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or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls (DDTC), Bureau of PoliticalMilitary Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State, in accordance with the Arms 

Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 

2751 et seq.) and the International 

Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 

CFR parts 120–130), has the principal 

missions of taking final action on 

license applications and other requests 

for defense trade transactions via 

commercial channels, ensuring 

compliance with the statute and 

regulations, and collecting various types 

of reports. By statute, Executive Order, 

regulation, and delegation of authority, 

DDTC is charged with controlling the 

export and temporary import of defense 

articles, the provision of defense 

services, and the brokering thereof, 

which are covered by the U.S. 

Munitions List. 

ITAR §§ 122.4 and 129.8 requires 

registrants to notify DDTC in the event 

of a change in registration information 

or if the registrant is a party to a merger, 

acquisition, or divestiture of an entity 

producing or marketing ITAR-controlled 

items. Based on certain conditions 

enunciated in the ITAR, respondents 

must notify DDTC of these changes at 

differing intervals—no less than 60 days 

prior to the event, if a foreign person is 

acquiring a registered entity, and/or 

within 5 days of its culmination. This 

information is necessary for DDTC to 

ensure registration records are accurate 

and to determine whether the 

transaction is in compliance with the 

regulations (e.g., with respect to ITAR 

§ 126.1); assess the steps that need to be 

taken with respect to existing 

authorizations (e.g., transfers); and to 

evaluate the implications for US 

national security and foreign policy. 

Methodology 

This information will be collected by 

DDTC’s electronic case management 

system and respondents will certify the 

data via electronic signature. 

Kevin E. Bryant, 

Deputy Director, Office of Directives 

Management, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00742 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 

Subsequent License Renewal Project; 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley 

Authority (TVA) has decided to adopt 

the Preferred Alternative identified in 

the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) 

Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) 

project Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

SEIS). The Notice of Availability of the 

Final SEIS for the Browns Ferry Nuclear 

Plant Subsequent License Renewal 

project was published in the Federal 

Register on August 11, 2023. The 

Preferred Alternative, Alternative B— 

BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 Subsequent 

License Renewal, supports TVA’s goal 

to continue to generate baseload power 

at the BFN site between 2033 and 2056, 

thus generating sufficient electricity to 

supply the Tennessee Valley with 

increasingly clean, reliable, and 

affordable electricity for the region’s 

homes and businesses as outlined in 

TVA’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan 

(IRP). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Taylor Johnson, NEPA Compliance 

Specialist, Tennessee Valley Authority, 

1101 Market Street, BR 2C–C, 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402; by 

telephone (423) 751–2732, or email at 

jtcates@tva.gov. The Final SEIS, this 

Record of Decision (ROD), and other 

project documents are available on 

TVA’s website https://www.tva.gov/ 

nepa. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is provided in accordance with 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations for implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) (40 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) 1500 through 1508) and TVA’s 

NEPA procedures 18 CFR part 1318. 

TVA is a corporate agency and 

instrumentality of the United States that 

provides electricity for business 

customers and local power distributors 

serving 10 million people in the 

Tennessee Valley—an 80,000-squaremile region comprised of Tennessee and 

parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, and 

Virginia. TVA receives no taxpayer 

funding and derives virtually all 

revenues from the sale of electricity. In 

addition to operating and investing 

revenues in its power system, TVA 

provides flood control, navigation, and 

land management for the Tennessee 

Valley watershed, and provides 

economic development and job creation 

assistance within the Tennessee Valley 

power service area. 

In March 2002 and June 2002, TVA 

issued a Final SEIS and a ROD for the 

operating license renewal of BFN. TVA 

submitted a License Renewal 

Application (LRA) to the NRC in 

December 2003 for a 20-year renewal of 

the operating licenses for each BFN 

unit. The environmental conclusions of 

the NRC Final SEIS did not differ from 

the TVA Final SEIS conclusions, and 

the NRC issued Supplement 21 

regarding Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant 

Units 1, 2, and 3, to the Generic EIS 

(GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants (NUREG–1437) in June 2005. The 

NRC issued operating license renewals 

for Units 1, 2, and 3 in May 2006, 

allowing continued operation of the 

three BFN units until 2033, 2034, and 

2036, respectively. 

In September 2015, TVA submitted a 

license amendment request (LAR) for 

extended power uprate (EPU) of all 

three units. The NRC issued a draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) in the Federal Register on 

December 1, 2016, for public comment. 

On May 22, 2017, the NRC issued the 

Final EA and FONSI related to the EPU 

license amendment. 

