[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 11636]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03644]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Numbers: RP13-551-000.
    Applicants: Northern Border Pipeline Company.
    Description: Update Contract Quantities to be effective 1/1/2013.
    Filed Date: 2/8/13.
    Accession Number: 20130208-5114.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/13.

    Docket Numbers: RP13-552-000.
    Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.
    Description: Nicor Gas Neg Filing to be effective 2/8/2013.
    Filed Date: 2/8/13.
    Accession Number: 20130208-5130.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/13.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, and service can be found at:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other
information, call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-
8659.

    Dated: February 11, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03644 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35843-35844]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15408]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0103]
RIN 1625-AA08

Regattas and Marine Parades; Great Lakes Annual Marine Events

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce various special local regulations
for annual regattas and marine parades in the Captain of the Port
Detroit zone from 9 a.m. on June 26, 2015 through 7 p.m. on August 23,
2015. Enforcement of these regulations is necessary and intended to
ensure safety of life on the navigable waters immediately prior to,
during, and immediately after these regattas or marine parades. During
the aforementioned period, the Coast Guard will enforce restrictions
upon, and control movement of, vessels in a

specified area immediately prior to, during, and immediately after
regattas or marine parades.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.914, 100.915, 100.918, 100.919,
and 100.920 will be enforced at specified dates and times between June
26, 2015 and August 23, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
document, call or email Petty Officer First Class Todd Manow,
Prevention Department, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit, 110 Mount
Elliot Ave., Detroit MI, 48207; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the following
special local regulations listed in 33 CFR part 100, Safety of Life on
Navigable Waters, on the following dates and times, which are listed in
chronological order:
    (1) Sec.  100.919 International Bay City River Roar, Bay City, MI.
This special local regulation will be enforced from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
June 26, 27, and 28, 2015. A regulated area is established to include
all waters of the Saginaw River bounded on the north by the Liberty
Bridge, located at 43[deg]36.3' N, 083[deg]53.4' W, and bounded on the
south by the Veterans Memorial Bridge, located at 43[deg]35.8' N,
083[deg]53.6' W. In case of rain on any of the race days, this special
local regulation may be enforced an additional day on June 29, 2015
from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
    (2) Sec.  100.920 Tug Across the River, Detroit, MI. This special
local regulation will be enforced from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. on July 10,
2015. A regulated area is established to include all waters of the
Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan, bounded on the south by the
International boundary, on the west by 083[deg]03' W, on the east by
083[deg]02' W, and on the north by the U.S. shoreline. This position is
located on the Detroit River in front of Hart Plaza, Detroit, MI.
    (3) Sec.  100.914 Trenton Rotary Roar on the River, Trenton, MI.
This special local regulation will be enforced from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on
July 17, 18, and 19, 2015. The regulated area is established to include
all waters of the Detroit River, Trenton, Michigan, bounded by an east/
west line beginning at a point of land at the northern end of Elizabeth
Park in Trenton, MI, located at position 42[deg]8.2' N; 083[deg]10.6'
W, extending east to a point near the center of the Trenton Channel
located at position 42[deg]8.2' N; 083[deg]10.4' W, extending south
along a north/south line to a point at the Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge
located at position 42[deg]7.7' N; 083[deg]10.5' W, extending west
along a line bordering the Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge to a point on land
located at position 42[deg]7.7' N; 083[deg]10.7' W, and along the
shoreline to the point of origin. This area is in the Trenton Channel
between Trenton and Grosse Isle, MI.
    (4) Sec.  100.915 St. Clair River Classic Offshore Race, St. Clair,
MI. This special local regulation will be enforced from 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. each day from July 20, 2015 through July 26, 2015. A regulated
area is established to include all waters of the St. Clair River, St.
Clair, Michigan, bounded by latitude 42[deg]52'00'' N to the north;
latitude 42[deg]49'00'' N to the south; the shoreline of the St. Clair
River on the west; and the international boundary line on the east.
    Special Local Regulations:
    (1) In accordance with Sec.  100.901, entry into, transiting, or
anchoring within these regulated areas is prohibited unless authorized
by the Coast Guard patrol commander (PATCOM). The PATCOM may restrict
vessel operation within the regulated area to vessels having particular
operating characteristics.
    (2) Vessels permitted to enter this regulated area must operate at
a no wake speed and in a manner that will not endanger race
participants or any other craft.
    (3) The PATCOM may direct the anchoring, mooring, or movement of
any vessel within this regulated area. A succession of sharp, short
signals by whistle or horn from vessels patrolling the area under the
direction of the PATCOM shall serve as a signal to stop. Vessels so
signaled shall stop and shall comply with the orders of the PATCOM.
Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the area, a Notice of
Violation for failure to comply, or both.
    (4) If it is deemed necessary for the protection of life and
property, the PATCOM may terminate at any time the marine event or the
operation of any vessel within the regulated area.
    (5) In accordance with the general regulations in Sec.  100.35 of
this part, the Coast Guard will patrol the regatta area under the
direction of a designated Coast Guard Patrol Commander (PATCOM). The
PATCOM may be contacted on Channel 16 (156.8 MHz) by the call sign
``Coast Guard Patrol Commander.''
    (6) The rules in this section shall not apply to vessels
participating in the event or to government vessels patrolling the
regulated area in the performance of their assigned duties.
    This document is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.35 and 5
U.S.C. 552(a). If the Captain of the Port determines that any of these
special local regulations need not be enforced for the full duration
stated in this document, he may suspend such enforcement and notify the
public of the suspension via a Broadcast Notice to Mariners.

    Dated: June 8, 2015.
Scott B. Lemasters,
Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Detroit.
[FR Doc. 2015-15408 Filed 6-22-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9110-04-P


[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 23, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23516-23517]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10556]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 380, 383, and 384

[FMCSA-2007-27748]
RIN 2126-AB66

Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor
Vehicle Operators

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; further delay of effective date.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in
the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President
and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' this
action temporarily delays, until June 5, 2017, the effective date of
the final rule titled ``Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,'' initially effective on February
6, 2017.

DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on December 8,
2016 (81 FR 88732), delayed to March 21, 2017 at 82 FR 8903 and then
further delayed to May 22, 2017 at 82 FR 14476, is further delayed
until June 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Clemente, Driver and
Carrier Operations (MC-PSD) Division, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or by email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMCSA bases this action on the Presidential
directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory
Freeze Pending Review'' (the January 20, 2017, memorandum). That
memorandum directed the heads of Executive Departments and Agencies to
temporarily postpone for 60 days from the date of the memorandum the
effective dates of certain regulations that had been published in the
Federal Register, but had not yet taken effect. Because the original
effective date of the final rule published on December 8, 2016, fell
within that 60-day window, the effective date of the rule was extended
to March 21, 2017, in a final rule published on February 1, 2017 (82 FR
8903). Consistent with the memorandum of the Assistant to the President
and Chief of Staff, and as stated in the February 1, 2017, final rule
delaying the effective date, the Agency further delayed the effective
date of this regulation until May 22, 2017 (82 FR 14476, March 21,
2017). The Agency now delays the effective date until June 5, 2017.
    The Agency's implementation of this action without opportunity for
public comment is based on the good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that seeking public comment is
impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. The
delay in the effective date until June 5, 2017, is necessary to provide
the opportunity for further review and consideration of this new
regulation, consistent with the January 20, 2017,

memorandum. Given the imminence of the effective date of the ``Minimum
Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle
Operators'' final rule, seeking prior public comment on this temporary
delay would be impractical, as well as contrary to the public interest
in the orderly promulgation and implementation of regulations.

