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of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

an extension of a previously approved 

collection. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection and its 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on September 5, 2023. There were no 

comments. As the September 5, 2023, 

Notice solicits comments from the 

public on whether it is appropriate for 

the Department to continue to collect 

information on oversales from airlines, 

the issues raised by these comments are 

beyond the scope of this Notice and will 

not be addressed here. Specifically, 

having obsolete regulations that allow 

three legacy carriers and one discount 

carrier to control 80% of the domestic 

aviation market, while banning foreign 

competitors from offering U.S. domestic 

flights, and allowing airlines to book to 

100% capacity or overbook to increase 

their revenue stream. With respect to 

the overbooking comment, the FAA has 

no jurisdiction in this matter, however, 

the Department does. And although it is 

not the Department’s policy or purpose 

to dictate how airlines internally 

manage their business; this ended with 

deregulation of the aviation industry in 

1979, it is the Department’s policy and 

purpose to protect and standardize how 

the airlines treat their passengers. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by January 8, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, OST–R, BTS, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 893–0515, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or email 

cecelia.robinson@dot.gov. 

Comments: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 14 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations, part 

250, addresses how airlines are to 

conduct their overbooking processes 

and compensate passengers in the event 

of an overbooking. 

OMB Approval No.: 2138–0018. 

Title: Report of Passengers Denied 

Confirmed Space. 

Form No.: BTS Form 250. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

U.S. Air Carriers for Flights They 

Operate 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Number of Quarterly Responses: 60. 

Number of Hours per Response: 10. 

Total Annual Burden: 600 hours. 

U.S. Air Carriers for Codeshare Flights 

They Market 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 4. 

Number of Responses: 16. 

Number of Hours per Response: 6. 

Total Annual Burden: 96 hours. 

Needs and Uses: BTS Form 250 is a 

one-page report on the number of 

passengers denied seats either 

voluntarily or involuntarily, whether 

these bumped passengers were provided 

alternate transportation and/or 

compensation, and the amount of the 

payment. On November 3, 2016, the 

Department published a Final Rule (see 

81 FR 76800) that changed the number 

of U.S. air carriers that account for at 

least 1 percent to half of one percent of 

domestic scheduled-service passenger 

revenues who must report all operations 

with 30 seat or larger aircraft that depart 

a U.S. airport. 

Carriers do not report data from 

inbound international flights because 

the protections of 14 CFR part 250 

Oversales do not apply to these flights. 

The report allows the Department to 

monitor the effectiveness of its oversales 

rule and take enforcement action when 

necessary. The involuntarily deniedboarding rate has decreased from 4.38 

per 10,000 passengers in 1980 to 0.24 

per 10,000 passengers in 2019. The 

publishing of the carriers’ individual 

denied boarding rates has negated the 

need for more intrusive regulation. The 

rate of denied boarding can be examined 

as a continuing fitness factor. This rate 

provides an insight into a carrier’s 

customer service practices. A rapid 

sustained increase in the rate of denied 

boarding may indicate operational 

difficulties. Because the rate of denied 

boarding is released quarterly, travelers 

and travel agents can select carriers with 

lower incidences of denied boardings. 

This information is available in the Air 

Travel Consumer Report at: http://

airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/ 

index.htm. The Air Travel Consumer 

Report is also sent to newspapers, 

magazines, and trade journals. Without 

Form 250, determining the effectiveness 

of the Department’s oversales rule 

would be impossible. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis, and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4, 

2023. 

William Chadwick, Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26847 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Application and Renewal Fees 

Imposed on Surety Companies and 

Reinsuring Companies; Increase in 

Fees Imposed 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of fees imposed on surety 

companies and reinsuring companies. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

is increasing the fees it imposes on and 

collects from surety companies and 

reinsuring companies, effective January 

1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melvin Saunders, at (304) 480–5108 or 

melvin.saunders@fiscal.treasury.gov; or 

Bobbi McDonald, at (304) 480–7098 or 

bobbi.mcdonald@fiscal.treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Independent Offices Appropriations Act 

of 1952 (IOAA), codified at 31 U.S.C. 

