[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78883-78892]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31653]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 101102553-0553-01]
RIN 0694-AF01

Implementation of Additional Changes From the Annual Review of
the Entity List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
to implement additional changes to the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to
Part 744) on the basis of the annual review of the Entity List
conducted by the End-User Review Committee (ERC). The changes from the
annual review will be implemented in three rules. The first rule
published on May 28, 2010 (75 FR 29884) implemented the results of the
annual review for listed entities located in Canada, Egypt, Germany,
Hong Kong, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore,
and the United Kingdom.
    The second rule, published today, implements the results of the
annual review for entities located in China and Russia. This rule
removes five entities from the Entity List under Russia and makes
twenty-one modifications to the Entity List (consisting of
modifications to eighteen Chinese entries and three Russian entries
currently on the Entity List) by adding additional addresses, aliases
and/or clarifying the names for these twenty-one entities.
    The third rule, which will likely be published in early 2011, will
implement the remaining results of the annual review.
    The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports,
reexports, and transfers (in-country) to entities identified on the
Entity List require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security
and that availability of license exceptions in such transactions is
limited.

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective December 17, 2010.
Although there is no formal comment period, public comments on this
regulation are welcome on a continuing basis.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0694-AF01, by any
of the following methods:
    E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Include ``RIN 0694-AF01'' in
the subject line of the message.

    Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please alert the Regulatory Policy Division,
by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>, if you are faxing comments.
    Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Timothy Mooney, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Regulatory Policy Division,
14th St. & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2705, Washington, DC 20230,
Attn: RIN 0694-AF01.
    Send comments regarding the collection of information associated
with this rule, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by e-mail to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by fax to<PHONE_NUMBER>; and to
the Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security,
Department of Commerce, 14th St. & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2705,
Washington, DC 20230. Comments on this collection of information should
be submitted separately from comments on the final rule (i.e. RIN 0694-
AF01)--all comments on the latter should be submitted by one of the
three methods outlined above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Nies-Vogel, Chairman, End-User
Review Committee, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export
Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of
Commerce, Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>, E-mail:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports,
reexports, and transfers (in-country) to entities identified on the
Entity List require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) and that the availability of license exceptions in such
transactions is limited. Entities are placed on the Entity List on the
basis of certain sections of part 744 (Control Policy: End-User and
End-Use Based) of the EAR.
    The End-User Review Committee (ERC), composed of representatives of
the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where
appropriate, the Treasury, makes all decisions to make additions to,
removals from and other changes to the Entity List. The ERC makes all
decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote and all
decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.

Annual Review of the Entity List

    This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to
implement changes to the Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to part 744) on
the basis of the annual review of the Entity List conducted by the ERC,
in accordance with the procedures outlined in Supplement No. 5 to part
744 (Procedures for End-User Review Committee Entity List Decisions).
    The changes from the annual review of the Entity List that were
approved by the ERC will be implemented in three rules. The first rule,
published on May 28, 2010 (75 FR 29884), implemented the results of the
annual review for listed entities located in Canada, Egypt, Germany,
Hong Kong, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore,
and the United Kingdom.
    The second rule, published today, implements the results of the
annual review for entities located in China and Russia. The third rule
that will likely be published in early 2011 will implement the
remaining results of the annual review.
    The first rule published on May 28 indicated the implementation of
the annual review changes would be done in two rules, but a decision
was made by the ERC to implement the approved annual review changes for
these two countries in this second rule and then publish a third rule
(if needed) to close out the implementation of the annual review, while
allowing for the additional time necessary to review any additional
changes for the remaining countries.
    As the changes included in this final rule (i.e., the second annual
review implementation rule) will assist exporters, reexporters and
persons making transfers (in-country) to better identify these persons
listed on the Entity List, delaying the implementation of these
approved changes until the ERC completes its review for the persons
listed under the remaining destinations is not in the public interest.

ERC Entity List Decisions

    This rule removes five entities from the Entity List under Russia.
This rule also makes twenty-one modifications to the Entity List
(consisting of modifications to eighteen Chinese entries and three
Russian entries currently on the Entity List): by adding additional
addresses, aliases and/or clarifying the names for these twenty-one
entities, as described below in greater detail under the Modifications
to the Entity List section.

Removal from the Entity List

    The five entities being removed from the Entity List are located in
Russia: ``Baltic State Technical University, 1/21, 1-ya
Krasnoarmeiskaya Ul., 198005, St. Petersburg'', ``Glavkosmos, 9
Krasnoproletarskaya St., 103030 Moscow'', ``Medeleyev University of
Chemical Technology of Russia (including at 9 Miusskaya Sq. Moscow
125047, Russia)'', ``Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) (including at 4
Volokolamskoye Shosse, Moscow 125871, Russia)'', and ``Tula Instrument
Design Bureau (all locations, including at Tula 300001, Russia) (Sec.
744.20 of the EAR)''. These entities are being removed from the Entity
List in parallel with the removal of the sanctions imposed pursuant to
Sections 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of Executive Order 12938.

Russia

    (1) Baltic State Technical University, 1/21, 1-ya Krasnoarmeiskaya
Ul., 198005, St. Petersburg;
    (2) Glavkosmos, 9 Krasnoproletarskaya St., 103030 Moscow;
    (3) Medeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
(including at 9 Miusskaya Sq. Moscow 125047, Russia);
    (4) Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) (including at 4 Volokolamskoye
Shosse, Moscow 125871, Russia); and
    (5) Tula Instrument Design Bureau (all locations, including at Tula
300001, Russia) (Sec.  744.20 of the EAR).
    The removal of these five entities from the Entity List (from
Russia, as described above) eliminates the existing license requirement
in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 for exports, reexports and transfers
(in-country) to these five entities. However, the removal of Baltic
State Technical University, Glavkosmos, Medeleyev University of
Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), and
Tula Instrument Design Bureau from the Entity List does not relieve
persons of other obligations under part 744 of the EAR or under other
parts of the EAR. Neither the removal of an entity from the Entity List
nor the removal of Entity List-based license requirements relieves
persons of their obligations under General Prohibition 5 in Sec.
736.2(b)(5) of the EAR which provides that, ``you may not, without a
license, knowingly export or reexport any item subject to the EAR to an
end-user or end-use that is prohibited by part 744 of the EAR.'' Nor do
these removals relieve persons of their obligation to apply for export,
reexport or in-country transfer licenses required by other provisions
of the EAR. BIS strongly urges the use of Supplement No. 3 to part 732
of the EAR, ``BIS's `Know Your Customer' Guidance and Red Flags,'' when
persons are involved in transactions that are subject to the EAR.

