99960 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 

Professional Responsibility (AXI–500) 

by email at: michael.raby@faa.gov; 

phone: (202) 604–2419. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. 

Title: International Traveler 

Information Card. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this information 

collection. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on May 1, 2024 (89 FR 35298). The 

International Traveler Information Card 

(ITIC) is an electronic form that FAA 

employees and contractors will 

complete prior to international travel on 

official business. The purpose of the 

form is to collect pertinent data to be 

used in the event a FAA employee and/ 

or contractor are isolated overseas and 

require lifesaving assistance. This data 

will assist in the government’s ability to 

properly identify individuals and 

provide, if necessary, medical support 

and personal items to FAA employees 

and contractors should they be isolated 

overseas. 

The authority for this collection 

resides in Presidential Policy Directive 

(PPD)/PPD–30, 22 U.S.C. 4802 and 22 

U.S.C. 3927. The duty of an agency with 

employees in foreign countries is to 

ensure they fully comply with all 

applicable directives of the Chief of 

Mission. In order to protect FAA 

personnel on official duty abroad, the 

ITIC documents the Personally 

Identifiable Information (PII) of FAA 

employees and contractors to help aid 

in their authentication and recovery. 

The ITIC requests the following PII: 

Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Height, 

Weight, Hair and Eye Color, Clothing 

and Shoe Size, Race/Ethnic Group, 

Blood Type, Scars/Marks/Tattoos, 

Known Medical Conditions, Current 

Medical Prescriptions, Allergies, 

Contact Information, Specialized 

Training, Language(s) Spoken, as well as 

information about their Emergency 

Contact. The traveler will also create a 

Duress Word and Personal 

Authenticator Statements to aid in the 

identification. 

This information will not be available 

to the public, and will be managed in 

accordance with applicable Records 

Management and Privacy Act policies. 

Only two International Travel Security 

Program Managers and the Senior 

Watch Officer of the Washington 

Operations Center can retrieve ITICs to 

aid employees and/or contractors during 

an isolating event, as determined by the 

Chief of Mission. The Chief of Mission, 

relying on situational factors, will make 

the ultimate decision on who this 

information is shared with, such as, but 

not limited to, the Department of 

Defense, in the event of a personnel 

recovery event. 

Respondents: The FAA estimates that 

there will be 35 respondents based on 

the average number of contractors who 

travelled internationally on official 

business in fiscal years 2023–2024. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 0.5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 17.5 

hours for all responses. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 8, 

2024. 

Michelle Salter, 

Executive Director, FAA, Office of 

Investigations and Professional 

Responsibility. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26852 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No: FAA–2025–2674] 

Deadline for Notification of Intent To 

Use the Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) Primary, Cargo, Nonprimary 

Entitlement Funds, and Discretionary 

Funds Available to Date for Fiscal Year 

2025 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT 

ACTION: Federal Register Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action announces April 

1, 2025, as the deadline for each airport 

sponsor to notify the FAA if it will use 

its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 entitlement 

funds (referred to as apportionments) to 

accomplish Airport Improvement 

Program (AIP) eligible projects. Each 

sponsor has previously identified to the 

FAA such projects through the Airports 

Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) 

process. This action also announces 

April 28, 2025, as the deadline for an 

airport sponsor to submit a final grant 

application, based on bids, for grants 

that will be funded with FY 2025 

entitlement funds only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David F. Cushing, Manager, Airports 

Financial Assistance Division, APP– 

500, at (202) 267–8827. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 

U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the 

sponsor of an airport for which 

entitlement funds are apportioned shall 

notify the Secretary, by such time and 

in a form as prescribed by the Secretary, 

of the airport sponsor’s intent to submit 

a grant application for its available 

entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is 

hereby notifying such airport sponsors 

of the steps required to ensure that the 

FAA has sufficient time to carry over 

and convert remaining entitlement 

funds. 

The AIP grant program is authorized 

by Public Law 118–63, the ‘‘Federal 

Aviation Administration 

Reauthorization Act, 2024,’’ enacted on 

May 16, 2024, which permits the FAA 

to make grants for planning and airport 

development and airport noise 

compatibility under the AIP through 

September 30, 2028. As of this notice, 

the funds allocated to the FAA to fund 

the AIP grant program are appropriated 

through December 20, 2024, by Public 

Law 118–83, the ‘‘Continuing 

Appropriations and Extensions Act, 

2025,’’ enacted on September 26, 2024. 

