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will be limited; however, public 

participation on the virtual platform is 

welcome. Requests to attend the 

meeting must be received no later than 

March 29, 2024. Requests for reasonable 

accommodations or to provide public 

comment must be received no later than 

March 29th, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To participate in the event 

virtually, individuals are asked to preregister here: https://statedept.zoomgov.

com/meeting/register/vJItfuyrqj4s

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registration. The agenda will be sent to 

all registrants and will also be posted on 

the PEPFAR SAB web page (https://

www.state.gov/scientific-advisoryboard-pepfar/) one week in advance of 

the meeting, along with instructions on 

how to access the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael Reid, Director of the Office of 

Science and Research, at reidmj@

state.gov or (202) 441–1483, and Dr. 

Lindsey Yessick, designated Federal 

officer for the SAB, Bureau of Global 

Health Security and Diplomacy, U.S. 

Department of State, at yessicklr@

state.gov or (202) 549 8769. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB is established 

under the general authority of the 

Secretary of State and the Department of 

State (‘‘the Department’’) as set forth in 

title 22 of the United States Code as 

amended, in particular section 2656 of 

that title, and consistent with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). The 

SAB serves the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator solely in an advisory 

capacity concerning scientific, 

implementation, and policy issues 

related to the global response to HIV/ 

AIDS. 

Agenda: SAB members will be 

discussing challenges and opportunities 

in HIV treatment in PEPFAR programs, 

PEPFAR’s program reporting 

requirements, the role of behavioral 

science in PEPFAR programs, and roll 

out of long-acting prevention tools and 

PEPFAR’s plans with respect to 

sustainability: 

• Challenges and Opportunities in HIV 

treatment in PEPFAR programs 

• PEPFAR’s program reporting 

requirements 

• Behavioral Science Interventions in 

PEPFAR Programs 

• Updates on Long-Acting Agents for 

Prevention 

• Advancing PEPFAR’s sustainability 

efforts 

Registered members of the public will 

be permitted to participate in a 

comment period at the end of the 

meeting in accordance with the chair’s 

instructions. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public who wish to participate are asked 

to register directly at the link listed in 

the ADDRESSES section or by sending an 

email to Ms. Crystal Solomon at 

SolomonCD@state.gov no later than 

March 29th, 2024. Individuals are 

required to provide their name, email 

address, and organization. At 

registration, individuals are also asked 

to indicate any request for reasonable 

accommodation and/or a request to 

provide public comment. Time for 

public comment may be limited. 

Requests made after March 29th, 2024, 

will be considered but might not be able 

to be fulfilled. 

Lindsey R. Yessick, 

Public Health Systems Advisor, U.S. 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 

(PEPFAR), Bureau of Global Health Security 

and Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04502 Filed 3–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2018–0041] 

Petition for Renewal of Waiver of 

Compliance and Notice of Public 

Hearing 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing and reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On September 19, 2023, FRA 

published a public notice in Docket 

Number FRA–2018–0041 announcing 

that on July 1, 2023, Port Authority 

Trans-Hudson Corporation (Petitioner) 

submitted a petition seeking renewal of 

a waiver. In this notice, FRA is 

announcing a public hearing to allow 

interested persons the opportunity to 

provide comments on the petition. FRA 

is also announcing it is reopening the 

comment period for 15 days to allow 

time for interested parties to submit 

comments on the petition or in response 

to views or information provided at the 

public hearing. 

DATES:

(1) The comment period for the notice 

published September 19, 2023, at 88 FR 

64515, is reopened. FRA must receive 

comments on the petition, or in 

response to views or information 

provided at the public hearing, by April 

19, 2024. FRA will consider comments 

received after that date to the extent 

practicable. 

(2) A public hearing will be held on 

April 3, 2024, from 10 a.m. (ET) to 12 

p.m. (ET) in Jersey City, New Jersey. 

ADDRESSES:

Public Hearing: The public hearing 

will be held at One PATH Plaza, Jersey 

City, NJ 07306. For those participants 

wishing to make a statement at the 

public hearing, please contact FRA as 

described under the Public Participation 

Procedures heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Comments: Comments related to 

Docket No. FRA–2018–0041 may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number (FRA–2018–0041). All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. Please see the 

Privacy Act heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document for Privacy Act 

information related to any submitted 

comments or materials. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: YuJiang Zhang, Staff Director—Track and 

