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Secretarys-Office@sec.gov and serving 

the Applicants with a copy of the 

request by email, if an email address is 

listed for the relevant Applicant below, 

or personally or by mail, if a physical 

address is listed for the relevant 

Applicant below. Hearing requests 

should be received by the Commission 

by 5:30 p.m. on February 26, 2024, and 

should be accompanied by proof of 

service on applicants, in the form of an 

affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of 

service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the 

Act, hearing requests should state the 

nature of the writer’s interest, any facts 

bearing upon the desirability of a 

hearing on the matter, the reason for the 

request, and the issues contested. 

Persons who wish to be notified of a 

hearing may request notification by 

emailing the Commission’s Secretary at 

Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. 

ADDRESSES: The Commission: 

Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants: 

Shailini Rao, Diameter Capital Partners 

LP, at srao@diametercap.com; and Rajib 

Chanda, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 

LLP, Rajib.Chanda@stblaw.com; and 

Steven Grigoriou, Simpson Thacher & 

Bartlett LLP, Steven.Grigoriou@

stblaw.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Evenson, Senior Counsel, or 

Terri Jordan, Branch Chief, at (202) 551– 

6825 (Division of Investment 

Management, Chief Counsel’s Office). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

Applicants’ representations, legal 

analysis, and conditions, please refer to 

Applicants’ amended and restated 

application, dated October 30, 2023, 

which may be obtained via the 

Commission’s website by searching for 

the file number at the top of this 

document, or for an Applicant using the 

Company name search field, on the 

SEC’s EDGAR system. 

The SEC’s EDGAR system may be 

searched at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/ 

searchedgar/legacy/ 

companysearch.html. You may also call 

the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 

(202) 551–8090. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, under delegated 

authority. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. 526 (Sub-No. 19)] 

Notice of Railroad-Shipper 

Transportation Advisory Council 

Vacancy 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board 

(Board). 

ACTION: Notice of vacancy on the 

Railroad-Shipper Transportation 

Advisory Council (RSTAC) and 

solicitation of nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Board hereby gives notice 

of a vacancy on RSTAC for a large 

railroad representative. The Board seeks 

nominations for candidates to fill this 

vacancy. 

DATES: Nominations are due on March 

7, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations may be 

submitted via e-filing on the Board’s 

website at www.stb.gov. Submissions 

will be posted to the Board’s website 

under Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 19). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabriel Meyer at (202) 245–0150. If you 

require an accommodation under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

call (202) 240–0245 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board, created in 1996 to take over 

many of the functions previously 

performed by the Interstate Commerce 

Commission, exercises broad authority 

over transportation by rail carriers, 

including regulation of railroad rates 

and service (49 U.S.C. 10701–47, 

11101–24), the construction, 

acquisition, operation, and 

abandonment of rail lines (49 U.S.C. 

10901–07), as well as railroad line sales, 

consolidations, mergers, and common 

control arrangements (49 U.S.C. 10902, 

11323–27). 

The ICC Termination Act of 1995 

(ICCTA), enacted on December 29, 1995, 

established RSTAC to advise the Board’s 

Chair; the Secretary of Transportation; 

the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation of the Senate; and 

the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives with respect to rail 

transportation policy issues RSTAC 

considers significant. RSTAC focuses on 

issues of importance to small shippers 

and small railroads, including car 

supply, rates, competition, and 

procedures for addressing claims. 

ICCTA instructs RSTAC to endeavor to 

develop private sector mechanisms to 

prevent, or identify and address, 

obstacles to the most effective and 

efficient transportation system 

practicable. The members of RSTAC 

also prepare an annual report 

concerning RSTAC’s activities. RSTAC 

is not subject to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

RSTAC’s 15 appointed members 

consist of representatives of small and 

large shippers, and small and large 

railroads. These members are appointed 

by the Chair. In addition, members of 

the Board and the Secretary of 

Transportation serve as ex officio 

members. Of the 15 appointed members, 

nine are voting members and are 

appointed from senior executive officers 

of organizations engaged in the railroad 

and rail shipping industries. At least 

four of the voting members must be 

representatives of small shippers as 

determined by the Chair, and at least 

four of the voting members must be 

representatives of Class II or III 

railroads. The remaining voting member 

has traditionally been an at-large 

representative. The other six members— 

three representing Class I railroads and 

three representing large shipper 

organizations—serve in a nonvoting, 

advisory capacity, but may participate 

in RSTAC deliberations. 

Meetings of RSTAC are required by 

statute to be held at least semi-annually. 

RSTAC typically holds meetings 

quarterly at the Board’s headquarters in 

Washington, DC, although some 

meetings are held virtually or in other 

locations. 

The members of RSTAC receive no 

compensation for their services and are 

required to provide for the expenses 

incidental to their service, including 

travel expenses. Currently, RSTAC 

members have elected to submit annual 

dues to pay for RSTAC expenses. 

RSTAC members must be citizens of 

the United States and represent as 

broadly as practicable the various 

segments of the railroad and rail shipper 

industries. They may not be full-time 

employees of the United States 

Government. According to revised 

guidance issued by the Office of 

Management and Budget, it is 

permissible for federally registered 

lobbyists to serve on advisory 

committees, such as RSTAC, as long as 

they do so in a representative capacity, 

rather than an individual capacity. See 

Revised Guidance on Appointment of 

Lobbyists to Fed. Advisory Comms., 

Bds., & Comm’ns, 79 FR 47,482 (Aug. 

13, 2014). Members of RSTAC are 

appointed to serve in a representative 

capacity. 

