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for Cost Allocation Plans or Indirect 

Cost Rate Proposals as well as for the 

election of the de minimis indirect cost 

rate. 

• The subsection on ‘‘Single Audits’’ 

has been updated with additional 

information on the resolution of audit 

findings, including provisions for FTA 

technical advice and counsel. 

G. Appendices 

FTA proposes revisions to the 

organization of the various appendices 

in this circular and the three program 

circulars it would supersede upon 

becoming final. Appendices have been 

moved, relabeled, updated, or removed. 

The revised structure of the appendices 

and an overview of major updates is 

included below: 

• Appendix A: Required Prerequisite 

Documentation 

Æ This appendix was added to 

capture guidance for key documents 

recipients must certify before receiving 

awards. 

• Appendix B: Award Development 

Æ This appendix was added as a 

compilation of guidance previously 

provided across the program circulars. 

Appendix B is designed to provide 

instruction for preparing an FTA 

application, developing an award 

budget, and information regarding an 

approved award budget. The appendix 

covers topics during the pre-application 

stage, at application submission, for 

developing an award budget, executing 

award approvals, a recommended 

application checklist, and examples 

related to award management. 

• Appendix C: Post-Award 

Modification 

Æ This appendix was added as a 

compilation of guidance previously 

provided across the program circulars. 

Appendix C has clarifications for 

common post-award changes. Postaward changes are primarily made 

through a revision to the award budget, 

an ‘‘administrative’’ amendment, or an 

amendment. The appendix provides 

enhanced guidance on the requirements 

for prior approval from FTA and more 

information on when either a budget 

revision, administrative amendment, or 

amendment is appropriate. 

• Appendix D: Real Estate Acquisition 

Management Plan 

Æ The updates include minor 

reorganization of information to clarify 

elements of a Real Estate Acquisition 

Management Plan. 

• Appendix F: Rolling Stock Status 

Report 

Æ Updates have been made to the list 

of elements included in the Rolling 

Stock Status Report to better align with 

requirements listed in the body of 

Chapter IV. FTA proposes minor edits to 

reflect changes made to the subsection 

‘‘Replacements at the End of the 

Minimum Useful Life.’’ 

• Appendix G: Equipment Disposition 

Scenarios 

Æ The appendix has been added to 

consolidate the equipment disposition 

scenarios previously provided within 

the body of this circular and the 

circulars that would be superseded by 

this circular. 

• Appendix H: Cost Allocation Plans 

Æ Clarifications have been made to 

the Submission Requirements 

subsection to incorporate 2 CFR part 

200 reference. 

Æ A section ‘‘Cost Allocation Plan 

Review and Approval’’ has been added 

which consolidates the requirements for 

recipients to submit their Cost 

Allocation Plan for review and 

approval. 

• Appendix I: Indirect Cost Rate 

Proposals 

Æ Clarifying edits have been made 

throughout to enhance guidance 

surrounding the requirements for 

preparation, submission, and FTA 

approval of Indirect Cost Rate Proposals. 

Æ References to applicable 2 CFR part 

200 requirements have been 

incorporated. 

Æ Cost Allocation Plan information 

has been moved incorporated into 

Appendix H. 

Closing 

After a review and consideration of 

the comments provided on the updates 

proposed, FTA will publish the updated 

Award Management Requirements 

circular (C 5010.1) on its website. On 

October 5, 2023, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal 

Register to revise 2 CFR part 200 and 

other OMB guidance for grants and 

agreements (88 FR 69390). FTA intends 

to incorporate any changes in 2 CFR 

part 200 to the extent OMB issues the 

final rule before FTA publishes the 

updated circular. 

Nuria I. Fernandez, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03044 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0070] 

Joint Application of Delta Air Lines, 

Inc. and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de 

C.V. for Approval of and Antitrust 

Immunity for Alliance Agreements 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of order to show cause 

and order extending comment period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Transportation is required to give 

notice in the Federal Register that it has 

issued an Order to Show Cause 

tentatively dismissing without prejudice 

the application of Delta Air Lines 

(‘‘Delta’’) and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. 

(‘‘Aeromexico’’) (collectively the ‘‘Joint 

Applicants’’) to renew the Department’s 

approval and grant of antitrust 

immunity (‘‘ATI’’) for their Joint 

Cooperation Agreement (‘‘JCA’’) and 

alliance agreements. Subsequently, 

upon motion of the Joint Applicants, the 

Department issued an Order extending 

the comment period. Interested 

stakeholders are invited to submit 

comments on the tentative decision. 

DATES: Objections or comments to the 

Department’s tentative findings and 

conclusions were initially due no later 

than 14 calendar days from the service 

date of the Order (i.e., February 9, 2024), 

and answers to objections were to be 

due no later than seven (7) business 

days thereafter (i.e., February 21, 2024). 

