                             SUPPORTING STATEMENT
                        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS - WOOL FIBERGLASS MANUFACTURING AT MAJOR SOURCES (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN)

Part A of the Supporting Statement

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a)  Title and Number of the Information Collection

	National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants - Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing at Major Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN), EPA ICR Number XXXX.XX.XX, OMB Control Number XXXX-XXXX.

 	1(b) 	Short Characterization/Abstract

      The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing source category (40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN) were originally promulgated in 1999.  Subpart NNN applies to each wool fiberglass manufacturing facility that is a major source of HAP emissions, as defined in 40 CFR Part 63.2, and the subpart regulates emissions from each existing or new glass-melting furnace and flame attenuation (FA) and rotary spin (RS) lines that manufacture a bonded product.

      In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated amendments to the NESHAP standards for glass-melting furnaces and FA lines based on the EPA's risk and technology review (RTR) of the 1999 NESHAP.  However, because of the data available at that time to EPA did not represent contemporaneous operation of RS lines, the EPA decided to obtain updated emissions and process data from wool fiberglass facilities that operate bonded RS lines, and to promulgate amendments to the RS line standards based on the new data.

      This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the information collection requirements in the EPA's proposed amendments for bonded RS lines.  The proposed NESHAP amendments for bonded RS lines would establish revised formaldehyde emissions limits and first-time emissions limits for methanol.  The proposed amendments would also establish work practice standards for phenol emissions that require facilities to record the free-phenol content of the resin used during the initial performance test and to maintain records of the free-phenol content of each resin shipment received and of each resin used in binder formulation. The proposed formaldehyde and methanol emission limits for bonded RS lines are currently being met by all facilities; therefore, the proposed amendments would not require facilities to conduct performance tests to demonstrate compliance.  There are three facilities currently using RS lines to manufacture bonded wool fiberglass products and we estimate that the three facilities are major sources of HAP emissions and are subject to subpart NNN requirements.

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      Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records.  All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority.  If there is not a delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
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2.  Need for and Use of the Collection

	2(a)  Need/Authority for the Collection

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      The EPA is charged under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of hazardous air pollutants.  These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of HAP and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. In addition, CAA section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:
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            (A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with CAA Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.
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      In the Administrator's judgment, HAP emissions from wool fiberglass manufacturing facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.  Therefore, the NESHAP was promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN.

      2(b)	Practical Utility/Users of the Data

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      The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the proposed standards for bonded RS lines ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which where promulgated in accordance with the CAA.  The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.
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      The proposed amendments do not require affected facilities to purchase new monitoring systems or to conduct new performance testing to demonstrate compliance with the emission limits.  The notifications required in the standard(s) are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations.  The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the air pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and the standard(s) are being met.
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      The required semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.

3.  Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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      The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN.

      3(a)  Nonduplication

      If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office.  Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated state or local agency.  If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards.  Therefore, no duplication exists.

      3 (b)  Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

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      This section is not applicable because this is a rule-related ICR.

      3(c)	Consultations
      The proposed amendments were developed in consultation with individual companies, state agencies, and trade associations.  The non-EPA persons consulted on the information collection activities are identified in Table 1.

      TABLE 1: PERSONS CONSULTED ON THE INFORMATION COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
                                    Contact
                                 Organization
                                 Telephone No.
                                  Angus Crane
              North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
<PHONE_NUMBER>
                                  Chris Mahin
                               Knauf Insulation
<PHONE_NUMBER>
                            Robin Bennett-Edminston
                                 Owens Corning
<PHONE_NUMBER>
                                   Don Adams
                               Knauf Insulation
<PHONE_NUMBER>
                                  Brent Tracy
                                Johns Manville
<PHONE_NUMBER>

      3(d)	Effects of Less Frequent Collection

      Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet the standards.  Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are applied and emission limitations are met.  If the information required by these standards was collected less frequently, the proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.

      3(e)  General Guidelines

	These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.  These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and notifications for at least five years.  This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to the standards.  The EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based.  The retention of records for five years allows the EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, any pattern of non-compliance and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action.  The EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years.  In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to the destruction or nonexistence of essential records.

