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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

October 29, 2015.

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                                                   Docket Nos.
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PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.............  ER15-1344-001,
                                         ER15-1344-002
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.............  ER15-1387-001
Potomac Electric Power Company.........
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    As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued on
October 8, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Staff will
hold a technical conference on November 12, 2015, at the Commission's
headquarters at 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 between
10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The purpose of the technical
conference is to understand PJM's application of its Order No. 1000-
compliant \1\ transmission planning process to local transmission
facilities, including, but not limited to, the process PJM and the PJM
Transmission Owners use to identify local transmission needs and to
solicit proposed solutions to identified local transmission needs (such
as opening proposal windows),\2\ and the process PJM uses to determine
whether a transmission solution to an identified local transmission
need should be selected in the regional transmission plan for purposes
of cost allocation as the more efficient or cost-effective transmission
solution.
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    \1\ Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission
Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Order No. 1000, FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 31,323 (2011), order on reh'g, Order No. 1000-A, 139 FERC ]
61,132, order on reh'g, Order No. 1000-B, 141 FERC ] 61,044 (2012),
aff'd sub nom. S.C. Pub. Serv. Auth. v. FERC, 762 F.3d 41 (D.C. Cir.
2014).
    \2\ As discussed in the order establishing the technical
conference, Dominion Resources Services' revisions to its individual
transmission planning criteria will not be discussed at the
technical conference. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 152 FERC ]
61,197, at P15 (2015).
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    The Commission's orders on PJM's compliance with the local
transmission planning requirements of both Order No. 890 \3\ and Order
No. 1000 and the issue of how PJM and the PJM Transmission Owners
conduct local transmission planning will serve to frame this
conference. Participants should review and be prepared to discuss the
issue of local transmission planning in the context of these previous
orders.\4\
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    \3\ Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in
Transmission Service, Order No. 890, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,241,
order on reh'g, Order No. 890-A, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,261
(2007), order on reh'g, Order No. 890-B, 123 FERC ] 61,299 (2008),
order on reh'g, Order No. 890-C, 126 FERC ] 61,228 (2009), order on
clarification, Order No. 890-D, 129 FERC ] 61,126 (2009).
    \4\ See PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 123 FERC ] 61,163, at PP
121-143 (2008); PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 127 FERC ] 61,166, at
PP 21-31 (2009); and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 130 FERC ] 61,167,
at PP 10-16 (2010) (addressing the local transmission planning
requirements of Order No. 890) and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 142
FERC ] 61,214, at PP 121-123 (2013); PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.,
147 FERC ] 61,128, at PP 72-83 (2014); PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.,
150 FERC ] 61,038, at PP 18-46 (2015); and PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C., 151 FERC ] 61,250, at PP 12-22 (2015) (addressing the local
transmission planning requirements of Order No. 1000).
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    In its Order No. 1000 compliance proceedings, PJM stated that
individual PJM Transmission Owners do not conduct separate local
transmission planning and that local transmission and regional
transmission planning are fully integrated in PJM's regional
transmission planning process.\5\ PJM also stated that, ``through its
established regional transmission planning process that fully merges
local and regional planning, PJM evaluates both local and regional
planning criteria.'' \6\ PJM explained that transmission owners in the
PJM region bring their current local planning information, including
all criteria, assumptions, and models used, to the Subregional RTEP
Committees,\7\ where it is reviewed by the Subregional RTEP Committees
to develop and finalize Local Plans that are coordinated with the PJM
regional transmission planning process.\8\ PJM stated that Local Plans
are a product of the Subregional

