[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC17-7-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725T); Comment
Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved
information collection, FERC-725T, Mandatory Reliability Standards for
the Bulk-Power System: TRE Reliability Standards.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due May 16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC17-7-
000) by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by phone at:<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll-free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and fax at (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-725T, Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-
Power System: TRE \1\ Reliability Standards.
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    \1\ Texas Reliability Entity.
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    OMB Control No.: 1902-0273.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-725T information
collection requirements with no changes to the current reporting
requirements.
    Abstract: Reliability Standard BAL-001-TRE-01 applies to entities
registered as Generator Owners (GOs), Generator Operators (GOPs), and
Balancing Authorities (BAs) within the Texas Reliability Entity region.
    Regional Reliability Standard BAL-001-TRE-01 is more comprehensive
than the existing continent-wide Reliability Standards addressing
frequency response, BAL-001-0.1a and BAL-003-0.1b in that the regional
standard includes additional requirements and applies to generator
owners and generator operators as well as balancing authorities. The
expanded applicability of the regional Reliability Standard, thus,
increases the reporting burden for entities that operate within the
ERCOT \2\ Interconnection.
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    \2\ Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
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    The information collection requirements entail the setting or
configuration of the Control System software, identification and
recording of events, data retention, and submitting frequency
measurable events to the compliance enforcement authority (Regional
Entity or NERC).
    Submitting frequency measurable events. As per Requirement R1, the
BA has to identify and post information regarding Frequency Measurable
Events (FME). Further, the BA has to calculate and report to the
Compliance Enforcement Authority data related to Primary Frequency
Response (PFR) performance of each generating unit/generating facility.
    Data retention. The BA, GO, and GOP shall keep data or evidence to
show compliance, as identified below, unless directed by its Compliance
Enforcement Authority to retain specific evidence for a longer period
of time as part of an investigation. Compliance audits are generally
about three years apart.
     The BA shall retain a list of identified Frequency
Measurable Events and shall retain FME information since its last
compliance audit for Requirement R1, Measure M1.
     The BA shall retain all monthly PFR performance reports
since its last compliance audit for Requirement R2, Measure M2.
     The BA shall retain all annual Interconnection minimum
Frequency Response calculations, and related methodology and criteria
documents, relating to time periods since its last compliance audit for
Requirement R3, Measure M3.
     The BA shall retain all data and calculations relating to
the Interconnection's Frequency Response, and all evidence of actions
taken to increase the Interconnection's Frequency Response, since its
last compliance audit for Requirements R4 and R5, Measures M4 and M5.
     Each GOP shall retain evidence since its last compliance
audit for Requirement R8, Measure M8.
     Each GO shall retain evidence since its last compliance
audit for Requirements R6, R7, R9 and R10, Measures M6, M7, M9 and M10.
    Modification to Governor Controller Setting/Configuration (to be
removed from the FERC-725T information collection). This category of
response burden is being removed from FERC-725T. The ``Modification to
Governor Controller Setting/Configuration'' category was a one-time
requirement related to implementation of the BAL-001-TRE-01 Reliability
Standard. Each GO was required to set its governor settings according
to Requirement R6. In order to modify its settings, the GO had to
generate governor test reports, governor setting sheets, and/or
performance monitoring reports. The burden (912 hours) associated with
this

category was averaged over 2014-2016.\3\ The response requirements
included in
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    \3\ The total annual figure for this response category was 304
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this category were complete within 18 months of the effective date of
the standard \4\ or by 10/1/2015. Due to completion, the corresponding
304 annual burden hours are now being removed.
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    \4\ The effective date of the standard was 4/1/2014.
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    Type of Respondents: NERC Registered entities (specifically
balancing authorities, generator owners, generator operators).
    Estimate of Annual Burden: \5\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burden for the information collection as:
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    \5\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
    \6\ The estimates for cost per hour are based on 2015 wage
figures and derived as follows:
     $64.29/hour, the average salary plus benefits per
engineer (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
     $37.75/hour, the salary plus benefits per information
and record clerks (from Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm)
    All calculated wage figures within the burden table are rounded
to the nearest dollar.
    \7\ BA (balancing authority).
    \8\ BA (balancing authority), GO (generator owner), and GOP
(generator operator).