      3(f)  Confidentiality

	Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

      3(g)  Sensitive Questions

	The reporting and recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive questions.

4.  The Respondents and the Information Requested

	4(a)	Respondents/SIC Codes

      The respondents to the proposed recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners or operators of any existing, new, or reconstructed bonded RS line operating at a wool fiberglass manufacturing facility.
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      The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3296 which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 327993 for Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing.

      4(b) Information Requested

	(i)  Data Items

      The total annual burden attributable to this ICR includes reading the proposed amendments to the NESHAP, submitting the initial notification of NESHAP applicability, submitting the notification of compliance status, and the recordkeeping requirements associated with the work practices standards for phenol.  All other recordkeeping and reporting activities are already accounted for in the ICR prepared for the final 2015 amendments to the NESHAP.

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      A source must make the following reports:
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Notifications
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Applicability
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63.9(b), 63.1386(a)(2)
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Compliance status
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63.9(g), 63.1386(a)(7)
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      A source must keep the following records:
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Recordkeeping
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Notifications and reports
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63.10(b)(2)(xiv), 63.1386(d)
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Free-phenol content of resin used during initial performance test, each resin shipment received, and each resin used in binder formulation
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63.6(h)(6), 63.1382(c)(9), 63.1383(j)
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Records are required to be retained for five years
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63.10(b)(1), 63.1386(d)(1)(i)
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      Electronic Reporting
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      Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data.  Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.
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      Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically.  However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used.  At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.

	(ii)  Respondent Activities
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Respondent Activities
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Read instructions.
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Write the notifications and reports listed above.
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Enter information required to be recorded above.
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Submit the required reports utilizing technology and systems for collecting, validating, and verifying information.
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Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

5.  The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management

      5(a)  Agency Activities

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      The EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the information required in the proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNN.
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Agency Activities
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Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.
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Audit facility records.
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Input, analyze, and maintain data in the online Air Facility System (AFS).
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      5(b)  Collection Methodology and Management

	Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs of the delegated permitting authority.  The EPA is the permitting authority until the state agency is delegated authority to implement the proposed amendments to the rule.  Therefore, information contained in any report submitted to the Regional Administrator will be entered into the AFS, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  The AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities.  The EPA uses the AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters.  The EPA and its delegated authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

      5(c)  Small Entity Flexibility

	The Small Business Administration defines a small entity engaging in wool fiberglass manufacturing operations as a firm having no more than 1,500 employees.  There are three companies operating six bonded RS lines at wool fiberglass manufacturing facilities that are expected to be affected by this rule and none of the companies are small businesses.  Therefore, the proposed amendments would not result in significant adverse impacts on any small entities. The proposed amendments would create new requirements associated with notification and reporting requirements.

      5(d)  Collection Schedule

	The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown below in Table 2: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants  -  Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing at Major Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN).

6.  Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

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      Table 2 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR.  The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.  Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified.  Responses to this information collection are mandatory.
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      The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

	6(a)  Estimating Respondent Burden

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	The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 58.65 hours (Total Labor Hours from Table 2).   These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.

	6(b)  Estimating Respondent Costs

	The information collection activities for the proposed amendments to the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing NESHAP are presented in Table 2.  Because the data are already collected by respondents as part of normal operations, no respondent development costs are associated with the information collection activities.

      (i)  Estimating Labor Costs

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      This ICR uses the following labor rates:
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            Managerial	$112.94 ($53.78 + 110%)
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            Technical	$75.68 ($36.04 + 110%)
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            Clerical	$45.00 ($21.43 + 110%)
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These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016 available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_327200.htm#17-0000.  Wages for technical labor are based on "NAICS 327200 - Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing, Architecture and Engineering Occupations."  Wages for management labor are taken from "NAICS 327200 - Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing, Management Occupations."  Wages for clerical labor are based on "NAICS 327200 - Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing, Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks."  These rates represent salaries plus fringe benefits and do not include the cost of overhead.  An overhead rate of 110 percent is used to account for these costs.