RTEP Committees rather than independently existing local plans
presented by the transmission owner to the Subregional RTEP Committees
for review. Also, PJM explained that it is the Subregional RTEP
Committees, rather than an individual transmission owner, that
incorporates feedback into the Local Plan.\9\ In addition, PJM stated,
Local Plans that the Subregional RTEP Committees develop include
Supplemental Projects \10\ as identified by the PJM Transmission Owners
within their zones, and Subregional RTEP Projects \11\ developed to
comply with all applicable reliability criteria, including the local
transmission owners planning criteria, or based on market efficiency
analysis and in consideration of Public Policy Requirements.\12\
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    \5\ See, e.g., PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 147 FERC ] 61,128,
at P 73 (2014) and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 150 FERC ] 61,038,
at P 34 (2015).
    \6\ PJM July 22, 2013 Second Round Order No. 1000 Regional
Compliance Filing Docket No. ER13-198-002, at 17 (emphasis in
original). See also Operating Agreement, Schedule 6, Sec.  1.2(e)
(``The Regional Transmission Expansion Plan planning criteria shall
include, Office of the Interconnection planning procedures, NERC
Reliability Standards, Regional Entity reliability principles and
standards, and the individual Transmission Owner FERC filed planning
criteria as filed in FERC Form No. 715.'').
    \7\ See PJM, Intra-PJM Tariffs, Operating Agreement, Schedule 6,
Sec.  1.3 (e) (Establishment of Committees).
    \8\ PJM July 14, 2014 Third Round Regional Compliance Filing,
Docket No. ER13-198-004 at 4 and PJM Third Round Regional Compliance
Order, 150 FERC ] 61,038 at P 20.
    \9\ PJM Third Round Regional Compliance Order, 150 FERC ] 61,038
at PP 34, 36-37. In addition, PJM stated that the Subregional RTEP
Committees have served as an open stakeholder forum through which
transmission owners integrate their local transmission planning
under PJM's open and coordinated regional transmission planning
process for all transmission facilities below 230 kV. PJM July 14,
2014 Third Round Regional Compliance Filing, Docket No. ER13-198-004
at 4.
    \10\ A Supplemental Project is a transmission expansion or
enhancement that is not required for compliance with PJM's criteria
for system reliability, operational performance or economic
criteria, pursuant to a determination by the Office of the
Interconnection. PJM, Intra-PJM Tariffs, Definitions (S-T), Sec.
1.42A.02 (Supplemental Project). PJM has also stated that the
Supplemental Project category of transmission projects was created
to allow PJM to evaluate local transmission owner planning standards
and criteria to determine if local reinforcements are needed to
optimally meet the local transmission owner planning criteria and to
determine whether reinforcements may be categorized as PJM RTEP
baseline or as Supplemental Projects. PJM Oct. 25, 2012 First Order
No. 1000 Regional Compliance Filing, Docket No. ER12-198-000, at
n.129.
    \11\ ``Subregional RTEP Project'' shall mean a transmission
expansion or enhancement rated below 230 kV which is required for
compliance with the following PJM criteria: System reliability,
operational performance or economic criteria, pursuant to a
determination by the Office of the Interconnection. PJM Operating
Agreement, Sec.  1.42A.01 (Subregional RTEP Project).
    \12\ PJM Operating Agreement, (Local Plan) Sec.  1.18A.
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    Dayton Power and Light Company (Dayton) and the PJM Transmission
Owners also addressed the PJM local transmission planning process in
their rehearing requests submitted in Docket No. ER15-1387-001
proceeding. Dayton stated that local transmission projects are included
as part of PJM's annual regional transmission planning process, but not
because PJM has had any significant role in their design or planning,
as local transmission projects are designed and developed by the local
transmission owner.\13\ Dayton stated that transmission local owner
planning criteria and transmission plans are presented at the
Subregional RTEP Committees and at the PJM Transmission Expansion
Advisory Committee, but those presentations are made as informational
items and are not presented for approval by those committees.\14\
Dayton also stated that the only relationship between local
transmission projects and the PJM regional transmission planning
process is to inform PJM on what is being built by the local
transmission owner under the transmission owner local planning criteria
in order to model flows and assess system reliability. Dayton stated
therefore, that PJM does not select the local transmission project as
the most cost-effective way to meet the transmission owner local
planning criteria for cost allocation purposes, but rather the project
is proposed to PJM by the local transmission owner. Dayton stated it
acknowledges that the local transmission project is reviewed by
committees within PJM and ultimately by the PJM Board, but stated that
such review is not for purposes of determining whether the project is
needed regionally or provides some regional reliability benefit.\15\
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    \13\ Dayton Rehearing Request, Docket No. ER15-1387-001, at 5.
    \14\ Dayton Rehearing Request, Docket No. ER15-1387-001, at 2-3.
    \15\ Dayton Rehearing Request, Docket No. ER15-1387-001, at 4
(emphasis in original).
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    PJM Transmission Owners stated that all transmission projects
proposed and considered in the PJM regional transmission plan are not
necessarily selected for the purposes of regional cost allocation and
are included in the RTEP to address various issues and needs, some
local and some regional.\16\ The PJM Transmission Owners stated that
local transmission projects are included in the PJM regional
transmission plan only to ensure they are considered in the overall PJM
planning process for purposes of determining if the projects modify
power flows and create reliability concerns, and whether the criteria
driving a local transmission project are better addressed through a
project that is more regional in scope.\17\
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    \16\ PJM Transmission Owners Rehearing Request, Docket No. ER15-
1387-001, at 11-12.
    \17\ PJM Transmission Owners Rehearing Request, Docket No. ER15-
1387-001, at 10.
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    Given the background provided herein, participants should be
prepared to discuss the following:
    1. The process through which local transmission planning is
conducted, from the identification of transmission needs through the
selection of transmission projects.
    a. How do PJM and the PJM Transmission Owners define the terms
transmission owner local planning criteria, local transmission need,
and local transmission project?
    b. How and when are local transmission needs identified? How and
when can stakeholders comment on the identified local transmission
needs?
    c. How do the local transmission planning and regional transmission
planning processes in PJM interact? Are there two distinct, separate
processes, or are they one in the same? If there are two separate
processes, at what point are the transmission owner local planning
criteria and/or transmission project proposals to address those local
planning criteria incorporated into the regional transmission planning
process? How does PJM decide which local transmission needs are
integrated into the PJM regional transmission planning process?
    d. What is the relationship between the transmission needs proposed
in the Subregional RTEP Committees' Local Plans with the transmission
needs incorporated into the regional transmission planning process?
    e. What method is used to disclose to stakeholders the criteria,
assumptions, and data that underlie local transmission planning? How
and when can stakeholders provide input and offer suggested
transmission projects to address local transmission needs?
    f. How and when do individual PJM Transmission Owners identify
transmission projects meant to address local transmission needs?
    g. What analysis does PJM perform on transmission projects proposed
by PJM Transmission Owners and proposed by stakeholders to address
local transmission needs?
    h. What is PJM's role in developing, evaluating, and selecting
transmission project proposals to address transmission owner local
planning criteria? What are the PJM Transmission Owners' roles in
developing, evaluating, and selecting these proposals?
    i. Is the process through which PJM and the PJM Transmission Owners
develop, evaluate, and select transmission project proposals to address
transmission owner local planning criteria different from the process
through which they develop, evaluate, and select transmission project
proposals to address NERC or Regional Entity reliability standards?
    j. What defined categories of transmission facilities are currently
included in a PJM RTEP? Are there any defined categories of
transmission projects currently included in the PJM RTEP that PJM does
not consider to be selected in the regional transmission plan for
purposes of cost allocation? If

so, are these transmission projects eligible to use PJM's regional cost
allocation method?
    2. The process through which Supplemental Projects become
transmission projects eligible for selection in the regional
transmission plan for purposes of cost allocation.
    a. If a Supplemental Project is transitioned into a Required
Transmission Enhancement that is eligible for regional cost allocation
in PJM's RTEP, does it undergo the same analysis as a transmission
project first proposed as a Subregional RTEP Project?
    b. How are Supplemental Projects distinguished from transmission
projects that address transmission owner local planning criteria?
    3. The proposal window process for transmission project proposals
intended to address transmission owner local planning criteria.
    a. Except for Immediate-need Reliability Projects, does PJM
currently open proposal windows for all transmission needs identified
in its regional transmission planning process, including those needs
that arise as a result of local transmission needs and transmission
owner local planning criteria?
    b. If PJM does not currently open proposal windows for all
transmission needs identified in PJM's regional transmission planning
process, how does PJM determine whether to open a proposal window for a
given transmission need?
    c. If a PJM Transmission Owner proposes an upgrade to its existing
transmission facilities to address a local transmission need, does PJM
open a proposal window to solicit other possible solutions to address
the local transmission need that would be addressed by the upgrade?
    d. If a PJM Transmission Owner proposes a new 500 kV transmission
facility to address a local transmission need, does PJM currently open
a proposal window to solicit other possible solutions to address the
local transmission need that would be addressed by PJM Transmission
Owner's proposed new 500 kV transmission facility?
    The technical conference will be led by Commission staff, and is
open to the public. Pre-registration through the Commission's Web site
(https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/11-10-15-form.asp) is
encouraged but not required. The conference will include discussions
responding to Commission staff's questions led by PJM and the PJM
Transmission Owners, with opportunity for questions and comments during
those discussions for participating parties. The specific agenda and
procedures to be followed at the conference will be announced by staff
at the opening of the conference.
    The technical conference will not be transcribed. However, there
will be a free audio cast of the conference. Anyone wishing to listen
to the meeting should send an email to Sarah McKinley at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>by November 3, 2015, to request call-in
information. Please reference ``call information for ER15-1344/1387
technical conference'' in the subject line of the email. The call-in
information will be provided prior to the meeting. Persons listening to
the technical conference may participate by submitting questions,
either prior to or during the technical conference, by emailing
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY); or send a fax to<PHONE_NUMBER> with
the required accommodations.
    Following the technical conference, the Commission will consider
post-technical conference comments submitted on or before December 10,
2015. Reply comments will be due on or before January 7, 2016. The
written comments will be included in the formal record of the
proceeding, which, together with the record developed to date, will
form the basis for further Commission action.
    For more information about this technical conference, please
contact Katherine Scott,<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>
regarding Docket Nos. ER15-1344-001 and ER15-1344-002; Nicole Buell,
202-502-6846<EMAIL_ADDRESS>regarding Docket No. ER15-1387-
001; or Sarah McKinley,<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>
regarding logistical issues.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8392-2]

