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1TTB regulations do require the disclosure of 

certain specified ingredients that the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) determined posed a 

recognized health problem. TTB regulations require 

labels to disclose the presence of FD&C Yellow No. 

5, cochineal extract or carmine, and sulfites (when 

present in alcohol beverages at a level of ten or 

Continued 

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 

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. 2024–01886 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

[Docket No. TTB–2024–0002; Notice No. 

232] 

Labeling and Advertising of Wine, 

Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages 

With Alcohol Content, Nutritional 

Information, Major Food Allergens, and 

Ingredients 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Announcement of listening 

sessions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB) is announcing 

virtual listening sessions to receive 

input from the public on labeling of 

wine, distilled spirits, and malt 

beverages to disclose per-serving 

alcohol and nutritional information, 

major food allergens, and/or ingredients. 

The Department of the Treasury’s 

February 2022 report on ‘‘Competition 

in the Markets for Beer, Wine, and 

Spirits’’ recommended that TTB revive 

or initiate rulemaking in these areas. 

These listening sessions are intended to 

engage the public, including consumers, 

public health stakeholders, and industry 

members of all sizes, and facilitate the 

public’s ability to provide input to 

inform rulemaking. This notice sets 

forth the dates and times of the virtual 

listening sessions and instructions for 

registration. It also opens a docket for 

submitting written comments on the 

issues to be discussed in the listening 

sessions. 

DATES: 

Listening sessions and requests to 

speak: The virtual listening sessions 

will be held February 28, 2024, from 10 

a.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time; 

and February 29, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. The 

deadline to register to virtually attend 

either session is 12 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, February 27, 2024. 

Submit requests to speak during one of 

the listening sessions by 12 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, on February 26, 

2024. If all registered speakers have had 

an opportunity to speak, the session 

may conclude early. 

Comment submissions: Written 

comments on this notice must be 

submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, March 29, 2024. For 

additional registration information, see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

ADDRESSES: Additional details, such as 

registration information, are available at 

https://www.ttb.gov/laws-regulationsand-public-guidance/listening-session. 

You may also electronically submit 

comments to TTB in response to this 

notice and view any comments TTB 

receives on it within Docket No. TTB– 

2024–0002, as posted at https://

www.regulations.gov. A direct link to 

this notice is available on the TTB 

website at https://www.ttb.gov/rrd/ 

miscellaneous-federal-registerdocuments. Alternatively, you may 

submit comments via postal mail to the 

Director, Regulations and Ruling 

Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 

12, Washington, DC 20005. Please see 

the Public Participation section of this 

document for further information on the 

comments requested and the 

submission, confidentiality, and public 

disclosure of comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curt 

Eilers, Regulations and Rulings 

Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 

12, Washington, DC 20005; telephone 

202–453–1039, ext. 041. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The purpose of this notice is to 

announce virtual listening sessions and 

the opening of a public docket to receive 

input from the public on labeling of 

wine, distilled spirits, and malt 

beverages with per-serving alcohol and 

nutritional information, major food 

allergens, and/or ingredients. The 

Department of the Treasury’s February 

2022 report on ‘‘Competition in the 

Markets for Beer, Wine, and Spirits’’ 

recommended that TTB revive or 

initiate rulemaking in these areas. These 

listening sessions are intended to engage 

the public, including consumers, public 

health stakeholders, and industry 

members of all sizes, in addition to 

those who may traditionally respond 

through the rulemaking process, and 

facilitate the public’s ability to provide 

input to inform rulemaking. 

The Federal Alcohol Administration 

Act (FAA Act), 27 U.S.C. 205(e)(2), 

authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury 

to prescribe regulations that will 

provide adequate information as to the 

identity and quality of alcohol 

beverages. The FAA Act does not 

require alcohol beverage labels to 

disclose a full list of ingredients,1 any 


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more parts per million). The regulations also 

require a warning statement when aspartame is 

present. See 27 CFR 4.32, 5.63, and 7.63. 

