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only moves freight in switching and 

terminal operations at a maximum 

speed of 20 miles per hour. To maintain 

operations during a project to begin in 

June 2024, URR requests to downgrade 

the track section to non-signaled storage 

track. In its petition, URR notes that 

‘‘safety of operations will not be 

affected’’ by the changes. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by 

November 20, 2023 will be considered 

by FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. Anyone 

can search the electronic form of any 

written communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). Under 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

processes. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20204 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Safety Advisory 23–1 Bus-to-Person 

Collisions 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) is issuing Safety 

Advisory 23–1 to encourage agencies 

that provide bus service to consider 

mitigation strategies to reduce bus-toperson collisions. This safety advisory 

provides guidance on identifying 

specific hazards that may cause or 

contribute to bus-to-person collisions, 

completing a safety risk assessment, and 

developing mitigations to address the 

assessed safety risks for transit agencies. 

FTA’s Safety Advisory 23–1 ‘‘Bus-toPerson Collisions’’ is available on the 

agency’s public website (https://

www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-andguidance/safety/fta-safety-advisories). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph DeLorenzo, Associate 

Administrator for Transit Safety and 

Oversight, FTA, telephone (202) 366– 

1783 or Joseph.DeLorenzo@dot.gov. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5329; 49 CFR 1.91 and 

670.29) 

Nuria I. Fernandez, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20259 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2023–0061] 

Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas 

Pipeline Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Gas Pipeline 

Advisory Committee (GPAC) to discuss 

the notices of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRMs) titled ‘‘Gas Pipeline Leak 

Detection and Repair’’ and ‘‘Class 

Location Change Requirements.’’ 

DATES: PHMSA will hold a public 

meeting from November 27, 2023, to 

December 1, 2023. The GPAC will meet 

each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET to 

discuss the NPRMs. However, the 

meeting may end early if the GPAC 

completes its review of the NPRMs. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend are asked to register no later than 

November 20, 2023. PHMSA requests 

that individuals who require 

accommodations because of a disability 

notify Tewabe Asebe by email at 

tewabe.asebe@dot.gov at least five days 

prior to the meeting. Public comments 

on the proceedings of the GPAC meeting 

must be submitted by January 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

person at the Westin Crystal City, 1800 

Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 

22202. The agenda and any additional 

information, including information on 

how to participate in the meeting, will 

be published on the meeting website at 

https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=167. Presentations 

will be available on the meeting website 

and at https://www.regulations.gov/ in 

docket number PHMSA–2023–0061 no 

later than 30 days following the 

meeting. You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. PHMSA–2023– 

0061, by any of the following methods: 

• Web: https://www.regulations.gov. 

This site allows the public to enter 

comments on any Federal Register 

notice issued by any agency. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building: 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building: Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST, 

Monday through Friday, except federal 

holidays. 

• Instructions: Identify Docket No. 

PHMSA–2023–0061 at the beginning of 

your comments. If you submit your 

comments by mail, submit two copies. 

Internet users may submit comments at 

https://www.regulations.gov. If you 

would like confirmation that PHMSA 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed stamped postcard 

labeled ‘‘Comments on PHMSA–2023– 

0061.’’ The docket clerk will date stamp 

the postcard prior to returning it to you 

via U.S. mail. 

• Note: All comments received will 

be posted without edits to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading for more 

information. Anyone can use the site to 

search all comments by the name of the 


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1The public docket for the Leak Detection and 

Repair NPMR can be found at https://

regulations.gov in Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0039. 2The public docket for the Class Location Change 

Requirements Notice can be found at https://

regulations.gov in Docket No. PHMSA–2017–00151. 

3 88 FR 42284. 

4 85 FR 65142 

submitting individual or, if the 

comment was submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc., 

the name of the signing individual. 

Therefore, please review the complete 

DOT Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register at 65 FR 19477 or the 

Privacy Notice at https://

www.regulations.gov before submitting 

comments. 

• Privacy Act Statement: DOT may 

solicit comments from the public 

regarding certain general notices. DOT 

posts these comments without edit, 

including any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

• Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (5 

U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public 

disclosure. If your comments in 

response to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you 

may ask PHMSA to provide confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

Agency by taking the following steps: 

(1) mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential;’’ (2) send PHMSA a copy 

of the original document with the CBI 

deleted along with the original, 

unaltered document; and (3) explain 

why the information you are submitting 

is CBI. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Tewabe Asebe, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Submission containing CBI 

can also be emailed to Tewabe Asebe by 

encrypted email at tewabe.asebe@

dot.gov. Any commentary PHMSA 

receives that is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket. 

• Docket: For access to the docket or 

to read background documents or 

comments, go to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Alternatively, this information is 

available by visiting DOT at 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, West Building: Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tewabe Asebe, Office of Pipeline Safety, 

by phone at 202–366–5523 or by email 

at tewabe.asebe@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Agenda 

The GPAC will meet from November 

27, 2023, to December 1, 2023, to 

discuss the ‘‘Gas Pipeline Leak 

Detection and Repair’’ NPRM that 

PHMSA published in the Federal 

Register on May 18, 2023, (88 FR 

31890),1 and the ‘‘Class Location 

Change Requirements’’ NPRM that 

PHMSA published in the Federal 

Register on October 14, 2020, (85 FR 

65142).2 The GPAC will review the 

NPRMs and their associated regulatory 

analyses, including, but not limited to, 

the cost-benefit and risk assessment 

analyses; regulatory impact analyses; 

environmental assessments; and other 

materials pertaining to the NPRMs 

provided in the respective public 

dockets. While the meeting is scheduled 

for five days, the GPAC may complete 

its review of the proposed rules in less 

time. PHMSA will post additional 

details on the meeting website in 

advance of the meeting as they become 

available. 