TSCA Inventory Reset and Inorganic High Production Volume
Challenge Programs; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is convening a public meeting to engage interested
stakeholders in a public dialogue about the development of two
enhancements to the Agency's Chemical Assessment and Management Program
(ChAMP): The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Substance
Inventory Reset (Inventory Reset) and the Inorganic High Production
Volume (IHPV) Challenge programs.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 8, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m.
    You may register for the meeting on or before December 3, 2008. See
Unit III. for additional registration information.
    To request accommodation of a disability, please contact any of the
persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
    Comments may be submitted at the public meeting or directly to
regulations.gov identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785
for the Inventory Reset Program and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for the IHPV
Challenge Program until January 23, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection
Agency, 2777 Crystal Dr. (One Potomac Yard), Rm. S1204, Arlington, VA
22202.
    Requests to make oral comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785 for the Inventory Reset Program and
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for the IHPV Challenge Program, may be submitted
to the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Submit your written comments, identified by docket ID number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2008-0785 for the Inventory Reset Program and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-
0807 for the IHPV Challenge Program, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785 for the Inventory
Reset Program and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for the IHPV Challenge Program.
The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-
2008-0785 for the Inventory Reset Program and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for
the IHPV Challenge Program. EPA's policy is that all comments received
will be included in the docket without change and may be made available
on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through

regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters,
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket
Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: EPA has established two dockets for this action under
docket ID numbers EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785 for the Inventory Reset Program
and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for the IHPV Challenge Program. All documents
in these two dockets are listed in the docket index available at http:/
/www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT
Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at
Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
The EPA/DC Public Reading Room hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone
number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the
telephone number for the OPPT Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Docket visitors
are required to show photographic identification, pass through a metal
detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are processed
through an X-ray machine and subject to search. Visitors will be
provided an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times in the
building and returned upon departure.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address: TSCA-
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For technical information on the Inventory Reset Program contact:
Kenneth Moss, Chemical Control Division (7405M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-9232; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For technical information on the IHPV Challenge Program contact:
Louis Scarano, Risk Assessment Division (7403M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(617) 918-8318; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of particular interest to those persons who manufacture
(including import) or process chemical substances that are subject to
TSCA. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited
to:
    Manufacturers, importers, and processors of chemical substances or
mixtures (NAICS codes 325 and 324110; e.g., chemical manufacturing and
processing and petroleum refineries).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM
that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and
then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific
information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version
of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the
comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be
submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a section
number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Background

A. What is ChAMP?

    ChAMP (see http://www.epa.gov/champ) is EPA's new Chemical
Assessment and Management Program. Under ChAMP, EPA is fulfilling U.S.
commitments made under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North
America (SPP; see http://www.spp.gov). The August 2007 SPP Leaders'
Summit, held in Montebello, Canada, called for cooperation in the areas
of chemicals regulation and information, and outlined commitments made
on behalf of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to work together to
ensure the safe manufacture and use of industrial chemicals. Among
other things, each country is sharing scientific information and
approaches to chemical testing and risk management.
    Under the SPP commitment relating to chemicals, the United States
committed to complete screening-level hazard and risk characterizations
and initiate action, as appropriate, on more than 6,750 chemicals
produced above 25,000 pounds per year by 2012. The U.S. commitment to
complete assessments and initiate needed action

on these chemicals will apply the results of EPA's work on high
production volume (HPV) chemicals (see http://www.epa.gov/chemrtk/
index.htm) and extend similar efforts to moderate production volume
(MPV) chemicals. HPV chemicals are produced in or imported into the
United States in quantities of 1 million pounds or more per year and
MPV chemicals are those produced in or imported into the United States
in quantities between 25,000 and 1 million pounds per year.