Modifications to the Entity List

    (1) This rule amends twenty-one entries (consisting of eighteen
Chinese entries and three Russian entries) currently on the Entity List
by adding additional addresses, aliases or clarifying the names for the
entities listed, as follows:

    Note: To assist the public in better identifying the changes
made to each entry, an asterisk is placed next to the portions of
the existing entries that are being revised or are new in this final
rule.

China

    (1) 13 Institute, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
(CALT), a.k.a., the following six aliases:

--*13th Institute China Aerospace Times Electronics Corp (CATEC);
--713 Institute of Beijing;
--Institute of Control Devices (BICD);
--*Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices (BIACD);
--*Beijing Aerospace Control Instruments Institute; and
--*Design and Manufacture Center of Navigation and Control Device.
    (2) 33 Institute, a.k.a., the following four aliases:

--*Beijing Automation Control Equipment Institute (BACEI);
--Beijing Institute of Automatic Control Equipment;
--*China Haiying Electromechanical Technology Academy; and
--*No. 33 Research Institute of the Third Academy of China Aerospace
Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).
    (3) 35 Institute, a.k.a., the following five aliases:

--*Beijing Hangxing Machine Building Corporation;
--Beijing Huahang Radio Measurements Research Institute;
--*China Haiying Electronic Mechanical Technical Research Academy;
--*Huahang Institute of Radio Measurement; and
--*No. 35 Research Institute of the Third Academy of China Aerospace
Science and Industry Corp (CASIC).
    (4) 54th Research Institute of China, a.k.a., the following three
aliases:

--*CETC 54th Research Institute;
--Communication, Telemetry and Telecontrol Research Institute (CTI);
and
--*Shijiazhuang Communication Observation and Control Technology
Institute.
    (5) *Baotou Guanghua Chemical Industrial Corporation (Parent
Organization: China National Nuclear Group Corporation (CNNC)), a.k.a.,
the following five aliases:

--*202 Plant, Baotou Nuclear Energy Facility;
--*Baotou Guanghua Chemical Industrial Corporation;
--*Baotou Guanghua Chemical Industry Company;
--*Baotou Nuclear Fuel Element Plant; and
--*China Nuclear Baotou Guanghua Chemical Industry Company.
    202 Factory Baotou, Inner Mongolia.
    (6) *Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Institute (BICD), a.k.a.,
the following four aliases:

--*12th Research Institute China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
(CALT);
--*Beijing Institute of Space Automatic Control;
--*Beijing Spaceflight Autocontrol Research Institute; and
--*China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp First Academy 12th
Research Institute.
    51 Yong Ding Road, Beijing.
    (7) *Beijing Institute of Structure and Environmental Engineering
(BISE), a.k.a., the following two aliases:

--*702nd Research Institute, China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
(CALT); and
--Beijing Institute of Strength and Environmental Engineering.
    No. 30 Wanyuan Road, Beijing.
    (8) Beijing Power Machinery Institute, a.k.a., the following three
aliases:

--*31st Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp
(CASIC) or China Haiying Electromechanical Technology Academy (a.k.a.,
China Haiying Science & Technology Corporation);
--*Beijing Power Generating Machinery Institute; and
--*Beijing Power Machinery Research Laboratory.
    (9) Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA),
a.k.a., the following alias:

--Beihang University.
    *37 Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing.
    (10) Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, a.k.a., the following
eighteen aliases:

--Ninth Academy;
--Southwest Computing Center;
--Southwest Institute of Applied Electronics;
--Southwest Institute of Chemical Materials;
--Southwest Institute of Electronic Engineering;
--Southwest Institute of Environmental Testing;
--Southwest Institute of Explosives and Chemical Engineering;
--*Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics;
--Southwest Institute of General Designing and Assembly;
--Southwest Institute of Machining Technology;
--Southwest Institute of Materials;
--Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry (a.k.a., China
Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP)'s 902 Institute);
--Southwest Institute of Research and Applications of Special Materials
Factory;
--Southwest Institute of Structural Mechanics;
(--all of the preceding located in or near Mianyang, Sichuan Province)
--*Chengdu Electronic Science and Technology University (CUST);
--The High Power Laser Laboratory, Shanghai;
--The Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics,
Beijing; and
--*University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 901
Institute, (No. 4, 2nd Section, North Jianshe Road, Chengdu, 610054).
    (11) First Department, Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
(CALT), a.k.a., the following three aliases:

--*1st General Design Department (a.k.a. Planning Department No 1) of
the China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation's First Academy
(CALT);
--*Beijing Institute of Astronautic Systems Engineering; and
--*Beijing Institute of Space System Engineering.
    (12) *Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology in the Science
Research (NINT), Xi'an, Shanxi.
    (13) Northwestern Polytechnical University, a.k.a., the following
three aliases:

--*Northwestern Polytechnic University;
--*Northwest Polytechnic University; and
--*Northwest Polytechnical University.

    *127 Yonyi Xilu, Xi'an 71002 Shaanxi, China; and Youyi Xi Lu,
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
    (14) *Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), a.k.a.,
the following four aliases:

--*8th Research Academy of China Aerospace;
--*Shanghai Astronautics Industry Bureau;
--*Shanghai Bureau of Astronautics (SHBOA); and
--*Shanghai Bureau of Space.

    Shanghai, Spaceflight Tower, 222 Cao Xi Road, Shanghai, 200233.
    (15) Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, a.k.a., the
following three aliases:

--*811th Research Institute, 8th Academy, China Aerospace Science and
Technology Corp (CASC);
--*Shanghai Space Energy Research Institute; and
--*Shanghai Space Power Supply Research Institute.

    388 Cang Wu Road, Shanghai.
    (16) Southwest Research Institute of Electronics Technology,
a.k.a., the following three aliases:

--*10th Research Institute of China Electronic Technology Group Corp
(CETC);
--*CETC 10th Research Institute; and
--*Southwest Institute of Electronic Technology (SWIET).