	(ii)  Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

      No capital costs or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs are associated with the information collection requirements of the proposed amendments to the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing NESHAP.  The proposed amendments do not require affected facilities to purchase new monitoring systems or to conduct new performance testing to demonstrate compliance with the emission limits.

	(iii)  Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance Costs

      The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the proposed amendments are labor costs.  No capital/startup or O&M costs are associated with the information collection requirements for the proposed amendments to the Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing NESHAP.

      6(c)  Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

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      The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information.  The EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information.
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $162 (rounded).  This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

		Managerial	$64.80 (GS-13, Step 5, $40.50 + 60%)
		Technical	$48.08 (GS-12, Step 1, $30.05 + 60%)
		Clerical	$26.02 (GS-6, Step 3, $16.26 + 60%)
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These rates, which exclude locality rates of pay, are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2017 General Schedule (see Salary Table 2017-GS at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2017/GS_h.pdf).  These rates were increased by 60 percent to include fringe benefits and overhead.

      6(d)  Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

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      Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, three existing respondents will be subject to the standard.  No new major sources are expected during the next 3 years.  The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 3 per year.
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      The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR.
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Number of Respondents

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Year

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(A)
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Number of New Respondents [1]

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(B)
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Number of Existing Respondents

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(C)
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Number of Existing Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports
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(D)
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Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents

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(E)
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Number of Respondents
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(E=A+B+C-D)
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1
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0
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3
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0
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0
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3
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2
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0
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3
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0
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0
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3
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3
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0
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3
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0
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0
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3
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Average
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3
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      [1] New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. In this standard, existing respondents submit initial notifications, notifications of compliance status, and semiannual summary reports.
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      Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents.  As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 3.
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      The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:
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Total Annual Responses
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(A)
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Information Collection Activity
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(B)
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Number of Respondents
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(C)
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Number of Responses
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(D)
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Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records, But Do Not Submit Reports
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(E)
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Total Annual Responses
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E=(BxC)+D
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Notification of applicability
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3
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1
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0
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3
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Notification of compliance status
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3
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1
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0
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3
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Total
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      The number of Total Annual Responses is 12.

      The total annual labor costs are $4,377 (rounded).  Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 2: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants  -  Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing at Major Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN).

      6(e)  Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

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      The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 2 and 3 below, respectively, and summarized below.

      (i)  Respondent Tally

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      The total annual labor hours are 58.65 hours.  Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 2.  Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants  -  Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing at Major Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN).
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      No capital costs associated with compliance testing, monitoring, and reporting are expected for the proposed amendments.

	(ii)  The Agency Tally

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      The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 3.45 labor hours at a cost of $162 (rounded).  See Table 3: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants  -  Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing at Major Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNN).

      6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden

	This section does not apply because this is a new ICR.

      6(g)  Burden Statement

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      Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency.  This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
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      An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number.  The OMB Control Numbers for EPA regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, the EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-1042.  An electronic version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov/ which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically.  When in the system, select "search," then key in the docket ID number identified in this document.  The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The EPA Docket Center 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 Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the docket center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.  Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA.  Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-1042 and OMB Control Number 2060-0359 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

	This section is not applicable because statistical methods were not used in collecting this information.

TABLE 2: ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN AND COST  -  NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS - WOOL FIBERGLASS MANUFACTURING AT MAJOR SOURCES (40 CFR, PART 63, SUBPART NNN)
                                  Burden item
                                     (A)
                          Person-hours per occurrence
                                     (B)
                       No. of occurrences per respondent
                                     (C)
                      Person-hours per respondent (C=A*B)
                           (D) Respondents per year
                                     (E)
                    Technical person-hours per year (E=C*D)
                                     (F)
                       Management person-hours per year
                                    (E*0.05)
                                     (G)
                    Clerical person-hours per year (E*0.1)
                                     (H)
                                  Cost[a], $
1.  Applications
                                      N/A

2.  Surveys and Studies
                                      N/A

3.  Acquisition, Installation, and Utilization of Technology and Systems
                                      N/A

4.  Reporting Requirements

A.  Read instructions[b]
                                       1
                                       1
                                       1
                                       3
                                       3
                                     0.15
                                      0.3
                                    $257.49