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                                                   Annual number
                                     Number of     of responses    Total number     Average burden and cost    Total annual burden hours     Cost per
                                    respondents   per respondent   of responses        per response \6\          and total annual cost    respondent ($)
                                             (1)             (2)     (1) * (2) =  (4).......................  (3) * (4) = (5)...........       (5) / (1)
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Maintenance and Submission of              \7\ 1               1               1  16 hrs.; $1,029...........  16 hrs.; $1,029...........          $1,029
 Event Log Data.
Evidence Retention..............         \8\ 130               1             130  2 hrs.; $76...............  260 hrs.; $9,815..........             $76
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............             131  ..........................  276 hrs.; $10,844.........  ..............
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    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: March 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 155 (Monday, August 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45717-45718]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17513]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2572-133 2458-247]

Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License
Applications, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Pre-
Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the Pad and
Scoping Document, Identification of Issues and Associated Study
Requests, and Virtual Public Scoping Meetings and Virtual Environmental
Site Review

    a. Type of Filing: Notices of Intent to File License Applications
for New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
    b. Project Nos.: 2572-133 and 2458-247.
    c. Date Filed: June 11, 2021.
    d. Submitted By: Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC.
    e. Name of Projects: Ripogenus Hydroelectric Project and Penobscot
Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the West Branch of the Penobscot River and
Millinocket Stream in Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
    h. Licensee Contact: Randall Dorman, Licensing Manager, Brookfield
Renewable, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, ME 04240;<PHONE_NUMBER>;
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC 61,076
(2001).
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Great Lakes Hydro America,
LLC as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out
informal consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC filed with the Commission a Pre-
Application Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and
schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through
the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov), using the
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number(s), excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field, to access the document. At this
time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free, (866) 208-
3676 or TYY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to these or other pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
    o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and
Commission staff's Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests.
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to
the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD
and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and
all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits
of the potential applications must be filed with the Commission.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
all documents using the Commission's

eFiling system at http://www/ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without
prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact
information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>In lieu of
electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    All filings with the Commission must bear the appropriate heading:
``Comments on Pre-Application Document,'' ``Study Requests,''
``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' ``Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,'' or ``Communications to and from Commission Staff.'' Any
individual or entity interested in submitting study requests,
commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating
status must do so by October 9, 2021.
    p. Scoping Process: The Commission's scoping process will help
determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission prepares an
environmental assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. Due to on-
going concerns with large gatherings related to COVID-19, we do not
intend to hold in-person public scoping meetings or an in-person
environmental site review. Rather, we will hold virtual public scoping
meetings and a virtual environmental site review.

Scoping Meetings

    Commission staff will hold two virtual public scoping meetings. A
daytime meeting will focus on concerns of resource agencies, Native
American tribes, and NGOs while an evening meeting will focus on
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested agencies,
Native American tribes, NGOs, and individuals to attend one of these
meetings to assist us in identifying the scope of environmental issues
that should be analyzed in the NEPA document. The scoping meetings will
be recorded by a court reporter. All oral and written comments will
become part of the Commission's public record. Oral comments will be
limited to 5 minutes in duration.

Date and Time

    Meeting for resource agencies, Tribes, and NGOs: Thursday,
September 9, 2021, 9:00-11:00 am EDT, Call in number:<PHONE_NUMBER>,
Participant passcode: 8998724.
    Meeting for the general public: Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:30-
8:30 pm EDT, Call in number:<PHONE_NUMBER>, Participant passcode:
8998724.
    Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals
and entities on the Commission's mailing list and Great Lakes Hydro
America, LLC's mailing list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues,
identified through the scoping process.

Environmental Site Review

    Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC and Commission staff will hold a
virtual Environmental Site Review of the Ripogenus Project and the
Penobscot Mills Projects on September 9, 2021, starting at 1:30 p.m.
Please contact Cate Russell of HDR, Inc. at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>by September 3, 2021, if you plan to attend
the environmental site review. WebEx meeting details will be provided
by HDR staff once attendance is confirmed.

Meeting Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Briefly describe the
relicensing process, as well as the projects and their operation; (2)
initiate scoping of the issues; (3) review existing information and
identify preliminary information and study needs; and (4) review the
process plan and schedule for pre-filing activities. Meeting
participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or
concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are
included in item n of this notice.

    Dated: August 10, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-60691; File No. SR-NYSE-2009-84]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule
Change by New York Stock Exchange LLC, as Modified by Amendment No. 1,
Amending NYSE Rule 36 To Permit the Use of Personal Portable or
Wireless Communication Devices Off the Exchange Trading Floor and
Outside Other Restricted Access Areas