    Chengdu.
    (17) Xi'an Research Institute of Navigation Technology, a.k.a., the
following two aliases:

--*20th Research Institute of China Electronic Technology Group Corp
(CETC); and
--*CETC 20th Research Institute.

    (18) *Xiangdong Machinery Factory, within the China Aerospace
Science and Industry Corp's (CASIC) Third Academy (a.k.a., the
following two aliases: China Haiying Electromechanical Technology
Academy and China Haiying Science & Technology Corporation), a.k.a.,
the following four aliases:

--*239 Factory (a.k.a., 35th Research Institute);
--*Beijing Xinghang Electromechanical Equipment Factory;
--*Beijing Hangxing Machinery Manufacturing Corporation; and
--*Hangxing Machine Building Company.

Russia

    (1) All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Experimental
Physics, a.k.a., the following twelve aliases:

--All Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics;
--ARIEP;
--Arzamas-16;
--*Arzamas-75;
--*Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Federal Nuclear Center--All
Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
(FGUPRFNCs VNIIEF);
--Khariton Institute;
--Russian Federal Nuclear Center;
--VNIIEF; and
--*Vserossiyskiy Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institut Sperimentalnoy
Fiziki.

    37 Mira Ave. Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, 607188 Russia.

--*Avarngard Electromechanical Plant;
--*Moscow Center 300; and
--*Sarov Nuclear Weapons Plant.
    Kremlev (Sarov).
    (2) All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics,
a.k.a., the following ten aliases:

--All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics;
--*All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Building
(VNIIP);
--ARITP;
--*Kasli;
--Russian Federal Nuclear Center;
--*Ural Nuclear Center, NII-1011;
--*VNIIEF;
--VNIITF; and
--*Vserosslyskly Nauchhnoissledovatelnyy Institut Tekhnicheskoy Fiziki.

    *P.O. Box 245, 456770, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Region Russia.

--*Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Federal Nuclear Center--
Academician E.I. Zababkhin All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of
Technical Physics (FGUPRFYaTs-VNIITF); and
--*Chelyabinsk 70/Snezhinsk.

    (3) *Federal Atomic Power of Russia (Rusatom) (any entities,
institutes, or centers associated with), a.k.a., the following three
aliases:

--*Federal Atomic Agency (FAAE);
--*MINATOM; and
--*Ministry of Atomic Power and Industry (MAPI).

    Located in either Snezhinsk or Kremlev (Sarov).
    A BIS license is required for the export, reexport or transfer (in-
country) of any item subject to the EAR to the persons described above,
including any transaction in which this listed entity will act as
purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user of
the items. This listing of these entities also prohibits the use of
license exceptions (see part 740 of the EAR) for exports, reexports and
transfers (in-country) of items subject to the EAR involving this
entity.

Savings Clause

    Shipments of items removed from eligibility for a License Exception
or export or reexport without a license (NLR) as a result of this
regulatory action that were on dock for loading, on lighter, laden
aboard an exporting or reexporting carrier, or en route aboard a
carrier to a port of export or reexport, on December 17, 2010, pursuant
to actual orders for export or reexport to a foreign destination, may
proceed to that destination under the previous eligibility for a
License Exception or export or reexport without a license (NLR) so long
as they are exported or reexported before January 3, 2011. Any such
items not actually exported or reexported before midnight, on January
3, 2011, require a license in accordance with this rule.
    Although the Export Administration Act expired on August 20, 2001,
the President, through Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR,
2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002), as extended by the Notice of August 12,
2010, 75 FR 50681 (August 16, 2010), has continued the Export
Administration Regulations in effect under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes
of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA),
unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves
collections previously approved by the OMB under control numbers 0694-
0088, ``Multi-Purpose Application,'' which carries a burden hour
estimate of 58 minutes to prepare and submit form BIS-748.
Miscellaneous and recordkeeping activities account for 12 minutes per
submission. Total burden hours associated with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of Office and Management and Budget control number 0694-0088 are
expected to increase slightly as a result of this rule.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for
public comment and a delay in effective date are inapplicable because
this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function of the
United States. (See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).) BIS implements this rule to
prevent items from being exported, reexported or transferred (in-
country) to persons listed on the Entity List by making clarifications
to existing entries to inform exporters, reexporters and persons making
transfers (in-country) of the intended scope of the license
requirements for these listed persons. This action does this by adding
additional addresses for listed persons, clarifying names for listed
person and adding aliases for listed persons. If this

rule were delayed to allow for notice and comment and a delay in
effective date, there is a chance that certain exporters, reexporters
and persons making transfers (in-country) to these listed persons may
inadvertently export, reexport or transfer (in-country) to a listed
person on the Entity List because the exporter, reexporter or person
making the transfer (in-country) did not realize the listed person was
subject to the Entity List-based license requirement because of
perceived ambiguity regarding the listed person, such as the listed
person was using an alias or an alternate address. There is also a
chance an exporter, reexporter or person making a transfer (in-country)
may turn away a potential export, reexport, or transfer (in-country)
because the customer appeared to be within the scope of a listed person
on the Entity List, but with a more clearly worded listing on the
Entity List it would have been clear the person was not subject to an
Entity List-based license requirement. For the five Russian entities
that are removed with this rule, BIS is taking this action in the form
of a final rule to conform the Entity List with a foreign policy
decision that has already been made by Department of State to remove
sanctions on these five entities. To ensure consistency across the U.S.
Government in the implementation of this U.S. foreign policy it is
important the publication of this rule is not delayed. In addition, if
this rule were delayed this inconsistency in the implementation of U.S.
foreign policy could have adverse consequences on U.S. foreign policy.
For these reasons there is a public interest that these changes be
implemented as a final action. Further, no other law requires that a
notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment be
given for this rule. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an
opportunity for public comment are not required to be given for this
rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., are not
applicable.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

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Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR
parts 730-774) is amended as follows:

PART 744--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.;
22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22
U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179;
E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59
FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR,
1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p.
228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222,
66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of August 12, 2010, 75 FR 50681
(August 16, 2010); Notice of November 4, 2010, 75 FR 68673 (November
8, 2010).

