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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

May 13, 2010.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER10-895-002.
    Applicants: The Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: Detroit Edison Company submits Second Revised Service
agreement 12 to FERC Electric tariff, Original Volume 4.
    Filed Date: 05/12/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100512-0215.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1230-000.
    Applicants: The Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: Detroit Edison Company submits an unexecuted service
agreement.
    Filed Date: 05/12/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100512-0217.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1231-000.
    Applicants: The Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: Detroit Edison Company submits unexecuted Wholesale
Distribution Service Agreement.
    Filed Date: 05/12/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100512-0216.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1232-000.
    Applicants: Tampa Electric Company.
    Description: Tampa Electric Company submits Second Revised Sheet 94
et al. for inclusion in its open access transmission tariff.
    Filed Date: 05/12/2010
    Accession Number: 20100512-0214.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1233-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool Inc. submits an unexecuted Large
Generator Interconnection Agreement.
    Filed Date: 05/12/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-0202.

    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1236-000.
    Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company.
    Description: Arizona Public Service Company submits amendment to
its Cost-based Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff Volume 5.
    Filed Date: 05/13/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-0215.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 03, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1237-000.
    Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc.
    Description: Westar Energy, Inc. submits an executed Cost-Based
Agreement for Wholesale Power Sales Service from Generating Assets
Likely to Participate dated 4/29/2010.
    Filed Date: 05/13/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-0214.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 03, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1240-000.
    Applicants: The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Comp.
    Description: The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company submits
tariff filing per 35.12: Market-Based Power Sales Tariff to be
effective 5/13/2010.
    Filed Date: 05/13/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-5072.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 03, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1241-000.
    Applicants: The Toledo Edison Company.
    Description: The Toledo Edison Company submits tariff filing per
35.12: Market-Based Power Sales Tariff to be effective 5/13/2010.
    Filed Date: 05/13/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-5092.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 03, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1242-000.
    Applicants: Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.
    Description: Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. submits tariff filing
per 35.12: Baseline filing of Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. MBR
to be effective 5/13/2010.
    Filed Date: 05/13/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100513-5128.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 03, 2010.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
reliability filings:
    Docket Numbers: RR08-4-005.
    Applicants: North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
    Description: North American Electric Reliability Corporation
submits supplemental information regarding the March 5, 2010 Violation
Severity Level Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 05/05/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100505-5112.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 20, 2010.

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

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-98140; File No. SR-ICC-2023-012)

Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Credit LLC; Notice of
Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Stress Testing Framework

August 15, 2023.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on August 8, 2023, ICE Clear Credit LLC (``ICC'') filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') the proposed
rule change, as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items
have been prepared primarily by ICC. The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the
Proposed Rule Change

    The principal purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise the
ICC Stress Testing Framework (``STF''). These revisions do not require
any changes to the ICC Clearing Rules (``Rules'').

II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, ICC included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change,
security-based swap submission, or advance notice and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed rule change, security-based swap
submission, or advance notice. The text of these statements may be
examined at the places specified in Item IV below. ICC has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B), and (C) below, of the most
significant aspects of these statements.