September 18, 2009.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby
given that, on August 27, 2009, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE''
or the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change, as described in Items I,
II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. On
September 17, 2009, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed
rule change.\4\ The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1,
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \4\ Amendment No. 1 supersedes and replaces the original filing
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend NYSE Rule 36 (Communications Between
Exchange and Members' Offices) to permit the use of personal portable
or wireless communication devices off the Exchange Trading Floor.
Amendment No. 1 supersedes the original filing in its entirety.
Amendment No. 1 serves to clarify in the rule text the specific areas
where employees of member organizations are permitted to use personal
portable or wireless communications devices.\5\ The text of the
proposed rule change is available at the Exchange, the Commission's
Public Reference Room, and http://www.nyse.com.
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    \5\ The Commission notes that the rule text makes clear that
personal portable or wireless communication devices can only be used
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of those statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most
significant parts of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    This Amendment No. 1 to SR-NYSE-2009-84 supersedes and replaces the
original filing in its entirety.
    The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to amend NYSE Rule 36
(Communications Between Exchange and Members' Offices) to permit the
use of personal portable or wireless communication devices off the
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    \6\ The Exchange's corporate affiliate, NYSE Amex LLC (``NYSE
Amex''), has submitted a companion filing. See SR-NYSE-Amex-2009-57.
The Commission notes that the rule text makes clear that personal
portable or wireless communication devices can only be used outside
of the Trading Floor and all other restricted access areas. See
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Current Rule 36
    NYSE Rule 36 prohibits members and member organizations from
establishing or maintaining any telephonic or electronic communication,
including the usage of any portable or wireless communication devices
(i.e. cellular phone, wireless pager, BlackBerryTM etc.),
between the Floor and any other location without prior Exchange
approval.
    Under Rule 36, notwithstanding the general prohibition on the use
of portable or wireless communication devices, Floor brokers may use
Exchange authorized and issued portable phones on the Floor to
communicate with both member firms and non-members off the Floor,
subject to certain restrictions.\7\ Floor brokers

