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comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). Consider 

reviewing DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000, (65 FR 

19477), or view the Privacy Notice on 

the E-Gov website before submitting 

comments. 

Docket: For docket access or to read 

background documents or comments, go 

to the E-Gov website at any time or visit 

the DOT dockets facility listed in the 

ADDRESSES category, between 9:00 a.m. 

and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. 

If you wish to receive confirmation of 

receipt of your written comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard with the following 

statement: ‘‘Comments on [PHMSA– 

2019–0098].’’ The docket clerk will date 

stamp the postcard prior to returning it 

to you via U.S. mail. 

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 the E-Gov 

website, as described in the system of 

records notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

28, 2023. 

William S. Schoonover, 

Associate Administrator for Hazardous 

Materials Safety Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21883 Filed 10–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[DOT–OST–2023–0118] 

Commercial eLoran Capability 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) is issuing this 

Request for Information (RFI) to 

determine if there is interest from 

private entities in offering a U.S. 

commercial enhanced Long Range 

Navigation (eLoran) service to the 

general public in the United States on 

a fee-for-service basis without any 

Federal investment, subsidy, 

procurement commitment or other 

commitment of credit or budgetary 

resources. If respondent has an interest 

in offering a U.S.-based commercial 

eLoran service on a fee-for-service basis, 

identify what impediments stand in the 

way of respondent offering a U.S. 

commercial eLoran service. If lack of 

access to any federally-controlled assets 

and non-budgetary assistance related to 

utilizing such federally-controlled assets 

are identified as impediments to 

offering such a service, a subsequent 

Request for Information may be issued 

to obtain additional data. 

DATES: Responses should be filed by 

November 2, 2023. All questions 

concerning this RFI shall be emailed to 

PNT_RFI@dot.gov within 7 days of 

publication of this RFI. Questions and 

comments are highly encouraged, but 

DOT cannot commit to answering any 

question(s) received by DOT more than 

7 calendar-days after the date on which 

this RFI is published. 

ADDRESSES: You may file responses 

identified by the docket number DOT– 

OST–2023–0118 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

When submitting questions and 

comments, please refer to the specific 

relevant text of this RFI. Each question 

submitted to DOT should be stated in 

such a way that there would be no 

objection to DOT’s publishing that 

precise question (and its answer) in a 

formal Amendment to the RFI. That is, 

each question should be worded in such 

a way that the publication of that 

question (and its answer) would not 

divulge any information that would be 

considered proprietary or confidential. 

Further, any question concerning any 

apparent error, omission, or ambiguity 

in this RFI shall include the questioner’s 

supporting rationale as well as a 

description of the remedies that the 

questioner is asking DOT to consider. 

All questions that DOT decides to 

answer will be collectively answered in 

writing. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2023–0118 at the beginning of 

your submission. All submissions 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless proprietary and other sensitive 

information is so marked with requested 

disposition instructions. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all submissions 

received in any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the submission, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78), or you may visit http://

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket and 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Overview 

The primary and most recognizable 

Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 

(PNT) service supporting critical 

infrastructure is the United States’ 

Global Positioning System (GPS). 

However, because GPS relies on signals 

broadcast from satellites in Medium 

Earth Orbit (MEO), signal strength at the 

receiver is low and thus vulnerable to 

intentional and unintentional 

disruptions. In 2020, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s Volpe 

National Transportation Systems Center 

(Volpe Center) conducted field 

demonstrations of candidate PNT 

technologies that could offer 

complementary service in the event of 

GPS disruptions. The purpose of the 

demonstrations was to gather 

information on PNT technologies at a 

high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 

that can work in the absence of GPS. 

Such PNT technologies complement 

GPS and increase PNT robustness to 

enhance national and homeland 

security by making critical 

infrastructure more resilient, and to 

improve efficiency of U.S. commercial 

transportation, telecommunications, 

energy, financial and industrial systems. 

The culmination of the Demonstration 

was the 2021 Report to Congress on 

Complementary PNT and GPS Backup 

Technologies Demonstration Report to 

Congress: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/ 

dot/55765. 

As a result of the 2021 DOT Report to 

Congress, DOT finds that: 

(1) No single solution for the 

provision of Complementary PNT 

services can meet the diversity of 

critical infrastructure application 

requirements, and 

(2) It would be inefficient and anticompetitive for the Federal Government 

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Complementary PNT solution for nonFederal users. 

Rather than building or otherwise 

procuring a new system, DOT in 

partnership with the Department of 

Homeland Security, in support of 

Executive Order 13905, Strengthening 

National Resilience Through 

Responsible Use of Positioning, 

Navigation, and Timing Services, is 

better positioned to enable and 

encourage the owners and operators of 

critical infrastructure to be responsible 

users of PNT by leveraging 

commercially available PNT 

technologies to secure access to 

Complementary PNT services. The 

private sector is then encouraged to 

design critical infrastructure systems in 

a manner that recognizes the risk 

associated with the use of, and potential 

dependence on, external PNT services. 

2. Responses 

Responses are limited to ten (10) 8.5′′ 

x 11′′ pages with 1′′ margins, and 12- 

point font (Arial or Times New Roman), 

not including financial tables, 

appendices and other supporting 

materials which shall have no 

limitation. Pages must be numbered and 

submitted electronically via email as 

Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat files. 

Please send responses to the contact 

information provided in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

the notice. 

Abbreviations should be defined 

either on first use or in a glossary. 

Charts and graphics should have 

quantitative data clearly labeled. 

Assumptions should be clearly 

identified. Proprietary and other 

sensitive information should be so 

marked with requested disposition 

instructions. Submitted responses shall 

be UNCLASSIFIED unless prior 

arrangements are made with the 

Contracting Office. Submitted materials 

will not be returned. 

This is an RFI only. This request is for 

information purposes, and shall not be 

construed as a solicitation 

announcement, invitation for bids, 

request for proposals or quotes, or an 

indication that the Government will 

contract for the items contained in this 

notice. 

Additionally, responses will be 

treated only as information for the 

Government to consider. Respondents 

will not be entitled to payment for 

direct or indirect costs that are incurred 

in responding to this RFI. Further, this 

request does not constitute a solicitation 

for proposals or the authority to enter 

into negotiations to award a contract. 

Interested parties are responsible for 

adequately marking proprietary, 

restricted or competition sensitive 

information contained in their 

responses. 

Issued In Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Hampshire, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21767 Filed 10–2–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

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 one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) 

List based on OFAC’s determination 

that one or more applicable legal criteria 

were satisfied. All property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of these persons are 

blocked, 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 T. 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 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 (https://ofac.treasury.gov). 

Notice of OFAC Action(s) 

On September 27, 2023, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following persons are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authority listed below. 


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