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we will only post comments that 

address the topic of the proposed rule. 

We may choose not to post off-topic, 

inappropriate, or duplicate comments 

that we receive. 

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and submissions in response to this 

document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 

March 11, 2020). 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117 

Bridges. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows: 

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE 

OPERATION REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 117 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05–1; 

and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1. Revision 

No. 01.3 

■ 2. Revise and republish § 117.287 to 

read as follows: 

§ 117.287 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 

Public vessels of the United States 

and tugs with tows must be passed 

through the drawspan of each 

drawbridge listed in this section at 

anytime. 

(a) The draw of the Boca Grande 

Swingbridge, mile 34.3, shall open on 

signal; except that, from 7 a.m. to 6 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays, the draw need open 

only on the hour and half hour. On 

Saturday, Sunday and Federal holidays, 

from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the draw need 

open only on the hour, quarter hour, 

half hour and three quarter hour. 

(b) The draw of the Venice Avenue 

bridge, mile 56.6 at Venice, shall open 

on signal, except that from 7 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday except 

Federal holidays, the draw need open 

only at 10 minutes after the hour, 30 

minutes after the hour and 50 minutes 

after the hour and except between 4:35 

p.m. and 5:35 p.m. when the draw need 

not open. 

(c) The draw of the Hatchett Creek 

(US–41) bridge, mile 56.9 at Venice, 

shall open on signal, except that, from 

7 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., Monday through 

Friday except Federal holidays, the 

draw need open only on the hour, 20 

minutes after the hour, and 40 minutes 

after the hour and except between 4:25 

p.m. and 5:25 p.m. when the draw need 

not open. On Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays from 7:30 a.m. to 6 

p.m. the draw need open only on the 

hour, quarter-hour, half-hour, and three 

quarter-hour. This bridge need not open 

to navigation on the second Sunday of 

November annually, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m., to facilitate the Iron Man Triathlon 

event. 

(d) The Blackburn Point Bridge, mile 

63.1, at Osprey, Florida shall open on 

signal; except that from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays, the draw need only open on 

the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, and 

40 minutes after the hour. 

(e) The Stickney Point Bridge, mile 

68.6, at South Sarasota, Florida shall 

open on signal, except that from 6 a.m. 

to 7 p.m. daily, the draw need only open 

on the hour and half hour. 

(f) The Siesta Drive Bridge, mile 71.6, 

at Sarasota, Florida shall open on signal, 

except that from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, 

the draw need only open on the hour 

and half hour. 

(g) The draw of the Cortez (SR 684) 

Bridge, mile 87.4, at Bradenton Beach, 

Florida shall open on signal, except that 

from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, the draw 

need only open on the quarter hour and 

three quarter hour. 

(h) The draw of the Anna Maria (SR 

64) (Manatee Avenue West) Bridge, mile 

89.2, at Bradenton Beach, Florida shall 

open on signal, except that from 6 a.m. 

to 7 p.m. daily, the draw need only open 

on the quarter hour and three quarter 

hour. 

(i) The draw of the Corey Causeway 

(SR693) bridge, mile 117.7 at South 

Pasadena, shall open on signal; except 

that, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal 

holidays, the draw need be opened only 

on the hour, 20 minutes after the hour, 

and 40 minutes after the hour. 

(j) The draw of the Treasure Island 

Causeway bridge, mile 119.0 shall open 

on signal except that from 7 a.m. to 7 

p.m. the draw need open on the hour, 

20 minutes after the hour and 40 

minutes after the hour Monday through 

Friday and on the quarter hour and 

three quarter hour on Saturday, Sunday 

and Federal holidays. 

(k) The draw of the Welch Causeway 

(SR 699) Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal 

Waterway mile 122.8, at Madeira Beach, 

Florida, shall open on signal; except 

that, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, except 

Federal holidays, the draw need only 

open on the hour and half hour. 

Dated: December 20, 2024. 

Douglas M. Schofield, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Coast Guard Seventh District. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31328 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT 

POLICY 

48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 12, 22, and 52 

[FAR Case 2023–021; Docket No. FAR– 

2023–0021; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AO69 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy; 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Pay 

Equity and Transparency in Federal 

Contracting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA), and Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

withdrawing the proposed rule to 

amend the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR) titled: Pay Equity and 

Transparency in Federal Contracting. 

