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accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

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–2024–0146 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. 2024–27276 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[DOT–NHTSA–2024–0074] 

Speed Measuring Device Conformity— 

RADAR 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Transition of the 

NHTSA managed Down The Road (DTR) 

Radar Speed Measuring Device (SMD) 

Conforming Products List (CPL) 

program to an industry-based 

Verification Program. 

SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

provides notice to the public that the 

Conforming Products List (CPL) 

maintained and updated by NHTSA for 

Down The Road (DTR) radar speed 

measuring devices will be discontinued. 

A new industry-based product 

Verification Program has been 

developed to confirm that DTR radar 

speed measuring devices conform to 

certain minimum specifications. The 

new industry-based product Verification 

Program will provide manufacturers the 

flexibility to confirm conformance with 

any testing entity as long as the entity 

can fulfill the requirements for testing 

and verifying device compliance with 

the established performance 

specifications, testing protocols and 

laboratory accreditation requirements of 

the industry-based Verification Program. 

To afford manufacturers time to 

transition to the new program, NHTSA 

will maintain the CPL for one year after 

the date of this notice. 

Under the new Verification Program, 

a DTR radar speed measuring device 

manufacturer can use an accredited 

testing entity to verify that its speed 

measuring device conforms to an 

established performance standard and 

will be placed on a verified products list 

maintained by the Verification Program. 

Please refer to the NIST website for a list 

of available Verification Programs: 

https://www.nist.gov/mml/mmsd/ 

security-technologies-group/down-roaddtr-radar. The new Verification Program 

will provide manufacturers with a 

proven method of demonstrating 

compliance to the minimum 

performance specifications, will 

empower end-users to make better 

purchasing decisions, and benefit 

manufacturers as products can quickly 

gain market acceptance. 

Accordingly, as of the date of this 

publication, NHTSA will no longer 

perform CPL processing under the 

Interim Administrative Guide for the 

Traffic Enforcement Technologies 

Program. 

DATES: Comments are due by within 30 

days of this announcement. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the electronic docket site 

by clicking on ‘‘Help’’ or ‘‘FAQ’’. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 366–9322 

before coming. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

Docket number for this Notice. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please see the Privacy 

heading below. 

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.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 


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viewed on the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or by visiting https://

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith D. Williams, Enforcement and 

Justice Services Division, NPD–220, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; 

Telephone; (202) 366–8137. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The use of enforcement technologies 

is a major component of many traffic 

safety programs. Traffic Radio Detection 

and Ranging (RADAR) technology has 

been used in the United States to detect 

speeding motorists since the late 1940s. 

Over time, radar speed-measuring 

devices have evolved from large, 

unwieldy stationary models to compact 

and sophisticated units capable of 

monitoring the speeds of moving 

vehicles while operating in either a 

stationary or moving mode. These 

technological advances, as well as the 

development of other traffic 

enforcement technologies, have greatly 

enhanced the mobility, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of enforcement of speed 

limits. 

Speed measuring device performance 

specifications ensure that devices are 

accurate and reliable when properly 

operated and maintained. Law 

enforcement agencies have historically 

been encouraged to utilize a CPL as a 

criteria for determining which speed 

measuring devices they choose to 

procure. 

Filling a gap for a need of nationally 

recognized performance standards for 

law enforcement traffic radar speed 

measuring devices, in 1977, NHTSA 

entered into an interagency agreement 

with the Law Enforcement Standards 

Laboratory of the National Bureau of 

Standards (NBS) to develop 

performance standards for law 

enforcement speed measuring devices. 

Further, at that time, concurrence 

between operator training requirements 

and technological advances had not 

been maintained. 

In December 1980, NHTSA published 

a proposed rulemaking for Down-theRoad (DTR) Radar performance 

standards specifications, 49 FR 2097. 

After a thorough review of comments 

received in response to the proposed 

rulemaking for performance standards 

for radar speed measuring devices (see 

46 FR 2097–2120), NHTSA decided not 

to regulate in the area because the 

benefits of the proposed rule could be 

achieved without the issuance of a 

federal regulation. Instead of a 

performance standard, NHTSA engaged 

with the United States Department of 

Commerce, National Bureau of 

Standards, now known as the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST), to develop model performance 

specifications. A technical report was 

published in March 1982 entitled 

‘‘Model Performance Specifications for 

Police Traffic Radar Devices’’ under 

NHTSA report number DOT HS 806– 

191. States and local law enforcement 

were free to adopt these specifications 

to guide their purchase of DTR radar 

devises. 