may not, however, use Exchange authorized and issued devices on the
NYSE Amex Options Trading Floor (as defined in NYSE Rule 6A).\8\ See
Rule 36, Supplementary Material .20-.23.
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    \7\ Prior to the implementation of a pilot program in 2003, Rule
36 prohibited, inter alia, the use of any portable or wireless
communication devices on the Floor of the Exchange. In 2003, the
Commission approved a six-month pilot program under NYSE Rule 36 for
the use of portable phones by Floor brokers on the Floor of the
Exchange, which was subsequently extended several times to June 30,
2008. See footnotes 5 through 7 in Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 58068 (June 30, 2008), 73 FR 39363 (July 9, 2008) (SR-NYSE-2008-
20). In July 2008 the Commission approved the Exchange's proposed
amendments to Rule 36, making the pilot program permanent. See id.
(order approving the amendments to Rule 36).
    \8\ All members and member firm employees who use an Exchange
authorized and issued portable phone must execute a written
acknowledgement as to the usage of the phone and authorizing the
Exchange to receive data and records related to incoming and
outgoing calls. See NYSE Information Memos 08-40 (August 14, 2008)
and 08-41 (August 14, 2008) (concerning the use of Exchange
authorized and issued portable phones on the Floor). See also NYSE/
NYSE Amex Information Memo 08-66 (December 22, 2008).
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    Designated Market Makers (``DMMs'') may, subject to restriction,
maintain at their posts telephone lines to the off-Floor offices of the
DMM unit or the unit's clearing firm.\9\ Such telephone lines may only
be used to enter options or futures hedging orders through the DMM
unit's off-Floor office or the unit's clearing firm, or through a
member (on the Floor) of an options or futures exchange. These lines
may not, however, be used for the purpose of transmitting to the Floor
orders for the purchase or sale of securities. DMMs are also permitted
to use at their posts wired or wireless devices, including computer
terminals or laptops, that are registered with the Exchange to
communicate with their system algorithms. See Rule 36.30.
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    \9\ The role of DMMs and their obligations on the Exchange are
described in Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58845 (October 24,
2008), 73 FR 64379 (October 29, 2008) (SR-NYSE-2008-46).
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    Under Rule 36, the use of all other portable or wireless
communication devices on the Floor is prohibited.
    The prescriptions of Rule 36 must be viewed in conjunction with
NYSE Rules 6 (``Floor'') and 6A (``Trading Floor''). Under Rule 6, the
term ``Floor'' is defined as ``the trading Floor of the Exchange and
the premises immediately adjacent thereto, such as the various
entrances and lobbies of the 11 Wall Street, 18 New Street, 8 Broad
Street, 12 Broad Street and 18 Broad Street Buildings, and also means
the telephone facilities available in these locations.'' The Exchange
has issued interpretive guidance that the ``Floor'' also includes the
areas outside the ``Blue Line'' (member and member organization booths
adjacent to the trading Floor) and ``any area reserved primarily for
members, including members' lounges and bathrooms.''\10\
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    \10\ See NYSE/NYSE Amex Information Memo 08-66 (December 22,
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    In addition, under recently adopted Rule 6A, the ``Trading Floor''
is within the area of the ``Floor'' and defined as ``the restricted-
access physical areas designated by the Exchange for the trading of
securities, commonly known as the `Main Room' and the `Garage.''' In
accordance with Rule 6A, the Trading Floor does not, however, include
the areas where NYSE Amex-listed options are traded, commonly known as
the ``Blue Room'' and the ``Extended Blue Room'' (the ``NYSE Amex
Options Trading Floor'').\11\
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    \11\ Pursuant to the definitions of ``Floor'' and ``Trading
Floor'' in NYSE Rules 6 and 6A, and corresponding Rules 6- and 6A--
NYSE Amex Equities, the NYSE and NYSE Amex Equities Trading Floors
overlap and thus references in the proposed rule text as well as in
the 19b-4 to ``Trading Floor'' include the NYSE Amex Equities
Trading Floor. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59479 (March
2, 2009), 74 FR 10325 (March 10, 2009) (SR-NYSE-2009-23) (adopting,
inter alia, NYSE Rule 6A). As noted in footnote 4, NYSE Amex has
proposed corresponding rule changes for its members and member
organizations. See SR-NYSE-Amex-2009-57.
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Proposed Rule Changes
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 36.23 to permit members and
member firm employees to use personal portable or wireless
communications devices outside the Trading Floor (i.e. outside the
turnstiles or card swipe pads that electronically release locked doors
to permit authorized entry).\12\
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    \12\ See supra note 5.
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    Although there are other areas on the Exchange's premises where
personal communications devices may be used by members and member firm
employees (e.g., the cafeteria in 11 Wall Street), these areas are
either too far from the Trading Floor to be practical or do not have
adequate reception for such devices. Thus, due to the prescriptions of
Rule 36 and the broad definition of ``Floor'' under Rule 6, Exchange
members and member firm employees are effectively required to leave the
physical premises of the Exchange's buildings and facilities in order
to use their personal portable or wireless communications devices. Once
outside, members and member firm employees may use their personal
phones, BlackBerryTM or other devices to make personal calls
and these conversations are not subject to the requirements of Rule 36.
The requirement to leave the physical premises of the Exchange's
buildings and facilities to make personal communications can be overly
burdensome, particularly during times of inclement weather. It is also
burdensome to ask a member or member firm employee to go outside to
make a personal call when there is no regulatory purpose for requiring
personal calls to be made outside as opposed to inside the Exchange's
facilities.
    The Exchange thus proposes to amend Rule 36.23 to provide a limited
exception permitting members and member firm employees to use personal
portable or wireless communications devices in designated areas of the
Exchange's buildings and facilities that fall within the technical
definition of the Floor under Rule 6, but that are outside the Trading
Floor as defined under Rule 6A. The proposed changes would permit
members and member firm employees to use their personal communications
devices in the hallways, stairwells, lobbies or members-only areas of
the Exchange premises that are adjacent to the Trading Floors of the
Exchange, NYSE Amex Options and/or NYSE Amex Equities.\13\
Specifically, such usage would be permitted in the lobby areas of the
Exchange's facilities at 11 Wall Street, 6 and 18 New Street, and 2,
12, 18 and 20 Broad Street, as well as in the corridor in front of the
interior elevator bank inside of 18 Broad Street. Again, it is
important to note that a member would need to re-enter the Trading
Floor from these areas through a restricted access point (i.e.
turnstiles or card swipe pads that electronically release locked doors
to permit authorized entry).\14\
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    \13\ It is important to note that the NYSE Amex Options Trading
Floor is within the restricted access perimeter that encompasses the
NYSE Trading Floor and thus member and member firm employees would
not be permitted to use such devices in that space under the terms
of the proposed Rule defining where such devices are permissible.
See proposed NYSE Rule 36.23. In addition, while the NYSE Amex
Options Rules permit NYSE Amex Options members to use personal
communications devices on the NYSE Amex Options Trading Floor, those
rules prohibit NYSE Amex Options members from using those devices on
the Trading Floor of the Exchange. See NYSE Amex Options Rule 902NY.
    \14\ The majority of the doors that require card swipe for entry
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    In addition, such usage would need to be consistent with all other
Exchange Rules and/or federal securities laws, including, but not
limited to, the requirements of Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
33-7288 and 34-37182, concerning the ``Use of Electronic Media by
Broker-Dealers, Transfer Agents, and Investment Advisers for Delivery
of Information.''\15\ The Exchange represents that it will issue a
notice to members that will, inter alia, remind them of their
obligations under these