    Issued under the authority of delegation in 49 CFR 1.87 on: May
18, 2017.
John Van Steenburg,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-10556 Filed 5-19-17; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P


Methods for the Census of Agriculture Overlap Tool (V1.1)

Background

This document provides background information and the methods used to develop the Census of Agriculture Overlap Tool.  This tool was developed to expedite the process for conducting an overlap analysis for federally listed endangered and threatened ("listed") species assessments.  The purpose of the overlap analysis is to determine the percent overlap of the proposed labeled use sites and the listed species' ranges and designated critical habitats. The outputs from the Overlap Tool are conservative in nature and intended to maximize efficiency estimating potential overlap.  This tool may be used along with the UDL Overlap tool, as both tools provide areas of refinement based on different principles. In cases when a more refined spatial analysis is required, a higher Tier analysis can be conducted.
This tool runs in Python editor and has a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for selecting the key inputs for analysis. Key features that the tool provides from a user perspective are the following:
GIS analysis is not required for the user
The GUI uses Individual Crop or Crop-Group nomenclature for ease-of-use site selection
The GUI includes entering geographic restrictions
The overlap is presented as cumulative and by the individual Use Site
Buffering for offsite transport is included and presented in multiple formats
In addition to the continental United States, data for Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico are included in the tool by crop. Island territories (i.e., Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands of US, and Northern Mariana Islands) are included at the Total Agriculture level.
The tool utilizes two years of USDA Census of Agriculture (CoA) data and reports the highest acreage value over the two reports.  The current scope of the tool is for agricultural uses. Overlaps for non-agricultural uses, such as residential, rangeland, forestry, etc. are not included.
Conceptual Model
This section provides a brief overview of the conceptual model for the tool. Details of the method are further described in "General Data/Inputs" and "Methodology" sections below.
There are two inputs to the Overlap tool, the Census of Agriculture (CoA) county-level crop acreage values and the species range and designated critical habitat (CH) acreage in each county. For deriving the species acreage by county using ArcGIS spatial overlap analysis, the key process is the "intersect" of  the designated CH and species range location with the U.S. County boundaries. Together, with the crop acreage inputs by county, these inputs are used to determine an upper-bound maximum potential percent overlap based on the number of acres of crop within the county. This is considered an "upper-bound percent overlap" as it is assumed that the species location (range or CH) county acres overlap with the crop acres.
 For example, in Figure 1, the green shape represents the species range. This range can fall anywhere within a county and overlap with county borders. The crop acres are shown with the orange box but the exact location within the county is unknown and it may be distributed across the county with varying intensity. For the overlap analysis, these two areas (i.e., species range or CH and the crop acreage) are assumed to coexist in space as shown in the overlap where the green shape overlaps with the orange box. This overlap may occur, or it may not occur in the landscape. The overlapping assumption is made to be certain any potential overlap of range and CH is accounted for in the percent overlap for a species.

Figure 1. General Example of Overlap ASSUMPTION with Species Acres

A limitation of working with CoA data is that there is non-disclosed acreage for some crop-county combinations (e.g., acreage is not reported to protect the confidentiality of the growers). For this reason, a conservative proxy is utilized to account for these non-disclosed acres and is described further in methodologies section (see non-disclosed acreage imputation). This is a preprocessing step.
To begin calculating the overlap, for each species, the county crop acres are summed but are capped (i.e., cannot exceed) at the species range/CH for each individual county. For example, Figure 2 shows a simple example of three counties and how the acreage may be capped if the crop acreage exceeds the species range. Counties B and C have crop acres (100 and 300 acres, respectively) that exceed the species range for the county, therefore, they are capped at the species range (20 and 200 acres, respectively). County A has less crop acres than the species range and does not require capping.  After the crop acres are capped (if needed) at the county level the values for the crop acres and the species range are summed for the state level (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Depiction of Capping Using Species Range by County

Figure 2 depicts a single crop, however, when there are multiple crops selected, a redundancy step may be used in cases where the sum of overlap from all potential use sites within a county exceeds the county species acreage. In such cases, an adjustment is applied that maintains the ratio of crop overlap areas while reducing the sum of the overlap areas to the total species area (described further in "Methodology" section below).
To check the potential overestimation of the earlier assumptions (e.g., non-disclosed acre proxy, species acres distribution), the county crop acres, when rolled up (e.g., added together) to the state and national level are compared to the state/national acreage for the individual crops and are capped if the sum of the county crop acres for a species exceeds the state or national crop value. The direct overlap value is then calculated by dividing the sum of the crop acres across all states by the total species range or CH acres. Figure 3 depicts the national level for a species with a multi-state range, thus, as an example, the "rolled up values" depicted in Figure 2 would fit into a single state (the blue boxes in Figure 3).

Figure 3 Species Range- across multiple states

The overlap tool also accounts for offsite transport by buffering out the use area. To account for spray drift this is done by using 30 m increments, 305 m and 792m buffer distances (based on the AgDRIFT maximum/model limits for aerial and ground). To account for runoff, the tool includes a 1500m buffer for assessments that require maximum `runoff' buffering (US EPA, 2022).
For the buffering, the method assumes that the acreage within a county is divided up into multiple fields. Because there can be differences in field size by crop, the crops from the CoA are binned into two size categories for the spray drift calculations.  In general, the row crops such as corn, soybean, and wheat have larger field sizes and the specialty crops (e.g., strawberries, apples, cucumbers, etc.) have a smaller field size.  Data are available from USDA Census of Agriculture (USDA, 2017- Tables 35-38) to inform on the breakdown of crop acres grown/harvested by field size.  Based on a review of the available data, the specialty crops are assigned a field size of 25 acres and Row crops are assigned a field size of 500 acres.  These field size acreages are used to adjust the spray drift by assuming that the crop acreage in the county is divided into multiple fields (i.e., divided by the field size of either 25 or 500 acres) and then the drift is calculated for each field before summing up.   Using this model, the buffer extends from all four sides of the modeled field to the various buffer distances (see Section 3; Figure 6 for further details).

General Data /Inputs
Census of Agriculture (2017 and 2012)- national, state and county acreage (preprocessed by BEAD)- The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of agricultural activity on U.S. farms and ranches. This analysis utilizes the crop acreage data. The CoA census is published every 5 years (2012 and 2017 being the most recent two surveys conducted) and the two most recent surveys are used to account for temporal variability in crop patterns and ensure conservatism. Data are available for all states.

Census of Agriculture-2017- For Puerto Rico and the Island Territories of Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands of US, and Northern Mariana Islands, data were not available in a preprocessed format.  Data were extracted from the USDA NASS Quick Stats database.  For Puerto Rico, the crop acres were extracted for the territory as a whole.  For the other islands, the data resolution was at the total acres in agriculture level (i.e., not available by crop).

Location files for listed species- (range and designated critical habitat) and the U.S. county boundary shapefile. All files were provided by EFED/EISB with the requisite data preparation. Originally, the source files of the species location files were provided by the Services. For EPA's endangered species biological evaluation, these source files were standardized and organized by taxonomic group in file geodatabases (referred to as species libraries).