B.  Required activities (compliance testing)
                                      N/A

C.  Create information
                                      N/A

D.  Gather existing information
                                       1
                                       1
                                       1
                                       3
                                       3
                                     0.15
                                      0.3
                                    $257.49

E.  Write report
                                       1
                                       1
                                       1
                                       3
                                       3
                                     0.15
                                      0.3
                                    $257.49
5.  Recordkeeping Requirements

A.  Read instructions
                                    See 4A

B.  Plan activities
                                      N/A

C.  Implement activities
                                      N/A

D.  Develop record system
                                      N/A

E.  Time to enter information[c]
                                      0.5
                                      12
                                       6
                                       3
                                      18
                                      0.9
                                      1.8
                                   $1,544.96

F.  Time to train personnel
                                      N/A

G.  Time to adjust existing ways to comply with previously applicable requirements
                                      N/A

H.  Time to transmit or disclose information[d]
                                       4
                                       2
                                       8
                                       3
                                      24
                                      1.2
                                      2.4
                                   $2,059.95

I.  Time for audits
                                      N/A

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (SALARY)

                                      51
                                     2.55
                                      5.1
                                   $4,377.39
TOTAL NUMBER OF ANNUAL RESPONSES

ANNUAL CAPITAL COSTS[e]

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COSTS

                                   $4,377.39
N/A = Not applicable.
[a]  This ICR uses the following labor rates: $112.94 for managerial labor, $75.68 for technical labor, and $45.00 for clerical labor.  These rates are based on the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016.
b  There are an estimated 3 existing facilities, and no new facilities are expected during the 3-yr period of this ICR.
[c]  Assumes 0.5 hr/month to comply with the proposed amendments for RS lines.
[d]  Assumes 4 hrs every 6 months to prepare semiannual report for RS lines in 3[rd] year of this ICR.
[e]  The recordkeeping requirements of the proposed amendments do not have any associated capital costs.

TABLE 3:   AVERAGE ANNUAL EPA BURDEN AND COST  -  NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS - WOOL FIBERGLASS MANUFACTURING AT MAJOR SOURCES (40 CFR, PART 63, SUBPART NNN)
                                  Burden item
                                     (A)
                          Person-hours per occurrence
                        (B) Occurrences per respondent
                                     (C)
                         EPA person-hours/year (C=A*B)
                                     (D)
                              Facilities per year
                                     (E)
                      Technical person-hours/year (E=C*D)
                                     (F)
                   Management   person-hours/year (F=0.05*E)
                                     (G)
                     Clerical person-hours/year (G=0.1*E)
                                      (H)
                                  Cost[a], $
Report Review:

   Review initial notifications and notifications of compliance status for RS manufacturing lines[b]
                                       1
                                       1
                                       1
                                       3
                                       3
                                     0.15
                                      0.3
                                    $161.76
TOTAL BURDEN AND COST

                                    $161.76
[a]   This ICR uses the following average hourly labor rates: $64.80 for managerial (GS-13, Step 5), $48.08 (GS-12, Step 1) for technical, and $26.02 (GS-6, Step 3) for clerical.  These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2017 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay.
[b] Assumes Agency will review all the notifications.


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 23499]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09265]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2016-N-0832]

Phibro Animal Health Corp.; Carbadox in Medicated Swine Feed;
Opportunity for Hearing; Correction

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for hearing; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice
that appeared in the Federal Register on April 12, 2016 (81 FR 21559).
The document announced an opportunity for a hearing on FDA's Center for
Veterinary Medicine's proposal to withdraw approval of all new animal
drug applications providing for use of carbadox in medicated swine feed
and contained an incorrect telephone number for the individual to be
contacted for further information. The address for Phibro Animal Health
Corp. was also incorrect. This document corrects those errors.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vernon Toelle, Center for Veterinary
Medicine (HFV-234), 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-
7001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 2016-08327, appearing on page
21559 in the Federal Register of Tuesday, April 12, 2016, the following
corrections are made:
    1. On page 21560, in the second column, in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph, the telephone number is corrected to
read ``240-402-7001''.
    2. On page 21560, in the third column, in the first paragraph, the
address for Phibro Animal Health Corp. is corrected to read
``GlenPointe Centre East, 3d floor, 300 Frank W. Burr Blvd., suite 21,
Teaneck, NJ 07666''.
    3. On page 21572, in the first column, in the third paragraph, the
address for Phibro Animal Health Corp. is corrected to read
``GlenPointe Centre East, 3d floor, 300 Frank W. Burr Blvd., suite 21,
Teaneck, NJ 07666''.