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2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended:
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(a) By removing under Russia, these five Russian entities: ``Baltic
State Technical University, 1/21, 1-ya Krasnoarmeiskaya Ul., 198005,
St. Petersburg.'', ``Glavkosmos, 9 Krasnoproletarskaya St., 103030
Moscow.'', ``Medeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
(including at 9 Miusskaya Sq. Moscow 125047, Russia).'', ``Moscow
Aviation Institute (MAI) (including at 4 Volokolamskoye Shosse, Moscow
125871, Russia).'', ``Tula Instrument Design Bureau (all locations,
including at Tula 300001, Russia) (Sec.  744.20 of the EAR).'';
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(b) By revising under China, People's Republic of, in alphabetical
order, eighteen Chinese entities; and
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(c) By revising under Russia, in alphabetical order, two Russian
entities.
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(d) By removing the Russian entity, the ``Ministry for Atomic Power of
Russia (any entities, institutes, or centers associated with) located
in either Snezhinsk or Kremlev (Sarov).'' and adding in its place the
Russian entity ``Federal Atomic Power of Russia (Rusatom) (any
entities, institutes, or centers associated with), a.k.a. the following
three aliases:--Federal Atomic Agency (FAAE);--MINATOM; and --Ministry
of Atomic Power and Industry (MAPI). Located in either Snezhinsk or
Kremlev (Sarov).''.
    The revisions read as follows:

                                    Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List
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                                                              License         License review    Federal Register
            Country                      Entity             requirement           policy            citation
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                                                  * * * * * * *
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF      13 Institute, China     For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24265, 5/14/
                                  Academy of Launch       subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  Vehicle Technology      EAR.               part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  (CALT), a.k.a., the                                           PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  following six                                                 17/10.
                                  aliases:
                                 --13th Institute China
                                  Aerospace Times
                                  Electronics Corp
                                  (CATEC);.
                                 --713 Institute of
                                  Beijing;.
                                 --Institute of Control
                                  Devices (BICD);.
                                 --Beijing Institute of
                                  Aerospace Control
                                  Devices (BIACD);
                                 --Beijing Aerospace
                                  Control Instruments
                                  Institute; and
                                 --Design and
                                  Manufacture Center of
                                  Navigation and
                                  Control Device.

                                 33 Institute, a.k.a.,   For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  the following four      subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  aliases:                EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --Beijing Automation     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Control Equipment       other than EAR99                      17/10.
                                  Institute (BACEI);.     or a
                                 --Beijing Institute of   classification
                                  Automatic Control       where the third
                                  Equipment;.             through fifth
                                 --China Haiying          digits of the
                                  Electromechanical       ECCN are
                                  Technology Academy;     ``999'', e.g.,
                                  and.                    XX999.
                                 --No. 33 Research
                                  Institute of the
                                  Third Academy of
                                  China Aerospace
                                  Science and Industry
                                  Corp (CASIC).
                                 35 Institute, a.k.a.,   For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  the following five      subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  aliases:                EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --Beijing Hangxing       classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Machine Building        other than EAR99                      17/10.
                                  Corporation;.           or a
                                 --Beijing Huahang        classification
                                  Radio Measurements      where the third
                                  Research Institute;.    through fifth
                                 --China Haiying          digits of the
                                  Electronic Mechanical   ECCN are
                                  Technical Research      ``999'', e.g.,
                                  Academy;.               XX999.
                                 --Huahang Institute of
                                  Radio Measurement;
                                  and.
                                 --No. 35 Research
                                  Institute of the
                                  Third Academy of
                                  China Aerospace
                                  Science and Industry
                                  Corp (CASIC).
                                 54th Research           For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Institute of China,     subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  a.k.a., the following   EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  three aliases:          classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                 --CETC 54th Research     other than EAR99                      17/10.
                                  Institute;.             or a
                                 --Communication,         classification
                                  Telemetry and           where the third
                                  Telecontrol Research    through fifth
                                  Institute (CTI); and.   digits of the
                                 --Shijiazhuang           ECCN are
                                  Communication           ``999'', e.g.,
                                  Observation and         XX999.
                                  Control Technology
                                  Institute.

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 Baotou Guanghua         For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Chemical Industrial     subject to the     744.2(d) of this   01.
                                  Corporation (Parent     EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Organization: China     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  National Nuclear        other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                  Group Corporation
                                  (CNNC)), a.k.a., the
                                  following five
                                  aliases:
                                 --202 Plant, Baotou
                                  Nuclear Energy
                                  Facility;.
                                 --Baotou Guanghua
                                  Chemical Industrial
                                  Corporation;.
                                 --Baotou Guanghua
                                  Chemical Industry
                                  Company;.
                                 --Baotou Nuclear Fuel
                                  Element Plant; and
                                 --China Nuclear Baotou
                                  Guanghua Chemical
                                  Industry Company.
                                 202 Factory Baotou,
                                  Inner Mongolia.
                                 Beijing Aerospace       For all items      See Sec.   744.3   64 FR 28909, 5/28/
                                  Automatic Control       subject to the     of this part.      99.
                                  Institute (BICD),       EAR having a                         75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  a.k.a., the following   classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  four aliases:           other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                 --12th Research
                                  Institute China
                                  Academy of Launch
                                  Vehicle Technology
                                  (CALT);.
                                 --Beijing Institute of
                                  Space Automatic
                                  Control;.
                                 --Beijing Spaceflight
                                  Autocontrol Research
                                  Institute; and.
                                 --China Aerospace
                                  Science and
                                  Technology Corp First
                                  Academy 12th Research
                                  Institute.
                                 51 Yong Ding Road,
                                  Beijing.
                                 Beijing Institute of    For all items      See Sec.   744.3   64 FR 28909, 5/28/
                                  Structure and           subject to the     of this part.      99.
                                  Environmental           EAR having a                         75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Engineering (BISE),     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  a.k.a., the following   other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                  two aliases:
                                 --702nd Research
                                  Institute, China
                                  Academy of Launch
                                  Vehicle Technology
                                  (CALT); and.
                                 --Beijing Institute of
                                  Strength and
                                  Environmental
                                  Engineering.
                                 No. 30 Wanyuan Road,
                                  Beijing..