Master Species List-Species subject to Section 7 under the Endangered Species Act are obtained from the US Fish and Wildlife Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS). The resulting table is filtered to include listing statuses currently subject to Section 7 or potentially subject to Section 7 during the registration period. Information from TESS for species under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is supplemented with information from the NMFS website, deferring to the NMFS website if conflicts exist between the sources. The master species list was provided by EFED/EISB (file version generated- 09_2022).
Methodology
There are three main sections for the methods descriptions:
Preprocessing the Census of Agriculture Data
ArcGIS Species Range and CH County Projection and Processing
Overlap Calculations

Preprocessing of Census of Agriculture Crop Acreage Data

Crop acreages at the county-, state-/territory-, and national- level are sourced from the Census of Agriculture (CoA). To account for temporal variability in crop patterns, crop acreage values from both the 2012 and 2017 CoA are used to generate the input values used in the overlap analysis. Due to the presence of non-disclosed acreage values (assigned as D values in CoA) for specific crop/location combinations in the two CoA datasets a preprocessing step is conducted prior to overlap analysis to fill missing values.
Non-Disclosed Acreage Imputation
The imputation method for missing acreage values requires that all crops have national-level acreage values. In limited cases where national-level acreage values are unavailable, estimates are obtained from other datasets (i.e., alternate CoA years). Once a complete set of national-level crop acreage estimates are obtained the missing state acreage values are imputed. To generate the most conservative  crop acreage estimates, each state/crop combination with a non-disclosed acreage value is filled with the difference between the national-level crop acreage values and the sum of available state acreage values. An example of this approach is described below.
Before Imputation:
State 1 Acres
State 2 Acres
State 3 Acres
State 4 Acres
State 5 Acres
National Acres
100
300
200
(D)
(D)
1000
D=acreage non-disclosed
After Imputation (Imputed values in Red):
State 1 Acres
State 2 Acres
State 3 Acres
State 4 Acres
State 5 Acres
National Acres
100
300
200
400
400
1000

In this example shown in the Before Imputation table there are 3 states (State 1, State 2, and State 3) with disclosed crop acreage values totaling 600 (100+300+200) acres, a national crop acreage value of 1000 acres, and 2 states with non-disclosed acreage values. Because the distribution of the non-disclosed acres is unknown, each state is assumed to have acreage equal to the difference (1000 acres  -  600 acres = 400 acres), which represents the maximum possible acreage in each non-disclosed state given all known acreage values. This is shown in the After Imputation table (assumed acres shown in red).
Following the state-level non-disclosed acreage imputation, the county-level non-disclosed acreage values are imputed. This county-level imputation is performed using a similar approach to the state-level imputation; each non-disclosed county/crop combo is filled with the difference between the state-level acreage total for the crop and the sum of disclosed county-level acreage values for that crop.
In addition to the non-disclosed acreage values (indicated by a "(D)" in the CoA tables), some crop/location combinations entries are labeled as "(Z)", which indicates that the value corresponds to half an acre or less of the crop in the location. Once the non-disclosed (D) values have been filled using the approach described above, all crop/location combinations with (Z) values in the CoA tables are filled with 0.5 acres (the maximum possible value). The filling of (Z)-values occurs after the imputation of (D) values to ensure that (D) maximum estimates [i.e. each (Z)-value reflects an acreage value between 0 and 0.5 acres, so the program first estimates (D) values assuming that (Z) values are 0 to obtain the highest possible acreage for both sets of unknown values].
Once the imputation steps are complete, tables of county- state- and national- level crop acreage values with numeric values for all crop/location combinations are available.

Merging multiple CoA Years

To capture the potential difference (e.g., crop rotation) in cropping overtime both the 2012 CoA and 2017 CoA values are used in the final crop acreage input table that is used for overlap calculations. Both CoA datasets are first processed using the imputation approach described in the previous section to fill missing values. Following the imputation steps, acreages from the two datasets for each location/crop combination are compared at the county, state, and national level. For each combination, if both or neither crop area was imputed (i.e., estimated because of a non-disclosed acreage entry in the raw CoA table), the maximum acreage value was selected from the two years. If one dataset contains an imputed value and the other contains a value that did not require imputation, however, the non-imputed value was retained in the final crop area table. This approach assumes that non-imputed values will introduce less uncertainty into the final overlap estimates compared with imputed values.

ArcGIS Overlap Analysis of Species Locations and U.S. Counties

This section provides information on how the ArcGIS analysis was done for the spatial overlap of listed species locations and the U.S. counties.  The described overlap analysis was conducted in ArcMap/ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS version of Python 2.7, with ArcPy and ArcPy.sa modules imported.
The goal of this spatial overlap analysis is to generate chemical-independent species acreage in each county of the United States. The output tables of this analysis are used as the inputs by the overlap tool (written in Python).
In this spatial analysis, the key process is the "intersect" of CH and range files of species with U.S. county boundaries.  Intersect is a ArGIS intersect tool that calculates the geometric intersection of any number of feature classes and feature layers. Prior to this key step, all input files (i.e., species location files and U.S. county boundary files) were projected to the appropriate projection (i.e., Albers equal area conic) for the projected coordinate system (PCS). Following the intersect analysis, the acreage of species per county was calculated and, together with the other identifiers (i.e., entity ID, GEOID, state, etc), exported to output tables. Figure 4 illustrates the conceptual model of this spatial analysis. A more detailed explanation is described below.

Figure 4. Conceptual Model of the Spatial Overlap Analysis for the Listed Species and US Counties

Input files
The input files of this overlap analysis included location files for list species (range and designated critical habitat) and U.S. County boundary shapefile. All these files were provided by EFED/EISB with the requisite data preparation. Originally, the source files of the species location files were provided by the Services. For EPA's endangered species biological evaluation, these source files were standardized and organized by taxonomic group in file geodatabases (referred to as species libraries). More details about the location file preparation can be found in the EISB document titled "Tool Documentation  -  Processed GIS Data  -  Listed Species Spatial Files" -Updated 2020 Ver 1.2.
Approach
Integrating county acreage info into county boundary shapefile
A set of county boundary shapefiles were provided by EISB containing slightly different aspects of information of the counties in each file. To integrate all essential information into one shapefile, especially the acreage of the counties, the `join' tool in ArcGIS was used to combine attribute tables together and generate a new county boundary shapefile based on the "COUNTYNS" (a common attribute contained in each county shapefile). The newly generated county boundary shapefile contained all the essential information and was used as an input file of the overlap analysis.