Apportioned funds will be subject to 

allocation formulas prescribed by 49 

U.S.C. 47114 and any other applicable 

legislative text. 

This notice applies only to sponsors 

of airports that have entitlement funds 

appropriated for FY 2025 to use on 

eligible and justified projects. State 

aviation agencies participating in the 

FAA’s State Block Grant Program, as 

prescribed by 49 U.S.C. 47128, are 

responsible for notifying the FAA which 

covered nonprimary airports in their 

programs will be using their entitlement 

funds for eligible and justified projects. 

An airport sponsor intending to apply 

any of its available entitlement funds, 

including those unused, but still 

available in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

47117 from prior years, must notify the 

FAA of its intent to submit a grant 

application by 12:00 p.m. prevailing 

local time on April 1, 2025. 

This notice must be in writing and 

stipulate the total amount the sponsor 

intends to use for eligible and justified 

projects during FY 2025, including 

those entitlement funds not obligated 

from prior years that remain available in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47117 (also 

known as protected carryover). These 

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efficient planning and administration of 

the AIP. Absent the notification of 

intent to submit a grant application by 

the above-mentioned deadline, the FAA 

will carry over the available entitlement 

funds on May 16, 2025. These funds 

will not be available again to the airport 

sponsor until the beginning of FY 2026. 

The final grant application deadline 

for entitlement funds only is Monday, 

April 28, 2025. The final grant 

application funding requests should be 

based on bids, not estimates. Dates are 

subject to possible adjustment based on 

future legislation. As of the publication 

of this notice, the appropriations and 

the authorization legislation for the FAA 

expire on December 20, 2024, and 

September 30, 2028, respectively. 

Sponsors wishing to be considered for 

AIP discretionary funding throughout 

FY 2025 should submit applications as 

soon as possible to FAA Regional or 

Airport District Offices. The FAA 

considers all applications submitted if 

they meet all existing laws, Federal 

regulations, and FAA policy. 

The FAA considers applications on a 

rolling basis. The final deadline to 

submit grant applications competing for 

discretionary funding, in addition to 

entitlement funding, is June 16, 2025, by 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 47115, the FAA 

considers projects that are the most 

appropriate to carry out the statute at 

any time prior to September 30, 2025. 

The FAA has determined these 

deadlines will expedite and facilitate 

the FY 2025 grant-making process. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 5, 

2024. 

David F. Cushing, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29036 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2010–0044] 

Trinity Railway Express’s Request To 

Amend Its Positive Train Control 

Safety Plan and Positive Train Control 

System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on October 30, 

2024, Trinity Railway Express (TRE) 

submitted its Positive Train Control 

Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 2.0, dated 

October 30, 2024, to FRA’s Secure 

Information Repository. TRE asks FRA 

to approve its updated PTCSP and 

certify TRE’s Interoperable Electronic 

Train Management System (I–ETMS) as 

a ‘‘mixed’’ positive train control (PTC) 

system. As this RFA may involve a 

request for FRA’s approval of proposed 

material modifications to an FRAcertified PTC system, FRA is publishing 

this notice and inviting public comment 

on TRE’s RFA to its PTCSP. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by February 10, 2025 before 

taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this railroad is 

Docket No. FRA–2010–0044. For 

convenience, all active PTC dockets are 

hyperlinked on FRA’s website at https:// 

railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and 

obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its 

PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

October 30, 2024, TRE submitted an 

RFA to its PTCSP for its I–ETMS PTC 

system which seeks FRA’s approval to 

change the classification of its PTC 

system to a Mixed PTC system. In its 

PTCSP, TRE asserts that the I–ETMS 

PTC system it is implementing is a 

mixed PTC system as defined in title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

236.1015(e). The PTCSP describes TRE’s 

I–ETMS implementation and the 

associated I–ETMS safety processes, 

safety analyses, and test, validation, and 

verification processes used during the 

development of I–ETMS. The PTCSP 

also contains TRE’s operational and 

support requirements and procedures. 

That RFA is available in Docket No. 

FRA–2010–0044. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on TRE’s RFA to its PTCSP by 

submitting written comments or data. 

During FRA’s review of TRE’s RFA, FRA 

will consider any comments or data 

submitted within the timeline specified 

in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect 

not to respond to any particular 

comment, and under 49 CFR 

236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains the 

authority to approve or disapprove the 

PTCSP at its sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29084 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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