2Major food allergens include milk, eggs, fish, 

Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, 

soybeans, and sesame. See 21 U.S.C. 321(qq) and 

343(w). More information on major food allergens 

is available at https://www.fda.gov/food/foodlabeling-nutrition/food-allergies. 

3The report is available at https://

home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/CompetitionReport.pdf. 

major food allergens 2 used in the 

production of alcohol beverages, or 

nutritional information such as the 

number of calories or the amount of 

carbohydrate, protein, fat, or other 

nutrients. TTB and its predecessor 

agencies have published regulations on 

the labeling of wine, distilled spirits, 

and malt beverages in parts 4, 5, and 7, 

respectively, of chapter I of title 27 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (27 CFR 

chapter I). TTB also has provided 

standards for voluntary nutrient content 

statements (TTB Ruling 2013–2), 

standards for voluntary disclosures of 

major food allergens (27 CFR 4.32a– 

4.32b, 5.82–5.83, and 7.82–7.83), and 

requirements for alcohol content 

disclosures for most alcohol beverages 

(27 CFR 4.36, 5.65, and 7.65). TTB is 

now considering whether the disclosure 

of the information currently subject to 

voluntary standards should instead be 

required; whether required alcohol 

content disclosures should be expanded 

to a broader scope of beverages; and, if 

so, how the information should be 

presented. 

In 2005, TTB sought comments in an 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

on alcohol content, nutritional 

information, major food allergen, and 

ingredient labeling. See Notice No. 41 

(70 FR 22274, April 29, 2005). 

TTB is now seeking updated input 

regarding these topics. We are 

particularly interested in whether 

consumers will find such information 

useful, the costs and burdens associated 

with industry members providing that 

information, and alternate approaches 

for providing that information in a way 

that is both effective and appropriately 

balances the benefit to consumers with 

the costs and burdens on industry 

members. 

This action follows the Department of 

the Treasury’s report, issued on 

February 9, 2022, titled ‘‘Competition in 

the Markets for Beer, Wine and Spirits,’’ 

that included recommendations related 

to labeling alcohol beverages with 

nutrition, major food allergen, and 

ingredient information.3 The 

Department issued the report pursuant 

to Executive Order (E.O.) 14036, 

‘‘Promoting Competition in the 

American Economy.’’ Among other 

things, Treasury addressed text in E.O. 

14036 that asked the Department to 

review labeling regulations ‘‘that may 

unnecessarily inhibit competition by 

increasing costs without serving any 

public health, informational, or tax 

purpose.’’ The report found that 

‘‘[r]egulatory proposals that could serve 

public health and foster competition by 

providing information to consumers, 

such as mandatory allergen, nutrition, 

and ingredient labeling proposals, have 

not been implemented.’’ The report 

contains several recommendations, 

including that ‘‘TTB should revive or 

initiate rulemaking proposing ingredient 

labeling and mandatory information on 

alcohol content, nutritional content, and 

appropriate serving sizes.’’ 

Further, in April 2023, the President 

signed Executive Order 14094, 

‘‘Modernizing Regulatory Review,’’ 

encouraging agencies to provide 

opportunities for public participation in 

regulatory actions to promote equitable 

and meaningful participation by a range 

of interested or affected parties, 

including underserved communities. 

The Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance for implementing E.O. 14094 

encourages Federal agencies to solicit 

comments in non-written formats, such 

as live webinars or audio recordings, to 

encourage participation from members 

of the public who might not otherwise 

participate in the regulatory process and 

to use virtual listening sessions to reach 

people who may be unable to attend inperson sessions. The guidance also 

provides that listening sessions are most 

appropriate before a proposed rule. 

II. Topics for Comment 

To facilitate input from the public, 

including individual consumers, 

consumer and other public interest 

groups, public health stakeholders, 

affected industry members of all sizes, 

and any other interested parties, TTB 

has developed the following list of 

questions. TTB encourages commenters 

to explain the rationale behind their 

comments and to include any available 

supporting data and other information, 

as appropriate. 