releases. Finally, the Exchange proposes corresponding technical
amendments to Rule 36.20.
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    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 33-7288 and 34-
37182 (May 9, 1996), 61 FR 24643 (May 15, 1996) (S7-13-96). See also
FINRA Regulatory Notice 2007-59 (December 7, 2007), concerning the
supervision of electronic communications.
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    In proposing this limited exception, the Exchange seeks to provide
its members and member firm employees with a reasonable and comfortable
space inside the physical confines of the Exchange's buildings and
facilities within which they may use their personal portable or
wireless communication devices, without diminishing the ability to
monitor and regulate their conduct. The Exchange believes that the
distance afforded by allowing a DMM, for example, to use a personal
portable or wireless communication device outside the turnstiles is, in
essence, equivalent to requiring a DMM to leave the Exchange's premises
to do the same. Any time or place advantage to using such devices
outside the turnstiles is significantly reduced by the fact that a DMM
has no line of sight and no ability to hear trading activity on the
Floor and the speed of electronic trading would likely render stale any
information a DMM had prior to leaving his or her post on the Trading
Floor.
    In addition, the proposed amendments do not change the current
obligations of members and member firm employees to use their personal
portable or wireless communication devices consistent with Exchange
Rules and federal securities laws. Floor brokers would still be limited
to using only Exchange authorized and issued portable phones on the
Exchange Trading Floor and DMMs would still only be permitted to use
registered telephone lines and/or wired or wireless devices at their
posts, and all such devices and communications would continue to be
regulated by the Exchange. All other usage of portable or wireless
communication devices on the Trading Floor would continue to be
prohibited.
    Finally, the Exchange would still retain jurisdiction over its
members and member firm employees to regulate conduct that is
inconsistent with Exchange Rules and/or the federal securities laws
(e.g., trading ahead, insider trading, market manipulation).
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes are consistent
with, and further the objectives of, Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,\16\ in
that they are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove
impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and
a national market system and, in general, to protect investors and the
public interest.
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule changes are consistent
with these principles because they do not modify the current prescribed
uses (and limitations thereof) of personal portable or wireless
communications devices. Rather, they merely change where those devices
may be used to reflect the reality of the current trading environment,
in which any time and place advantage to using such devices outside the
Trading Floor and other restricted access areas is significantly
reduced by the fact that a DMM or Floor broker has no line of sight or
ability to hear trading activity on the Trading Floor. The Exchange
further believes that, given the current speed of Exchange systems and
the marketplace, any information a DMM obtained prior to leaving his or
her post would be rendered stale by the time the DMM is outside the
turnstiles. As such, the location change for the use of personal
portable or wireless communication devices in the current trading
environment is consistent with the Exchange's current regulatory
controls governing the used of personable portable or wireless
communication devices on the Floor, which were previously approved by
the Commission or submitted by the Exchange for immediate
effectiveness.\17\
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    \17\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 58068 (June 30,
2008), 73 FR 39363 (July 9, 2008) (SR-NYSE-2008-20); and Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 59479 (March 2, 2009), 74 FR 10325 (March
10, 2009) (SR-NYSE-2009-23).
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    The Exchange further believes that the proposal will permit
Exchange members and member firm employees to, within the existing
regulatory framework at the Exchange, efficiently and effectively
conduct business on the Trading Floor and engage in personal
communications while off the Trading Floor.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    No written comments were solicited or received with respect to the
proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action

    Within 35 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may
designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to
be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) By order approve the proposed rule change, or
    (B) Institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-NYSE-2009-84 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NYSE-2009-84. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/
sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Section, 100 F Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days

between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will
be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the
Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the
Commission does not edit personal identifying information from
submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make
available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-
NYSE-2009-84 and should be submitted on or before October 19, 2009.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\18\
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    \18\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-23304 Filed 9-25-09; 8:45 am]

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[Federal Register: May 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 85)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 30606; Amdt. No. 474]

IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required
IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for
certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a
minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is prescribed. This
regulatory action is needed because of changes occurring in the
National Airspace System. These changes are designed to provide for the
safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace under instrument
conditions in the affected areas.

DATES: Effective Date: 0901 UTC, June 5, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure
Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight Technologies and Programs
Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration,
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma
City, OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125)
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to part 95 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95) amends, suspends, or revokes IFR
altitudes governing the operation of all aircraft in flight over a
specified route or any portion of that route, as well as the changeover
points (COPs) for Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes as
prescribed in part 95.

The Rule

    The specified IFR altitudes, when used in conjunction with the
prescribed changeover points for those routes, ensure navigation aid
coverage that is adequate for safe flight operations and free of
frequency interference. The reasons and circumstances that create the
need for this amendment involve matters of flight safety and
operational efficiency in the National Airspace System, are related to
published aeronautical charts that are essential to the user, and
provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace. In
addition, those various reasons or circumstances require making this
amendment effective before the next scheduled charting and publication
date of the flight information to assure its timely availability to the
user. The effective date of this amendment reflects those
considerations. In view of the close and immediate relationship between
these regulatory changes and safety in air commerce, I find that notice
and public procedure before adopting this amendment are impracticable
and contrary to the public interest and that good cause exists for
making the amendment effective in less than 30 days.

Conclusion

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979);
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 95

    Airspace, Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 28, 2008.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

0
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, part 95 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part
95) is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC, June 5, 2008.
0
1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

     Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120,
44502, 44514, 44719, 44721.