Projecting species location and county boundary shapefiles
Prior to being used as inputs in the spatial overlap analysis, both species location and county boundary shapefiles were projected to the appropriate projected coordinate systems (PCS). For the 48 US CONUS states, the Albers Equal-area Conic projection was used because it is suitable for land masses that extend in an east-to-west orientation (e.g., the conterminous United States) to minimize the distortion of the shape and linear scale, therefore increasing the accuracy of the geometry calculation (e.g., areas and distance).  For the states/regions outside the conterminous United States, the following selected PCSs were used in projecting species location and county boundary shapefiles (Table 1). Projecting analysis was conducted by using the "projection" tool in ArcGIS or "arcpy.Project_managment" function in ArcPy.
Table 1. Projected coordinate system used for U.S. regions.
Region
Projected Coordinate System
Conterminous United States (ConUS)
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area.prj.
Hawaii (HI)
NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_4N.prj
Alaska (AK)
WGS_1984_Albers.prj
Puerto Rico (PR)
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area.prj
United States Virgin Islands (VI)
WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_20N.prj
American Samoa (AS)
WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_2S.prj
Guam (GU
WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_55N.prj
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana (CNMI)
WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_55N.prj

Intersection of species location and county shapefiles
As mentioned above, the "intersect" process was the key step of the overlap analysis. The "intersect" tool in ArcGIS or "arcpy.Intersect_analysis" function in ArcPy was used to calculate the geometric intersection of species locations and U.S. counties. The projected species spatial files (CH and range files) and county shapefile were used as input files in this step. The output features were species locations per county, only including the areas where a polygon from species critical habitat or range file intersected from the county boundary file. See Figure 5 for an illustration of the result of intersecting two polygon feature classes.
In the intersect analysis, the acreage of each intersected polygon in square meters was calculated using the intersect tool. This analysis used the default shape area from the attribute table and the units were confirmed as square meters. This information tells the acreage of a species in a specific county, i.e., species acreage per county, in square meters.

Figure 5.  Illustration of intersect of polygons

Exporting attribute table
Once the intersect was completed, the attribute table was exported as a .csv file. This was done by using the "table to table" tool in ArcGIS or "arcpy.TableToTable_conversion" function in ArcPy. The intersect output tables contained all the attributes from species location files and county boundary files. In addition, the intersect output table also included species by county acreage which was calculated in the intersect process. Once exported to the .csv files, all the intersect output tables were combined into two separate all-in-one tables (one for range and the other for critical habitat) and used as the input data for the overlap Python tool.
Use of Python and ArcPy
As mentioned above, the species location files were organized by taxonomic group in file geodatabases (referred to as species libraries). One location shapefile was designated for each individual species range and critical habitat. Each location file was processed following the same approach, i.e., projected to Albers project, intersected with the county boundary file, and exported the interest output attributes to a .csv file.
Due to the large number of location files and the same process for each file, Python scripts were developed to employ ArcPy functions to run files in a batch for each step described above where spatial files were involved.
The key ArcPy functions used in the Python scripts and their corresponding ArcGIS tools were listed in the Table 2 and mentioned above in each step as well.
Table 2. Key ArcPy functions used and their corresponding ArcGIS tools
Process
ArcPy function
ArcGIS tool
Project
arcpy.Project_management
Project
Intersect feature classes
arcpy.Intersect_analysis
Intersect
Export attribute table
arcpy.TableToTable_conversion
Table to table

Output tables
The final output generated from this spatial overlap analysis includes two all-in-one tables with all species included in each table. One is for the species range, and the other is for designated critical habitat. Each row of the tables represents one species in one county, i.e., single species per county. The attributes/columns of the two tables are slightly different from each other depending on the attribute tables in the source files. However, both output tables contain the essential attributes (but not limited to) that are utilized in the overlap Python tool or further analysis. Table 3 listed the essential attributes and the corresponding aspect that each attribute represents.
Table 3. Output Attribute Tables for Species' Ranges and Critical Habitats
Attribute
Note
EntityID
The unique integer value of the species entity within the database
STATEFP
State FIPS code  -  the unique two digits value for the state
GEOID
Geographic identifiers  -  the unique codes identify all administrative/legal and statistical geographic areas i.e., counties.
NAME
Common name of the species
State
The name of the state
Shape_Area
The acreage of the species in the county in square meters
Area*
The acreage of the county in square meters
Note: * This attribute was not used as a filter in the overlap tool but may be needed for other analysis.

3. Overlap Calculations

Direct Overlap
Calculations of direct overlap percentages begin with tables of county-level acreage values for both listed species and crops of interest. The analysis uses GEOIDs as unique identifiers for counties, allowing assessors to match up entries in the species and CoA input tables. For each county/crop/species combination, the minimum of the county/species area and county/crop area is extracted and stored in a table as an overlap area. For this calculation, it was assumed that each additional marginal unit of cropped area within a county will overlap any available species range/critical habitat within that county until 100% of the species area is overlapped. By taking the minima of the two area values it ensures that county-level overlap area cannot exceed the species acreage (i.e., overlap cannot exceed 100%).
Redundancy Adjustment
While individual crop overlap in each county is capped at 100% of the county species area, the initial overlap calculation described above may result in cases where the sum of overlap from all crops of interest within a county exceeds the county species acreage when multiple crops are considered. In such cases, a redundancy adjustment is applied that maintains the ratio of crop overlap areas while reducing the sum of the overlap areas to the total species area. An example of this redundancy adjustment is provided below:
Unadjusted Overlap Acreage:
Crop 1 Overlap Area (Acres)
Crop 2 Overlap Area (Acres)
Crop 3 Overlap Area (Acres)
Species Range in County (Acres)
30
20
50
50

Overlap Acreage after Redundancy Adjustment (Adjusted values in Red):
Crop 1 Overlap Area (Acres)
Crop 2 Overlap Area (Acres)
Crop 3 Overlap Area (Acres)
Species Range in County (Acres)
15
10
25
50

In the example, the first step is to calculate overlap areas for each crop independently and compares the sum of overlap areas with the species range area. Because the sum of overlap areas for the three crops in the example (100 acres) exceeds the species range (50 acres), each overlap area was multiplied by a factor that represents the species range divided by the sum of individual overlap areas (in this case the factor equals 1/2). The adjusted overlap areas are consequently reduced in such a way that they sum to the species range area but maintain their original proportions relative to one another.
State-Level Rollup/Capping
Once the redundancy adjustment factor to applicable county-level overlap values was applied, the process of rolling up county-level overlap values to obtain state-level overlap values begins. This process initially involves summing county-level overlap values from the same state for each crop/species combination. Once the initial sums have been obtained, the resulting state-level overlap areas was compared with the state-level crop acreage values from the CoA input tables. The minimum of these two values was then taken as the state-level overlap area. The primary function of this capping procedure is to correct for the highly conservative county-level crop acreage estimates introduced by the non-disclosed acreage imputation procedure. In the imputation all county-level non-disclosed acreage values were assigned with the difference between state acreage values and sum of disclosed county acreage values within that state. While this procedure produces maximum possible acreage estimates in each county (due to the uncertainty regarding the distribution of the acres), it has the potential to result in state-level overlap values that exceed the (known) maximum acreage of crop within the state. The capping procedure enforces this maximum value and corrects state-level overlap estimates downward where necessary.
National-Level Rollup/Capping
The rollup of state-level overlap acreages to national-level overlap acreage values follows a similar procedure to the county-to-state rollup. Rollup of state-level overlap areas to national-level overlap areas is accomplished by first taking the all state-level overlap areas for each crop/species combination and then taking the minimum of the sum and national-level CoA acreage value for that crop (like the state-level capping described in the previous section).
Conversion of National Overlap Areas to Percentages
Once national-level overlap areas have been obtained for each crop/species combination, the overlap areas are divided by the total area of range for the corresponding species to generate percentage values. These final percentage values represent an estimate of the portion of species range or critical habitat that overlapped with each selected crop.
Overlap Calculations  -  Drift
The process for calculating drift overlap areas differs from direct overlap calculations in a few key aspects. As in the direct overlap procedure, we begin with tables of county-level acreage values for both species and crops of interest. For "all ag" estimates of drift overlap, we first take the sum of acreages for all crops of interest within each county (this allows for more straightforward subsequent calculations that do not require redundancy considerations). A list of buffer distances (i.e., distances from the original field over which we might expect drift to occur under different application scenarios) is also specified for drift calculations.
 The area impacted by drift for each county/buffer distance combination is estimated by dividing the total crop area in a county into square 25-acre fields, and modeling the areas impacted by drift as the difference between the area of a square determined by extending each side of the original field by the buffer distance and the area of the original 25-acre field as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Illustration of drift model: light gray represents area affected by drift extending distance b (buffer length) from a square field of area a2 (shown in dark gray).

