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Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket numbers for the host 

railroads that filed a joint RFA to their 

PTCSPs are cited above and in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this notice. For convenience, all active 

PTC dockets are hyperlinked on FRA’s 

website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ 

research-development/program-areas/ 

train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and 

obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its 

PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that the 

twenty host railroads’ recent, joint RFA 

to their PTCSPs is available in their 

respective public PTC dockets. This 

notice provides an opportunity for 

public comment. 

On November 3, 2023, the following 

twenty host railroads jointly submitted 

an RFA to their respective PTCSPs for 

their Interoperable Electronic Train 

Management Systems (I–ETMS): Alaska 

Railroad; The Belt Railway Company of 

Chicago; BNSF Railway; Peninsula 

Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain); 

Canadian National Railway; Canadian 

Pacific Railway; Consolidated Rail 

Corporation; CSX Transportation, Inc.; 

Kansas City Southern Railway; Kansas 

City Terminal Railway; National 

Railroad Passenger Corporation 

(Amtrak); New Mexico Rail Runner 

Express; Norfolk Southern Railway; 

North County Transit District; Northeast 

Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad 

Corporation (Metra); Northern Indiana 

Commuter Transportation District; 

South Florida Regional Transportation 

Authority; Southern California Regional 

Rail Authority (Metrolink); Terminal 

Railroad Association of St. Louis; and 

Union Pacific Railroad. This RFA 

includes on-board software changes to 

the HMI which require amendments to 

PTC training for train crews. Their joint 

RFA is available in Docket Numbers 

FRA–2010–0028, –0029, –0039, –0042, 

–0043, –0045, –0048, –0049, –0051, 

–0054, –0056, –0057, –0058, –0059, 

–0060, –0061, –0062, –0064, –0065, and 

–0070. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this RFA by submitting 

written comments or data. During FRA’s 

review of these railroads’ joint RFA, 

FRA will consider any comments or 

data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to PTC systems. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny these 

railroads’ joint RFA to their PTCSPs at 

FRA’s sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

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 https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24973 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board 

of Visitors; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration announces a meeting of 

the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 

(USMMA) Board of Visitors (Board). 

DATES: December 11, 2023, from 9:30 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST. 

Requests to submit written materials 

to be reviewed during the meeting must 

be received no later than December 4, 

2023. Requests for accommodations for 

a disability must be received by 

November 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

through a virtual forum. Virtual meeting 

access information will be available on 

the USMMA Board of Visitors web page 

and social media channels no later than 

December 4, 2023. General information 

about the Board is available on the 

USMMA web page at https://

www.usmma.edu/about/leadership/ 

board-visitors. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Board’s Designated Federal Officer and 

Point of Contact, Mary Grice, 202–366– 

4264 or mary.grice@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Board is a Federal Advisory 

Committee originally established as a 

Congressional Board by section 51312 of 

title 46, United States Code ‘‘to provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations on matters relating to 

the United States Merchant Marine 

Academy.’’ The Board was originally 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) on October 24, 

2017. 

II. Agenda 

The meeting agenda will cover, but is 

not limited to, the following proposed 

topics: 

1. Welcome remarks and Board 

maintenance items (elections, Charter, 

etc.); 

2. Update on the six priorities from 

the USMMA Strategic Plan (including 

educational and athletic programs, 

Institutional Culture, Sea Year, Sexual 

Assault Prevention and Response 

program status, and Academy 

infrastructure progress); 

3. Update on the state of the Regiment 

of Midshipmen; and 

4. Public comment period (not to 

exceed 10 minutes). 

III. Public Participation 

This meeting is open to the public 

and will be held through a virtual 

forum. The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 


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providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, such as sign language, 

interpretation, or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Any member of the public is 

permitted to file a written statement 

with the Board. Written statements 

should be sent to the Designated Federal 

Officer listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section no later 

than December 4, 2023. 

