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2025’’ or other Chinese industrial 

programs. 

In addressing each factor, the 

requester should provide support for 

their assertions. Requesters also may 

provide any other information or data 

that they consider relevant to an 

evaluation of the request. 

D. Responses To Requests for 

Exclusions 

After a request for exclusion of a 

particular product is posted on USTR’s 

online portal, interested persons will 

have 30 days to respond to the request, 

indicating support or opposition and 

providing reasons for their view. A 

response to a product exclusion request 

must be submitted using USTR’s online 

portal at http://comments.USTR.gov. 

Responses to exclusion requests, 

supporting or opposing, will be publicly 

available. To file a response, an 

interested party does not have to 

register. Responses may be in support of 

an exclusion request or in opposition. If 

the response is in support of the request, 

the rationale should be provided in the 

applicable field on the portal. If 

opposing the exclusion request, 

interested parties must address the 

following in a supplemental attachment 

available on USTR’s comment portal: 

• Their relationship to the 

manufacturing equipment identified 

(manufacturer, industry association, 

other). 

• Reasons for objecting to the 

exclusion request. 

• Whether the manufacturing 

equipment is currently manufactured in 

the United States or third countries, and 

the substitutability of equipment from 

the United States or third country 

sources as compared to the Chineseorigin manufacturing equipment 

identified in the exclusion request. 

• A description of the manufacturing 

equipment from the United States or 

third country sources relative to the 

description cited in the exclusion 

request. 

• Whether the objecting organization 

within the last two years attempted to 

sell, or successfully sold, the 

manufacturing equipment described in 

the exclusion request, or comparable 

manufacturing equipment, to the 

organization requesting the exclusion. 

E. Replies to Responses To Requests for 

Exclusions 

After a response is posted on USTR’s 

online portal, the requester will have 

the opportunity to reply to the response 

using the same portal. Any reply must 

be submitted within the later of 15 days 

after the posting of a response, or 15 

days after the closing of the 30-day 

response period. A reply to a response 

must be submitted using USTR’s online 

portal at http://comments.USTR.gov. 

Replies to responses will be publicly 

available. 

F. Submission Instructions 

As noted above, interested persons 

must submit requests for exclusions in 

the period between the opening of the 

portal on October 15, 2024, and the 

March 31, 2025 submission deadline. 

Any responses to those requests must be 

submitted within 30 days after the 

requests are posted. Any reply to a 

response must be submitted within 15 

days after the response is posted. 

Interested persons seeking to exclude 

two or more pieces of manufacturing 

equipment must submit a separate 

request for each product, i.e., one 

product per request. By submitting an 

exclusion request, a response, or a reply, 

the submitter certifies that the 

information provided is complete and 

correct to the best of his or her 

knowledge. 

You must submit written comments 

using the appropriate docket on the 

portal at https://comments.ustr.gov/. To 

submit written comments, use the 

docket on the portal entitled Temporary 

Exclusions for Machinery Used in 

Domestic Manufacturing, docket 

number USTR–2024–0020. To submit 

an exclusion request, requesters must 

first register on the portal at http://

comments.USTR.gov. As noted above, 

the portal will open on October 15, 

2024, at 12:01 a.m. EDT. After 

registration, the requester can fill out 

and submit one or more exclusion 

request forms. Fields on the exclusion 

request form marked with an asterisk (*) 

are required fields. 

Fields with a gray Business 

Confidential Information (BCI) notation 

are for BCI that will not be made 

publicly available. Fields with a green 

(Public) notation will be viewable by the 

public. Additionally, parties will be able 

to upload documents and indicate 

whether the documents are BCI or 

public. Requesters will be able to review 

the public version of their submission 

before the submission is posted. 

Clearly mark any page containing BCI 

as ‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ on the 

top of that page and clearly indicate, via 

brackets, highlighting, or other means, 

the specific information that is BCI. If 

you request business confidential 

treatment, you must certify in writing 

that the information would not 

customarily be released to the public. 

