are currently evaluating the certification eligibility of these three exporters in the 2021-2022 administrative review of these Orders, and the determinations in those reviews are forthcoming. 27 We preliminarily find it appropriate to apply the certification eligibility determinations made in the forthcoming final results of the 2021-2022 administrative reviews to the respondents in the final results of these reviews.

In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs or other written comments to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance at a date to be determined. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline for case briefs. 28 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in these reviews are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.

As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their briefs that should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In these reviews, we instead request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs. 29 Further, we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in these reviews. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f). 30

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number, and the number of participants; (2) whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.

Upon issuance of the final results of these reviews, for all entries of merchandise exported by the companies listed in Appendix I, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the entries without regard to AD/CVD duties if these preliminary results are unchanged for the final results. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

For the companies ( see Appendix II) for which this review is rescinded with these preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess AD/CVD duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD/CVD duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP for such companies no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the preliminary results of these reviews in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the CIT, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of the AD administrative review for shipments of subject merchandise, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the four companies that had no shipments during the POR will remain unchanged from the rates assigned to them in the most recently completed segment for each company; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed exporters that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the China-wide entity ( i.e., 114.72 percent); (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter, where available, or the rate for the China-wide entity ( i.e., 114.72), if no alternate rate is available. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

For all firms for which we rescind the CVD review or make a no shipment determination, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of these administrative reviews, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

On August 9, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and invited comments from interested parties. 1 On November 6, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the final results of this administrative review until February 5, 2025. 2 On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final results in this administrative review by an additional 90 days to May 6, 2025. 3 For details regarding the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 4

The merchandise covered by the Order is passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 6

We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs filed in this administrative review in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. For a list of the issues raised by interested parties, see the appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Based on our review of the record and comments received from interested parties, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for Prinx and SRT for these final results of review. As a result of these changes, the weighted-average dumping margin changed for the companies subject to this review, but not selected for individual examination. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for companies not selected for individual examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-average dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual examination in an administrative review.

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base the all-others rate on the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the individually examined respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. Where the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may use “any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including averaging the estimated weighted-average dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.”

In this review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins for Prinx and SRT that are not zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts available. Therefore, we have assigned the non-examined companies a rate equal to the weighted average of the weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Prinx and SRT, consistent with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 7

We determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

On October 10, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on OCTG from India. 1 We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results; however, no interested party submitted comments. Accordingly, the final results of this review remain unchanged from the Preliminary Results and no memoranda accompany this notice.

The merchandise subject to the Order is certain tubular goods from India. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Commerce determines the following estimated weighted average dumping margin exists for the period September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023:

Normally, Commerce will disclose to the parties in a proceeding the calculations performed in connection with the final results of review within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register , in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to disclose.

Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Because we calculated a zero percent margin in the final results of this review for Surya, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.

Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Surya will be zero, the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this or any previous review or in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous review or the LTFV investigation, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the all-others rate of zero percent, which is the all-others rate established by Commerce in the LTFV investigation. 3 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

These results are being issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

The SSPC meeting will be held between 12 p.m. noon and 5 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time [HST]) on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The American Samoa FEP AP will be held between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Samoa Standard Time [SST]) on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The Mariana Archipelago FEP CNMI AP will be held between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Chamorro Standard Time [ChST]) on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Hawaii Archipelago and PRIA FEP AP will be held between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. (HST) on Friday, May 30, 2025. The Mariana Archipelago FEP Guam AP will be held between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. noon (ChST) on Saturday, May 31, 2025. The FIAC will be held between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. (HST) on Monday, June 2, 2025.

Public Comment periods will be provided in the agendas. The order in which agenda items are addressed may change. The meetings will run as late as necessary to complete scheduled business.

These meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220 (voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

The subject amendment is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ), the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ), and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Permit No. 26663, issued on January 20, 2024 (89 FR 9838, February 12, 2024), authorizes the research on humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) and nine other cetacean species in southeast Alaska to study distribution, abundance trends, acoustic ecology, and health. Authorized research methods during vessel and unmanned aircraft surveys (UAS) include photo-id, photogrammetry, behavioral observations, underwater photography, passive acoustic recordings, acoustic playbacks, biological sampling (exhaled air, sloughed skin, fecal, skin and blubber biopsy), and suction-cup tags. Non-listed pinnipeds may be unintentionally harassed during research. One amendment to the permit changed the Responsible Party (No. 26663-01, February 26, 2025). The permit holder is requesting the permit be amended to increase takes of gray whales ( Eschrichtius robustus ) due to an increased presence in the study area. Annually up to 400 gray whales (an increase from 200) would be studied in the same manner as currently authorized for Level B harassment activities. Additionally, up to 100 gray whales could be biopsy sampled and 50 whales could be biopsy sampled and suction-cup tagged annually following the currently permitted methods for humpback whales. The applicant is also updating methods for suction-cup tags to include deployment by UAS. The permit expires on February 15, 2029.

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), an initial determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register , NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

The MMPA prohibits the “take” of marine mammals, with certain exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ) direct the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations are issued or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed incidental take authorization may be provided to the public for review.

Authorization for incidental takings shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock(s) for taking for subsistence uses (where relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other “means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact” on the affected species or stocks and their habitat, paying particular attention to rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of similar significance, and on the availability of such species or stocks for taking for certain subsistence uses (referred to in shorthand as “mitigation”); and requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of such takings are set forth.

The NDAA (Pub. L. 108-136) removed the “small numbers” and “specified geographical region” limitations indicated above and amended the definition of “harassment” as it applies to a “military readiness activity.” The activity for which incidental take of marine mammals is being requested addressed here qualifies as a military readiness activity.

On May 13, 2024, the Navy submitted an application requesting issuance of an IHA authorizing take of California sea lions ( Zalophus californianus ) and harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina richardii ), by Level B harassment only, incidental to four pile driving training exercises at NBVC. Revised applications were received on August 6, 2024, and September 12, 2024. The application was deemed adequate and complete on September 24, 2024, and the notice of the proposed IHA was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2024 (89 FR 84534). A correction to this notice was published on October 30, 2024, that clarified the appropriate public comment duration period ( i.e., 30 days) (89 FR 86320). On April 15, 2025, the Navy submitted a memo with updated information and clarification on revised pile driving training needs to account for exercises planned through December 31, 2025.

Changes from the 2023 IHA include those associated with the Navy's request, in some instances, to install and remove additional piles and types of piles during the training exercises over additional days ( i.e., more than were addressed in the 2023 IHA) due to emergent training requirements and tempo (see the Description of the Specified Activities section for more details). In addition, on October 24, 2024, NMFS published its Updated Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing (Version 3.0) (89 FR 84872, NMFS (2024)), which includes updated hearing ranges and names for marine mammal hearing groups as well as updated thresholds and weighting functions to inform auditory injury estimates ( i.e., for Level A harassment) that have been applied in NMFS' analysis herein. These changes do not affect the previous analyses, mitigation, and monitoring requirements, or method of take calculations, outside of the inclusion of slightly larger Level A harassment zones and shutdown zones due to the increased numbers of piles anticipated to be installed and or removed within a day, and that the planned training exercises would be completed in 160 days instead of 96 days. In evaluating the current request and to the extent deemed appropriate, NMFS relied on the information presented in notices associated with the issuance of the initial 2023 IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023; 88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023).

The Navy submitted a monitoring report on March 4, 2023, based on the work completed under the 2023 IHA, which confirms that the applicant implemented the required mitigation and monitoring during the initial year of the activity, and that they did not exceed the authorized levels of take under the 2023 IHA. These monitoring results, as well as the Navy's current request and application, are available to the public on our website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/incidental-take-authorization-us-navy-pile-training-exercises-naval-base-ventura-county-port.

The primary mission of NBVC is to provide a home port and to furnish training, administrative, and logistical support for the Naval Construction Battalions. As described in the 2023 IHA, Naval Construction Group ONE proposes to execute pile driving training exercises at NBVC that are essential to construction battalion personnel prior to deployment. The specific components of each exercise could vary based on the specific training requirements for each battalion, but could include vibratory and impact pile driving, temporary pier construction, and subsequent removal of all installed materials. These are military readiness activities, as defined under the NDAA of Fiscal Year 2004 (Pub. L. 108-136).

Under the 2023 IHA, the Navy requested take by Level B harassment for California sea lions and harbor seals incidental to up to four pile driving training exercises, each of which could include installation and removal of a sheet pile wall and round pile pier. Level A harassment was not anticipated, requested, or authorized. It was estimated that each training exercise could take up to 24 days (12 days for pile installation and 12 days for pile removal), for a total of up to 96 days over the four training exercises. Due to issues with equipment, the Navy only performed one training exercise for 11 days during the 2023 authorization period. The Navy has requested a new IHA so that it can complete an additional four training exercises during the new IHA period. Due to emergent training requirements and tempo, the Navy has requested, in some instances, to install and remove additional piles and pile types during the training exercises across a total of 160 days (40 days of in-water pile driving per training exercise) (table 1). The new IHA is valid from the date of issuance through December 31, 2025. Due to the availability of resources, requirements by NBVC for port use, and battalion training needs, it is not possible to predict the precise dates of training activities; however, no more than four separate training events would occur over the duration of the IHA.

A detailed description of the planned training activities is provided in the Federal Register notice for the proposed IHA (89 FR 84534, October 23, 2024), as well as in the documents related to the 2023 IHA ( i.e., the Federal Register notice of the proposed 2023 IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023), the Federal Register notice of issuance of the 2023 IHA (88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023), and all associated references and documents). Only minor changes have been made to the planned activities since the publication of those documents. Therefore, a description is provided below. Please refer to those documents for the description of the specific activity. We also refer the reader to the Navy's previous and current applications and monitoring reports which can be found at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/incidental-take-authorization-us-navy-pile-training-exercises-naval-base-ventura-county-port.

A notice of NMFS' proposal to issue an IHA to the Navy was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2024 (89 FR 84534). That notice and the Federal Register notices related to the initial 2023 IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023; 88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023) described, in detail, the Navy's activity, the marine mammal species that may be affected by the activity, and the anticipated effects on marine mammals. In the proposed notice for this 2025 IHA (89 FR 84534, October 23, 2024), we requested public input on the request for authorization described therein, our analyses, the proposed authorization, and any other aspect of the notice of proposed IHA, and requested that interested persons submit relevant information, suggestions, and comments. During the 30-day public comment period, NMFS did not receive any public comments.

There are minor changes from the proposed IHA to the final IHA, including the addition of a new pile type (16-inch plastic pile), decrease in time to install and remove timber and sheet piles by vibratory methods, decrease in days of installation and total days per exercise for timber and H-beam piles, increase in buffer days per exercise (table 1), and changes to calculated distances and areas to the estimated Level A and Level B harassment thresholds (table 5), resulting in changes to the Level A harassment shutdown zones and Level B harassment monitoring zones for all activities (table 7). These changes do not affect the estimated take amounts, and no changes have been made to the authorized take (table 6). These changes are incorporated herein but do not change any of the analyses or determinations from the proposed IHA (89 FR 84534, October 23, 2024).

