Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 / Notices 4655 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

In the event MARAD receives a 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

request for the information, procedures 

described in the Department’s FOIA 

regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be 

followed. Only information that is 

ultimately determined to be confidential 

under those procedures will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received into any 

of our 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.). For information on DOT’s 

compliance with the Privacy Act, please 

visit https://www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01316 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2023–0234] 

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 

Determination for a Foreign-Built 

Vessel: WHATEVER IT TAKES (Sail); 

Invitation for Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to issue coastwise 

endorsement eligibility determinations 

for foreign-built vessels which will carry 

no more than twelve passengers for hire. 

A request for such a determination has 

been received by MARAD. By this 

notice, MARAD seeks comments from 

interested parties as to any effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. Information about the 

requestor’s vessel, including a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2023–0234 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2023–0234 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility is in the West 

Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. The 

Docket Management Facility location 

address is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, MARAD–2023–0234, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except on 

Federal holidays. 

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 

comments, we recommend that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an email 

address, or a telephone number in the body 

of your document so that we can contact you 

if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

specific docket number. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, or to submit 

comments that are confidential in 

nature, see the section entitled Public 

Participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Hagerty, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W23–461, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

(202) 366–0903. Email: 

patricia.hagerty@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described in the application, the 

intended service of the vessel 

WHATEVER IT TAKES is: 

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

Requester intends to use boat for 

sailing trips. 

—Geographic Region Including Base of 

Operations: Florida, Georgia, South 

Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, 

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, 

Connecticut, Rhode Island, 

Massachusetts, Maine. Base of 

Operations: St. Petersburg, FL. 

—Vessel Length and Type: 99.97′ Sail. 

The complete application is available 

for review identified in the DOT docket 

as MARAD 2023–0234 at https://

www.regulations.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the employment of the vessel 

in the coastwise trade to carry no more 

than 12 passengers will have an unduly 

adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or 

a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, MARAD will not issue an 

approval of the vessel’s coastwise 

endorsement eligibility. Comments 

should refer to the vessel name, state the 

commenter’s interest in the application, 

and address the eligibility criteria given 

in section 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

Public Participation 

How do I submit comments? 

Please submit your comments, 

including the attachments, following the 

instructions provided under the above 

heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised 

that it may take a few hours or even 

days for your comment to be reflected 

on the docket. In addition, your 

comments must be written in English. 

We encourage you to provide concise 

comments and you may attach 

additional documents as necessary. 

There is no limit on the length of the 

attachments. 

Where do I go to read public comments, 

and find supporting information? 

Go to the docket online at https://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2023–0234 or visit the Docket 

Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for 

hours of operation). We recommend that 

you periodically check the Docket for 

new submissions and supporting 

material. 

Will my comments be made available to 

the public? 

Yes. Be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, will be made 

publicly available. 

May I submit comments confidentially? 

If you wish to submit comments 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit the information you 

claim to be confidential commercial 

information by email to SmallVessels@

dot.gov. Include in the email subject 

heading ‘‘Contains Confidential 

Commercial Information’’ or ‘‘Contains 

CCI’’ and state in your submission, with 

specificity, the basis for any such 

confidential claim highlighting or 

denoting the CCI portions. If possible, 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

In the event MARAD receives a 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

request for the information, procedures 

described in the Department’s FOIA 


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1Reporting Directive Regarding Incidents 

Involving Animals During Air Transport, 68 FR 

47,798 (August 11, 2003). 

2Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving 

Animals During Air Transport, 70 FR 7,392 

(February 14, 2005). 

3Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving 

Animals During Air Transport, 79 FR 37,938 (July 

3, 2014) (codified at 14 CFR part 235). 

regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be 

followed. Only information that is 

ultimately determined to be confidential 

under those procedures will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received into any 

of our 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.). For information on DOT’s 

compliance with the Privacy Act, please 

visit https://www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01317 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0211] 

RIN 2105–AE07 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB Agency 

Request for Renewal of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

Request: Reports by Air Carriers on 

Incidents Involving Animals During Air 

Transport 

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 (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces the 

Department’s intention to reinstate the 

previously approved information 

collection request (ICR) Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 2105–0552, ‘‘Reports by Air 

Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals 

During Air Transport.’’ The information 

collection involves requirements in the 

Code of Federal Regulations for carriers 

to file reports with DOT on the loss, 

injury, or death of animals during air 

transport. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received BY March 25, 2024. Late-filed 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may file comments 

identified by docket number DOT–OST– 

2010–0211 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2010–0211 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 can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received in any of our 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), or you may visit 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vinh Q. Nguyen, Office of the General 

Counsel, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, 202–366–9342 (Voice), 202–366– 

7152 (Fax), or vinh.nguyen@dot.gov 

(email). Arrangements to receive this 

document in an alternative format may 

be made by contacting the above-named 

individual. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Reports by Air Carriers on 

Incidents Involving Animals During Air 

Transport. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0552. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of 

Information Collection Request. 

Background: The Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century or ‘‘AIR–21’’ (Pub. L. 

106–181), which was signed into law on 

April 5, 2000, includes section 710, 

‘‘Reports by Carriers on Incidents 

Involving Animals During Air 

Transport.’’ This provision was codified 

as 49 U.S.C. 41721. The statute requires 

air carriers that provide scheduled 

passenger air transportation to submit 

monthly to the Secretary of 

Transportation a report on any incidents 

involving the loss, injury, or death of an 

animal (as defined by the Secretary of 

Transportation) during air transport 

provided by the air carrier. 

On August 11, 2003, DOT, through its 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

issued a final rule implementing section 

710 of AIR–21.1 The rule required air 

carriers that provide scheduled 

passenger air transportation to submit a 

report to APHIS on any incident 

involving the loss, injury, or death of an 

animal during air transportation 

provided by the air carrier. Due to issues 

regarding whether APHIS had the 

capability to accept such information 

directly from the carriers, DOT made a 

technical change in the rule on February 

14, 2005 to require air carriers to submit 

the required information directly to 

DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection 

Division (ACPD) rather than APHIS and 

to make the rule part of DOT’s economic 

regulations.2

On July 3, 2014, DOT published a 

final rule amending the requirement 

that air carriers file reports with DOT on 

the loss, injury, or death of animals 

during air transport.3 The rule (1) 

expanded the reporting requirement 

from the largest U.S. carriers (i.e., U.S. 

carriers that account for at least 1 

percent of domestic scheduled 

passenger revenue) to U.S. carriers that 

operate scheduled service with at least 

one aircraft with a design capacity of 

more than 60 seats; (2) expanded the 

definition of ‘‘animal’’ from only a pet 

in a family household to include all cats 

and dogs transported by covered 

carriers, regardless of whether the cat or 

dog is transported as a pet by its owner 

or as part of a commercial shipment 

(e.g., shipped by a breeder); (3) required 

covered carriers to file a calendar-year 

report in December, even if the carrier 

did not have any reportable incidents 

during the calendar year; (4) required 

covered carriers to provide in their 

December reports the total number of 

animals that were lost, injured, or died 

during air transport in the calendar year; 

and (5) required covered carriers to 

provide in their December reports the 

total number of animals transported in 


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