Only written statements will be 

considered by the Board; no member of 

the public will be allowed to present 

questions or speak during the meeting 

unless requested to do so by a member 

of the Board. 

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. 552b; 

5 U.S.C. App. 2; 41 CFR parts 102–3.140 

through 102–3.165) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24883 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2018–0068] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB Agency 

Request for Reinstatement of 

Previously Approved Collections: 

Traveling by Air With Service 

Animals—U.S. Department of 

Transportation Service Animal Air 

Transportation Form and U.S. 

Department of Transportation Service 

Animal Relief Attestation Form 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation 

(Department or DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces DOT’s intention to 

reinstate an Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Control Number 2105– 

0576, ‘‘U.S. Department of 

Transportation Service Animal Air 

Transportation Form,’’ and to seek 

comment on formatting and clarifying 

amendments to this form. The 

Department also seeks to reinstate its 

‘‘U.S. Department of Transportation 

Service Animal Relief Attestation 

Form’’; no amendments have been made 

to this form. The subject information 

collections are related to a requirement 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) that permits airlines to collect 

service animal documentation from 

passengers with a disability traveling by 

air with a service animal. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments regarding this 

proposal. Written comments should be 

submitted by January 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may file comments 

identified by the docket number DOT– 

OST–2018–0068 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. (You may access comments 

received for this notice at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching 

docket DOT–OST–2018–0068.) 

• 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: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2010–0054 at the beginning of 

your comment. All comments received 

will be posted without change to 

https://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received in any of DOT’s dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, 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). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maegan Johnson or Livaughn Chapman, 

Jr., Office of Aviation Consumer 

Protection, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–9342 

(voice), (202) 366–7152 (fax); 

maegan.johnson@dot.gov or 

livaughn.chapman@dot.gov (email). 

Arrangements to receive this document 

in an alternative format may be made by 

contacting the above-named 

individuals. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0576. 

Title: Traveling by Air with Service 

Animals. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of 

information collections. 

Background: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (Department or DOT) 

published a final rule to amend the 

Department’s Air Carrier Access Act 

(ACAA) regulation on the transport of 

service animals by air in the Federal 

Register on December 10, 2020 (85 FR 

79742). 14 CFR 382.75 allows airlines to 

require passengers traveling with 

service animals to provide carriers with 

the following two forms of 

documentation developed by the 

Department as a condition of travel. The 

first form published in the rule, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation Service 

Animal Air Transportation Form 

(‘‘Behavior and Health Attestation 

Form’’), is designed to ensure and 

inform airlines of the service animal’s 

good health, disability-related training, 

and good behavior; to educate 

passengers traveling with service 

animals on how service animals in air 

transportation are expected to behave; 

and to inform passengers traveling with 

service animals of the consequences of 

service animal misbehavior. The second 

form published in the rule, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation Service 

Animal Relief Attestation Form (‘‘Relief 

Attestation Form’’), may only be 

required by the airlines when a 

passenger is traveling with service 

animals on a flight segment scheduled 

to take 8 hours or more. The purpose of 

this form is to provide assurances to 

airlines that the service animal will not 

need to relieve itself on the flight or that 

the animal can relieve itself in a way 

that does not create a health or 

sanitation issue, and to educate 

passengers of the consequences should 

an animal relieve itself on the aircraft in 

an unsanitary way. 

The Behavior and Health Attestation 

Form and the Relief Attestation Form 

are the only forms that airlines are 

permitted to require from passengers 

traveling with service animals as a 

condition of transport, except in rare 

circumstances when additional 

documentation may be necessary to 

comply with requirements on transport 

of animals by a Federal agency, a U.S. 

territory, or a foreign jurisdiction. DOT 

is publishing this notice to announce its 

intent to seek reinstatement of the 

previously approved information 

collections for these forms, OMB 

Control Number 2015–0576, and receive 

comments on the formatting and 

clarifying amendments made to its 

Behavior and Health Attestation Form. 

Currently, OMB authorization of the 

information collections expire on 

December 31, 2023. 


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