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coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places, or vessels. 

VI. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We view public participation as 

essential to effective rulemaking and 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Your comment can help shape the 

outcome of this rulemaking. If you 

submit a comment, please include the 

docket number for this rulemaking, 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. 

Submitting comments. We encourage 

you to submit comments through the 

Federal Decision-Making Portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov. To do so, 

go to https://www.regulations.gov, type 

USCG–2023–0466 in the search box and 

click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, look for this 

document in the Search Results column, 

and click on it. Then click on the 

Comment option. If you cannot submit 

your material by using https://

www.regulations.gov, call or email the 

person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this proposed rule 

for alternate instructions. 

Viewing material in docket. To view 

documents mentioned in this proposed 

rule as being available in the docket, 

find the docket as described in the 

previous paragraph, and then select 

‘‘Supporting & Related Material’’ in the 

Document Type column. Public 

comments will also be placed in our 

online docket and can be viewed by 

following instructions on the https://

www.regulations.gov Frequently Asked 

Questions web page. We review all 

comments received, but we will only 

post comments that address the topic of 

the proposed rule. We may choose not 

to post off-topic, inappropriate, or 

duplicate comments that we receive. 

Personal information. We accept 

anonymous comments. Comments we 

post to https://www.regulations.gov will 

include any personal information you 

have provided. For more about privacy 

and submissions to the docket in 

response to this document, see DHS’s 

eRulemaking System of Records notice 

(85 FR 14226, March 11, 2020). 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 

1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T07–0466 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165. T07–0466 Safety Zone; Wilmington 

River, Savannah, GA. 

(a) Location. All navigable waters, 

from surface to bottom, of the 

Wilmington River within a 300-yard 

radius of position: 32° 3.73′ N, 81° 1.78′ 

W in the vicinity of the Causton Bluff 

Bridge, Savannah, GA. 

(b) Definitions. As used in this 

section, designated representative 

means a Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander, including a Coast Guard 

coxswain, petty officer, or other officer 

operating a Coast Guard vessel and a 

Federal, State, and local officer 

designated by or assisting the Captain of 

the Port Savannah (COTP) in the 

enforcement of the safety zone. 

(c) Regulations. (1) Under the general 

safety zone regulations in subpart C of 

this part, you may not enter the safety 

zone described in paragraph (a) of this 

section unless authorized by the COTP 

or the COTP’s designated representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

contact the COTP or the COTP’s 

representative by calling (912) 247– 

0073. Those in the safety zone must 

comply with all lawful orders or 

directions given to them by the COTP or 

the COTP’s designated representative. 

(d) Enforcement periods. The safety 

zone in paragraph (a) of this section is 

in effect from 12:01 a.m. on September 

18, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. on 

November 20, 2023. This section will be 

subject to enforcement periodically 

during daylight hours as needed by the 

project manager to safely remove all 

remaining bridge structural 

components. Mariners will be informed 

of enforced zone and enforcement 

periods by Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners, Myrick’s safety boat on scene 

during working hours. 

Dated: September 12, 2023. 

Nathaniel L. Robinson, 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of 

the Port, Savannah, GA. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2023–0279; FRL–10989– 

02–R7] 

Air Plan Approval; Missouri; Revisions 

to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

SO2 Group 1 Trading Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve revisions to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on 

November 29, 2021, by the State of 

Missouri. This final action approves 

revisions to a state regulation related to 

the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO2

Group 1 Trading Program. The revisions 

alter the amounts of CSAPR SO2 Group 

1 emission allowances that are allocated 

to two of the state’s units from the 

state’s annual emissions budgets. 

Additionally, the revisions make nonsubstantive revisions to rule language 

that excludes certain provisions in the 

Code of Federal Regulations from 

incorporation by reference into the 

state’s regulations. Approval of these 

revisions will ensure Federal 

enforceability of the State’s rules. The 

EPA’s approval of these SIP revisions is 

being done in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

October 16, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R07–OAR–2023–0279. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the www.regulations.gov website. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available through www.regulations.gov 

or please contact the person identified 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section for additional 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerald McIntyre, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air 

Permitting and Planning Branch, 11201 

Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 

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1See 40 CFR 52.38, 52.39. States also retain the 

ability to submit SIP revisions to meet their 

underlying obligations using mechanisms other 

than the CSAPR federal trading programs or 

integrated state trading programs. 

