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23 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 24 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1The verified notice was initially filed on 

October 28, 2024. On October 29, 2024, CSXT filed 

a supplement to correct a typo regarding the 

mileage in Exhibit A. Accordingly, the verified 

notice of exemption will be deemed to have been 

filed on October 29, 2024. 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 23 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

NYSE–2024–69 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–NYSE–2024–69. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NYSE–2024–69 and should be 

submitted on or before December 9, 

2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.24

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26749 Filed 11–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20701 and #20702; 

NORTH CAROLINA Disaster Number NC– 

20007] 

Presidential Declaration Amendment of 

a Major Disaster for the State of North 

Carolina 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 3. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of North Carolina 

(FEMA–4827–DR), dated September 28, 

2024. 

Incident: Tropical Storm Helene. 

DATES: Issued on November 13, 2024. 

Incident Period: September 25, 2024, 

and continuing. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 7, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: June 30, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of North 

Carolina, dated September 28, 2024, is 

hereby amended to extend the deadline 

for filing applications for physical 

damages as a result of this disaster to 

January 7, 2025. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26810 Filed 11–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 818X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Marion 

County, Ind. 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 1

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon an 

approximately 1.8-mile rail line that 

runs between Lat/Long (39.74752, 

¥86.18469) and Lat/Long (39.7294, 

¥86.20626) on its Northeast Great Lakes 

Division, Indianapolis Terminal 

Subdivision, Craven Industrial track in 

Marion County, Ind. (the Line). The 

Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip 

Codes 46221 and 46251. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) no local 

rail traffic has moved over the Line 

during the past two years; (2) any 

overhead traffic on the Line can be and 

has been rerouted over other lines; (3) 

no formal complaint filed by a user of 

rail service on the Line (or by a state or 

local government on behalf of such user) 

regarding cessation of service over the 

Line is pending with either the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of a complainant within the 

two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(b) and 

1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and 

historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to government 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

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2Persons interested in submitting an OFA must 

first file a formal expression of intent to file an 

offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they 

wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

3The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

4Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), 

respectively. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received,2

this exemption will be effective on 

December 18, 2024, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues 3 must be filed by November 27, 

2024. Formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 

and interim trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by November 29, 2024.4 Petitions 

to reopen and requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by December 9, 2024. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 55 (Sub-No. 818X), must be filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

either via e-filing on the Board’s website 

or in writing addressed to 395 E Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on CSXT’s representative, 

Louis E. Gitomer, Law Offices of Louis 

E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 Baltimore Avenue, 

Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by November 22, 2024. The Draft 

EA will be available to interested 

persons on the Board’s website, by 

writing to OEA, or by calling OEA at 

(202) 245–0294. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. Comments on environmental 

or historic preservation matters must be 

filed within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CSXT shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by November 18, 2025, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: November 13, 2024. 

By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26797 Filed 11–15–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Fiscal Year 2025 Competitive Funding 

Opportunity: Bus Safety and 

Accessibility Research Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity 

(NOFO). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

opportunity to submit applications for 

the Bus Safety and Accessibility 

Research Program for up to $10,000,000 

under the Public Transportation 

Innovation Program in multiple fiscal 

years. The strategic goal for this program 

is to make existing and new buses safer 

for their operators and vulnerable road 

users, and safer and more accessible for 

their passengers. The Bus Safety and 

Accessibility Research Program seeks 

proposals to research standard bus 

designs, safety innovations and systems, 

and bus compartments that support 

these safety and accessibility goals. 

Additionally, this NOFO will require 

the development of detailed design 

specifications and production of a 

prototype that is available through a 

retrofit on existing buses and for 

installation in new buses. 

DATES: Complete proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

grants.gov ‘‘APPLY’’ function by 11:59 

p.m. eastern time on January 17, 2025. 

Prospective applicants should initiate 

the process by registering on the 

grants.gov website promptly to ensure 

completion of the application process 

before the submission deadline. 

Instructions for applying can be found 

on FTA’s website at https://

www.transit.dot.gov/howtoapply and in 

the ‘‘FIND’’ module of grants.gov. The 

funding opportunity ID is FTA–2025– 

003–TRI. Mail and fax submissions will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Roell, FTA Office of Research, 

Demonstration, and Innovation, phone 

(202) 366–9214, or email: maria.roell@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF KEY INFORMATION: FTA BUS SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY RESEARCH COMPETITIVE FUNDING

OPPORTUNITY

Issuing Agency .............. Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Program Overview ........ To establish a Bus Safety and Accessibility Research Program under 49 U.S.C. 5312 to research standard designs 

and prototypes to make existing and new buses safer for their operators and vulnerable road users, and safer and 

more accessible for their passengers. 

Eligible Applicants ......... Departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government, including Federal laboratories; State and local governmental entities; providers of public transportation; private or non-profit organizations; institutions of higher education; and technical and community colleges. 

Eligible Project .............. Engineering, design, and protype production of a bus or bus components that improve safety of operator and VRUs 

and increases accessibility for passengers. 

Funding Amount ............ $10,000,000. Additional funds made available prior to project selection may be allocated to eligible projects. 

Deadline ........................ January 17, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Cost share ..................... The maximum Federal share of project costs under this program is 80 percent. 


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