Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / Notices 84665 

GHG emissions from ships using new 

technologies and alternative fuels 

—Revision of the Guidelines on 

Maritime Cyber Risk Management 

(MSC–FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.2) and 

identification of next steps to enhance 

maritime cybersecurity 

—Measures to enhance maritime 

security 

—Piracy and armed robbery against 

ships 

—Unsafe mixed migration by sea 

—Formal safety assessment 

—Ship system and equipment (Report of 

the tenth session of the SubCommittee) 

—Navigation, communications and 

search and rescue (Report of the 

eleventh session of the SubCommittee) 

—Carriage of cargoes and containers 

(Urgent matters emanating from the 

tenth session of the Sub-Committee) 

—Implementation of IMO Instruments 

(Report of the tenth session of the 

Sub-Committee) 

—Pollution Prevention and Response 

(Report of the eleventh session of the 

Sub-Committee) 

—Domestic ferry safety 

—Application of the Committee’s 

method of work 

—Work programme 

—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 

2025 

—Any other business 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Committee on its 109th session 

Please note: The IMO may, on short 

notice, adjust the MSC 109 agenda to 

accommodate any constraints associated 

with the meeting. Although no changes 

to the agenda are anticipated, if any are 

necessary, they will be provided to 

those who RSVP. 

Those who plan to participate should 

contact the meeting coordinator, LCDR 

Emily K. Rowan at Emily.K.Rowan@

uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1376, or 

in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 

20593–7509 no later than November 12, 

2024, 14 days prior to the meeting. 

Requests made after November 12, 2024, 

might not be able to be accommodated. 

The meeting coordinator will provide 

the teleconference information, facilitate 

the building security process, and 

requests for reasonable accommodation. 

Please note that due to security 

considerations, two valid, government 

issued photo identifications must be 

presented to gain entrance to the 

Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth’s. 

This building is accessible by taxi, 

public transportation, and privately 

owned conveyance (upon advanced 

request). 

Additional information regarding this 

and other IMO public meetings may be 

found at: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/ 

IMO. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2656 and 5 U.S.C. 552) 

Leslie W. Hunt, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24502 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 22)] 

Notice of Railroad-Shipper 

Transportation Advisory Council 

Vacancy 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board 

(Board). 

ACTION: Notice of vacancy on the 

Railroad-Shipper Transportation 

Advisory Council (RSTAC) and 

solicitation of nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Board hereby gives notice 

of a vacancy on RSTAC for a small 

shipper representative. The Board seeks 

nominations for candidates to fill this 

vacancy. 

DATES: Nominations are due on 

November 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations may be 

submitted via e-filing on the Board’s 

website at www.stb.gov. Submissions 

will be posted to the Board’s website 

under Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 22). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Dalton at (771) 201–1070. If you require 

an accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board, created in 1996 to take over 

many of the functions previously 

performed by the Interstate Commerce 

Commission, exercises broad authority 

over transportation by rail carriers, 

including regulation of railroad rates 

and service (49 U.S.C. 10701–47, 

11101–24), the construction, 

acquisition, operation, and 

abandonment of rail lines (49 U.S.C. 

10901–07), as well as railroad line sales, 

consolidations, mergers, and common 

control arrangements (49 U.S.C. 10902, 

11323–27). 

The ICC Termination Act of 1995 

(ICCTA), enacted on December 29, 1995, 

established RSTAC to advise the Board’s 

Chair; the Secretary of Transportation; 

the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation of the Senate; and 

the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure of the House of 

Representatives with respect to rail 

transportation policy issues RSTAC 

considers significant. RSTAC focuses on 

issues of importance to small shippers 

and small railroads, including car 

supply, rates, competition, and 

procedures for addressing claims. 

ICCTA instructs RSTAC to endeavor to 

develop private sector mechanisms to 

prevent, or identify and address, 

obstacles to the most effective and 

efficient transportation system 

practicable. The members of RSTAC 

also prepare an annual report 

concerning RSTAC’s activities. RSTAC 

is not subject to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

RSTAC’s 15 appointed members 

consist of representatives of small and 

large shippers, and small and large 

railroads. These members are appointed 

by the Board’s Chair. In addition, 

members of the Board and the Secretary 

of Transportation serve as ex officio 

members. Of the 15 appointed members, 

nine are voting members and are 

appointed from senior executive officers 

of organizations engaged in the railroad 

and rail shipping industries. At least 

four of the voting members must be 

representatives of small shippers as 

determined by the Board’s Chair, and at 

least four of the voting members must be 

representatives of Class II or III 

railroads. The remaining voting member 

has traditionally been an at-large 

representative. The other six members— 

three representing Class I railroads and 

three representing large shipper 

organizations—serve in a nonvoting, 

advisory capacity, but may participate 

in RSTAC deliberations. 

Meetings of RSTAC are required by 

statute to be held at least semi-annually. 

RSTAC typically holds meetings 

quarterly at the Board’s headquarters in 

Washington, DC, although some 

meetings are held virtually or in other 

locations. 

The members of RSTAC receive no 

compensation for their services and are 

required to provide for the expenses 

incidental to their service, including 

travel expenses. Currently, RSTAC 

members have elected to submit annual 

dues to pay for RSTAC expenses. 