A description of the marine mammals in the area of the activities for which take is authorized here, including information on abundance, status, distribution, and hearing, may be found in the Federal Register notice of the proposed IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023) for the initial 2023 authorization. NMFS has reviewed the monitoring data from the 2023 IHA, 2024 draft stock assessment reports, information on relevant unusual mortality events, and other scientific literature, and determined there is no new information that affects which species or stocks have the potential to be affected or the pertinent information in the Description of the Marine Mammals in the Area of Specified Activities contained in the supporting documents for the 2023 IHA.

Hearing is the most important sensory modality for marine mammals underwater, and exposure to anthropogenic sound can have deleterious effects. To appropriately assess the potential effects of exposure to sound, it is necessary to understand the frequency ranges marine mammals are able to hear. Not all marine mammal species have equal hearing capabilities ( e.g., Richardson et al., 1995; Wartzok and Ketten, 1999; Au and Hastings, 2008). To reflect this, Southall et al. (2007, 2019) recommended that marine mammals be divided into hearing groups based on directly measured (behavioral or auditory evoked potential techniques) or estimated hearing ranges (behavioral response data, anatomical modeling, etc. ). Subsequently, NMFS (2024) described updated generalized hearing ranges for these marine mammal hearing groups. Generalized hearing ranges were chosen based on the ~65 decibel (dB) threshold from composite audiograms, previous analyses in NMFS (2018), and/or data from Southall et al. (2007) and Southall et al. (2019). Marine mammal hearing groups and their associated hearing ranges are provided in table 2.

For more detail concerning these groups and associated frequency ranges, please see NMFS (2024) for a review of available information.

The effects of underwater noise from the Navy's training activities have the potential to result in behavioral harassment of marine mammals in the vicinity of NBVC. The notice of the 2023 proposed IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023) included a discussion of the effects of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals and the potential effects of underwater noise from the Navy's training activities on marine mammals and their habitat. That information and analysis is referenced in this final IHA determination and is not repeated here; please refer to the notice of the 2023 proposed IHA (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023). NMFS has reviewed the monitoring data from the 2023 IHA, recent draft stock assessment reports, information on relevant unusual mortality events, and other scientific literature, and determined that there is no new information that affects our initial analysis of impacts on marine mammals and their habitat.

A detailed description of the methods and inputs used to estimate take for the specified activity are found in the Federal Register notices of the proposed and final IHAs for the 2023 authorization (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023; 88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023). Specifically, the source levels and marine mammal occurrence data applicable to this authorization remain unchanged from the 2023 IHA, as do the thresholds and methodology for estimating take by Level B harassment.

The Navy, however, anticipates that the number of piles that could be installed or removed per day will increase compared to the 2023 IHA so that personnel can meet new training requirements during the IHA authorization period (see table 1). In addition, the Navy anticipates that the vibratory removal of 24-in steel sheets could take 30 minutes, whereas the 2023 IHA considered this activity could take 20 minutes. As described in the Federal Register notices of the proposed and final IHAs for the 2023 authorization (88 FR 15956, March 15, 2023; 88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023), the ensonified area associated with Level A harassment accounts for both source level of the specified activity and duration of that activity. Increasing the number of piles to be installed/removed per day, as well as the anticipated duration of vibratory removal of steel sheet piles, increases the total estimated daily duration of the activity, and thus, the extent of the Level A harassment zones. Note; the estimated distances to the Level B harassment isopleths do not increase because activity duration is not considered in their calculation.

In the notice of this proposed IHA (89 FR 84534, October 23, 2024), we provided calculations using the NMFS' 2024 Updated Technical Guidance for the purposes of understanding the number of potential takes by Level A harassment in comparison to NMFS' 2018 Technical Guidance;); since that time the Updated Technical Guidance has been finalized and is thus only considered herein (89 FR 84872, October 24, 2024)). The NMFS' 2024 Updated Technical Guidance criteria include both updated thresholds and updated weighting functions for each hearing group to inform auditory injury estimates (89 FR 36762). The thresholds are provided in table 3. The references, analysis, and methodology used in the development of the criteria, as well as the detailed description of the updated weighting functions, are described in the NMFS' 2024 Updated Technical Guidance, which may be accessed at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/marine-mammal-acoustic-technical-guidance.

The Navy's training activities include the use of impulsive (impact pile driving) and non-impulsive (vibratory driving) sources.

NMFS developed optional User Spreadsheet tools to accompany the 2024 Updated Technical Guidance that can be used to relatively simply predict an isopleth distance for use in conjunction with marine mammal density or occurrence to help predict potential takes. We note that because of some of the assumptions included in the methods underlying these optional tools, we anticipate that the resulting isopleth estimates are typically going to be overestimates of some degree, which may result in an overestimate of potential take by Level A harassment. However, these optional tools offers the best way to estimate isopleth distances when more sophisticated modeling methods are not available or practical. For stationary sources, such as vibratory and impact pile driving, the optional User Spreadsheet tools predict the distance at which, if a marine mammal remained at that distance for the duration of the activity, it will be expected to incur permanent AUD INJ. Inputs used in the optional User Spreadsheet tools based on the Navy's request are reported in table 4. The isopleths calculated for this IHA based on NMFS' 2024 Updated Technical Guidance are reported in table 5.

The stocks taken, methods of take, and types of take remain unchanged from the 2023 authorization. Here, we estimate the amount of taking by Level B harassment for both species using the same method and rates of daily occurrence for California sea lions (342 individuals) and harbor seals (21 individuals) used in the 2023 IHA, applied across the 160 days of anticipated activity, resulting in 46,512 and 2,856 instances of take by Level B harassment, respectively (table 6). While the estimated distances to the Level A harassment thresholds and the shutdown zones are in some cases larger than the estimated distances to the Level B harassment thresholds (see distances for impact driving in table 5), they are still relatively small ( i.e., less than 283 m based on NMFS' 2024 Updated Technical Guidance) and it is unlikely that an individual would remain in these zones long enough to incur AUD INJ. Further, we anticipate that the Navy will be able to effectively shut down operations as necessary to avoid any take by Level A harassment. Therefore, take by Level A harassment is not authorized.

The mitigation, monitoring, and reporting measures included as requirements in this authorization are identical to those included in the Federal Register notice announcing the issuance of the 2023 IHA (88 FR 28517, May 4, 2023), except for the size of the respective shutdown zones as discussed below, and the discussion of the least practicable adverse impact included in that document remains accurate. The IHA includes the following measures:

• The Navy will conduct briefings between supervisors and trainees, the marine mammal monitoring team, and Navy staff prior to the start of all in-water pile driving activity, and when new personnel join the work, to ensure that responsibilities, communication procedures, marine mammal monitoring protocols, and operational procedures are clearly understood.

• During all in-water work other than pile driving ( e.g., pile placement, boat use), in order to prevent injury from physical interaction with construction equipment, a shutdown zone of 10 m (32.8 ft) will be implemented. If a marine mammal comes within 10 m (32.8 ft), operations will cease and vessels will reduce speed to the minimum level required to maintain steerage and safe working conditions. If human safety is at risk, the in-water activity will be allowed to continue until it is safe to stop.

• The Navy will establish shutdown zones for all for in-water pile driving activities. The purpose of a shutdown zone is generally to define an area within which shutdown of activity will occur upon sighting of a marine mammal (or in anticipation of an animal entering the defined area). Shutdown zones will vary based on the type of pile installation/removal activity, but are larger than the calculated Level A harassment isopleths shown in table 7. The shutdown zones have increased slightly from what was required in the 2023 IHA based on the Navy's request to increase the number of piles that may be installed and or removed each day, and in the case of 24-in steel sheets, the longer duration estimated to remove piles with a vibratory hammer (see table 1). The placement of lookouts during all pile driving activities (described in detail in below) will ensure that the entirety of all shutdown zones and Level A harassment zones are visible during pile installation and removal.

• The Navy will delay or shutdown all in-water pile driving activities should an animal approach or enter the appropriate shutdown zone. The Navy can resume in-water pile driving activities after one of the following conditions has been met: (1) the animal is observed exiting the shutdown zone; (2) the animal is thought to have exited the shutdown zone based on a determination of its course, speed, and movement relative to the pile driving location; or (3) the shutdown zone has been clear from any additional sightings for 15 minutes.

• The Navy will employ lookouts trained in marine mammal identification and behaviors to monitor marine mammal presence in the action area. Requirements for numbers and locations of observers will be based on hammer type, pile material, and Seabees training location as described in section 5 of the IHA. Lookouts will track marine mammals observed anywhere within their visual range relative to in-water training activities, and estimate the amount of time a marine mammal spends within the Level A or Level B harassment zones while pile driving activities are underway. The Navy will monitor the project area, including the Level B harassment zones, to the maximum extent possible based on the required number of lookouts, required monitoring locations, and environmental conditions. For all pile driving and removal activities, at least one lookout will be used.

• The placement of the lookouts during all pile driving and removal activities will ensure that the entire applicable shutdown zones are visible during all in-water pile installation and removal. One observer will be placed in a position to implement shutdown/delay procedures, when applicable, by notifying the hammer operator of a need for a shutdown of pile driving or removal.

• Prior to the start of pile driving or removal, the shutdown zone(s) will be monitored for a minimum of 30 minutes to ensure that they are clear of marine mammals ( i.e., pre-clearance monitoring). Pile driving will only commence once observers have declared the shutdown zone(s) are clear of marine mammals. Monitoring will also take place for 30 minutes post-completion of pile driving.

• If in-water work ceases for more than 30 minutes, the Navy will conduct pre-clearance monitoring of both the Level B harassment zone and shutdown zone.

• Pre-start clearance monitoring will be conducted during periods of visibility sufficient for the lead lookout to determine that the shutdown zones indicated in table 7 are clear of marine mammals. Pile driving can commence following 30 minutes of observation when the determination is made that the shutdown zones are clear of marine mammals.

• The Navy will use soft start techniques when impact pile driving. Soft start requires contractors to provide an initial set of three strikes at reduced energy, followed by a 30-second waiting period, then two subsequent reduced energy strike sets. A soft start will be implemented at the start of each day's impact pile driving and at any time following cessation of impact pile driving for a period of 30 minutes or longer. Soft starts will not be used for vibratory pile installation and removal. Lookouts will begin observing for marine mammals 30 minutes before “soft start” or in-water pile installation or removal begins.

• For any marine mammal species for which take by Level B harassment has not been authorized, in-water pile installation/removal will shut down immediately when the animals are sighted.

• If take by Level B harassment reaches the authorized limit for an authorized species, pile installation will be stopped as these species approach the Level B harassment zone to avoid additional take of them.

• Monitoring will be conducted by qualified lookouts with support from Navy biologists, in accordance with the following:

• Navy biologists will train and certify lookouts in accordance with the mitigation, monitoring and reporting requirements of the issued IHA;

• All lookouts will maintain contact via either handheld communication devices or flags to signal sightings and shutdowns;

• Lookouts will be placed at vantage points to monitor for marine mammals and implement shutdown/delay procedures when applicable by calling for the shutdown to the hammer operator;

• The Lead lookout will be located within auditory range of the pile driving team and will have primary responsibility for calling activity shutdowns;

• Lookouts will use a hand-held global positioning device (GPS) device, rangefinder, visual reference points, or marker buoy to verify the required monitoring distance from the project site;

• Monitoring will occur in all-weather until training has concluded for the day;

• Lookouts will scan the waters within the Level A harassment and Level B harassment zones using binoculars (10x42 or similar) and or the naked eye and make visual observations of marine mammals present; and

• Lookouts will record all observations of marine mammals as described in the section 5 of the IHA, regardless of distance from the pile being driven. Lookouts will document any behavioral reactions in concert with distance from piles being driven or removed.