Each 25-acre field in a county has an "a" value of ~318 meters, with specified buffer distance "b" values. The calculation of drift for all crops within a county is shown in Equation 1:

DriftArea=Total Crop Area25 Acres⋅25 Acres+2⋅Buffer Distance2-25 Acres
Equation 1. Calculation of county-level drift area for all ag columns and specialty crops.

Estimates produced by Equation 1 thus reflect the conservative assumption that drift areas produced by different 25-acre fields do not overlap one another.
 In the "all ag" calculation of drift for a given buffer distance, drift areas are first calculated using Equation 1 for each county/crop/species combination. Then the overlap area is capped so that the direct overlap of the crop area + drift zone cannot exceed the species range in the county. The drift overlap areas can be summed for each crop/state/species combination to roll up to state-level overlap or sum all drift overlap areas for a given crop/species combination to roll up to national-level overlap areas. Unlike in the direct overlap calculations, state- or national-level crop area caps do not apply to the estimated drift overlap areas. Once the national overlap areas have been obtained, the values are divided by the sums of range/critical habitat areas for the corresponding species to arrive at an overlap percentage.

The overlap tool output tables contain two types of "all ag" drift overlap columns. One group consists of total overlap percentages, which represent all overlap due to drift up to the specified buffer distances of 305 meters, 792 meters, and 1500 meters and these columns require no further calculations besides those already described. Another set of columns output marginal increases in percent overlap over a specified buffer interval (e.g., 60 meters to 90 meters). Marginal drift overlap increase values are obtained by subtracting the national percent overlap value at the start of the buffer interval from the national percent overlap value at the end of the interval. The overlap tool output provides these marginal drift values at 30-meter intervals over the range of 0 to 810 meters (810 selected to complete the last 30m interval). The 30-m increments are presented in the output individually and marginal increases to drift areas will become zero once the maximum number of available acres has been reached.

In addition to the "all ag" drift overlap columns, the tool also outputs a series of crop-specific overlap direct overlap and drift columns. These columns are generated on a per-crop basis by first applying a slightly modified version of Equation 1 to county-level crop acreage values using buffer distances of 0, 30, 305, 792 and 1500 meters to obtain drift areas. The crop-specific drift calculation differs slightly from the "all ag" drift calculations in that row crops (e.g. corn, soybean, etc.) are modeled as 500-acre fields while specialty crops (e.g. strawberries, apples, cucumbers, etc.) are modeled as 25-acre fields.  Thus, specialty crop calculations use Equation 1, while row crops calculations make use of  Equation 2, as shown below:
Drift Area = Total Crop Area500 Acres⋅500 Acres + 2 ⋅ Buffer Distance2 - 500 Acres
Equation 2. Calculation of county-level drift area for row crops.
Once the drift area calculation employing the appropriate field size has been performed, the original crop area is then added to the drift areas to obtain a total affected area for each county/crop/buffer distance combination. The minimum of county-level direct+drift areas and county-level species areas are then taken to produce an overlap area for each county/crop/buffer distance/species combination. County-level overlap values for each crop/buffer distance/species combination to produce a national overlap area value. The national overlap areas are then divided by national-level species areas and multiplied by 100 to produce overlap percentage values for each crop/buffer distance/species combination. In contrast with calculations described in previous sections, no redundancy factor or state/national-level crop-acreage caps are applied in the calculation of these overlap values.

Version Updates: This document accompanies the October 31, 2022, version update from V1.0 to V1.1.   Changes to the tool in this version reflect the latest updates to the species range and critical habitat files (Master list-09_2022) as Inputs. This update incorporates new projection methods for regions outside of the conterminous United States.  Additionally, this version also includes two additional output tabs [Overlap by Use (Direct and buffered) and Overlap by use in 30 m increments].

Tool Update Cycle:  Crop Acreage Inputs may be updated on a 5 year cycle as inputs are available every 5 years from the Census of Agriculture. Species ranges and critical habitats are often updated more frequently, and updates will be scheduled depending on data availability from the Services.

References
US EPA, 2022.  2,4-D Choline Salt and Glyphosate Dimethylammonium Salt: 2022 Ecological Risk and
Endangered Species Assessment for Use on Genetically-Modified Herbicide-Tolerant
Corn, Soybean, and Cotton in Support of Registration Renewal Decision for Enlist One
and Enlist Duo Products. DP. 462084, 462086


[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44029-44030]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18465]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1986-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2011-0001]

North Dakota; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1986-DR), dated May 20,
2011, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: May 20, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated May 20, 2011, the President issued a major disaster declaration
under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford
Act''), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of North Dakota resulting from a severe winter storm during the
period of April 29 to May 1, 2011, is of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq. (the ``Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare that such
a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Public Assistance in the
designated areas and Hazard Mitigation throughout the State.
Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Willie G. Nunn, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major disaster.
    The following areas of the State of North Dakota have been
designated as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville,
Ward, and Williams Counties for Public Assistance.
    All counties within the State of North Dakota are eligible to
apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

    The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA) are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance
Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to

Individuals and Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster
Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster
Housing Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and
Households--Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation
Grant.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-18465 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-23-P


[Federal Register: August 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 46057]
[DOCID:fr16au07-85]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER07-576-000; ER07-576-001]

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Technical
Conference

August 9, 2007.
    Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical
conference in the above-referenced proceeding on Wednesday, September
5, 2007, at 10 a.m. (EDT) in Room 3M-2A at the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's July 24, 2007 order\1\ in this proceeding directed
staff to hold a technical conference to address the issues of whether
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company's (BG&E's) proposed Transmission
Owner Incentive (TOI) projects are non-routine and thereby satisfy the
Commission's nexus requirement between BG&E's proposed 100-basis point
return on equity incentive adder and its overall investment in the TOI
projects.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., 120 FERC ] 61,084 (2007)
(July 24 Order).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    To assist Commission staff and the parties to prepare for the
conference, BG&E is directed to file its presentation for the
conference on or before August 24, 2007. The presentation should
address in detail the issues raised by the Commission in Paragraphs 48-
55 and 60-64 of the July 24 Order on routine v. non-routine projects
being eligible for transmission rate incentives. All parties will have
an opportunity to file written comments to address BG&E's filing after
the technical conference at a date to be established at the conference.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY), or send a FAX to<PHONE_NUMBER> with
the required accommodations.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-16035 Filed 8-15-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31789-31791]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11363]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2019-0346]

Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 01-16 Change 2--Use of
Electronic Charts and Publications in Lieu of Paper Charts, Maps and
Publications

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the Navigation
and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-16 Change 2 issued May 21,
2020, together with a Deregulatory Savings Analysis. The NVIC 01-16
Change 2 allows for U.S.-flagged vessels to use previously downloaded,
electronic copies of Inland Navigation Rules and Vessel Traffic Service
Rules, and to access voyage planning navigation publications
electronically, including through underway connectivity, to meet
domestic carriage and International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea certification requirements.

