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1Presentations, Subcommittee reports, and other 

materials from the first two public meetings are 

available for public review on the AAPB Advisory 

Committee’s docket, DOT–OST–2018–0206. 

Program, it intends to take a more 

conservative approach than that 

provided for in FRA’s approval letter by 

continuing manual visual inspections at 

the frequency specified in phase 2 of the 

Test Program. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, if any, are available for review 

online at www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by August 

26, 2021 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered if practicable. Anyone can 

search the electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). Under 5 

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

from the public to better inform its 

processes. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

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 also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15935 Filed 7–26–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2018–0206] 

Air Ambulance and Patient Billing 

Advisory Committee Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (Department or DOT) is 

giving notice that a virtual public 

meeting of the Air Ambulance and 

Patient Billing (AAPB) Advisory 

Committee will take place on August 11, 

2021. The AAPB Advisory Committee 

will discuss the impact of the Airline 

Deregulation Act (ADA) on States’ 

ability to regulate air ambulance 

operations and whether to recommend 

that the ADA be amended as a means of 

improving the regulation of air 

ambulance providers. 

DATES: The AAPB Advisory Committee 

will hold a virtual meeting on August 

11, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., 

Eastern Daylight Time. Requests to 

attend the meeting must be received by 

August 10, 2021. Requests for 

accommodations because of a disability 

must be received by August 3, 2021. If 

you wish to speak during the meeting, 

you must submit a written copy of your 

remarks to DOT by August 3, 2021. 

Requests to submit written materials to 

be reviewed during the meeting must be 

received no later than August 3, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be 

open to the public and held via the 

Zoom Webinar Platform. Virtual 

attendance information will be provided 

upon registration. An agenda will be 

available on the AAPB Advisory 

Committee website at https://

www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ 

AAPB at least one week before the 

meeting, along with copies of the 

meeting minutes after the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register and attend this virtual meeting, 

please contact the Department by email 

at AAPB@dot.gov. Attendance is open to 

the public subject to any technical and/ 

or capacity limitations. For further 

information, contact Robert Gorman, 

Senior Attorney, at (202) 366–9342 or by 

email at robert.gorman@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 

(2018 FAA Act) requires the DOT 

Secretary, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(HHS), to establish an advisory 

committee to review options to improve 

the disclosure of charges and fees for air 

medical services, better inform 

consumers of insurance options for such 

services, and protect consumers from 

balance billing. On September 12, 2019, 

the Department announced the creation 

of the AAPB Advisory Committee. 

The AAPB Advisory Committee held 

a public meeting on January 15–16, 

2020. At that meeting, the AAPB 

Advisory Committee gathered 

information about the air ambulance 

industry, air ambulance costs and 

billing, and insurance and air 

ambulance payment systems. The AAPB 

Advisory Committee also discussed 

disclosure and separation of charges, 

cost shifting, and balance billing. 

On February 4, 2020, the Department 

established three Subcommittees: (1) 

The Subcommittee on Disclosure and 

Distinction of Charges and Coverage for 

Air Ambulance Services; (2) the 

Subcommittee on Prevention of Balance 

Billing, and (3) the Subcommittee on 

State and DOT Consumer Protection 

Authorities. On January 11, 2021, the 

Subcommittees filed reports and draft 

recommendations for the full 

Committee’s review. 

The AAPB Advisory Committee held 

a second public meeting on May 27–28, 

2021. The Committee discussed the 

draft recommendations of the 

Subcommittees and developed its own 

recommendations.1 At the conclusion of 

the May 28 meeting, Committee 

members expressed an interest in 

discussing the ADA’s impact on States’ 

ability to regulate the activities of air 

ambulance services and in making 

recommendations related to the ADA, 

Public Law 95–504, as a means of 

improving the regulation of air 

ambulance providers. The Committee’s 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 

indicated that a supplemental 

Committee meeting would be held to 

discuss and consider this matter, if the 

Department determined that the 

Committee had authority to do so after 

a careful review of the Committee’s 

charter and the 2018 FAA Act. The 

Department has now determined that 

the Committee has the authority to 

discuss and make recommendations 

related to the ADA. While 

representatives of DOT and HHS are 

voting members of the AAPB Advisory 

Committee, those two representatives 

will abstain from voting on the merits of 

any recommendation that the 

Committee may develop regarding the 

ADA. 

