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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 177 / Thursday, September 12, 2024 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12536]

Imposition of Missile Proliferation
Sanctions on Three PRC Entities, One
PRC Individual, and a Pakistani Entity
ACTION:

Notice.

A determination has been
made that three PRC entities, a PRC
individual, and a Pakistani entity have
engaged in activities that require the
imposition of measures pursuant to the
Arms Export Control Act, as amended,
and the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended.
DATES: September 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam
Durham, Office of Missile, Biological,
and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau
of International Security and
Nonproliferation, Department of State
(202–647–4930). On import ban issues,
Lauren Sun, Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, Department of the
Treasury (202–622–4855). On U.S.
Government procurement ban issues,
Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement
Executive, Department of State (703–
875–4079). Email: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)];
Section 11B(b)(1) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 [ (50 U.S.C.
4612(b)(1))], as carried out under
Executive Order 13222 of August 17,
2001 (hereinafter cited as the ‘‘Export
Administration Act of 1979’’); [Note:
Although the Export Administration Act
of 1979 lapsed in 2001 and was partially
repealed in 2018, authorities under
Section 11B continue to be carried out
under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701–
1708, pursuant to the emergency
declared in Executive Order 13222 of
August 17, 2001, which has been kept
in effect by successive Presidential
Notices, the most recent of which was
the Notice of August 13, 2024, 89 FR
66187, (Aug. 15, 2024). End Note], the
U.S. Government has determined that
the following foreign persons have
engaged in missile technology
proliferation activities that require the
imposition of the sanctions described in
Sections 73(a)(2)(A) and (C) of the Arms
Export Control Act [22 U.S.C.
2797b(a)(2)(A) and (C)] and Sections
11B(b)(1)(B)(i) and (iii) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 [50 U.S.C.
app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(i) and (iii)] on these
entities:
Hubei Huachangda Intelligent
Equipment Company (PRC Entity), and
its sub-units and successors;

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Innovative Equipment (Pakistan
Entity), and its sub-units and
successors;
Luo Dongmei [aka Steed Luo] (PRC
national);
Universal Enterprise Limited [aka
General Technology Limited, aka
Beijing Luo Luo Tech Development
Limited, aka Tiger Force Electronics,
aka Foshan Nanhai Winhope Trade
Company] (Hong Kong Entity), and its
sub-units and successors;
Xi’an Longde Technology
Development Company Limited [aka
Lontek] (PRC Entity), and its sub-units
and successors.
Accordingly, the following sanctions
are being imposed on these entities for
two years:
(A) Denial for at least two years of all
new licenses for the transfer to the
sanctioned entities of all Missile
Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
Annex Items (on both the U.S.
Munitions List and Commerce Control
List (CCL).
(B) Denial for at least two years of all
United States Government contracts
relating to MTCR Annex items with the
sanctioned entities.
(C) A prohibition on all imports into
the United States of products produced
by the sanctioned entities for a period
of not less than two years
With respect to items controlled
pursuant to the ECRA of 2018, the above
export sanction only applies to exports
made pursuant to individual export
licenses.
These measures shall be implemented
by the responsible departments and
agencies of the United States
Government as provided in Executive
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.
Choo S. Kang,
Assistant Secretary for International Security
and Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024–20761 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[FAA–2024–0396]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Reduced
Vertical Separation Minimum
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA

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invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on February
21, 2024. The collection involves
aircraft operators seeking specific
operational approval to conduct
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
(RVSM) operations who must submit
application to the FAA for RVSM
specific approval. Specific approval is
required when aircraft operators intend
to operate outside the United States
(U.S.) or their aircraft are not equipped
with Automatic Dependent
Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS–B) Out.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by October 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas DiFrancesco, (FAA), Flight
Technologies and Procedures Division
by email at: Douglass.DiFrancesco@
faa.gov; phone: 202–267–8855.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0679.
Title: Reduced Vertical Separation
Minimum.
Form Numbers: 2120–0679.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on February 21, 2024 (89 FR 13133).
The authority to collect data from
aircraft operators seeking operational
approval to conduct Reduced Vertical
Separation Minimum (RVSM)
operations is contained in part 91,
section 91.180, as established by a final
rule published in the Federal Register
on October 27, 2003 (68 FR 61304) and