8349; email address: mcintyre.gerald@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. What is being addressed in this document? 

III. Have the requirements for approval of a 

SIP revision been met? 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) for this action (88 FR 39801), 

the EPA explained the background for 

the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR) and its relationship to the 

proposed revision to Missouri’s SIP. In 

this final rule, the EPA is providing 

additional background information from 

previous CSAPR actions that does not 

alter the EPA’s analysis or decision to 

approve the proposed revision to 

Missouri’s SIP. 

As detailed in the NPRM, the CrossState Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) 

addresses air pollution from upwind 

states that crosses state lines and affects 

air quality in downwind states. CSAPR 

requires fossil fuel-fired electric 

generating units at coal-, gas-, and oilfired facilities in 27 states, including 

Missouri, to reduce emissions to help 

downwind areas attain fine particle 

and/or ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS). 

The emissions reductions required by 

CSAPR are implemented through 

requirements for affected sources to 

participate in several CSAPR allowance 

trading programs for emissions of sulfur 

dioxide (SO2) and/or nitrogen oxides. 

Under a given allowance trading 

program, after each control period, each 

affected source is required to surrender 

an amount of tradable emission 

allowances based on the source’s 

emissions during the control period. 

The trading programs achieve the 

required emissions reductions by 

limiting the total quantities of 

allowances made available for use by all 

participating sources rather than by 

imposing unit-specific emission control 

requirements. The total amount of 

allowances that may be newly allocated 

among the sources in each state for a 

given control period is referred to as the 

state’s emissions budget for the control 

period. 

CSAPR was initially promulgated in 

the form of Federal Implementation 

Plan (FIP) requirements (76 FR 48208). 

However, the CSAPR regulations 

include provisions under which the 

EPA will approve certain types of 

optional SIP revisions—referred to as 

‘‘abbreviated CSAPR SIP’’ and ‘‘full 

CSAPR SIP’’ revisions—to modify or 

replace the FIP provisions while 

allowing states to continue to meet their 

underlying obligations using the CSAPR 

trading programs.1

An approved abbreviated CSAPR SIP 

revision replaces the EPA’s default unitlevel allowance allocation provisions for 

the state’s units with the state’s own 

unit-level allowance allocation 

provisions while leaving the 

corresponding CSAPR FIP and all other 

provisions of the relevant Federal 

trading program in place for the state’s 

units. Under such a SIP revision, a state 

has complete flexibility as to how to 

initially allocate allowances among its 

units for each control period, as long as 

the overall quantity of allowances 

allocated does not exceed the state’s 

emission budget for the control period. 

An approved full CSAPR SIP revision 

replaces a CSAPR Federal trading 

program for the state’s units with a state 

trading program integrated with the 

Federal trading program. For a full 

CSAPR SIP revision to be approvable, 

the state’s trading program regulations 

must be substantively identical to the 

corresponding Federal CSAPR trading 

program regulations with two 

exceptions. First, the state has the same 

flexibility with respect to unit-level 

allowance allocations it would have 

under an abbreviated CSAPR SIP 

revision. Second, the state must not 

regulate units located in Indian country 

not subject to the state’s Clean Air Act 

planning jurisdiction, with the 

consequence that if the state’s trading 

program regulations incorporate the 

relevant Federal trading program 

regulations by reference, the 

incorporation by reference must exclude 

the provisions of the Federal regulations 

that relate to units in Indian country. 

In 2015, Missouri adopted state 

regulations at 10 Code of State 

Regulations (CSR) 10–6.376 establishing 

state-determined unit-level allocations 

of CSAPR SO2 Group 1 allowances to 

replace the EPA’s default allocations. 

The EPA approved the state’s 

regulations as an abbreviated CSAPR 

SIP revision on June 28, 2016 (see 81 FR 

41838). Missouri’s allocations replicated 

the EPA’s default allocations with the 

exception that the state allocated 1,300 

more allowances to Asbury Unit 1 and 

1,300 fewer allowances to Iatan Unit 1. 

In 2018, Missouri adopted revisions to 

10 CSR 10–6.376 incorporating into the 

state’s regulations by reference all the 

provisions of the Federal CSAPR SO2

Group 1 Trading Program regulations at 

40 CFR 97.602 through 97.635 except 

the EPA’s default unit-level allowance 

allocation provisions and the provisions 

relating to units located in Indian 

country. The EPA approved the 

revisions as a full CSAPR SIP revision 

on December 4, 2019 (see 84 FR 66316). 

