Notice2024-07577

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

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April 10, 2024

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25233-25234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


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

    The Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 
will meet April 30, 2024, 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC (enter through Main Entrance on 14th Street between 
Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee advises the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on 
implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and 
provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed. The purpose 
of the meeting is to have Committee members and U.S. Government 
representatives mutually review updated technical data and policy-
driving information that has been gathered.

Agenda

Public Session

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

Closed Session

    7. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the open 
meeting and public participation requirements found in Sections 
1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) 
(5 U.S.C. 1001-1014). The exemption is authorized by Section 1009(d) of 
the FACA, which permits the closure of advisory committee meetings, or 
portions thereof, if the head of the agency to which the advisory 
committee reports determines such meetings may

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be closed to the public in accordance with subsection (c) of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the 
applicable provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 552b(c)(4), 
which permits closure to protect trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information that is privileged or confidential, and 
subsection 552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to protect information 
that would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a 
proposed agency action were it to be disclosed prematurely. The closed 
session of the meeting will involve committee discussions and guidance 
regarding U.S. Government strategies and policies.
    The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To join the 
conference, submit inquiries to Ms. Yvette Springer at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eab39c8f9e9e8fc4b99a9883848d8f98aa888399c48e8589c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="18416e7d6c6c7d364b686a71767f7d6a587a716b367c777b367f776e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, no later than April 23, 2024.
    A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. 
Reservations are not accepted. To the extent time permits, members of 
the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public may 
submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. 
However, to facilitate distribution of public presentation materials to 
Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the 
public presentation materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer.
    The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of 
the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on March 14, 
2024, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) of the FACA, that the portion of the 
meeting dealing with pre-decisional changes to the Commerce Control 
List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the 
provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 
1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public.
    For more information, contact Ms. Springer via email.

Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-07577 Filed 4-9-24; 8:45 am]
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