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MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the employment of the vessel 

in the coastwise trade to carry no more 

than 12 passengers will have an unduly 

adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or 

a business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, MARAD will not issue an 

approval of the vessel’s coastwise 

endorsement eligibility. Comments 

should refer to the vessel name, state the 

commenter’s interest in the application, 

and address the eligibility criteria given 

in section 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

Public Participation 

How do I submit comments? 

Please submit your comments, 

including the attachments, following the 

instructions provided under the above 

heading entitled ADDRESSES. Be advised 

that it may take a few hours or even 

days for your comment to be reflected 

on the docket. In addition, your 

comments must be written in English. 

We encourage you to provide concise 

comments and you may attach 

additional documents as necessary. 

There is no limit on the length of the 

attachments. 

Where do I go to read public comments, 

and find supporting information? 

Go to the docket online at https://

www.regulations.gov, keyword search 

MARAD–2024–0133 or visit the Docket 

Management Facility (see ADDRESSES for 

hours of operation). We recommend that 

you periodically check the Docket for 

new submissions and supporting 

material. 

Will my comments be made available to 

the public? 

Yes. Be aware that your entire 

comment, including your personal 

identifying information, will be made 

publicly available. 

May I submit comments confidentially? 

If you wish to submit comments 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit the information you 

claim to be confidential commercial 

information by email to SmallVessels@

dot.gov. Include in the email subject 

heading ‘‘Contains Confidential 

Commercial Information’’ or ‘‘Contains 

CCI’’ and state in your submission, with 

specificity, the basis for any such 

confidential claim highlighting or 

denoting the CCI portions. If possible, 

please provide a summary of your 

submission that can be made available 

to the public. 

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 those procedures will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received into any 

of our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). For information on DOT’s 

compliance with the Privacy Act, please 

visit https://www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23641 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2024–0055] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; TC Energy for Gas 

Transmission Northwest LLC 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comment on a 

request for a special permit received 

from TC Energy on behalf of Gas 

Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN). 

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 November 

14, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this specific 

special permit request and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov Website: https://

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 a.m. 

and 5 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 https:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: There is a privacy statement 

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

Comments, including any personal 

information provided, are posted without 

changes, or edits to https://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

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 actually 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 


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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. Zaid Obeidi by 

telephone at 202–366–5267, or by email 

at zaid.obeidi@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

received a special permit request from 

GTN dated March 27, 2024, seeking a 

waiver from the federal pipeline safety 

regulations in 49 CFR 192.611 and 

192.619, where gas transmission 

pipeline segments have undergone 

changes from Class 2 to Class 3 

locations. The special permit request is 

for two segments of GTN’s 36-inch 

diameter Mainline A natural gas 

transmission pipeline, approximately 

2.075 miles (10,954 feet) in length, in 

Idaho. This special permit request, if 

granted, would allow GTN to operate 

the two segments at the current 

operating pressure of 911 pounds per 

square inch gauge by implementing 

enhanced integrity management 

procedures in lieu of confirming or 

revising the maximum allowable 

operating pressure of the affected 

segments when there is a class location 

change under 49 CFR 192.611. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

draft environmental assessment (DEA) 

for the above described GTN pipeline 

segments are available for review and 

public comment in Docket No. PHMSA– 

2024–0055. PHMSA invites interested 

persons to review and submit comments 

on the special permit request and DEA 

in the docket. Please submit comments 

on any potential safety, environmental, 

and other relevant considerations 

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 comment 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. 2024–23765 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No.: PHMSA–2019–0098] 

Lithium Battery Air Safety Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Lithium Battery Air 

Safety Advisory Committee 

(Committee). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

November 7, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. EDT. Requests to attend the 

meeting must be sent by October 23, 

2024, to the point of contact identified 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Persons requesting to 

speak during the meeting must submit 

a written copy of their remarks to DOT 

by October 23, 2024. Requests to submit 

written materials to be reviewed during 

the meeting must be received no later 

than October 23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. Details to access the virtual 

meeting will be posted on the 

Committee website located at: https://

www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/ 

rulemakings/lithium-battery-safetyadvisory-committee. The E-Gov website 

is located at https://

www.regulations.gov. Mailed written 

comments intended for the Committee 

should be sent to Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Webb or Aaron Wiener, PHMSA, 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Telephone: 202–366–8553. Email: 

lithiumbatteryFACA@dot.gov. Any 

committee-related request should be 

sent to the email address listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Committee was created under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA, 5 U.S.C. app. 2), in accordance 

with section 333(d) of the FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 

115–254). 

II. Agenda 

The meeting agenda will address the 

following duties of the Committee as 

specifically outlined in section 333(d) of 

the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018: 

(a) Facilitate communication among 

manufacturers of lithium batteries and 

products containing lithium batteries, 

air carriers, and the federal government. 

(b) Discuss the effectiveness and the 

economic and social impacts of lithium 

battery transportation regulations. 

(c) Provide the Secretary of 

Transportation with information 

regarding new technologies and 

transportation safety practices. 

(d) Provide a forum to discuss 

Departmental activities related to 

lithium battery transportation safety. 

(e) Advise and recommend activities 

to improve the global enforcement of 

U.S. regulations and the International 

Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 

Technical Instructions relevant to air 

transportation of lithium batteries, and 

the effectiveness of those regulations. 

(f) Provide a forum for feedback on 

potential positions to be taken by the 

U.S. at international forums. 

(g) Guide activities to increase 

awareness of relevant requirements. 

(h) Review methods to decrease the 

risk posed by undeclared hazardous 

materials. 

A final agenda will be posted on the 

Committee website at least 15 days in 

advance of the meeting. 

III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. DOT is committed to providing 

equal access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or services because of a 

disability, such as sign language, 

interpretation, or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the person(s) listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section no later than October 23, 2024. 

To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, time for each commenter may 

be limited. There will be five minutes 

allotted for oral comments from 

members of the public joining the 

meeting. Individuals wishing to reserve 

speaking time during the meeting must 

submit a request at the time of 

registration, as well as the name, 

address, and organizational affiliation of 

the proposed speaker. If the number of 

registrants requesting to make 

statements is greater than can be 

reasonably accommodated during the 

meeting, PHMSA may conduct a lottery 

to determine the speakers. Speakers 

must submit a written copy of their 

prepared remarks for inclusion in the 

meeting records and for circulation to 

Committee members no later than 

October 23, 2024. All prepared remarks 

submitted on time will be accepted and 

considered as part of the record. Any 


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