II. Summary of the Agenda 

During the August 11, 2021 meeting, 

the AAPB Advisory Committee will 

deliberate the issue of whether and how 

to recommend that Congress amend the 

ADA. A more detailed agenda will be 

made available at least one week before 

the meeting at https://

www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ 

AAPB. 


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III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public and attendance may be limited 

due to virtual meeting constraints. To 

register, please send an email to the 

Department as set forth in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

The Department is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, such as sign language 

interpreter or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section no later than August 3, 2021. 

Members of the public may also 

present written comments at any time. 

The docket number referenced above 

(DOT–OST–2018–0206) has been 

established for committee documents, 

including any written comments that 

may be filed. At the discretion of the 

Chair, after completion of the planned 

agenda, individual members of the 

public may provide comments through 

the ‘‘Q&A’’ feature of the webinar 

platform or orally, time permitting. Any 

oral comments presented must be 

limited to the objectives of the 

committee and will be limited to five (5) 

minutes per person. Individual 

members of the public who wish to 

present oral comments must notify the 

Department of Transportation contact 

noted above via email that they wish to 

attend and present oral comments no 

later than August 3, 2021. 

Speakers are requested to submit a 

written copy of their prepared remarks 

for inclusion in the meeting records and 

for circulation to AAPB Advisory 

Committee members by August 3, 2021. 

All prepared remarks submitted on time 

will be accepted and considered as part 

of the meeting’s record. 

IV. Viewing Documents 

You may view documents mentioned 

in this notice at https://

www.regulations.gov. After entering the 

docket number (DOT–OST–2018–0206), 

click the tab labeled ‘‘Browse & 

Comment on Documents’’ and choose 

the document to review. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

July 2021. 

John E. Putnam, 

Acting General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15882 Filed 7–26–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of one or more persons that have been 

placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated 

Nationals and Blocked Persons List 

(SDN List) based on OFAC’s 

determination that one or more 

applicable legal criteria were satisfied. 

All property and interests in property 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these 

persons are blocked, and U.S. persons 

are generally prohibited from engaging 

in transactions with them. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date(s). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 

202–622–2490; Associate Director for 

Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; 

Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 

2490; Assistant Director for Licensing, 

tel.: 202–622–2480; or the Assistant 

Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202– 

622–4855. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Action(s) 

On July 22, 2021, OFAC determined 

that the property and interests in 

property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of 

the following persons are blocked under 

the relevant sanctions authority listed 

below. 

Individual 

1. LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro (Latin: LO ́ PEZ 

MIERA, A ́ lvaro), Cuba; DOB 26 Dec 1943; 

POB Havana, Cuba; nationality Cuba; Gender 

Male (individual) [GLOMAG]. 

Designated pursuant to section 

1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order 13818 of 

December 20, 2017, ‘‘Blocking the Property of 

Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights 

Abuse or Corruption’’ (E.O. 13818) for being 

a foreign person who is or has been a leader 

or official of an entity, including any 

government entity, that has engaged in, or 

whose members have engaged in, serious 

human rights abuse, relating to the leader’s 

or official’s tenure. 

Entities 

1. BRIGADA ESPECIAL NACIONAL DEL 

MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR, Cuba; Target 

Type Government Entity [GLOMAG]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) 

of E.O. 13818 for being owned or controlled 

by, or to have acted or purported to act for 

or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the 

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, a person whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to the Order. 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15957 Filed 7–26–21; 8:45 am] 

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