The revisions replaced the Federal 

CSAPR SO2 Group 1 Trading Program 

regulations for Missouri units with 

Missouri’s CSAPR SO2 Group 1 Trading 

Program regulations but made no 

changes to the previously adopted 

provisions of 10 CSR 10–6.376 

concerning Missouri’s unit-level 

allowance allocations. 

On November 29, 2021, Missouri 

submitted further revisions to 10 CSR 

10–6.376 for approval by the EPA into 

the state’s SIP. 

II. What is being addressed in this 

document? 

The EPA is approving the SIP revision 

submitted by the State of Missouri on 

November 29, 2021. Missouri requested 

the EPA to approve revisions to 10 CSR 

10–6.376 in the Missouri SIP. 

First, the state has revised its rule to 

reallocate 1,300 CSAPR SO2 Group 1 

emission allowances for each control 

period from Asbury Unit 1, which was 

retired in March 2020, to Iatan Unit 1. 

The total amount of CSAPR SO2 Group 

1 allowances allocated by the state to 

Iatan Unit 1 will increase from 9,833 to 

11,133. The total amount of CSAPR SO2

Group 1 allowances allocated by the 

state to Asbury Unit 1 will decrease 

from 4,480 to 3,180. (Under other 

existing provisions of 10 CSR 10–6.376, 

the remaining 3,180 allowances 

allocated to Asbury Unit 1 will be 

transferred to the new unit set-aside and 

then redistributed to other units in the 

state.) The state’s revisions do not 

change the overall quantity of 

allowances made available under the 

trading program and will therefore have 

no environmental effect. Because the 

regulations at 40 CFR 52.39 governing 

approvability of CSAPR SIP revisions 

give a state complete flexibility as to 

how the state initially allocates the 

allowances in its emissions budget for 

each control period among the state’s 

units, Missouri’s revision to the unitlevel allocation provisions of its rule is 

approvable. 

Second, Missouri has made nonsubstantive revisions to the rule 

language concerning the provisions 

excluded from incorporation by 

reference. The revisions do not change 


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2 62 FR 27968, May 22, 1997. 

the set of provisions of the Federal 

regulations that are excluded from the 

state’s regulations—i.e., the provisions 

relating to the EPA’s default unit-level 

allowance allocations and the 

provisions relating to units located in 

Indian country. The regulations at 40 

CFR 52.39 do not prescribe specific 

language that must be used to 

accomplish the exclusion of these 

provisions, so Missouri’s editorial 

revision to the rule language is 

approvable. 

III. Have the requirements for approval 

of a SIP revision been met? 

The State submission has met the 

public notice requirements for SIP 

submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 

51.102. The submission also satisfied 

the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 

51, appendix V. The State provided 

public notice on this SIP revision from 

April 15, 2021 to May 27, 2021 and 

received no comments. The NPRM and 

supporting information contained in the 

docket were made available for public 

comment from June 20, 2023, to July 20, 

2023 (88 FR 39801) and no comments 

were received. In addition, as explained 

above, the revision meets the 

substantive SIP requirements of the 

CAA, including section 110 and 

implementing regulations. 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

The EPA is taking final action to 

amend the SIP by approving the State’s 

request in its submission dated 

November 29, 2021 to revise 10 CSR 10– 

6.376 ‘‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

Annual SO2 Group 1 Trading Program.’’ 

Because the EPA has already recorded 

Missouri’s previously submitted unitlevel allocations of CSAPR SO2 Group 1 

allowances issued for control periods 

through 2024 in the sources’ compliance 

accounts, Missouri’s revised unit-level 

allocations will take effect starting with 

allowances issued for the 2025 control 

period, in accordance with 40 CFR 

52.39(f)(1)(iv) and 10 CSR 10– 

6.376(3)(A)1.D. 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, the EPA is 

finalizing regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is finalizing the 

incorporation by reference of the revised 

version of Missouri 10 CSR 10–6.376, 

state effective date July 29, 2021, setting 

forth the revised version of the state’s 

CSAPR SO2 Group 1 Trading Program. 

The EPA has made, and will continue 

to make, these materials generally 

available through www.regulations.gov 

and at the EPA Region 7 Office (please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this preamble for more information). 

