100440 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Proposed Rules 

4See 37 CFR 201.6(a)(1); Remitter Payment 

Options and Deposit Account Requirements, 87 FR 

59306 (Sept. 30, 2022) (final rule). 

5 71 FR at 45739. 

6United States Copyright Office, Circular 74, June 

2022: How to Make Statutory License Royalty EFT 

Payments Using Pay.gov, https://copyright.gov/ 

circs/circ74.pdf; United States Copyright Office, 

Make Statutory License Royalty Payments Using 

Pay.gov, https://copyright.gov/licensing/ 

eftpayment. 

cards, as a form of payment; and (3) 

eliminating the need for remitters to 

separately complete the remittance 

advice form. Instead, they submit the 

remittance advice form through Pay.gov 

at the same time they make their 

payments. Thus, the proposed rule will 

allow more efficient collection and 

allocation of royalty fees. It will also 

harmonize payment regulations across 

services throughout the Office, which 

already mandate the use of Pay.gov for 

non-royalty electronic payments.4

The proposed rule does not alter the 

regulatory provisions allowing the 

Office to waive the requirement of 

payment by EFT. However, as the Office 

stated when it first required payment by 

EFT, waivers are ‘‘for those situations 

where there may be circumstances 

which make it virtually impossible for 

a remitter to use the electronic payment 

option or imposes a financial or other 

hardship.’’ 5

To assist remitters unfamiliar with 

Pay.gov, the Office has created tutorials 

to guide remitters, which are posted on 

the Licensing Section’s website.6

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 201 

Copyright, General provisions. 

Proposed Regulations 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Copyright Office proposes 

amending 37 CFR part 201 as follows: 

PART 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 201 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702. 

■ 2. Amend § 201.11 by revising 

paragraphs (f)(1) and (h)(3)(iv) to read as 

follows: 

§ 201.11 Satellite carrier statements of 

account covering statutory licenses for 

secondary transmissions. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(1) All royalty fees shall be paid by 

electronic funds transfer using Pay.gov, 

and payment must be received in the 

designated bank by the filing deadline 

for the relevant accounting period. 

Satellite carriers must provide specific 

information as part of the EFT and as 

part of the remittance advice, as listed 

in the instructions for Pay.gov, the 

Statement of Account form, and the 

Office’s website. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(iv)(A) All requests filed under this 

paragraph (h) must be accompanied by 

a filing fee in the amount prescribed in 

§ 201.3(e) of this part for each Statement 

of Account involved. Payment of this 

fee must be by EFT using Pay.gov. No 

request will be processed until the 

appropriate filing fees are received. 

(B) All requests that a supplemental 

royalty fee payment be received for 

deposit under this paragraph (h) must 

be accompanied by a remittance in the 

full amount of such fee. Payment of the 

supplemental royalty fee must be by 

EFT using Pay.gov. No such request will 

be processed until an acceptable 

remittance in the full amount of the 

supplemental royalty fee has been 

received. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 201.17 by revising 

paragraphs (k)(1) and (l)(4)(iv)(A) and 

(B) to read as follows: 

§ 201.17 Statements of Account covering 

compulsory licenses for secondary 

transmissions by cable systems. 

* * * * * 

(k) * * * 

(1) All royalty fees must be paid by 

electronic funds transfer (EFT) using 

Pay.gov, and must be received in the 

designated bank by the filing deadline 

for the relevant accounting period. 

Cable systems must provide specific 

information as part of the EFT and as 

part of the remittance advice, as listed 

in the instructions for Pay.gov, the 

Statement of Account form and on the 

Office’s website. 

