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have stated they do not plan to fill their
FY2024 allocated raw cane sugar
quantities. The U.S. Trade
Representative is allocating the 223,740
MTRV to the following countries in the
amounts specified below:
Country
FY2024
raw sugar
unused
reallocation
(MTRV)
Argentina ..............................
Australia ................................
Belize ....................................
Bolivia ...................................
Brazil .....................................
Colombia ...............................
Costa Rica ............................
Ecuador ................................
El Salvador ...........................
Eswatini (Swaziland) ............
Guatemala ............................
Guyana .................................
Honduras ..............................
Jamaica ................................
Malawi ...................................
Mauritius ...............................
Mozambique .........................
Panama ................................
Peru ......................................
South Africa ..........................
Thailand ................................
Zimbabwe .............................
15,592
30,098
3,989
2,901
52,581
8,703
5,439
3,989
9,428
5,802
17,406
4,352
3,626
3,989
3,626
4,352
4,714
10,516
14,868
8,340
5,077
4,352
The allocations of the raw cane sugar
WTO TRQ to countries that are net
importers of sugar are conditioned on
receipt of the appropriate verifications
of origin. Certificates for quota
eligibility must accompany imports
from any country for which an
allocation has been provided.
Douglas McKalip,
Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the
United States Trade Representative.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0050]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for
reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection.
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AGENCY:
The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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approval of a new (periodic)
information collection. We published a
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
public comment period on this
information collection on September 6,
2023. We are required to publish this
notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
January 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0050 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:
Spencer Stevens, 202–366–6221, Office
of Planning, Environment and Realty,
Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Planning and Research Program
Administration.
OMB Control #: 2125–0039.
Background: The Planning and
Research Program Administration is
covered under 23 CFR part 420. 23 CFR
part 420 regulation includes
administrative requirements and
procedures for PL funds (23 U.S.C.
104(b)(6)) provided for Metropolitan
Planning Organizations (MPOs) to carry
out metropolitan planning, and SPR
funds (provided under the provisions of
23 U.S.C. 505) for State Departments of
Transportation (State DOTs) to
implement statewide transportation
planning and research, development
and technology (RD&T) work activities.
Also, at a State DOT’s option, other Title
23 funds as identified in the definition
of FHWA planning and research funds
in 23 U.S.C. 505 and 23 CFR 420.103
may be used to perform planning
activities. Different from this request,
the information collection requirement
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for work performed by MPOs is a joint
Federal Highway Administration/
Federal Transit Administration
requirement and is covered under OMB
Control Number 2132–0529.
In accordance with government-wide
grant management procedures, a grant
application must be submitted for these
funds. In addition, recipients must
submit periodic progress and financial
reports. The content and frequency of
submission of progress and financial
reports specified in 23 CFR part 420 is
as specified in 2 CFR 200 grant
management regulations. With the
implementation of 2 CFR 200, the focus
will be more on using data to determine
the grant’s achievement outcomes and
less on accountability compliance.
FHWA and the State DOTs are called
upon to identify clear performance
goals, indicators, and milestones for the
grants. This information collection
supports the DOT’s Strategic Objective
of ‘‘Organizational Excellence’’ by
providing an ongoing mechanism to
review applications and approve
Federal grants to States for their
transportation planning and research,
development, and technology work
programs.
Respondents: Each State, the District
of Columbia and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico are required to provide
information. The annual number of
burden hours (professional and clerical
staff) per respondent for preparation of
work programs and progress and
financial reports is estimated to be 720
(18 weeks × 40 hours per week). The
total annual burden for all respondents
is estimated to be 37,440 burden hours
(720 burden hours per respondent times
52 respondents).
Frequency: This annual burden
consists of staff time of each respondent
for preparation of the work programs,
and progress and financial reports. For
those respondents that elect to use
biennial work programs, the burden for
preparation of work programs would be
significantly less for the second year.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response:
Professional staff time for preparation
of work programs: 400 hours/
respondent.
Professional staff time for preparation
of progress and financial reports: 120
hours/respondent.
Clerical staff time: 200 hours/
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 720 hours/respondent × 52
respondents = 37,400 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
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necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: November 27, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–26360 Filed 11–29–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and
Prohibited Drug Use in Transit
Operations
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of calendar year 2024
random drug and alcohol testing rates.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
calendar year 2024 drug and alcohol
random testing rates for specific
recipients of FTA financial assistance.
The minimum random drug testing rate
will remain at 50 percent, and the
random alcohol testing rate will remain
at 10 percent.
DATES: Applicability Date: January 1,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iyon
Rosario, Drug and Alcohol Program
Manager in the Office of Transit Safety
and Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
202–366–2010 or email: Iyon.Rosario@
dot.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 1, 1995, FTA required large
transit employers to begin drug and
alcohol testing of employees performing
safety-sensitive functions, and to submit
annual reports by March 15 of each year
beginning in 1996, pursuant to drug and
alcohol regulations adopted by FTA at
49 CFR parts 653 and 654 in February
1994. The annual report includes the
number of employees who had a
verified positive test for the use of
prohibited drugs, and the number of
employees who tested positive for the
misuse of alcohol during the reported
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year. Small employers commenced the
required testing on January 1, 1996, and
began reporting the same information as
the large employers beginning March
15, 1997.