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

(a) Purpose
    ICC proposes to update the STF. The STF sets forth the ICC stress
testing practices that are focused on ensuring the adequacy of systemic
risk protections. The proposed changes are limited to updating the
stress period of the default-free Euro discount interest rate curve
used in ICC's interest rate sensitivity analysis and providing
additional clarifying language to the STF. ICC believes the proposed
changes will facilitate the prompt and accurate clearance and
settlement of securities transactions and derivative agreements,
contracts, and transactions for which it is responsible. ICC proposes
to move forward with implementation of these changes following
Commission approval of the proposed rule change. The proposed changes
are described in detail as follows.
    ICC proposes to update STF Section 11, ``Interest Rate Sensitivity
Analysis'', which describes ICC's interest rate sensitivity analysis to
account for the risks associated with changes to default-free discount
interest rates. The STF currently incorporates two, currency specific,
stress test parallel shifts (i.e., up, and down) of the default-free
discount interest rate for both CDS and CDS Index Options instruments.
The magnitude of the interest rate stress scenarios reflects the
largest shock, estimated using the collateral haircut model, during a
selected stress period for the applicable sovereign debt, and such
selected stress periods are subject to periodic review. Following such
review, ICC proposes to update the stress period used to shock the EURO
default-free discount interest rate.
    The reasoning behind such proposed change is to respond to the
current volatile interest rate period which began in 2022 and continues
into 2023 due to the fast pace of U.S. Dollar and Euro interest rate
increases. The impact to Euro interest rate volatility has been
significant due to the sudden and rapid increases in Euro interest
rates by the European Central Bank in an effort to curb multi-decade
high inflation. Such interest rate volatility observed during this
currently ongoing ``2022/2023 inflation crisis period'' is greater than
the interest rate volatility observed in the Euro stress period
currently in place in the STF (i.e., the ``western European credit
crisis period'' which occurred in 2011-2012). Specifically, the
magnitude of the collateral haircuts observed in the currently ongoing
``2022/2023 inflation crisis period'' exceed the collateral haircuts
observed during the ``western European credit crisis period.''
    Therefore, ICC proposes to replace the current ``western European
credit crisis period'' stress period with the ``2022/2023 inflation
crisis period'' stress period in Section 11 of the STF. Such proposed
change is prudent, from a risk perspective, as it improves ICC's
interest rate sensitivity analysis by referencing the higher interest
rate volatility stress period. As the current inflation crisis remains
ongoing, ICC will continue to monitor interest rate volatility for any
new volatility peak observed in the current ``2022/2023 inflation
crisis period.''. In addition, ICC proposes to make analogous
clarifying language changes to the identification of the default-free
USD discount interest rate curve in Section 11 of the STF to remove the
specific dates of the applicable stress period (i.e., the 2008/2009
credit crisis period).
(b) Statutory Basis
    As discussed herein, the proposed changes update the default-free
Euro discount interest rate curve used in ICC's interest rate
sensitivity analysis to reflect the interest rate shocks observed
during the recent 2022-2023 inflation crisis period. Such proposed
change strengthens the STF by updating the Euro stress period.
Accordingly, ICC believes that the proposed changes to the STF are
consistent with the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of
securities transactions, derivatives agreements, contracts, and
transactions, the safeguarding of securities and funds