• Lookouts will have the following additional qualifications:

• Visual acuity in both eyes (correction is permissible) sufficient for discernment of moving targets at the water's surface with ability to estimate target size and distance; use of binoculars may be necessary to correctly identify the target;

• Sufficient training, orientation, or experience with the construction operation to provide for personal safety during observations;

• Writing skills sufficient to prepare a report of observations including but not limited to the number and species of marine mammals observed; dates and times when in-water construction activities were conducted; dates, times, and reason for implementation of mitigation (or why mitigation was not implemented when required); and marine mammal behavior; and

• Ability to communicate orally, by radio or in person, with project personnel to provide real-time information on marine mammals observed in the area as necessary.

The Navy will submit a draft marine mammal monitoring report to NMFS within 90 days after the completion of pile driving training activities, or 60 days prior to a requested date of issuance of any future IHAs for projects at the same location, whichever comes first. NMFS will provide comments within 30 days after receiving the draft report, and the Navy will address the comments and submit revisions within 30 days of receipt. If no comments are received from NMFS within 30 days, the draft report will be considered as final.

The draft and final marine mammal monitoring reports will be submitted to PR.ITP.MonitoringReports@noaa.gov and itp.clevenstine@noaa.gov. The reports must include an overall description of work completed, a narrative regarding marine mammal sightings, and associated data sheets. Specifically, the reports must include:

• Dates and times (begin and end) of all marine mammal monitoring;

• Training activities occurring during each daily observation period, including the number and type of piles driven or removed and by what method ( i.e., impact or vibratory) and the total equipment duration for vibratory installation and removal for each pile or estimated total number of strikes for each pile for impact driving;

• Lookout locations during marine mammal monitoring;

• Environmental conditions during monitoring periods (at beginning and end of lookout shift and whenever conditions change significantly), including Beaufort sea state and any other relevant weather conditions including cloud cover, fog, sun glare, and overall visibility to the horizon, and estimated observable distance;

• Description of any deviation from initial proposal in pile numbers, pile types, average driving times, etc. ;

• Brief description of any impediments to obtaining reliable observations during training periods; and

• Description of any impediments to complying with the aforementioned mitigation measures.

Lookouts must record all incidents of marine mammal occurrence in the area in which take is anticipated regardless of distance from activity, and must document any behavioral reactions in concert with distance from piles being driven or removed. Specifically, lookouts must record the following:

• Name of lookout who sighted the animal(s) and lookout location and activity at time of sighting;

• Time of sighting;

• Identification of the animal(s) ( e.g., genus/species, lowest possible taxonomic level, or unidentified), lookout confidence in identification, and the composition of the group if there is a mix of species;

• Distance and bearing of each marine mammal observed relative to the pile being driven for each sighting (if pile driving was occurring at time of sighting);

• Estimated number of animals (min/max/best estimate);

• Estimated number of animals by cohort (adults, juveniles, neonates, group composition, sex class, etc. );

• Animal's closest point of approach and estimated time spent within the harassment zone;

• Description of any marine mammal behavioral observations ( e.g., observed behaviors such as feeding or traveling), including an assessment of behavioral responses thought to have resulted from the activity ( e.g., no response or changes in behavioral state such as ceasing feeding, changing direction, flushing, or breaching);

• Number of marine mammals detected within the harassment zones and shutdown zones, by species; and

• Detailed information about any implementation of any mitigation triggered ( e.g., shutdowns and delays), a description of specific actions that ensued, and resulting changes in behavior of the animal(s), if any.

The 2025 IHA consists of the same activities analyzed through the initial 2023 authorization. The 2025 IHA authorizes the incidental take by Level B harassment of California sea lions and harbor seals to up to four 40-day pile driving training exercises. The Navy requested a new IHA so that it can conduct an additional four training exercises during the authorization period. However, due to emergent training requirements and tempo, the Navy requested, in some instances, to install and remove additional piles over additional days during the training exercises than what was analyzed in the initial 2023 IHA ( i.e., 160 total days considered in this 2025 IHA versus 96 days considered in the initial 2023 IHA), which results in an increase in the number of takes by Level B harassment authorized for harbor seals and sea lions (see table 6). In addition, on October 24, 2024, NMFS published its Updated Technical Guidance (89 FR 84872), which includes updated hearing ranges and names for marine mammal hearing groups as well as updated thresholds and weighting functions to inform auditory injury estimates ( i.e., for Level A harassment). These changes result in slightly larger Level A harassment zones and shutdown zones due to increased durations of pile driving activities. No other changes have been made to the planned activities.

In analyzing the effects of the activities for the initial 2023 IHA, NMFS determined that the Navy's activities will have a negligible impact on the affected species or stocks. There is no new information that affects NMFS' determinations supporting issuance of the initial 2023 IHA or this IHA. While the takes by Level B harassment authorized for this IHA are greater than the takes by Level B harassment authorized in the initial 2023 IHA, the anticipated impacts of the Navy's training exercises on marine mammals are the same as what was considered in the initial 2023 IHA ( e.g., temporary modifications in behaviors or temporary threshold shifts that will not result in fitness impacts to any individuals). In addition, the specified activity and ensonification areas are still very small relative to the overall habitat ranges of all species and do not include habitat areas of special significance (biologically important areas or endangered species designated critical habitat). Lastly, the intensity of anticipated takes by Level B harassment is relatively low for all stocks and will not be of a duration or intensity expected to result in impacts on reproduction or survival. The mitigation measures and monitoring and reporting requirements as described above are identical to the initial 2023 IHA, except for the requirement of slightly larger shutdown zones.

Based on the information contained here and in the referenced documents, NMFS has determined the following: (1) the required mitigation measures will effect the least practicable impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat; (2) the authorized takes will have a negligible impact on the affected marine mammal species or stocks; (3) the authorized takes represent small numbers of marine mammals relative to the affected stock abundances; (4) the Navy's activities will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on taking for subsistence purposes as no relevant subsistence uses of marine mammals are implicated by this action; and (5) appropriate monitoring and reporting requirements are included.

No incidental take of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed species is authorized or expected to result from this activity. Therefore, NMFS has determined that formal consultation under section 7 of the ESA is not required for this action.

To comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 216-6A, NMFS must review our proposed action ( i.e., the issuance of an IHA) with respect to potential impacts on the human environment. This action is consistent with categories of activities identified in Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental take authorizations with no anticipated serious injury or mortality) of the Companion Manual for NAO 216-6A, which do not individually or cumulatively have the potential for significant impacts on the quality of the human environment and for which we have not identified any extraordinary circumstances that would preclude this categorical exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has determined that the issuance of this IHA qualifies to be categorically excluded from further NEPA review.

NMFS has issued an IHA to the Navy for the potential harassment of two marine mammal species incidental to pile driving training exercises at NBVC that includes the previously explained mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements.

The purpose of this meeting is to continue discussion of the HMS Roadmap, the HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) process, potential modifications to Pacific Council Operating Procedure 20, and acceptable levels of bycatch in HMS. The FIW may develop a supplemental report for consideration at the June Pacific Council meeting.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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The Council will begin with the Reef Fish Committee discussing the 2025 Recreational Gag Grouper Season, review of FINAL ACTION: Draft Framework: Other Shallow-water Grouper Catch Limits, receive a meeting summary from the May 8, 2025 Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC) Report and hold a discussion on Executive Order (E.O.) Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.

The Reef Fish Committee will review and discuss Amendment 58A: Shallow-water Grouper Complex Catch Level Management Considerations, Public Hearing Draft: Reef Fish Amendment 58B: Modifications to Deep-water Grouper Management Measures and discuss Red Grouper Documents for Emergency Rule for 2025 and Plan Amendment and Management Actions.

The Mackerel Committee will convene to review and discuss FINAL ACTION: Modification to the Gulf Migratory Group Spanish Mackerel Catch Limits (Amendment 14).

The Ecosystem Committee will convene to discuss recommendations to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan, Red Tide Fishery Ecosystem Issue Pilot and any remaining Ecosystem Technical Committee Recommendations.

The Council will convene at approximately 10:15 a.m., EDT with a Call to Order, Announcements and Introductions, Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes; and receive a presentation on the 2024 Law Enforcement Team of the Year Award.

The Council will hold public testimony from 10:25 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., EDT to take FINAL ACTION on (a). Modification to the Gulf Migratory Group Spanish Mackerel Catch Limits Amendment 14, (b). Draft Framework: Other Shallow-water Grouper Catch Limits, (c) E.O. Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness; and open testimony on any other fishery issues or concerns. Public comment may begin earlier than 10:25 a.m., EDT but will not conclude before that time. Persons wishing to give public testimony in-person must register at the registration kiosk in the meeting room. Persons wishing to give public testimony virtually must sign up on the Council website on the day of public testimony. Registration for virtual testimony closes one hour (9:25 a.m., EDT) before public testimony begins.

The Council will receive committee reports from the Mackerel, Reef Fish and Ecosystem Committees, update on Council Funding and discuss Council Planning and Primary Activities, and Other Business items, if any.

The meeting will be a hybrid meeting; both in-person (limited seating) and virtual participation available. You may register for the webinar to listen-in only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the Council meeting on the calendar.

The timing and order in which agenda items are addressed may change as required to effectively address the issue, and the latest version along with other meeting materials will be posted on the website as they become available.

Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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The Committee will discuss (a) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands crab arbitration proposed action; and (b) other business. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3091 prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials.

You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or smart phone, or by phone only. Connection information will be posted online at: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3091.

Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted electronically to https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3091.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

The purpose of this online meeting is for the HC to consider items on the Pacific Council's June meeting agenda and to prepare supplemental reports as necessary. The HC will discuss current habitat issues and may consider other items on the Pacific Council's June agenda, as necessary.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ( kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

The primary purpose of the meeting is to address guidance the KRWG received from the Pacific Council at their November 2024 meeting and to finalize the KRWG report for the September 2025 Pacific Council meeting. The KRWG may discuss and further develop interim management measures, or a management framework, intended to address the response of Klamath River fall Chinook to the dynamic nature of the Klamath River environment and the available habitat immediately following dam removal, and post-dam removal until the natural environment is stabilized and the salmon population is more predictable. Additional discussions may include, but are not limited to, future meetings, workload planning, and upcoming items on the upcoming Pacific Council meeting agenda.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ( kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov; 503-820-2412) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Defense User Registration System (DURS); OMB Control Number 0704-0546.

Type of Request: Extension.

Number of Respondents: 6,625.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 6,625.

Average Burden per Response: 12 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 1,325.

Needs and Uses: The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) requires all eligible users to be registered for access to DTIC's repository of access-controlled scientific and technical information documents. This system is called the DURS. The registration of a user enforces validation of an individual's identity, as well as that individual's persona ( i.e., whether the individual is DoD, Federal government, or a contractor supporting the DoD or another federal agency) and that individual's authority to access limited and classified documents with distribution controls. A role-based environment based on a user's identification ensures security for DTIC's electronic information collection while the online systems increase availability of information to each user based on his or her mission needs.

Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Business or Other For-Profit; Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald Lucas.

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on other EM program components. The Board also provides an avenue to fulfill public participation requirements outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Federal Facility Agreements, Consent Orders, Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements.

Tentative Agenda: (agenda topics are subject to change; please contact Zachary Boyarski for the most current agenda).

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public and public comment can be given orally or in writing. Fifteen minutes are allocated during the meeting for public comment and those wishing to make oral comment will be given a minimum of two minutes to speak. Written comments received at least two working days prior to the meeting will be provided to the members and included in the meeting minutes. Written comments received within two working days after the meeting will be included in the minutes. For additional information on public comment and to submit written comment, please contact Zachery Boyarski at Zachary.Boyarski@pppo.gov. The EM SSAB, Paducah, welcomes the attendance of the public at its meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Zachary Boyarski at least seven days in advance of the meeting.

Meeting conduct: The Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Questioning of board members or presenters by the public is not permitted.

Minutes: Minutes will be available at the following website: https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/listings/meeting-materials.

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 8, 2025, by Alyssa Petit, 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 .

Purpose of the Committee: The EAC was established in accordance with the provisions of FACA, as amended, to provide advice to DOE in implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, executing certain sections of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and modernizing the nation's electricity delivery infrastructure. The EAC is composed of individuals selected for their technical expertise and experience, established records of distinguished professional service, and their knowledge of issues that pertain to the electric sector.

The meeting will start at 1 p.m. EDT on June 5, 2025. The following is the agenda for the meeting:

The meeting will conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. EDT.

The meeting agenda and times may change to accommodate EAC business. For agenda updates, see the EAC website at: https://www.energy.gov/oe/electricity-advisory-committee-eac-2025-meetings.

Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public via a virtual meeting option. Individuals who would like to attend must register for the meeting here: https://www.energy.gov/oe/electricity-advisory-committee-eac-2025-meetings. Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to offer comments and suggestions may do so during the meeting. Approximately 15 minutes will be reserved for public comments. Time allotted per speaker will depend on the number who wish to speak but will not exceed three minutes. The Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Those wishing to speak should register to do so by sending an email to Ms. Corinne Price at Corinne.Price@hq.doe.gov, no later than 11 a.m. on June 5, 2025. Anyone who is not able to attend the meeting, or for whom the allotted public comments time is insufficient to address pertinent issues with the EAC, is invited to send a written statement identified by “Electricity Advisory Committee June 5, 2025 Meeting,” to Ms. Corinne Price at Corinne.Price@hq.doe.gov.

Minutes: A recording and minutes of the EAC meeting will be posted on the EAC web page at https://www.energy.gov/oe/electricity-advisory-committee-eac-2025-meetings. They can also be obtained by contacting Ms. Corinne Price at the address above.

Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was signed on April 24, 2025, by David Borak, 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 .

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to provide advice and recommendations concerning the following EM site-specific issues: clean-up activities and environmental restoration; waste and nuclear materials management and disposition; excess facilities; future land use and long-term stewardship. The Board may also be asked to provide advice and recommendations on other EM program components. The Board also provides an avenue to fulfill public participation requirements outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Federal Facility Agreements, Consent Orders, Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements.

Tentative Agenda: (agenda topics are subject to change; please email orssab@orem.doe.gov for the most current agenda)

As successor to the Atomic Energy Commission, DOE provided public notice of KCNSC's Kansas City area locations and its predecessor named properties and KCNSC's NMO locations and its predecessor named properties section 229 boundaries at various times in the Federal Register : Kansas City Area Office Site, Trespassing on Commission Property. 30 FR 13280 (Oct. 19, 1965); Trespassing on DOE Property; Designation of Kansas City Plant Facilities as Off-Limits Areas, 48 FR 56822-568224 (Nov. 23, 1983); Notice of Addition of Property for the Kansas City Plant Facilities, 77 FR 65376-65377 (Oct. 26, 2012); Trespassing on DOE Property: Kansas City Plant Facilities, 78 FR 70934-70935 (Nov. 27, 2013); and Addition of Property for the Kansas City Plant Facilities, 88 FR 37048-37049 (Jun. 6, 2023). This notice does not terminate the KCNSC NMO site descriptions published at 78 FR 70934-70935 (Nov. 27, 2013).

Per section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2278a) and implemented by Trespassing on Department of Energy Property, 10 CFR 860, DOE prohibits the: (1) unauthorized entry (trespass); and, (2) unauthorized introduction of weapons or dangerous materials to include carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property. Whoever willfully violates either prohibition shall, upon conviction, be guilty of an infraction punishable as defined in 10 CFR 860.5, Violations and Penalties, and whoever willfully violates either prohibition regarding any facility, installation, or real property enclosed by a fence, wall, floor, roof, or other structural barrier shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a crime and fined as defined in 10 CFR 860.5.

Amendment: DOE amends the existing KCNSC NMO boundary first added at 78 FR 70934-70935 (Nov. 27, 2013): amendment to the existing 229 boundary the KCNSC NMO tract described further in the Property Description, Craddock B.

2460 Alamo Avenue SE Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM—Legal Description: TR Z-4-A replat of tract Z-4 & A-1 Airport Industrial Park to TRS A-4-A, A-1-A, A-1-B & A-1-C of Airport Industrial Park containing 1.5470 AC MIL OR 67,390 square feet milieu (SF MIL) consisting of approximately 23,040 square feet of warehouse including the means of access thereto and egress therefrom along ways controlled by lessor and together with the use of outside perimeter and grounds appurtenant to the building for purposes of parking employees, visitors, and guests and in addition thereto, described collectively as the leased premises to be used for administrative offices, engineering, production, maintenance and repair, and storage for such other lawful purposes as may be incidental thereto.

Addition: DOE adds to the existing boundary first described at 78 FR 70934-70935 (Nov. 27, 2013): add to the existing 229 boundary the KCNSC NMO tract described further in the Property Description, Craddock D.

2400 Alamo Avenue SE, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County NM—Legal description: Tract Z-2, Airport Park consisting a 17,200 square foot warehouse including the means of access thereto and egress therefrom along ways controlled by lessor and together with the use of outside perimeter and grounds appurtenant to the building for purposes of parking employees, visitors, and guests and in addition thereto, eased premises to be used for administrative offices, engineering, production, maintenance and repair, and storage for such other lawful purposes as may be incidental thereto.

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 2, 2025, by Michael Hogan, Officially Designated Federal Security Authority, KCFO, 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 is authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process does not alter the legal effect of this document on publication in the Federal Register .

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This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated with the following information collections. More detailed information can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated materials (see ADDRESSES ).

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term “collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.

1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board Procedures and Criteria; Use: During the first few years of IPPS, hospitals were paid strictly based on their physical geographic location concerning the wage index (Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)) and the standardized amount (rural, other urban, or large urban). However, a growing number of hospitals became concerned that their payment rates were not providing accurate compensation. The hospitals argued that they were not competing with the hospitals in their own geographic area, but instead that they were competing with hospitals in neighboring geographic areas.

At that point, Congress enacted Section 1886(d)(10) of the Act which enabled hospitals to apply to be considered part of neighboring geographic areas for payment purposes based on certain criteria. The application and decision process are administered by the MGCRB which is not a part of CMS so that CMS could not be accused of any untoward action. However, CMS needs to remain apprised of any potential payment changes. Hospitals are required to provide CMS with a copy of any applications that they made to the MGCRB. CMS also developed the guidelines for the MGCRB that were the interim final issue of the Federal Register and must ensure that the MGCRB properly applied the guidelines. This check and balance process also contributes to limiting the number of hospitals that ultimately need to appeal their MGCRB decisions to the CMS Administrator. Form Number: CMS-R-138 (OMB control number: 0938-0573); Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 850; Total Annual Responses: 850; Total Annual Hours: 850. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Noel Manlove at 410-786-5161.)

2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Part C and Part D Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Model Documents; Use: Sections 1860D-2(b)(2)(E)(v)(II)-(IV) of the Act state the requirements for Part D plan sponsors in implementing the program, which include the processes for outreach to enrollees identified as likely to benefit, election, and termination. Subsection II states that any Part D enrollee may elect into the program prior to or during the plan year. Subsection III details that Part D plan sponsors and MA organizations must have a mechanism in place to inform enrollees that they are likely to benefit from electing into the program at the point of sale (POS). Subsection IV(aa) states that plans must terminate a beneficiary's participation in the program when the beneficiary fails to pay the amounts owed under this program.

CMS has developed the seven model notices to provide standardized and consistent language for potential and active program participants, regardless of which Part D plan they may be enrolled in. The seven model notices and their content serve as an example of how to convey information on the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan to Part D enrollees and program participants, as applicable. Though Part D plan sponsors are not required to use the model materials and content verbatim, use of the model materials will satisfy the communications requirements included in § 423.137. If a Part D plan sponsor chooses not to use a model material, they must meet the content requirements in § 423.137 for the alternate notices they develop. CMS notes that the “Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Likely to Benefit Notice,” is a standardized material that Part D plan sponsors are required to use in the form and manner provided by CMS. Form Number: CMS-10882 (OMB control number: 0938-1475); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Private Sector, Federal Government, Businesses or other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 234,227; Total Annual Responses: 39,514,987; Total Annual Hours: 135,080. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Deven Gosalia at (410) 786-8264 or deven.gosalia@cms.hhs.gov. )

This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated with the following information collections. More detailed information can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated materials (see ADDRESSES ).

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term “collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires Federal agencies to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.

1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision with of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Negotiation Program Drug Selection for Initial Price Applicability Year 2028 under Sections 11001 and 11002 of the Inflation Reduction Act Information Collection Request; Use: Under the authority in sections 11001 and 11002 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Pub. L. 117-169), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, codified in sections 1191 through 1198 of the Social Security Act (the Act). The information collection request forms for the Small Biotech Exception, the Biosimilar Delay, and the Selection of Renegotiation-Eligible Drugs for initial price applicability year 2028 must be submitted to CMS before CMS establishes the selected drug list for initial price applicability year 2028.

Small Biotech Exception: In accordance with section 1192(d)(2) of the Act, the term “negotiation-eligible drug” excludes, with respect to the initial price applicability years 2026, 2027, and 2028, a qualifying single source drug that meets the requirements for the exception for small biotech drugs (the “Small Biotech Exception,” or “SBE”). This information is required in order for CMS to accurately identify whether a given drug meets the criteria for the Small Biotech Exception in accordance with section 1192(d)(2) of the Act. To ensure that drugs payable under Part B and/or drugs covered under Part D that meet the requirements for the SBE are excluded from the term “negotiation-eligible drug,” a manufacturer that seeks the SBE for its drug payable under Part B and/or covered under Part D (“Submitting Manufacturer”) must submit information to CMS about the company and its products in order for the drug to be considered for the exception. If the Submitting Manufacturer seeks the SBE for a drug payable under Part B and/or covered under Part D it acquired after December 31, 2021, the Submitting Manufacturer must also submit information related to the separate entity that had the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program agreement for the drug on December 31, 2021, for drugs covered under Part D and information related to the holder of the New Drug Application(s) (NDA)(s) or Biologics License Applications(s) (BLA)(s) as of December 31, 2021 for drugs payable under Part B. If the Submitting Manufacturer was acquired by another entity after December 31, 2021, the Submitting Manufacturer must provide information regarding that acquiring entity for CMS to assess whether the acquisition triggers the limitation at section 1192(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act.

