Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices 10147 

1On September 28, 2023, the Board granted PAS’ 

petition to waive the requirement under 49 CFR 

1180.4(g) that a verified notice be filed at least 30 

days before the transaction is consummated and 

allowed the exemption to take effect immediately. 

homepage at the following link: https:// 

www.ssa.gov/sci/. 

Chad Poist, 

Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance, 

and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02850 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12328] 

Notice of Shipping Coordinating 

Committee Meeting in Preparation for 

International Maritime Organization 

(IMO) Marine Environmental Protection 

Committee (MEPC) 81 Meeting 

The Department of State will conduct 

a public meeting at 11 a.m. on 

Thursday, March 7, 2024, both inperson at Coast Guard Headquarters in 

Washington DC, and via teleconference. 

The primary purpose of the meeting is 

to prepare for the eighty-first session of 

the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Marine 

Environment Protection Committee 

(MEPC 81) to be held in London, United 

Kingdom, from Monday, March 18, 

2024, to Friday, March 22, 2024. 

Members of the public may 

participate up to the capacity of the 

teleconference line, which will handle 

500 participants, or up to the seating 

capacity of the room if attending inperson. 

The agenda items to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda 

—Decisions of other bodies 

—Consideration and adoption of 

amendments to mandatory 

instruments 

—Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast 

water 

—Air pollution prevention 

—Energy efficiency of ships 

—Reduction of GHG emissions from 

ships 

—Follow-up work emanating from the 

Action Plan to address marine plastic 

litter from ships 

—Pollution prevention and response 

—Report of other sub-committees 

—Identification and protection of 

Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs 

—Technical cooperation activities for 

the protection of the marine 

environment 13 

—Application of the Committees’ 

method of work 

—Work programme of the Committee 

and subsidiary bodies 

—Any other business 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee 

Please note: The IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the MEPC 81 agenda to 

accommodate any constraints associated 

with the meeting. Although no changes 

to the agenda are anticipated, if any are 

necessary, they will be provided to 

those who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate should 

contact the meeting coordinator, LT 

Emily K. Rowan at emily.k.rowan@

uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1376, or 

in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 

20593–7509 no later than February 29, 

2024, 7 days prior to the meeting. 

Requests made after February 29, 2024, 

might not be able to be accommodated. 

The meeting coordinator will provide 

the teleconference information, facilitate 

the building security process, and 

requests for reasonable accommodation. 

Please note that due to security 

considerations, two valid, government 

issued photo identifications must be 

presented to gain entrance to the 

Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth’s. 

This building is accessible by taxi, 

public transportation, and privately 

owned conveyance (upon advanced 

request). 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ 

IMO. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) 

Leslie W. Hunt, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02925 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36726] 

Pan Am Southern LLC—Temporary 

Overhead Trackage Rights—Boston 

and Maine Corporation and Springfield 

Terminal Railway Corporation 

On February 2, 2024, Pan Am 

Southern LLC (PAS) filed a request 

under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for an 

additional extension of the temporary 

overhead trackage rights previously 

granted in this docket over a line owned 

by the Boston and Maine Corporation 

(B&M) and leased and operated by 

Springfield Terminal Railway Company 

(ST). That line generally extends 

between PAS’s existing connection to 

B&M/ST’s tracks at Engineering Station 

215+89 at CPF 312 outside Ayer, Mass., 

and Engineering Station 225+00 outside 

Ayer, for a total distance of 

approximately 1,000 feet (the Line). 

PAS was authorized to acquire these 

trackage rights over the Line by notice 

of exemption served and published in 

the Federal Register on September 28, 

2023 (88 FR 66928).1 By decision served 

in this docket on December 5, 2023, and 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 8, 2023 (88 FR 85717), the 

trackage rights were extended until 

February 5, 2024. The purpose of the 

trackage rights is to provide the 

necessary head and tail room to 

reposition locomotives while PAS 

procures and installs a ‘‘cross-over’’ to 

address a lack of space on the Line. 

Under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8), the 

parties may, prior to the expiration of 

the temporary trackage rights, file a 

request for a renewal of the temporary 

rights for an additional period of up to 

one year, including the reasons for the 

extension. PAS states the initial 

construction schedule continues to be 

delayed, and the parties wish to extend 

the temporary overhead trackage rights 

until September 1, 2024, so that PAS 

can continue to provide service while 

construction is being completed. 

According to PAS, the parties have 

agreed to the extension and are working 

to finalize the paperwork. PAS states 

that it will file a copy of the amendment 

to the temporary trackage rights 

agreement with the Board once it is 

executed. 

In accordance with 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8), PAS’s temporary trackage 

rights over the Line will be extended 

and will expire on September 1, 2024. 

The employee protective conditions 

imposed in the September 28, 2023 

notice remain in effect. Notice of the 

extension will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

It is ordered: 

1. PAS’s temporary trackage rights are 

extended and will expire on September 

1, 2024. 

2. Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

3. This decision is effective on its 

service date. 

Decided: February 8, 2024. 

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

of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02927 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1