1. Do consumers believe that they are 

adequately informed by the information 

currently provided on alcohol beverage 

labels? 

2. Is alcohol content per serving, and 

nutritional information (such as 

calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat) 

per serving important for consumers in 

deciding whether to purchase or 

consume a particular alcohol beverage? 

Would a full list of ingredients, and/or 

major food allergens, be important 

information for consumers in making 

their purchasing or consumption 

decisions? In what ways would this 

information be useful, and in what ways 

could it be misleading? Is some of this 

information more important than 

others? 

3. What types of per-serving 

nutritional information, such as 

calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat, 

should be included? 

4. Would requiring this information 

on labels be expected to increase the 

cost of the products and, if so, by how 

much? To what extent are businesses 

already following voluntary guidelines 

for this information? Are there 

alternative ways of providing the 

information, for example by allowing 

information to be provided through a 

website using a quick response code 

(QR code) or website address on the 

label? 

5. How would any new mandatory 

labeling requirements particularly affect 

small businesses and new businesses 

entering the marketplace? 

III. Public Participation 

As the intent of the public listening 

sessions is to allow the general public 

to provide input to TTB on aspects of 

potential approaches to labeling of 

wine, distilled spirits, and malt 

beverages with alcohol content, 

nutritional information, major food 

allergens, and/or ingredients, the 

sessions have been designed to facilitate 

one-way communications. Outside of 

introductory and logistical remarks, 

TTB will not be providing substantive 

information on the topic or responding 

to comments during the public listening 

sessions. Attendance at the listening 

sessions will be capped depending on 

webinar capacity limitations. 

Registration to attend virtual listening 

sessions. TTB will hold virtual listening 

sessions on February 28, 2024, from 10 

a.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

and on February 29, 2024, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. To 

register for either of the free virtual 

listening sessions, please visit the 

following website: https://www.ttb.gov/ 

laws-regulations-and-public-guidance/ 

listening-session. You may register until 

12 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on 

February 27, 2024. Live closed 

captioning will be available during the 

listening sessions. TTB is committed to 

ensuring all participants have equal 

access to the session regardless of 

disability status. If you require 

reasonable accommodation due to a 

disability to fully participate, please 

contact TTB at Outreach@ttb.gov or 

202–508–0271 as soon as possible but 

no later than 5 days in advance of the 

session you wish to attend. 


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TTB reserves the right to reschedule 

or cancel the session for any reason, 

including a health emergency or severe 

weather that impacts the ability of TTB 

to conduct the session safely and 

effectively at the proposed date and 

time. Any changes or updates to the 

date or start and end time for the session 

will be posted on https://www.ttb.gov/ 

laws-regulations-and-public-guidance/ 

listening-session. 

Requests to speak. When you register, 

you may indicate whether you wish to 

speak and during which session. You 

must submit such requests by 12 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, on February 26, 

2024. We will attempt to accommodate 

each speaker’s session preference; 

however, if we are unable to do so, we 

will make the determination on a firstcome, first-served basis, based on the 

time and date of the registration request. 

TTB will notify speakers of the order 

in which they are scheduled to speak 

and provide information on how to log 

in to the session as a speaker. An 

individual may speak during only one 

of the sessions (i.e., either on February 

28, 2024, or on February 29, 2024, but 

not both). TTB reserves the right to 

reject the registration of an entity, 

individual, or individual affiliated with 

an entity, that is already scheduled to 

present comments, to ensure that a 

broad range of entities and individuals 

are able to present. We will limit each 

participant’s comments to 5 minutes. 

No presentation, or commercial or 

promotional material, will be permitted 

to be displayed during the listening 

sessions. 

Streaming webcast of the listening 

sessions: The listening sessions will be 

webcast. Please register online as 

described above to attend or to request 

to speak. Registrants will receive a 

hyperlink that provides access to the 

webcast. 