    Dated: April 18, 2016.
Tracey Forfa,
Acting Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
[FR Doc. 2016-09265 Filed 4-20-16; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2492-2493]
[FR Doc No: 2012-797]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Parts 172, 173, 178, and 180

[Docket No. FDA-2010-F-0320]

United States Pharmacopeial Convention; Filing of Food Additive
Petition; Amendment

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of petition.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the filing
notice for a food additive petition filed by the U.S. Pharmacopeial
Convention requesting that the food additive regulations that
incorporate by reference food-grade specifications from prior editions
of the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) be amended to incorporate by
reference food-grade specifications from the FCC, 7th Edition.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the petitioner's
environmental assessment by February 17, 2012.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mical E. Honigfort, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register on August 10, 2010 (75 FR 48353), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 0A4782) had been filed by U.S. Pharmacopeial
Convention, 12601 Twinbrook Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20852. The petition
proposes that certain food additive regulations, which incorporate by
reference food-grade specifications from prior editions of the FCC, be
amended to incorporate by reference food-grade specifications from the
FCC, 7th Edition.
    Under 21 CFR 171.1(c)(H), either a claim of categorical exclusion
under Sec.  25.30 (21 CFR 25.30) or 21 CFR 25.32 or an environmental
assessment under 21 CFR. 25.40 is required to be submitted in a food
additive petition. A claim of categorical exclusion under Sec.
25.30(i) was submitted with the petition, which applies to corrections
and technical changes in regulations. The Agency reviewed the claim of
categorical exclusion submitted by the petitioner and stated in the
original filing notice its determination that, under Sec.  25.30(i),
the proposed action was of a type that does not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment, and
therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental
impact statement is required.
    However, upon further review of the petition, the Agency has
decided that the actions being requested in the petition are neither
corrections nor technical changes, and, therefore, the categorical
exclusion in Sec.  25.30(i) is not applicable for the proposed action.
The Agency informed the petitioner of this decision, who subsequently
submitted an environmental assessment.
    The potential environmental impact of this petition is being
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulation
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)),
the Agency is placing the environmental assessment submitted with the
petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at the
Division of Dockets Management (see DATES and ADDRESSES) for public
review and comment.
    Interested persons may submit to the Division of Dockets Management
(see ADDRESSES) either electronic or written comments regarding this
document. It is only necessary to send one set of comments. Identify
comments with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of
this document. Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets
Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. FDA will
also place on public display any amendments to, or comments on, the
petitioner's environmental assessment without further announcement in
the Federal Register. If, based on its review, the Agency finds that an
environmental impact statement

is not required, and this petition results in a regulation, the notice
of availability of the Agency's finding of no significant impact and
the evidence supporting that finding will be published with the
regulation in the Federal Register in accordance with 21 CFR 25.51(b).

