96708 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to issue coastwise 

endorsement eligibility determinations 

for foreign-built vessels which will carry 

no more than twelve passengers for hire. 

A request for such a determination has 

been received by MARAD. By this 

notice, MARAD seeks comments from 

interested parties as to any effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. Information about the 

requestor’s vessel, including a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2024–0150 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2024–0150 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility is in the West 

Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. The 

Docket Management Facility location 

address is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, MARAD–2024–0150, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except on 

Federal holidays. 

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 

comments, we recommend that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an email 

address, or a telephone number in the body 

of your document so that we can contact you 

if we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

specific docket number. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, or to submit 

comments that are confidential in 

nature, see the section entitled Public 

Participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Hagerty, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W23–461, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

(202) 366–0903. Email: 

patricia.hagerty@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described in the application, the 

intended service of the vessel 

VALKYRIE is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

Requester intends to offer passenger 

sailing charters. 

Geographic Region Including Base of 

Operations: Oahu, Hawaii. Base of 

Operations: Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Vessel Length and Type: 45′ Sail. 

The complete application is available 

for review identified in the DOT docket 

as MARAD 2024–0150 at https://

www.regulations.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

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–2024–0150 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. 2024–28444 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group; 

Solicitation of Application for 

Membership 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (FinCEN), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN is inviting the public 

to nominate financial institutions, trade 

groups, and non-Federal regulators or 

law enforcement agencies for 

membership in the Bank Secrecy Act 

Advisory Group. New members will be 

selected for three-year membership 

terms. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices 96709 

1Because they are not directly subject to the vast 

majority of BSA requirements themselves, entities 

that solely provide software products or services or 

consulting services for financial institutions are not 

independently eligible for BSAAG membership. 

2FinCEN Issues Final Rule for Beneficial 

Ownership Reporting To Support Law Enforcement 

Efforts, Counter Illicit Finance, and Increase 

Transparency | FinCEN.gov. 

3The CTA is title LXIV of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116–283 (Jan. 1, 2021) 

(NDAA). Division F of the NDAA is the Anti-Money 

Laundering Act of 2020, which includes the CTA. 

Section 6403 of the CTA, among other things, 

amended the BSA by adding a new section 5336, 

Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting 

Requirements, to subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 

31, United States Code. 

4The AML Act was enacted as division F, 

sections 6001–6511, of the NDAA. The AML Act, 

among other provisions, mandated the creation of 

a BSAAG Subcommittee on Innovation and 

Technology (section 6207) and a BSAG 

Subcommittee on Information Security and 

Confidentiality (section 6302). 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by January 6, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be 

emailed to BSAAG@fincen.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FinCEN Regulatory Support Section at 

frc@fincen.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1564 of the Annunzio-Wylie AntiMoney Laundering (AML) Act of 1992 

required the Secretary of the Treasury to 

establish a Bank Secrecy Act Advisory 

Group (BSAAG) consisting of 

representatives from federal agencies 

and other interested persons and 

financial institutions subject to the 

regulatory requirements of the Bank 

Secrecy Act, found at 31 CFR chapter X. 

The BSAAG is the means by which the 

Treasury receives advice on the 

reporting requirements of the Bank 

Secrecy Act (BSA) and informs private 

sector representatives on how the 

information they provide is used. As 

chair of the BSAAG, the Director of 

FinCEN is responsible for ensuring that 

relevant issues are placed before the 

BSAAG for review, analysis, and 

discussion. 

BSAAG membership is open to 

financial institutions subject to the BSA, 

trade groups that represent financial 

institutions subject to the BSA, and 

federal and non-federal regulators and 

law enforcement agencies that are 

located within the United States.1

FinCEN is especially interested in 

receiving nominations for eligible 

entities (as described above) that can 

share insights on compliance with the 

Corporate Transparency Act and 

FinCEN’s implementing regulations. In 

September of 2022, FinCEN published a 

final rule that implemented a new 

beneficial ownership information (BOI) 

reporting requirement, codified at 31 

CFR 1010.380.2 This rule implements 

section 6403 of the Corporate 

Transparency Act (CTA), which was 

enacted as part of the Anti-Money 

Laundering Act of 2020 in the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2021.3 The BOI reporting rule 

requires certain types of domestic and 

foreign entities, called ‘‘reporting 

companies,’’ to report information about 

their beneficial owners, the persons who 

ultimately own or control the company, 

to FinCEN. Eligible entities that are 

interested in focusing on CTA 

compliance should provide a clear 

explanation of how their perspectives 

can also enhance broader BSAAG 

discussions, including discussions 

about the BSA generally. 

We also continue to welcome 

nominations from other eligible entities 

that can actively share their 

perspectives on a variety of BSA 

requirements. Each member selected 

will serve a three-year term and must 

designate one individual to represent 

that member at plenary meetings. While 

BSAAG membership is granted to 

organizations, not to individuals, the 

designated representative for each 

selected organization should be 

knowledgeable about BSA requirements 

and be willing and able to devote the 

necessary time and effort on behalf of 

the representative’s organization. 

Members are expected to actively share 

anecdotal perspectives, quantifiable 

insights on BSA requirements, and 

industry trends in BSAAG discussions. 

The organization’s representative must 

be able to attend biannual plenary 

meetings, generally held in Washington, 

DC, over one or two days, generally in 

May and October. Additional BSAAG 

meetings may be held by phone, 

videoconference, or in person, and the 

organization’s representative is expected 

to actively engage in the BSAAG’s work 

through participation in meetings of 

various BSAAG Subcommittees and/or 

working groups, including 

Subcommittees established pursuant to 

the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 

(AML Act).4 Members will not be paid 

for their time, services, or travel. 

Nominations for individuals who are 

not representing an organization will 

not be considered, but organizations 

may nominate themselves. 

Organizations should only submit 

nominations on behalf of their own 

organization and not on behalf of 

another organization. Please provide 

complete answers to the following 

items, as nominations will be evaluated 

based on the information provided in 

response to this notice and request for 

nominations. There is no required 

format; interested organizations may 

submit their nominations electronically 

(e.g., email or email attachment). 

Nominations should include the 

following information: 

• Name of the organization requesting 

membership; 

• Point of contact, title, address, 

email address, and phone number; 

• Description of the financial 

institution, trade group, regulator, selfregulatory organization (SRO), or law 

enforcement agency involved with the 

BSA; 

• Reasons why the organization’s 

participation on the BSAAG will bring 

value to the group; and 

• Trade groups must submit a full list 

of their members along with their 

nomination. Trade groups must also 

confirm that, if selected, they will only 

share BSAAG information with their 

members that are located within the 

United States. 

In making the selections, FinCEN will 

seek to complement current BSAAG 

members and obtain comprehensive 

representation in terms of affiliation, 

industry, and geographic representation. 

The Director retains full discretion on 

all membership decisions. The Director 

may consider prior years’ applications 

when making selections and will not 

limit consideration to entities 

nominated by the public when making 

selections. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28451 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment; Comment Request 

on Burden Related to Reporting on 

Mortgage Assistance Payments 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 


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