FTA updated the testing rules by
merging them into a new 49 CFR part
655, effective August 1, 2001 (66 FR
42002). The regulation maintained a
random testing rate for prohibited drugs
at 50 percent and the misuse of alcohol
at 10 percent. The Administrator may
lower the random testing rate to 25
percent if the violation rates drop below
1.0 percent for drug testing and 0.5
percent for alcohol testing for two
consecutive years. Accordingly, in 2007,
FTA reduced the random drug testing
rate from 50 percent to 25 percent (72
FR 1057). In 2018, however, FTA
returned the random drug testing rate to
50 percent for calendar year 2019 based
on verified industry data for calendar
year 2017, which showed that the rate
had exceeded 1 percent (83 FR 63812).
Pursuant to 49 CFR 655.45, the
Administrator’s decision to determine
the minimum annual percentage rate for
random drug and alcohol testing is
based, in part, on the reported positive
drug and alcohol violation rates for the
entire public transportation industry.
The information used for this
determination is drawn from the Drug
and Alcohol Management Information
System (MIS) reports required by 49
CFR 655.72. To ensure the reliability of
the data, the Administrator must
consider the quality and completeness
of the reported data, may obtain
additional information or reports from
employers, and may make appropriate
modifications in calculating the
industry’s verified positive results and
violation rates.
For calendar year 2024, the
Administrator has determined that the
minimum random drug testing rate for
covered employees will remain at 50
percent based on a verified positive rate
for prohibited drug use of 1.09 percent
for calendar year 2022 and 0.99 percent
for calendar year 2021. Further, the
Administrator has determined that the
minimum random alcohol testing rate
for calendar year 2024 will remain at 10
percent, because the violation rate again
was lower than 0.5 percent for calendar
years 2022 and 2021. The random
alcohol violation rates were 0.18 percent
for 2022 and 0.13 for 2021.
Detailed reports on FTA’s drug and
alcohol testing data collected from
transit employers may be obtained from
FTA, Office of Transit Safety and
Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 366–2010,
or at: https://transit-safety.fta.dot.gov/
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Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023–26347 Filed 11–29–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Fiscal Year 2024 Competitive Funding
Opportunity: All Stations Accessibility
Program
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity
(NOFO).
AGENCY:
The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
opportunity to apply for approximately
$343 million in competitive grants
under the fiscal year (FY) 2024 All
Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP).
DATES: Complete proposals must be
submitted electronically through the
GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function by
11:59 p.m. Eastern time on January 30,
2024. Prospective applicants should
initiate the process by registering on the
GRANTS.GOV website promptly to
ensure completion of the application
process before the submission deadline.
Instructions for applying can be found
on FTA’s website at https://
www.transit.dot.gov/howtoapply and in
the ‘‘FIND’’ module of GRANTS.GOV.
The funding opportunity ID is FTA–
2024–001–TPM–ASAP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information concerning this
notice, please contact Kevin Osborn, All
Stations Accessibility Program Manager,
via email at Kevin.Osborn@dot.gov or
call 202–366–7519.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Table of Contents
A. Program Description
B. Federal Award Information
C. Eligibility Information
D. Application and Submission Information
E. Application Review Information
F. Federal Award Administration
Information
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
H. Other Information
A. Program Description
Division J of the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (enacted as the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,
Pub. L. 117–58) authorizes FTA to
award grants for public transportation
rail station accessibility projects, for
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0050]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval of a new (periodic) information collection. We published a
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this
information collection on September 6, 2023. We are required to publish
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by January 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0050 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: Spencer Stevens, 202-366-6221, Office
of Planning, Environment and Realty, Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Planning and Research Program Administration.
OMB Control #: 2125-0039.
Background: The Planning and Research Program Administration is
covered under 23 CFR part 420. 23 CFR part 420 regulation includes
administrative requirements and procedures for PL funds (23 U.S.C.
104(b)(6)) provided for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to
carry out metropolitan planning, and SPR funds (provided under the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 505) for State Departments of Transportation
(State DOTs) to implement statewide transportation planning and
research, development and technology (RD&T) work activities. Also, at a
State DOT's option, other Title 23 funds as identified in the
definition of FHWA planning and research funds in 23 U.S.C. 505 and 23
CFR 420.103 may be used to perform planning activities. Different from
this request, the information collection requirement for work performed
by MPOs is a joint Federal Highway Administration/Federal Transit
Administration requirement and is covered under OMB Control Number
2132-0529.
In accordance with government-wide grant management procedures, a
grant application must be submitted for these funds. In addition,
recipients must submit periodic progress and financial reports. The
content and frequency of submission of progress and financial reports
specified in 23 CFR part 420 is as specified in 2 CFR 200 grant
management regulations. With the implementation of 2 CFR 200, the focus
will be more on using data to determine the grant's achievement
outcomes and less on accountability compliance. FHWA and the State DOTs
are called upon to identify clear performance goals, indicators, and
milestones for the grants. This information collection supports the
DOT's Strategic Objective of ``Organizational Excellence'' by providing
an ongoing mechanism to review applications and approve Federal grants
to States for their transportation planning and research, development,
and technology work programs.
Respondents: Each State, the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to provide information. The
annual number of burden hours (professional and clerical staff) per
respondent for preparation of work programs and progress and financial
reports is estimated to be 720 (18 weeks x 40 hours per week). The
total annual burden for all respondents is estimated to be 37,440
burden hours (720 burden hours per respondent times 52 respondents).
Frequency: This annual burden consists of staff time of each
respondent for preparation of the work programs, and progress and
financial reports. For those respondents that elect to use biennial
work programs, the burden for preparation of work programs would be
significantly less for the second year.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
Professional staff time for preparation of work programs: 400
hours/respondent.
Professional staff time for preparation of progress and financial
reports: 120 hours/respondent.
Clerical staff time: 200 hours/respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 720 hours/respondent x 52
respondents = 37,400 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is
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necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden
could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: November 27, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26360 Filed 11-29-23; 8:45 am]
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