                                 Beijing Power           For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Machinery Institute,    subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  a.k.a., the following   EAR.               part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  three aliases:                                                PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                 --31st Research                                                17/10.
                                  Institute of China
                                  Aerospace Science and
                                  Industry Corp (CASIC)
                                  or China Haiying
                                  Electromechanical
                                  Technology Academy
                                  (a.k.a., China
                                  Haiying Science &
                                  Technology
                                  Corporation);.
                                 --Beijing Power
                                  Generating Machinery
                                  Institute; and
                                 --Beijing Power
                                  Machinery Research
                                  Laboratory.
                                 Beijing University of   For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Aeronautics and         subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  Astronautics (BUAA),    EAR.               part.             70 FR 54629, 9/16/
                                  a.k.a., the following                                         05.
                                  alias:                                                       75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --Beihang University..                                         PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                 37 Xueyuan Road,                                               17/10.
                                  Haidan District,
                                  Beijing..

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 Chinese Academy of      For all items      Case-by-case       62 FR 35334, 6/30/
                                  Engineering Physics,    subject to the     basis.             97.
                                  a.k.a., the following   EAR.                                 66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  eighteen aliases:                                             01.
                                 --Ninth Academy;......                                        75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --Southwest Computing                                          PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Center;.                                                      17/10.
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Applied
                                  Electronics;.
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Chemical
                                  Materials;.
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Electronic
                                  Engineering;.
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Environmental
                                  Testing;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Explosives and
                                  Chemical Engineering;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Fluid Physics;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of General Designing
                                  and Assembly;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Machining
                                  Technology;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Materials;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Nuclear Physics
                                  and Chemistry
                                  (a.k.a., China
                                  Academy of
                                  Engineering Physics
                                  (CAEP)'s 902
                                  Institute);
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Research and
                                  Applications of
                                  Special Materials
                                  Factory;
                                 --Southwest Institute
                                  of Structural
                                  Mechanics;
                                 (all of preceding
                                  located in or near
                                  Mianyang, Sichuan
                                  Province);
                                 --Chengdu Electronic
                                  Science and
                                  Technology University
                                  (CUST);
                                 --The High Power Laser
                                  Laboratory, Shanghai;
                                 --The Institute of
                                  Applied Physics and
                                  Computational
                                  Mathematics, Beijing;
                                  and
                                 --University of
                                  Electronic Science
                                  and Technology of
                                  China, 901 Institute
                                  (No. 4, 2nd Section,
                                  North Jianshe Road,
                                  Chengdu, 610054).

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 First Department,       For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Chinese Academy of      subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  Launch Vehicle          EAR.               part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Technology (CALT),                                            PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  a.k.a., the following                                         17/10.
                                  three aliases:
                                 --1st General Design
                                  Department (a.k.a.,
                                  Planning Department
                                  No. 1) of the China
                                  Aerospace Science &
                                  Technology
                                  Corporation's First
                                  Academy (CALT);.
                                 --Beijing Institute of
                                  Astronautic Systems
                                  Engineering; and.
                                 --Beijing Institute of
                                  Space System
                                  Engineering.

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 Northwest Institute of  For all items      See Sec.   744.2   64 FR 28909, 5/28/
                                  Nuclear Technology in   subject to the     of this part.      99.
                                  the Science Research    EAR.                                 75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  (NINT), Xi'an, Shanxi.                                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                                                                17/10.
                                 Northwestern            For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24266, 5/14/
                                  Polytechnical           subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  University, a.k.a.,     EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  the following three     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  aliases:                other than EAR99                      17/10.
                                 --Northwestern           or a
                                  Polytechnic             classification
                                  University;.            where the third
                                 --Northwest              through fifth
                                  Polytechnic             digits of the
                                  University; and.        ECCN are
                                 --Northwest              ``999'', e.g.,
                                  Polytechnical           XX999.
                                  University..
                                 127 Yonyi Xilu, Xi'an
                                  71002 Shaanxi, China;
                                  and Youyi Xi Lu,
                                  Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
                                 Shanghai Academy of     For all items      See Sec.   744.3   64 FR 28909, 5/28/
                                  Spaceflight             subject to the     of this part.      99.
                                  Technology SAST),       EAR having a                         75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  a.k.a., the following   classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  four aliases:           other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                 --8th Research Academy
                                  of China Aerospace;.
                                 --Shanghai
                                  Astronautics Industry
                                  Bureau;.
                                 --Shanghai Bureau of
                                  Astronautics (SHBOA);
                                  and.
                                 --Shanghai Bureau of
                                  Space.
                                 Shanghai, Spaceflight
                                  Tower, 222 Cao Xi
                                  Road, Shanghai,
                                  200233.
                                 Shanghai Institute of   For all items      See Sec.   744.3   64 FR 28909, 5/28/
                                  Space Power Sources,    subject to the     of this part.      99.
                                  a.k.a., the following   EAR having a                         75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  three aliases:          classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                 --811th Research         other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                  Institute, 8th
                                  Academy, China
                                  Aerospace Science and
                                  Technology Corp
                                  (CASC);.
                                 --Shanghai Space
                                  Energy Research
                                  Institute; and.
                                 --Shanghai Space Power
                                  Supply Research
                                  Institute.
                                 388 Cang Wu Road,
                                  Shanghai..
                                 Southwest Research      For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  Institute of            subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  Electronics             EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Technology, a.k.a.,     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  the following three     other than EAR99                      17/10.
                                  aliases:                or a
                                 --10th Research          classification
                                  Institute of China      where the third
                                  Electronic Technology   through fifth
                                  Group Corp (CETC);.     digits of the
                                 --CETC 10th Research     ECCN are
                                  Institute; and.         ``999'', e.g.,
                                 --Southwest Institute    XX999.
                                  of Electronic
                                  Technology (SWIET).
                                 Chengdu...............

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 Xi'an Research          For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  Institute of            subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  Navigation              EAR having a       part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Technology, a.k.a.,     classification                        PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  the following two       other than EAR99.                     17/10.
                                  aliases:
                                 --20th Research
                                  Institute of China
                                  Electronic Technology
                                  Group Corp (CETC);
                                  and.
                                 --CETC 20th Research
                                  Institute..
                                 Xiangdong Machinery     For all items      See Sec.           66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  Factory, within the     subject to the     744.3(d) of this   01.
                                  China Aerospace         EAR.               part.             75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  Science and Industry                                          PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Corp's (CASIC) Third                                          17/10.
                                  Academy (a.k.a., the
                                  following two
                                  aliases: China
                                  Haiying
                                  Electromechanical
                                  Technology Academy
                                  and China Haiying
                                  Science & Technology
                                  Corporation), a.k.a.,
                                  the following four
                                  aliases:
                                 --239 Factory (a.k.a.,
                                  35th Research
                                  Institute);
                                 --Beijing Xinghang
                                  Electromechanical
                                  Equipment Factory;
                                 --Beijing Hangxing
                                  Machinery
                                  Manufacturing
                                  Corporation; and
                                 --Hangxing Machine
                                  Building Company.

