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DATES: Please submit comments by 

March 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0013 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miranda Sim, 202–366–0756 or Beatriz 

Hernandez, 202–366–3126, Office of 

Budget and Finance, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

December 26, 2023 (88 FR 89006). 

Title: Funds Transfers to Other 

Agencies and Among Title 23 Programs. 

OMB Control: 2125–0620. 

Background: The Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public 

Law 117–58, continues the ability of 

States to transfer highway funds to other 

States and agencies and among 

programs/projects. These authorities are 

codified in sections 104 and 126 of title 

23, United States Code, as amended by 

the IIJA. Transferability under the IIJA 

is generally similar to that allowed 

under previous authorization acts such 

as the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation (FAST) Act, Moving 

Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 

Act (MAP–21), and the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). This notice 

establishes requirements for initiating 

the transfer of apportioned funds (funds 

distributed among States and programs 

by statutory formula) to carry out these 

provisions of law. The types of transfers 

affected by this notice are: 

a. Transfer of funds from a State to the 

FHWA pursuant to U.S.C. Title 23, 

§ 104(f)(3). 

b. Transfer of funds from a State to a 

Federal Agency other than FHWA. 

c. Transfer of funds from a State to 

another State. 

d. Transfer of funds from FHWA to 

Federal Transit Administration 

pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(f)(1). 

e. Transfer of funds between programs 

pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 126; and, 

f. Transfer of funds between projects. 

The State initiating the fund transfer 

must fill out a FHWA Funds Transfer 

Request form. This form is either filled 

out manually via the currently approved 

paper-based transfer form (FHWA– 

1575C) or electronically via the FHWA 

Funds Control Module in the Fiscal 

Management Information System 

(FMIS). The information required in the 

FMIS Funds Control Module is 

equivalent to the information required 

in the paper-based transfer form and 

over ninety percent of the transfers are 

now required to be submitted 

electronically. These transfers are 

routed electronically after State DOT 

approval, from the State DOT to the 

FHWA Division Office; after Division 

Office concurrence, from the Division 

Office to the FHWA Budget Office; and 

finally, the FHWA Budget Office 

processes the request. Automating in the 

FMIS Funds Control Module allowed 

the transfer request process to be 

streamlined by incorporating system 

validations to limit errors and by 

automating the flow of the approval 

process. Information required to fill out 

a transfer form includes the requester’s 

contact information; a description of the 

program/project the transfer will come 

from and go to, the fiscal year, the 

program code, a demo ID, or an urban 

area when applicable, and the amount 

to be transferred. 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, the District of Columbia, 

and Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is estimated that a total of 

2,000 responses will be received 

annually, which would equal a total 

annual burden of 500 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: February 22, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03948 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Transportation Statistics Bureau 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2017–0010] 

Request for Clearance for an 

Information Collection: Annual Tank 

Car Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS) intention to request that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approves a 3-year extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection for the ‘‘Annual Tank Car 

Survey.’’ 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2017–0010 through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

You may also submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2017–0010 to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT), 

Dockets Management System (DMS). 

You may submit your comments by mail 

or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket 

Management System, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE, West Building Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments 

should identify the docket number as 

indicated above. Paper comments 

should be submitted in duplicate. The 

DMS is open for examination and 

copying, at the above address, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. If you wish to 

receive confirmation of receipt of your 

written comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the 

following statement: ‘‘Comments on 


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Docket DOT–OST–2017–0010.’’ The 

Docket Clerk will date stamp the 

postcard prior to returning it to you via 

the U.S. mail. Please note that due to 

delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to 

Federal offices in Washington, DC, we 

recommend that persons consider an 

alternative method (the internet, fax, or 

professional delivery service) to submit 

comments to the docket and ensure 

their timely receipt at U.S. DOT. You 

may fax your comments to the DMS at 

(202) 493–2251. Comments can also be

viewed and/or submitted via the Federal

Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov.