* * * * * 

(l) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(iv)(A) All requests filed under this 

paragraph (l) must be accompanied by a 

filing fee in the amount prescribed in 

§ 201.3(e) of this part for each Statement 

of Account involved. Payment of this 

fee must be made by an electronic 

payment using Pay.gov. No request will 

be processed until the appropriate filing 

fees are received; and 

(B) All requests that a supplemental 

royalty fee payment be received for 

deposit under this paragraph (l) must be 

accompanied by a remittance in the full 

amount of such fee. Payment of the 

supplemental royalty fee must be by an 

electronic payment using Pay.gov. No 

such request will be processed until an 

acceptable remittance in the full amount 

of the supplemental royalty fee has been 

received. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 201.28 by revising 

paragraphs (h)(1) and (j)(3)(v) to read as 

follows: 

§ 201.28 Statements of Account for digital 

audio recording devices or media. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(1) All royalty fees must be paid by 

electronic funds transfer (EFT) using 

Pay.gov, and must be received in the 

designated bank by the filing deadline 

for the relevant accounting period. 

Remitters must provide specific 

information as part of the EFT and as 

part of the remittance advice, as listed 

in the instructions for Pay.gov, the 

Statement of Account form, and the 

Office’s website. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(v)(A) The request must be 

accompanied by a filing fee in the 

amount prescribed in § 201.3(e) for each 

Statement of Account involved. 

Payment of this fee must be by EFT 

using Pay.gov. No request will be 

processed until the appropriate filing 

fees are received. 

(B) Requests that a supplemental 

royalty fee payment be deposited must 

be accompanied by a remittance in the 

full amount of such fee. Payment of the 

supplemental royalty fee must be by 

electronic payment using Pay.gov. No 

such request will be processed until an 

acceptable remittance in the full amount 

of the supplemental royalty fee has been 

received. 

* * * * * 

Dated: December 5, 2024. 

Suzy Wilson, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29119 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

39 CFR Part 3041 

[Docket Nos. RM2025–5 and K2025–491; 

Order No. 8239] 

Streamlined Negotiated Service 

Agreement Review and New Postal 

Product 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notification of filing. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

acknowledging a recent Postal Service 

filing requesting the Commission 


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1USPS Request to Establish New Mid-Market— 

Non-Published Rates Product (MMNPR) and Notice 

of Filing Materials Under Seal, November 22, 2024 

(Request). 

2 Docket No. RM2023–5, Final Order Amending 

Rules Regarding Competitive Negotiated Service 

Agreements, August 9, 2024, at 4 (Order No. 7353). 

3See Docket Nos. MC2024–384 and CP2024–392, 

Order Adding Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail 

& USPS Ground Advantage Contract 123 to the 

Competitive Product List, August 5, 2024, at 7 

(Order No. 7334) (citing Docket Nos. MC2024–384 

and CP2024–392, USPS Response to Chairman’s 

Information Request No. 1, with Portions Filed 

Under Seal, July 16, 2024, question 3 (Docket Nos. 

MC2024–384 and CP2024–392, Response to CHIR 

No. 1)). 

4See Order No. 7334 at 8 (citing Docket Nos. 

MC2024–384 and CP2024–392, USPS Response to 

Chairman’s Information Request No. 2, with 

Portions Filed Under Seal, July 29, 2024, question 

2). 

initiate a rulemaking to conduct 

advance review of a financial model, 

minimum rates, and Mail Classification 

Schedule changes to facilitate 

streamlined review of eligible 

negotiated service agreements, and a 

related request to add a new nonpublished rates negotiated service 

agreement product to the Competitive 

product list. This document invites 

public comment on the advance review 

portion of the Postal Service’s filing and 

takes other administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 

12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at https://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Postal Service Request 

III. Notice and Comment 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On November 22, 2024, the Postal 

Service filed a petition pursuant to 39 

CFR 3041.205.1 Rulemakings conducted 

under that section concern advance 

review of proposed financial models, 

minimum rates, and Mail Classification 

Schedule (MCS) changes to permit 

streamlined review of non-published 

rates (NPR) products and standardized 

distinct products (SDPs). 39 CFR 

3041.205(a). Included with the Request, 

the Postal Service proposed to add a 

new NPR NSA product to the 

Competitive product list pursuant to 39 

CFR 3041.320. See Request at 1. 