In a subsequent motion, the Joint 

Applicants petitioned for an extension 

of the comment period. The Department 

partially granted the request; objections 

or comments to the Department’s 

tentative findings are now due no later 

than February 23, 2024, and answers to 

objections are now due no later than 

March 5, 2024. If no objections are filed, 

all further procedural steps shall be 

deemed waived, and we may enter an 

order making final our tentative findings 

and conclusions. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by docket number DOT–OST– 

2015–0070, via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for sending 

comments. In addition, comments must 

be properly served on all interested 

parties in accordance with the 

Department’s procedural regulations (14 

CFR part 302). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Horner, Transportation Industry 


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1https://occ.gov/topics/supervision-andexamination/bank-management/mutual-savingsassociations/mutual-savings-association-advisorycommittee.html. 

Analyst, Office of Aviation Analysis, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, 

DC 20590; telephone (202) 366–5903; 

email jason.horner@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 14 CFR 

303.43 requires that ‘‘[n]otice to the 

public of any . . . order to show cause 

concerning an application shall be made 

by publication in the Federal Register.’’ 

Accordingly, through this Federal 

Register Notice, the Department gives 

‘‘notice to the public’’ that on January 

26, 2024, the Department issued an 

Order to Show Cause (Order 2024–1–17, 

‘‘Show Cause Order’’) tentatively 

dismissing without prejudice the 

application of Delta and Aeromexico to 

renew the Department’s approval and 

grant of antitrust immunity (‘‘ATI’’) for 

their Joint Cooperation Agreement. On 

January 29, 2024, the Joint Applicants 

petitioned the Department for additional 

time for objections and comments to the 

Show Cause Order. On February 7, 

2024, the Department issued an Order 

Extending Comment Period (Order 

2024–2–6, ‘‘Order Extending Comment 

Period’’) by two weeks. 

The Show Cause Order and the Order 

Extending Comment Period have both 

been posted in docket DOT–OST–2015– 

0070 at www.regulations.gov. The Show 

Cause Order directs all interested 

persons to show cause why we should 

not issue an order making final our 

tentative findings and conclusions 

discussed therein. Objections or 

comments to our tentative findings and 

conclusions shall now, pursuant to the 

Joint Applicant’s motion and a 

subsequent Order by the Department, be 

due no later than 28 calendar days from 

the service date of the Order (i.e., 

February 23, 2024), and answers to 

objections shall be due no later than 

seven (7) business days thereafter (i.e., 

March 5, 2024). If no objections are 

filed, all further procedural steps shall 

be deemed waived, and we may enter an 

order making final our tentative findings 

and conclusions. 

Dated: February 8, 2024. 

Todd Homan, 

Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02976 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

[Docket ID OCC–OCC–2024–0003 ] 

Mutual Savings Association Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal advisory 

committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The OCC announces a 

meeting of the Mutual Savings 

Association Advisory Committee 

(MSAAC). 

DATES: A public meeting of the MSAAC 

will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 

beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern standard 

time (EST). The meeting will be in 

person and virtual. 

ADDRESSES: The OCC will host the 

March 5, 2024, meeting of the MSAAC 

at the OCC’s offices at 400 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20219 and 

virtually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael R. Brickman, Deputy 

Comptroller for Specialty Supervision, 

(202) 649–5420, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 

Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. You 

also may access prior MSAAC meeting 

materials on the MSAAC page of the 

OCC’s website.1

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (the Act), 5 U.S.C. 1001 

et seq., and the regulations 

implementing the Act at 41 CFR part 

102–3, the OCC is announcing that the 

MSAAC will convene a meeting on 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The meeting is 

open to the public and will begin at 8:30 

a.m. EST. The purpose of the meeting is 

for the MSAAC to advise the OCC on 

regulatory or other changes the OCC 

may make to ensure the health and 

viability of mutual savings associations. 

The agenda includes a discussion of 

current regulatory and policy topics of 

interest to the industry, for example, 

updates on economic trends affecting 

mutual savings associations and the 

implementation of rules and policies 

that affect the operations and consumer 

compliance activities of mutual savings 

associations. The agenda also includes a 

Roundtable discussion with MSAAC 

members and OCC staff. 

Members of the public may submit 

written statements to the MSAAC. The 

OCC must receive written statements no 

later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, 

February 29, 2024. Members of the 

public may submit written statements to 

MSAAC@occ.treas.gov. 

Members of the public who plan to 

attend the meeting should contact the 

OCC by 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, 

February 29, 2024, to inform the OCC of 

their desire to attend the meeting and 

whether they will attend in person or 

virtually, and to obtain information 

about participating in the meeting. 

Members of the public may contact the 

OCC via email at MSAAC@

OCC.treas.gov or by telephone at (202) 

649–5420. Attendees should provide 

their full name, email address, and 

organization, if any. For persons who 

are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability, please dial 7–1–1 to 

arrange telecommunications relay 

services for this meeting. 

Michael J. Hsu, 

Acting Comptroller of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03009 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Preparer Hardship Waiver 

Request and Preparer Explanation for 

Not Filing Electronically 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning preparer hardship waiver 

request and preparer explanation for not 

filing electronically. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 15, 2024 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. 

Include OMB control number 1545– 

2200 or Preparer Hardship Waiver 


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