Notice2025-04490
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (METAC) advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal officials on matters related to export control policies; the METAC will meet to review and discuss these matters. The meeting will be partially closed to the public pursuant to the exemptions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Government in the Sunshine Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12705-12706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04490]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of partially closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
(METAC) advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal
officials on matters related to export control policies; the METAC will
meet to review and discuss these matters. The meeting will be partially
closed to the public pursuant to the exemptions under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Government in the Sunshine Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 3, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m., Eastern Time. The open session will start at 10 a.m. and end at
approximately 12 p.m. The closed session will start at approximately 1
p.m. and end no later than 3 p.m. Individuals requiring special
accommodations to access the public meeting should contact
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e4a5f5d5e7c776d307a717d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1642575556747f653872797538717960">[email protected]</span></a> no later than Thursday, March 27, 2025, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made. Individuals interested in
participating virtually should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f4b5e5c5f7d766c317b707c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e4a5f5d5e7c776d307a717d30797168">[email protected]</span></a> no later than
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 1, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 3884 of the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC (enter
through the Main Entrance on 14th Street between Constitution and
Pennsylvania Avenues). The public session will be accessible via
teleconference.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Gonzalez, Committee Liaison
Officer, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
For additional information, contact (202) 482-4933 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc988d8f8caea5bfe2a8a3afe2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0357424043616a702d676c602d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Materials and Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (METAC)
advises and assists the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) and other
Federal officials and agencies with respect to actions designed to
carry out the policy set forth in Section 1752 of the Export Control
Reform Act. The purpose of the meeting is to have the METAC members and
U.S. Government representatives mutually review the updated technical
data and policy-driving information that has been gathered.
Agenda
The public session will include working group reports, open
business discussions, and industry presentations. The closed session
will include 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).
Open Session Attendance
The open session will be accessible via teleconference. To
participate virtually, submit inquiries to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f6a2b7b5b6949f85d8929995d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fcbdedcdffdf6ecb1fbf0fcb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
Registration in advance is required to receive the meeting invite for
virtual attendance. Individuals interested in participating virtually
should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7f3e6e4e7c5ced489c3c8c489c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a0e1b191a383329743e3539743d352c">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on
April 1, 2025. A limited number of seats will be available for members
of the public to attend the open session in person on a first-come
basis. Reservations to attend in person are not accepted. Registration
in advance is not required for in-person attendance, but you will be
asked to sign an attendance log when you arrive.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the public
meeting should contact <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6b2a7a5a6848f95c8828985c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5a1b4b6b5979c86db919a96db929a83">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on Thursday, March 27, 2025, so that appropriate arrangements can
be made.
Public Participation
To the extent that time permits during the open session, members of
the public may present oral statements to the METAC. The public may
submit written statements at any time before or after the
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meeting. However, to facilitate distribution of materials to the METAC
members, the METAC suggests that members of the public forward their
materials prior to the meeting via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b3f2a282b090218450f0408450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8bca9aba88a819bc68c878bc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>. Material
submitted by the public will be made public; therefore, submissions
should not contain confidential information. Meeting materials from the
public session will be accessible via the Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC) site at: <a href="https://tac.bis.doc.gov">https://tac.bis.doc.gov</a>, within 30 days after the
meeting.
Closure Determination
A Senior Advisor, performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties
of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General
Counsel, formally determined, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d), 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. The exemption is authorized by section
1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the closure of advisory committee
meetings, or portions thereof, if the head of the agency to which the
advisory committee reports determines such meetings may be closed to
the public in accordance with subsection (c) of the Government in the
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). In this case, the applicable
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 552b(c)(4), which permits
closure to protect trade secrets and commercial or financial
information that is privileged or confidential, and subsection
552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to protect information that would
be likely to disclose information the premature disclosure of which
would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed
agency action. The closed session of the meeting will involve committee
discussions and guidance regarding U.S. Government strategies and
policies.
Meeting Cancellation
If the meeting is cancelled, a cancellation notice will be posted
on the TAC website at: <a href="https://tac.bis.doc.gov">https://tac.bis.doc.gov</a>.
Tara Gonzalez,
Committee Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-04490 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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