BFN’s 3,900 MWe of electric 

generating capability provides power to 

the Tennessee Valley Power Service 

Area. The TVA service area obtains 

approximately 40 percent of its power 

from nuclear generation and BFN 

provides approximately half of that 

total. BFN’s current baseload generation 

supports future forecasted baseload 

power needs, as outlined in the TVA’s 

2019 IRP, by helping to maintain grid 

stability and generating capacity for 

TVA’s generation portfolio mix. TVA 

prepared the Final SEIS pursuant to 

NEPA to assess the environmental 

impacts associated with SLR for BFN 

Units 1, 2, and 3. 

Alternatives Considered 

TVA considered a wide range of 

options to identify feasible alternatives 

available to supply approximately 3,900 

MWe between 2033 to 2056, and 

ultimately carried forward two 

alternatives for evaluation. The two 

alternatives considered by TVA in the 

Final SEIS are: 

Alternative A—No Action. Under this 

alternative, TVA would not submit a 

SLR application to the NRC to renew the 

BFN operating licenses. If Alternative A 

were to be selected, TVA would allow 

the current BFN operating licenses to 


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expire at the end of their terms, shutting 

down each unit no later than the current 

license expiration dates: December 20, 

2033, for Unit 1; June 28, 2034, for Unit 

2; and July 2, 2036, for Unit 3. 

Unlike the Proposed Action, the No 

Action Alternative does not provide a 

practicable means of meeting future 

electric system needs. Therefore, unless 

replacement generating capacity is 

provided as part of the No-Action 

Alternative, approximately 3,900 MWe 

of baseload generation would no longer 

be available to meet TVA’s electricity 

customers’ needs, and the alternative 

would not satisfy the Purpose and Need 

for the Proposed Action. For this reason, 

the No-Action Alternative is defined as 

having two components: (1) replacing 

the generating capacity of BFN with 

alternative generating supply available 

during or by the end of the term of the 

existing BFN operating licenses, and (2) 

decommissioning the BFN facility. The 

replacement generation options 

considered as part of the No Action 

Alternative include construction of a 

combination of new generating capacity 

using energy from natural gas, solar, 

storage, and nuclear small modular 

reactors. 

Alternative B—BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 

SLR. TVA would seek renewal of 

operating licenses to allow for the 

continued operation of Units 1, 2, and 

3 for an additional 20 years. License 

renewal does not require any new 

construction or modifications beyond 

normal maintenance and minor 

refurbishment. Under Alternative B, 

BFN would continue to produce 

electrical power by using boiling water 

reactors and steam-driven turbine 

generators. The cooling water needed to 

support BFN power generation would 

continue to be drawn from Wheeler 

Reservoir. Once-through cooling would 

continue to be used, with helper cooling 

towers operating when river 

temperatures near one or more of the 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit 

require their use to ensure BFN 

complies with regulatory thermal limits. 

Water from the circulating water system 

would continue to be discharged into 

Wheeler Reservoir in accordance with 

BFN’s NPDES permit. Solid Low Level 

Radioactive Waste (LLRW) would 

continue to be generated during the 

proposed subsequent period of extended 

operation. Routine releases of as low as 

reasonably achievable amounts of 

radioactive liquids and gases would also 

continue during the proposed 

subsequent period of extended 

operation and would continue to be 

controlled in accordance with all 

applicable permit and regulatory 

requirements, to ensure protection of 

human health and the environment. 

Routine maintenance and upkeep of 

BFN would continue through the 

proposed SLR period of extended 

operation to ensure the safe and reliable 

operation of the three units and would 

be managed in accordance with 

appropriate TVA programs and 

procedures. 

Current work force requirements, 

approximately 2,147 personnel, would 

continue during the additional years of 

operation. 

The proposed SLR period of extended 

operation would require approximately 

10 additional refuel cycles per unit, 

resulting in approximately 3,900 acres 

of additional land being affected by the 

uranium mining necessary to fuel BFN. 

Refueling of one third of the fuel in each 

unit would continue to be performed 

approximately every 24 months. The 

spent fuel would be stored in the spent 

fuel storage pools until they could be 

moved to dry cask storage on the onsite 

Independent Spent Fuel Storage 

Installation (ISFSI). 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 

The SEIS includes baseline 

information for understanding the 

potential environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts associated with 

the alternatives considered by TVA. 

TVA considered 23 resource areas 

related to the human and natural 

environments and the impacts on these 

resources associated with each 

alternative. The anticipated 

environmental impacts of the No Action 

and Action Alternative are described in 

detail in the Final SEIS. 