In late 1990s, the International 

Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), 

through a Cooperative Agreement with 

NHTSA, formed the Enforcement 

Technologies Advisory Technical 

Subcommittee (ETATS), which brought 

together manufacturers, practitioners, 

law enforcement, and other stakeholders 

to update and/or revise the 

specifications and provide laboratory 

services to test and validate compliance 

of DTR radar units against the minimum 

performance specifications. Under the 

cooperative agreement, the IACP/ 

ETATS produced an update to the 1982 

Model Performance Specifications titled 

Speed Measuring Device Performance 

Specifications: Down the Road Radar 

Module (DOT HS 812 266). 

With the conclusion of the 

cooperative agreement, the ETATS was 

disbanded. Thereafter, NHTSA 

administered the CPL pursuant to 

NHTSA produced guidance titled 

Interim Administrative Guide for the 

Traffic Enforcement Technologies 

Program. See: https://www.nhtsa.gov/ 

sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/ 

interim_admin_guide_-_nov_29_

2016.pdf. 

Since the conclusion of the IACP 

cooperative agreement, NHTSA has 

worked with NIST to develop a new 

industry-based verification program by 

which DTR Radar devices could be 

tested and verified against a minimum 

performance standard. NIST engaged 

the Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers (IEEE), who, 

through its Instrumentation and 

Measurement Society, established the 

TC–41 Traffic Enforcement 

Technologies technical committee and 

the DTR Radar Working Group. The 

DTR Radar Working Group brought 

together manufacturers, scientists, law 

enforcement and other stakeholders to 

develop, through a consensus process, 

documentary standards, minimum 

performance specifications and 

associated test methods for DTR radar 

devices. The DTR Radar Working Group 

was also tasked with preparing a 

framework for establishing criteria, 

including comprehensive and consistent 

processes, to address conformity 

assessment through a verification 

process of DTR Radar devices (see 

https://ieee-ims.org/technicalcommittee/tc-41). As a result of these 

efforts, IEEE published IEEE Standard 

2450, The Performance of Down-theRoad Radar Used in Traffic Speed 

Measurements (IEEE Standard) on 

November 5, 2019. The IEEE Standard 

specifies the baseline performance 

requirements and associated test 

procedures for DTR radar speedmeasuring devices used by law 

enforcement agencies to enforce vehicle 

speed limit laws. 

Verification processes for DTR Radar 

devices are focused on product 

effectiveness and include the following 

primary components: Verification, 

Inspection, Testing, Accreditation, 

Surveillance, Supplier’s Declaration of 

Conformity, Registration, and Quality 

Management Systems. 

II. Objective 

This notice supports NHTSA’s 

mission to save lives, prevent injuries, 

and reduce economic costs due to road 

traffic crashes, through education, 

research, safety standards, and 

enforcement. NHTSA has established 

through research and practice that law 

enforcement and the work of our 

Nation’s law enforcement officers are 

critical to the prevention and reduction 

of traffic-related fatalities and injuries. 

Traffic enforcement must have equity— 

the consistent, fair, just, and impartial 

treatment of all people—at its 

foundation. The use of accurate and 

reliable speed measuring devices to 

enforce vehicle speed limit laws is 

crucial in reducing speeding-related 

crashes. 

To ensure that DTR radar devices are 

reliable and accurate, NHTSA has 

historically supported efforts to 

maintain and publish a CPL. The 

objective of this notice is two-fold. First, 

to notify the public that a new industrybased verification program, based on the 

IEEE Standard, is available to 

manufacturers. Second, NHTSA notifies 

the public that the NHTSA Traffic 

Enforcement Technologies Program will 

be discontinued due to the 

establishment of the industry-based 

verification program. 


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III. Transition to the Industry-Based 

Verification Program 

While today NHTSA is announcing 

that it will discontinue the Traffic 

Enforcement Technologies Program and 

no longer maintain a CPL, it will 

maintain the CPL for one year after the 

date of publication of this notice to 

permit manufacturers with devices on 

the current CPL time to enter devices 

into the industry-based verification 

program. Accordingly, as of November 

21, 2025 NHTSA will retire the CPL that 

it maintained through the Interim 

Administrative Guide for the Traffic 

Enforcement Technologies Program. 

Manufacturers that prefer a verification 

of DTR radar devices they produce may 

engage the industry-based verification 

program developed by NIST. 

