[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 26365]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0428]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Snohomish River and Steamboat
Slough, Everett and Marysville, WA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the
operating schedule that governs the twin, SR 529 Highway Bridge, north
bound, across Steamboat Slough, mile 1.2, near Marysville, WA. The
deviation is necessary to accommodate painting and preservation. This
deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation
position during the maintenance period to allow safe movement of the
work crew.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 12:01 a.m. on July 2, 2018 to
11:59 p.m. on September 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2018-0428 is available
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH''
box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
associated with this deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary deviation, call or email Mr. Steven Fischer, Bridge
Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>,
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Washington State Department of
Transportation, the bridge owner, has requested that the twin, SR 529,
Highway Bridge, north bound, across Steamboat Slough, mile 1.2, near
Marysville, WA, remain in the closed-to-navigation position, which will
reduce the lift span's vertical clearance by three feet. This request
is to facilitate safe, uninterrupted bridge work for painting and
preservation. The SR 529 highway bridge across Steamboat Slough, mile
1.2, provides 10 feet of vertical clearance above mean high water
elevation while in the closed-to-navigation position; and this bridge
operates in accordance with 33 CFR 117.1059(g).
    The twin, SR 529, Highway Bridge, north bound, across Steamboat
Slough, mile 1.2, is authorized to remain in the closed-to navigation
position, and need not open for maritime traffic from 12:01 a.m. on
July 2, 2018 to 11:59 p.m. on September 30, 2018. The subject bridge's
lift span vertical clearance is also authorized to be reduced from ten
feet to seven feet except for a 50 foot wide section that shall not be
reduced for maritime passage. The bridge shall operate in accordance to
33 CFR 117.1059(g) at all other times.
    Waterway usage on this part of the Snohomish River and Steamboat
Slough includes vessels ranging from commercial tug and barge to small
pleasure craft. Vessels able to pass under the subject bridge in the
closed-to-navigation position may do so at any time. The subject bridge
will not be able to open for vessels engaged in emergency response
during the closure period. An alternate route for vessels to pass is
available through Ebey Slough and Union Slough near the entrance of
Steamboat Slough at high tide. The Coast Guard will also inform the
users of the waterways through our Local and Broadcast Notices to
Mariners of the change in operating schedule for the bridges so that
vessels can arrange their transits to minimize any impact caused by the
temporary deviation.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to
the regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the effective
period of this temporary deviation. This deviation from the operating
regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: May 23, 2018.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2018-12284 Filed 6-6-18; 8:45 am]
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[Notices]
[Page 57166]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22546]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2013-N-0001]

Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.

DATES: Date and Time: The meeting will be held on October 24, 2013,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel, Cypress Ballroom, 8777
Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD. The hotel phone number is 301-589-
0800.
    Contact Person: Karen Abraham-Burrell, Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Bldg. 31, Rm. 2417, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002,<PHONE_NUMBER>, FAX:
301-847-8533, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or FDA Advisory Committee
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138<PHONE_NUMBER> in the Washington, DC
area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications
that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore,
you should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate
advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee
information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to
the meeting.
    Agenda: The committee will discuss new drug application (NDA)
205123, simeprevir (a hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor),
manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceutical Co., with a proposed indication
for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection, in
combination with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin (two medicines
approved to treat chronic hepatitis C) in adult patients with
compensated liver disease (including cirrhosis) who are treatment-
na[iuml]ve or who have failed previous interferon therapy (pegylated or
non-pegylated) with or without ribavirin. Compensated liver disease is
a stage in which the liver is damaged but maintains ability to
function.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before
October 9, 2013. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those individuals interested in
making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and
submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or
arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed
participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to
make their presentation on or before October 1, 2013. Time allotted for
each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants
requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated
during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a
lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing
session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding
their request to speak by October 2, 2013.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Karen Abraham-
Burrell at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: September 11, 2013.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013-22546 Filed 9-16-13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. NRTL3-92]

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., Application for Expansion
of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the application of TUV Rheinland of
North America, Inc., (TUV) for expansion of its recognition to use
additional test standards, and presents the Agency's preliminary
finding to grant this request for expansion. This preliminary finding
does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of this
application.

DATES: You must submit information or comments, or any request for
extension of the time to comment, by the following dates:
     Hard copy: postmarked or sent by August 8, 2006.
     Electronic transmission or facsimile: sent by August 8,
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit information or comments to this notice--
identified by docket number NRTL3-92--by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     OSHA Web site: http://ecomments.osha.gov. Follow the

instructions for submitting comments on OSHA's Web page.
     Fax: If your written comments are 10 pages or fewer, you
may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery and courier
service: Submit three copies to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
NRTL3-92, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room
N-2625, Washington, DC 20210; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>. (OSHA's TTY
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>). OSHA Docket Office hours of operation are
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., EST.
    Instructions: All comments received will be posted without change
to http://dockets.osha.gov, including any personal information

provided. OSHA cautions you about submitting personal information such
as social security numbers and birth dates.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://dockets.osha.gov. Contact the OSHA

Docket Office for information about materials not available through the
OSHA Web page and for assistance in using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
    Extension of Comment Period: Submit requests for extensions
concerning this notice to the Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210. Or, fax to<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Technical Programs
and Coordination Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N-3655, Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202) 693-
2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Application

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hereby
gives notice that TUV Rheinland of North

America, Inc., (TUV) has applied for expansion of its current
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). TUV's
expansion request covers the use of additional test standards. OSHA's
current scope of recognition for TUV may be found in the following
informational Web page: http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/tuv.html.

    OSHA recognition of an NRTL signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements in Section 1910.7 of Title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations (29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an acknowledgment that the
organization can perform independent safety testing and certification
of the specific products covered within its scope of recognition and is
not a delegation or grant of government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use products ``properly certified'' \1\ by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require testing and certification.
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    \1\ Properly certified means, in part, that the product is
labeled or marked with the NRTL's ``registered'' certification mark
(i.e., the mark the NRTL uses for its NRTL work) and that the
product certification falls within the scope of recognition of the
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    The Agency processes applications by an NRTL for initial
recognition or for expansion or renewal of this recognition following
requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires
that the Agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary finding and, in the second
notice, the Agency provides its final decision on the application.
These notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. We maintain an informational Web page for
each NRTL, which details its scope of recognition. These pages can be
accessed from our Web site at http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html
.