Biosimilar Delay: In accordance with section 1192(f)(1)(B) of the Act, the manufacturer of a biosimilar biological product (“Biosimilar Manufacturer” of a “Biosimilar”) may submit a request, prior to the selected drug publication date, for CMS' consideration to delay the inclusion of a negotiation-eligible drug that includes the reference product for the Biosimilar (such a negotiation-eligible drug is herein referred to as a “Reference Drug”) on the selected drug list for a given initial price applicability year (the “Biosimilar Delay”). This information is required in order for CMS to accurately determine if a drug meets the criteria for the Biosimilar Delay for initial price applicability year 2028 in accordance with section 1192(f) of the Act. To ensure that the delay of selection and negotiation of biologics is only applied if there is a high likelihood that the Biosimilar will be licensed and marketed, a Biosimilar Manufacturer that seeks the Biosimilar Delay must submit information to CMS related to the Biosimilar. This information includes identifying information for the Biosimilar and the Reference Drug; the licensure status of the Biosimilar; attestations that the Biosimilar Manufacturer is not the same or treated as the same entity as the Reference Manufacturer, that the Biosimilar Manufacturer and the Reference Manufacturer (who is the manufacturer of the Reference Drug) have not entered into an agreement that requires or incentivizes the Biosimilar Manufacturer to submit the Biosimilar Delay, or directly or indirectly restricts the quantity of the Biosimilar that may be sold in the United States over a specified period of time; and documentation specified under section 1192(f)(3) of the Act to demonstrate there is a high likelihood that the Biosimilar will be licensed and marketed within two years of the statutorily-defined selected drug publication date for initial price applicability year 2028.

Selection of Renegotiation-Eligible Drugs: Section 1194(f) of the Act establishes the requirements governing the identification of renegotiation-eligible drugs and selection of drugs for renegotiation. CMS will offer Primary Manufacturers  1 the voluntary option to submit information to CMS to inform CMS' determinations of which selected drugs qualify as a renegotiation-eligible drug and may be selected for renegotiation in accordance with section 1194(f)(3) of the Act. Specifically, section 1194(f)(2)(D) of the Act instructs CMS to identify whether a selected drug is eligible for renegotiation because a new indication has been added to the selected drug and based on a material change to any of the factors listed in section 1194(e) of the Act. Form Number: CMS-10844 (OMB control number 0938-1443); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private Sector, Business, and Not-for Profits; Number of Respondents: 65; Number of Responses: 65; Total Annual Hours: 3,677.50. (For questions regarding this collection contact Elisabeth Daniel at 667-290-8793.)

On January 24, 2025, the President established the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council through Executive Order 14180, “Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency.”

90 FR 8743 (January 31, 2025); https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/council-to-assess-the-federal-emergency-management-agency/.

Notice of this meeting is given under section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 117-286 (5 U.S.C. Ch. 10), which requires each FACA committee meeting to be open to the public unless the President, or the head of the agency to which the advisory committee reports, determines that a portion of the meeting may be closed to the public in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c).

Agenda: The Council will meet in an open session from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. The meeting will include: (1) the swearing in of members; (2) remarks from leadership; (3) Council overview and structure. The meeting may end early if the Council has completed its business.

Meeting instructions for virtual attendance: Members of the public may register to participate in this Council meeting under the following procedures. Each individual must provide their full legal name and email address no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 19, 2025, to Patrick Powers, Designated Federal Officer of the President's Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, via email to FEMAreviewcouncil@hq.dhs.gov. Members of the public who have registered to participate will be provided the agenda and virtual link. For those attending the meeting you will be in listen-only mode.

For more information about the Council, please visit our website: https://www.dhs.gov/federal-emergency-management-agency-review-council.

The Council is committed to ensuring all participants have equal access regardless of disability status. If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please contact Patrick Powers at FEMAreviewcouncil@hq.dhs.gov as soon as possible.

Table of Abbreviations CFR—Code of Federal Regulations DHS—U.S. Department of Homeland Security EAD—Employment Authorization Document FR—Federal Register Government—U.S. Government INA—Immigration and Nationality Act Secretary—Secretary of Homeland Security TPS—Temporary Protected Status USCIS—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S.C.—United States Code What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)?

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with appropriate agencies of the U.S. Government, to designate a foreign state (or part thereof) for TPS if the Secretary determines that certain country conditions exist. See INA sec. 244(b)(1), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1). The determination whether to designate any foreign state (or part thereof) for TPS is discretionary, and there is no judicial review of “any determination of the [Secretary] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state” for TPS. See INA sec. 244(b)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(5)(A). The Secretary, in her discretion, may grant TPS to eligible nationals of that foreign state (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in the designated foreign state). See INA sec. 244(a)(1)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(a)(1)(A).

At least 60 days before the expiration of a foreign state's TPS designation or extension, the Secretary—after consultation with appropriate U.S. Government agencies—must review the conditions in the foreign state designated for TPS to determine whether they continue to meet the conditions for the TPS designation. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A). If the Secretary does not determine that the conditions in the foreign state no longer continue to meet the specific statutory criteria for TPS designation, TPS will be extended for an additional period of 6 months or, in the Secretary's discretion, 12 or 18 months. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(A), (C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A), (C). If the Secretary determines that the foreign state no longer meets the conditions for TPS designation, the Secretary must terminate the designation. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B). The Secretary's review of TPS designations is not subject to judicial review. See INA sec. 244(b)(5)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(5)(A).

TPS is a temporary immigration benefit granted to eligible nationals of a country designated for TPS under the INA, or to eligible aliens without nationality who last habitually resided in the designated country. During the TPS designation period, TPS beneficiaries are eligible to remain in the United States, may not be removed, and are authorized to work and obtain an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) so long as they continue to meet the requirements of TPS. TPS beneficiaries may also apply for and be granted travel authorization as a matter of discretion. The granting of TPS does not result in or lead to lawful permanent resident status or any other immigration status. To qualify for TPS, beneficiaries must demonstrate that they meet the eligibility standards described in section 244(c)(2) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1254a(c)(2), in accordance with the implementing regulations, see 8 CFR pts. 244, 1244. When the Secretary terminates a country's TPS designation, beneficiaries return to the same immigration status or category that they maintained before TPS, if any (unless that status or category has since expired or been terminated), or any other lawfully obtained immigration status or category they received while registered for TPS, as long as it is still valid on the date TPS terminates.

Afghanistan was initially designated for TPS on May 20, 2022, based on ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions. 1 On September 25, 2023, DHS extended and newly designated Afghanistan for a period of 18 months, beginning on November 21, 2023, and ending on May 20, 2025. 2

At least 60 days before the expiration of a country's TPS designation or extension, the Secretary—after consultation with appropriate U.S. Government agencies—must review the conditions in a foreign state designated for TPS to determine whether the conditions for the TPS designation continue to be met. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A). If the Secretary determines that the foreign state no longer meets the conditions for the TPS designation, the Secretary shall terminate the designation. The termination may not take effect earlier than 60 days after the date the Federal Register notice of termination is published, or if later, the expiration of the most-recent previous extension of the country designation. See INA sec.244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B). The Secretary may determine the appropriate effective date of the termination and the expiration of any TPS-related documentation, such as EADs. See id.; see also INA sec. 244(d)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(d)(3) (providing the Secretary the discretionary “option” to allow for a certain “orderly transition” period if she determines it to be appropriate).

Consistent with INA section 244(b)(3)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A), after consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary reviewed conditions in Afghanistan and considered whether Afghanistan continues to meet the conditions for designation under INA section 244(b)(1)(A) and (C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A) and (C). The Secretary specifically considered: (1) whether requiring the return of Afghan nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) to Afghanistan poses a serious threat to their personal safety due to an ongoing armed conflict, see INA 244(b)(1)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A); (2) whether there are extraordinary and temporary conditions that prevent Afghan nationals from returning in safety, see INA 244(b)(1)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C), and (3) whether, despite any extraordinary and temporary conditions that may prevent their safe return, permitting Afghan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States, see INA 244(b)(1)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C). 3

Based on her review and consultation with the Department of State, the Secretary determined that, overall, there are notable improvements in the security and economic situation such that requiring the return of Afghan nationals to Afghanistan does not pose a threat to their personal safety due to armed conflict or extraordinary and temporary conditions. She further determined that permitting Afghan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States.

Armed conflict, primarily between the Taliban and Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), continues as a source of violence and instability in certain parts of the country. 4 Since 2021, the Taliban have actively fought back against the various terrorist groups within its borders. 5 Recent reports show that there is no indication of systematic or scattered combat in the country, that there is no place in Afghanistan where armed opposition groups have an overt presence, and none of the groups have been assessed to pose a real threat to Taliban rule. 6 The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) recorded a year-over-year reduction in the use of improvised explosive devices by 72 percent: from 65 to 18 uses. 7 The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) also reported a drop in overall attacks against civilians, compared with 2022. 8 And there is a reported decrease in armed conflict since the end of the Taliban's insurgency. 9 While threats of violence and terrorism remain, large-scale violence is at its lowest level in decades. 10

Additionally, though humanitarian need remains prevalent, the number of those in need of assistance has declined to 23.7 million this year, a decrease from the more than 29 million Afghan nationals in need reported the previous year. 11 Furthermore, in 2023 and 2024, Afghanistan's economy began to show a Gross Domestic Product growth of 2.7%, which was primarily driven by private consumption. 12 This sign of recovery, coupled with falling food prices, higher monetary deposits from out of country, and ongoing humanitarian aid, has contributed to a gradual improvement in household welfare, particularly in rural areas. 13

The Taliban government is promoting tourism to shift its global image. 14 Tourism to Afghanistan has increased, as the rates of kidnappings have reduced. 15 In 2021, there were 691 foreign tourists; in 2022, that figure rose to 2,300 and continued to rise to 7,000 in 2023. 16 Foreign visitors, particularly from China, have increased by 913% since the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021. 17 Tourists are sharing their experiences on social media, highlighting the peaceful countryside, welcoming locals, and the cultural heritage, according to some reports. 18

By statute, the Secretary is prohibited from designating a country for TPS or extending a TPS designation on the basis of extraordinary and temporary conditions if she finds that “permitting the aliens to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States.”  19 “National interest” is an expansive standard that may encompass an array of broad considerations, including foreign policy, public safety ( e.g., potential nexus to criminal gang membership), national security, migration factors ( e.g., pull factors), immigration policy ( e.g., enforcement prerogatives), and economic considerations ( e.g., adverse effects on U.S. workers, impact on U.S. communities). 20 Determining whether permitting a class of aliens to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the U.S. national interest therefore calls upon the Secretary's expertise and discretionary judgment, informed by her consultations with appropriate U.S. Government agencies.