    Dated: January 6, 2012.
Dennis M. Keefe,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Registration of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operated Under
Exemptions Issued by the FAA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Part 48 Registration System for FAA
Exemption Holders.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise owners of small
unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) used for purposes other than as model
aircraft under the authority of an exemption issued by the FAA that
they may register their sUAS using the web-based aircraft registration
system. It also provides specific information pertaining to any
exemptions that include conditions relating to the registration of
small UAS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAA UAS Integration Office, 800
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has issued more than 4,500
exemptions authorizing operation of small UAS for non-model aircraft
purposes. UAS operating under FAA exemption are statutorily obligated
to be registered with the FAA by their owners. See 49 U.S.C. 44101.
Consistent with that requirement, exemptions issued by the FAA provide
that the UAS must be registered using the process established in 14 CFR
part 47 and marked in accordance with 14 CFR part 45.\1\ Part 47 was
the sole means of registering an aircraft with the FAA at the time
those exemptions were issued.
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    On December 16, 2015, the FAA and Department of Transportation
issued an Interim Final Rule establishing registration and marking
requirements for small unmanned aircraft (sUAS) that weigh more than
.55 and less than 55 pounds. 80 FR 78594. This rule created a new web-
based registration process for sUAS distinct from the FAA's existing
registration process. These new requirements are codified in 14 CFR
part 48. Eligible aircraft \2\ that are registered using the part 48
process meet the statutory requirement for aircraft registration. See
80 FR 78594-95. sUAS operated other than as model aircraft that weigh
more than .55 pounds and less than 55 pounds, such as many of those
operated under FAA exemption, have been able to register using the web-
based process since March 31, 2016. 14 CFR 48.5(b).
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    \2\ A Small UAS may be registered under part 48: [O]nly when the
aircraft is not registered under the laws of a foreign country and
is--(a) Owned by a U.S. citizen; (b) Owned by an individual citizen
of a foreign country lawfully admitted for a permanent residence in
the [U.S.]; (c) Owned by a corporation not a citizen of the [U.S.]
when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws
of the [U.S] or a State within the [U.S.], and the aircraft is based
and primarily used in the [U.S.]; or (d) An aircraft of--(1) The
[U.S.] Government; or (2) A State, the District of Columbia, a
territory or possession of the [U.S.], or a political subdivision of
a State, territory, or possession.
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    The FAA finds it in the public interest to permit sUAS that
currently hold FAA exemptions with the condition for registration under
part 47 and who have not registered their sUAS to register in
accordance with part 48 using the web-based registration process.
Therefore, to ensure that sUAS operated under FAA exemption will be
able to be registered under part 48, the FAA is amending all exemptions
that contain the following condition:

    All aircraft operated in accordance with this exemption must be
identified by serial number, registered in accordance with 14 CFR
part 47, and have identification (N-Number) markings in accordance
with 14 CFR part 45, subpart C. Markings must be as large as
practicable.

    Effective April 21, 2016, those exemptions are amended to replace
the above condition with the following:

    All aircraft operated under this exemption must be registered in
accordance with 14 CFR parts 47 or 48, and have identification
markings in accordance with 14 CFR part 45, subpart C or part 48.
For applicability and implementation dates of part 48 see 80 FR
78594 (Dec. 16, 2015).

    The FAA is taking this action to enable small UAS operated under
FAA exemptions to be registered under parts 47 or 48. Due to the
significant number of exemptions affected, the FAA is amending these
exemptions by publishing this notice. To the extent that an amended
exemption is inconsistent with provisions in an exemption holder's
Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA), the condition in the
exemption supersedes the COA.
    Exemption holders are advised to have a copy of this notice
accessible during UAS operations.
    People who have already submitted a completed application to
register their sUAS under 14 CFR part 47 but prefer to register using
the part 48 web-based system may request cancellation of that
application by contacting the Registry. The request may be in any form
but must include the following elements:
     The applicant's name and contact information from the
original application.
     The make, model, and serial number as shown on the
original application.
     The reason for cancellation (i.e., that the applicant has
or will register the aircraft under 14 CFR 48).
    The request must be signed by the applicant and may be submitted by
the applicant or their agent. If the request is submitted by a
representative of a company or corporation, that person must indicate
his or her corporate or managerial title.
    This same process may be used to cancel an existing registration
issued

under 14 CFR 47; however, the registration holder must indicate the N-
number they propose to cancel.
    The request for cancellation may only be transmitted to the
Registry using the following methods:
     U.S. Postal Service regular or Priority mail: FAA Aircraft
Registration Branch, AFS-750 P.O. Box 25504, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-
0504.
     Overnight or Commercial Delivery Services, FAA Aircraft
Registration Branch, AFS-750 6425 S Denning Rm 118, Oklahoma City, OK
73169-6937.
     By facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    This exemption terminates on April 1, 2018, unless sooner
superseded or rescinded.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2016.
John S. Duncan,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-D-2537]

Request for Quality Metrics; Notice of Draft Guidance
Availability and Public Meeting; Request for Comments; Extension of
Comment Period

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of draft guidance availability and public meeting;
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the
comment period for the notice of draft guidance availability and public
meeting that appeared in the Federal Register of July 28, 2015, and
August 7, 2015. In the notice of draft guidance availability and public
meeting, FDA requested comments on a number of specific questions
identified in the document. The Agency is taking this action in
response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons
additional time to submit comments.