B. ChAMP Enhancements Planned by EPA

    On September 24, 2008, EPA outlined progress to date on ChAMP
commitments, as well as the Administrator's decisions on proposed
program enhancements to reset the TSCA Inventory to better reflect the
chemical substances currently being manufactured or processed in the
United States, and to collect health and safety information on IHPV
chemicals (see http://www.epa.gov/champ/pubs/JG.SDA.Speech.pdf). These
decisions were made following stakeholder discussions on these
proposals that were held earlier in 2008 and reflect the comments and
input received from a wide range of stakeholders during those
discussions. See http://www.epa.gov/champ/pubs/
programs.htm#enhancements for more information on these discussions and
the related presentations given by EPA on these topics.
    1. Inventory Reset Program. TSCA section 8(b) requires EPA to
``compile, keep current, and publish a list of each chemical substance
which is manufactured or processed in the United States.'' The basic
purpose of this list, called the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory (or
TSCA Inventory) is to define, for the purpose of TSCA, what chemical
substances presently exist in U.S. commerce. Substances on the TSCA
Inventory are considered to be existing chemical substances. Substances
not included on the TSCA Inventory are considered to be new chemical
substances and are subject to the Premanufacture Notification (PMN)
requirements set forth in TSCA section 5(a)(1).
    The TSCA Inventory supports EPA's TSCA regulatory functions, and as
such, it must accurately identify those chemical substances that exist
in commerce in the United States. Companies also must be certain that
the chemical substances they manufacture or import are on the TSCA
Inventory so that they are in full compliance with TSCA reporting and
inventory listing requirements. There are currently more than 83,000
chemical substances on the TSCA Inventory. EPA is developing an
Inventory Reset Program as a vehicle to keep the TSCA Inventory current
as instructed under TSCA section 8(b) by removing chemical substances
no longer being manufactured or imported. EPA anticipates a program
that would invite companies to certify that they have manufactured or
imported specific chemical substances within an appropriate timeframe
followed by an opportunity for public comment on an updated TSCA
Inventory before completing the reset.
    2. IHPV Challenge Program. EPA is committed to developing a program
to characterize the toxicity, environmental fate, and physicochemical
properties of IHPV chemicals. Inorganic chemical substances are defined
according to the TSCA Inventory Update Rule (IUR) as chemical
substances that do not contain carbon or contain carbon only in the
form of carbonato [=CO3], cyano [-CN], cyanato [-OCN], isocyano [-NC],
or isocyanato [-NCO] groups, or the chalcogen analogues of such groups.
See 40 CFR 710.46(b)(3). Such chemicals substances include metals,
ammonia, minerals, and inorganic acids.
    The Agency intends to begin a phased, multi-year approach to
develop and implement a program for IHPV chemicals similar to that of
the Agency's HPV Challenge Program (see http://www.epa.gov/chemrtk/
index.htm). This would allow for additional stakeholder engagement on
approaches, as well as an opportunity to fully utilize the work
currently underway in the European Union and Canada. The IHPV Challenge
Program would entail industry ``sponsorship'' and commitment to gather
and evaluate available data and to develop an HPV dossier that
describes data gaps and proposes a test plan to fill those gaps.
Currently, EPA anticipates combining the sponsorship approach with a
vigorous use, as needed, of test rules under TSCA section 4 for
unsponsored chemicals or where timely and complete action by the
sponsors does not occur. After collection of the information, EPA would
apply a ChAMP assessment approach (i.e., screening-level hazard and
risk characterizations) to these chemicals which would be followed by
an assessment process for MPV inorganic chemicals.

C. Why is EPA Convening a Public Meeting?

    The Agency will describe its proposed approach to both the
Inventory Reset Program and the IHPV Challenge Program at the December
8, 2008, public meeting and encourages constructive feedback during
that meeting to ensure the program's success. The December 8, 2008,
public meeting is an important part of what is envisioned as a
collaborative development process for the IHPV Challenge and Inventory
Reset programs. As such, the public meeting is intended to further
discussion on these programs and identify additional details and/or
issues for further consideration. At the public meeting, the Agency
will describe its proposed approach to the IHPV Challenge Program and
the options and alternatives EPA is considering for ``resetting'' the
TSCA Inventory. To inform the discussions at the meeting, EPA is
developing a background document on the IHPV Challenge Program,
including websites and descriptions of related international efforts,
and a background document on the Inventory Reset Program. The Agency
intends to post these documents on the ChAMP website (http://
www.epa.gov/champ) the week of November 24, 2008. In addition, the IHPV
document will be available in the Docket at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 and
the Inventory Reset Document at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785. EPA encourages
the public to review these background documents before the meeting and
to participate in the discussion and provide feedback at the meeting.
EPA is soliciting public comment on all aspects of both programs.
    In addition to participating in the discussion at the public
meeting, you may submit additional comments at the public meeting or
directly to the docket until January 23, 2008. EPA will consider the
discussion at the public meeting and all comments received, along with
other relevant information, to further inform the Agency's development
and implementation of these programs.

III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting, for both
or one of the two programs described in this notice, to the respective
technical persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not
submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests
to participate in the meeting, should be identified by docket ID
numbers EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0785 for the Inventory Reset Program and EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2008-0807 for the IHPV Challenge Program, must be received on
or before December 3, 2008. Such requests will assist in planning the
agenda for the meeting to ensure that there is adequate time on the

agenda for those wishing to speak at the meeting, as well as to ensure
that there is adequate seating for everyone. Please note, however, that
members of the public may attend without prior registration.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, High production volume
chemicals, Inorganic chemicals, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, TSCA Inventory, TSCA Inventory Reset.

    Dated: November 17, 2008.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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Panel Members for the Meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP)

to consider and review

Scientific Issues Associated with Worker Reentry Exposure Assessment

December 2-5, 2008

Docket number:  EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0673			OPP Docket Tel:<PHONE_NUMBER>

FIFRA SAP Chair

Janice E. Chambers, Ph.D., DABT, ATS

William L. Giles Distinguished Professor

Director, Center for Environmental Health Sciences

College of Veterinary Medicine

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

Designated Federal Official

Sharlene R. Matten, Ph.D.

US Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Science Coordination & Policy

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel

EPA East Building, MC 7201M

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20460

Tel:<PHONE_NUMBER>, Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>,   HYPERLINK <EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS> FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Members

Kirby C. Donnelly, Ph.D.

Professor and Head

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

School of Rural Public Health

Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

College Station, Texas

Steven G. Heeringa, Ph.D.

Research Scientist & Director for Statistical Design

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Carey N. Pope, Ph.D.

Professor, Head & Sitlington Chair of Toxicology

Department of Physiological Sciences

Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Kenneth M. Portier, Ph.D.

Program Director, Statistics

American Cancer Society

National Home Office

Atlanta, Georgia

Daniel Schlenk, Ph.D.

Professor of Aquatic Ecotoxicology & Environmental Toxicology

Department of Environmental Sciences

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, California

FQPA Science Review Board Members

Dana Boyd Barr, Ph.D.

Chief, Pesticide Laboratory

Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Environmental Health

Atlanta, Georgia

Brian Curwin, Ph.D.

Associate Research Fellow

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cincinnati, Ohio

Paul Y. Hamey, M.Sc.

Principal Scientist, Human Exposure Assessment

Pesticides Safety Directorate

York

United Kingdom

Cynthia J. Hines, Ph.D., CIH

Senior Research Industrial Hygienist

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cincinnati, Ohio

Robert G. Hollingsworth, Ph.D.,

Research Entomologist

USDA-ARS, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center

Hilo, Hawaii

Dallas E. Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

Chensheng (Alex) Lu, Ph.D.

Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology

Department of Environmental Health – Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program

Harvard School of Public Health

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Peter D.M. Macdonald, D.Phil., P.Stat.

Professor of Math & Statistics

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario

CANADA

William J. Popendorf, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biology

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

Barry Wilson, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Animal Science and Department of Environmental Toxicology

University of California

Davis, California


this section, the remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats
the hazardous secondary material shall record the following
information, as applicable to the tank:
    (i) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using a fixed roof to comply with the Tank
Level 1 control requirements specified in Sec.  261.1084(c) of this
subpart shall prepare and maintain records for each determination for
the maximum organic vapor pressure of the hazardous secondary material
in the tank performed in accordance with the requirements of Sec.
261.1084(c) of this subpart. The records shall include the date and
time the samples were collected, the analysis method used, and the
analysis results.
    (ii) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using an internal floating roof to comply
with the Tank Level 2 control requirements specified in Sec.
261.1084(e) of this subpart shall prepare and maintain documentation
describing the floating roof design.
    (iii) Remanufacturer or other persons that store or treat the
hazardous secondary material using an external floating roof to comply
with the Tank Level 2 control requirements specified in Sec.
261.1084(f) of this subpart shall prepare and maintain the following
records:
    (A) Documentation describing the floating roof design and the
dimensions of the tank.
    (B) Records for each seal gap inspection required by Sec.
261.1084(f)(3) of this subpart describing the results of the seal gap
measurements. The records shall include the date that the measurements
were performed, the raw data obtained for the measurements, and the
calculations of the total gap surface area. In the event that the seal
gap measurements do not conform to the specifications in Sec.
261.1084(f)(1) of this subpart, the records shall include a description
of the repairs that were made, the date the repairs were made, and the
date the tank was emptied, if necessary.
    (iv) Each remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using an enclosure to comply with the Tank
Level 2 control requirements specified in Sec.  261.1084(i) of this
subpart shall prepare and maintain the following records:
    (A) Records for the most recent set of calculations and
measurements performed by the remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material to verify that the
enclosure meets the criteria of a permanent total enclosure as
specified in ``Procedure T--Criteria for and Verification of a
Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure'' under 40 CFR 52.741, appendix
B.
    (B) Records required for the closed-vent system and control device
in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using containers with Container Level 3
air emission controls in accordance with the requirements of Sec.
261.1086 of this subpart shall prepare and maintain records that
include the following information:
    (1) Records for the most recent set of calculations and
measurements performed by the remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material to verify that the
enclosure meets the criteria of a permanent total enclosure as
specified in ``Procedure T--Criteria for and Verification of a
Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure'' under 40 CFR 52.741, appendix
B.
    (2) Records required for the closed-vent system and control device
in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section.
    (e) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using a closed-vent system and control
device in accordance with the requirements of Sec.  261.1087 of this
subpart shall prepare and maintain records that include the following
information:
    (1) Documentation for the closed-vent system and control device
that includes:
    (i) Certification that is signed and dated by the remanufacturer or
other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material
stating that the control device is designed to operate at the
performance level documented by a design analysis as specified in
paragraph (e)(1)(ii) of this section or by performance tests as
specified in paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section when the tank or
container is or would be operating at capacity or the highest level
reasonably expected to occur.
    (ii) If a design analysis is used, then design documentation as
specified in Sec.  261.1035(b)(4). The documentation shall include
information prepared by the remanufacturer or other person that stores
or treats the hazardous secondary material or provided by the control
device manufacturer or vendor that describes the control device design
in accordance with Sec.  261.1035(b)(4)(iii) and certification by the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous
secondary material that the control equipment meets the applicable
specifications.
    (iii) If performance tests are used, then a performance test plan
as specified in Sec.  261.1035(b)(3) and all test results.
    (iv) Information as required by Sec. Sec.  261.1035(c)(1) and
261.1035(c)(2), as applicable.
    (v) A remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material shall record, on a semiannual basis, the
information specified in paragraphs (e)(1)(v)(A) and (B) of this
section for those planned routine maintenance operations that would
require the control device not to meet the requirements of Sec.
261.1087(c)(1)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this subpart, as applicable.
    (A) A description of the planned routine maintenance that is
anticipated to be performed for the control device during the next 6-
month period. This description shall include the type of maintenance
necessary, planned frequency of maintenance, and lengths of maintenance
periods.
    (B) A description of the planned routine maintenance that was
performed for the control device during the previous 6-month period.
This description shall include the type of maintenance performed and
the total number of hours during those 6 months that the control device
did not meet the requirements of Sec.  261.1087(c)(1)(i), (ii), or
(iii) of this subpart, as applicable, due to planned routine
maintenance.
    (vi) A remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material shall record the information specified in
paragraphs (e)(1)(vi)(A) through (C) of this section for those
unexpected control device system malfunctions that would require the
control device not to meet the requirements of Sec.  261.1087(c)(1)(i),
(ii), or (iii) of this subpart, as applicable.
    (A) The occurrence and duration of each malfunction of the control
device system.
    (B) The duration of each period during a malfunction when gases,
vapors, or fumes are vented from the hazardous secondary material
management unit through the closed-vent system to the control device
while the control device is not properly functioning.

    (C) Actions taken during periods of malfunction to restore a
malfunctioning control device to its normal or usual manner of
operation.
    (vii) Records of the management of carbon removed from a carbon
adsorption system conducted in accordance with Sec.  261.1087(c)(3)(ii)
of this subpart.
    (f) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material using a tank or container exempted under
the hazardous secondary material organic concentration conditions
specified in Sec.  261.1082(c)(1) or (c)(2)(i) through (vi) of this
subpart, shall prepare and maintain at the facility records documenting
the information used for each material determination (e.g., test
results, measurements, calculations, and other documentation). If
analysis results for material samples are used for the material
determination, then the remanufacturer or other person that stores or
treats the hazardous secondary material shall record the date, time,
and location that each material sample is collected in accordance with
applicable requirements of Sec.  261.1083 of this subpart.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (g) A remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material designating a cover as ``unsafe to inspect
and monitor'' pursuant to Sec.  261.1084(l) or Sec.  261.1085(g) of
this subpart shall record and keep at facility the following
information: The identification numbers for hazardous secondary
material management units with covers that are designated as ``unsafe
to inspect and monitor,'' the explanation for each cover stating why
the cover is unsafe to inspect and monitor, and the plan and schedule
for inspecting and monitoring each cover.
    (h) The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material that is subject to this subpart and to the
control device standards in 40 CFR part 60, subpart VV, or 40 CFR part
61, subpart V, may elect to demonstrate compliance with the applicable
sections of this subpart by documentation either pursuant to this
subpart, or pursuant to the provisions of 40 CFR part 60, subpart VV or
40 CFR part 61, subpart V, to the extent that the documentation
required by 40 CFR parts 60 or 61 duplicates the documentation required
by this section.