Impacts under Alternative A would 

occur in association with shutdown and 

decommissioning of BFN, and offsite in 

association with construction and 

operation of new generation facilities. In 

association with shutdown and 

decommissioning of BFN, there would 

be no impacts to groundwater, 

floodplains and flood risk, wetlands, 

managed and natural areas, recreation, 

and visual resources. There would be 

minor impacts associated with BFN 

shutdown and decommissioning for 

land use; soils; surface water; air 

quality; greenhouse gases; 

socioeconomics; environmental justice; 

archaeological and historic resources; 

hazardous, solid, and low-level 

radioactive waste; radiological effects; 

uranium fuel cycle; nuclear and plant 

safety; and non-radiological public 

health and safety. Additionally, there 

would be minor and potentially 

beneficial impacts from shutdown and 

decommissioning of BFN for surface 

water, aquatic ecology, terrestrial 

ecology, endangered and threatened 

species, air quality, noise, and nonradiological public health and safety. 

Implementation of Alternative A, the 

No Action Alternative would include 

the impacts of constructing up to 3,900 

MWe of new generation at sites yet to 

be determined across the Tennessee 

Valley. The construction and operation 

of these new generation facilities would 

have potential impacts to most resource 

areas. Small to moderate impacts could 

occur at the selected generation sites in 

association with land use changes. 

Ground-disturbing activities during 

construction would result in small to 

moderate impacts to geology and soils. 

With implementation of permit 

requirements and best management 

practices, impacts to surface water 

would be small to large depending on 

plant water needs and thermal impacts. 

Impacts to groundwater could range 

from small to large depending on the 

nature of groundwater use and siteconditions. Small impacts to floodplains 

and flood risk would be anticipated as 

all construction would be consistent 

with Executive Order 11988. Impacts to 

wetlands could be small to large 

depending on site conditions and the 

physical location of various structures. 

Aquatic ecology impacts would range 

from small to large depending on sitespecific conditions, species present, 

location of structures, and water use 

needs. Terrestrial ecology impacts 

would be small to moderate for the same 

reasons. Impacts to aquatic and 

terrestrial ecology would be mitigated 

through permit requirements and best 

management practices. Endangered and 

threatened species impacts would be 

small to large depending on the 

presence of such species, alterations in 

land use, habitat loss/fragmentation, 

and loss of biodiversity. Small to large 

impacts would be anticipated for 

managed and natural areas due to site 

development. Recreational impacts 

would be small to moderate depending 

on site location, and the associated 

noise, dust, viewshed, and watershed 

impacts. There would be temporary 

small impacts to air quality and 

greenhouse gases during construction 

which would be mitigated through 

adherence to permit requirements and 

application of best management 

practices. Small to moderate impacts to 

air quality and greenhouse gases would 

occur with operations depending on the 

nature of the generation source. 

Transportation impacts would range 

from small to moderate depending on 

the local infrastructure, existing traffic 

levels, and project traffic. Impacts to 

visual resources would range from small 


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to moderate depending on site location. 

Noise impacts would range from small 

to moderate during construction to 

small during operations. New 

generation facilities could partially 

offset impacts to socioeconomics 

associated with shutdown of BFN if 

workers transfer to new sites. Impacts 

on housing and schools and education 

could range from small to large 

depending on site location and existing 

availability. Impacts to local 

government revenues would be small. 

Environmental justice impacts could 

range from small to moderate depending 

on location and the socioeconomic 

impacts. Impacts to archaeological and 

historic resources would be small to 

large depending on site location, 

presence of these features, and ability to 

avoid them. Mitigation would be 

developed as appropriate. Hazardous, 

solid, and low-level waste impacts 

would be small due to adherence to 

permit requirements and TVA waste 

management practices. Radiological 

effects, uranium fuel cycle impacts, and 

nuclear plant safety and security effects 

would only occur for a new nuclear 

generation source and would be 

expected to be small and mitigated 

through adherence to all applicable 

permits and requirements. Nonradiological public health and safety 

impacts would range from small to 

moderate depending on the type of 

facility, equipment, and site conditions. 

Implementation of Alternative B, 

TVA’s preferred alternative, would 

result in no impact or small impacts to 

the environment for all resource areas. 