In E.O. 14159, the President referenced the “[m]illions of illegal aliens [who] crossed our borders or were permitted to fly directly into the United States on commercial flights and allowed to settle in American communities, in violation of longstanding Federal laws.”  21 Additionally, President Trump clearly articulated an array of policy imperatives bearing upon the national interest in his recent immigration and border-related executive orders and proclamations. In E.O. 14159, President Trump underscored that enforcing the immigration laws “is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States.”  22 In furtherance of that objective, the President directed the Secretary, along with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, to promptly take all appropriate action, consistent with law, to rescind policies that led to increased or continued presence of illegal aliens in the United States. 23 The directed actions include ensuring that the TPS designations are consistent with the TPS statute and “made for only so long as may be necessary to fulfill the textual requirements of that statute.”  24 The Department has considered the national interest factors and determined that continuing to permit Afghan nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) to reside in the United States on TPS would be inconsistent with E.O. 14159 and otherwise contrary to the U.S. national interest, especially in light of the Secretary's determination that they may return in safety.

In addition, DHS records indicate that there are Afghan nationals who are TPS recipients who have been the subject of administrative investigations for fraud, public safety, and national security. The Secretary accordingly took account of those cases in making her determination.

The Secretary also consulted with the Department of State regarding the foreign policy interests of the United States and agreed that continuing to permit the Afghan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States would not be consistent with the U.S. national interest. Moreover, as the President directed in Executive Order 14150, “the foreign policy of the United States shall champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first.”  25 Continuing to permit these Afghan nationals to remain in the United States does not champion core American interests or put American interests first. U.S. foreign policy interests are best served and protected by curtailing policies that facilitate or encourage destabilizing migration.

DHS estimates that there are approximately 11,700 nationals of Afghanistan (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who hold TPS under Afghanistan's designation. 26 Afghan nationals who have obtained another immigration benefit apart from TPS, including parole, will retain that immigration benefit unless otherwise notified. Furthermore, DHS recognizes that certain Afghan nationals may have legitimate protection claims under the INA and reiterates that the statutory periodic review requires the consideration of whether conditions for a TPS designation continue to be met. As discussed, Afghanistan no longer continues to meet the conditions for the TPS designation, and TPS is not a substitute for seeking long-term, permanent protection in the United States.

The TPS statute provides that the termination of a country's TPS designation may not be effective earlier than 60 days after the Federal Register notice is published or, if later, the expiration of the most-recent previous extension. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B).

The Secretary may determine the appropriate effective date of the termination and the expiration of any TPS-related documentation, such as EADs, for the purpose of providing for an orderly transition. See id.; see also INA sec. 244(d)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(d)(3). Given the Secretary's finding that there is reduction in armed conflict, that the return of Afghan nationals does not pose a threat to their personal safety, that the conditions that precipitated the designation are no longer met, and that permitting Afghan nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States, the Secretary has determined a 60-day transition period is sufficient. Accordingly, the termination of the Afghanistan TPS designation will be effective 60 days from this notice's publication date. 27

However, DHS recognizes that Afghanistan TPS beneficiaries continue to be employment authorized during the 60-day transition period. 28 Accordingly, through this Federal Register notice, DHS automatically extends the validity of certain EADs previously issued under the TPS designation of Afghanistan through July 14, 2025. Therefore, as proof of continued employment authorization through July 14, 2025, TPS beneficiaries can show their EADs that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a “Card Expires” date of November 20, 2023, or May 20, 2025.

The Secretary has considered putative reliance interests in the Afghanistan TPS designation, especially when considering whether to allow for an additional transition period akin to that allowed under certain previous TPS terminations. Temporary Protected Status, as the name itself makes clear, is an inherently temporary status. TPS designations are time-limited and must be periodically reviewed. See INA sec. 244(b)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3). TPS notices clearly notify aliens of the designations' expiration dates, and whether to allow for an orderly transition period is left to the Secretary's unfettered discretion. See INA sec. 244(b)(3), (d)(3); 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3), (d)(3). Additionally, Afghanistan has only been designated for TPS since May 20, 2022, thus many Afghanistan TPS beneficiaries lack the longer periods of residence in the United States that beneficiaries from other countries had. 29 DHS has determined that any putative reliance interests are outweighed by the overriding national interests described in this notice.

By the authority vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security under INA section 244(b)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3), and in consultation with appropriate agencies of the U.S. Government, I have reviewed conditions in Afghanistan and considered (a) whether the return of its nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) would pose a serious threat to their personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict; and (b) whether there are extraordinary and temporary conditions that prevent Afghan nationals from returning in safety, and whether permitting the Afghan nationals (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States. Based on my review, I have determined that Afghanistan no longer continues to meet the conditions for the designation for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under INA section 244(b)(1)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(A), or INA section 244(b)(1)(C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)(C).

Accordingly, I order as follows:

(1) Pursuant to INA section 244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B), and considering INA section 244(d)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(d)(3), the designation of Afghanistan for TPS is terminated effective at 11:59 p.m., local time, on July 14, 2025.

(2) Information concerning the termination of TPS for nationals of Afghanistan (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) will be available at local USCIS offices upon publication of this Notice and through the USCIS Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283. This information will be published on the USCIS website at www.USCIS.gov.

This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.

Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Agency Executive Compensation Information.

OMB Approval Number: 2577-0272.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Form Number: Form HUD-52725.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Pursuant to the annually issued notice, most recently PIH Notice 2023-05, HUD collects information from all Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) that administer a public housing or tenant-based rental assistance program on the compensation paid to its employees. More specifically, under this information collection process PHAs are required to report the compensation paid to the top management official, the top financial official, and all employees who are paid an annual salary over the compensation cap imposed by Congress in HUD's annual appropriations (Level IV of the Executive Schedule). This reporting is similar to the information that non-profit organizations receiving federal tax exemptions are required to report to the IRS annually. Since PHAs receive significant direct federal funds, HUD has been collecting compensation information to enhance regulatory oversight by HUD, as well as by state and local authorities. HUD intends to collect one year of the compensation information once every three years and provides the collected information to the public. The compensation data collected includes base salary, bonus, and incentive and other compensation, and the extent to which these payments are made with any Sections 8 and 9 appropriated funds.

Respondents: Public Housing Agencies.

This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:

(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

Section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

The Asset Disposition and Management System (ADAMS) SORN is being rescinded because the system no longer retrieves information using PII data. Records are retrieved by the Federal Housing Administration case number, contractor ID or name, or non-profit/government agency name. Any previously collected PII has been appropriately handled in compliance with retention and disposition schedules.

The properties listed in this notice are being considered for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. Nominations for their consideration were received by the National Park Service before April 26, 2025. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60, comments are being accepted concerning the significance of the nominated properties under the National Register criteria for evaluation.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Nominations submitted by State or Tribal Historic Preservation Officers:

Additional documentation has been received for the following resource(s):

Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.

The properties listed in this notice are being considered for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. Nominations for their consideration were received by the National Park Service before May 3, 2025. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60, comments are being accepted concerning the significance of the nominated properties under the National Register criteria for evaluation.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Nominations submitted by State or Tribal Historic Preservation Officers

KEY: State, County, Property Name, Multiple Name (if applicable), Address/Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference Number.

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

The federal-state UI program is a required partner in the comprehensive, integrated workforce system. Individuals who have lost employment through no fault of their own and have earned sufficient wage credits may receive UI benefits if they meet initial and continuing eligibility requirements. Beginning in 2005, the Department and participating state UI agencies have been addressing individual reemployment needs of UI claimants and working to prevent and detect UI improper payments through the voluntary UI Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program. In FY 2015, states transitioned from REA to the voluntary RESEA program, which expanded the REA program model by providing a broader range of reemployment services.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123 (BBA), enacted on February 9, 2018, included amendments to the Social Security Act (SSA) creating a permanent authorization for the RESEA program. The RESEA provisions are contained in Section 30206 of the BBA, enacting new section 306 of the SSA. Section 306(e), SSA, provides the authorization and specific requirements for an annual RESEA state plan. To receive an RESEA grant, a state must submit an annual RESEA state plan that responds to all required elements and is approved by the Secretary of Labor. In 2019, ETA developed this state plan data collection to align with the statutory annual report requirements detailed in section 306(e), SSA, and the essential administrative information necessary to complete the review, execution, and oversight of RESEA grants. Since implementation of this RESEA state plan ICR, the Department has conducted annual reviews of RESEA state plan submissions to identify possible changes to the RESEA state plan ICR that could reduce common errors and other challenges. The proposed revised data collection includes several modifications intended to make the plan elements clearer, remove elements that are redundant or no longer needed, prevent common errors, and reduce states' reporting burden.

These proposed revisions include:

• Edits throughout the ICR to provide added technical clarity for each required element and help mitigate common submission omissions or errors;

• Short checklists of required narrative components incorporated into instructions to help ensure submitted narratives are complete; and

• New elements requiring states to provide positive confirmation that all required supplemental documentation is attached.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB No. 1205-0538.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title of Collection: Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Grant State Plan.

Form: Annual RESEA State Plan Template.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0538.

Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.

Frequency: Annual.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 53.

Estimated Average Time per Response: 40.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,120 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

The continued collection of information contained on the ETA 9128 (Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Workload) and 9129 (Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Outcomes) reports is necessary to enable ETA's Office of Unemployment Insurance to perform program oversight, target technical assistance to states, and assess the effectiveness of the RESEA program through workload and outcomes reports. Changes to the ETA 9128 Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment Workload report were approved by OMB on December 7, 2022, to capture information about Subsequent RESEA meetings (an optional but increasingly common RESEA service) and the number of claimants selected for RESEA that were determined prior to their scheduled RESEA meeting to have been incorrectly selected, otherwise ineligible for RESEA, or potentially fraudulent. The proposed renewal of this collection would continue the gathering of this information. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) authorizes this information collection.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. To help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1205-0456.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Extension without revision.

Title of Collection: Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) Quarterly Activity and Outcome Reports.

Form: ETA 9128 and ETA 9129.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0456.

Affected Public: State and Local Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 424

Estimated Average Time per Response: 5.82

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,233.84 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

The purpose of WIOA is to provide workforce investment activities through statewide and local workforce investment systems that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants. WIOA programs are intended to increase the occupational skill attainment by participants and the quality of the workforce, thereby reducing welfare dependency and enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation.

LLSIL is used for several purposes under the WIOA. Specifically, WIOA section 3(36) defines the term “low-income individual” for eligibility purposes, and sections 127(b)(2)(C) and 132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) define the terms “disadvantaged youth” and “disadvantaged adult” in terms of the poverty line or LLSIL for State formula allotments. The Governor and State and local workforce development boards use the LLSIL for determining eligibility for youth and adults for certain services. ETA encourages Governors and State/local boards to consult the WIOA Final Rule and ETA guidance for more specific guidance in applying LLSIL to program requirements. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the most current poverty-level guidelines in the Federal Register , January 17, 2025. The HHS 2025 Poverty guidelines may also be found on the internet at https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines.

ETA will have the 2025 LLSIL and the HHS Poverty guidelines available on its website at www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/llsil.

WIOA section 3(36)(B) defines LLSIL as “that income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary of Labor based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary.” The most recent lower living family budget was issued by the Secretary in fall 1981. The four-person urban family budget estimates, previously published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), provided the basis for the Secretary to determine the LLSIL. BLS terminated the four-person family budget series in 1982, after publication of the fall 1981 estimates. Currently, BLS provides data to ETA, which ETA then uses to develop the LLSIL tables, as provided on the ETA LLSIL website at www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/llsil.