    The most recent notice published by OSHA specifically related to
TUV's recognition granted an expansion of its NRTL scope, which became
effective on June 20, 2003 (68 FR 37030).
    The current address of the TUV facility already recognized by OSHA
is:
    TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., 12 Commerce Road, Newtown, CT
06470.

General Background on the Application

    TUV has submitted an application, dated December 20, 2004 (see
Exhibit 32-1) to expand its recognition to include 5 additional test
standards. TUV then amended its application through follow-up requests
to add 4 more test standards to its request (see Exhibit 32-2). The
NRTL Program staff has determined that each of these nine standards is
an ``appropriate test standard'' within the meaning of 29 CFR
1910.7(c). However, one of the standards is already in TUV's scope.
Therefore, OSHA would approve eight test standards for the expansion.
Following review of the application, OSHA deferred action on this
notice pending resolution by the NRTL of certain findings from our on-
site visit of the NRTL. These findings have been satisfactorily
resolved, permitting this notice to be processed. This notice has also
been delayed through no fault of the NRTL.
    TUV seeks recognition for testing and certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the following test standards:

UL 943 Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupters
UL 991 Tests for Safety-Related Controls Employing Solid-State Devices
UL 1047 Isolated Power Systems Equipment
UL 1363 Relocatable Power Taps
UL 1662 Electric Chain Saws
UL 1664 Immersion-Detection Circuit-Interrupters
UL 1741 Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System
Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
UL 1863 Communications-Circuit Accessories

    The designations and titles of the above test standards were
current at the time of the preparation of this notice.
    OSHA's recognition of TUV, or any NRTL, for a particular test
standard is limited to equipment or materials (i.e., products) for
which OSHA standards require third party testing and certification
before use in the workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also
covers any product(s) for which OSHA does not require such testing and
certification, an NRTL's scope of recognition does not include that
product(s).
    Many UL test standards also are approved as American National
Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However,
for convenience, we use the designation of the standards developing
organization for the standard as opposed to the ANSI designation. Under
our procedures, any NRTL recognized for an ANSI-approved test standard
may use either the latest proprietary version of the test standard or
the latest ANSI version of that standard. You may contact ANSI to find
out whether or not a test standard is currently ANSI-approved.

Preliminary Finding on the Application

    TUV has submitted an acceptable request for expansion of its
recognition as an NRTL. In connection with this request, NRTL Program
assessment staff evaluated information pertinent to the request during
an on-site visit of the NRTL and recommended that TUV's recognition be
expanded to include the additional test standards (see Exhibit 32-3).
Our review of the application file, the staff's recommendation, and
other pertinent documents indicate that TUV can meet the requirements,
as prescribed by 29 CFR 1910.7, for the expansion for the eight
additional test standards listed above. This preliminary finding does
not constitute an interim or temporary approval of the application.
    OSHA welcomes public comments, in sufficient detail, as to whether
TUV has met the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. Your
comments should consist of pertinent written documents and exhibits.
Should you need more time to comment, you must request it in writing,
including reasons for the request. OSHA must receive your written
request for extension at the address provided above no later than the
last date for comments. OSHA will limit any extension to 30 days,
unless the requester justifies a longer period. We may deny a request
for extension if it is not adequately justified. You may obtain or
review copies of TUV's requests, the staff's recommendation, and all
submitted comments, as received, by contacting the Docket Office, Room
N2625, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, at the above address. Docket No. NRTL3-92 contains all
materials in the record concerning TUV's application.
    The NRTL Program staff will review all timely comments and, after
resolution of issues raised by these comments, will recommend whether
to grant TUV's expansion request. The Assistant Secretary will make the
final decision on granting the expansion and, in making this decision,
may undertake other proceedings that are prescribed in Appendix A to 29
CFR Section 1910.7. OSHA will publish a public notice of this final
decision in the Federal Register.

     Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of June, 2006.
 Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
 Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2015-4211; Directorate Identifier 2015-NM-150-AD;
Amendment 39-18311; AD 2015-22-06]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

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SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all
Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This AD was
prompted by reports of spoiler and elevator computer (SEC) latent
failures; an undetected loss of a SEC in flight will result in loss in
redundancy for elevator control. This AD requires revising the After
Start Normal Procedures section of the airplane flight manual (AFM) to
provide procedures that will address this loss of redundancy. We are
issuing this AD to ensure that the flightcrew has procedures to address
loss of redundancy of SEC 1 and SEC 2. A SEC failure, in conjunction
with a loss of trimmable horizontal stabilizer (THS) electrical control
due to jamming or rupture, could result in failure of an elevator and
aileron computer, and consequent loss of elevator control and reduced
control of the airplane.

DATES: This AD becomes effective November 20, 2015.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by
reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of November 20,
2015.
    We must receive comments on this AD by December 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR
11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    For service information identified in this AD, contact Airbus,
Airworthiness Office--EIAS, 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte, 31707
Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36 96; fax +33 5 61 93 44
51; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Internet http://www.airbus.com. You may view this referenced service information at the
FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA.
For information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call
425-227-1221. It is also available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-
4211.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-
4211; or in person at the Docket Operations office between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket
contains this AD, the regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and

other information. The street address for the Docket Operations office
(telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>) is in the ADDRESSES section. Comments will be
available in the AD docket shortly after receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer,
International Branch, ANM-116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA,
1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>;
fax<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion

    The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the Technical
Agent for the Member States of the European Union, has issued EASA
Airworthiness Directive 2015-0191, dated September 22, 2015 (correction
September 25, 2015) (referred to after this as the Mandatory Continuing
Airworthiness Information, or ``the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe
condition for all Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 series
airplanes. The MCAI states:

    With the introduction of new Spoiler and Elevator Computer (SEC)
hardware C Part Number (P/N) B372CAM0100 with software standards
122, 124 and 125 (identified by P/N B372CAM0101, P/N B372CAM0102 and
P/N B372CAM0103, respectively), some airlines have reported
receiving maintenance messages, e.g. ``SEC OR WIRING FROM L or R
ELEV POS MON XDCR'' and/or ``SEC OR WIRING FROM G or Y ELEV POS
XDCR'', which are associated with servo control or elevator
transducer monitoring. Such messages are triggered by a short data
inconsistency due to power transients, when the engines are started.
    This condition, if not corrected, could lead to an undetected
loss of redundancy during flight if an affected SEC cannot control
the related elevator servo control(s), possibly resulting in reduced
control of the aeroplane.
    It was determined that, to recover full redundancy, a reset of
SEC 1 and SEC 2 must be done after engines start and Airbus have
developed an Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) Temporary Revision (TR),
published as TR 572 Issue 1.1, to provide the necessary flight crew
procedure.