Sec.  261.1090  [Reserved]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004; FRL-11580-01-OCSPP]

Access to Confidential Business Information by Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its contractor Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) (a Division of the American Chemical Society) of Columbus, OH to
access information which has been submitted to EPA under all Sections
of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may
be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data will occur no sooner than
December 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For technical information contact: Colby Lintner or Adam Schwoerer,
Program Management and Operations Division (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-8182; email address: [email protected] or<PHONE_NUMBER>;
[email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may,
however, be of interest to all who manufacture, process, or distribute
industrial chemicals. Because other entities may also be interested,
the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that
may be affected by this action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Docket (OPPT Docket), Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center
(EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-
0280. For the latest status information on EPA/DC services and docket
access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    Under contract number 68HERC24C0037, contractor CAS located at 2540
Olentangy River RD, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210-0012 will provide
technical support in the area of chemical identification, chemical
characterization, and chemical nomenclature for new chemical review and
for the updating and maintenance of the Inventory. In accordance with
40 CFR 2.306(j), EPA has determined that under EPA contract number
68HERC24C0037, CAS will require access to CBI submitted under all
Sections of TSCA to perform successfully the duties specified under the
contract. CAS personnel will be given access to information claimed or
determined to be CBI information submitted to EPA under all sections of
TSCA.
    EPA is issuing this notice to inform all submitters of information
under all Sections of TSCA that EPA will provide CAS access to these
CBI materials on a need-to-know basis only. All access to TSCA CBI
under this contract will take place at EPA Headquarters and CAS, site
located at 2540 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, Ohio in accordance with
EPA's TSCA CBI Protection Manual and the Rules of Behavior for Virtual
Desktop Access to OPPT Materials, including TSCA CBI.
    Access to TSCA data, including CBI, will continue until October 31,
2028. If the contract is extended, this access will also continue for
the duration of the extended contract without further notice.
    CAS' personnel will be required to sign nondisclosure agreements
and will be briefed on specific security procedures for TSCA CBI.
    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: November 29, 2023.
Pamela Myrick,
Director, Project Management and Operations Division, Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION IX AIR DIVISION

Technical Support Document

for the

California State Implementation Plan

El Dorado County Air Quality Management District,

Negative Declarations for Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG)

Source Categories

Adopted December 11, 2012

Prepared by: Stanley Tong

November 2013

RULE IDENTIFICATION -

Agency:			El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (EDAQMD)

SIP Approved Version:	There is no previous version of this document in
the SIP

Subject of this TSD:	EDAQMD Negative Declarations

				Adopted 	– December 11, 2012

				Submitted 	– September 30, 2013

BACKGROUND -

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the
presence of sunlight can lead to the formation of ground-level ozone or
“smog” which can result in significant impacts to human health and
the environment. Section 182 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires areas
that are classified as moderate or above for ozone nonattainment to
implement reasonably available control technology (RACT) for specific
types of sources. The El Dorado County Air Quality Management District
(EDAQMD) falls under this requirement as it is classified as a severe
ozone nonattainment area for the 1997 8-hour national ambient air
quality standard (“NAAQS”) for ozone (40 CFR 81.305).

Under CAA § 182(b)(2) and (f), EDAQMD must, at a minimum, adopt RACT
level controls for sources covered by a Control Techniques Guidelines
(CTG) document and for any other major stationary source of VOCs or NOx.
Alternatively, areas may adopt a negative declaration documenting that
the air district has no stationary sources or emitting facilities
subject to the CTG documents. The negative declaration must go through
the same public review requirements as any other SIP submittal.

SUBMITTAL SUMMARY -

EDAQMD analyzed its rules to determine if they satisfied RACT for the
1997 8-hour ozone standard. The District documented its findings in a
staff report, RACT SIP Update Analysis "2006 RACT SIP" and submitted its
analysis along with a number of negative declarations to EPA as a SIP
revision. EPA's review of EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP identified three
additional CTG source categories where it appeared EDAQMD had sources
below the CTG's applicability threshold and could therefore submit a
negative declaration in lieu of adopting or amending a RACT rule. EDAQMD
submitted the following negative declarations:

1. Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts

EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP states that the District has non-major source(s)
in this CTG category and recommended adoption of a rule to limit VOC
emissions since the District did not have a rule covering this CTG
category. EPA's rulemaking proposing to approve EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP
analysis identified that the subject facilities did not exceed the
applicability threshold for the Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products
CTG and recommended EDAQMD submit a negative declaration for this source
category.

2. Solvent Metal Cleaning

EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP states that District Rule 225 – Organic Solvent
Cleaning and Degreasing meets the 1977 solvent cleaning CTG. EPA's
evaluation of Rule 225 concluded that the rule could be improved to more
closely match VOC solvent cleaning limits in nearby air districts with a
similar ozone non-attainment classification, but that it was not
required to meet RACT since the District's sources were below the 1977
CTG's applicability threshold. Our proposed approval of EDAQMD's 2006
RACT SIP recommended the District submit a negative declaration for this
category and suggested the District consider updating its rule.

3. Graphic Arts – Rotogravure and Flexography

EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP states that District Rule 231 – Graphic Arts
meets RACT. EPA's evaluation of Rule 231 concluded that the District did
not appear to have any graphic arts facilities that exceeded the 100 tpy
applicability threshold of the Rotogravure and Flexography CTG. Our
proposed approval of EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP recommended the District
submit a negative declaration for this category and suggested the
District also review the 2006 Lithographic, Letterpress and Flexible
Package Printing CTG to determine if there are facilities subject to its
lower applicability threshold of 15 lb/day or 2.7 tpy.