Structures Division, Federal Railroad 

Administration, telephone: 202–493– 

6460, email: yujiang.zhang@dot.gov; or 

Veronica Chittim, Attorney Advisor, 

Federal Railroad Administration, 

telephone: 202–480–3410, email: 

veronica.chittim@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this hearing is to receive 

comments in response to a petition to 

extend relief from certain requirements 

of 49 CFR part 214, subpart C. Petitioner 

should be present at the hearing and 

prepared to present evidence that relief 

from the definition of fouling the track 

(49 CFR 214.7, Definitions) in the 11 

locations using bench walls for clearing 

for trains are necessary and in the best 

interest of safety. Several Labor 

organizations requested that FRA hold a 

public hearing on PATH’s renewal 

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1See https://www.regulations.gov/comment/FRA2018-0041-0015; https://www.regulations.gov/ 

comment/FRA-2018-0041-0016. 

parties interested in and affected by this 

proceeding.1

Interested parties are invited to 

present statements and to offer 

information and views at the hearing. 

The hearing will be an informal, nonadversarial proceeding conducted by a 

representative FRA designates under 

FRA’s Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25). 

Therefore, there will be no crossexamination of persons presenting 

statements or offering information. An 

FRA representative will make an 

opening statement outlining the scope 

of the hearing. Interested parties will 

then be provided with an opportunity to 

make initial statements. After all initial 

statements are completed, those persons 

wishing to make a brief rebuttal will be 

given the opportunity to do so, in the 

same order in which the initial 

statements were made. FRA will 

announce any additional procedures 

necessary at the hearing. 

There will be a court reporter to 

record and transcribe comments 

presented verbatim at the hearing. FRA 

will add the verbatim transcript of the 

discussions to the public docket in this 

proceeding. 

Public Participation Procedures 

Any person: (1) wishing to attend the 

hearing, (2) make a statement at the 

hearing, or (3) both, should notify FRA 

by contacting Mr. Timothy Presser, FRA 

Roadway Worker Protection (RWP)/ 

Roadway Maintenance Machines (RMM) 

Specialist, by email at timothy.presser@

dot.gov, no later than April 1, 2024, 

providing the following information, as 

applicable: 

(a) The name, affiliation or party 

represented, email address, and phone 

number of the participant. 

(b) The subject(s) of the statement 

and/or presentation the participant 

wishes to make, and the amount of time 

requested. 

(c) A copy of the oral statement and/ 

or presentation, if available. 

FRA reserves the right to limit 

participation in the hearing of persons 

who fail to follow the public 

participation procedures as outlined 

above, or additional procedures 

announced at the hearing. FRA also 

reserves the right to limit the duration 

of presentations, as necessary, to afford 

all persons the opportunity to speak, or 

to limit participation in the hearing of 

persons who exceed their allotted time 

or who discuss topics or issues outside 

the scope of the petition. Further, FRA 

reserves the right to limit in-person 

attendance at the hearing, as space is 

limited; preference in attendance will be 

provided to persons requesting to 

present statements. 

FRA is committed to providing equal 

access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or other reasonable 

accommodations to participate in this 

meeting, please contact FRA RWP/RMM 

Specialist Mr. Timothy Presser, by email 

at timothy.presser@dot.gov, no later 

than April 1, 2024. 

Reopening of Comment Period 

FRA is reopening the comment period 

for 15 days to April 19, 2024, to allow 

time for interested parties to submit 

written comments on the proposal or in 

response to views or information 

provided at the public hearing. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with FRA Order 

1100.14G, FRA solicits comments from 

the public to better inform its 

disposition of waivers, exemptions, 

block signal applications, and other 

special approvals under the Federal 

railroad safety laws and regulations and 

in accordance with FRA’s Rules of 

Practice (Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 211). DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, to 

www.regulations.gov, under docket 

number FRA–2018–0041, as described 

in the system of records notice, DOT/ 

ALL–14 FDMS, accessible through 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

To facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. If you wish to provide 

comments containing proprietary or 

confidential information, please contact 

the agency for alternate submission 

instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04510 Filed 3–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2024–0022] 

Coastwise Endorsement Eligibility 

Determination for a Foreign-Built 

Vessel: Passage Paid (Motor); 

Invitation for Public Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to issue coastwise 

endorsement eligibility determinations 

for foreign-built vessels which will carry 

no more than twelve passengers for hire. 

A request for such a determination has 

been received by MARAD. By this 

notice, MARAD seeks comments from 

interested parties as to any effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. Information about the 

requestor’s vessel, including a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 3, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2024–0022 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2024–0022 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility is in the West 

Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. The 

Docket Management Facility location 

address is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, MARAD–2024–0022, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except on 

Federal holidays. 

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 

comments, we recommend that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an email 

address, or a telephone number in the body 

of your document so that we can contact you 

if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

specific docket number. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, or to submit 

comments that are confidential in 


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