This notice updates the LLSIL to reflect cost of living increases for 2024, by calculating the percentage change in the most recent 2024 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for an area to the 2023 CPI-U and then applying this calculation to each of the previously published 2024 LLSIL figures. The 2025 LLSIL tables are available on the ETA LLSIL website at www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/llsil.

The website contains updated figures for a four-person family in table 1, listed by region for both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Incomes in all of the tables are rounded up to the nearest dollar. Since program eligibility for “low-income individuals,” “disadvantaged adults,” and “disadvantaged youth” may be determined by family income at 70 percent of the LLSIL, pursuant to WIOA section 3(36)(A)(ii) and section 3(36)(B), respectively, those figures are listed as well.

Jurisdictions included in the various regions, based generally on the Census Regions of the U.S. Department of Commerce, are as follows:

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Northern Marianas, Oklahoma, Palau, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Micronesia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Additionally, the LLSIL Excel file provides separate figures for Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam.

Data for selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are also available. These are based on annual CPI-U changes for a 12-month period ending in December 2024. The updated LLSIL figures for these MSAs and 70 percent of LLSIL are also available in the LLSIL Excel file.

The LLSIL Excel file also lists each of the various figures at 70 percent of the updated 2025 LLSIL for family sizes of one to six persons. Please note, for families larger than six persons, an amount equal to the difference between the six-person and the five-person family income levels should be added to the six-person family income level for each additional person in the family. Where the poverty level for a particular family size is greater than the corresponding 70 percent of the LLSIL figure, the figure is shaded.

The LLSIL Excel file also indicates 100 percent of LLSIL for family sizes of one to six and is used to determine self-sufficiency as noted at section 3(36)(A)(ii) and section 3(36)(B) of WIOA.

Governors should designate the appropriate LLSILs for use within the State using the LLSIL Excel files on the website. The Governor's designation may be provided by disseminating information on MSAs and metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas within the State or it may involve further calculations. An area can be part of multiple LLSIL geographies. For example, an area in the State of New Jersey may have four or more LLSIL figures. All cities, towns, and counties that are part of a metro area in New Jersey are a part of the Northeast metropolitan; some of these areas can also be a portion of the New York City MSA. New Jersey also has areas that are part of the Philadelphia MSA, a less populated area in New Jersey may be a part of the Northeast non-metropolitan. If a workforce investment area includes areas that would be covered by more than one LLSIL figure, the Governor may determine which is to be used.

A State's policies and measures for the workforce investment system shall be accepted by the Secretary to the extent that they are consistent with WIOA and its regulations.

It should be noted that publication of these figures is only for the purpose of meeting the requirements specified by WIOA as defined in the law and regulations. BLS has not revised the lower living family budget since 1981 and has no plans to do so. The four-person urban family budget estimates series were terminated by BLS in 1982. The CPI-U adjustments used to update LLSIL for this publication are not precisely comparable, most notably because certain tax items were included in the 1981 LLSIL, but are not in the CPI-U. Thus, these figures should not be used for any statistical purposes and are valid only for those purposes under WIOA as defined in the law and regulations.

DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.

This ICR seeks an extension of the Award Closure Statement Documents, which are used by award recipients to submit required data as part of the closeout process after an award's period for performance end date.

These forms help to ensure award recipients provide a final documented accounting of activities conducted under the Federal award by allowing funds to be traced to a level of expenditure for establishing that such funds have been used in accordance with Federal statues, regulations and terms and conditions of the award. The Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200.302, 2 CFR 200.308, 2 CFR 200.311, 2 CFR 200.313, 2 CFR 200.316, 2 CFR 200.328, and 2 CFR 200.344) and the terms and conditions of all DOL awards, authorize this information collection.

This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention 1205-0555.

Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information in any comments.

DOL is particularly interested in comments that:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, ( e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses).

Agency: DOL-ETA.

Type of Review: Extension without changes.

Title of Collection: Award Closure Statement Documents.

Form: Detailed Statement of Costs, Government Property Certification, and Property Listing Form.

OMB Control Number: 1205-0555.

Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,100.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 3,300.

Estimated Average Time per Response: Varies.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,100 hours.

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

For over 35 years, NASA has launched and monitored the flights of scientific balloons launched from the BPO facilities at the Fort Sumner Municipal Airport in the Village of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and in Palestine, Texas. Scientific balloons are used to collect scientific data and conduct research in the fields of geoscience, heliophysics, and astrophysics while operating in a near-space environment. Currently, NASA launches 31 scientific balloons each year. NASA proposes to increase the annual number of scientific balloons launched by adding a new launch site. In accordance with NEPA, NASA has prepared this Scientific Balloon Program Supplemental PEA to evaluate the potential environmental effects of adding a new scientific balloon launch site in Burns, Oregon and a new tracking station at Idaho Falls, Idaho. This site, to the north of the existing sites, would allow for larger cargos and longer float times, increasingly in demand. Up to ten scientific balloon flights per year would be launched from the proposed Burns launch site. In addition, construction, demolition, and renovation would take place at the Fort Sumner, Palestine, and proposed Burns launch sites and the Idaho Falls tracking site.

NASA has launched and monitored the flights of balloons from BPO launch facilities located in Fort Sumner, New Mexico and Palestine, Texas for over 35 years. Balloons are used to collect scientific data and conduct research on the atmosphere and near-space environments primarily in support of NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Significant finds, such as the discovery of the ozone hole above the Antarctic in the mid-1980s, have been made by instruments tested or operated on NASA scientific balloon missions.

NASA's scientific balloon program has seen a dramatic increase in the demand to test more sophisticated equipment and experiments. Because of the flexibility and flight longevity of the program, a steady stream of new instrumentation can be tested on scientific balloons. Each year, the NASA BPO accepts applications from scientific researchers and students requesting support. The applications that are selected are chosen based on scientific and technical merit; however, many are not selected due to the high demands at the existing launch sites. Therefore, NASA BPO proposes to increase the number of launches each year by 10 to a total of 41 possible launches by adding a launch site to meet new science mission desires, i.e., larger payload (physical size, shape, and weight) and longer afloat times.

The Draft Supplemental PEA addresses the environmental impacts associated with balloon launch, flight, and recovery operations; the construction and operation of a proposed new facility in Burns, Oregon; the construction and operation of a proposed new tracking station in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and proposed facility improvements at the existing Fort Sumner, New Mexico and Palestine, Texas BPO launch facilities. Although balloons are typically launched from the launch site facilities, their flight paths are wind-driven, and they could land in adjacent states. An analysis of past flights launched from Fort Sumner and Palestine indicates that the majority of balloons and payloads are recovered from Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Only a handful of balloons or payloads have landed in the neighboring states of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado. Models conducted for future flights from Burns indicate that balloons and payloads would overfly and may be recovered from Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.

In preparing the Draft Supplemental PEA, NASA requested input from over 425 potentially interested parties, including those in federal, state, and tribal governments. During this process, several commenters offered support of the proposal; most did not comment. Therefore, NASA has assessed the potential effects of the proposal and the No Action Alternative on physical, biological, and economic resources and has tentatively concluded those impacts are not significant.

The Draft Supplemental PEA may be viewed at the following locations:

(a) Harney County Library, Burns OR (541-573-6670);

(b) Fort Sumner Public Library, Fort Sumner NM (575-355-2832); and

(c) Palestine Public Library, Palestine TX (903-729-4121).

Limited hard copies of the Draft Supplemental PEA are available, on a first request basis, by contacting the email addresses indicated herein. The Draft Supplemental PEA will be available for public review online at the following address: https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/memd/nepa/NASA-Balloon-SPEA.

Authority: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 4321-4370) (NEPA); 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1216.3, Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act; and NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 8580.1 Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act.

Title of Collection: Survey of Earned Doctorates.

OMB Control Number: 3145-0019.

Summary of Collection: The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is part of NCSES' survey system that collects data on individuals in an effort to provide information on science and engineering education and careers in the United States. The SED has been conducted annually since 1958 and is jointly sponsored by four Federal agencies (NSF/NCSES, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education/National Center for Education Statistics, and National Endowment for the Humanities) to avoid duplication of effort in collecting such data. The authority to collect information for the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is established under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, Public Law 507 (42 U.S.C. 1862), Section 3(a) (6), which directs the NSF “. . . to provide a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources and to provide a source of information for policy formation by other agencies of the federal government.”

This request to extend the information collection for three years is to cover the 2026 and 2027 SED survey cycles. Data are obtained primarily via Web survey from each person earning a research doctorate at the time they receive the degree. Graduate schools help distribute the SED to their graduating doctorate recipients. Nonrespondents to the web survey are followed up by computer-assisted telephone interviewing.

The survey will be collected in conformance with the NSF Act of 1950, as amended, and the Privacy Act of 1974. Responses from individuals are voluntary. Data are collected on their field of specialty, educational background, sources of support in graduate school, debt level, postgraduation plans, and demographic characteristics. NCSES will ensure that all individually identifiable information collected will be kept strictly confidential and will be used for research or statistical purposes, analyzing data, and preparing scientific reports and articles.

Use of the Information: NCSES, as the lead agency, publishes statistics from the survey in several reports, but primarily in the annual publication series reporting on all fields of study, titled Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities. Information from the SED is also used to prepare congressionally mandated reports such as Science and Engineering Indicators.

Expected Respondents: The SED is a census of all individuals receiving a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. academic institution in an academic year (AY) beginning 1 July and ending 30 June of the following year. Based on the historical trend, NCSES expects that approximately 58,000 individuals will receive a research doctorate from U.S. institutions in AY2026, and approximately 58,500 in AY2027. NCSES estimates the response rate will be 92 percent for both the 2026 and 2027 SED survey cycles. In addition to the survey completion of individuals receiving their research doctorates, the SED requires the collection of administrative data such as graduation lists from approximately 650 Institutional Coordinators at the participating institutions who help to distribute the Web survey link, track survey completions, and submit information to the SED survey contractor.

Estimate of Burden: Based on an average Web survey completion time of 19.5 minutes, the respondent burden for completing the 2026 SED is estimated at 17,342 hours (58,000 doctorate recipients × 92% response × 19.5 minutes) and the total respondent burden to be 17,492 hours in 2027 (58,500 doctorate recipients × 92% response × 19.5 minutes). With about 650 Institutional Coordinators (ICs) expected to participate in the 2026 and 2027 SED, the estimated burden to ICs is 13,000 hours for each survey cycle. Therefore, the total burden for the SED is estimated to be 30,342 (17,342 + 13,000) hours in the 2026 survey cycle and 30,492 (17,492 + 13,000) hours in the 2027 survey cycle. NCSES estimates that the average annual burden for the 2026 and 2027 survey cycles over the course of the three-year OMB clearance period will be no more than 20,278 hours [(30,342 hours + 30,492 hours)/3 years].

The text of the order is attached.

Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0078, facility name, unit number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0078.

• NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select “Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this document.

• NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website ( https://www.regulations.gov ). Please include Docket ID NRC-2025-0078, facility name, unit number(s), docket number(s), application date, and subject, in your comment submission.