EDAQMD reviewed its permit database and files and conducted public
outreach inviting public comment on the District's conclusion that there
are no sources or reasonably foreseeable sources within the District to
which the above CTGs apply. No comments were received by EDAQMD during
the 30 day public comment period.

EPA EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTION -

In lieu of adopting RACT rules, Districts may adopt negative
declarations for CTG source categories if there are no sources in the
District covered by the CTG documents.

EPA has evaluated the appropriate background and submittal
documentation, including our original recommendation to EDAQMD to submit
negative declarations on the following CTGs.

CTG Source Category	Negative Declaration – CTG Reference Document

Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products	EPA-450/2-78-015 – Control of
VOC Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources, Volume VI: Surface
Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products

Solvent Metal Cleaning	EPA-450/2-77-022 – Control of VOC Emissions
from Solvent Metal Cleaning

Graphic Arts – Rotogravure and Flexography	EPA-450/2-78-033 –
Control of VOC Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources, Volume VIII:
Graphic Arts – Rotogravure and Flexography

EPA is approving these negative declarations submitted on September 30,
2013 under section 110(k)(3) as meeting the requirements of section 110
and Part D of the CAA as amended in 1990.

REFERENCES -

1.  El Dorado County Air Quality Management District Reasonably
Available Control Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Update Analysis Staff Report, dated December 15, 2006, adopted February
6, 2007; submitted July 11, 2007.

2. EPA proposed approval of EDAQMD 2006 RACT SIP. 78 FR 63934 (October
25, 2013).

3. EPA's TSD supporting proposed approval of EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP.

4. Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and
Deviations: Clarification to Appendix D of November 24, 1987 FEDERAL
REGISTER, May 25, 1988, Revised January 11, 1990 ("The Blue Book").

5. September 7, 1978 memo from Rhoads to EPA Regions, Clarification of
Degreasing Regulation Requirements.

6. EPA-450/2-78-015 – Control of VOC Emissions from Existing
Stationary Sources, Volume VI: Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal
Parts and Products.

7. EPA-450/2-77-022 – Control of VOC Emissions from Solvent Metal
Cleaning.

8. EPA-450/2-78-033 – Control of VOC Emissions from Existing
Stationary Sources, Volume VIII: Graphic Arts – Rotogravure and
Flexography.

 See Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; El Dorado
County Air Quality Management District; Reasonably Available Control
Technology for Ozone, Proposed Rule; 78 FR 63934 (October 25, 2013).

 See EDAQMD 2006 RACT SIP page 10, Part 4.

 See 78 FR 63934 (October 25, 2013). One facility emitted 0.24 tons and
0.28 tons of VOCs in 2010 and 2011 and another facility emitted 0.7 tons
of VOCs in 2011, well below the CTG’s applicability threshold of 10
tons per year.

 See TSD accompanying proposed approval of EDAQMD's 2006 RACT SIP. 78 FR
63934 (October 25, 2013).

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Dockets No. FMCSA-2017-0243, FMCSA-2017-0296, FMCSA-2017-0337, FMCSA-
2017-0340, FMCSA-2017-0342, FMCSA-2017-0356, FMCSA-2017-0361, FMCSA-
2017-0373, FMCSA-2018-0003, FMCSA-2017-0336]

Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers; Applications for Exemption
From the Electronic Logging Device Rule

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

ACTION: Notice of final disposition: Denial of applications for
exemption; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published its
decision in the Federal Register of December 7, 2018, to deny 10
applicants an exemption from the hours-of-service electronic logging
device rule. Due to an error, the name of the first applicant listed in
that publication was twice misstated. This notice makes it clear that
the name of the first applicant is Power & Communication Contractors
Association.

DATES: Applicable on December 7, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this
notice, contact Ms. Pearlie Robinson, FMCSA Driver and Carrier
Operations Division; Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety
Standards; Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>. Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>If you have
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, contact
Docket Services, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Correction

    In the Federal Register of December 7, 2018, correct page 63194 as
follows: In the first column, correct the name of the first applicant
listed in the Summary second sentence to read ``Power & Communication
Contractors Association.'' In the third column, correct the subheading
to read, ``Power & Communication Contractors Association.''

    Issued on: March 20, 2019.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER10-769-000]

Glenwood Energy Partners, Ltd.; Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization

February 25, 2010.
    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
Glenwood Energy Partners, Ltd.'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 March 17, 2010.
    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
14 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 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>.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

February 19, 2010.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER02-1633-007; ER04-1099-007; ER03-25-006; ER00-38-
010; ER00-1115-011; ER00-3562-012; ER06-755-006; ER04-831-008; ER02-
1367-007; ER03-446-008; ER03-342-008; ER03-341-007; ER06-749-006; ER03-
209-008; ER05-819-006; ER05-820-006; ER06-751-007; ER02-1959-008; ER06-
753-005; ER02-2227-010; ER06-441-005; ER02-600-011; ER99-1983-009;
ER01-2688-013; ER02-2229-009; ER09-1084-003; ER06-741-006; ER03-24-009;
ER06-756-006; ER04-1221-006; ER05-67-006; ER01-480-009; ER06-750-006;
ER06-742-006; ER09-71-003; ER05-68-006; ER04-1081-006; ER06-752-006;
ER03-838-009; ER03-49-008; ER99-970-010; ER03-1288-006; ER07-

1335-006; ER01-2887-010; ER04-1100-007; ER02-1319-009
    Applicants: Calpine Energy Services, L.P., CARVILLE ENERGY LLC,
Columbia Energy LLC, Bethpage Energy Center 3, LLC, TBG COGEN PARTNERS,
Santa Rosa Energy Center, LLC, Blue Spruce Energy Center, LLC, South
Point Energy Center, LLC, Delta Energy Center, LLC, Calpine
Construction Finance Company, LP, Calpine Newark, LLC, Calpine
Philadelphia, Inc, KIAC PARTNERS,NISSEQUOGUE COGEN PARTNERS, Geysers
Power Company, LLC, Otay Mesa Energy Center, LLC, Calpine Power
America--CA, LLC, Calpine Power America--OR, LLC,CES Marketing IX,
LLC,CES Marketing V, L.P.,CES Marketing X, LLC, PCF2, LLC, Mankato
Energy Center, LLC, Riverside Energy Center, LLC, RockGen Energy, LLC,
Auburndale Peaker Energy Center, L.L.C., Zion Energy LLC, Rocky
Mountain Energy Center, LLC, Pine Bluff Energy, LLC, Pastoria Energy
Center, LLC, Morgan Energy Center, LLC, MOBILE ENERGY LLC, Metcalf
Energy Center, LLC, Los Medanos Energy Center LLC, Los Esteros Critical
Energy Facility LLC, Hermiston Power, LLC, Goose Haven Energy Center,
LLC, Gilroy Energy Center, LLC, Decatur Energy Center, LLC, Creed
Energy Center, LLC,CPN Pryor Funding Corporation, Calpine Oneta Power,
LP, Calpine Gilroy Cogen, L.P., BROAD RIVER ENERGY LLC, Power Contract
Financing, L.L.C., CPN BETHPAGE 3RD TURBINE, INC
    Description: Supplement to Clarify October 30, 2009 Quarterly
Report Pursuant to 18 CFR 35.42(d) on behalf of Auburndale Peaker
Energy Center, L.L.C., et al.
    Filed Date: 02/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100216-5230.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 9, 2010

