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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4611-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2021-0001]

Louisiana; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4611-DR), dated August 29,
2021, and related determinations.

DATES: The declaration was issued August 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated August 29, 2021, the President issued a major disaster
declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the
``Stafford Act''), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of Louisiana resulting from Hurricane Ida beginning on August 26,
2021, and continuing, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to
warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ``Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare that such a major
disaster exists in the State of Louisiana.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Individual Assistance, assistance
for debris removal and emergency protective measures (Categories A
and B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public
Assistance program in the designated areas, Hazard Mitigation
throughout the State, and any other forms of assistance under the
Stafford Act that you deem appropriate subject to completion of
Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs).
    Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance is
supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act for
Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance
under section 408 will be limited to 75 percent of the total
eligible costs. For a period of 30 days from the start of the
incident period, you are authorized to fund assistance for debris
removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal
assistance, at 100 percent of the total eligible costs.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
for the approved assistance to the extent allowable under the
Stafford Act.

    The time period prescribed for the implementation of section
310(a), Priority to Certain Applications for Public Facility and Public
Housing Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for a period not to exceed
six months after the date of this declaration.
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, John E. Long, of FEMA is appointed
to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major disaster.
    The following areas of the State of Louisiana have been designated
as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia,
Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines,
Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St.
John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa,
Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana
Parishes for Individual Assistance.
    Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia,
Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines,
Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St.
John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa,
Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana
Parishes for debris removal (Category A) under the Public Assistance
program.
    All 64 parishes for emergency protective measures (Category B),
including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance
program.
    All areas within the State of Louisiana are eligible for
assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

    The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA) are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance
Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and
Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing
Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other
Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.

Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-83490; File No. SR-NFA-2018-02]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Futures Association;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Change to the
Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rule 2-9: Enhanced Supervisory
Requirements: Requiring NFA Members To Maintain a Record of All
Electronic Written Communications

June 21, 2018.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(7) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Exchange Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-7 under the Exchange Act,\2\ notice
is hereby given that on June 12, 2018, National Futures Association
(``NFA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or
``Commission'') the proposed rule change described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been prepared by NFA. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(7).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-7.
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    On November 27, 2017, NFA filed this proposed rule change with the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and requested that the
CFTC make a determination that review of the proposed rule change of
NFA is not necessary. By letter dated December 11, 2017, the CFTC
notified NFA of its determination not to review the proposed rule
change.\3\
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    \3\ See letter from Matthew Kulkin, Director CFTC, to Carol A.
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    The text of the proposed rule change is available at the self-
regulatory organization's office, on the NFA's website at
www.nfa.futures.org, and at the SEC's Public Reference Room.

I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Description and Text of the Proposed
Rule Change

    NFA's Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rule 2-9 entitled ``NFA
Compliance Rule 2-9: Enhanced Supervisory Requirements''
(``Interpretive Notice'') requires NFA Member (``Member'') firms that
meet certain criteria identified by NFA's Board of Directors
(``Board'') to comply with specific enhanced supervisory requirements
(``Requirements'') that are designed to prevent abusive sales
practices. NFA's Board is amending the Interpretive Notice to require
all Members subject to the Requirements to maintain a record of all
electronic written communications between associated persons (``APs'')
and customers or potential customers, including but not limited to,
email, text messages, instant messages, and any other communication
that occurs in a chat room or on any social media platform. The
proposed rule change also requires all Member firms subject to the
Requirements of the Interpretive Notice to prepare a catalog of
electronic written communications and for APs to maintain a log of
those written electronic communications. The text of the proposed rule
change to the Interpretive Notice is found in Exhibit 4.

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

    In its filing with the Commission, NFA 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. NFA 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
    Section 15A(k) of the Exchange Act \4\ makes NFA a national
securities association for the limited purpose of regulating the
activities of NFA Members who are registered as brokers or dealers in
security futures products under Section 15(b)(11) of the Exchange
Act.\5\ NFA's Interpretive Notice applies to all NFA Members who meet
the criteria in the Interpretive Notice, including those that are
registered as security futures brokers or dealers under Section
15(b)(11) of the Exchange Act.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-3(k).
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78o(b)(11).
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    NFA's Interpretive Notice to Compliance Rule 2-9(b) authorizes
NFA's Board to require Members to adopt certain enhanced supervisory
requirements based upon the regulatory background of either its APs or
principals. The Interpretive Notice is designed to, among other things,
minimize the likelihood of a Member engaging in deceptive sales
practices. One of the more important Requirements with respect to
minimizing sales practice problems is the requirement that firms make
audio

