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and to allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice. This
notice complies with that requirement.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Renee
Mascarenas, Accountant, Denver
Finance Center, Small Business
Administration, Denver, CO 80202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Renee Mascarenas, Accountant, Denver
Finance Center, renee.mascarenas@
sba.gov, 303–844–7179, or Curtis B.
Rich, Agency Clearance Officer, 202–
205–7030, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SBA Form
172 is only used by lenders for loans
that have been purchased by SBA and
are being serviced by approved SBA
lending partners. The lenders use the
SBA Form 172 to report loan payment
data to SBA within 15 business days of
receipt of payment. The purpose of this
reporting is to (1) show the remittance
due SBA on a loan serviced by
participating lending institutions (2)
update the loan receivable balances.
Solicitation of Public Comments
SBA is requesting comments on (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the agency to properly
perform its functions; (b) whether the
burden estimates are accurate; (c)
whether there are ways to minimize the
burden, including through the use of
automated techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) whether
there are ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information.
Summary of Information Collection
Collection: 3245–0131.
(1) Title: Transaction Report on Loans
Serviced by Lender.
Description of Respondents: SBA
Lenders.
Form Number: SBA Form 172.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
1,012.
Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden:
9,636.
Curtis Rich,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2023–0047]

Rate for Assessment on Direct
Payment of Fees to Representatives in
2024
Social Security Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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The Social Security
Administration (SSA) is announcing the
assessment percentage rate under the
Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent
for 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mona B. Ahmed, Associate General
Counsel for Program Law, Office of the
General Counsel, Social Security
Administration, 6401 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401.
Phone: (410) 965–0600, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A
claimant may appoint a qualified
individual as a representative to act on
their behalf in matters before the SSA.
If the claimant is entitled to past-due
benefits and was represented either by
an attorney or by a non-attorney
representative who has met certain
prerequisites, the Act provides that we
shall withhold up to 25 percent of the
past-due benefits and use that money to
pay the representative’s approved fee
directly to the representative.
When we pay the representative’s
approved fee directly to the
representative, we must collect from
that fee payment an assessment to
recover the costs we incur in
determining and paying representatives’
fees. The Act provides that the
assessment we collect will be the lesser
of two amounts: a specified dollar limit;
or the amount determined by
multiplying the fee we are paying by the
assessment percentage rate.1
The Act initially set the dollar limit
at $75 in 2004 and provides that the
limit will be adjusted annually based on
changes in the cost-of-living.2 Currently,
the maximum dollar limit for the
assessment is $117, as we announced in
the Federal Register on October 23,
2023 (88 FR 72803).
The Act requires us, each year, to set
the assessment percentage rate at the
lesser of 6.3 percent or the percentage
rate necessary to achieve full recovery of
the costs we incur to determine and pay
representatives’ fees.3 Based on the best
available data, we have determined that
the current rate of 6.3 percent will
continue for 2024. We will continue to
review our costs for these services on a
yearly basis.
SUMMARY:

Chad Poist,
Deputy Commissioner, Office of Budget,
Finance, and Management, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–27955 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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1 42

U.S.C. 406(d), 406(e), and 1383(d)(2).
U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(A) and 1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I).
3 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(B)(ii) and
1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(II).
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12288]

Designation of Mohamed Ali Nkalubo
and Ahmed Mahamud Hassan Aliyani
as Specially Designated Global
Terrorists
Acting under the authority of and in
accordance with section 1(a)(ii)(B) of
Executive Order 13224, as amended
(‘‘E.O. 13224’’ or ‘‘Order’’), I hereby
determine that the persons known as
Mohamed Ali Nkalubo (also known as
Meddie Nkalubo and Meddie Lee) and
Ahmed Mahamud Hassan Aliyani (also
known as Ahmed Mahmoud Hassan and
Ahmad Mahmoud Hassan) are leaders of
ISIS–DRC, an entity whose property and
interests in property are currently
blocked pursuant to a determination by
the Secretary of State pursuant to E.O.
13224.
Consistent with the determination in
section 10 of E.O. 13224 that prior
notice to persons determined to be
subject to the Order who might have a
constitutional presence in the United
States would render ineffectual the
blocking and other measures authorized
in the Order because of the ability to
transfer funds instantaneously, I
determine that no prior notice needs to
be provided to any person subject to this
determination who might have a
constitutional presence in the United
States, because to do so would render
ineffectual the measures authorized in
the Order.
This notice shall be published in the
Federal Register.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Antony J. Blinken,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2023–27995 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Demurrage Liability Disclosure
Requirements
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of Demurrage Liability
Disclosure Requirements, as described
below.

SUMMARY:

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Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
January 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Demurrage Liability
Disclosure Requirements.’’ Written
comments for this information
collection should be submitted via
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
This information collection can be
accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. As an
alternative, written comments may be
directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J.
McManus, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer: via email at oira_
[email protected]; by fax at
(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room
10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503.
Please also direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Demurrage
Liability Disclosure Requirements.’’ For
further information regarding this
collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at
(202) 245–0333 or pedro.ramirez@
stb.gov. If you require an
accommodation under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, please call (202)
245–0245.
DATES:

The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register (88 FR
65419 (September 22, 2023)). That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received.
Comments are requested concerning
each collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of Collection
Title: Demurrage Liability Disclosure
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0021.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Freight railroads subject
to the Board’s jurisdiction.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 620 (including six Class
I carriers).
Estimated Time per Response: One
hour for each disclosure.