RSTAC members must be citizens of 

the United States and represent as 

broadly as practicable the various 

segments of the railroad and rail shipper 

industries. They may not be full-time 

employees of the United States 

Government. According to revised 

guidance issued by the Office of 

Management and Budget, it is 

permissible for federally registered 

lobbyists to serve on advisory 

committees, such as RSTAC, as long as 

they do so in a representative capacity, 

rather than an individual capacity. See 


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84666 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 23, 2024 / Notices 

Revised Guidance on Appointment of 

Lobbyists to Fed. Advisory Comms., 

Bds., & Comm’ns, 79 FR 47,482 (Aug. 

13, 2014). Members of RSTAC are 

appointed to serve in a representative 

capacity. 

Each RSTAC member is appointed for 

a term of three years. No member will 

be eligible to serve in excess of two 

consecutive terms. However, a member 

may serve after the expiration of his or 

her term until a successor has taken 

office. 

Due to the expiration of an RSTAC 

member’s term, a vacancy exists for a 

small shipper representative. 

Nominations for candidates to fill the 

vacancy should be submitted in letter 

form, identifying the name of the 

candidate, providing a summary of why 

the candidate is qualified to serve on 

RSTAC, and containing representations 

that the candidate is willing to serve as 

an RSTAC member effective 

immediately upon appointment. 

Candidates may nominate themselves. 

The Board’s Chair is committed to 

having a committee reflecting diverse 

communities and viewpoints and 

strongly encourages the nomination of 

candidates from diverse backgrounds. 

RSTAC candidate nominations should 

be filed with the Board by November 18, 

2024. Members selected to serve on 

RSTAC are chosen at the discretion of 

the Board’s Chair. 

Please note that submissions will be 

posted on the Board’s website under 

Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 22) and can 

also be obtained by contacting the Office 

of Public Assistance, Governmental 

Affairs, and Compliance at RCPA@

stb.gov or (202) 245–0238. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1325. 

Decided: October 18, 2024. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24576 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No: FAA–2024–2434] 

Notice of Virtual Meeting With Industry 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of virtual meeting for 

Prospective Manufacturers of Airborne 

Position Reference Tools (APRT). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is holding a virtual 

industry event to educate companies 

interested in manufacturing 

supplemental surveillance tools to 

increase airborne situational awareness. 

These ‘‘Airborne Position Reference 

Tools’’ (APRTs) will be available for 

purchase and operation by non-federal 

entities (e.g., airport authorities). APRTs 

are intended for use in air traffic control 

towers that are staffed by non-federally 

employed controllers and not equipped 

with Standard Terminal Automation 

Replacement Systems (STARS). 

DATES: Wednesday December 11, 2024; 

1:30–4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Schoen, Advanced Systems 

Design Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–9841; email: 

michael.j.schoen@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Statutory authority 

The FAA is authorized to regulate 

aviation technologies that are 

manufactured for operation by nonfederal entities in the National Airspace 

System (NAS). (49 U.S.C. 44708; 

40102(4)(c).) The Advanced Systems 

Design Service is tasked to assess the 

suitability of technologies that industry 

proposes for non-federal use in the 

NAS. (14 CFR part 171.75.) 

II. Background 

Please join the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) for a virtual 

industry event to educate companies 

interested in manufacturing and selling 

supplemental surveillance tools to 

increase airborne situational awareness. 

These ‘‘Airborne Position Reference 

Tools’’ (APRTs) will be available for 

purchase and operation by non-federal 

entities (e.g., airport authorities). They 

are intended for use in air traffic control 

towers that are staffed by non-federally 

employed controllers and not equipped 

with Standard Terminal Automation 

Replacement Systems (STARS). 

The FAA does not operate every 

Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) in 

the National Airspace System (NAS). 

Some towers are staffed by nonfederally employed controllers, either 

via the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) 

program, or with non-federal funding. A 

number of these ‘‘non-FAA’’ towers do 

not have a Certified Tower Radar 

Display (i.e., STARS). Without radar 

data the controllers at those towers must 

rely on their own visual observations, 

and their radio communications with 

pilots. Many of these towers desire a 

tool that supplements situational 

awareness by providing controllers with 

a digital picture of their airspace. 

APRTs may only be used to 

supplement controllers’ visual 

observations, and their radio 

communications with pilots. APRTs 

may not be used as the basis for 

maintaining separation between aircraft 

and they may not connect to FAA 

networks and/or FAA equipment. 

The FAA is not conducting an 

acquisition for APRTs. Sponsors who 

want to procure and operate an APRT 

must purchase FAA approved systems/ 

services. The FAA has developed 

minimum requirements that prospective 

manufacturers must meet and an 

approval process they must follow. 

Multiple vendors’ systems/services may 

be approved for non-federal use under 

the APRT umbrella. 

On Wednesday December 11th from 

1:30–4:30 p.m. the FAA will virtually 

brief that information to interested 

parties and entertain questions. We will 

also announce the date on which 

prospective manufacturers may submit 

their design approval requests. 

III. How To Register for This Event 

This event will be held via video 

conference. Please use the following 

link to register for an event invitation: 

https://liveeventsfaa.wufoo.com/forms/ 

industry-day-for-airborne-positionreference-tools/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 9, 

2024. 

Shelly A. Beauchamp, 

Team Manager, Advanced Systems Design 

Service (AJW–121). 

[FR Doc. 2024–24764 Filed 10–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[FAA–2024–2488] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for Customer Interactions’’ 

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. Customer Interactions 

provide the Federal Aviation 

Administration valuable information 

and connect the agency to the public. 


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