[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4515-4516]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2019-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1902]

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard
determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any
Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the
Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the
supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities
listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek
general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and
FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the
community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in
effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, the FIRM and FIS
report, once effective, will be used by insurance agents and others to
calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings
and the contents of those buildings.

DATES: Comments are to be submitted on or before May 16, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report
for each community are available for inspection at both the online
location https://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata and the
respective Community Map Repository address listed in the tables below.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM and FIS report for each
community are accessible online through the FEMA Map Service Center at
https://msc.fema.gov for comparison.
    You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FEMA-B-1902, to
Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering Services Branch, Federal Insurance
and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Washington, DC
20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or (email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Sacbibit, Chief, Engineering
Services Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA,
400 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or (email)
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or visit the FEMA Map Information
eXchange (FMIX) online at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA proposes to make flood hazard

determinations for each community listed below, in accordance with
section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C.
4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
    These proposed flood hazard determinations, together with the
floodplain management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum
that are required. They should not be construed to mean that the
community must change any existing ordinances that are more stringent
in their floodplain management requirements. The community may at any
time enact stricter requirements of its own or pursuant to policies
established by other Federal, State, or regional entities. These flood
hazard determinations are used to meet the floodplain management
requirements of the NFIP and are used to calculate the appropriate
flood insurance premium rates for new buildings built after the FIRM
and FIS report become effective.
    The communities affected by the flood hazard determinations are
provided in the tables below. Any request for reconsideration of the
revised flood hazard information shown on the Preliminary FIRM and FIS
report that satisfies the data requirements outlined in 44 CFR 67.6(b)
is considered an appeal. Comments unrelated to the flood hazard
determinations also will be considered before the FIRM and FIS report
become effective.
    Use of a Scientific Resolution Panel (SRP) is available to
communities in support of the appeal resolution process. SRPs are
independent panels of experts in hydrology, hydraulics, and other
pertinent sciences established to review conflicting scientific and
technical data and provide recommendations for resolution. Use of the
SRP only may be exercised after FEMA and local communities have been
engaged in a collaborative consultation process for at least 60 days
without a mutually acceptable resolution of an appeal. Additional
information regarding the SRP process can be found online at https://www.floodsrp.org/pdfs/srp_overview.pdf.
    The watersheds and/or communities affected are listed in the tables
below. The Preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, FIS report for each
community are available for inspection at both the online location
https://www.fema.gov/preliminaryfloodhazarddata and the respective
Community Map Repository address listed in the tables. For communities
with multiple ongoing Preliminary studies, the studies can be
identified by the unique project number and Preliminary FIRM date
listed in the tables. Additionally, the current effective FIRM and FIS
report for each community are accessible online through the FEMA Map
Service Center at https://msc.fema.gov for comparison.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

David I. Maurstad,
Deputy Associate Adminstrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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                                             Community map repository
               Community                             address
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               Scioto County, Ohio and Incorporated Areas
          Project: 12-05-8919S Preliminary Date: April 13, 2018
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City of Portsmouth.....................  City Hall, 728 Second Street,
                                          Portsmouth, OH 45662.
Unincorporated Areas of Scioto County..  Scioto County Floodplain
                                          Office, 602 7th Street,
                                          Portsmouth, OH 45662.
Village of New Boston..................  Village Office, 3980 Rhodes
                                          Avenue, New Boston, OH 45662.
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" Johnston, A. Todd" < ajohnston@ nma. org>

04/ 24/ 2006 12: 04 PM T o Bill Wehrum/ DC/ USEPA/ US@ EPA, Jason Burnett/ DC/ USEPA/ US@ EPA c c S u b j e c t NMA Coarse PM Comments I attach the National Mining Association's ( NMA) comments on the EPA's coarse PM NAAQS proposal. The comments submitted to the docket contain numerous exhibits; however, I direct you attention in particular to exhibits, labeled " G" and " H" and " I."