The renewal of the BFN licenses would 

allow for the proposed SLR period of 

extended operation of the units under 

the same requirements, technical 

specifications, and limits currently in 

place. Any changes to the provisions of 

the operating licenses (i.e., license 

amendments) would require appropriate 

environmental review and NRC 

approval in accordance with applicable 

regulations. The decommission impacts 

would be the same as Alternative A after 

the SLR period, 20 years later. No 

changes would be expected for the 

permits currently in place. The current 

programs, procedures, and permits 

would be followed; no major changes 

would be needed to implement this 

alternative. There would continue to be 

small impacts to surface water, 

wetlands, aquatic ecology; terrestrial 

ecology; endangered and threatened 

species; managed and natural areas; air 

quality, climate change, and greenhouse 

gases; noise and vibration; hazardous, 

solid, and low-level radioactive waste; 

radiological effects; uranium fuel cycle; 

nuclear plant safety and security; and 

non-radiological public health and 

safety. Additionally, there would be no 

changes to land use; geology and soils; 

groundwater; floodplains and flood risk; 

recreation; transportation; visual 

resources; socioeconomics; 

environmental justice; and 

archaeological and historic resources. 

Alternative B—BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 

SLR, would provide the Tennessee 

Valley Authority service area with an 

additional 20 years of reliable base load 

power while promoting TVA’s 

aspiration for net-zero carbon emissions 

by 2050, make beneficial use of existing 

assets, and deliver power at the lowest 

feasible cost. Therefore, the 

environmentally preferred action 

alternative that meets the project 

purpose and need is Alternative B, 

TVA’s preferred alternative. Alternative 

B would meet the purpose and need of 

the project and would have less impact 

than Alternative A. 

Decision 

Informed by the summary of the 

submitted alternatives, information, and 

analyses in the Final SEIS, TVA certifies 

it has considered all the alternatives, 

information, analyses, and objections 

submitted by State, Tribal, and local 

governments, and public commenters 

for consideration in developing the 

SEIS. TVA has selected the preferred 

alternative identified in the Final PEIS, 

Alternative B—BFN Units 1, 2, and 3 

SLR. 

Public Involvement 

On June 1, 2021, TVA published a 

Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 29351) announcing 

plans to prepare a SEIS to address the 

potential environmental effects 

associated with extending the operation 

of BFN Units 1, 2, and 3, for an 

additional 20 years. The NOI initiated a 

30-day public scoping period, which 

concluded on July 1, 2021. In addition 

to the NOI in the Federal Register, TVA 

published notices regarding this effort 

in two local newspapers: The Decatur 

Daily, which serves Decatur and the 

Tennessee Valley in northern Alabama, 

and the News Courier, which serves 

Limestone County. TVA also issued a 

news release to media and posted the 

news release on the TVA website. The 

scoping report is included in Appendix 

A of the Final SEIS. 

TVA also created a virtual meeting 

room that remained available for the 

duration of the NEPA analysis. The 

virtual meeting room can be accessed 

through TVA’s website (https://

www.tva.com/environment/ 

environmental-stewardship/ 

environmental-reviews/nepa-detail/ 

browns-ferry-nuclear-plant-subsequentlicense-renewal). The virtual scoping 

meeting room contains information on 

the NEPA process and the proposed 

action, as well as links to TVA and NRC 

websites related to the project. 

On February 10, 2023, the Draft SEIS 

was released for public review and 

comment in a Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register (88 FR 

8843). The availability of the Draft SEIS 

and request for comments was 

announced in newspapers that serve the 

Limestone County area, and the Draft 

SEIS was posted on TVA’s website. 

TVA’s agency involvement included 

notification of the availability of the 

Draft SEIS to local, state, and federal 

agencies and federally recognized tribes. 

Comments were accepted through 

March 27, 2023, via TVA’s website, 

mail, and email. 

TVA received two comment letters 

from members of the public via TVA’s 

website and one comment letter from 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). TVA carefully reviewed 

all the comments. Comments raised 

during the comment period are 

summarized by topic along with TVA’s 

responses to each comment in 

Appendix B of the Final SEIS. A copy 

of each of the comments are included at 

the end of the appendix. 

The NOA for the Final SEIS was 

published in the Federal Register (88 

FR 54612) on August 11, 2023. 