Please note that anyone is able to 

electronically search all comments 

received into our docket management 

system 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 19475–19570) or you may review 

the Privacy Act Statement at http://

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl 

Cloyed, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Room E34–455, 

Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 

981–4498. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Annual Tank Car Survey 

Background: On December 4, 2015, 

President Barack Obama signed 

legislation entitled ‘‘Fixing America’s 

Surface Transportation Act of 2015,’’ or 

the ‘‘FAST Act.’’ See Public Law 114– 

94. The FAST Act includes the

‘‘Hazardous Materials Transportation

Safety Improvement Act of 2015’’ (see

sections 7001 through 7311) and

instructs the Secretary of Transportation

to make specific regulatory amendments

to the Hazardous Materials Regulations

(HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–180), including

requirements for rail tank car

manufacturers to report their progress

toward modifying rail tank cars used for

the transportation of Class 3 flammable

liquids in accordance with the timeline

established in section 7304 of the FAST

Act.

This notice is applicable to section 

7308(c) of the FAST Act which directs 

the Secretary to conduct an annual 

survey of tank car shops to acquire 

projections of the number of tank cars 

to be built or manufactured to the new 

safer specifications. This includes new 

tank cars built to the DOT Specification 

117, or equivalent, as well as tank cars 

modified to the DOT Specification 

117R. Tank cars will include, but may 

not be limited to, those originally built 

to Specifications: DOT105, DOT109, 

DOT111, DOT112, DOT114, DOT115, 

and DOT120. 

Respondents: There are 

approximately 400 tank car facilities 

that are currently registered or certified 

to build or modify tank cars. However, 

the majority of these do not have the 

capacity to modify or build to the 117 

or 117R Specifications. At most, an 

estimated 140 tank car shops have the 

capacity to build or modify to these new 

safety standards. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: An estimated 140 facilities 

will provide a response to this request 

for information on an annual basis. It 

will take approximately 30 minutes to 

complete, including record keeping and 

reporting. This notice is intended to 

accurately account for the annual 

burden. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

estimated burden is equal to 70 annual 

burden hours (i.e., 140 responses per 

year × 0.5 hour per response). The total 

burden cost is estimated at $4,765 (i.e., 

70 burden hours × $68.07, which is the 

per hour wage of $52.36 for a manager 

in Transportation, Storage, and 

Distribution plus 30% to account for 

benefits). 

Frequency: The survey frequency is 

prescribed by Section 7308(d) of the 

FAST Act. Specifically, the Secretary is 

required to conduct the survey annually 

until May 1, 2029 under Section 

7308(c). 

Response to comments: BTS 

published a 60-day notice for public 

comment for this information collection 

to the Federal Register on December 14, 

2023 (88 FR 86728). The notice can be 

found at: https://www.federalregister.

gov/documents/2023/12/14/2023- 

27497/request-for-clearance-for-aninformation-collection-annual-tank-carsurvey. One comment was received from 

the National Propane Gas Association 

expressing the agency’s support for such 

a program. No changes are planned in 

response to this comment. 

Public Comments Invited: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including, but not limited to: 

(1) the necessity and utility of the

information collection for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, clarity and content of the 

collected information; and (4) ways to 

minimize the collection burden without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 22nd of 

February 2024. 

Cha-Chi Fan, 

Director, Office of Data Development and 

Standards, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Research and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03954 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel’s Taxpayer 

Communications Project Committee will 

be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel is soliciting public comments, 

ideas, and suggestions on improving 

customer service at the Internal Revenue 

Service. This meeting will be held via 

teleconference. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose 

Cintron-Santiago at 1–888–912–1227 or 

787–522–8607. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. (1988) that 

a meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel Taxpayer Communications Project 

Committee will be held Wednesday, 

March 13, 2024, at 2 p.m. eastern time. 

The public is invited to make oral 

comments or submit written statements 

for consideration. Due to limited time 

and structure of meeting, notification of 

intent to participate must be made with 

Jose Cintron-Santiago. For more 

information, please contact Jose 

Cintron-Santiago at 1–888–912–1227 or 

787–522–8607, or write TAP Office, 48 

Carr 165 Suite 2000, Guaynabo, PR 

00968–8000 or contact us at the website: 

http://www.improveirs.org. The agenda 

includes a committee discussion 

involving new and old issues and 

starting the new TAP year. 


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