    Required actions include revising the After Start Normal Procedures
section of the AFM to provide procedures that will address this loss of
redundancy. You may examine the MCAI on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-
4211.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    Airbus has issued A318/A319/A320/A321 Temporary Revision TR572,
Issue 1.0, dated August 13, 2015, to the Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321
Airplane Flight Manual. The service information describes the reset of
SEC 1 and SEC 2 that must be done after engines start. This service
information is reasonably available because the interested parties have
access to it through their normal course of business or by the means
identified in the ADDRESSES section of this AD.

FAA's Determination and Requirements of This AD

    This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another
country, and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant
to our bilateral agreement with the State of Design Authority, we have
been notified of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI and service
information referenced above. We are issuing this AD because we
evaluated all pertinent information and determined the unsafe condition
exists and is likely to exist or develop on other products of these
same type designs.

FAA's Determination of the Effective Date

    An unsafe condition exists that requires the immediate adoption of
this AD. The FAA has found that the risk to the flying public justifies
waiving notice and comment prior to adoption of this rule because a SEC
failure in conjunction with a loss of THS electrical control due to
jamming or rupture, could result in failure of an elevator and aileron
computer, and consequent loss of elevator control and reduced control
of the airplane. Therefore, we determined that notice and opportunity
for public comment before issuing this AD are impracticable and that
good cause exists for making this amendment effective in fewer than 30
days.

Comments Invited

    This AD is a final rule that involves requirements affecting flight
safety, and we did not precede it by notice and opportunity for public
comment. We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this AD. Send your comments to an address listed under
the ADDRESSES section. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2015-4211; Directorate
Identifier 2015-NM-150-AD'' at the beginning of your comments. We
specifically invite comments on the overall regulatory, economic,
environmental, and energy aspects of this AD. We will consider all
comments received by the closing date and may amend this AD based on
those comments.
    We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. We
will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact we
receive about this AD.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this AD affects 959 airplanes of U.S. registry.
    We also estimate that it will take about 1 work-hour per product to
comply with the basic requirements of this AD. The average labor rate
is $85 per work-hour. Based on these figures, we estimate the cost of
this AD on U.S. operators to be $81,515, or $85 per product.

Authority for This Rulemaking

    Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator. ``Subtitle VII: Aviation
Programs,'' describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's
authority.
    We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
``Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General
requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with
promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing
regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator
finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within
the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition
that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this
rulemaking action.

Regulatory Findings

    We determined that this AD will not have federalism implications
under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a substantial direct
effect on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this AD:
    1. Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order
12866;
    2. Is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979);
    3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska; and
    4. Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as follows:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

0
1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

0
 2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new
airworthiness directive (AD):

2015-22-06 Airbus: Amendment 39-18311. Docket No. FAA-2015-4211;
Directorate Identifier 2015-NM-150-AD.

(a) Effective Date

    This AD becomes effective November 20, 2015.

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

(c) Applicability

    This AD applies to the Airbus airplanes, certificated in any
category, identified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(4) of this AD,
all manufacturer serial numbers.
    (1) Airbus Model A318-111, -112, -121, and -122 airplanes.
    (2) Airbus Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132,
and -133 airplanes.
    (3) Airbus Model A320-211, -212, -214, -231, -232, and -233
airplanes.
    (4) Airbus Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231,
and -232 airplanes.

(d) Subject

    Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 27, Flight
Controls.

(e) Reason

    This AD was prompted by reports of spoiler and elevator computer
(SEC) latent failures; an undetected loss of a SEC in flight will
result in loss in redundancy for elevator control. This AD requires
revising the After Start Normal Procedures section of the airplane
fight manual (AFM) to provide procedures that will address this loss
of redundancy. We are issuing this AD to ensure that the flightcrew
has procedures to address loss of redundancy of SEC 1 and SEC 2. A
SEC failure, in conjunction with a loss of trimmable horizontal
stabilizer (THS) electrical control due to jamming or rupture, could
result in failure of an elevator and aileron computer, and
consequent loss of elevator control and reduced control of the
airplane.

(f) Compliance

    Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified,
unless already done.

(g) Airplane Flight Manual Revision

    For airplanes equipped with SEC hardware C part number (P/N)
B372CAM0100 with software standard 122 (P/N B372CAM0101), 124 (P/N
B372CAM0102), or 125 (P/N B372CAM0103), on SEC position 1 or 2, or
both: Within 30 days after the effective date of this AD, revise the
After Start Normal Procedures section of the AFM to include the
statement specified in figure 1 to paragraph (g) of this AD. This
may be done by inserting a copy of this AD, or Airbus A318/A319/
A320/A321 Temporary Revision TR572, Issue 1.0, dated August 13,
2015, to the Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 Airplane Flight Manual, into
the applicable AFM.

      Figure 1 to Paragraph (g) of This AD--AFM Temporary Revision
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AFTER START NORMAL PROCEDURE
After both engines start:
Turn OFF then ON SEC 1 and SEC 2 one after another.
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    Note 1 to paragraph (g) of this AD:  When a statement identical
to that in figure 1 to paragraph (g) of this AD has been included in
the After Start Normal Procedures section of the general revisions
of the AFM, the general revisions may be inserted into the AFM, and
the copy of this AD or Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 Temporary Revision
TR572, Issue 1.0, dated August 13, 2015, may be removed from the
AFM.

    Note 2 to paragraph (g) of this AD:  Airbus Operations
Engineering Bulletin OEB-50 provides additional information on the
subject addressed by this AD.