Transcripts: As soon as transcripts of 

the listening sessions are available, they 

will be placed in Docket No. TTB–2024– 

0002 and will be accessible at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting comments: You may 

submit comments as an individual or on 

behalf of a business or other 

organization via the Regulations.gov 

website or via postal mail, as described 

in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. Your comment must 

reference Docket No. TTB–2024–0002 

and must be submitted or postmarked 

by the closing date shown in the DATES

section of this document. You may 

upload or include attachments with 

your comment. You do not have to 

register to speak in order to submit 

written comments on this docket. 

Confidentiality and Disclosure of 

Comments: All submitted comments 

and attachments are subject to public 

disclosure. Do not enclose any material 

in your comments that you consider 

confidential or that would be 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

TTB will post, and you may view, 

copies of this document and any 

comments TTB receives within the 

related Regulations.gov docket. In 

general, TTB will post comments as 

submitted, and it will not redact any 

identifying or contact information from 

the body of a comment or attachment. 

Please contact TTB’s Regulations and 

Rulings Division by email using the web 

form available at https://www.ttb.gov/ 

contact-rrd, or by telephone at 202–453– 

2265, if you have any questions 

regarding comments on this proposal or 

to request copies of this document, its 

supporting materials, or the comments 

received in response. 

TTB notes, the public meeting is 

being held solely for information and 

program-planning purposes. Input 

provided during the public meeting 

does not bind TTB to any further action. 

Signed: January 25, 2024. 

Mary G. Ryan, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01855 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Funds Availability 

ACTION: Technical correction to the 

maximum TA award amount cited in 

the Executive Summary of the NOFA. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI– 

2024–NACA. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.012. 

Executive Summary: On December 11, 

2023, the Community Development 

Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) 

published a Notice of Funds 

Availability (NOFA) inviting 

Applications for Financial Assistance 

(FA) or Technical Assistance (TA) 

awards under the Native American CDFI 

Assistance (NACA Program) fiscal year 

(FY) 2024 Funding Round. The CDFI 

Fund is issuing this notice to correct the 

maximum TA award amount cited in 

the Executive Summary of the NOFA. 

In the Federal Register/Vol. 88, No. 

236/Monday, December 11, 2023/ 

Notices. On page 85995, in the third 

column, the following sentence of the 

Executive Summary: ‘‘(ii) TA awards of 

up to $300,000 to build Certified, and 

Emerging CDFIs’ organizational capacity 

to serve Eligible Markets and/or their 

Target Markets, and Sponsoring Entities’ 

ability to create Certified CDFIs that 

serve Native Communities’’ is corrected 

to read: ‘‘(ii) TA awards of up to 

$400,000 to build Certified, and 

Emerging CDFIs’ organizational capacity 

to serve Eligible Markets and/or their 

Target Markets, and Sponsoring Entities’ 

ability to create Certified CDFIs that 

serve Native Communities.’’ 

All other award amount information 

shall remain in accordance with the 

NOFA published on December 11, 2023. 

I. Agency Contacts 

A. General Information and CDFI Fund 

Support 

The CDFI Fund will respond to 

questions concerning the NOFA and the 

Application between the hours of 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

starting on the date that the NOFA was 

published through the dates listed in 

this notice. The CDFI Fund strongly 

recommends Applicants submit 

questions to the CDFI Fund via an AMIS 

service request to the NACA Program, 

Office of Certification Policy and 

Evaluation, the Office of Compliance 

Monitoring and Evaluation, or IT Help 

Desk. Other information regarding the 

CDFI Fund and its programs may be 

obtained from the CDFI Fund’s website 

at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 

B. The CDFI Fund’s Contact Information 

is as Follows: 

TABLE A—CONTACT INFORMATION

Type of question Preferred method Telephone number 

(not toll free) Email addresses 

NACA Program Questions ............. Service Request via AMIS ........... 202–653–0421, Option 1 .............. cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov. 

CDFI Certification .......................... Service Request via AMIS ........... 202–653–0423 .............................. ccme@cdfi.treas.gov. 

Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation.Service Request via AMIS ........... 202–653–0423 .............................. ccme@cdfi.treas.gov. 


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