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1 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 

(b)(3)(vi). 2 17 CFR 145.9. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CFTC’’) is announcing an opportunity 

for public comment on the extension of 

a proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. In 

compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Federal agencies 

are required to publish notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, and 

to allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. This notice 

solicits comments, as described below, 

on the proposed Information Collection 

Request (‘‘ICR’’) titled: Copies of Crop 

and Market Information Reports. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control No. 3038– 

0015 by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at https://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail above. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or if not, 

accompanied by an English translation. 

Comments will be posted as received to 

https://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Kennedy, Division of 

Enforcement, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 290 Broadway, 

New York, NY 10007; (646) 746–9780; 

email: ckennedy@cftc.gov and refer to 

OMB Control No. 3038–0015. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 

and includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

notice of the proposed collection of 

information listed below. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number.1

Title: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market 

Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No. 

3038–0015. This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The information collected 

pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 1.40, is in 

the public interest and is necessary for 

market surveillance. Manipulation of 

commodity futures prices is a violation 

of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). 

Section 9(a)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 

13(a)(2)) prohibits the dissemination of 

false or misleading or knowingly 

inaccurate reports that affect or tend to 

affect the prices of commodities. In 

order to facilitate the enforcement of 

this provision, Commission regulation 

1.40 requires that members of an 

exchange and FCMs provide upon 

request copies of any report published 

or given general circulation which 

concerns crop or market information 

that affects or tends to affect the price 

of any commodity. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, the CFTC 

invites comments on: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Commission, including 

whether the information will have a 

practical use; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Commission’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. If you wish the Commission to 

consider information that you believe is 

exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, a petition 

for confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.2

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse, or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from https://www.cftc.gov that it may 

deem to be inappropriate for 

publication, such as obscene language. 

All submissions that have been redacted 

or removed that contain comments on 

the merits of the ICR will be retained in 

the public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden statement: The burden for this 

collection is estimated to be as follows: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action include future commission 

merchants (‘‘FCMs’’) and members of 

designated contract markets and swap 

execution facilities. 

• Estimated number of respondents/ 

affected entities: 10. 

• Estimated annual hours per 

respondent/response: 0.17. 

• Estimated total annual burden: 1.7 

hours. 

• Frequency of collection: On 

occasion. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: November 15, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

[CEQ–2023–0005] 

Environmental Justice Scorecard 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) is issuing 

this request for information (RFI) to 

solicit feedback on Phase One of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard, which 

will inform future versions of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard. 

DATES: CEQ seeks any comments by 

11:59 p.m. ET on January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number CEQ– 


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1 86 FR 7619 (Feb. 1, 2021), https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-02-01/pdf/ 

2021-02177.pdf. 2https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ 

statements-releases/2023/04/21/fact-sheetpresident-biden-signs-executive-order-to-revitalizeour-nations-commitment-to-environmental-justicefor-all/. 3 88 FR 25251 (Apr. 26, 2023), https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-26/pdf/ 

2023-08955.pdf. 

4 Justice40, A Whole-of-Government Initiative, 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/environmentaljustice/ 

justice40/. 

5https://www.whitehouse.gov/environmental

justice/white-house-environmental-justice-advisorycouncil/. 

6CEQ, Environmental Justice Scorecard 

Feedback, Request for Information, 87 FR 47,397 

(Aug. 3, 2022), https://www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2022-08-03/pdf/2022-16635.pdf. 

2023–0005, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Using the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: visit https://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. For more 

information, see https://

www.regulations.gov/faq. 

• By fax to 202–456–6546. 

• By mail to Council on 

Environmental Quality, 730 Jackson 

Place NW, Washington, DC 20503 (must 

be received by January 19, 2024). 

Instructions: Your submission must 

include: ‘‘Council on Environmental 

Quality,’’ and the docket number for 

this RFI, which is CEQ–2023–0005. 

CEQ will publish public comments it 

receives in response to this notice, 

including personal information, without 

change on https://www.regulations.gov. 

Please do not submit any information 

you consider to be private information, 

privileged or confidential commercial or 

financial information, or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by law. 

Response to this RFI is voluntary. 

Each responding entity (individual or 

organization) is requested to submit 

only one response. Please feel free to 

respond to as many of the questions as 

you choose, indicating the number of 

each question that you are addressing. 