0
2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

                                Revisions to IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points
                                   [Amendment 474 effective date June 5, 2008]
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA
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                                       Sec.   95.3001 Victor Routes--U.S.
                                 Sec.   95.3209 RNAV Route T209 Is Added To Read
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Ehejo, GA FIX.................................  Jamta, GA WP..........................         2000        17500
Jamta, GA WP..................................  Colliers, SC VORTAC...................         2500        17500
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                                 Sec.   95.3251 RNAV Route T251 Is Added To Read
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Farmington, MO VORTAC.........................  Foristell, MO VORTAC..................         3000         6000
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Foristell, MO VORTAC..........................  Rivrs, IL WP..........................         2700         6000
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                                 Sec.   95.4272 RNAV Route T272 Is Added To Read
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Hallsville, MO VORTAC.........................  Vandalia, IL VORTAC...................         2700         6000
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               From                           To                 MEA
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                   Sec.   95.6001 Victor Routes--U.S.
     Sec.   95.6001 VOR Federal Airway V1 Is Amended To Read in Part
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 Salisbury, MD VORTAC...  Waterloo, DE VOR/DME....       * 2000
    * 1500--MOCA
     CHART NOTE: SBY R-
     039 UNUSABLE BELOW 5000.
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    Sec.   95.6034 VOR Federal Airway V34 Is Amended To Read in Part
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* Weets, NY FIX..................  Pawling, NY VOR/DME.....         4000
    * 6000--MRA
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    Sec.   95.6106 VOR Federal Airway V106 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Weard, NY FIX....................  * Weets, NY FIX.........         6000
    * 6000--MRA
    * Weets, NY FIX                Pawling, NY VOR/DME.....         4000
    * 6000--MRA
Raymy, NH FIX....................  Kennebunk, ME VORTAC....       * 5500
    * 2200--MOCA
    * 3000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6123 VOR Federal Airway V123 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Mitch, MD FIX....................  Swann, MD FIX...........       * 5500
    * 3000--GNSS MEA
Swann, MD FIX....................  Tacks, MD FIX...........       * 7000
    * 4000--GNSS MEA
Haarp, CT FIX....................  * Rymes, CT FIX.........      ** 5000
    * 5000--MRA
    ** 2000--MOCA
    ** 3000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6157 VOR Federal Airway V157 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Lakeland, FL VORTAC..............  Ocala, FL VORTAC........         2000
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    Sec.   95.6167 VOR Federal Airway V167 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Peake, MA FIX....................  Marconi, MA VOR/DME.....       * 3000
    * 1600--MOCA
Marconi, MA VOR/DME..............  Kennebunk, ME VORTAC....       * 5000
    * 1600--MOCA
    * 4000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6184 VOR Federal Airway V184 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Delro, PA FIX....................  Modena, PA VORTAC.......      * 10000
    * 3900--MOCA
    * 4000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6195 VOR Federal Airway V195 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Oakland, CA VORTAC...............  Croit, CA FIX...........         4000
Croit, CA FIX....................  * Cordd, CA FIX.........         5000
    * 6200--MCA CORDD, CA FIX , N
     BND
Cordd, CA FIX....................  * Raggs, CA FIX.........      ** 8500
    * 8500--MRA
    ** 5000--MOCA
    * Raggs, CA FIX                ** Bessa, CA FIX........     *** 7500
    * 8500--MRA
    ** 7500--MCA BESSA, CA FIX ,
     S BND
    ** 4800--MOCA
Bessa, CA FIX....................  Williams, CA VORTAC.....         5300
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    Sec.   95.6203 VOR Federal Airway V203 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Albany, NY VORTAC................  Otole, NY FIX...........       * 6000
    * 2000--MOCA
    * 3000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6203 VOR Federal Airway V203 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Dinny, NY FIX....................  Saranac Lake, NY VOR/DME         6700
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    Sec.   95.6205 VOR Federal Airway V205 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Weard, NY FIX....................  * Weets, NY FIX.........         6000
    * 6000--MRA
    * Weets, NY FIX                Stuby, CT FIX...........      ** 8500
    * 6000--MRA
    ** 5000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6235 VOR Federal Airway V235 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Matzo, UT FIX....................  * Cedar City, UT VOR/DME        12400
    * 11400--MCA CEDAR CITY, UT
     VOR/DME , S BND
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    Sec.   95.6268 VOR Federal Airway V268 Is Amended To Read in Part
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* Tonni, MA FIX..................  ** Meshl, ME FIX........     *** 5000
    * 6000--MRA
    ** 5000--MRA
    *** 4000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6474 VOR Federal Airway V474 Is Amended To Read in Part
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Delro, PA FIX....................  Modena, PA VORTAC.......      * 10000
    * 3900--MOCA
    * 4000--GNSS MEA
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    Sec.   95.6542 VOR Federal Airway V542 Is Amended To Read in Part
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 Albany, NY VORTAC......  Cambridge, NY VOR/DME...       * 4000
    * 3000--MOCA
     ALBANY R-067
     UNUSABLE
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                                    Airway Segment                                          Changeover points
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                     From                                         To                      Distance       From
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           Sec.   95.8003 VOR Federal Airway Changeover Points V146 Is Amended To Add Changeover Point
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Albany, NY VORTAC.............................  Chester, MA VOR/DME...................            8       Albany
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Site Description Report