in the custody or control of ICC or for which it is responsible, and
the protection of investors and the public interest, within the meaning
of Section 17(A)(b)(3)(F) of the Act.\3\
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    In addition, the proposed changes to the STF are consistent with
the relevant requirements of Rule 17Ad-22.\4\ Rule 17Ad-22(b)(3) \5\
requires ICC to establish, implement, maintain and enforce written
policies and procedures reasonably designed to maintain sufficient
financial resources to withstand, at a minimum, a default by the two CP
families to which it has the largest exposures in extreme but plausible
market conditions. The proposed changes to the STF provide further
clarity and transparency regarding ICC's stress testing practices,
including updating the stress periods used in ICC's interest rate
sensitivity analysis. The proposed revisions also support ICC's ability
to maintain sufficient risk requirements and enhance ICC's approach to
identifying potential weaknesses in the risk management system by
updating time periods to existing stress testing hypotheticals, thereby
ensuring that ICC maintains sufficient financial resources to
withstand, at a minimum, a default by the two CP families to which it
has the largest exposures in extreme but plausible market conditions,
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    The amendments would also satisfy relevant requirements of Rule
17Ad-22.\7\ Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(ii) \8\ requires ICC to establish,
implement, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures
reasonably designed to effectively identify, measure, monitor, and
manage its credit exposures to participants and those arising from its
payment, clearing, and settlement processes, including by maintaining
additional financial resources at the minimum to enable it to cover a
wide range of foreseeable stress scenarios that include, but are not
limited to, the default of the two participant families that would
potentially cause the largest aggregate credit exposure for ICC in
extreme but plausible market conditions. The proposed amendments
enhance ICC's ability to manage its financial resources by updating a
stress period used in ICC's interest rate sensitivity analysis. The
proposed amendments add descriptive detail to be clearer, which would
ensure transparency and strengthen the documentation, thereby
supporting the effectiveness of ICC's risk management system. The
proposed clarifying language further enhances the readability of the
STF and ensures that it remains up-to-date, clear, and transparent. As
such, the proposed amendments would strengthen ICC's ability to
maintain its financial resources and withstand the pressures of
defaults, consistent with the requirements of Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(4)(ii).\9\
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    Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(vi) \10\ requires each covered clearing agency
to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written policies and
procedures reasonably designed to effectively identify, measure,
monitor, and manage its credit exposures to participants and those
arising from its payment, clearing, and settlement processes, including
by testing the sufficiency of its total financial resources available
to meet the minimum financial resource requirements, including by
conducting stress testing of its total financial resources once each
day using standard predetermined parameters and assumptions; conducting
a comprehensive analysis on at least a monthly basis of the existing
stress testing scenarios, models, and underlying parameters and
assumptions; and reporting the results of its analyses to appropriate
decision makers at ICC. The proposed rule change continues to ensure
that ICC's policies and procedures, including the STF, provide a clear
framework for ICC to conduct stress testing and analysis and report the
results to appropriate decision makers at ICC, in compliance with this
requirement. As such, ICC believes the proposed rule change is
consistent with the requirements of Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(vi).\11\
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    ICC does not believe the proposed rule change would have any
impact, or impose any burden, on competition. The proposed changes to
the STF update the stress period used in ICC's interest rate
sensitivity analysis and make other clarifying changes, which ICC
believes are appropriate in furtherance of the risk management of the
clearing house. The changes to the STF will apply uniformly across all
market participants. ICC does not believe these changes would affect
the costs of clearing or the ability of market participants to access
clearing. Therefore, ICC does not believe the proposed rule change
would impose any burden on competition that is inappropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change
Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not been
solicited or received. ICC will notify the Commission of any written
comments received by ICC.

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

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
file number SR-ICC-2023-012 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ICC-2023-012. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements

with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3
p.m. Copies of such filings also will be available for inspection and
copying at the principal office of ICE Clear Credit and on ICE Clear
Credit's website at https://www.theice.com/clear-credit/regulation.
    Do not include personal identifiable information in submissions;
you should submit only information that you wish to make available
publicly. We may redact in part or withhold entirely from publication
submitted material that is obscene or subject to copyright protection.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ICC-2023-012 and should
be submitted on or before September 11, 2023.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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Appendix II. F. 2 Temporal Exposure Profile Plot for North Carolina Coastal Plain Ground Water Figure II. F. 2 1 Cumulative MOEs for Children 1 2 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 95th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 2 Cumulative MOEs for Children 1 2 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 99th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 3 Cumulative MOEs for Children 1 2 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 4 13 22 31 40 49 5867 76 8594 103 112121 130 139148 157 166175 184 193202 211220229 238247256 265 274 283 292301310 319328337 346355 364 Julian Days MOEs at the 99.9th Percentile Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Figure II. F. 2 4 Cumulative MOEs for Children 3 5 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 95th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 5 Cumulative MOEs for Children 3 5 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 99th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 6 Cumulative MOEs for Children 3 5 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 4 13 22 31 40 49 5867 76 8594 103 112121 130 139148 157 166175 184 193202 211220229 238247256 265 274 283 292301310 319328337 346355 364 Julian Days MOEs at the 99.9th Percentile Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Figure II. F. 2 7 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 20 49 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 95th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 8 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 20 49 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 99th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 9 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 20 49 in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 4 1322 31 404958 67 768594 103112121 130 139148157 166 175184193 202 211220 229 238247256 265 274283292 301 310319328 337346355 364 Julian Days MOEs at the 99.9th Percentile Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Figure II. F. 2 10 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 50+ in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 95th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 11 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 50+ in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1 15 29 43 57 71 85 99 113 127 141 155 169 183 197 211 225 239 253 267 281 295 309 323 337 351 Julian Days MOEs at the 99th Percentile Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Figure II. F. 2 12 Cumulative MOEs for Adults 50+ in NC using Ground Water in a Daily Analysis 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 4 13 22 31 40 49 5867 76 8594 103 1 12121 130 139148 157 166175 184 1 93202 211220229 238247256 265 274 283 292301310 319328337 346355 364 Julian Days MOEs at the 99.9th Percentile Food MOE Drinking Water MOE Total MOE Inhalation MOE Dermal MOE Oral ( non dietary) MOE