We encourage you to include your name 

and contact information, but it is not 

required. If you are responding on 

behalf of an organization, we further 

encourage you to include the 

organization’s name, its type (e.g., 

academic, non-profit, professional 

society, community-based organization, 

industry, government, other), and your 

role in the organization. You may 

include references to academic 

literature or links to online material but 

please ensure all links are publicly 

available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kareem Ihmeidan, Staff Assistant for 

Environmental Justice, 202–395–5750, 

AbdelKareem.I.Ihmeidan@ceq.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Since day one, President Biden has 

prioritized environmental justice by 

launching a whole-of-government effort 

to confront longstanding environmental 

injustices and inequities. The 

Environmental Justice Scorecard, 

https://ejscorecard.geoplatform.gov/ 

scorecard/, is a signature component of 

this commitment. It is the first-ever 

government-wide assessment of what 

the Federal Government is doing to 

advance environmental justice. The 

Environmental Justice Scorecard was 

created at the direction of President 

Biden pursuant to Executive Order 

(E.O.) 14008 on Tackling the Climate 

Crisis at Home and Abroad (January 27, 

2021).1 The goals of the Environmental 

Justice Scorecard include to assess the 

Federal Government’s progress on 

advancing environmental justice, to 

provide transparency for the public, and 

to increase accountability for Federal 

agencies. 

The first version of the Environmental 

Justice Scorecard, or the Phase One 

Scorecard, was launched 2 the same day 

that President Biden signed Executive 

Order 14096 on Revitalizing Our 

Nation’s Commitment to Environmental 

Justice for All (April 21, 2023).3 This 

Executive Order further embeds 

environmental justice into the work of 

Federal agencies to achieve real, 

measurable progress that communities 

can count on. Among other things, E.O. 

14096 defines ‘‘environmental justice’’ 

as the just treatment and meaningful 

involvement of all people, regardless of 

income, race, color, national origin, 

Tribal affiliation, or disability, in agency 

decision-making and other Federal 

activities that affect human health and 

the environment so that people: (i) are 

fully protected from disproportionate 

and adverse human health and 

environmental effects (including risks) 

and hazards, including those related to 

climate change, the cumulative impacts 

of environmental and other burdens, 

and the legacy of racism or other 

structural or systemic barriers; and (ii) 

have equitable access to a healthy, 

sustainable, and resilient environment 

in which to live, play, work, learn, 

grow, worship, and engage in cultural 

and subsistence practices. Sec. 2(b), E.O. 

14096. 

With E.O. 14096, the President is 

working to ensure that all people— 

regardless of race, background, income, 

ability, Tribal affiliation, or zip code— 

can benefit from the vital safeguards 

enshrined in our nation’s foundational 

environmental and civil rights laws. 

That means cleaner air and water, 

reduced risk for asthma, cancer, and 

other health burdens, and better access 

to green space, safe and affordable 

housing, and clean transportation. This 

RFI advances the goals of E.O. 14096, 

including Section 3(a)(vii) on creating 

opportunities for meaningful 

engagement. 

Phase One of the Environmental 

Justice Scorecard presents a baseline 

assessment of actions taken by Federal 

agencies in 2021 and 2022 to help 

achieve the Biden-Harris 

Administration’s environmental justice 

goals. It reports on the progress of 24 

Federal agencies in the following 

categories: 

• Advancing the President’s Justice40 

Initiative; 4

• Implementing and enforcing 

environmental and civil rights laws; and 

• Embedding environmental justice 

throughout the Federal Government. 

The docket for this RFI includes 

supplementary material that presents 

metrics used in the Phase One 

Scorecard. The specific metrics and 

actions included for Federal agencies 

vary based on the type, size, and 

mission of each agency. For example, 

some but not all of the Federal agencies 

participating in the Phase One 

Scorecard are members of the White 

House Environmental Justice 

Interagency Council (IAC) and some but 

not all have Justice40 covered programs. 

If data are unavailable for a Federal 

agency, the corresponding metrics do 

not appear on that agency’s page. 

The Phase One Scorecard was 

developed by the White House Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), in 

coordination with CEQ and the IAC. It 

was informed by recommendations and 

feedback from environmental justice 

stakeholders and experts. In particular, 

recommendations from the White House 

Environmental Justice Advisory 

Council 5 (WHEJAC) and public 

comments informed its development, 

including from a Request for 

Information published in the Federal 

Register in August 2022.6

The Phase One Scorecard provides a 

valuable snapshot of key environmental 

justice work in progress at a particular 

point in time, based on available data 

and metrics. The Environmental Justice 

Scorecard will be updated annually, 

with the goal of creating a durable, 

robust, and comprehensive tool to 

assess and demonstrate the Federal 

Government’s efforts to secure 

environmental justice for all. 