    Docket Numbers: ER02-1633-006; ER04-1099-006; ER03-25-005; ER00-38-
009; ER00-1115-009, ER00-3562-010; ER06-755-004; ER04-831-007; ER02-
1367-006; ER03-446-007; ER03-342-006; ER03-341-006; ER06-749-005; ER03-
209-007; ER05-819-005; ER05-820-005; ER06-751-006; ER02-1959-007; ER06-
753-004; ER02-2227-008; ER06-441-004; ER02-600-009; ER99-1983-007;
ER01-2688-011; ER02-2229-007; ER09-1084-002; ER06-741-005; ER03-24-007;
ER06-756-004; ER04-1221-005; ER05-67-004; ER01-480-008; ER06-750-005;
ER06-742-005; ER09-71-001; ER05-68-004; ER04-1081-005; ER06-752-005;
ER03-838-007; ER03-49-007; ER99-970-009; ER03-1288-005; ER07-1335-005;
ER01-2887-008; ER04-1100-006; ER02-1319-008
    Applicants: Calpine Energy Services, L.P.,CARVILLE ENERGY LLC,
Columbia Energy LLC, Bethpage Energy Center 3, LLC, Santa Rosa Energy
Center, LLC, Blue Spruce Energy Center, LLC, South Point Energy Center,
LLC, Delta Energy Center, LLC, Calpine Construction Finance Company,
LP, Calpine Newark, LLC, Calpine Philadelphia, Inc, KIAC PARTNERS,
NISSEQUOGUE COGEN PARTNERS, Geysers Power Company, LLC, Otay Mesa
Energy Center, LLC, Calpine Power America--CA, LLC, Calpine Power
America--OR, LLC, CES Marketing IX, LLC, CES Marketing V, L.P., CES
Marketing X, LLC, PCF2, LLC, POWER CONTRACT FINANCING, LLC, Mankato
Energy Center, LLC, Riverside Energy Center, LLC, Auburndale Peaker
Energy Center, L.L.C., TBG COGEN PARTNERS, Zion Energy LLC, Rocky
Mountain Energy Center, LLC, ROCKGEN ENERGY LLC, Pine Bluff Energy,
LLC, Pastoria Energy Center, LLC, Morgan Energy Center, LLC, MOBILE
ENERGY LLC, Metcalf Energy Center, LLC, Los Medanos Energy Center LLC,
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility LLC, Hermiston Power, LLC, Goose
Haven Energy Center, LLC, Gilroy Energy Center, LLC, Decatur Energy
Center, LLC, Creed Energy Center, LLC, CPN Pryor Funding Corporation,
CPN Bethpage 3rd Turbine Inc., Calpine Oneta Power, LP, Calpine Gilroy
Cogen, L.P., BROAD RIVER ENERGY LLC
    Description: Supplement to Clarify July 30, 2009 Quarterly Report
Pursuant to 18 CFR 35.42(d) of Auburndale Peaker Energy Center, L.L.C.,
et al.
    Filed Date: 02/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100216-5214.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-313-006; ER08-923-005; ER08-1307-004; ER08-
1308-006; ER08-1357-004; ER08-1358-004; ER08-1359-004.
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc.
    Description: Compliance Refund Report of Xcel Energy Services Inc.
    Filed Date: 02/18/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100218-5083.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 11, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-253-000; EL10-14-000.
    Applicants: Primary Power, LLC.
    Description: Primary Power, LLC submits response to the 1/7/10
letter issued re Request for Information.
    Filed Date: 02/12/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100216-0056.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 5, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-382-001.
    Applicants: Florida Power Corporation.
    Description: Florida Power Corporation submits an amendment to the
12/2/09 filing of an agreement with Seminole Electric Coop. Inc, which
was designated Rate Schedule 211 etc.
    Filed Date: 02/17/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100217-0237.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 1, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-715-000; ER10-715-002.
    Applicants: Llano Estacado Wind, LLC.
    Description: On 1/28/2010 Llano Estacado Wind LLC submits a notice
of succession and on 2/18/2010 submits updated market based rate tariff
to reflect its conversion from a limited partnership to a limited
liability company effective as of 12/31/09.
    Filed Date: 01/28/2010, 2/18/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100203-0214; 20100219-0202.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 11, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-717-000.
    Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
    Description: Westar Energy, Inc. submits First Revised Sheets 23 et
al. to Rate Schedule 326 et al.
    Filed Date: 02/03/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100204-0211.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-726-000.
    Applicants: DPL Energy Resources, Inc.
    Description: DPL Energy Resources, Inc. submits an application for
market based rate authorization and request for waivers and blanket
approvals.
    Filed Date: 02/18/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100219-0213.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 11, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-728-000.
    Applicants: Viridian Energy NJ LLC.
    Description: Viridian Energy NJ LLC submits the petition for
Acceptance of Initial Tariff, Waivers and Blanket Authority.
    Filed Date: 02/17/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100218-0204.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-735-000.
    Applicants: S.J. Energy Partners, Inc.
    Description: S.J. Energy Partners, Inc. Petition for Acceptance of
Initial Tariff, Waivers and Blanket Authorization, Rate Schedule FERC
1, to be effective 4/20/10.
    Filed Date: 02/18/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100219-0212.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 11, 2010.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings

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) on or
before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not
necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a
compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket.
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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In
reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or
protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served
on persons other than the Applicant.
    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
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also 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 dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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