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PATH who are unemployed and looking 

for employment. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

participants 

Frequency of 

response 

Number of 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Average 

theoretical 

hourly cost 

amount 

* (dollars) 

Average wait 

time in office 

or for 

teleservice 

centers 

** (minutes) 

Total annual 

opportunity 

cost 

*** (dollars) 

Study participants baseline 

interview ......................... 200 1 200 60 200 * 13.30 ** 24 *** 3,724 

Study participants quarterly 

interviews ....................... 200 7 1,400 10 233 * 13.30 ** 21 *** 4,030 

Study participants final 

interviews ....................... 200 1 200 60 200 * 13.30 ** 21 *** 3,591 

PATH Interviews: Staff ...... 5 1 5 60 5 * 32.05 ** 24 *** 224 

SHIPS Interviews: participants .............................. 5 1 5 60 5 * 13.30 ** 24 *** 93 

Totals ......................... 610 ........................ ........................ 250 643 ........................ ........................ *** 11,662 

* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2024 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2024FactSheet.pdf), and survey researchers (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes193022.htm) 

** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2024 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA’s current management information data. 

*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to respondents to complete the 

application. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30764 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12615] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Iba 

N’Diaye: Between Latitude and 

Longitude’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to 

agreements with their foreign owners or 

custodians for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Iba N’Diaye: Between 

Latitude and Longitude’’ at The 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 

New York, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, are of cultural significance, 

and, further, that their temporary 

exhibition or display within the United 

States as aforementioned is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30708 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2025–1)] 

Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Approval of rail cost adjustment 

factor. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board has adopted the first quarter 2025 

Rail Cost Adjustment Factor and cost 

index filed by the Association of 

American Railroads. 

DATES: Applicability Date: January 1, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. If you 

require an accommodation under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

call (202) 245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rail 

cost adjustment factor (RCAF) is an 

index formulated to represent changes 

in railroad costs incurred by the nation’s 

largest railroads over a specified period 

of time. The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) is required by law to 

publish the RCAF on at least a quarterly 

basis. Each quarter, the Association of 

American Railroads computes three 

types of RCAF figures and submits those 

figures to the Board for approval. The 

Board has reviewed the submission and 

adopts the RCAF figures for the first 

quarter of 2025. The first quarter 2025 

RCAF (Unadjusted) is 0.944. The first 

quarter 2025 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.367. 

The first quarter 2025 RCAF–5 is 0.347. 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision, which is available 

at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 18, 2024. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30705 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36818] 

Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, 

Inc.—Lease and Operation Exemption 

Including Interchange Commitment— 

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, 

Inc. (CORP), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease 

from Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) and operate the (1) Brooklyn 


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1CORP will also lease certain related excepted 

track under 49 U.S.C. 10906 and the Eugene yard, 

at Eugene. 

2CORP filed a copy of the agreement under seal 

with the verified notice. See 49 CFR 1150.43(h)(1). 

Subdivision from milepost 616 to 

milepost 660.58; (2) the Springfield and 

Marcola Industrial Leads from milepost 

646.58 to milepost 648.39 in 

Springfield, Or.; and (3) the Coos Bay 

Industrial Lead from milepost 648.2 to 

milepost 652.11 in Eugene, Or., totaling 

approximately 27.58 miles (the Line).1

According to the verified notice, UP is 

the current operator of the Line. CORP 

states that it has entered into an 

agreement with UP to lease and operate 

the Line. 

CORP certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

but its annual revenues currently exceed 

$5,000,000. Pursuant to 49 CFR 

1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected 

annual revenues will exceed $5 million, 

it must, at least 60 days before the 

exemption becomes effective, post a 

notice of its intent to undertake the 

proposed transaction at the workplace 

of the employees on the affected lines, 

serve a copy of the notice on the 

national offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, and 

certify to the Board that it has done so. 

In an exhibit attached to its verified 

notice of exemption, CORP certified that 

notice of the transaction was posted at 

the workplaces of current UP employees 

on the Line on December 10, 2024, and 

that it was concurrently serving a copy 

of the certification and the verified 

notice on the national offices of the 

labor unions for those employees. 

According to the verified notice, the 

lease contains an interchange 

commitment. CORP has provided 

additional information regarding the 

interchange commitment, as required by 

49 CFR 1150.43(h).2

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is February 8, 2025 (60 

days after the certification under 49 CFR 

1150.42(e) was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than January 31, 2025. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36818, 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 CORP’s representative, Eric 

M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two 

Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, 

Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

According to CORP, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 18, 2024. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30607 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

2025 Tariff Rate Quota Quantity 

Limitations Under the U.S.-Australia 

Free Trade Agreement; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register on December 11, 2024 

(December 11 notice), in accordance 

with the U.S.-Australia Free Trade 

Agreement, providing notice of the 

tariff-rate quota quantity limitations in 

calendar year 2025 of originating goods 

of Australia entering the United States 

under certain subheadings of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). This notice 

corrects an error in the December 11 

notice in paragraph 10 of the Annex. 

DATES: The changes made by this notice 

are applicable on January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Fasano, Office of Agricultural 

Affairs, 202.395.6127 or 

Sarah.E.Fasano@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

December 11 notice (89 FR 99959), 

USTR provided notice of the tariff-rate 

quota quantity limitations in calendar 

year 2025 of originating goods of 

Australia entering the United States 

under certain subheadings of the 

HTSUS. USTR became aware of a 

ministerial error in paragraph 10 of the 

Annex of the December 11 notice. This 

paragraph indicates that for purposes of 

U.S. note 17 to subchapter XXII of 

chapter 98 of the HSTUS, the aggregate 

quantity of originating goods of 

Australia entered under subheading 

9822.04.45 shall not exceed 1,355,423 

metric tons for calendar year 2025. 

USTR is correcting this paragraph to 

indicate that for purposes of U.S. note 

17 to subchapter XXII of chapter 98 of 

the HSTUS, the aggregate quantity of 

originating goods of Australia entered 

under subheading 9822.04.45 shall not 

exceed 1,355 metric tons for calendar 

year 2025. 

Douglas McKalip, 

Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30657 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3390–F4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0083] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve a new information collection. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 27, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0083 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Corder, 202–366–5853, Office of 


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