Exhibit G was prepared by Gale Hoffnagle. Gale headed the primary association of air pollution control professionals, the Air Pollution Control Association, is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, and one of the most experienced experts in the country on modeling and measuring air pollutants. His comments address whether the ambient monitoring data for PM10 2.5 used in the epidemiologic studies on which EPA relies to support its coarse proposal are adequately representative of the exposure of those suffering various morbidity or mortality effects to serve as the basis for any conclusion that the exposure and effects are linked. His conclusion is that the ambient monitors for PM10 2.5 are representative of only limited areas around the monitor, and thus not representative of the large urban areas for which the epidemiologic data are collected.

Gale also addresses the equivalence issue and whether the form of the standard EPA has chosen in the proposal helps ameliorate compliance difficulties for sources whose PM10 emissions are dominated by the coarse ( PM10 2.5) faction. His conclusions, generally, are 1) it is not possible to establish a coarse standard that is equivalent to PM10 due to the wide variation in the fine and coarse PM fractions of PM10 in different parts of the country; and 2) because the standard is significantly more stringent for sources of fugitive dust, the 98% form makes little difference in terms of a source's ability to comply. Exhibit H was prepared by Dr. Jonathan Borak of Yale University School of Medicine, an expert in toxicology, epidemiology and occupational health exposure to pollutants. Dr. Borak's comments provide a thorough, detailed review and analysis of the scientific rationale and basis, as well as the underlying studies, on which EPA relies to support its coarse PM recommendation. He concludes that there is no basis to justify regulating of PM10 2.5, " only arguments and hypotheses that mainly reflect biological plausibility rather than empirical findings. That general lack of evidence persists even at exposure levels substantially higher than those considered health relevant in the Proposed Coarse PM NAAQS."

Dr. Borak's comments, combined with EPA's own admissions concerning the weak and inadequate scientific basis supporting a standard and its subsequent reliance on the notion of equivalence to an invalid 1987 PM10 standard, makes it pretty clear that, despite EPA's best efforts, the case simply isn't there to support a coarse PM standard for ambient exposure. Further, even if one were to ignore the serious flaws in the studies purporting to link coarse PM to health endpoints, Gale Hoffnagle's work demonstrates that the monitors of PM10 2.5 do not represent urban areas for which the epidemiologic studies cited to support the proposal were performed. As Gale's comments point out, this limitation alone renders the ambient air basis for the epidemiologic results incorrect and inappropriate.

For these and other reasons discussed more fully in our comments, we do not believe that there is a sound or adequate basis for the adoption of a coarse PM NAAQS.

Exhibit I provides a snapshot of the various federal and state laws and regulations that require the control of fugitive dusts at mine sites. Critics of the administration's proposal allege a " roll back" of requirements to control coarse PM. This is simply not the case. Coarse PM emissions from mining operations will continue to be subjected to pervasive regulation requiring the use of control technologies, and best management practices, regardless of whether they are separately subjected to a NAAQS requirement.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

A. Todd Johnston Director of Air Quality National Mining Association 101 Constitution Avenue, NW Suite 500 East Washington, DC 20001 202 463 2668 ajohnston@ nma. org


[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44617]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18942]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER18-2303-000]

Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing
Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization; Adams Wind
Farm, LLC

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding
Adams Wind Farm, LLC's application for market-based rate authority,
with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes
a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is September 17, 2018.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for electronic review in the
Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the website that enables subscribers to receive
email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s).
For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
[email protected], or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: August 27, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register: November 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 217)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP07-39-000]

Black Marlin Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC
Gas Tariff

November 2, 2006.
    Take notice that on October 31, 2006, Black Marlin Pipeline Company
(Black Marlin) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff,
Original Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, to be effective
December 1, 2006:

Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 4, Alternate Fifteenth Revised Sheet No.
4.

    Black Marlin states that copies of the filing have been mailed to
each of its customers, interested state commissions and other
interested persons.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210).
Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on
or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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