recordings of all telephone conversations between APs and customers. At
the time this Interpretive Notice was adopted, telephone communications
were the most common method that APs used to solicit customers.
However, since that time, other electronic written communications, such
as text or instant messages, have become one of the primary methods of
communication between APs and customers. NFA's Interpretive Notice,
however, does not specifically require a Member firm subject to the
Requirements to maintain a record of electronic written communications,
prepare a catalog of electronic written communications, or require its
APs to maintain a log of those communications. NFA relies on the
catalog of communications and the AP sales solicitation logs when
examining a Member for compliance with the Requirements.
    Given the popularity of electronic written communications, NFA's
Board is amending the Interpretive Notice to explicitly state that all
Members subject to the Requirements are required to maintain a record
of all electronic written communications, including but not limited to,
emails, text messages, instant messages, and any other communication
that occurs in a chat room or on any social media platform. NFA's Board
is also amending the Interpretive Notice to require Member firms
subject to the Requirements to prepare a catalog of electronic written
communications and require APs to maintain a log of those written
electronic communications. This modification to the Interpretive Notice
merely parallels the current cataloging and AP log requirement for
telephone sales solicitations and ensures that, for firms subject to
the Requirements, all sales solicitations--regardless of the method by
which they occur--are maintained, cataloged, and logged by the firm's
APs.
    Amendments to the Interpretive Notice were previously filed with
the SEC in SR-NFA-2002-07, Exchange Act Release No. 34-47147 (Jan. 9,
2003), 68 FR 2383 (Jan. 16, 2003); SR-NFA-2003-01, Exchange Act Release
No. 34-47533 (Mar. 19, 2003), 68 FR 14733 (March 26, 2003); SR-NFA-
2005-01, Exchange Act Release No. 34-52808 (Nov. 18, 2005), 70 FR 71347
(Nov. 28, 2005); SR-NFA-2006-01 Exchange Act Release No. 34-53568 (Mar.
29, 2006), 71 FR 16850 (Apr. 4, 2006); SR-NFA-2007-03, Exchange Act
Release No. 34-55710 (May 4, 2007), 72 FR 26858 (May 11, 2007); SR-NFA-
2007-07, Exchange Act Release No. 34-57142 (Jan. 14, 2008), 73 FR 3502
(Jan. 18, 2008); SR-NFA-2008-02, Exchange Act Release No. 34-58709
(Oct. 1, 2008), 73 FR 59011 (Oct. 8, 2008); SR-NFA-2010-04, Exchange
Act Release No. 34-63602 (Dec. 22, 2010), 76 FR 202 (Jan. 3, 2011); and
SR-NFA-2014-05, Exchange Act Release No. 34-72514 (July 2, 2014), 79 FR
39046 (July 9, 2014).
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is authorized by, and consistent with,
Section 15A(k)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act.\6\ That Section requires NFA
to have rules that are designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade,
and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest,
including rules governing sales practices and advertising of security
futures products. The proposed rule change accomplishes this by
imposing enhanced supervisory requirements on Member firms that meet
certain criteria that NFA's Board has determined indicates a greater
potential for sales practice fraud to occur.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-3(k).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    At first glance, the proposed rule change appears to impose
additional burdens on NFA Members subject to the Requirements. In
practice, however, CFTC Regulation 1.35 \7\ requires Futures Commission
Merchants (``FCMs''), Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers (``RFEDs''), and
Introducing Brokers (``IBs''), as well as Commodity Pool Operators
(``CPOs'') and Commodity Trading Advisors (``CTAs'') that are members
of a designated contract market (``DCM'') or swaps execution facility
(``SEF'') to maintain a record of electronic written communications.
Therefore, the proposed rule imposes no new or additional requirements
on FCMs, RFEDs and IBs as well as CTAs and CPOs that are Members of a
SEF or DCM.
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    However, CFTC Regulation 1.35 does not apply to CPOs and CTAs that
are not a member of a DCM or SEF. NFA and NFA's Member Committees
realize that this proposed rule would impose an additional
recordkeeping requirement and additional costs to CPOs and CTAs that
are not a member of a DCM or a SEF. However, NFA and NFA's Member
Committees believe that this consideration is outweighed by the fact
that, in NFA's experience, firms that qualify to adopt the Requirements
are more likely to engage in deceptive sales solicitations and
requiring these firms to maintain records of electronic written
communications may reduce the likelihood of deceptive sales practices.
Therefore, this burden is necessary and appropriate to help minimize
deceptive sales solicitations.
    Additionally, the other portion of the proposed rule change--the
cataloging and AP log requirement for electronic written
communication--poses minimal burden on impacted firms because it merely
parallels the current cataloging and AP log requirement for telephone
sales solicitations. This minimal burden is necessary and appropriate
to minimize the likelihood of abusive sales practices.

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

    NFA worked with Member Committees in developing the proposed rule
change. NFA did not, however, publish the proposed rule change to the
membership for comment. NFA did not receive comment letters concerning
the rule change.

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

    On December 11, 2017, the CFTC notified NFA of its determination
not to review the proposed rule change.\8\ The proposed rule change
became effective on January 31, 2018.
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    At any time within 60 days of the date of effectiveness of the
proposed rule change, the Commission, after consultation with the CFTC,
may summarily abrogate the proposed rule change and require that the
proposed rule change be refiled in accordance with the provisions of
Section 19(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.\9\
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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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 Exchange 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 protected]. Please include
File Number SR-NFA-2018-02 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-NFA-2018-02. 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 website (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 website 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 office of NFA. All comments received will
be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned
that we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should submit only information that you wish
to make publicly available. All submissions should refer to File Number
SR-NFA-2018-02 and should be submitted on or before July 18, 2018.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\10\
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Numbers: RP15-61-000.
    Applicants: Questar Pipeline Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Statement of
Negotiated Rates Version 9.0.0 to be effective 10/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 10/23/14.
    Accession Number: 20141023-5032.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/4/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP15-62-000.
    Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
    Description: Equitrans--Operational Purchases and Sales Report for
2014.
    Filed Date: 10/23/14.
    Accession Number: 20141023-5047.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/4/14.

    Docket Numbers: RP15-63-000.
    Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Negotiated Rates-
Integrys Energy to be effective 11/1/2014.
    Filed Date: 10/23/14.
    Accession Number: 20141023-5074.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/4/14.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: October 24, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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