Frequency: On occasion. The existing
demurrage liability disclosure
requirement is triggered in two
circumstances: (1) when a shipper
initially arranges with a railroad for
transportation of freight pursuant to the
rail carrier’s tariff; or (2) when a rail
carrier changes the terms of its
demurrage tariff.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 1,330.7
hours. Consistent with the existing,
approved information collection, Board
staff estimates that: (1) six Class I
carriers would each take on 18 new
customers each year (108 hours); (2)
each of the six Class I carriers would
update its demurrage tariffs annually (6
hours); (3) 620 non-Class I carriers
(which are already subject to the
existing collection requirements, but
which will not be subject to the new
requirements) would each take on one
new customer a year (620 hours); and
(4) each of the non-Class I carriers
would update its demurrage tariffs every
three years (206.7 hours annualized).
For the requirement that Class I carriers
must directly bill the shipper for
demurrage when the shipper and
warehouseman agree to the arrangement
and so notify the rail carrier, Board staff
estimates that annually six Class I
carriers would each receive 65 directbilling agreements per year at one hour
per agreement (390 hours).
The total hourly burdens are also set
forth in the table below.

TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
[Per year]
New
customer
burden
(hours)

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Respondents

Tariff
update
burden
(hours)

Burden for
invoicing
agreement
(hours)

Total annual
burden
hours

6 Class I Carriers .............................................................................................
620 Non-Class I Carriers .................................................................................

108
620

6
206.7

390
........................

504
826.7

Totals ........................................................................................................

728

212.7

390

1,330.7

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: There
are no other costs identified. Any
submissions may be submitted
electronically.
Needs and Uses: Demurrage is subject
to Board regulation under 49 U.S.C.
10702, which requires railroads to
establish reasonable rates and
transportation-related rules and
practices, and under 49 U.S.C. 10746,
which requires railroads to compute
demurrage charges, and establish rules
related to those charges, in a way that
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maintenance of an adequate car supply.
Demurrage is a charge that serves
principally as an incentive to prevent
undue car detention and thereby
encourage the efficient use of rail cars
in the rail network, while also providing
compensation to rail carriers for the
expense incurred when rail cars are
unduly detained beyond a specified
period of time (i.e., ‘‘free time’’) for
loading and unloading. See Pa. R.R. v.
Kittaning Iron & Steel Mfg. Co., 253 U.S.
319, 323 (1920) (‘‘The purpose of
demurrage charges is to promote car
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detention of cars.’’); 49 CFR 1333.1; see
also 49 CFR pt. 1201, category 106.
Under 49 CFR 1333.3, a railroad’s
ability to charge demurrage pursuant to
its tariff is conditional on its having
given, prior to rail car placement, actual
notice of the demurrage tariff to the
person receiving rail cars for loading
and unloading. Once a shipper receives
a notice as to a particular tariff,
additional notices are required only
when the tariff changes materially. The
parties rely on the information in the
demurrage tariffs to avoid demurrage
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to adjudicate demurrage disputes that
come before it. Class I carriers are
required to include certain minimum
information on or with demurrage
invoices, take appropriate action to
ensure that demurrage charges are
accurate and warranted, and directly
bill the shipper for demurrage when the
shipper and warehouseman agree to that
arrangement and so notify the rail
carrier. This collection and use of this
information by the Board enable the
Board to meet its statutory duties.
Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: December 15, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–27946 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Waybill Sample
AGENCY:

Surface Transportation Board.

Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of Waybill Sample, as
described below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
January 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board, Waybill Sample.’’ Written
comments for the proposed information
collection should be submitted via
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
This information collection can be
accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. As an
alternative, written comments may be
directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J.
McManus, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer: via email at oira_
[email protected]; by fax at
(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room
10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503.
Please also direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, and to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Waybill
Sample.’’ For further information
regarding this collection, contact Pedro
Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or
[email protected]. If you require an
accommodation under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, please call (202)
245–0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register (88 FR
SUMMARY:

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65421 (Sept. 22, 2023)). That notice
allowed for a 60-day public review and
comment period. No comments were
received.
Comments are requested concerning
each collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Subjects: In this notice, the Board is
requesting comments on the extension
of the following information collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Sample.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0015.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Respondents include
any railroad that is subject to the
Interstate Commerce Act and that
terminated at least 4,500 carloads on its
line in any of the three preceding years
or that terminated at least 5% of the
revenue carloads terminating in any
state in any of the three preceding years.
For the purposes of this analysis, the
Board categorizes railroads required to
report Waybill Sample data as either
quarterly or monthly and as either
sampling their own waybills or having
a third party conduct their sampling. As
a result, there are four categories of
respondents, as shown in Table below.

TABLE—RESPONDENTS
Number of
respondents

Categories of respondents

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Railroads that
Railroads that
Railroads that
Railroads

conduct their own sampling and report monthly ................................................................................................
conduct their own sampling and report quarterly ..............................................................................................
have a third party sample their waybills and report monthly .............................................................................
that have a third party sample their waybills and report quarterly ....................................................................

5
3
2
43

Total Respondents .............................................................................................................................................................

53

Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated hourly burden for waybill
samples submitted to the Board varies
depending on each respondent’s
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respondents that are identified as
reporting monthly (Class I carriers)
report monthly, quarterly, and annually
(or 17 times per year). All other
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quarterly and annually (five times a
year).
Frequency of Response: Six
respondents report monthly; and 46
other respondents report quarterly.

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