                                                  * * * * * * *
RUSSIA.........................  All-Russian Scientific  For all items      Case-by-case       62 FR 35334, 6/30/
                                  Research Institute of   subject to the     basis.             97.
                                  Technical Physics,      EAR.                                 66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  a.k.a., the following                                         01.
                                  ten aliases:                                                 75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --All-Russian Research                                         PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Institute of                                                  17/10.
                                  Technical Physics;.
                                 --All-Union Scientific
                                  Research Institute of
                                  Instrument Building
                                  (VNIIP);.
                                 --ARITP;..............
                                 --Kasli;..............
                                 --Russian Federal
                                  Nuclear Center;
                                 --Ural Nuclear Center,
                                  NII-1011;
                                 --VNIITF; and
                                 --Vserosslyskly
                                  Nauchhnoissledovateln
                                  yy Institut
                                  Tekhnicheskoy Fiziki.
                                 P.O. Box 245, 456770,
                                  Snezhinsk,
                                  Chelyabinsk Region
                                  Russia.
                                 --Federal State
                                  Unitary Enterprise
                                  Russian Federal
                                  Nuclear Center--
                                  Academician E.I.
                                  Zababkhin All-Russian
                                  Scientific Research
                                  Institute of
                                  Technical Physics
                                  (FGUPRFYaTs-VNIITF);
                                  and
                                 --Chelyabinsk 70/
                                  Snezhinsk.
                                 All-Union Scientific    For all items      Case-by-case       62 FR 35334, 6/30/
                                  Research Institute of   subject to the     basis.             97.
                                  Experimental Physics,   EAR.                                 66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  a.k.a., the following                                         01.
                                  twelve aliases:                                              75 FR [INSERT FR
                                 --All Russian Research                                         PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  Institute of                                                  17/10.
                                  Experimental Physics;.
                                 --ARIEP;..............
                                 --Arzamas-16;.........
                                 --Arzamas-75;.........
                                 --Federal State
                                  Unitary Enterprise
                                  Russian Federal
                                  Nuclear Center--All
                                  Russian Scientific
                                  Research Institute of
                                  Experimental Physics
                                  (FGUPRFNCs VNIIEF);
                                 --Khariton Institute;
                                 --Russian Federal
                                  Nuclear Center;
                                 --VNIIEF; and
                                 --Vserossiyskiy
                                  Nauchno-
                                  Issledovatelskiy
                                  Institut
                                  Sperimentalnoy
                                  Fiziki).
                                 37 Mira Ave. Sarov,
                                  Nizhny Novgorod
                                  Region, 607188 Russia.
                                 --Avarngard
                                  Electromechanical
                                  Plant;
                                 --Moscow Center 300;
                                  and
                                 --Sarov Nuclear
                                  Weapons Plant.
                                 Kremlev (Sarov).......

                                                  * * * * * * *
                                 Federal Atomic Power    For all items      Case-by-case       62 FR 35334, 6/30/
                                  of Russia (Rusatom)     subject to the     basis.             97.
                                  (any entities,          EAR.                                 66 FR 24267, 5/14/
                                  institutes, or                                                01.
                                  centers associated                                           75 FR [INSERT FR
                                  with), a.k.a., the                                            PAGE NUMBER], 12/
                                  following three                                               17/10.
                                  aliases:
                                 --Federal Atomic
                                  Agency (FAAE);.
                                 --MINATOM; and........
                                 --Ministry of Atomic
                                  Power and Industry
                                  (MAPI).
                                 Located in either
                                  Snezhinsk or Kremlev
                                  (Sarov).

                                                  * * * * * * *
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    Dated: December 13, 2010.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-31653 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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[Notices]
[Pages 47101-47102]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8881-01-ORD]

Request for Nominations of Experts for the Review of EPA's Draft
Toxicological Reviews of Perfluorodecanoic Acid (PFDA),
Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA), Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA),
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS), and Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Center for Public
Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) requests public nominations
of scientific experts for the upcoming peer reviews of five Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments including: Perfluorodecanoic
acid (PFDA; CASRN 335-76-2), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA; CASRN 375-
24-4), perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA, CASRN 307-24-4),
perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS, CASRN 355-46-4), and
perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA, CASRN 375-22-4), and their related salts
which are all members of the group per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS). Each assessment will undergo independent external scientific
peer review managed by Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), a contractor
to EPA. A single peer review panel will review all five (5) PFAS IRIS
assessments. Interested stakeholders will be provided 30-days to submit
nominations for expert reviewers to ERG for their consideration.

DATES: The 30-day public comment period to provide nominations begins
August 23, 2021 and ends September 22, 2021. Comments must be received
on or before September 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations by emailing them to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(subject line: EPA PFAS assessments peer review) at ERG no later than
September 22, 2021. Please be advised that public comments are subject
to release under the Freedom of Information Act, including
communications on these nominations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For general information please contact: Vicki Soto, CPHEA; email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For questions about the peer review, including the nomination
process, please contact: Laurie Waite, ERG, by email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(subject line: EPA PFAS assessments peer review); or
by phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Information on IRIS PFAS Assessments