The Administrator for Federal 

Procurement Policy (OFPP 

Administrator) is simultaneously 

withdrawing a proposed Governmentwide policy, upon which the proposed 

rule was based. 

DATES: The proposed rule published on 

January 30, 2024, at 89 FR 5843 is 

withdrawn as of January 8, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAR 

Policy, at 202–969–4075 or farpolicy@

gsa.gov. Please cite ‘‘FAR Case 2023– 

021’’. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 30, 2024, the OFPP 

Administrator issued a proposed 

Government-wide procurement policy 

that would: (1) prohibit contractors and 

subcontractors from seeking and 

considering information about job 

applicants’ compensation history when 

making employment decisions about 

personnel working on or in connection 

with a Government contract; and (2) 

require contractors and subcontractors 

to disclose, in all advertisements for job 


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openings involving work on or in 

connection with a Government contract 

placed by or on behalf of the contractor 

or subcontractor, the compensation to 

be offered to the hired applicant, for any 

position to perform work on or in 

connection with the contract. On the 

same date, DoD, GSA, and NASA 

published proposed amendments to the 

FAR to reflect the proposed OFPP 

policy. 

The OFPP Administrator’s proposed 

policy reflected a preliminary 

determination that compensation 

history bans and compensation 

disclosure requirements (the latter are 

also collectively referred to as pay 

transparency), both together and 

separately, would promote economy, 

efficiency, and effectiveness in the 

procurement of property and services by 

the Federal Government. The proposed 

rule cited to a range of studies in 

support of this conclusion, many 

analyzing practices by States and 

localities. 

In light of the limited time remaining 

in the current Administration, OFPP, 

DoD, GSA, and NASA have decided to 

withdraw the proposed policy and rule 

and focus their attention on other 

priorities, including directives in recent 

National Defense Authorization Acts. 

This will also help ensure that the 

agencies can benefit from the latest 

information on this topic if they return 

to it in the future. Accordingly, for these 

independently sufficient reasons, the 

proposed policy and rule published on 

January 30, 2024, at 89 FR 5843, are 

withdrawn and FAR Case 2023–021 is 

closed. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 12, 

22, and 52 

Government procurement. 

Janet Fry, 

Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, 

Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00118 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

49 CFR Parts 107, 171, 172, 173, 174, 

176, 177, 178, 179, and 180 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0080 (HM–265)] 

RIN 2137–AF41 

Hazardous Materials: Advancing 

Safety of Highway, Rail, and Vessel 

Transportation; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On October 28, 2024, PHMSA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) titled ‘‘Hazardous 

Materials: Advancing Safety of 

Highway, Rail, and Vessel 

Transportation (HM–265),’’ proposing 

amendments to the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMR) to adopt several 

modal-specific amendments that would 

enhance the safe transportation of 

hazardous materials in commerce by 

highway, rail, and vessel transportation. 

In response to a request for an extension 

of the comment period submitted by the 

Railway Supply Institute (RSI), PHMSA 

is extending the comment period for the 

HM–265 NPRM by an additional 90 

days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published October 28, 

2024, at 89 FR 85590, is extended. 

Comments must be received by April 

28, 2025. To the extent possible, 

PHMSA will consider late-filed 

comments as a final rule is developed. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0080 (HM– 

265) and may be submitted in the 

following ways: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: To the Docket 

Management System: Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and Docket 

Number for this document (PHMSA– 

2018–0080) or Regulation Identifier 

number (RIN) (2137–AF41) for this 

rulemaking at the beginning of the 

comment. To avoid duplication, please 

use only one of these four methods. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) and will 

include any personal information you 

provide. 

Docket: For access to the dockets to 

read associated documents or comments 

received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket 

Operations Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

process. DOT posts these comments 

without change, 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.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 

5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public 

disclosure. If your comments responsive 

to this NPRM contain commercial or 

financial information that is customarily 

treated as private, that you treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN’’ for ‘‘proprietary 

information.’’ Submissions containing 

CBI should be sent to Eamonn Patrick, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Any commentary that 

PHMSA receives that is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket for this rulemaking. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eamonn Patrick, Standards and 

Rulemaking Division, 202–366–8553, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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