	Iatan Plant

20250 Highway 45 South

Weston, MO 64098

March 3, 2009

Background and Objectives

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of
developing 316(b) cooling water intake structure requirements that
reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse
environmental impact for all existing power plants and manufacturing
facilities. As part of this process, EPA staff is visiting electric
generators and manufacturers to better understand the cooling water
intake structure (CWIS) technologies in use at facilities, including the
site-specific characteristics of each facility and how these affect the
selection and performance of CWIS technologies.  EPA is also visiting
facilities to better understand cooling water use and specific issues or
technologies that can affect 316(b) compliance.  As part of its site
visit to the Lake Road Plant, EPA also collected information on Kansas
City Power and Light Company’s (KCP&L) Iatan Plant.

Facility Description

Iatan is located 35 miles up the Missouri River from Kansas City in
Weston, Missouri and is owned and operated by KCP&L. The Iatan plant
occupies over 3000 acres and employs approximately 225 people.

Cooling and process water withdrawals from and wastewater discharges to
the Missouri River are regulated under NPDES permit number MO0082996
which expired on February 5, 2009.  Iatan submitted its NPDES permit
application in a timely manner and is awaiting renewal of its permit by
the state.

Electricity Generation and Transmission

The Iatan plant has a single coal-fired steam electric generating unit
with a total generating capacity of around 706 MW.  KCP&L is currently
constructing Iatan 2 adjacent to this site; see Section 8.0 for more
information.

Cooling Water System and Intake Structure

Iatan has one CWIS that provides once-through cooling water for its
existing generating unit.  The CWIS is fitted with a trash rack and six
standard (i.e., coarse mesh 3/8”) traveling screens. Three circulating
water pumps each rated at about 186,000 gallons per minute (gpm) provide
a design intake flow 76,000 gpm per screen (total 653.8 mgd) of cooling
water to the generating unit. Two pumps (four screens) are required to
run at all times. The through screen velocity is 2.27 feet per second
(fps).  A smaller fourth (auxiliary) pump only runs while the unit is
off-line to supply cooling water for the auxiliary system.

Iatan inspects its traveling screens annually.  It also cleans and
rebuilds each screen every two years on a staggered schedule during its
routine maintenance outage period.

Impingement and Entrainment Information

KCP&L did not provide any information on impingement, entrainment or
source water body characterization for this site.

Cooling Tower Feasibility

Cooling water will be supplied to the new generating unit at Iatan 2 via
a mechanical draft cooling tower.  No river water will be used for
cooling this new unit as make-up water will be obtained from collector
wells located 30 feet under the river.

Facility representatives noted that while the Iatan site is large in
terms of acreage, much of the land is designated as wetlands or
floodplain.

Debris Handling

As with other facilities located on the Missouri River, debris can be
significant at Iatan.

Repowering/Future Uses

As discussed above, KCP&L is in the process of constructing a new 850 MW
coal-fired steam electric generating unit.  KCP&L refers to this as
Iatan 2, a plant adjacent to the existing Iatan Plant.  Iatan 2 will be
a high efficiency, coal-fired unit with a generating capacity of 850 MW.
 KCP&L expects to have Iatan 2 in service in 2010.

Cooling Ponds

Iatan does not have any cooling ponds.

Ownership

Iatan Unit 1is majority owned by KCP&L, a subsidiary of Great Plains
Energy.  KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company is also a subsidiary
of Great Plains Energy.  Both subsidiaries operate under the KCP&L brand
name.

KCP&L will own approximately 620 MW of the Iatan Unit 2 capacity with
the remainder jointly owned by other local electric utilities.

316(a)

EPA did not collect any information on 316(a) for this site.

Ash Handling

All bottom ash generated at Iatan is beneficially used for use in
cement.  Where possible, fly ash is beneficially used as a cement
substitute or as a stabilizer.

Scrubber wastes associated with the new unit will be placed in an
on-site landfill.  KCP&L representatives commented that there was no
re-sale market for these materials.

Air Emissions Controls

KCP&L did not provide information on existing air controls at Iatan.
However, Iatan 2 will be fitted with a scrubber, SCR and baghouse and
Unit 1 will be retrofitted with similar air controls during the
expansion.

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         Attachment D- Copy of the 6(a)(2) Consultation Questionnaire
                     (OMB No. 2070-0039; EPA No. 1204.13)

			(rev.4/26/18)

Name:				                          Company:
Date:

(1)	Publicly Available Data

          Is the data that the Agency seeks available from any public source, or already collected by another office at EPA or by another agency?