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-408-000]

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of
Application

May 28, 2008.
    Take notice that on May 22, 2008, CenterPoint Energy Gas
Transmission Company (CEGT), 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas
77002-5231, filed with the Commission an application under section 7(b)
of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to abandon, in place and
by sale, to CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc. (CEFS) a 4.6 mile
segment of Line 2-C-2 located in the State of Oklahoma. In conjunction
with the abandonment, CEGT seeks determination that the facilities,
once conveyed to CEFS, will be a gathering facility exempt from the
Commission's jurisdiction under NGA section 1(b). This filing is
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-
free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or TYY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions regarding the petition should be directed to Lawrence
O. Thomas, Director--Rates & Regulatory, CenterPoint Energy Gas
Transmission Company, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, LA 71151, and Tel:
(318) 429-2804 or Fax<PHONE_NUMBER>, or e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or contact Mark C. Schroeder, Vice-
President & General Counsel, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission
Company, P.O. Box 1700, Houston, TX 77210, and Tel:<PHONE_NUMBER> or
Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit 14 copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission
and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. Only
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission's environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
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>.
    Comment Date: June 18, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ACTION: Notice of FAA Grant of Exemption No. 10611

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SUMMARY: This document contains a summary of the agency's decision on a
petition for exemption. The purpose of the document is to improve the
public's awareness and inform affected operators of the FAA's decision.

DATES: The exemption became effective on August 28, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Shaver,<PHONE_NUMBER>, Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20591, or Katie Haley,<PHONE_NUMBER>, Office of
Rulemaking, ARM-207, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.

ADDRESSES: Availability of the notice of exemption: You can obtain an
electronic copy of this document or Exemption No. 10611 by--
    1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov;
    2. Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR; or
    3. Contacting the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Grant of Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2012-0429.
    Petitioner: Airbus Operations GmbH.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: Part 121.
    On August 28, 2012, the FAA granted an exemption in the matter of
the petition of Airbus Operations GmbH. The exemption from 14 CFR
121.344(f) and Appendix M is granted to the extent necessary to allow
the operators of the Airbus model 318, 319, 320 and 321 airplanes
listed in Exemption No. 10611 to temporarily operate these airplanes
without complying with the digital flight data recorder sampling rate
requirement, subject to the conditions and limitations listed in the
exemption. Among other conditions and limitations, each operator of an
affected airplane must, within 90 days of issuance of the exemption
(August 28, 2012), submit a letter to its principal inspector that,
among other things, includes a request to use Exemption No. 10611.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2012.
Lirio Liu,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2012-22095 Filed 9-6-12; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66436-66437]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21104]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15315-000]

County of Coconino, AZ; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications

    On June 12, 2023, Western Navajo Pumped Storage 2, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the to
be located near the City of Page in Coconino County, Arizona. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any
land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
    The project is proposed as a closed loop pumped storage
hydroelectric-generating facility, which would involve the construction
of new water storage, water conveyance, and generation facilities at
off-channel locations where no such facilities exist at this time. The
project would utilize water from Lake Powell to fill and periodically
refill the project reservoirs. The lower reservoir would be located
approximately 4,200 feet west from the proposed upper reservoir. A
zoned rockfill embankment dike approximately 75 feet high and 6,200
feet long is proposed to be constructed to enclose the perimeter of the
55-acre lower reservoir with a water surface elevation of 5,475 feet
mean sea level (msl). The upper reservoir would be located
approximately 4,200 feet east from the proposed lower reservoir. A
zoned rockfill embankment dike approximately 75 feet high and 6,500
feet long is proposed to be constructed to enclose the perimeter of the
55-acre upper reservoir with a water surface elevation of 6,475 feet
msl. Both embankment ring dikes would have an impermeable clay core and
an impermeable concrete liner.
    During pumping operations, water would be drawn through the four
reversible Francis pump-turbine units into four 12-foot-diameter steel
pipes that would merge into a 24 foot-diameter penstock, which would
convey water to the upper reservoir. During generation, operations
would be reversed. The total installed generation capacity would be 396
megawatts with a hydraulic head of 1,000 feet.
    The proposed project would also include a new 30-mile-long, 230-
kilovolt overhead transmission line that would extend from a proposed
substation near the proposed powerhouse to an interconnection point
with the substation located adjacent to Glen Canyon Dam approximately 2
miles northwest of Page, Arizona. The transmission route would follow
an approximately 150-foot-wide corridor west until the proposed route
meets an existing 200-foot-wide transmission corridor. The proposed
substation would include two 200 MVA Generator Step-up Units, relays
and controls, breakers, and switches as required by the existing
substation owner/electric service provider.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Erik Steimle, Western Navajo Pumped Storage
1, LLC, 100 S Olive Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401;
[email protected]; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    FERC Contact: Everard Baker; email: [email protected]; phone:
(202) 502-8554.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at<PHONE_NUMBER> or [email protected]. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or
notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted
within 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications
and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected],<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of

electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Secretary Kimberly Bose,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any
filing should include docket number P-15315-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-15315) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 21, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-21104 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 84329]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28563]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP17-486-000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Request for
Extension of Time

    Take notice that on December 11, 2020, National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (National Fuel) requested that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until
December 1, 2023, to continue using Well 7451 in the Beech Hill Storage
Field (Beech Hill) as a withdrawal-only well in order to continue to
collect and evaluate information it needs to further demonstrate and
assess the reservoir connection between the Beech Hill Complex and the
Shongo Pool.
    The Commission authorized National Fuel to test Well 7451 and to
assess the connection between the Beech Hill Complex and the Shongo
Pool in its January 26, 2018 order, for a term not to exceed three
years (January 2018 Order).\1\ Ordering Paragraph (A) of the January
2018 Order requires National Fuel to notify the Commission within three
years of the certificate being issued, if the certificate authorization
needs to be abandoned.\2\
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    \1\ National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 162 FERC ] 62,063
(2018).
    \2\ Id., at Ordering Paragraph A.
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    National Fuel states that it has not collected enough information
about Well 7451 to make any final determinations as required by the
Commission approved Containment Plan of the Beech Hill Storage
Field.\3\ National Fuel's reservoir models have projected different
points at which the effect of any interconnection may be evident, the
soonest point those models project the effect will be evident is when
an additional withdrawal of 0.655 Bcf of gas from Well 7451 occurs.
National Fuel expects it will take about two years or longer to reach a
level of total withdrawal that will provide information needed to
verify and update the reservoir models.
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    \3\ See National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, Beech Hill
Containment and Management Plan, filed February 1, 2017 and
Commission March 6, 2017 unpublished letter to National Fuel
regarding the Beech Hill Containment and Management Plan.
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    This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment
period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on National Fuel's
request for an extension of time may do so. No reply comments or
answers will be considered. If you wish to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this request, you should, on or
before the comment date stated below, file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10).\4\
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    \4\ Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to
the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas
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    As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on
requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural
Gas Act facilities when such requests are contested before order
issuance. For those extension requests that are contested,\5\ the
Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45
days.\6\ The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether
the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the
extension.\7\ The Commission will not consider arguments that re-
litigate the issuance of the certificate order, including whether the
Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience
and necessity and whether the Commission's environmental analysis for
the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.\8\
At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on
certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the
Commission will not re-litigate their issuance.\9\ The OEP Director, or
his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that
are uncontested.
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    \5\ Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes
any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2019).
    \6\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
    \7\ Id. at P 40.
    \8\ Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance
of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed
project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the
Commission's environmental analysis for the permit order complied
with NEPA.
    \9\ Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ] 61,144, at P 40
(2020).
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    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) using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to Commission's Public Reference
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or TYY,
(202) 502-8659.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail
similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 4, 2021.