II. Postal Service Request 

Background. The Commission 

adopted rules for streamlined option 

rulemakings in Docket No. RM2023–5 to 

‘‘address elements of 39 U.S.C. 3642 

review and 39 U.S.C. 3633 preimplementation review that are broadly 

applicable to qualifying [negotiated 

service agreements (NSAs)] and not 

particular to individual qualifying 

NSAs.’’ 2 Specifically, such proceedings 

are used to establish eligibility criteria 

specifying the ways in which qualifying 

NSAs will be permitted to vary from 

existing offerings, to review a proposed 

financial model for qualifying NSAs that 

accounts for the financial impact of any 

such variations, and to establish 

minimum rates for qualifying NSAs. 

Order No. 7353 at 4. 

After a financial model, minimum 

rates, and MCS language are approved 

in a streamlined option rulemaking, 

NPR NSA products and SDP NSAs that 

conform to the approved MCS language, 

use the approved financial model, and 

comply with the approved minimum 

rates can be added to the Competitive 

product list. See 39 CFR 3041.320(c); 39 

CFR 3041.325(c). Requests to add 

conforming NPR NSA products to the 

Competitive product list are reviewed in 

public proceedings, and, if approved, 

one or more included contracts using 

the same contract template may be 

subsequently added to the product 

without requiring further approval from 

the Commission. See 39 CFR 3041.320. 

Requests to add conforming SDP NSAs 

to the Competitive product list are 

reviewed by the Commission in 

summary proceedings. 39 CFR 

3041.325(c). 

Request. The Postal Service proposes 

MCS language, a financial model, and 

minimum rates for ‘‘Mid-Market—NonPublished Rates’’ contracts. See Request 

at 1. The Postal Service states that such 

contracts will provide discounted rates 

for ‘‘existing end-to-end competitive 

products, Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail, and USPS Ground Advantage® on 

the same basis as, and without any 

material changes made to, the publicly 

available versions of those products.’’ 

Id. at 2. 

The proposed financial model uses 

the ‘‘archetype approach’’ wherein cost 

coverage is demonstrated for the 

national volume distribution and each 

of 10 distinct volume distributions 

(archetypes). See id. at 3. When the 

archetype approach was first proposed, 

the Postal Service stated that it would 

assign each customer to an archetype 

based on a questionnaire.3 The Postal 

Service further stated that, within each 

archetype, volume is distributed across 

cubic tiers and flat rate products 

consistent with national distribution 

data. See Order No. 7334 at 7 (citing 

Docket Nos. MC2024–384 and CP2024– 

392, Response to CHIR No. 1, question 

3). The Postal Service explained that it 

would not use the archetype approach 

for customers with unique 

circumstances or preferences that make 

the archetype approach inappropriate.4

The proposed addition of a new NPR 

NSA product to the Competitive 

product list includes contract templates 

based on numerous recent Postal 

Service NSA filings. Request at 3. The 

proposed contract templates differ 

primarily based on how volume is 

calculated for purposes of the tiered 

pricing mechanism, with two templates 

apiece that rely on annual, quarterly, 

and rolling four-quarter volume. See id. 

at 4, 4 nn.11–12. 

III. Notice and Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. RM2025–5 and K2025–491 for 

consideration of matters raised by the 

Request. More information on the 

Request may be accessed via the 

Commission’s website at http://

www.prc.gov. Interested persons may 

submit comments regarding the 

proposed financial model, minimum 

rates, and MCS changes filed pursuant 

to 39 CFR 3041.205 no later than 

December 12, 2024. Should the 

Commission authorize the financial 

model, minimum rates, and MCS 

language for use pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.205(f), the Commission will 

separately request public comment 

regarding whether the Postal Service’s 

request to add the Mid-Market—NonPublished Rates product to the 

Competitive product list conforms to the 

then-authorized version of the financial 

model, minimum rates, and MCS 

language and otherwise satisfies the 

requirements of 39 CFR 3041.320(g). 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, 

Christopher Mohr is designated as an 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

proceedings. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. RM2025–5 and K2025–491 for 

consideration of the matters raised by 

the USPS Request to Establish New 

Mid-Market—Non-Published Rates 


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100442 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Proposed Rules 

Product (MMNPR) and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal, filed November 

22, 2024. 