Each RSTAC member is appointed for 

a term of three years. No member will 

be eligible to serve in excess of two 

consecutive terms. However, a member 

may serve after the expiration of his or 

her term until a successor has taken 

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Due to the expiration of an RSTAC 

member’s term, a vacancy exists for a 

large railroad representative. 

Nominations for candidates to fill the 

vacancy should be submitted in letter 

form, identifying the name of the 

candidate, providing a summary of why 

the candidate is qualified to serve on 

RSTAC, and containing representations 

that the candidate is willing to serve as 

an RSTAC member effective 

immediately upon appointment. 

Candidates may nominate themselves. 

The Chair is committed to having a 

committee reflecting diverse 

communities and viewpoints and 

strongly encourages the nomination of 

candidates from diverse backgrounds. 

RSTAC candidate nominations should 

be filed with the Board by March 7, 

2024. Members selected to serve on 

RSTAC are chosen at the discretion of 

the Board’s Chair. 

Please note that submissions will be 

posted on the Board’s website under 

Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 19) and can 

also be obtained by contacting the Office 

of Public Assistance, Governmental 

Affairs, and Compliance at RCPA@

stb.gov or (202) 245–0238. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1325. 

Decided: February 1, 2024. 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02368 Filed 2–5–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0007] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for a Proposed Highway 

Project; Parsons, Tucker County, WV 

to Davis, Tucker County, WV 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, in coordination 

with the West Virginia Division of 

Highways (WVDOH) is issuing this 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to solicit 

comments and advise the public, 

agencies, and stakeholders that they 

intend to prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

for the Supplemental Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SFEIS) (FHWA–WV–EIS–92–01–SD) 

for the 9-mile Appalachian Highway 

Corridor H Parsons to Davis Project in 

Tucker County, West Virginia. Persons 

and agencies who may be interested in 

or affected by the proposed project are 

encouraged to comment on the 

information in this NOI and the NOI 

Supplementary Information Document. 

All comments received in response to 

this NOI will be considered and any 

information presented herein may be 

revised in consideration of the 

comments. 

DATES: Comments on this NOI or the 

NOI Supplementary Documentation 

must be received by March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: This NOI and the NOI 

Supplementary Information document 

are available in the docket referenced 

above at www.regulations.gov and on 

the project website located at https://

transportation.wv.gov/highways/ 

engineering/comment/Pages/ 

default.aspx. The NOI and the NOI 

Supplementary Documentation will also 

be mailed upon request. All interested 

parties are invited to submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Online Submission: Submission of 

comments through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal located at 

www.regulations.gov or the project 

website located at https://

transportation.wv.gov/highways/ 

engineering/comment/ 

CorridorHParsonsToDavis; 

• Physical Delivery to the following 

mailing address: FHWA West Virginia 

Division, 300 Virginia Street East, Suite 

7400, Charleston, WV 25301; and 

• Project website https://

transportation.wv.gov/highways/ 

engineering/comment/ 

CorridorHParsonsToDavis. 

All submissions should include the 

agency name and the docket number 

that appears in the heading of this 

Notice. All comments received will be 

posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. The 

Draft SEIS will include a summary of 

the comments received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to request 

addition to the project mailing list, 

contact Jason Workman, Director of 

Project Development, FHWA WV 

Division, 300 Virginia Street East, Suite 

7400, Charleston, WV 25301 or Travis 

Long, Director, Technical Support 

Division, WV Division of Highways, 

1334 Smith Street, Charleston, WV 

25301. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, as the lead Federal Agency, and 

WVDOH as joint lead agency/project 

sponsor, are preparing a SEIS to 

evaluate environmental impacts of the 

construction of a new highway on new 

alignment between Parsons, WV and 

Davis, WV. The SEIS will be prepared 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 United 

States Code [U.S.C.] 4321, et seq.); 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA 

(40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

1500–1508); FHWA regulations 

implementing NEPA (23 CFR 771.101– 

771.139); and applicable Federal, State, 

and local laws and regulations. The 

SEIS will follow the same format as the 

original EIS (i.e., draft, final, record of 

decision [ROD]). Likewise, the SEIS 

process will continue to follow the 

integrated NEPA/404 process outlined 

in the 1994 Alignment Selection Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 1996 

FEIS, and 2007 SFEIS. The 1996 FEIS, 

2007 SFEIS, Alignment Resource 

Location Plans, and prior final NEPA 

documents relevant to this project will 

be available on the project website: 

https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/ 

major-projects/Corridor-H/route/Pages/ 

Parsons-to-Davis.aspx. Completion of 

the Supplemental Final Environmental 

Impact Statement and Amended ROD is 

anticipated in December of 2024. 

The most recent NEPA document for 

the Parsons to Davis Project was a 

Supplemental Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (SFEIS) approved by 

FHWA on February 2, 2007 (FHWA– 

WV–EIS–92–01–SD). The 2007 SFEIS 

identified a modified Original Preferred 

Alternative (OPA) termed the Revised 

Original Preferred Alternative (ROPA) 

as the preferred alternative. Following 

FHWA approval and circulation of the 

2007 SFEIS, an Amended ROD was not 

issued, and the proposed project was 

put on hold due to lack of funding. 

Project Re-Initiation 

The WVDOH re-initiated the Parsons 

to Davis Project with two public 

outreach workshops (August 20, 2019, 

and September 12, 2022) held in the 

project area. The WVDOH also initiated 

consultation with the United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service (USFWS), United 

States Forest Service (USFS), United 

States Department of Agriculture 

Natural Resources and Conservation 

Service (USDA NRCS), United States 

Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE), 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (USEPA), West Virginia 

Department of Natural Resources 

(WVDNR), West Virginia State Historic 

Preservation Office (WVSHPO), and 


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