Parties uploading attachments 

containing BCI also must submit a 

public version of their comments. If 

these procedures are not sufficient to 

protect BCI or otherwise protect 

business interests, please contact the 

USTR Section 301 support line at 

202.395.5725 to discuss whether 

alternative arrangements are possible. 

USTR will post attachments uploaded to 

the docket for public inspection, except 

for properly designated BCI. You can 

view submissions on USTR’s electronic 

portal at https://comments.ustr.gov. 

G. Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) and its implementing regulations, 

USTR submitted a request to the Office 

of Management and Budget to reinstate 

an expired information collection 

request (ICR) titled 301 Exclusion 

Requests, control number 0350–0015, 

which is now due to expire on 

September 30, 2027. 

Juan Millan, 

Acting General Counsel, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23880 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3390–F4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–1228] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Passenger 

Facility Charge (PFC) Application 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on April 26, 

2024. The collection involves the FAA’s 

administration of the Passenger Facility 

Charge (PFC) program. The information 

to be collected will be used to authorize 

public agencies to impose PFCs and use 

PFC revenue on airport-related projects 

and to ensure compliance with PFC 

program requirements. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 


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within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanda J. Shotto by email at: 

amanda.j.shotto@faa.gov; phone: 202– 

267–8744. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0557. 

Title: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) 

Application. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 5500–1, 

5500–2, 5500–3, 5500–4. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on April 26, 2024 (89 FR 32521). The 

DOT/FAA will use any information 

submitted in response to this collection 

to carry out the intent of 49 U.S.C. 

40117. This statute authorizes public 

agencies controlling airports to impose 

PFCs and use PFC revenues. The 

information collected enables the FAA 

to approve the collection of PFC 

revenue for projects which preserve or 

enhance safety, security, or capacity of 

the national air transportation system, 

or which reduce noise or mitigate noise 

impacts resulting from an airport, or 

which furnish opportunities for 

enhanced competition between or 

among air carriers, and to provide 

oversight of the PFC program, as 

required by statute. 

Respondents: Approximately 615 

respondents annually. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 2 Hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

33,015 Hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 

2024. 

David F. Cushing, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division, APP–500. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23928 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2024–0026] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

summarized below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the information collection and its 

expected burden. On July 30, 2024, FRA 

published a notice providing a 60-day 

period for public comment on the ICR. 

FRA received no comments in response 

to the notice. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find the particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 

through 1320.12. On July 30, 2024, FRA 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register soliciting public comment on 

the ICR for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 89 FR 61230. FRA 

has received no comments related to the 

proposed collection of information. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve this proposed collection of 

information, it must provide 30 days’ 

notice for public comment. Federal law 

requires OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. The 30-day notice 

informs the regulated community of its 

opportunity to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

consider public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, each respondent 

should submit their comments to OMB 

within 30 days of publication to best 

ensure having their full effect. 

Comments are invited on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of 

the burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Uniform Report of Small 

Business (SB) Commitments/Awards 

and Payments. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–New. 

Abstract: The Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE) program is statutorily 

mandated and intended to assist small 

businesses owned and controlled by 

socially and economically 

disadvantaged individuals compete 

fairly in the Department of 

Transportation’s transportation funding 

programs for certain highway, transit, 

and aviation programs. The DBE 

program is implemented by recipients of 

DOT financial assistance. The DOT DBE 

directive does not include rail 

assistance programs and FRA does not 

have a mandated DBE program. Rather, 

FRA issues and manages rail assistance 

programs in compliance with the DOT 

regulations for implementing Title VI of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 found at 49 

CFR part 21 and the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards found at 2 CFR part 

200. Specifically, 2 CFR 200.321 (a) 

through (b)(6) provides affirmative steps 

a non-Federal entity must take to assure 

that minority businesses, women’s 


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