DATES: The NVIC 01-16 Change 2 was issued May 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To view NVIC 01-16 Change 2, as well as other documents
mentioned in this notice as being available in the docket, please
search for docket number USCG-2019-0346 on the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please address questions or feedback
concerning this policy to Lieutenant Commander W. Christian Adams,
Office of Navigation Systems, Coast Guard; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>,
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abbreviations

CFR Code of Federal Regulations
FR Federal Register
MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships
NVIC Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular
SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

VTS Vessel Traffic Service

II. Background

    Navigation publications are a principal source of voyage planning
information. Mariners use tide tables, the United States Coast Pilot,
local notices to mariners, and other information sources to access
relevant information for a particular transit. Since at least 2010, the
Coast Guard has recognized the carriage of certain navigation
publications electronically on U.S.-flagged vessels as meeting U.S.
domestic regulations and International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS) certificate requirements. This is an acceptance of
common industry practice.
    In response to recommendations from the Navigation Safety Advisory
Council and the public, the Coast Guard is updating its policy on
electronic carriage of the Inland Navigation Rules, Vessel Traffic
Service (VTS) Rules, and navigation publications in general. Currently,
the Coast Guard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency provide marine safety
information in an updated electronic format, some of which is graphical
and geographically selectable. Electronic devices (both hardware and
software) have improved such that a mariner can efficiently access
navigation publications when needed.
    Furthermore, the Coast Guard recognizes that the maritime industry
and mariners in general have made substantial investments to ensure
vessels maintain internet connectivity, even while underway. Because
mariners use certain navigation publications primarily for voyage
planning purposes, the Coast Guard recognizes the practicality of
accessing required navigation information via the internet on an as-
needed basis, versus keeping a publication or extract onboard. To
encourage the use of electronic voyage planning products, the Coast
Guard is providing the option for vessels to meet certain publication
carriage requirements via internet access.
    Therefore, we are revising Navigation and Vessel Inspection
Circular (NVIC) 01-16 Change 1 and issuing Change 2 to allow
publications required by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 33
(parts 83, 161, and 164) and Title 46 (parts 26, 28, 78, 97, 109, 121,
130, 140, 184, and 196), and the SOLAS Chapter V Regulation 27 to be
carried electronically, with the majority of publications accessed via
web services. However, if a mariner chooses to use an electronic
version of the Inland Navigation Rules and VTS Rules, which are
designated as ``ready reference'' in 33 CFR 83.01(g) and 161.4, the
mariner must be able to display ready reference current electronic
editions on their electronic device without internet connectivity by
producing a previously downloaded copy.

III. Summary of Public Comments and Changes

    On September 20, 2019, the Coast Guard published a Notice of
Availability of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular 01-16 Change
2--Use of Electronic Charts and Publications in Lieu of Paper Charts,
Maps and Publications (84 FR 49545) that sought public comments on any
concerns related to these proposed policy changes and the supporting
economic analysis. After the public comment period closed on November
4, 2019, the Coast Guard reviewed and analyzed the comments contained
in the six public submissions received. Below we summarize and respond
to these public comments.
    Subchapter T inspection checklist: One commenter suggested that we
amend the NVIC to address carriage of 46 CFR parts 166 to 199 in
electronic or paper version because a subchapter T inspection checklist
recommends that those parts be carried on board. Although 46 CFR parts
166 to 199 may be carried on board in electronic or paper versions in
response to the checklist recommendations, this NVIC Change 2 is meant
to address the carriage of navigation-related publications that are
required by certain parts of CFR titles 33 and 46 to be carried on
board. Since 46 CFR parts 166 through 199 are not required to be
carried on board, they are not addressed in this NVIC. The Coast Guard
did not revise the NVIC Change 2 in response to this comment.
    Training courses on use of electronic publications: The same
commenter suggested that the Coast Guard address mariner credentialing
in the NVIC Change 2, and, specifically, recommend training courses and
programs that are permitted and encouraged to train students in the use
of electronic publications. Another commenter recommended that approved
mariner credentialing courses and programs be permitted to train
students in the use of electronic publications, including the
applicable CFR sections. The scope and intent of this NVIC Change 2 is
to provide voluntary equivalency for the purposes of carriage
requirements between paper and electronic charts and publications
required for navigation. It is not meant to prescribe the use of
certain courses or programs, or the content of maritime courses and
programs. For this reason, the Coast Guard did not revise the NVIC
Change 2 in response to this comment. However, we are forwarding the
recommendations regarding courses on the use of electronic publications
to the Coast Guard's Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing for their
consideration.
    Ready reference requirements: Two commenters raised concerns about
the NVIC interpreting the ``ready reference'' requirements of the CFR
for certain publications as meaning displayable within 2 minutes. One
of the commenters believed it was arbitrary and could lead to
unwarranted penalties for mariners during the Coast Guard's marine
safety inspections and boardings. The commenter recommended that
Section 4 of NVIC 01-16 Change 2 Memo be amended to read, ``To be
eligible for the electronic charts and publications equivalency under
this NVIC, mariners must be able to access the Inland Navigation Rules
via the internet or produce a downloaded copy on their electronic
device within a reasonable amount of time of the request of the
boarding officer or marine inspector under the given circumstances.''
In addition, the commenter recommended that Section F.1 of Enclosure
(2) to NVIC 01-16 also be revised to read, ``For publications stored or
accessed electronically and which must be available for ready
reference, the publications must be displayable within a reasonable
amount of time under the given circumstances.''
    We disagree with changing the standard to being able to display the
publication within a reasonable amount of time. Section 83.01 of 33 CFR
requires that the Inland Navigation Rules be carried as ``ready
reference'' on board each self-propelled vessel 12 meters or more in
length. Similarly, 33 CFR 161.4 requires each VTS user to carry on
board and maintain for ready reference a copy of the VTS Rules.
Practical use and reference to the Inland Navigation Rules and VTS
Rules while underway may be directly related to a situation with
vessels meeting, as well as navigation or communication requirements
within VTS areas. A delay in accessing these rules is a safety concern.
For this reason, we cannot amend the standard to ``within a reasonable
amount of time.'' However, we are amending NVIC 01-16 Change 2 to
require that, if an electronic version is to be used, those
publications designated as ``ready reference'' be

