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estimated annual amount required from 

the State for the following year. 

(e) If a State racing commission does 

not elect to remit fees pursuant to 15 

U.S.C. 3052(f)(2) or has remitted a 

partial payment under Rule 8520(a): 

(1) The Authority shall on a monthly 

basis calculate and notify each 

Racetrack in the State of the applicable 

fee per racing start for the next month 

based upon the following calculations: 

(i) Calculate the amount due from the 

Assessment Calculation for each 

Racetrack as if the State had elected to 

remit fees pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 

3052(f)(2) (after taking into account any 

partial payment under Rule 8520(a)). 

(ii) Estimate the number of starts in 

covered horseraces for the applicable 

Racetrack for the applicable year based 

on historical data as reported by 

Equibase and the condition book for the 

applicable Racetrack (the ‘‘Total 

Estimated Starts’’). 

(iii) Calculate the number of starts in 

covered horseraces for the applicable 

Racetrack in the previous month that 

the applicable Racetrack conducted 

covered horseraces as reported by 

Equibase (the ‘‘Monthly Starts’’). 

(iv) The applicable fee per racing start 

shall equal (1) the quotient of Monthly 

Starts divided by Total Estimated Starts; 

(2) multiplied by the Assessment 

Calculation for each Racetrack; and (3) 

such product divided by the Monthly 

Starts. 

(v) If the applicable fee per racing 

start results in an overpayment or 

underpayment of the Assessment 

Calculation for each Racetrack for the 

applicable year or there are any past due 

amounts of the Assessment Calculation 

for each Racetrack, such overpayments, 

underpayments and/or past due 

amounts shall be equitably adjusted to 

account for such differences in the 

succeeding calendar year. 

(2) Each Racetrack shall pay the 

Assessment Calculation for each 

Racetrack to the Authority within thirty 

(30) days from receipt of the applicable 

invoice. 

(3) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 3052(f)(3)(B), 

the applicable fee per racing start for the 

Assessment Calculation for each 

Racetrack shall be equitably allocated 

among covered persons as follows: 

Racetrack: 50%; Owners: 43.50%; 

Trainers: 5.00%; and Jockeys: 1.50%. 

Provided, however, if the horsemen’s 

group that represents the majority of 

owners and trainers racing at the 

applicable Racetrack (the ‘‘Horsemen’s 

Group’’) agrees to pay the applicable 

starter fee for the owners, trainers and 

jockeys from the purse account or other 

sources, such payments shall be deemed 

to be equitably allocated among the 

owners, trainers and jockeys. In such 

case, the Horsemen’s Group and the 

Racetrack may mutually agree to the 

allocation of the applicable fee per 

racing start and such mutually agreed 

allocation shall be deemed equitably 

allocated among covered persons. 

Notwithstanding anything contained 

herein to the contrary, if a Racetrack 

voluntarily assumes a larger percentage 

of the applicable fee per racing start 

than set forth in this section, such 

allocation shall be deemed equitably 

allocated among covered persons. The 

Racetrack shall collect the applicable fee 

per racing start from the applicable 

covered persons involved with covered 

horseraces. 

(f) Not later than March 1 of each 

year, the Authority shall calculate the 

actual number of starts in covered 

horseraces as reported by Equibase for 

the previous calendar year and the 

actual total amount of purses paid 

(including all purse supplements 

included in the Equibase result chart) 

for covered horseraces as reported by 

Equibase for the previous calendar year 

and apply such amounts to the 

calculations set forth in Rule 8520(c) 

instead of the projected amounts 

utilized in the calculation of the 

estimated amount provided to the State 

racing commission pursuant to Rule 

8520(b) for the relevant calendar year 

(the ‘‘True-Up Calculation’’). The 

allocation due from each State in the 

current year shall be equitably adjusted 

to account for any differences between 

the estimated amount provided to the 

State racing commission pursuant to 

Rule 8520(b) for the previous year and 

the True-Up Calculation. 

