pkg_resources is deprecated in setuptools >= 70.0.0
https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo/pull/9958
**Describe the bug**

pkg_resources is deprecated in setuptools >= 70.0.0

https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#workingset-objects

pkg_resources <= 70.0.0 has a CVE: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx63-2mw6-8hw5

**Steps/Code to reproduce bug**

Install setuptools >= 70.0.0 and attempt to run code with pkg_resources import.

Import failure

**Expected behavior**



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