    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large class of
man-made chemicals widely used in consumer products and industrial
processes. The basic structure of PFAS consists of a carbon chain
surrounded by fluorine atoms, with different chemicals possessing
different end groups. The five IRIS toxicity assessments are being
developed according to the scope and methods outlined in the publicly
posted systematic review protocol (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/recordisplay.cfm?deid=345065) and they build upon several
other PFAS assessments that have already been developed, and represent
only one component of the broader PFAS action plan underway at the U.S.
EPA (https://www.epa.gov/pfas/epas-pfas-action-plan).
    EPA is releasing the announcement to notify the public of upcoming
peer review activities related to five IRIS five per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) assessments including: Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA; CASRN 335-
76-2), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA; CASRN 375-24-4), perfluorohexanoic
acid (PFHxA, CASRN 307-24-4), perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS,
CASRN 355-46-4), and perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA, CASRN 375 22 4), and
their related salts which are all members of the group per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These documents will undergo
independent external scientific peer review managed by ERG, a
contractor to EPA. EPA has instructed ERG to formulate a single pool of
eighteen (18) candidate external reviewers to provide independent
external reviews of all five PFAS IRIS assessments. After consideration
of peer reviewer nominations submitted to ERG in response to this FRN
and after consideration of public comments on the List of Candidates
(to be announced in a future FRN), ERG will select from this pool the
final list of up to nine (9) peer reviewers in a manner consistent with
EPA's Peer Review Handbook 4th Edition, 2015 (EPA/100/B-15/001). EPA
will provide updates on the status of the peer review via the IRIS
website (https://www.epa.gov/iris). EPA encourages all interested
stakeholders to register for the IRIS listserv by visiting the IRIS
website at https://www.epa.gov/iris/forms/staying-connected-integrated-risk-information-system#connect. Specific questions or comments on the
peer review process should be directed to ERG.

II. Information About This Peer Review

    ERG is seeking nominations of nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated expertise and research on per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in one or more of the following
areas: Environmental epidemiology with experience in the application of
systematic review principles to environmental exposures and/or
immunotoxicity expertise; experimental toxicology with experience in
the application of systematic review principles to environmental
exposures and/or immunotoxicity expertise, hepatic effects, thyroid
effects, developmental effects, biological mechanisms of human disease/
health effects, and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
(ADME) knowledge; and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK)
modeling, toxicokinetics, and dose-response modeling of animal data.
Questions regarding this review should be directed to Laurie Waite,
ERG, by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(subject line: EPA PFAS assessments
peer review); or by phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>. For EPA, a balanced review
panel includes candidates who possess the necessary domains of
knowledge, the relevant scientific perspectives (which, among other
factors, can be influenced by work history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to adequately address the peer review
charge. In forming this expert panel, ERG will consider public comments
on the List of Candidates, information provided by the candidates
themselves, and background information. Selection criteria to be used
for panel membership include: (a) Scientific and/or technical
expertise, knowledge, and experience (primary factors); (b)
availability and willingness to serve; (c) absence of any potential
organizational or personal conflicts of interest; (d) skills working in
committees, subcommittees and advisory panels; and, (e) for the panel
as a whole, diversity of expertise and scientific points of view.
    Process and Deadline for Submitting Nominations: Any interested
person or organization may nominate qualified

individuals in the areas of expertise described above. Nominations
should be submitted in electronic format to ERG via email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(subject line: EPA PFAS assessments peer review). To
receive full consideration, nominations should include all of the
information requested below. ERG requests contact information about the
person making the nomination; contact information about the nominee;
the nominee's disciplinary and specific areas of expertise; the
nominee's resume or curriculum vitae; sources of recent grant and/or
contract support; and a biographical sketch of the nominee indicating
current position, educational background, research activities, and
recent service on other national advisory committees or national
professional organizations. Persons having questions about the
nomination procedures, or who are unable to submit nominations via
email, should contact Laurie Waite, ERG, as noted above. ERG will
acknowledge receipt of nominations. The names and biosketches of
qualified nominees identified by respondents to this Federal Register
Notice along with additional experts identified by ERG will be posted
on the IRIS website and will be available for public comment. The
process for public comment on the pool of nominees will be announced in
a subsequent Federal Register Notice, on the IRIS website, and through
the IRIS Listserv.

Timothy Watkins,
Acting Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2021-18030 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9193-9194]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2894-010]

Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of
the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2894-010.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2016.
    d. Submitted By: Flambeau Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Black Brook Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Apple River in the town of Black Brook near the
City of Amery, in Polk County, Wisconsin. No federal lands are occupied
by the project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Jason P. Kreuscher, Vice President,
Operations, Renewable World Energies, LLC, 100 S. State Street, P.O.
Box 264, Neshkoro, WI 54960; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, ext 102.
    i. FERC Contact: Laura Washington at<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Flambeau Hydro, LLC filed its request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process on December 30, 2015. Flambeau Hydro, LLC provided
public notice of its request on December 23, 2015. In a letter dated
February 18, 2016, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing
approved Flambeau Hydro, LLC's request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 7
of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations
thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402. We are also initiating consultation the
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section
106, National Historical 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 Flambeau Hydro, 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. Flambeau Hydro, LLC filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site
(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 at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a new license for Project No. 2894. Pursuant to 18 CFR
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a new license and any
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All
applications for license for this project must be filed by April 30,
2017.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.

    Dated: February 18, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49951-49952]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20346]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010; FRL-9999-92-Region 4]

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Townsend Saw Chain
Co. Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announces
the deletion of the soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer,
and the intermediate aquifer of this Site with the exception of a
limited area (5000-8000 square feet) of the intermediate aquifer below
the 1C clay in the vicinity of monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and
OW-143 of the Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site (Site) located in
Pontiac, South Carolina, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The
NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of
1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). This partial deletion
pertains to the soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer, and
the intermediate aquifer of this Site. A limited area (5000-8000 square
feet) of the intermediate aquifer below the 1C clay in the vicinity of
monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and OW-143 of the Townsend Saw Chain
Co. will remain on the NPL and is not being considered for deletion as
part of this action. The EPA and the State of South Carolina, through
the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC
DHEC), have determined that all appropriate response actions under
CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance, monitoring and five-year
reviews, have been completed. However, this partial deletion does not
preclude future actions under Superfund.