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in Part 91, Section 91.706, as
established by a final rule published
April 9, 1997 (62 FR 17487, Apr 9,
1997). Aircraft operators seeking
specific operational approval to conduct
RVSM operations outside the U.S. must
submit their application to the
responsible Flight Standards office. The
responsible Flight Standards office
registers RVSM approved airframes in
the FAA RVSM Approvals Database to
track the approval status for operator
airframes. Application information
includes evidence of aircraft equipment
and RVSM qualification information
along with operational training and
program elements.
Respondents: Operators are required
to submit application for RVSM specific
approval if they desire to operate in
RVSM airspace outside the U.S. or if
they do not meet the provisions of title
14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR), part 91, appendix G, section
9—Aircraft Equipped with Automatic
Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast
Out. The FAA estimates processing 900
initial applications annually and 2,136
annual updates to existing approvals.
Frequency: An Operator must make
application for initial specific approval
to operate in RVSM airspace, or
whenever requesting an update to an
existing approval.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 4.00 hours for updates to
existing applications and 6.8 hours for
application of initial approvals.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
14,664 hours.
Issued in District of Columbia on
September 6, 2024.
Douglas J. DiFrancesco,
Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA Flight
Technologies & Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 2024–20628 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0028]

Notice of Request for Information (RFI)
on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric
Charging Technologies and
Infrastructure Needs
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for information
(RFI).

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AGENCY:

The FHWA, along with the
Joint Office of Energy and
Transportation (Joint Office), invites
public comment on this request for

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information (RFI) regarding the
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric
Charging Technologies and
Infrastructure Needs. This RFI seeks
input in four areas to support medium
and heavy-duty (MHD) battery electric
vehicles (EV) (DOT vehicle classes 4
through 8) including: unique EV charger
and station needs; vehicle charging
patterns; MHD EV charger technology
and standardization; and workforce,
supply chain, and manufacturing to
support charging of MHD battery EVs.
The goal is to inform appropriate future
Federal Government activities to
support the development and
deployment of EV chargers to support
the anticipated needs of MHD EV
original equipment manufacturers, fleet
operators, drivers, charging station
operators, and electric utilities.
Comments should also address how to
balance advances in technology with the
need to expeditiously build out the
national EV charging infrastructure,
including support for MHD segments.
DATES: Responses to the RFI must be
received by November 12, 2024. Latefiled comments will be considered to
the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
encouraged to submit comments using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov, under docket
number FHWA–2024–0028. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Alternatively, interested persons may
submit comments, identified by docket
number FHWA–2024–0028, by any of
the following methods:
Postal Mail: Docket Management
Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery/Courier: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
E.T., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number
is (202) 366–9329.
Docket: The docket for this activity,
which includes Federal Register
notices, comments, and other
supporting documents/materials, is
available for review at
www.regulations.gov. All documents in
the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. However,
not all documents listed in the index
may be publicly available, such as
information that is exempt from public
disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about this notice may be
addressed to Suraiya Motsinger, FHWA

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Office of Natural Environment, via
email at [email protected] or
telephone (202) 366–4287 or Sarah
Hipel, Joint Office of Energy and
Transportation, via email at
[email protected] or telephone
(240) 994–0050.
For legal questions, please contact
Dawn Horan, FHWA Office of Chief
Counsel, via email at Dawn.M.Horan@
dot.gov or telephone (202) 366–9615 or
Matthew Schneider, U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Office of the General
Counsel, via email at
[email protected] or
telephone at (240) 597–6265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
A copy of this notice, all comments
received on this notice, and all
background material may be viewed
online at www.regulations.gov using the
docket number listed above. Electronic
retrieval assistance and guidelines are
also available at www.regulations.gov.
An electronic copy of this document
may also be downloaded from the Office
of the Federal Register’s website at:
www.FederalRegister.gov and the U.S.
Government Publishing Office’s website
at: www.GovInfo.gov.
Background
Vehicle manufacturers and operators
are deploying MHD EVs at an increasing
rate with a recent report citing the
availability of over 160 models and over
17,500 zero emission trucks in
operation—a nearly 10-fold increase
from just 3 years ago.1 This trend in
MHD EV adoption is driven by a
combination of factors, including
declining battery costs, improvements
in vehicle performance and range, and
growing recognition of the economic
and environmental benefits associated
with electrification.
The regulatory landscape governing
MHD EVs (DOT vehicle classes 4
through 8) is evolving rapidly as well,
driven in part by imperatives to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and criteria
pollutants. Examples of such regulations
include performance-based emission
standards by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency 2 and the Advanced
Clean Trucks rule through the California
Air Resources Board,3 which other
States may elect to adopt consistent
with Section 177 of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7507).
1 https://calstart.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/
01/ZIO-ZET-2024_010924_Final.pdf.
2 https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissionsvehicles-and-engines/final-rule-greenhouse-gasemissions-standards-heavy-duty.
3 https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/12473.

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