Following the publication of the NOA 

for the Final SEIS, and therefore outside 

of the comment period for the EIS, TVA 

received an additional public comment 

in September 2023, from the EPA. The 

EPA reviewed the document in 

accordance with section 309 of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) and section 

102(2)(C) of NEPA. The comments 

raised by the EPA reiterated the 

agency’s earlier comments on the Draft 

SEIS, recognized TVA’s efforts that were 

revised in the Final SEIS, and did not 

raise new issues of relevance that were 

not already addressed by TVA in the 

Final SEIS or Appendix B of the Final 

EIS. TVA recognizes EPA’s additional 

recommendations. TVA plans to stay up 

to date on best practices for heightened 

engagement with communities with 

environmental justice concerns to 

ensure that all communities, including 

those with environmental justice 

concerns, are meaningfully engaged 

throughout the NEPA process. As 

appropriate, TVA incorporates 

Environmental Justice into its 

environmental reviews, including the 

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Mitigation Measures 

Because BFN would continue 

operating within all applicable federal, 

state, and local regulations, and because 

no new construction or modifications to 

the facility is anticipated or planned 

during the proposed subsequent period 

of extended operations, no new 

mitigation measures would be required 

beyond those already implemented as a 

result of initial construction and 

operations. Should any construction or 

modification be anticipated or planned, 

TVA would follow all appropriate 

permitting requirements and 

environmental reviews would be 

pursued prior to deciding to pursue 

those projects. Best Management 

Practices would be implemented 

including those described in A Guide 

for Environmental Protection and Best 

Management Practices for Tennessee 

Valley Authority (TVA 2017b), 

stormwater pollution and Spill 

Prevention, Control, and 

Countermeasure (SPCC) plan, and other 

permit conditions 

• BFN also has an Integrated 

Pollution Prevention Plan that addresses 

storage, secondary containment, and 

inspections of fuel, hazardous materials, 

and chemicals like biocides. Attachment 

5 of the plan provides an inventory of 

all tanks, pumps, transformers, and 

other containers where these materials 

are used or stored, including the type of 

secondary containment for each. The 

secondary containment limits the 

potential for minor chemical spills to 

occur outside of containment areas. 

• The discharge of chemicals to 

surface water would be regulated by the 

conditions set forth in the NPDES 

permit. 

• Dredged material would be 

disposed of on land lying and being 

outside the 500-year floodplain in an 

onsite spoils area and above the 500- 

year flood elevation. 

• Water-use and water-dependent 

structures and facilities would be 

located within 100-year floodplains, and 

flood-damageable equipment and 

facilities would be located at a 

minimum outside 100-year floodplains, 

and Critical Actions would be located at 

a minimum outside 500-year 

floodplains. 

• All handling and disposal of nonradioactive and radioactive wastes 

would be in accordance with applicable 

rules, regulations and requirements of 

local, state, and federal laws. 

Timothy Rausch, 

Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear 

Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00817 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–0086] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Part 121 

Operating Requirements: Domestic, 

Flag, and Supplemental Operations 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The collection involves 

regulations that prescribe the 

requirements governing air carrier 

operations. The information collected is 

necessary to determine air operators’ 

compliance with the minimum safety 

standards and the applicants’ eligibility 

for air operations certification. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By mail: Sandra Ray, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AFS–260, 1187 Thorn 

Run Road, Suite 200, Coraopolis, PA 

15108. 

By fax: 412–239–3063. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra L. Ray by email at: Sandra.ray@

faa.gov; phone: 412–546–7344 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0008. 

Title: Part 121 Operating 

Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and 

Supplemental Operations. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: Under the authority of 

Title 49 CFR, Section 44701, Title 14 

CFR prescribes the terms, conditions, 

and limitations as are necessary to 

ensure safety in air transportation. Title 

14 CFR part 121 prescribes the 

requirements governing air carrier 

operations. The information collected is 

used to determine air operators’ 

compliance with the minimum safety 

standards and the applicants’ eligibility 

for air operations certification. Each 

operator which seeks to obtain or is in 

possession of an air carrier operating 

certificate, must comply with the 

requirements of part 121 which include 

maintaining data which is used to 

determine if the air carrier is operating 

in accordance with minimum safety 

standards. 

Respondents: 90 Part 121 Air Carriers. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Varies per response and 

requirement type. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,472,143 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 

2024. 

Sandra L. Ray, 

Aviation Safety Inspector, AFS–260. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00795 Filed 1–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2024–0002] 

Advisory Committee on Underride 

Protection; Notice of Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

announces multiple meetings of the 

Advisory Committee on Underride 

Protection (ACUP). This notice 

announces the date, time, and location 

of these meetings, which will be open 

the public. The purpose of ACUP is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Transportation on safety 

regulations to reduce underride crashes 

and fatalities relating to underride 

crashes. 

DATES: The four ACUP meetings will be 

held on February 8, March 13, April 24, 

and May 22, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. ET. Pre-registration is required 

to attend each online meeting. A link 


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