(g) In the event that any court of 

competent jurisdiction issues an 

injunction that enjoins the enforcement 

of the Rule 8500 Series based on the use 

of purses paid in the Assessment 

Methodology Rule, the applicable 

States, Racetracks and Covered Persons, 

as the case may be, shall pay the 

allocation due from each State pursuant 

to 15 U.S.C. 3052(f)(1)(C) and 15 U.S.C. 

3052(f)(3)(A)–(C) proportionally by the 

applicable State’s respective percentage 

of Projected Starts (the ‘‘Alternative 

Calculation’’). In the event that such 

injunction is reversed by a court of 

competent jurisdiction and such 

reversal is final and non-appealable, the 

Authority shall adjust the allocation due 

from the appliable States, Racetracks 

and Covered Persons, as the case may 

be, in the current calendar year to 

account for the overpayment or 

underpayment created by the use of the 

Alternative Calculation made during the 

time that the injunction was in force. 

(h) All notices required to be given to 

the Authority pursuant to the Act and 

these regulations shall be in writing and 

shall be mailed to the Authority’s 

address listed on the Authority’s 

website and emailed to jim.gates@

hisaus.org. 

(i) Interest shall accrue on all past due 

amounts hereunder at an interest rate 

equal to the prime rate published in the 

Wall Street Journal on the date the 

payment is due, compounded annually, 

on such amount from the due date of the 

payment until such amount is paid. 

By direction of the Commission. 

April J. Tabor, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket No. CDC–2024–0082; NIOSH–354] 

World Trade Center Health Program; 

Request for Information 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), within the CDC, is soliciting 

public comment on the scope of two 

upcoming research funding 

announcements forecasted for FY2026. 

The World Trade Center (WTC) Health 

Program is interested in soliciting 

applications for Cooperative Research 

Agreements Related to the World Trade 

Center Health Program (RFA–OH–26– 

001) and for Assessment and Evaluation 

of Emerging Health Conditions Relevant 

to the World Trade Center Health 

Program (RFA–OH–26–002). Forecasts 

are published in grants.gov. The WTC 

Health Program supports research to 

help answer critical questions about 

potential September 11, 2001-related 

physical and mental health conditions, 

as well as research on diagnosing and 

treating health conditions on the List of 

WTC-Related Health Conditions (List). 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through either of the 

following two methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov (follow the 

instructions for submitting comments), 

or 


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1Title XXXIII of the PHS Act is codified at 42 

U.S.C. 300mm–300mm–64. Those portions of the 

Zadroga Act found in Titles II and III of Public Law 

111–347 do not pertain to the WTC Health Program 

and are codified elsewhere. 

2The List of WTC-Related Health Conditions is 

established in 42 U.S.C. 300mm–22(a)(3)–(4) and 

300mm–32(b); additional conditions may be added 

through rulemaking and the complete List is 

provided in WTC Health Program regulations at 42 

CFR 88.15. 

• By Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, 

Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS C–34, 

1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226–1998. 

Instructions: All written submissions 

received in response to this notice must 

include the agency name (Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, HHS) 

and docket number (CDC–2024–0082; 

NIOSH–354) for this action. All relevant 

comments, including any personal 

information provided, will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Weiss, Program Analyst, 1090 

Tusculum Avenue, MS: C–48, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226; telephone (404) 

498–2500 (this is not a toll-free 

number); email NIOSHregs@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title I of 

the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 

Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga 

Act) (Pub. L. 111–347, as amended by 

Pub. L. 114–113, Pub. L. 116–59, Pub. 

L. 117–328, and Pub. L. 118–31), added 

Title XXXIII to the Public Health 

Service Act (PHS Act),1 establishing the 

WTC Health Program within HHS. The 

WTC Health Program provides medical 

monitoring and treatment benefits for 

health conditions on the List 2 to eligible 

firefighters and related personnel, law 

enforcement officers, and rescue, 

recovery, and cleanup workers who 

responded to the September 11, 2001, 

terrorist attacks in New York City, at the 

Pentagon, and in Shanksville, 

Pennsylvania (responders). The Program 

also provides benefits to eligible persons 

who were present in the dust or dust 

cloud on September 11, 2001, or who 

worked, resided, or attended school, 

childcare, or adult daycare in the New 

York City disaster area (survivors). 

