[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46009-46010]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18659]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-1999-0010-; FRL-9704-3]

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan;
National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the Eastland Woolen Mill
Superfund Site

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 is issuing
a Notice of Intent to Delete the following properties at the Eastland
Woolen Mill Superfund Site (Site) located in Corinna, Maine, from the
National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this
proposed action.
    The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of
1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the State of
Maine, through the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, have
determined that all appropriate response actions at these identified
parcels under CERCLA, other than and five-year reviews, have been
completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions
under Superfund.
    This partial deletion pertains to all Site media (including soil
and groundwater).

DATES: Comments must be received by September 4, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-1999-0010, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow on-line instructions
for submitting comments.
     Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Fax: 1-617-918-0372.
     Mail: Edward Hathaway, U.S. EPA Remedial Project Manager,
5 Post Office Square (OSRR07-1), Boston, MA 02109-3912.
     Hand Delivery: Edward Hathaway, U.S. EPA Remedial Project
Manager, 5 Post Office Square (OSRR07-1), Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID no. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
1999-0010. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 http://www.regulations.gov or email. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
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 email comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your email address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public 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.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statue. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or on disk or physical copy at:

EPA Region 1 Record Center, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.
Phone: 1-617-918-1440. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Stewart Free Library, 8 Levi Stewart Drive, Corinna, ME 04928. Phone:
1-207-278-2454. Hours: Tuesday: 9

a.m.-2 p.m.; Wednesday: 1 p.m.-7 p.m.; Thursday: 1 p.m.-7 p.m.; Friday:
9 a.m.-2 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Hathaway, Remedial Project
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, OSRR07-1, 5
Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-3912<PHONE_NUMBER> email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the ``Rules and Regulations'' Section of
today's Federal Register, we are publishing a direct final Notice of
Partial Deletion for the following properties at the Eastland Woolen
Mill Superfund Site without prior Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion
because EPA views this as a noncontroversial revision and anticipates
no adverse comment.
    Properties owned by the Town of Corinna that include properties
described in Quitclaim Deed dated August 18, 1997 and recorded in Book
C6471, Page 278, also identified as Lot 118 in Tax Map 18 dated 2004
and several additional properties that were part of the former Eastland
Woolen Mill complex that were acquired due to a tax foreclosure. The
tax foreclosure properties are described in the Penobscot County
Registry of Deeds in Condemnation Order dated December 8, 1999 and
recorded in Book 7251, Page 47, a portion of the property has been
subdivided in accordance with a plan dated October 19, 2004 entitled,
``Subdivision Plan for the Town of Corinna of Main Street Subdivision
on Main Street, Hill Street & St. Albans Road in Corinna, County of
Penobscot, Maine,'' recorded in said Registry in Plan File 2004, No.
167 (the ``Subdivision Plan''). Specifically subdivision Lots 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 8, 9, 10, the portion of Subdivision Lot 1 north of the Central
Maine Power property and a portion of Lot 54 on Tax Map 18, along with
Lot 53 on Tax Map 18 are proposed for deletion. The portions of Main
Street and Hill Street within the subdivision are also proposed for
deletion. Lot 53 on Tax Map 18 is also recorded in Book 853, Page 391,
as a warranty deed dated September 26, 1913 and is known as
``Winchester Park''.
    Property owned by the State of Maine Department of Conservation
identified in Release Deed dated December 5, 2003 Book 9114, Page 194,
also identified in Tax Map 18 as Map 15 Lot 10 (which a portion of the
State of Maine Department of Conservation recreational trail that runs
through the Town of Corinna).
    Property owned by the State of Maine Department of Transportation
described in a Notice of Layout and Taking dated May 3, 2000 and
recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Book 7357, Page
29, and being generally depicted on the Survey Plan Showing Property
Subject to Proposed Environmental Covenants for Maine Department of
Environmental Protection, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine which is
recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds as Plan File 2012
No. 20, dated March 29, 2012, but excluding the portion of the Maine
Department of Transportation property bounded by Town of Corinna
Subdivision Lot 1; the East Branch of the Sebasticook River, Route 7,
and Nokomis Road.
    Property owned by Central Maine Power identified in indenture dated
May 2, 1956 and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in
Book 1532, Page 228, and generally depicted as Central Maine Power
Company land in the Town of Corinna tax records as Lot 4 on Tax Map 20.
    The properties proposed for deletion are shown in Figure 11 of
Partial Deletion Technical Memorandum dated June 2012 and will be
referred to hereafter as ``the properties proposed for deletion''. All
Tax Map references are based on the Town of Corinna 2004 Tax Maps and
the ``Survey Plan Showing Property Subject to Proposed Environmental
Covenants for Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Corinna,
Penobscot County, Maine'' which is recorded in the Penobscot County
Registry of Deeds as Plan File 2012 No. 20, dated March 29, 2012.
    We have explained our reasons for this partial deletion in the
preamble to the direct final Notice of Partial Deletion, and those
reasons are incorporated herein. If we receive no adverse comment(s) on
this partial deletion action, we will not take further action on this
Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. If we receive adverse
comment(s), we will withdraw the direct final Notice of Partial
Deletion and it will not take effect. We will, as appropriate, address
all public comments in a subsequent final Notice of Partial Deletion
based on this Notice of Intent for Partial Deletion. We will not
institute a second comment period on this Notice of Intent for Partial
Deletion. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
    For additional information, see the direct final Notice of Partial
Deletion which is located in the Rules section of this Federal
Register.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