DATES: FDA is extending the comment period on the notice of draft
guidance availability and public meeting published July 28, 2015 (80 FR
44973) and August 7, 2015 (80 FR 47493). Submit either electronic or
written comments by November 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Written Submissions

    Submit written submissions in the following ways:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper submissions):
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
(FDA-2015-D-2537) for this notice of draft guidance availability and
public meeting. All comments received may be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For additional information on submitting comments, see the
``Request for Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this document, into
the ``Search'' box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Division of
Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lesley DeRenzo, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 5161, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-
402-4612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In the Federal Register of July 28, 2015, and August 7, 2015, FDA
published a notice of draft guidance availability and public meeting
with a 60-day comment period and requested comments on a number of
specific questions identified throughout the document. Comments on the
notice of draft guidance availability and public meeting will inform
FDA's development and planned implementation of a quality metrics
program launched under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act.
    FDA is extending the comment period for an additional 60 days,
until November 27, 2015. The Agency believes that an additional 60-day
extension of the comment period for the notice of draft guidance
availability and public meeting will allow adequate time for interested
persons to submit comments without significantly delaying Agency
decisionmaking on these important issues.

II. Request for Comments

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

    Dated: August 21, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-74623; File No. SR-ISE-2015-12]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange,
LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule
Change To Share Member-Designated Risk Settings in the Trading System
With Clearing Members

April 1, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on March 19, 2015 the International Securities Exchange, LLC (the
``Exchange'' or the ``ISE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission the proposed rule change, as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which items have been prepared by the self-regulatory
organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the
Substance of the Proposed Rule Change

    The ISE proposes to amend Rule 706 to authorize the Exchange to
share any Member-designated risk settings in the trading system with
the Clearing Member that clears transactions on behalf of the Member.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web
site (http://www.ise.com), at the principal office of the Exchange, and
at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