(h) Optional Modification

    Modification of an airplane by installation of SEC hardware C
with software standard 126 (P/N B372CAM0104) (Airbus Modification
161208) allows removal of the AFM revision required by paragraph (g)
of this AD for that airplane.

(i) Parts Installation Limitation

    For all airplanes: As of the effective date of this AD, do not
install SEC hardware C P/N B372CAM0100 with software standard 122
(P/N B372CAM0101), 124 (P/N B372CAM0102), or 125 (P/N B372CAM0103),
on SEC position 1 or 2, or both, on any airplane, unless the AFM of
the airplane is revised concurrently with that installation, as
required by paragraph (g) of this AD.

(j) Other FAA AD Provisions

    The following provisions also apply to this AD:
    (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager,
International Branch, ANM-116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA,
has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using
the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR
39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight
Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information
directly to the International Branch, send it to ATTN: Sanjay
Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer, International Branch, ANM-116, Transport
Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-
3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>. Information may be
emailed to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Before using any
approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or
lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local flight
standards district office/certificate holding district office. The
AMOC approval letter must specifically reference this AD.
    (2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any requirement in this AD
to obtain corrective actions from a manufacturer, the action must be
accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, International
Branch, ANM-116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA; or the
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA); or Airbus's EASA Design
Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by the DOA, the approval
must include the DOA-authorized signature.

(k) Special Flight Permits

    Special flight permits, as described in Section 21.197 and
Section 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197
and 21.199), are not allowed.

(l) Related Information

    Refer to Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness Information (MCAI)
EASA Airworthiness Directive 2015-0191, dated September 22, 2015
(corrected September 25, 2015), for related information. You may
examine the MCAI on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by
searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-4211.

(m) Material Incorporated by Reference

    (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the
incorporation by reference (IBR) of the service information listed
in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
    (2) You must use this service information as applicable to do
the actions required by this AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise.
    (i) Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 Temporary Revision TR572, Issue
1.0, dated August 13, 2015, to the Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321
Airplane Flight Manual.
    (ii) Reserved.
    (3) For service information identified in this AD, contact
Airbus SAS, Airworthiness Office--EAL, 1 Rond Point Maurice
Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36 96;
fax +33 5 61 93 45 80; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Internet http://www.airbus.com.
    (4) You may view this service information at the FAA, Transport
Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For
information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call
425-227-1221.
    (5) You may view this service information that is incorporated
by reference at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the availability of this material at
NARA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>, or go to: http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 22, 2015.
Jeffrey E. Duven,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2015-0643; FRL-9935-64-Region 9]

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Placer
County Air Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a revision to the Placer County portion of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision concerns the necessary
procedures to create emission reduction credits (ERCs) from the
reduction of volatile organic compound (VOC), oxides of nitrogen
(NOX), oxides of sulfur (SOX), particulate matter
(PM), and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions due to the use and
installation of a control device on stationary locomotive engines in
rail yards. We are proposing to approve a local rule that provides
administrative procedures for creating emissions reduction credits,
consistent with Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) requirements.

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by December 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2015-0643, by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
    2. Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel (Air-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
    Instructions: Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. If you need to include CBI as part
of your comment, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html
for further instructions. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.)
must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and should include discussion of all
points you wish to make. For the full EPA public comment policy and
general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    Docket: Generally, documents in the docket for this action are
available electronically at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105-3901.
While all documents in the docket are listed at www.regulations.gov,
some information may be publicly available only at the hard copy
location (e.g., copyrighted material, large maps), and some may not be
publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard
copy materials, please schedule an appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3848<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposal addresses the following local
rule: Placer County Air Pollution Control District Rule 515 Stationary
Rail Yard Control Emission Reduction Credits. In the Rules and
Regulations section of this Federal Register, we are approving this
local rule in a direct final action without prior proposal because we
believe this SIP revision is not controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct
final rule and address the comments in

subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: September 25, 2015.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-55482; File No. SR-Phlx-2006-69]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.;
Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Amending Rules
Relating to the Direct Registration System

March 15, 2007.

I. Introduction

    On October 31, 2006, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
(``Phlx'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') and on November 14, 2006, amended proposed rule change
SR-Phlx-2006-69 pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (``Act'').\1\ Notice of the proposal was published in the
Federal Register on December 7, 2006.\2\ No comment letters were
received. For the reasons discussed below, the Commission is granting
approval of the proposed rule change.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 54834 (November 29,
2006), 71 FR 71013 (December 7, 2006) [File No. SR-Phlx-2006-69].
    \3\ Concurrent with this order, the Commission is approving
similar rule changes submitted by the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.,
and Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. Securities Exchange Act Release
Nos. 54832 (November 29, 2006), 71 FR 71000 (December 7, 2006) [File
No. SR-BSE-2006-46] and 54833 (November 29, 2006), 71 FR 71004
(December 7, 2006) [File No. SR-CHX-2006-33]. The Commission has
also granted approval to similar rule changes submitted by the New
York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE''), American Stock Exchange LLC
(``Amex''), The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''), and the NYSE
Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca''). Securities Exchange Act Release Nos.
54289 (August 8, 2006), 71 FR 47278 (August 16, 2006) [File No. SR-
NYSE-2006-29]; 54290 (August 8, 2006), 71 FR 47262 (August 16, 2006)
[File No. SR-Amex-2006-40]; 54288 (August 8, 2006), 71 FR 47276
(August 16, 2006) [File No. SR-NASDAQ-2006-08]; 54410 (September 7,
2006), 71 FR 54316 (September 14, 2006) [File No. SR-NYSE Arca-2006-
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II. Description