previously downloaded so as to be accessible without internet
access.\1\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ This was the only substantive change to NVIC 01-16 Change 2
we made from the version we posted in the docket when we invited
comments in September 2019.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Without the traditional requirements of having a paper copy on
board a vessel, the proposed 2-minute standard was intended to set a
reasonable limit on how ``ready reference'' could be interpreted for an
electronic version that comes from a computer drive or the internet.
The proposed time standard was also meant to reduce the inherent and
unavoidable variation which results from marine inspections being
conducted by many different inspectors with a variety of backgrounds
and experience. We have not set such a specific time duration standard
for paper copies in 33 CFR 83.01 or 161.4, and, if we are to introduce
such a standard for the electronic equivalent, that would best be done
by amending those regulations. If a maximum time period is to be
established to access ``ready reference'' publications, it should apply
equally whether the rules are viewed on a printed page or an electronic
screen.
    In terms of the time it takes to display an electronic version of
the publication, the ``ready reference'' standard applies to an
electronic version as if it were a paper version of the publication on
a vessel. In consideration of the decision to allow ``carriage via
internet access,'' the Coast Guard recognizes that many of the
navigation publications required to be carried are used primarily for
voyage planning. These publications must be current and accessible, but
not ready reference.
    Depending on vessel heading, masts or other topside obstructions
may block antennas from receiving a signal. Additionally, connectivity
may be intermittent or unavailable for short durations of a voyage.
This temporary unavailability may not interfere with voyage planning
activities, but even brief periods of unavailability could result in an
unacceptable delay in accessing the Inland Navigation Rules and VTS
Rules that are required to be ready reference. Maintaining downloaded
copies will also ensure continuous access while maneuvering through
close quarters situations when these ready reference publications may
be most needed.
    It should be noted that NVIC 01-16 Change 2 provides a voluntary
equivalency for the purposes of carriage requirements between paper and
electronic charts, and between paper and electronic versions of the
Inland Navigation Rules and VTS Rules required for navigation. Vessel
operators may continue to meet carriage requirements for all
publications, including VTS Rules and the Inland Navigation Rules, in
the traditional fashion by maintaining a paper (hard copy) reference.
    Publication subscription service: Another commenter suggested that
his company could sell a specific subscription service that provides
up-to-date electronic versions of all the publications required for the
purpose of carriage, but they were unable to obtain Coast Guard
approval for this service at the time it was originally proposed. The
Coast Guard does not require the use of any fee-based service to access
these rules and publications. Nor does the Coast Guard prohibit the
establishment of fee-based services to aid with the carriage of
publications. However, all publications required for carriage under the
CFR titles referenced by this NVIC are available free of charge from
their respective governmental agencies' public websites.
    Citing an example of issues his company encountered relating to
providing printed oil record books, the same commenter stated that
there is a need for the Coast Guard to clearly state what it wants with
respect to this NVIC Change 2. We believe that the NVIC 01-16 Change 2
policy is very clearly written, so that companies seeking to offer
products to enable mariners to use electronic charts and publications,
as well as Coast Guard inspectors, will understand exactly what is
required to meet NVIC 01-16 Change 2 equivalency standards. Regarding
the commenter's example, we note that oil record books, which are
required under the International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex I, and 33 CFR part 151, are outside
the scope of this NVIC. The Coast Guard did not revise the NVIC Change
2 in response to this comment.
    Support for proposed action: Two other commenters were supportive
of the proposed NVIC announced in September 2019 and of allowing
certain navigation publications to be accessed electronically.
    The Coast Guard appreciates all the comments received. We will
continue to study this issue in light of the comments received and our
experience with mariners' implementation of this policy before issuing
other notices or policy letters on this matter.

IV. Cost Savings Analysis

    The Coast Guard prepared a Deregulatory Savings Analysis for the
September 2019 initial notice of availability of NVIC 01-16 Change 2
that identified and examined the potential costs and cost savings
associated with implementing the new equivalency determination for
carriage. The Coast Guard received no comments on this analysis, but we
did receive comments on the NVIC that caused us to change our ready
reference equivalency standard. Changing this standard impacts the
estimated cost savings. Additionally, the Coast Guard identified
typographical and other grammatical errors that have been corrected in
the final version along with updating the cost savings estimates based
on the changes to the final notice. This analysis is available in the
docket, where indicated under the ADDRESSES portion of this document.

V. Public Availability of NVIC 01-16 Change 2

    A version of NVIC 01-16 Change 2 with an issue date of May 21,
2020, will be placed in the docket for this notice. Also, NVIC 01-16
Change 2 will be located on the following Commandant website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/NVIC/. This version contains the
NVIC's enclosures--Enclosure (1), Equivalency determination for
``Marine Charts,'' ``Charts,'' or ``Maps;'' ``Publications;'' and
navigation functions; and Enclosure (2), Guidelines for inspecting and
using electronic charts and publications.

    Dated: May 21, 2020.
R.V. Timme,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention
Policy.
[FR Doc. 2020-11363 Filed 5-26-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P


[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26058-26059]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10479]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-D-1245]

Waiver of In Vivo Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies for
Immediate-Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms Based on a Biopharmaceutics
Classification System; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Waiver of In
Vivo Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies for Immediate-Release
Solid Oral Dosage Forms Based on a Biopharmaceutics Classification
System.'' This guidance provides recommendations for sponsors of
investigational new drug applications (INDs), and applicants that
submit new drug applications, abbreviated new drug applications
(ANDAs), and supplements to these applications for immediate-release
(IR) solid oral dosage forms, and who wish to request a waiver of in
vivo bioavailability (BA) and/or bioequivalence (BE) studies.

DATES: Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency considers your comment on this
draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the
guidance, submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by July 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies of the draft
guidance to the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New
Hampshire Ave., Hillandale Building, 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD
20993-0002. Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that
office in processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for electronic access to the draft guidance document.

    Submit electronic comments on the draft guidance to http://www.regulations.gov. Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets
Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mehul Mehta, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Waiver of In Vivo Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies
for Immediate-Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms Based on a
Biopharmaceutics Classification System.'' This guidance provides
recommendations for sponsors and applicants who wish to request a
waiver of in vivo BA and/or BE studies for IR solid oral dosage forms.
These waivers are intended to apply to: (1) Subsequent in vivo BA or BE
studies of formulations after the initial establishment of the in vivo
BA of IR dosage forms during the IND period and (2) in vivo BE studies
of IR dosage forms in ANDAs.
    Regulations at 21 CFR part 320 address the requirements for BA and
BE data for approval of drug applications and supplemental
applications. Provision for waivers of in vivo BA/BE studies
(biowaivers) under certain conditions is provided at Sec.  320.22. This
guidance updates the guidance for industry on ``Waiver of In Vivo
Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies for Immediate-Release Solid
Oral Dosage Forms Based on a Biopharmaceutics Classification System,''
published in August 2000, and explains when biowaivers can be requested
for IR solid oral dosage forms based on an approach termed the
Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS). This guidance includes
biowaiver extension to BCS class 3 drug products and additional
modifications, such as criteria for high permeability and high
solubility.
    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent FDA's current thinking on waiver of in vivo
bioavailability and bioequivalence studies for immediate-release solid
oral dosage forms based on a BCS. It does not establish any rights for
any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an
alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable
statutes and regulations.

II. Comments

    Interested persons may submit either electronic comments regarding
this document to http://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the
Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to
send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments
may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information that are subject to review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520). The collections of information in 21 CFR part 314, including
Sec. Sec.  314.50 and 314.94, have been approved under OMB control
number 0910-0001.