Therefore, these materials have been 

approved by the EPA for inclusion in 

the State Implementation Plan, have 

been incorporated by reference by EPA 

into that plan, are fully federally 

enforceable under sections 110 and 113 

of the CAA as of the effective date of the 

final rulemaking of the EPA’s approval, 

and will be incorporated by reference in 

the next update to the SIP compilation.2

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Clean Air Act and 

applicable Federal regulations. 42 

U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, 

in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s 

role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this 

action merely approves state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); and 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies 

to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further 

defines the term fair treatment to mean 

that ‘‘no group of people should bear a 

disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

Missouri did not evaluate 

environmental justice considerations as 

part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and 

applicable implementing regulations 

neither prohibit nor require such an 

evaluation. EPA did not perform an EJ 

analysis and did not consider EJ in this 

action. Consideration of EJ is not 

required as part of this action, and there 

is no information in the record 

inconsistent with the stated goal of E.O. 

12898 of achieving environmental 

justice for people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and EPA will 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. This action 

is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by November 14, 

2023. Filing a petition for 

reconsideration by the Administrator of 


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this final rule does not affect the finality 

of this action for the purposes of judicial 

review nor does it extend the time 

within which a petition for judicial 

review may be filed and shall not 

postpone the effectiveness of such rule 

or action. This action may not be 

challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements (see section 

307(b)(2)). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: September 11, 2023. 

Meghan A. McCollister, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 as set forth below: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart AA—Missouri 

■ 2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entry 

‘‘10–6.376’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS

Missouri 

citation Title 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources 

*******

Chapter 6—Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods, and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the State of 

Missouri 

*******

10–6.376 ........................... Cross-State Air Pollution Rule SO2

Group 1 Trading Program.

7/29/2021 9/15/2023, [insert Federal Register citation].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Chapter 302 

[Notice–MA–2023–08; Docket No. 2023– 

0002; Sequence No. 31] 

Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); 

Relocation Allowances—Waiver of 

Certain Provisions for Official 

Relocation Travel to Locations in 

Florida and South Carolina Impacted 

by Hurricane Idalia 

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide 

Policy (OGP), General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notification of GSA Bulletin 

FTR 23–08. 

SUMMARY: GSA Bulletin FTR 23–08, 

Waiver of certain Federal Travel 

Regulation (FTR) provisions for official 

relocation travel to locations in Florida 

and South Carolina impacted by 

Hurricane Idalia, informs Federal 

agencies that certain provisions of the 

FTR governing official relocation travel 

are temporarily waived for Florida and 

South Carolina locations impacted by 

Hurricane Idalia. As a result of the 

storm damage caused by Hurricane 

Idalia, agencies should consider 

delaying all non-essential relocations to 

the affected areas given the statutory 

120-day maximum for payment of 

temporary quarters subsistence 

expenses (TQSE). Due to the lasting 

effects of the storm damage to these 

affected areas, finding lodging facilities 

and/or adequate meals may be difficult, 

and distance involved may be great, 

resulting in increased cost for relocation 

subsistence expenses. 

DATES: Applicability date: The 

notification is retroactively applicable 

for official relocation travel impacted by 

Hurricane Idalia that is/was performed 

on or after the incident period start 

dates: (a) August 27, 2023, based on 

Presidential Disaster Declaration EM– 

3596–FL dated August 28, 2023, to 

designated areas in Florida, (b) August 

27, 2023, based on Presidential Disaster 

Declaration DR–4734–FL dated August 

31, 2023, to designated areas in Florida, 

and (c) August 29, 2023, based on 

Presidential Disaster Declaration EM– 

3597–SC dated August 31, 2023, to 

designated areas in South Carolina. The 

FTR Bulletin expires 180 days from the 

respective applicability dates, unless 

extended or rescinded by this office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rick Miller, Senior Policy Analyst, 

Office of Government-wide Policy, 

Office of Asset and Transportation 

Management, at 202–501–3822 or by 

email at travelpolicy@gsa.gov. Please 

cite Notice of GSA Bulletin FTR 23–08. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Federal agencies authorize relocation 

entitlements to those individuals listed 

at FTR § 302–1.1 and those assigned 

under the Government Employees 

Training Act (GETA) (5 U.S.C. Chapter 

41) which must be used within one 

year. Some agencies will authorize 

TQSE and a Househunting trip (HHT) to 

assist employees with temporary 

expenses incurred in connection with 

relocating to a new duty station. The 

FTR limits where temporary lodging 

may occur, how long employees may 


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