    The Direct Registration System (``DRS'') allows an investor to
establish either through the issuer's transfer agent or through the
investor's broker-dealer a book-entry position on the books of the
issuer and to electronically transfer her position between the transfer
agent and the broker-dealer of her choice through a facility currently
administered by The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'').\4\ DRS,
therefore, enables an investor to have securities registered in her
name on the books of the issuer without having a securities certificate
issued to her and to electronically transfer her securities to her
broker-dealer in order to effect a transaction without the risk,
expenses, and delays associated with the use of securities
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    \4\ Currently, the only registered clearing agency operating a
DRS is DTC. For a detailed description of DRS and the DRS facilities
administered by DTC, see Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 37931
(November 7, 1996), 61 FR 58600 (November 15, 1996), [File No. SR-
DTC-96-15] (order granting approval to establish DRS) and 41862
(September 10, 1999), 64 FR 51162 (September 21, 1999), [File No.
SR-DTC-99-16] (order approving implementation of the Profile
Modification System).
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    Investors holding their securities in DRS retain the rights
associated with securities certificates, including such rights as
control of ownership and voting rights, without having the
responsibility of holding and safeguarding securities certificates. In
addition, in corporate actions such as reverse stock splits and
mergers, cancellation of old shares and issuance of new shares are
handled electronically with no securities certificates to be returned
to or received from the transfer agent.
    In order to reduce the risks, costs, and delays associated with the
use of securities certificates, new Phlx Rule 868 will require that
certain securities be eligible for DRS.\5\ Rule 868 will require that
on or after January 1, 2007, all securities initially listing on Phlx
must be eligible for a DRS operated by a securities depository that is
a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Act (``securities
depository''). This provision will not extend to (i) Securities of
companies which already have securities listed on Phlx; (ii) securities
of companies which immediately prior to such listing had securities
listed on another national securities exchange; (iii) derivative
products,\6\ or (iv) securities (other than stocks) which are book-
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    \5\ The text of Phlx Rule 868 is set forth in its filing, which
can be found at http://www.phlx.com/exchange/rulefilngs/2006/S-2006-69.pdf
.

    \6\ For purposes of proposed Rule 868, the term ``derivative
products'' means standardized options issued by The Options Clearing
Corporation (``OCC'') or other securities that are issued by OCC or
another limited purpose entity or trust and that are based solely on
the performance of an index or portfolio of other publicly traded
securities. The term ``derivative product'' does not include
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    Rule 868 will also require that on or after January 1, 2008, all
securities listed on the Phlx must be eligible for a DRS operated by a
securities depository. This provision will not extend to derivative
products or securities (other than stocks) that are book-entry-only.
    Issuers and their transfer agents may incur initial costs when
making an issue DRS-eligible as required by this rule change. In order
to make a security DRS-eligible, the issuer must have a transfer agent
which is a DRS Limited Participant at DTC.\7\ Transfer agents will need
to meet certain DTC criteria, such as insurance and connectivity
requirements, in order to become a DRS Limited Participant. Further,
issuers may need to amend their corporate documents, such as their by-
laws or charter, in order to permit the issuance of book-entry shares.
Phlx believes that the deadlines for DRS eligibility coupled with
instructive communication by Phlx to issuers, allows issuers sufficient
time to make the necessary changes to comply with the rule.
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    \7\ DTC's rules require that a transfer agent (including an
issuer acting as its own transfer agent) acting for a company
issuing securities in DRS must be a DRS Limited Participant.
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 37931 (November 7, 1996), 61 FR
58600 (November 15, 1996), [File No. SR-DTC-96-15].
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III. Discussion

    Section 6(b)(5) of the Act requires, among other things, that the
rules of an exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative
acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade,
to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in
regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to,
and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to
perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market
system, and in general to protect investors and the public interest.\8\
For the reasons described below, the Commission finds that Phlx's rule
change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act.
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    The use of securities certificates has long been identified as an
inefficient and risk-laden mechanism by which to hold and transfer
ownership.\9\ Because securities certificates require manual
processing, their use can result in significant delays and expenses in
processing securities transactions and presents the risk of
certificates being lost or stolen. Many of these costs and risks are
ultimately borne by investors.\10\ Congress has recognized the problems
and dangers that the use of certificates presents to the safe and
efficient operation of the U.S. clearance and settlement system and has
given the Commission the responsibility and the authority to address
these issues.\11\
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    \9\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 49405 (March 11, 2004),
69 FR 12922 (March 18, 2004), [File No. S7-13-04] (Securities
Transaction Settlement Concept Release).
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(a)(2)(A). Congress expressly envisioned the
Commission's authority to extend to all aspects of the securities
handling process of securities transactions within the United
States, including activities by clearing agencies, depositories,
corporate issuers, and transfer agents. See S. Rep. No. 75, 94th
Cong., 1st Sess. at 55 (1975).
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    Consistent with its Congressional directives and in its efforts to
improve efficiencies and decrease risks associated with processing
securities transactions, the Commission has long advocated a reduction
in the use of certificates in the trading environment by immobilization
or dematerialization of securities and has encouraged the use of
alternatives to holding securities in certificated form. Among other
things, the Commission has approved the rule filings of self-regulatory
organizations that require their members to use the facilities of a
securities depository for the book-entry settlement of all transactions
in depository-eligible securities \12\ and that require any security
listed for trading must be depository eligible if possible.\13\ More