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

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

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

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend Rule 706 to authorize the Exchange
to share any Member-designated risk settings in the trading system with
the Clearing Member that clears transactions on behalf of the Member.
Rule 706 states that ``[u]nless otherwise provided in the Rules, no one
but a Member or a person associated with a Member shall effect any
Exchange Transactions.'' \3\ The Exchange proposes to amend the current
rule by adding the following sentence: ``The Exchange may share any
Member-designated risk settings in the trading system with the Clearing
Member that clears transactions on behalf of the Member.''
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    Each Member that transacts through a Clearing Member on the
Exchange executes a Letter of Clearing Authorization, in the case of
Electronic Access Members, or a Market Maker Letter of Guarantee, in
the case of Primary Market Makers and Competitive Market Makers,
wherein the Clearing Member ``accepts financial responsibility for all
Exchange Transactions made by the'' Member on whose behalf the Clearing
Member submits the letter of guarantee. The Exchange believes that
because Clearing Members guarantee all transactions on behalf of a
Member, and therefore, bear the risk associated with those
transactions, it is appropriate for Clearing Members to have knowledge
of what risk settings a Member may utilize within the trading system.
    The Exchange notes that while not all Members are Clearing Members,
all Members require a Clearing Member's consent to clear transactions
on their behalf in order to conduct business on the Exchange. As the
Clearing Member ultimately bears all the risk for a trade they clear on
any Member's behalf, the Exchange believes it is reasonable to provide
Clearing Members with information relating to the risk settings used by
each Member whose transactions they are clearing. To the extent that a
Clearing Member might reasonably require a Member to provide access to
its risk settings as a prerequisite to continue to clear trades on the
Member's behalf, the Exchange's proposal to share those risk settings
directly reduces the administrative burden on Members and ensures that
Clearing Members are receiving information that is up-to-date and
conforms to the settings active in the trading system.
    The Exchange further notes that any broker-dealer is free to become
a Clearing Member of the Options Clearing Corporation (the ``OCC''),
which would enable that Member to avoid sharing risk settings with any
third party, if they so choose. For these reasons, the Exchange
believes that the proposal is consistent with the Act as it provides
Clearing Members with additional risk-related information that may aid
them in complying with the Act, notably Rule 15c3-5 and, as noted,
Members that do not wish to share such settings with a Clearing Member
can do so by become clearing members of the OCC.
    The risk settings that would be shared pursuant to the proposed
rule are currently codified in Rule 804 (for regulars orders) and Rule
722 (for complex orders). The risk settings are designed to mitigate
the potential risks of multiple executions against a Member's trading
interest that, in today's highly automated and electronic trading
environment, can occur simultaneously across multiple series and
multiple option classes. The proposed rule will allow the Exchange to
share a Member's risk settings with the Clearing Member that guarantees
the Member's transactions, and therefore has a financial interesting
[sic] in understanding the risk tolerance of a Member.
    Because the Letter of Clearing Authorization and the Market Maker
Letter of Guarantee codifies relationships between a Member and the
Clearing Member, the Exchange is on notice of which Clearing Members
have relationships with which Members. The proposed rule change would
simply provide the Exchange with authority to directly provide Clearing
Members with information that may otherwise be available to such
Clearing Members by virtue of their relationship with the respective
Member.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder that are applicable to a national securities exchange, and,
in particular, with the requirements of Section 6(b) of the Act.\4\ In
particular, the proposal is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the
Act,\5\ because it is designed to promote just and equitable principles
of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanisms of a free
and open market and a national market system and, in general, to
protect investors and the public interest.
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    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change removes
impediments to and perfects the mechanism of a free and open market by
codifying that the Exchange can directly provide to Clearing Members
that guarantee that Member's transactions on the Exchange the Member-
designated risk settings in the trading system, which are designed to
mitigate the potential risk of multiple executions against a Member's
trading interest that, in today's highly automated and electronic
trading environment, can occur simultaneously across multiple series
and multiple option classes. The Exchange believes that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the protection of investors and the
public interests because it will permit Clearing Members with a
financial interest in a Member's risk settings to better monitor and
manage the potential risks assumed by Members with whom the Clearing
Member has entered into a letter of guarantee, thereby providing
Clearing Members with greater control and flexibility over setting
their own risk tolerance and exposure.

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

    The Exchange believes the proposal is consistent with Section
6(b)(8) of the Act \6\ in that it does not impose any burden on
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. The proposed rule change is not designed to
address any aspect of competition, but would provide authority for the
Exchange to directly share risk settings with Clearing Members
regarding the Members with whom the Clearing Member has executed a
letter of guarantee so the Clearing Member can better monitor and
manage the potential risks assumed by the Members, thereby providing
them with greater control and flexibility over setting their own risk
tolerance and exposure. The proposed rule change does not pose an undue
burden on non-Clearing Members because, unlike Clearing Members, non-
Clearing Members do not guarantee the execution of the Member
transactions on the Exchange. The proposed rule change is structured to
offer the same enhancement to all Clearing Members, regardless of size,
and would not impose a competitive burden on any participant.
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit,
comments on this proposed rule change. The Exchange has not received
any unsolicited written comments from members or other interested
parties.

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

    The Exchange believes that the foregoing proposed rule change may
take effect upon filing with the Commission pursuant to
Section19(b)(3)(A) \7\ of the Act and Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder \8\
because the foregoing proposed rule change does not (i) significantly
affect the protection of investors or the public interest, (ii) impose
any significant burden on competition, and (iii) become operative for
30 days after its filing date, or such shorter time as the Commission
may designate.
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is: (i)
Necessary or appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the
protection of investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Act. If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-ISE-2015-12 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2015-12. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington DC, 20549, on official business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal offices of the Exchange.
All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission
does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You
should submit only information that you wish to make available
publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2015-12,
and should be submitted on or before April 27, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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