DATES: This action is effective September 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-1990-0010. All documents in the docket
are listed on the http://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed
in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e.,
Confidential Business Information or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy at the site information repositories:
    US EPA Region 4, Superfund & Emergency Management Divison Records
Center, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303,<PHONE_NUMBER>
Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Northeast Regional Library, 7490 Parklane Road, Columbia, South
Carolina, Monday-Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., and Friday-Saturday:
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joydeb Majumder, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.<PHONE_NUMBER>,
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The portion of the site to be deleted from
the NPL is: The soil, sediment, surface water, surficial aquifer, and
the intermediate aquifer of this Site with the exception of a limited
area (5000-8000 square feet) of the intermediate aquifer below the 1C
clay in the vicinity of monitoring wells IMW-01B, MW-128, and OW-143 of
the Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site (Site) located in Pontiac,
South Carolina. A Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion for this Site
was published in the Federal Register 84 FR 35054, on July 22, 2019.
    The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent for Partial
Deletion was August 21, 2019. No public comments were received and EPA
will proceed with the partial deletion.
    EPA maintains the NPL as the list of sites that appear to present a
significant risk to public health, welfare, or the environment.
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not preclude further remedial
action. Whenever there is a significant release from a site deleted
from the NPL, the deleted site may be restored to the NPL without
application of the hazard ranking system. Deletion of portions of a
site from the NPL does not affect responsible party liability, in the
unlikely event that future conditions warrant further actions.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals,
Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Intergovernmental relations,
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water
pollution control, and Water supply.

    Dated: September 9, 2019.
 Mary S. Walker,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.

    For reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 300 is amended as
follows:

PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY PLAN

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1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(d); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626,
77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3
CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp.,
p. 193.

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2. Table 1 of appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the entry
for ``SC, Townsend Saw Chain Co, Pontiac'' and adding an entry for
``SC, Townsend Saw Chain Co. Superfund Site, Pontiac'' in its place to
read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List

                                       Table 1--General Superfund Section
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                State                        Site name               City/county                 Notes a
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SC..................................  Townsend Saw Chain Co.   Pontiac................  P.
                                       Superfund Site.

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a = Based on issuance of health advisory by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (if scored, HRS
  score need not be greater than or equal to 28.50).
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P = Sites with partial deletion(s).

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[Federal Register: July 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 131)]
[Notices]
[Page 38876-38877]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM06-16-000]

Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System;
Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

June 30, 2006.
    As announced in a Notice of Technical Conference issued on May 31,
2006, in the above referenced proceeding, a technical conference will
be held in the offices of the Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC on July 6, 2006, from approximately 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(EST). All interested persons may attend and registration is not
required.
    The conference will assist in developing a public record in
anticipation of the Commission acting on a petition filed by the North
American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) for approval of
reliability standards. An agenda is included with this notice.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from
Ace Reporting Company<PHONE_NUMBER> or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system
seven calendar days after the Commission receives the transcript.
    A free Webcast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov.
 Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this

event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of

Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain
a link to its Webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical
support for the Webcasts and offers access to the open meetings via
television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have
any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or contact

Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    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<PHONE_NUMBER>
(voice) or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY), or send a fax to<PHONE_NUMBER> with the
required accommodations.
    For more information about the conference, please contact Sarah
McKinley at<PHONE_NUMBER> (sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Review of the North American Electric Reliability Council's Proposed
Reliability Standards Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Technical
Conference

July 6, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

9:30 a.m.--Opening Remarks, Joseph T. Kelliher, FERC Chairman.
9:45 a.m.--Introductions, Joseph McClelland, Director, Division of
Reliability, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, FERC.
9:50 a.m.--Panel 1: Effectiveness of North American Electric
Reliability Council's (NERC's) Proposed Reliability Standards.

    Panelists will provide their views on the proposed Reliability
Standards in the context of the May 11, 2006 Staff Preliminary
Assessment, focusing on the following questions:
     Do the proposed standards meet the criteria established in
Order No. 672 \1\ for Commission approval?
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Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and
Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards, 114 FERC ] 61,104
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     To the extent some standards do not meet the criteria,
which should be addressed first? Are there some that have a greater
impact on reliability?
     Is it appropriate to focus on the Blackout Report
recommendations that have not yet been addressed by the standards, or
are there other standards that should receive a higher priority?
     Should all Reliability Standards have performance metrics
to gauge the effectiveness of the standards? How quickly can such
specific performance metrics be developed? Is there another process
that could be used to develop metrics for existing standards?
     What are the implications of applying the EPAct definition
of the Bulk Power System instead of the NERC definition of the Bulk
Electric System?
     How do we define the ``Users, Owners, and Operators'' of
the ``Bulk-Power System''?
     How should a work plan be developed that schedules
standards for revision? What are the opportunities for participation in
this process by the interested stakeholders?
     What coordination is necessary with other State, Federal,
and/or international regulators to ensure a good transition to
mandatory reliability standards?
     What process should the United States, Canada, and Mexico
follow for review and approval of Reliability Standards to meet
possible time constraints?
    Panelists:

Richard P. (Rick) Sergel, President and CEO, North American Electric
Reliability Council.
Michael Morris, President and CEO, American Electric Power, on behalf
of Edison Electric Institute.
Charles Yeung, Executive Director, Interregional Affairs, Southwest
Power Pool, on behalf of the ISO/RTO Council.
Scott M. Helyer, Vice President, Transmission, Tenaska, Inc., and
Chairman, Energy Standards Working Group, Electric Power Supply
Association.
Canadian Representative, to be announced.

12 p.m.--Lunch.
1 p.m.--Panel 2: What's Needed To Achieve the Goal.
    Panelists will address the questions listed above, providing a more
in-depth assessment of the standards and appropriate priorities,
processes, and metrics needed to ensure a reliable Bulk Power System.
    Panelists:
Steve Ruekert, Director, Standards and Compliance, Western Electric
Coordinating Council.
Allen Mosher, Director of Policy Analysis, American Public Power
Association.
Steven C. Cobb, Manager, Transmission Services, Salt River Project, on
behalf of the Large Public Power Council.
David A. Whiteley, Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery Services,
Ameren, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute.
James C. Nixon, Director, Energy Markets, Alcoa Inc.
Canadian Representative, to be announced.
3 p.m.--Concluding Remarks, Joseph T. Kelliher, FERC Chairman.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1990-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2011-0001]

Minnesota; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1990-DR), dated June 7, 2011,

and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: June 7, 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 June 7, 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 Minnesota resulting from severe storms and tornadoes during the

period of May 21-22, 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 Minnesota.

    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, including

direct Federal 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, Paul J. Ricciuti, of FEMA is

appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major

disaster.

    The following areas of the State of Minnesota have been designated

as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    Anoka and Hennepin Counties for Public Assistance, including

direct Federal assistance.

    All counties within the State of Minnesota 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.

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