2. Comments by interested persons 

concerning the financial model, 

minimum rates, and Mail Classification 

Schedule changes proposed pursuant to 

39 CFR 3041.205 are due no later than 

December 12, 2024. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Christopher Mohr 

to serve as an officer of the Commission 

(Public Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in these 

dockets. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for the 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29090 Filed 12–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0411; FRL–12015–01– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AW46 

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) 

Program: Partial Waiver of 2024 

Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement 

and Extension of 2024 Compliance 

Deadline 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to partially 

waive the 2024 cellulosic biofuel 

volume requirement and revise the 

associated percentage standard under 

the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) 

program due to a shortfall in cellulosic 

biofuel production. As a result of this 

proposed change, this action also 

proposes to extend the RFS compliance 

reporting deadline for the 2024 

compliance year. This action also 

proposes several minor revisions related 

to the biogas provisions of the RFS 

program. 

DATES: 

Comments: Comments must be 

received on or before January 21, 2025. 

Public hearing: EPA will hold a 

virtual public hearing on December 20, 

2024. Please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for additional 

information on the public hearing. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments. Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2024–0411, at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. EPA 

may publish any comment received to 

its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e., 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). Please visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets for additional submission 

methods; the full EPA public comment 

policy; information about CBI or 

multimedia submissions; and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments. 

Public hearing. The virtual public 

hearing will be held on December 20, 

2024. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. 

eastern standard time (EST) and end 

when all parties who wish to speak have 

had an opportunity to do so. All hearing 

attendees (including even those who do 

not intend to provide testimony) should 

register for the virtual public hearing by 

December 13, 2024. Information on how 

to register can be found at https://

www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standardprogram/proposed-partial-waiver-2024- 

cellulosic-biofuel-volume-requirement. 

Additional information regarding the 

hearing appears below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding this action, contact 

Dallas Burkholder, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Compliance Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone 

number: (734) 214–4776; email address: 

RFS-Rulemakings@epa.gov. For 

questions regarding the public hearing, 

contact Nick Parsons at RFS-Hearing@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Does this action apply to me? 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are those involved with the 

production, distribution, and sale of 

transportation fuels (e.g., gasoline and 

diesel fuel) and renewable fuels (e.g., 

ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, 

and biogas). Potentially affected 

categories include: 

Category NAICS1 code Examples of potentially affected entities 

Industry ..................................................... 211130 Natural gas liquids extraction and fractionation. 

Industry ..................................................... 221210 Natural gas production and distribution. 

Industry ..................................................... 324110 Petroleum refineries (including importers). 

Industry ..................................................... 325120 Biogases, industrial (i.e., compressed, liquified, solid), manufacturing. 

Industry ..................................................... 325193 Ethyl alcohol manufacturing. 

Industry ..................................................... 325199 Other basic organic chemical manufacturing. 

Industry ..................................................... 424690 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers. 

Industry ..................................................... 424710 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals. 

Industry ..................................................... 424720 Petroleum and petroleum products wholesalers. 

Industry ..................................................... 457210 Fuel dealers. 

Industry ..................................................... 562212 Landfills. 

1 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

This table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities potentially 

affected by this action. This table lists 

the types of entities that EPA is now 

aware could potentially be affected by 

this action. Other types of entities not 

listed in the table could also be affected. 

To determine whether your entity 

would be affected by this action, you 

should carefully examine the 

applicability criteria in 40 CFR part 80. 

If you have any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the person 


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