In the ‘‘Gas Pipeline Leak Detection 

and Repair’’ NPRM, PHMSA proposes to 

make regulatory amendments that 

implement congressional mandates in 

the ‘‘Protecting Our Infrastructure of 

Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 

2020’’ to reduce methane emissions 

from new and existing gas transmission 

pipelines, distribution pipelines, 

regulated (Types A, B, C, and offshore) 

gas gathering pipelines, underground 

natural gas storage facilities, and 

liquefied natural gas facilities. Among 

the proposed amendments for Part 192- 

regulated gas pipelines are strengthened 

leakage survey and patrolling 

requirements; performance standards for 

advanced leak detection programs; leak 

grading and repair criteria with 

mandatory repair timelines; 

requirements for mitigation of emissions 

from blowdowns; pressure relief device 

design, configuration, and maintenance 

requirements; and clarified 

requirements for investigating failures. 

Finally, this NPRM proposes to expand 

reporting requirements for operators of 

all gas pipeline facilities within DOT’s 

jurisdiction, including underground 

natural gas storage facilities and 

liquefied natural gas facilities. PHMSA 

requested public comments with a 

submission deadline of August 16, 

2023.3 PHMSA received approximately 

35,000 comments on the NPRM. 

In the ‘‘Class Location Change 

Requirements’’ NPRM, PHMSA 

proposes to revise the Federal Pipeline 

Safety Regulations to amend the 

requirements for gas transmission 

pipeline segments that experience a 

change in class location. Under the 

existing regulations, pipeline segments 

located in areas where the population 

density has significantly increased must 

perform one of the following actions: 

reduce the pressure of the pipeline 

segment; pressure test the pipeline 

segment to higher standards; or replace 

the pipeline segment. This proposed 

rule would add an alternative set of 

requirements operators could use— 

based on implementation of integrity 

management principles and pipe 

eligibility criteria—to manage certain 

pipeline segments where the class 

location has changed from a Class 1 

location to a Class 3 location. Through 

required periodic assessments, repair 

criteria, and other extra preventive and 

mitigative measures, PHMSA expects 

this alternative approach will provide 

long-term safety benefits consistent with 

the current natural gas pipeline safety 

rules while also providing cost savings 

for pipeline operators. PHMSA 

requested public comments with a 

submission deadline of December 14, 

2020.4 PHMSA received 14 comments 

on the NPRM. 

Following the GPAC meeting, PHMSA 

will evaluate the GPAC’s 

recommendations and publish final 

rules that address the comments 

received and relevant information from 

the GPAC meeting report. 

II. Background 

The GPAC is a statutorily mandated 

advisory committee that provides 

PHMSA and the Secretary of 

Transportation with recommendations 

on proposed standards for the 

transportation of gas by pipeline. The 

committee was established in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 60115 and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) to review 

PHMSA’s regulatory initiatives and 

determine their technical feasibility, 

reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and 

practicability. The committee consists of 

15 members, with membership evenly 

divided among federal and state 

governments, regulated industry, and 

the general public. 


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III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Members of the public who wish 

to attend must register on the meeting 

website and include their names and 

affiliations. PHMSA will provide 

members of the public reasonable 

opportunity to make a statement during 

this meeting. Additionally, PHMSA will 

record the meeting and post a record to 

the public docket. PHMSA is committed 

to providing all participants with equal 

access to this meeting. Public comments 

on the proceedings of the GPAC meeting 

must be submitted by January 5, 2024. 

If you need an accommodation due to a 

disability, please contact Tewabe Asebe 

by phone at 202–366–5523 or by email 

at tewabe.asebe@dot.gov. 

PHMSA is not always able to publish 

a notice in the Federal Register quickly 

enough to provide timely notice 

regarding last-minute issues that impact 

a previously announced advisory 

committee meeting. Therefore, 

individuals should check the meeting 

website or contact Tewabe Asebe 

regarding any possible changes. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

13, 2023, under authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.97. 

Massoud Tahamtani, 

Deputy Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20159 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of four entities that have been placed on 

OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) 

whose property and interests in 

property have been blocked pending 

investigation. All property and interests 

in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

of these entities are blocked pending 

investigation, and U.S. persons are 

generally prohibited from engaging in 

transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855; 

or the Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Actions 

On September 14, 2023, pursuant to 

section 203 of the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1702, Executive Order 14024 of 

April 15, 2021, ‘‘Blocking Property With 

Respect to Specified Harmful Activities 

of the Government of the Russian 

Federation,’’ 86 FR 20249, 3 CFR, 2021 

Comp., p. 542 (Apr. 15, 2021), and 

section 587.201 of the Russian Harmful 

Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (the 

‘‘Regulations’’), OFAC blocked pending 

investigation the property and interests 

in property of the following four entities 

whose names will be placed on the SDN 

List with the tag [BPI–RUSSIA– 

EO14024] in accordance with Note 2 to 

§ 587.201 of the Regulations. 

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