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

    Authority:  33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O.
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR
2923; 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

    Dated: July 16, 2012.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21245-21246]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08341]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 376

[Docket No. RM13-10-000; Order No. 778]

Continuity of Operations Plan

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this Final Rule the Commission revises its Continuity of
Operations Plan regulations to revise its hierarchy of delegation of
Commission authority during emergency conditions, principally to ensure
that, during emergency conditions, there are staff members located
outside the National Capital Region to whom authority is delegated.

DATES: This rule is effective April 10, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Elizabeth Molloy, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Room 102-67, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Lawrence R. Greenfield, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Room 102-15, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
20426,<PHONE_NUMBER> Loni Silva, Office of the General Counsel,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Room 10J-05, 888 First St. NE.,
Washington, DC 20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Before Commissioners: Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman; Philip D. Moeller,
John R. Norris, Cheryl A. LaFleur, and Tony Clark.
Issued April 4, 2013.
    1. The Office of Energy Projects and the Office of Electric
Reliability maintain regional offices outside the National Capital
Region. This Final Rule revises the Commission's Continuity of
Operations Plan (COOP) regulations to incorporate its regional offices
into the hierarchy of delegation of Commission authority during
emergency conditions, and also to revise that hierarchy.

Discussion

    2. This Final Rule revises the Commission's COOP regulations to
expand the hierarchy list to incorporate staff members at its regional
offices; this revision recognizes that staff members working in the
National Capital Region may be unavailable or incapable of acting to
assume authority during an emergency, and accordingly this revision
allows for delegation of authority to staff members located in regional
offices outside the National Capital Region. In addition, this Final
Rule revises the hierarchy list to change the order of positions of the
General Counsel and Deputy General Counsels on that list, and adds to
the hierarchy list the Deputy Director of the Office of Enforcement who
inadvertently was not included when the regulations were earlier
revised.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    3. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \1\ generally
requires a description and analysis of Final Rules that will have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
This Final Rule concerns a matter of internal agency procedure and it
will not have such an impact. An analysis under the RFA is not
required.
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    \1\ 5 U.S.C. 601-12.
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Information Collection Statement

    4. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations require OMB to
approve certain information collection requirements imposed by agency
rule.\2\ This Final Rule contains no new information collections.
Therefore, OMB review of this Final Rule is not required.
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    \2\ 5 CFR 1320.12.
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Environmental Analysis

    5. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment. Excluded
from this requirement are rules that are procedural, ministerial, or
internal administrative and management actions.\3\ This rule is
procedural in nature and therefore falls within this exception;
consequently, no environmental consideration is necessary.
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    \3\ 18 CFR 380.4(a)(1); Regulations Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act, Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897 (Dec. 17,
1987), FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 30,783 (1987).
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Document Availability

    6. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
Internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426.
    7. From the Commission's Home Page on the Internet, this
information is available in eLibrary. The full text of this document is
available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type
the docket number excluding the last three digits (i.e., the subdocket
number--e.g., 000, 001, 002, etc.) in the docket number field.
    8. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
Web site during normal business hours. For assistance, please contact
Online Support at 1-866-208-3676 (email at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov),
or the Public Reference Room at<PHONE_NUMBER>, TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>
(email at public.referenceroom@ferc.gov).