    Dated: December 18, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28563 Filed 12-23-20; 8:45 am]
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MEMORANDUM

DATE:		November 21, 2014

TO:		Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602

FROM:	Region 7, EPA

SUBJECT:	June 25, 2014, Session at 4-State Environmental Director Meeting on  Proposed Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY

      A special session  was held between EPA and the attendees listed below on June 25, 2014, as part of the semi-annual 4-State Environmental Directors meeting,  to discuss the proposed Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants. The majority of the discussion centered on how goals were established for the states in Region 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The Carbon Power Plan for Existing Power Plants was proposed on June 2, 2014.        ATTENDEES

EPA Region 7: Rebecca Weber Josh Tapp Mark A. Smith Ward Burns

Iowa Department of Natural Resources Chuck Gipp Bill Ehm Catharine Fitzsimmons

Kansas Department of Health and Environment John Mitchell Leo Henning Rick Brunetti

Missouri Department of Natural Resources  Sara Parker Pauley Kyra Moore Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Pat Rice Tom Lamberson Jay Ringenburg Shelly Schneider


[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 40703]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16460]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-1019; FRL-9912-42]
RIN 2070-AJ93

Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Mixtures; Extension of Comment
Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
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SUMMARY: EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the
Federal Register of May 19, 2014, concerning hydraulic fracturing
chemicals and mixtures. This document extends the comment period for 30
days, from August 18, 2014, to September 18, 2014. EPA is taking this
action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested
persons additional time to submit comments.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-EPA-HQ-OPPT-2011-1019, must be received on or before September
18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in
the Federal Register document of May 19, 2014 (79 FR 28664) (FRL-9909-
13).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For technical information contact: Mark Seltzer, Chemical Control
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period established in the Federal Register document of May 19, 2014. In
that document, the Agency requests comment on the information that
should be reported or disclosed for hydraulic fracturing chemical
substances and mixtures and the mechanism for obtaining this
information. This mechanism could be regulatory (under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(a) and/or section 8(d)),
voluntary, or a combination of both and could include best management
practices, third-party certification and collection, and incentives for
disclosure of this information. In addition, the Agency is seeking
comment on ways of minimizing reporting burdens and costs and of
avoiding the duplication of State and other Federal agency information
collections, while at the same time maximizing data available for EPA
risk characterization, external transparency, and public understanding.
Also, EPA is soliciting comments on incentives and recognition programs
that could be used to support the development and use of safer chemical
substances and mixture in hydraulic fracturing. EPA is hereby extending
the comment period, which was set to end on August 18, 2014, to
September 18, 2014.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the
detailed instructions provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register
document of May 19, 2014. If you have questions, consult the technical
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Chapter I

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Confidential business
information, Exploration and production, Fracking, Hazardous
substances, Hydraulic fracturing, Oil and gas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 7, 2014.
James Jones,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-16460 Filed 7-11-14; 8:45 am]
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