The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.

If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

Pursuant to section 189a.(1)-(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the NRC is publishing this notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any license amendments issued or proposed to be issued and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves NSHC, notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person.

This notice includes notices of license amendments containing SUNSI.

The Commission has made a proposed determination that the following license amendment requests involve NSHC. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with the proposed amendments would not: (1) involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident previously evaluated, or (2) create the possibility of a new or different kind of accident from any accident previously evaluated, or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of safety. The basis for this proposed determination for each amendment request is shown as follows.

The Commission is seeking public comments on these proposed NSHC determinations. Any comments received within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice will be considered in making any final determination.

Normally, the Commission will not issue the license amendments until the expiration of 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. The Commission may issue any of these license amendments before expiration of the 60-day period provided that its final determination is that the amendments involve NSHC. In addition, the Commission may issue any of these amendments prior to the expiration of the 30-day comment period if circumstances change during the 30-day comment period such that failure to act in a timely way would result, for example, in derating or shutdown of the facility. If the Commission takes action on any of these amendments prior to the expiration of either the comment period or the notice period, it will publish a notice of issuance in the Federal Register . If the Commission makes a final NSHC determination for any of these license amendments, any hearing on those amendments will take place after issuance. The Commission expects that the need to take this action will occur very infrequently.

Within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, any person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by any of these actions may file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene (petition) with respect to that action. Petitions shall be filed in accordance with the Commission's “Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure” in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.309. If a petition is filed, the Commission or a presiding officer will rule on the petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.

Petitions must be filed no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions in the “Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)” section of this document. Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i) through (iii).

If a hearing is requested, and the Commission has not made a final determination on the issue of NSHC, the Commission will make a final determination on the issue of NSHC, which will serve to establish when the hearing is held. If the final determination is that the license amendment request involves NSHC, the Commission may issue the amendment and make it immediately effective, notwithstanding the request for a hearing. Any hearing would take place after issuance of the amendment. If the final determination is that the amendment request involves a significant hazards consideration, then any hearing held would take place before the issuance of the amendment unless the Commission finds an imminent danger to the health or safety of the public, in which case it will issue an appropriate order or rule under 10 CFR part 2.

A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later than 60 days from the date of publication of this notice. Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10 CFR 2.315(c).

For information about filing a petition and about participation by a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No. ML20340A053 ( https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053 ), and the NRC's public website ( https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate ).

All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media, unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is located in the “Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC” (ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056), and on the NRC's public website ( https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html ).

To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to: (1) request a digital identification (ID) certificate which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.

Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html. After a digital ID certificate is obtained and a docket is created, the participant must submit adjudicatory documents in the Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system also distributes an email that provides access to the document to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed in order to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.

A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic Filing Help Desk through the “Contact Us” link located on the NRC's public website at https:// www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email to MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Participants who believe that they have good cause for not submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants. Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1), unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1).

Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless otherwise excluded pursuant to an order of the presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate as previously described, click “cancel” when the link requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the NRC's electronic hearing docket where you will be able to access any publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket. Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.

The following table provides the nuclear power plant names, docket numbers, dates of application, ADAMS accession numbers, and locations in the application of the licensees' proposed NSHC determination. For further details with respect to these license amendment applications, see the applications for amendment, publicly available portions of which are available for public inspection in ADAMS. For additional direction on accessing information related to this document, see the “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” section of this document.

A. This Order contains instructions regarding how potential parties to this proceeding may request access to documents containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI).

B. Within 10 days after publication of this notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing, any potential party who believes access to SUNSI is necessary to respond to this notice may request access to SUNSI. A “potential party” is any person who intends to participate as a party by demonstrating standing and filing an admissible contention under 10 CFR 2.309. Requests for access to SUNSI submitted later than 10 days after publication of this notice will not be considered absent a showing of good cause for the late filing, addressing why the request could not have been filed earlier.

C. The requestor shall submit a letter requesting permission to access SUNSI to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, and provide a copy to the Deputy General Counsel for Licensing, Hearings, and Enforcement, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. The expedited delivery or courier mailing address for both offices is: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The email addresses for the Office of the Secretary and the Office of the General Counsel are Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov and RidsOgcMailCenter.Resource@nrc.gov, respectively. 1 The request must include the following information:

(1) A description of the licensing action with a citation to this Federal Register notice;

(2) The name and address of the potential party and a description of the potential party's particularized interest that could be harmed by the action identified in C.(1); and

(3) The identity of the individual or entity requesting access to SUNSI and the requestor's basis for the need for the information in order to meaningfully participate in this adjudicatory proceeding. In particular, the request must explain why publicly available versions of the information requested would not be sufficient to provide the basis and specificity for a proffered contention.

D. Based on an evaluation of the information submitted under paragraph C, the NRC staff will determine within 10 days of receipt of the request whether:

(1) There is a reasonable basis to believe the requestor is likely to establish standing to participate in this NRC proceeding; and

(2) The requestor has established a legitimate need for access to SUNSI.

E. If the NRC staff determines that the requestor satisfies both D.(1) and D.(2), the NRC staff will notify the requestor in writing that access to SUNSI has been granted. The written notification will contain instructions on how the requestor may obtain copies of the requested documents, and any other conditions that may apply to access to those documents. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, the signing of a draft Non-Disclosure Agreement or Affidavit, or Protective Order  2 setting forth terms and conditions to prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of SUNSI by each individual who will be granted access to SUNSI.

F. Filing of Contentions. Any contentions in these proceedings that are based upon the information received as a result of the request made for SUNSI must be filed by the requestor no later than 25 days after receipt of (or access to) that information. However, if more than 25 days remain between the requestor's receipt of (or access to) the information and the deadline for filing all other contentions (as established in the notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing), the requestor may file its SUNSI contentions by that later deadline.

G. Review of Denials of Access.

(1) If the request for access to SUNSI is denied by the NRC staff after a determination on standing and requisite need, the NRC staff shall immediately notify the requestor in writing, briefly stating the reason or reasons for the denial.

(2) The requestor may challenge the NRC staff's adverse determination by filing a challenge within 5 days of receipt of that determination with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this proceeding; or (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief Administrative Judge, or if this individual is unavailable, another administrative judge, or an Administrative Law Judge with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has been designated to rule on information access issues, then with that officer.

(3) Further appeals of decisions under this paragraph must be made pursuant to 10 CFR 2.311.

H. Review of Grants of Access. A party other than the requestor may challenge an NRC staff determination granting access to SUNSI whose release would harm that party's interest independent of the proceeding. Such a challenge must be filed within 5 days of the notification by the NRC staff of its grant of access and must be filed with: (a) the presiding officer designated in this proceeding; or (b) if no presiding officer has been appointed, the Chief Administrative Judge, or if this individual is unavailable, another administrative judge, or an Administrative Law Judge with jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 2.318(a); or (c) if another officer has been designated to rule on information access issues, then with that officer.

If challenges to the NRC staff determinations are filed, these procedures give way to the normal process for litigating disputes concerning access to information. Interlocutory review by the Commission on orders ruling on such NRC staff determinations (whether granting or denying access) is governed by 10 CFR 2.311. 3

I. The Commission expects that the NRC staff and presiding officers (and any other reviewing officers) will consider and resolve requests for access to SUNSI, and motions for protective orders, in a timely fashion in order to minimize any unnecessary delays in identifying those petitioners who have standing and who have propounded contentions meeting the specificity and basis requirements in 10 CFR part 2. The attachment to this Order summarizes the general target schedule for processing and resolving requests under these procedures.

It is so ordered.

Title: Donation Form.

OMB Control Number: 0420-0564.

Type of Request: Reapproval of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Respondents Obligation To Reply: Voluntary.

Burden to the Public:

a. Number of respondents: 13,000.

b. Frequency of response: One time.

c. Completion time: 10 minutes.

d. Annual burden hours: 2,167 hours.

General Description of Collection: These are the forms used by members of the public to donate to the Peace Corps. Information collected allows for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, networks of currently serving Volunteers, and the public to donate to the agency, a specific Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) project, or Sector and Country Funds. Donors may also give in memory of or in honor of a person of their choosing. The information submitted on the donation form is used internally and on a daily basis by the Office of Gifts and Grants Management (GGM) to coordinate and oversee the agency's gift acceptance authority and implement the PCPP. This supports the agency's three goals, enhances programs through every stage of the Volunteer life cycle, and ensures efficient communication with prospective and current donors.

Request for Comment: Peace Corps invites comments on whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for proper performance of the functions of the Peace Corps, including whether the information will have practical use; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the information to be collected; and, ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Public Proceeding(s) III. Summary Proceeding(s) I. Introduction

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the Commission gives notice that the Postal Service filed request(s) for the Commission to consider matters related to Competitive negotiated service agreement(s). The request(s) may propose the addition of a negotiated service agreement from the Competitive product list or the modification of an existing product currently appearing on the Competitive product list.

The public portions of the Postal Service's request(s) can be accessed via the Commission's website ( http://www.prc.gov ). Non-public portions of the Postal Service's request(s), if any, can be accessed through compliance with the requirements of 39 CFR 3011.301. 1

Section II identifies the docket number(s) associated with each Postal Service request, if any, that will be reviewed in a public proceeding as defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title of each such request, the request's acceptance date, and the authority cited by the Postal Service for each request. For each such request, the Commission appoints an officer of the Commission to represent the interests of the general public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public Representative). The Public Representative does not represent any individual person, entity or particular point of view, and, when Commission attorneys are appointed, no attorney-client relationship is established. Section II also establishes comment deadline(s) pertaining to each such request.

The Commission invites comments on whether the Postal Service's request(s) identified in Section II, if any, are consistent with the policies of title 39. Applicable statutory and regulatory requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3041. Comment deadline(s) for each such request, if any, appear in Section II.

Section III identifies the docket number(s) associated with each Postal Service request, if any, to add a standardized distinct product to the Competitive product list or to amend a standardized distinct product, the title of each such request, the request's acceptance date, and the authority cited by the Postal Service for each request. Standardized distinct products are negotiated service agreements that are variations of one or more Competitive products, and for which financial models, minimum rates, and classification criteria have undergone advance Commission review. See 39 CFR 3041.110(n); 39 CFR 3041.205(a). Such requests are reviewed in summary proceedings pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.325(c)(2) and 39 CFR 3041.505(f)(1). Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405(c)-(d), the Commission does not appoint a Public Representative or request public comment in proceedings to review such requests.

1. Docket No(s).: MC2025-1363 and K2025-1363; Filing Title: USPS Request to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground Advantage Contract 735 to the Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: May 7, 2025; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: Cherry Yao; Comments Due: May 15, 2025.

2. Docket No(s).: MC2025-1364 and K2025-1364; Filing Title: USPS Request to Add Priority Mail Contract 806 to the Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: May 7, 2025; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: Kenneth Moeller; Comments Due: May 15, 2025.

3. Docket No(s).: MC2025-1365 and K2025-1365; Filing Title: USPS Request to Add Priority Mail Contract 807 to the Competitive Product List and Notice of Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: May 7, 2025; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: Jennaca Upperman; Comments Due: May 15, 2025.

None. See Section II for public proceedings.

This Notice will be published in the Federal Register .