          If yes, where can you find the data?  (Does your answer indicate a true duplication, or does the input indicate that certain data elements are available, but that they don't meet our data needs very well?)

(2)	 Frequency of Collection

 Can the Agency collect the information less frequently and still produce the same outcome?

(3)	Clarity of Instructions

       a)	The ICR is intended to require that respondents provide certain data so that the Agency can utilize them.

             Based on the instructions (regulations, PR Notices, etc.), is it clear what you are required to do and how to submit such data?  If not, what suggestions do you have to clarify the instructions?

             Do you understand that you are required to maintain records?

             Considering that there is no required submission format, is it difficult to submit information in ways that are clear, logical and easy to complete?

(4)	Electronic Reporting and Record keeping

      Applications for pesticide registration can be submitted electronically, including forms, studies, and draft product labeling. Applicants need not submit multiple electronic copies of any pieces of their applications. The Pesticide Submission Portal (PSP) is accessed through EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) Network and requires user registration. Registrants currently submitting CDs or DVDs using the e-Dossier downloadable tool or their own builder tools based on EPA's XML guidance may use the portal and forego the courier costs of sending to EPA.  OPP encourages electronic submission for FIFRA section 6(a)(2) data. For more information, see: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/electronic-submissions-pesticide-applications

 Do you use the PSP portal for 6(a)(2) data submission?

 If yes, do you have any comment on the PSP portal submission process?

 If you are not using the PSP portal to submit 6(a)(2) data, tell us what process you are using to submit data to us and why.

 Burden and Costs

 Are the labor rates accurate?

 The Agency assumes there is no capital cost associated with this activity.  Is that correct?

 Bearing in mind that the burden and cost estimates include only burden hours and costs associated with the paperwork involved with this ICR, e.g., the ICR does not include estimated burden hours and costs for conducting studies, are the estimated burden hours and labor rates accurate?  If you provide burden and cost estimates that are substantially different from EPA's, please provide an explanation of how you arrived at your estimates.

 Are there other costs that should be accounted for that may have been missed?


[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68443-68444]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2816-050]

North Hartland, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
with the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline For
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2816-050.
    c. Date filed: November 26, 2019.
    d. Applicant: North Hartland, LLC (North Hartland).
    e. Name of Project: North Hartland Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Ottauquechee River in the town of Hartland,
Windsor County, Vermont. The project occupies 20.8 acres of land
managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, President, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; Phone at (617) 367-
0032, or email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: January 25, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online

Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should
include docket number P-2816-050.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing North Hartland Hydroelectric
Project consists of: (1) A steel-lined intake structure in the Corps'
North Hartland Dam that is equipped with 2-inch trashracks; (2) a 470-
foot-long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock that provides flow to a 4.0-
megawatt (MW) adjustable blade, vertical shaft turbine-generator unit
located inside of a 59-foot-long, 40-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (3)
a 12-foot-diameter bypass conduit that branches off of the 12-foot-
diameter penstock about 100 feet before the powerhouse, and that
empties into a 60-foot-long concrete-lined channel through a bypass
control gate; (4) a 30-inch-diameter steel penstock that branches off
of the 12-foot-diamater bypass conduit about 50 feet upstream of the
bypass control gate, and that provides flow to a 0.1375-MW fixed
geometry, horizontal pump turbine-generator unit located on a raised
platform outside of the southern wall of the powerhouse; (5) a 400-
foot-long, 50 to 150-foot-wide tailrace channel; (6) a transmission
line that comprises an approximately 600-foot-long,12.5 kilovolt (kV)
underground segment, and a 4,000-foot-long, 12.5-kV overhead segment
that connect the generators to Green Mountain Power Corporation's Clay
Hill Road Line 66 Transmission Project No. 12766; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
    The project is managed to meet daily peak electrical system demand,
as needed using the available head and reservoir outflow from Corps'
North Hartland dam. The current license requires North Hartland to
release a continuous minimum flow of 23 cubic feet per second (cfs)
from July1 through October 31, and 40 cfs during the remainder of the
year, or the inflow to the reservoir, whichever is less, for the
purpose of protecting and enhancing aquatic resources in the
Ottauquechee River. The project has an average annual generation of
approximately 13,991,990 kilowatt-hours from 2014 through 2018.
    North Hartland proposes to provide the following minimum and
maximum flows, respectively: (1) 60 and 700 cfs, from October 1 through
March 31; (2) 160 and 835 cfs, from April 1 through April 31; (3) 160
and 550 cfs, from May 1 through May 31; (4) 140 and 450 cfs, from June
1 through June 30; and (5) 60 and 300 cfs, from July 1 through
September 30.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the town of Hartland's library, located at 153 Rt. 5,
Hartland, VT.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
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    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--January 2020
Request Additional Information--January 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter--April 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2--August 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2020
Commission issues Environmental Assessment--February 2021

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27018 Filed 12-13-19; 8:45 am]
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