recently the Commission has approved the implementation and expansion
of DRS.\14\
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    \12\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 32455 (June 11, 1993),
58 FR 33679 (June 18, 1993) (order approving rules requiring
members, member organizations, and affiliated members of the New
York Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers,
American Stock Exchange, Midwest Stock Exchange, Boston Stock
Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange to
use the facilities of a securities depository for the book-entry
settlement of all transactions in depository-eligible securities
with another financial intermediary).
    \13\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 35798 (June 1, 1995),
60 FR 30909 (June 12, 1995), [File Nos. SR-Amex-95-17; SR-BSE-95-09;
SR-CHX-95-12; SR-NASD-95-24; SR-NYSE-95-19; SR-PSE-95-14; SR-Phlx-
95-34] (order approving rules setting forth depository eligibility
requirements for issuers seeking to have their shares listed on the
exchange).
    \14\ In 1996, the NYSE modified its listing criteria to permit
listed companies to issue securities in book-entry form provided
that the issue is included in DRS. Securities Exchange Act Release
No. 37937 (November 8, 1996), 61 FR 58728 (November 18, 1996), [File
No. SR-NYSE-96-29]. Similarly, the NASD modified its rule to require
that if an issuer establishes a direct registration program, it must
participate in an electronic link with a securities depository in
order to facilitate the electronic transfer of the issue. Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 39369 (November 26, 1997), 62 FR 64034
(December 3, 1997), [File No. SR-97-51]. On July 30, 2002, the
Commission approved a rule change proposed by the NYSE to amend NYSE
Section 501.01 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual to allow a listed
company to issue securities in a dematerialized or completely
immobilized form and therefore not send stock certificates to record
holders provided the company's stock is issued pursuant to a
dividend reinvestment program or a stock purchase plan or is
included in a DRS. Securities Exchange Act Release No. 46282 (July
30, 2002), 67 FR 50972 (August 6, 2002), [File No. SR-NYSE-2001-33].
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    While the U.S. markets have made great progress in immobilization
and dematerialization for institutional and broker-to-broker
transactions, many industry representatives believe that the small
percentage of securities held in certificated form (held mostly by
retail investors) impose unnecessary risk and disproportionately large
expense to the industry and to investors. In an attempt to help address
this issue, Phlx's rule change, along with those of the NYSE, Amex,
Nasdaq, NYSE Arca, BSE, and CHX, should help expand the use of DRS. As
a result, risks, costs, and processing inefficiencies associated with
the use of securities certificates should be reduced, and impediments
to the perfection of the national market system should be removed.
Additionally, those investors holding securities in listed securities
certificates covered by the rule change that decide to hold their
securities in DRS should realize the benefits of more accurate,
quicker, and more cost-efficient transfers; faster distribution of sale
proceeds; reduced number of lost or stolen certificates and a reduction
in the associated certificate replacement costs; and consistency of
owning in book-entry across asset classes.
    The Commission realizes that some issuers and transfer agents may
bear expenses related to complying with the rule change. In order to
make an issue DRS-eligible, issuers of listed companies must have a
transfer agent which is a DRS Limited Participants and may need to
amend their corporate governing documents to permit the issuance of
book-entry shares. The Commission believes, however, that the long-term
benefits of increased efficiencies and reduced costs and risks afforded
by DRS outweigh the costs that some issuers and transfer agents may
incur. Furthermore, the time frames built into the proposal should
allow issuers and their transfer agents sufficient time to make any
necessary changes to comply with the rule change.
    While the rule change should significantly reduce the number of
transactions in securities for which settlement is effected by the
physical delivery of securities certificates, it will not eliminate the
ability of investors to obtain securities certificates provided the
issuer has chosen to issue certificates. Such investors can continue to
contact the issuer's transfer agent, either directly or through their
broker-dealer, to obtain a securities certificate.
    Accordingly, for the reasons stated above the Commission finds that
the rule change is consistent with Phlx's obligation under Section 6(b)
of the Act to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged
in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect
to, and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments
to perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and in general to protect investors and the public
interest.\15\
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    \15\ In approving the proposed rule change, the Commission
considered the proposal's impact on the efficiency, competition, and
capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
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V. Conclusion

    On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission finds that the
proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and
in particular with the requirements of Section 6(b)(5) of the Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder. It is therefore ordered, pursuant
to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, that the proposed rule change (File No.
SR-Phlx-2006-69) be and hereby is approved.

    For the Commission by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\16\
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP07-338-000]

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed
Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

March 6, 2007.
    Take notice that on March 1, 2007 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Corporation (Transco) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed in
Appendix A attached to the filing. The tariff sheets are proposed to be
effective April 1, 2007.
    Transco states that it is serving copies of the instant filing to
its affected customers, interested state commissions and other
interested parties.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210).
Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on
or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

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

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

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings  1

November 24, 2009.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC10-23-000.
    Applicants: Edison Sault Electric Company, Wisconsin Energy.
Corporation
    Description: Application of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, et al.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-5244.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:

    Docket Numbers: EG10-10-000.
    Applicants: FSE Blythe 1, LLC.
    Description: Self Certification Notice of FSE Blythe 1, LLC.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-5240.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER01-889-012; ER01-3013-004.
    Applicants: California Independent System Operator Corporation.
    Description: Status Report of the California Independent System
Operator Corporation.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-5270.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-462-002
    Applicants: DPL Energy Resources, Inc.
    Description: DPL Energy Resources, Inc submits amended application
to modify market based rate tariffs, to request waivers of requirements
for transactions among affiliates and for other approvals in
conformance with Order No 697.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0194.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 30, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1343-003; ER08-1353-003.
    Applicants: Southern California Edison Company.
    Description: Southern California Edison Co submits refunds to
reflect the Settlement rates and Transmission Revenue Requirement in
compliance with the Commission's 9/11/09 Order.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0219.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-621-004.
    Applicants: TAQA Gen X LLC.
    Description: TAQA Gen X LLC Notice of Non-Material Change in
Status.
    Filed Date: 11/24/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091124-5038.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-655-002.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Retail Sales, LLC.
    Description: Duke Energy Retail Sales, LLC Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 11/24/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091124-5047.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 15, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-701-003.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection submits Sixth Revised Sheet 66 et
al. to Third Revised Rate Schedule FERC 24.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0223.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.
    Docket Numbers: ER09-1253-002.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits proposed revisions to Attachment P of their Open Access
Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff, FERC
Electric Tariff etc.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0216.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-1307-001.
    Applicants: EnergyConnect, Inc.
    Description: Additional Information Regarding EnergyConnect, Inc.'s
Application for Market-Based Rate Authority.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091120-5046.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 04, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-1431-001.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits revisions to the Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating
Reserve Market Tariff in compliance with the Commission's 10/23/09
Order.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0221.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-1765-001.
    Applicants: MidAmerican Energy Company.
    Description: MidAmerican Energy Company et al. submits a revised
Sheet 2758Z to the Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating
Reserve Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0222.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-293-000.
    Applicants: First Point Power, LLC.
    Description: First Point Power, LLC submits petition for acceptance
of initial tariff, waivers and blanket authority.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0079.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-294-000.
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc.
    Description: Northern States Power Co-MN submits their Operation
and Maintenance Agreement with Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0215.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-295-000.
    Applicants: E.ON U.S. LLC.
    Description: E. ON. U.S. LLC submits First Revised Sheet No. 139 to
Fourth Revised Volume 1, Schedule 11, Loss Compensation Service etc.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0226.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-298-000.
    Applicants: E.ON U.S. LLC.
    Description: E. ON. U.S. LLC et al. submits an unexecuted Network
Integration Transmission Service Agreement and an unexecuted Network
Operating Agreement with Owensboro Municipal Utilities et al.
    Filed Date: 11/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0225.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, December 11, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-299-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits an executed interim
interconnection service agreement with Hardin Wind Energy, LLC et al.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0217.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-301-000.
    Applicants: Black Hills Power, Inc.
    Description: Black Hills Power, Inc et al. submits a Generation
Dispatch and Energy Management Agreement, effective 11/19/09.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-0218.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-304-000.
    Applicants: New York State Reliability Council, L.L.C.
    Description: New York State Reliability Council, L.L.C.'s Petition
to Amend the New York State Reliability Council Agreement.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-5243.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
reliability filings:

    Docket Numbers: RR10-4-000.
    Applicants: North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
    Description: Petition of North American Electric Reliability
Corporation for Approval of Amendments to its Rules of Procedure--
Amendments to the Reliability Standards Development Procedure.
    Filed Date: 11/23/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091123-5245.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 14, 2009.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC.
    There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables
subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a
subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service,
please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll
free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference

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                                                   Docket Nos.
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Developments in Natural Gas Index       AD17-12-000
 Liquidity and Transparency.
Price Discovery in Natural Gas and      PL03-3-000
 Electric Markets.
Natural Gas Price Formation...........  AD03-7-000
ISO New England Inc...................  ER17-795-000
                                        ER17-795-001

Kinetica Energy Express, LLC..........  RP16-1299-000
                                        RP16-1299-001
                                        RP16-1299-002
New York Independent System Operator,   ER17-386-001
 Inc.                                   ER17-386-002
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    As announced in the Notice issued May 10, 2017,\1\ Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will hold a technical
conference on Thursday June 29, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to
discuss the state of liquidity and transparency in the physical natural
gas markets. The agenda and list of panel participants for this
conference are attached. The conference is free of charge and open to
the public. Commission members may participate in the conference.
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    \1\ Developments in Natural Gas Index Liquidity and
Transparency, Docket No. AD17-12-000 (May 10, 2017) (Notice of
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    If they have not already done so, those who plan to attend the
technical conference are strongly encouraged to complete the
registration form located at: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/06-29-17-form.asp. The dress code for the conference will
be business casual.
    The technical conference will be transcribed. Transcripts will be
available from Ace Reporting Company and may be purchased online at
www.acefederal.com, or by phone at<PHONE_NUMBER>. In addition, there
will be a free webcast of the conference. The webcast will allow
persons to listen, but not participate, and will be accessible at
www.ferc.gov Calendar of Events. The Capitol Connection provides
technical support for the webcast and offers the option of listening to
the technical conference via phone-bridge for a fee; visit
www.CapitolConnection.org or call<PHONE_NUMBER> with any webcast
questions.
    Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please
send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY), or send a FAX to<PHONE_NUMBER> with
the required accommodations.
    For more information about the technical conference, please
contact:

Sarah McKinley (Logistics), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Eric Primosch (Technical), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Omar Bustami (Legal), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: June 13, 2017
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Technical Conference on Developments in Natural Gas Index Liquidity and
Transparency

Docket No. AD17-12-000

June 29, 2017
Agenda
    The purpose of the staff-led Technical Conference on Developments
in Natural Gas Index Liquidity and Transparency is to solicit feedback
and develop a record regarding index robustness and to discuss what, if
anything, the industry and/or the Commission could do to increase
transparency and support greater robustness in natural gas price
formation. The technical conference will examine: (1) The current state
of natural gas index liquidity and voluntary reporting to index
developers; (2) the use of natural gas indices over time; and (3)
possible actions that the industry and/or the Commission could take to
increase transparency and support greater robustness in natural gas
price formation.
9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Natural Gas Index Presentation (Commission Staff)
    Staff will present an overview of natural gas transactions using
FERC Form No. 552 data. The presentation will review trends in next-day
and next-month transactions, the number of companies that report to
index developers, and the volume of fixed-priced transactions that
contribute to natural gas indices. Staff will also present an overview
of natural gas indices referenced in jurisdictional tariffs.
9:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Panel 1: Robustness and Liquidity of Natural Gas
Indices
    Most price indices are supplied as a commercial service by
publishers of daily, weekly, or monthly newsletters. Price indices play
a pivotal role in natural gas market price formation, and are commonly
referenced in physical and financial transactions. This panel will
examine the robustness and liquidity of natural gas indices, the degree
of industry reliance on index-based contracts rather than fixed-price
contracts, the decline in fixed-price reporting to index developers,
and whether natural gas indices accurately reflect market conditions.
    Panelists are encouraged to respond to the following:
    1. Describe the current trends in natural gas fixed-price and
physical basis trading that you believe positively or negatively impact
price formation in the natural gas market, detailing any observable
shifts in liquidity. Are there differences in market fundamentals,
procedures, or policies which disproportionately impact either overall
or regional liquidity?
    2. How have the volume and quality of next-day and next-month
fixed-price and physical basis transaction reporting changed? In
addition, describe any changes in other information used to form
natural gas indices. Are there market, regulatory, or other factors
that discourage reporting? If so, are there ways to incent reporting?
    3. For indices published by index developers and referenced in FERC
jurisdictional tariffs, the Commission requires index developers to
comply with five standards: (1) Code of conduct and confidentiality;
(2) completeness; (3) data verification, error correction, and
monitoring; (4) verifiability; and (5) availability and
accessibility.\2\ How have index developers' methodologies and
practices changed since these standards were developed? Are the
standards established in 2003 still relevant and sufficient to allow
for healthy and robust natural gas price formation in today's
environment?
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    \2\ Policy Statement on Natural Gas and Electric Price Indices,
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    4. Is there a need for additional transparency regarding natural
gas index price assessments and the level of liquidity underlying each
natural gas index published by index developers? Should common minimum
liquidity thresholds be defined? If so, who should define them, and
what should be the mechanism for accomplishing this? For example,
should index developers provide information about which indices are
illiquid? What kind of coordination would be necessary, and what kind
of information would be shared, and with whom, when a given natural gas
price index is deemed illiquid?

