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• Deck space and size to accept 

installation of Consolidation (CONSOL) 

stations, two on each side for a total of 

four stations; 

• Ability to accommodate up to an 

additional 12 crew for CONSOL, 

security, and communication crew 

augmentation; 

• Communication facilities capable of 

integrating secure communications 

equipment; 

• Does not engage in commerce or 

acquire any supplies or services if any 

proclamation, Executive order, or 

statute administered by Office of 

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), or if 

OFAC’s regulations at 31 CFR Chapter 

V, would prohibit such a transaction by 

a person subject to the jurisdiction of 

the United States, except as authorized 

by the OFAC in the Department of the 

Treasury; 

• Operate in the Indo-Pacific region; 

• Maximum draft of no more than 44 

feet. Preference will be given to vessels 

that can transport the most fuel at the 

shallowest draft; 

• Sustained service speed of at least 

14 knots, with higher speeds preferred; 

• Carry only clean refined products; 

and 

• Double-hulled and capable of 

carrying more than two separated grades 

of refined petroleum products with 

double valve protection between tanks. 

National Security Requirements 

The applicant chosen to receive a TSP 

Operating Agreement will be required to 

enter into an Emergency Preparedness 

Agreement (EPA) in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 53407, or such other agreement 

as may be approved by the Secretaries. 

The current EPA approved by the 

Secretary and SecDef is the Voluntary 

Tanker Agreement (VTA), publicly 

available for review at 87 FR 67119 

(November 7, 2022). 

Documentation 

A vessel chosen to receive the TSP 

Operating Agreement must be 

documented as a U.S.-flag vessel under 

46 U.S.C. chapter 121 to operate under 

the Operating Agreement. An applicant 

proposing a vessel registered under the 

laws of a foreign country at the time of 

application must demonstrate the vessel 

owner’s intent to have the vessel 

documented under U.S. law and must 

demonstrate that the vessel is U.S.- 

registered by the time the applicant 

enters into a TSP Operating Agreement 

for the vessel. Proof of U.S. Coast Guard 

vessel documentation and inspection 

and all relevant charter and 

management agreements for a chosen 

vessel must be approved by MARAD 

before the vessel will be eligible to 

operate under a TSP Operating 

Agreement and receive TSP payments. 

Vessel Operation 

A vessel selected for award of a TSP 

Operating Agreement must be operated 

in foreign commerce, in mixed foreign 

commerce and domestic trade of the 

United States permitted under a registry 

endorsement issued under 46 U.S.C. 

12111, or between U.S. ports and those 

points identified in 46 U.S.C. 55101(b), 

or in foreign-to-foreign commerce, and 

must not otherwise operate in the 

coastwise trade of the United States. 

Further, no vessel may operate under a 

TSP Operating Agreement while it is 

also operating under charter to the U.S. 

Government for a period that, together 

with options, exceeds 180 continuous 

days. 

Protection of Confidential Commercial 

or Financial Information 

If the application includes 

information that the applicant considers 

to be a trade secret or confidential 

commercial or financial information, the 

applicant should do the following: (1) 

Note on the front cover that the 

submission ‘‘Contains Confidential 

Commercial or Financial Information 

(CCFI)’’; (2) mark each affected page 

‘‘CCFI’’; and (3) highlight or otherwise 

denote the CCFI portions. MARAD will 

protect such information from 

disclosure to the extent allowed under 

applicable law. 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 that procedure will 

be exempt from disclosure under FOIA. 

Award of Operating Agreements 

MARAD will make every effort to 

expedite the review of applications and 

the award of a TSP Operating 

Agreement. MARAD, however, does not 

guarantee the award of a TSP Operating 

Agreement in response to applications 

submitted under this Notice. If no 

awards are made, or an application is 

not selected for an award, the applicant 

will be provided with a written reason 

for why the application was denied. 

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. chapter 534, 49 CFR 

1.92 and 1.93, 46 CFR 294) 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr. 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04352 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2023–0071] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; DTM Gas Storage Company 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comments on a 

request for special permit received from 

the DTM Gas Storage Company (DTM). 

The special permit request is seeking 

relief from compliance with certain 

requirements in the Federal pipeline 

safety regulations. At the conclusion of 

the 30-day comment period, PHMSA 

will review the comments received from 

this notice as part of its evaluation to 

grant or deny the special permit request. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by April 1, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this special 

permit request and may be submitted in 

the following ways: 

• E-Gov Website: http://

www.Regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two (2) copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: There is a privacy statement 

published on http://www.Regulations.gov. 