IV. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the Internet may obtain the document at
either http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm or http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: April 29, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-10479 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4164-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 19585-19586]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07572]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0142]

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; China Basin, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the Third Street Drawbridge across the
China Basin, mile 0.0, at San Francisco, CA. The deviation is necessary
to allow the public to cross the bridge to participate in the scheduled
CycleSF, a community event. This deviation allows the bridge to remain
in the closed-to-navigation position during the deviation period.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. on April
28, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2013-0142], is
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the
``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the
line associated with this deviation. You may also visit the Docket
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email David H. Sulouff, Chief, Bridge
Section, Eleventh Coast Guard District; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>If you have questions on viewing the docket,
call Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of San Francisco requested a
temporary change to the operation of the Third Street Drawbridge, mile
0.0, over China Basin, at San Francisco, CA. The Third Street
Drawbridge navigation span provides a vertical clearance of 7 feet
above Mean High Water in the closed-to-navigation position. The draw
opens on signal if at least one hour notice is given as required by 33
CFR 117.149. Navigation on the waterway is recreational.
    The drawspan will be secured in the closed-to-navigation position 6
a.m. until 10 a.m. on April 28, 2013, to allow participants in the
CycleSF to cross the bridge during the event. This temporary deviation
has been coordinated with the waterway users. No objections to the
proposed temporary deviation were raised. The drawspan can be operated
upon one hour advance notice for emergencies requiring the passage of
waterway traffic.

    Vessels that can transit the bridge, while in the closed-to-
navigation position, may continue to do so at any time. In accordance
with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to its regular
operating schedule immediately at the end of the effective period of
this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating regulations
is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: March 21, 2013.
D.H. Sulouff,
Bridge Section Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2013-07572 Filed 4-1-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5732-5733]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01950]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC16-63-000.
    Applicants: High Lonesome Mesa, LLC.
    Description: Application for authorization for disposition of
jurisdictional facilities under Section 203 of the FPA of High Lonesome
Mesa, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5586.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:

    Docket Numbers: EG16-41-000.
    Applicants: Horse Creek Wind, LLC.
    Description: Self-Certification of EWG Status of Horse Creek Wind,
LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5585.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1484-014.
    Applicants: Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Shell
Energy North America (US), L.P.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5604.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1946-012; ER11-3861-012; ER13-1485-006; ER10-
3253-006; ER14-1777-005; ER10-3237-006; ER10- 3240- 006; ER10-3230-006;
ER10-3231-005; ER15-2722-002; ER10-3232-005; ER10-3233-005; ER10-3239-
006; ER14-2871-008; ER16-182-003; ER10- 3243-009; ER10-3244-010; ER10-
3245-008; ER10-3249-008; ER10-3250-008; ER10-3251-008; ER14-2382-008;
ER15-621-007; ER11-2639-008; ER15-622-007; ER15-463-007; ER16-72-003;
ER15-110-007; ER13-1586-009; ER10-1992-015.
    Applicants: Broad River Energy LLC, Empire Generating Co, LLC,
Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P., Wheelabrator Bridgeport, L.P.,
Wheelabrator Falls Inc., Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Company Inc.,
Wheelabrator North Andover Inc., Wheelabrator Portsmouth Inc.,
Wheelabrator Ridge Energy Inc., Wheelabrator Saugus Inc., Wheelabrator
Shasta Energy Company Inc., Wheelabrator South Broward Inc.,
Wheelabrator Westchester, L.P., Cameron Ridge, LLC, Cameron Ridge II,
LLC, Chandler Wind Partners, LLC, Coso Geothermal Power Holdings, LLC,
Foote Creek II, LLC, Foote Creek III, LLC, Foote Creek IV, LLC, Oak
Creek Wind Power, LLC, ON Wind Energy LLC, Pacific Crest Power, LLC,
Ridge Crest Wind Partners, LLC, Ridgetop Energy, LLC, San Gorgonio
Westwinds II, LLC, San Gorgonio Westwinds II--Windustries, LLC, Terra-
Gen Energy Services, LLC, TGP Energy Management, LLC, Victory Garden
Phase IV, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of the ECP MBR Sellers.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5606.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1264-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
    Description: Report Filing: ELL Refund Report ER14-1264 to be
effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5464.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1265-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
    Description: Report Filing: EMI Refund Report ER14-1265 to be
effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5466.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1266-000.
    Applicants: Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
    Description: Report Filing: ENOI Refund Report ER14-1266 to be
effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5468.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER14-1267-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Texas, Inc.
    Description: Report Filing: ETI Refund Report ER14-1267 to be
effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5472.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-2129-001.
    Applicants: Slate Creek Wind Project, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Slate Creek
Wind Project, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5592.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-2676-002; ER15-2477-002; ER16-90-002.
    Applicants: Cedar Bluff Wind, LLC, Golden Hills Wind, LLC, Golden
Hills Interconnection, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-material Change in Status of Cedar Bluff
Wind, LLC, et. al.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5594.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER15-2680-003; ER15-1896-005; ER15-1582-006; ER15-
1579-005; ER15-1914-007; ER15-2679-003; ER15-760-006; ER15-762-007.
    Applicants: Sandstone Solar LLC, Eden Solar, LLC, 65HK 8me LLC,
67RK 8me LLC, 87RL 8me LLC, Latigo Wind Park, LLC, Western Antelope
Blue Sky Ranch A LLC, Sierra Solar Greenworks LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Sandstone
Solar LLC, et. al.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5105.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-228-001.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Compliance filing: 3113 Basin & MDU Attachment AO
Compliance Filing to be effective 10/1/2015.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5431.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-323-002.
    Applicants: Ohio Valley Electric Corporation.
    Description: Compliance filing: Response to Request for Information
and Amendment to Application to be effective 3/28/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16
    Accession Number: 20160127-5427.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-435-001.
    Applicants: Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc.
    Description: Tariff Amendment: Wabash Valley Power Association,
Inc. Reactive Rate Schedule Volume No. 3 to be effective 2/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5044.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-468-001.
    Applicants: FTS Master Tenant 1, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of FTS Master
Tenant 1, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5099.

    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-474-001.
    Applicants: Central Antelope Dry Ranch C LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Central
Antelope Dry Ranch C LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5098.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-792-000.
    Applicants: New Harquahala Generating Company, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: New Harquahala Revised MBR
Tariff per 35.13(a)(2)(iii) to be effective 3/28/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5479.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-793-000.
    Applicants: Talen Montana, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Talen Montana Revised MBR
Tariff per 35.13(a)(2)(iii) to be effective 3/28/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5484.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-794-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: ELL-SRMPA 7th Extension of
Interim Agreement to be effective 2/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5487.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-795-000.
    Applicants: Talen Energy Marketing, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Talen Energy Marketing
Revised MBR Tariff per 35.13(a)(2)(iii) to be effective 3/28/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5000.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-796-000.
    Applicants: Portland General Electric Company.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Att K Fourth Regional
Compliance Filing--Refile to be effective 1/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5089.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-797-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Amendment to WMPA SA No.
3452, Queue No. Y1-020 due to Assignment to be effective 8/8/2013.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5132.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-798-000.
    Applicants: Wisconsin Electric Power Company.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Cancellation Wisconsin Electric
WPPI FERC Rate Schedule No 90 to be effective 1/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5134.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-799-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 2016-01-28_Schedule 31
Annual Update to be effective 4/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 1/28/16.
    Accession Number: 20160128-5135.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/16.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:

    Docket Numbers: ES16-21-000.
    Applicants: AEP Appalachian Transmission Company, Inc., AEP Indiana
Michigan Transmission Company, Inc., AEP Kentucky Transmission Company,
Inc, AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company, Inc., AEP Southwestern
Transmission Company, Inc., AEP West Virginia Transmission Company,
Inc.
    Description: Application under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act
for Authorization to Issue Securities of AEP Appalachian Transmission
Company, Inc.
    Filed Date: 1/27/16.
    Accession Number: 20160127-5605.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/17/16.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: January 28, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01950 Filed 2-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P