Panelists

 Mark Callahan, Editorial Director for Platts North America,
S&P Global
 J.C. Kneale, Vice President--North American Natural Gas, Power
& NGL Markets InterContinental Exchange

 Euan Craik, Chief Executive Officer, Argus Media
 Tom Haywood, Editor--Natural Gas Week, Energy Intelligence
 Dexter Steis, Executive Publisher, Natural Gas Intelligence
 Vince Kaminski, Professor in Practice of Energy, Rice
University
 Orlando Alvarez, President and CEO, BP Energy Company
 Edward Fortunato, Managing Director of Analytics for
Constellation Energy, Exelon Corporation
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Panel 2: Role of Natural Gas Indices in Price
Formation
    Natural gas indices are used by industry for a variety of purposes,
such as settling bilateral contracts of varying terms, basis swap
futures, index swap futures, swing swap futures, and calendar and basis
spreads. Natural gas indices also are used in FERC jurisdictional
interstate natural gas pipeline and wholesale electric transmission
tariffs for various purposes. For example, indices are used in many
interstate natural gas pipeline tariffs to settle imbalances or
determine penalties. In addition, State Commissions use indices as
benchmarks in reviewing the prudence of natural gas purchases by local
distribution companies. Finally, some Regional Transmission
Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTOs/ISOs) rely on
natural gas indices to develop reference levels for market power
mitigation. Given the prevalence of indices in the natural gas and
electric industries, indices must be robust and have the confidence of
market participants for such markets to function properly and
efficiently.
    Panelists are encouraged to respond to the following:
    1. Describe current industry uses of physical natural gas price
indices. Are natural gas price indices sufficiently reflecting the
locational value of natural gas to permit decision-making by those with
an interest in the value of natural gas such as: End users, producers,
marketers, and other buyers and sellers?
    2. Are there improvements that should be made to increase the
likelihood that natural gas indices will reflect the market value at
particular locations? For example, could index publishers provide
increased transparency when there are insufficient transactions to
formulate an index price? What additional information could signal that
market activity is sufficiently robust to create accurate prices?
    3. For RTOs/ISOs that rely on natural gas indices to develop
reference levels for market power mitigation, do you have concerns
about the robustness or liquidity of the natural gas indices used in
your tariffs? If so, please explain why.
    4. Recognizing that the use of natural gas indices in FERC
jurisdictional tariffs is different from their use in commercial
transactions, the Commission established liquidity thresholds for
indices referenced in jurisdictional tariffs.\3\ Do these thresholds
accurately capture minimum liquidity thresholds over an appropriate
time period? Should the liquidity of indices referenced in FERC
jurisdictional tariffs be reassessed periodically, and if so, who
should assess it, and what should be the mechanism for accomplishing
this? What kind of coordination would be necessary, and what kind of
information should be shared and with whom, should a given index be
deemed illiquid?

    \3\ Price Discovery in Natural Gas and Electric Markets, 109
FERC ] 61,184 at P60 (2004).
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Panelists

 Paul Greenwood, Vice President-Americas, Africa, and Asia
Pacific New Markets for ExxonMobil, Natural Gas Supply Association
Representative
 Pallas LeeVanSchaik, External Market Monitor, Potomac
Economics
 Guillermo Bautista Alderete, Director--Market Analysis and
Forecasting, California ISO
 Christopher Hamlen, Regulatory Counsel, ISO-NE
 George Wayne, Director of Account Services for the Western
Pipelines, Kinder Morgan
 Edward Fortunato, Managing Director of Analytics for
Constellation Energy, Exelon Corporation
 Corey Grindal, Senior Vice President--Gas Supply, Cheniere
Energy
 David Louw, Division Director--Risk Management and Compliance,
Macquarie Energy
 Donnie Sharp, Senior Natural Gas Supply Coordinator for
Huntsville Utilities, American Public Gas Association Representative
 Lee Bennett, Manager, Pricing and Business Analysis for
Transcanada, on behalf of Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Representative
 Susan Bergles, Assistant General Counsel, American Gas
Association
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m.-5:25 p.m. Panel 3: Options To Increase Transparency and
Liquidity of Natural Gas Indices
    Should action be taken to foster more meaningful, reliable, and
transparent price information in natural gas markets? What changes may
be necessary to incent voluntary price reporting and improve the
accuracy, reliability, and transparency of natural gas price indices?
Discuss the degree to which the level of voluntary reporting and other
developments within the commercial service model of natural gas index
development impact the robustness of natural gas indices.
    Panelists are encouraged to respond to the following:
    1. Is there a need to develop industry wide liquidity thresholds?
While the Commission maintains certain liquidity thresholds for indices
referenced in jurisdictional tariffs, should standards be developed
that would apply to other uses of natural gas indices? If so, how can
such standards be developed and by whom? Can this be addressed through
voluntary consensus or through other regulatory processes? Are there
legal, commercial, or technical impediments to doing so?
    2. Should the Commission take steps to provide greater natural gas
price transparency and market information, promote index developer
competition, and enhance confidence in natural gas price formation
through increased transparency and accessibility of natural gas index
information? For example, should the Commission consider exercising its
authority under section 23(a)(1) through (3) of the Natural Gas Act to
require market participants to report price forming transactions to
index developers?
    3. Is index data sufficiently available and transparent? Does the
commercial service model negatively or positively impact price
formation? What actions, policies, or trends have impacted price
discovery? Is there additional information market participants need to
ensure robust natural gas price formation? Who should provide that
information? How would that information be shared?

Panelists

 Greg Leonard, Vice President, Cornerstone Research
 Orlando Alvarez, President and CEO, BP Energy Company
 Mark Callahan, Editorial Director for Platts North America,
S&P Global
 J.C. Kneale, Vice President--North American Natural Gas, Power
& NGL Markets InterContinental Exchange

 Vince Kaminski, Professor in Practice of Energy, Rice
University
 Curtis Moffatt, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President,
Kinder Morgan
 Joe Bowring, President, Monitoring Analytics
 Corey Grindal, Senior Vice President--Gas Supply, Cheniere
Energy
 Tom Haywood, Editor--Natural Gas Week, Energy Intelligence
 Drew Fossum, Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Tenaska Inc.
 Joan Dreskin, Vice President and General Counsel, Interstate
Natural Gas Association of America
5:25 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
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