IV. Industry-Based Verification 

Program 

Manufacturers of DTR Radar devices 

may, at their expense, obtain product 

verification through third-party 

verification programs conducted by 

entities that are accredited pursuant to 

the International Organization for 

Standardization/International 

Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 

Standard 17065 (see https://

www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:isoiec:17065:ed-1:v1:en to learn more about 

becoming an accredited verification 

entity). Accredited verification entities 

must perform the required testing in 

conformance with the standard 

developed by the Institute of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is 

listed as the 2450–2019—IEEE Standard 

for the Performance of Down-the-Road 

Radar Used in Traffic Speed 

Measurements, published November 5, 

2019 (see https://standards.ieee.org/ 

ieee/2450/6920/). A list of entities that 

are accredited verification entities to 

IEEE Standard 2450–2019 is located 

here https://www.nist.gov/mml/mmsd/ 

security-technologies-group/down-roaddtr-radar. The IEEE standard is the 

baseline for verification requirements 

and associated test procedures for 

down-the-road (DTR) traffic radar 

speed-measuring devices. A DTR radar 

device that is found to meet the IEEE 

standard will be added to a verified 

product listing, that is a list of product 

models that have demonstrated 

compliance to applicable performance 

requirements and specifications. 

Unmanned radar speed-measuring 

devices, automated speed enforcement, 

or DTR radar range measurements are 

not covered in this standard. 

The industry-based verification 

program includes initial and 

surveillance performance requirements 

and the use of the Verification Mark to 

be placed on all verified units. The 

testing entity will provide 

documentation to the manufacturer that 

its product meets the IEEE standard. 

The industry-based Verification 

Program will maintain a verified 

product list on its website for products 

that meet the performance 

specifications. More information about 

the Down-the-Road Radar Devices 

verification program, including 

information related to entities that are 

accredited to IEEE Standard 2450–2019, 

is located here: https://www.nist.gov/ 

mml/mmsd/security-technologiesgroup/down-road-dtr-radar. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 403; 49 CFR 1.95; 

49 CFR 501.8. 

Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27130 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of 

Allocation Availability (NOAA) Inviting 

Applications for the Calendar Years 

(CY) 2024–2025 Allocation Round of the 

New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) 

Program 

Announcement Type: Announcement 

of NMTC Allocation availability. 

DATES: 

TABLE 1—CY 2024–2025 ALLOCATION ROUND NMTC PROGRAM CRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS

Description Deadline/date 

Time 

(eastern 

time—ET) 

Submission method 

Request to modify CDE certification service area ........................................ December 3, 2024 ........ 11:59 p.m ...... Electronically via AMIS. 

Subsidiary CDE Certification Application for meeting Qualified Equity Investment (QEI) issuance thresholds.December 3, 2024 ........ 11:59 p.m ...... Electronically via AMIS. 

CY 2024–2025 Allocation Application Registration ...................................... December 5, 2024 ........ 5:00 p.m ........ Electronically via AMIS. 

Amendment request to add Subsidiary CDEs to Allocation Agreements for 

meeting QEI issuance thresholds.

January 17, 2025 .......... 11:59 p.m ...... Electronically via AMIS. 

Amendment request to remove a Controlling Entity from Allocation Agreement(s).January 17, 2025 .......... 11:59 p.m ...... Electronically via AMIS. 

Last date to contact CDFI Fund staff ........................................................... January 27, 2025 .......... 5:00 p.m ........ Electronically via AMIS. 

CY 2024–2025 Allocation Application (including required Attachments) ..... January 29, 2025 .......... 5:00 p.m ........ Electronically via AMIS. 

QEI Issuance and making Qualified Low Income Community Investments 

(QLICIs) by.

April 17, 2025 ............... 11:59 p.m ...... Not Applicable. 

Report QEIs and certify QLICIs by ............................................................... April 24, 2025 ............... 11:59 p.m ...... Electronically via AMIS. 

Executive Summary: This NOAA is 

issued in connection with the CY 2024– 

2025 allocation round (Allocation 

Round) of the New Markets Tax Credit 

Program (NMTC Program), as authorized 

by Title I, subtitle C, section 121 of the 

Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 

2000 (Pub. L. 106–554) as amended. 

Through the NMTC Program, the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) provides 

authority to certified CDEs to offer an 

incentive to investors in the form of tax 

credits over seven years, which is 

expected to stimulate the provision of 

private investment capital that, in turn, 

will facilitate economic and community 

development in Low-Income 

Communities. Through this NOAA, the 

CDFI Fund announces the availability of 

$10 billion of NMTC Allocation 

authority in this Allocation Round. 

In this NOAA, the CDFI Fund 

specifically addresses how a CDE may 

apply to receive an allocation of 

NMTCs, the competitive procedure 

through which NMTC Allocations will 

be made, and the actions that will be 

taken to ensure that proper allocations 

are made to appropriate entities. 


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