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information provided, are posted without 

changes or edits to http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and treated as 

private by its owner. Under the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 

552), CBI is exempt from public 

disclosure. If your comments responsive 

to this notice contain commercial or 

financial information that is customarily 

treated as private, that you treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this notice, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) 190.343, 

you may ask PHMSA to give 

confidential treatment to information 

you give to the agency by taking the 

following steps: (1) mark each page of 

the original document submission 

containing CBI as ‘‘Confidential’’; (2) 

send PHMSA, along with the original 

document, a second copy of the original 

document with the CBI deleted; and (3) 

explain why the information you are 

submitting is CBI. Unless you are 

notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat 

such marked submissions as 

confidential under the FOIA, and they 

will not be placed in the public docket 

of this notice. Submissions containing 

CBI should be sent to Kay McIver, DOT, 

PHMSA–PHP–80, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Any commentary PHMSA 

receives that is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket for this matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone 

at 202–366–0113, or by email at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Mr. Earnest Scott by 

telephone at 202–909–7529, or by email 

at earnest.scott@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

PHMSA received a special permit 

request from DTM, a subsidiary of DT 

Midstream, Inc., on July 14, 2023, 

seeking a waiver from the Federal 

pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 

192.625(b), which requires a gas 

transmission pipeline to be odorized in 

a Class 3 or a Class 4 location. 

The proposed special permit would 

allow DTM to operate the W10–28 and 

Shelby 2 Pipelines without odorization. 

The W10–28 and Shelby 2 Pipelines are 

20-inch-diameter natural gas

transmission pipelines, 7.3 miles in

length, located in Macomb County,

Michigan. The maximum allowable

operating pressure for the W10–28 and

Shelby 2 Pipelines is 2,160 pounds per 

square inch gauge. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

draft environmental assessment (DEA) 

for the above listed DTM pipeline 

segments are available for review and 

public comment in Docket Number 

PHMSA 2023–0071. PHMSA invites 

interested persons to review and submit 

comments on the special permit request, 

proposed special permit with 

conditions, and DEA in the docket. 

Please submit comments on any 

potential safety, environmental, or other 

relevant consideration implicated by the 

special permit request. Comments may 

include relevant data. 

Before issuing a decision on the 

special permit request, PHMSA will 

evaluate all comments received on or 

before the comments closing date. 

Comments received after the closing 

date will be evaluated if it is possible to 

do so without incurring additional 

expense or delay. PHMSA will consider 

each relevant comment it receives in 

making its decision to grant or deny this 

special permit request. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under authority 

delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04290 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[DOT–OST–2024–0028] 

Advisory Committee on Transportation 

Equity (ACTE); Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: DOT OST announces a hybrid 

meeting of ACTE’s Wealth Creation 

Subcommittee, which will take place 

via Zoom Webinar and in-person. 

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, 

March 15, 2024, from 12 to 1 p.m. 

eastern time. Requests for 

accommodations because of a disability 

must be received by Friday, March 8. 

Requests to submit questions must be 

received no later than Friday, March 8. 

The registration form will close on 

Thursday, March 14. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via Zoom and in-person at the 

Washington Marriot at Metro Center, 

775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20005. Those members of the public 

who would like to participate virtually 

should go to https://

www.transportation.gov/mission/civilrights/advisory-committeetransportation-equity-meetingsmaterials to access the meeting, a 

detailed agenda for the entire meeting, 

meeting minutes, and additional 

information on ACTE and its activities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra D. Norman, Senior Advisor and 

Designated Federal Officer, 

Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, (804) 836–2893, ACTE@dot.gov. 

Any ACTE-related request or 

submissions should be sent via email to 

the point of contact listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Purpose of the Committee 

ACTE was established to provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Transportation about comprehensive, 

interdisciplinary issues related to civil 

rights and transportation equity in the 

planning, design, research, policy, and 

advocacy contexts from a variety of 

transportation equity practitioners and 

community leaders. Specifically, the 

Committee will provide advice and 

recommendations to inform the 

Department’s efforts to: 

Implement the Agency’s Equity 

Action Plan and Strategic Plan, helping 

to institutionalize equity into Agency 

programs, policies, regulations, and 

activities; 

Strengthen and establish partnerships 

with overburdened and underserved 

communities who have been historically 

underrepresented in the Department’s 

outreach and engagement, including 

those in rural and urban areas; 

Empower communities to have a 

meaningful voice in local and regional 

transportation decisions; and 

Ensure the compliance of Federal 

funding recipients with civil rights laws 

and nondiscrimination programs, 

policies, regulations, and activities. 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda for the meeting will 

consist of: 

Opening remarks 

Wealth Creation background 

Review of existing recommendations 

Feedback and new recommendations 

from attendees 

USDOT updates 

Next steps and closing remarks 

Meeting Participation 

Advance registration is required. 

Please register at https:// 


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