This RFI is part of the 

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ensuring that environmental justice 

efforts within the Federal Government, 

including the development of future 

versions of the Environmental Justice 

Scorecard, are informed by the priorities 

and perspectives of the public, 

including communities with 

environmental justice concerns. By 

soliciting input through this RFI, CEQ 

and OMB seek input from the public in 

shaping the vision and goals for the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard and 

welcome ideas on ways to improve the 

public’s ability to monitor the Federal 

Government’s progress and hold the 

Federal Government accountable for 

delivering results in advancing 

environmental justice for all. 

II. Key Questions for Input 

CEQ and OMB seek feedback on the 

public’s experiences using Phase One of 

the Environmental Justice Scorecard, as 

well as input for future versions of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard. Input 

may be offered on any aspect of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard, but is 

particularly welcome in response to 

these questions: 

1. How can the Environmental Justice 

Scorecard improve the way it organizes, 

displays, or presents data to be more 

accessible, understandable, and useful 

for the public, including for 

communities with environmental justice 

concerns? Please feel free to provide any 

examples of scorecards or other publicly 

accessible tools that Tribal, state, or 

local governments or private entities use 

to measure and convey progress that 

may be helpful to review. 

2. What additional metric or metrics 

of Federal agency action or progress in 

advancing environmental justice might 

be relevant and helpful to consider 

including in future versions of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard, such 

as any metric that may help further 

reflect the needs and priorities of 

communities with environmental justice 

concerns or show how certain Federal 

investments are benefiting 

disadvantaged communities, including 

benefits from Justice40 covered 

programs? The public is welcome to 

offer any potential metric or metrics in 

any of the categories of the Phase One 

Scorecard (listed above), or any 

potential new categories. For any 

potential new metric offered, it would 

be especially helpful to include 

information on the following, if 

possible: 

Æ Whether the suggested metric 

would be specific to one Federal agency 

or cross-cutting (i.e., applicable to all or 

multiple agencies). 

Æ Whether the suggested metric 

would measure or focus on any 

particular output (such as the number of 

trainings related to environmental 

justice for staff conducted by an agency) 

or outcome (such as a highlight of the 

benefits of a Justice40 covered program 

in a disadvantaged community, like 

improved air quality or drinking water 

safety). 

Æ Whether there is any existing 

example where the suggested metric is 

already reported or used (e.g., by a 

single agency or outside of the Federal 

Government). 

3. What kind of qualitative 

information (such as updates on Federal 

agency work or milestones that may not 

be possible to summarize with numbers 

or data alone) does the public consider 

most valuable to include or add to a 

future Scorecard, in addition to 

quantitative metrics or data? 

4. Please feel free to offer any 

additional category or categories of the 

Federal Government’s work or progress 

that future versions of the 

Environmental Justice Scorecard might 

include to advance the goal of 

environmental justice. 

5. Please feel free to share any 

additional feedback relevant to Phase 

One of the Environmental Justice 

Scorecard or any aspect of a future 

version of the Environmental Justice 

Scorecard. 

Matthew G. Lee-Ashley, 

Chief of Staff. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Requisition Number: OSD–4–00002] 

TRICARE; Calendar Year (CY) 2024 

TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select 

Out-of-Pocket Expenses 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of calendar year (CY) 

2024 TRICARE Prime and TRICARE 

Select out-of-pocket expenses. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides the CY 

2024 TRICARE Prime and TRICARE 

Select out-of-pocket expenses. 

DATES: The CY 2024 rates contained in 

this notice are effective January 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency 

(DHA), TRICARE Health Plan, 7700 

Arlington Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls 

Church, Virginia 22042–5101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra Fisher, telephone (703) 275–6224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Defense Authorization Acts for 

Fiscal Years 2012 and 2017, and 

subsequent implementing regulations 

(e.g., § 199.17 of title 32 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations), established rates 

for TRICARE beneficiary out-of-pocket 

expenses and how they may be 

increased by the annual cost of living 

adjustment (COLA) percentage used to 

increase military retired pay or via 

budget neutrality rules. The CY 2024 

retiree COLA increase is 3.2%. 

The DHA has updated the CY 2024 

out-of-pocket expenses as shown below: 

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