9701, authorizes Federal agencies to 

establish fees for a service or thing of 

value provided by the agency to 

members of the public. Office of 

Management and Budget Circular A–25 

allows agencies to impose user fees for 

services that confer a special benefit to 

identifiable recipients beyond those 

accruing to the general public. Pursuant 

to 31 CFR 223.22, Treasury imposes fees 

on surety companies and reinsuring 

companies seeking to obtain or renew 

certification or recognition from 

Treasury. The fees imposed and 

collected cover the costs incurred by the 

Government for services performed 

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companies’ applications, financial 

statements, and other information. 

Treasury determines the amount of fees 

in accordance with the IOAA and the 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–25, as amended. The change 

in fees is the result of a thorough 

analysis of costs associated with the 

corporate federal surety bond program. 

The new fee rate schedule is as 

follows: 

(1) Examination of a company’s 

application for a Certificate of Authority 

as an acceptable surety or as an 

acceptable reinsuring company on 

Federal bonds: $12,400. 

(2) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its Certificate of Authority: 

$8,000. 

(3) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as an 

Admitted Reinsurer: $4,500. 

(4) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its authority as an Admitted 

Reinsurer: $3,200. Questions concerning 

this notice should be directed to the 

Surety Bond Branch, Special Assets and 

Liabilities Division, Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service, Surety Bonds (A–1G), 257 

Bosley Industrial Drive, Parkersburg, 

WV 26106, Telephone (304) 480–6635. 

Timothy E. Gribben, 

Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26995 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–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 name 

of one person that has been placed on 

OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List (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 

this person are blocked, and U.S. 

persons are generally prohibited from 

engaging in transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for effective 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://www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Action 

On December 1, 2023, OFAC 

determined that the property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of the following person are 

blocked under the relevant sanctions 

authority listed below. 

Individual 

1. MARTINEZ MORALES, Luis Miguel 

(a.k.a. ‘‘MARTINEZ, Miguel’’; a.k.a. 

‘‘MARTINEZ, Miguel Miguelito’’; a.k.a. 

‘‘Miguelito’’), Colonia Las Hojarascas, Km 

19.5 Carretera Interamericana, Mixco, 

Guatemala; DOB 12 Sep 1989; POB Santa 

Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala; nationality 

Guatemala; Gender Male; Passport 

245907203 (Guatemala) expires 15 Nov 2022; 

National ID No. 2459072030502 (Guatemala) 

(individual) [GLOMAG]. 

Designated pursuant to section 

1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of Executive Order 13818 of 

December 20, 2017, ‘‘Blocking the Property of 

Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights 

Abuse or Corruption,’’ 82 FR 60839 (Dec. 26, 

2017) for being a foreign person who is a 

current or former government official, or a 

person acting for or on behalf of such an 

official, who is responsible for or complicit 

in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, 

corruption, including the misappropriation 

of state assets, the expropriation of private 

assets for personal gain, corruption related to 

government contracts or the extraction of 

natural resources, or bribery. 

Dated: December 1, 2023. 

Gregory T. Gatjanis, 

Associate Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27016 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Electronic Tax Administration 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Electronic Tax 

Administration Advisory Committee 

(ETAAC) will hold a public meeting via 

telephone conference line. 

DATES: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Alec Johnston, Office of National Public 

Liaison, at (202) 317–4299, or send an 

email to publicliaison@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, that a public meeting 

via conference call of the ETAAC will 

be held on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, at 

12:30 p.m. EDT. The purpose of the 

ETAAC is to provide continuing advice 

regarding the development and 

implementation of the IRS 

organizational strategy for electronic tax 

administration. ETAAC is an organized 

public forum for discussion of 

electronic tax administration issues 

such as prevention of identity theft and 

refund fraud. It supports the overriding 

goal that paperless filing should be the 

preferred and most convenient method 

of filing tax and information returns. 

ETAAC members convey the public’s 

perceptions of IRS electronic tax 

administration activities, offer 

constructive observations about current 

or proposed policies, programs, and 

procedures, and suggest improvements. 

Please call or email Alec Johnston to 

confirm your attendance. Mr. Johnston 

can be reached at 202–317–4299 or 

PublicLiaison@irs.gov. Should you wish 

the ETAAC to consider a written 

statement, please call 202–317–4299 or 

email: PublicLiaison@irs.gov. 

Dated: December 4, 2023. 

John A. Lipold, 

Designated Federal Official, Office of 

National Public Liaison, Internal Revenue 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26941 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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