The Zadroga Act also requires that the 

Program conduct or support research on 

health conditions that may result from 

the September 11, 2001, terrorist 

attacks, addressing the following topics: 

• Physical and mental health 

conditions that may be related to the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; 

• Diagnosing WTC-related health 

conditions for which there have been 

diagnostic uncertainty; and 

• Treating WTC-related health 

conditions for which there have been 

treatment uncertainty. 

For more information on NIOSHfunded research projects related to the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 

and areas of interest based on the 

Program’s Research Agenda, please visit 

the WTC Health Program Research web 

page (https://www.cdc.gov/wtc/ 

research.html). 

Request for Information 

To further relevant WTC Health 

Program research in FY2026, NIOSH has 

forecasted two notices of funding 

opportunities: (1) RFA–OH–26–001: 

Cooperative Research Agreements 

Related to the World Trade Center 

Health Program (https://grants.gov/ 

search-results-detail/356163) and (2) 

RFA–OH–26–002: Assessment and 

Evaluation of Emerging Health 

Conditions Relevant to the World Trade 

Center Health Program (https://

grants.gov/search-results-detail/ 

356164). 

NIOSH seeks to achieve a suitable mix 

of meritorious research projects which 

assess the feasibility of new ways to 

enhance interventions and program 

evaluations with the potential to 

improve WTC Health Program treatment 

and care, and the overall well-being of 

9/11-exposed populations. Clinical 

research areas of interest include 

methods, interventions, or procedures 

which can improve the screening, 

diagnosis, and treatment of WTC-related 

health conditions and care for those 

exposed. NIOSH expects that such 

clinical research outcomes will 

incorporate relevant epidemiological 

aspects and use research results to 

improve treatment and care. Assessment 

and evaluation of treatment and care 

programs for WTC-related health 

conditions and exposed populations are 

also of interest. Additional details are 

provided in the forecasts for these 

proposed funding opportunities (please 

refer to the links included in this 

notice). 

Specifically, NIOSH seeks input on 

research priorities with regard to the 

following questions: 

(1) What are the primary research 

needs for the 9/11-exposed population, 

such as WTC responders, screeningeligible WTC survivors, or certifiedeligible WTC survivors? 

(2) What are the primary health 

concerns that are potentially related to 

9/11 exposure, or the treatment thereof, 

and how do they differ among groups 

within the 9/11-exposed population? 

(3) What emerging health conditions 

that may be related to 9/11 exposure 

should be prioritized and addressed? 

John J. Howard, 

Administrator, World Trade Center Health 

Program and Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Tribal Request for Reconsideration 

Hearing 

AGENCY: Office of Child Care; 

Administration for Children and 

Families; U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

reconsideration hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given to the 

Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada (ITCN) 

and interested parties of a 

reconsideration hearing. The purpose of 

the hearing is to reconsider the decision 

of the Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Office of Child Care 

(OCC) regarding revision to the FY2023– 

2025 triennial child count submitted by 

the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada 

(ITCN) as part of their triennial plan, 

submitted on July 1, 2022. Because the 

child count was submitted as part of 

ITCN’s FY2023–205 triennial plan, 

ITCN is entitled to request 

reconsideration to determine ‘‘whether 

such Plan or amendment conforms to 

the requirements for approval under the 

Act and pertinent Federal regulations.’’ 

The sole issue to be reconsidered is 

OCC’s decision to reduce ITCN’s child 

count. 

DATES: December 3, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. 

PST; 12:00 EST. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual via Zoom; Interested 

parties must submit a request for a 

registration link to Latasha Abney, 

Director, ACF Office of Grants Policy 

latasha.abney@acf.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Latasha Abney, Director, ACF Office of 

Grants Policy latasha.abney@

acf.hhs.gov or (202) 401–5324. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter 

dated January 17, 2023, OCC 

communicated its decision that ITCN 

had submitted a duplicated child count 

in an area that overlapped the service 

area of another CCDF tribal lead agency, 

and that the area was not within a 


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