Effective Date and Congressional Notification

    9. The provisions of 5 U.S.C. section 801 regarding Congressional
review of Final Rules do not apply to this Final Rule because the rule
concerns agency procedure and practice and will not substantially
affect the rights of non-agency parties.
    10. These regulations are effective on April 10, 2013. The
Commission finds that notice and public comments are unnecessary
because this rule concerns only agency procedure or practice. Therefore
the Commission finds good cause to waive the notice period otherwise
required before the effective date of a Final Rule.

List of subjects in 18 CFR Part 376

    Civil defense, Organization and functions (Government agencies).

    By the Commission.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission amends part 376,
Chapter I, Title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 376--ORGANIZATION, MISSION, AND FUNCTIONS; COMMISSION
OPERATION DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 376 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352; E.O. 12009, 3 CFR
1978 Comp., p. 142.

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2. Section 376.204 is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  376.204  Delegation of Commission authority during emergency
conditions.

    (a) Delegation of authority to one or two Commissioners. During
emergency conditions, the Commission shall

function as usual, if a quorum of the Commission is available and
capable of acting. If by reason of such conditions a quorum of the
Commission is not available and capable of acting, all functions of the
Commission are delegated to the Commissioner or Commissioners who are
available and capable of acting.
    (b) Delegation of authority to Commission staff. (1) When, by
reason of emergency conditions, there is no Commissioner available and
capable of acting, the functions of the Commission are delegated to the
first five members of the Commission staff on the list set forth in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section who are available and capable of
acting.
    (2) The list referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is:
    (i) General Counsel;
    (ii) Executive Director;
    (iii) Director of the Office of Energy Market Regulation;
    (iv) Director of the Office of Energy Projects;
    (v) Director of the Office of Electric Reliability;
    (vi) Director of the Office of Enforcement;
    (vii) Deputy General Counsels, in order of seniority;
    (viii) Deputy Directors, Office of Energy Market Regulation, in
order of seniority;
    (ix) Deputy Directors, Office of Energy Projects, in order of
seniority;
    (x) Deputy Directors, Office of Electric Reliability, in order of
seniority;
    (xi) Deputy Directors, Office of Enforcement, in order of
seniority;
    (xii) Associate General Counsels and Solicitor, in order of
seniority;
    (xiii) In order of seniority, Assistant Directors and Division
heads, Office of Energy Market Regulation; Assistant Directors and
Division heads, Office of Energy Projects; Assistant Directors and
Division heads, Office of Electric Reliability; Deputy Associate
General Counsels; Assistant Directors and Division heads, Office of
Enforcement;
    (xiv) In order of seniority, Regional Engineers and Branch Chiefs
of the Office of Energy Projects' regional offices; and Deputy Division
Directors and Group Managers of the Office of Electric Reliability's
regional offices.
    (3) For purposes of paragraph (b)(2)(vii)-(xiv) of this section,
order of seniority shall be based on the highest grade and longest
period of service in that grade and, furthermore, for purposes of
paragraph (b)(2)(xiii)-(xiv) of this section, order of seniority shall
be without regard to the particular Office or Division or Branch or
Group to which the member of staff is assigned.
    (c) Devolution of authority to Commission staff during emergencies
affecting the National Capital Region. (1) To the extent not otherwise
provided by this section, during emergency conditions when the Chairman
is not available and capable of acting, when no Commissioner is
available and capable of acting, and when no person listed in paragraph
(b)(2)(i) through (xiii) of this section who is located in the National
Capital Region is available and capable of acting, the functions of the
Commission are delegated, in order of seniority (as described in
paragraph (b)(3) of this section), to Regional Engineers and Branch
Chiefs of the Office of Energy Projects' regional offices and Deputy
Division Directors and Group Managers of the Office of Electric
Reliability's regional offices.
    (2) Such delegation shall continue until such time as the Chairman
is available and capable of acting, one or more Commissioners are
available and capable of acting, or persons listed in paragraph
(b)(2)(i) through (xiii) of this section who are located in the
National Capital Region are available and capable of acting.
    (d) Reconsideration of staff action taken under delegations. Action
taken pursuant to the delegations provided for in this section shall be
subject to reconsideration by the Commission, acting with a quorum,
within thirty days after the date upon which public notice is given
that a quorum of the Commission has been reconstituted and is
functioning.

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