1 DRAFT United States Environmental Protection Agency July 31, 2003 INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUEST ( ICR) Part A of the Supporting Statement ( July 2003) 1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION 1( a) Title: Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Requirements for Manufacturers ( 40 CFR 79) EPA ICR Number 309.10, OMB Control Number 2060 0150 Air and Radiation Docket Number OAR 2003 0176 1( b) Abstract In accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, Subparts A, B, C, D and F, Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives, manufacturers of ( 1) motor vehicle gasoline, ( 2) motor vehicle diesel fuel, and ( 3) additives for those fuels, are required to have their products registered by the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) prior to their introduction into commerce. Registration involves providing ( 1) a chemical description of the fuel or additive, ( 2) certain technical and marketing information, and ( 3) any health effects information in company files. ( The portion of Subpart F requiring the development of health effects data is covered by a separate information collection.) Manufacturers are also required to submit periodic reports on production and related information. The program is run by the Transportation and Regional Programs Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. The information is used to ( 1) identify products whose evaporative or exhaust emissions pose a particular threat to public health, thus meriting further investigation and/ or regulation, ( 2) ensure that EPA compositional requirements for unleaded gasoline are met before a product is registered and introduced into commerce, and ( 3) maintain a comprehensive data base of motor vehicle fuel and additive composition. Most of the compositional information is confidential. Lists of registered fuels and additives are available at www. epa. gov/ otaq/ fuels. The information is collected and stored in hard copy, with most entered into a computer data base. There are approximately 160 fuel manufacturers, 660 additive manufacturers, 350 registered fuels, and 5800 registered additives. These numbers change daily. The annual cost to industry is estimated at $ 1 million. The annual cost to the government is estimated at $ 550,000.

This program also serves as a vehicle for the administration of the program for the certification of deposit control/ detergent gasoline additives at 40 CFR 80. By using this existing registration program the EPA avoided having to establish an additional registration program for gasoline detergent additives. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements unique to this certification program are covered by a separate information collection.

In addition, per 30 CFR 75.1901( c), only registered diesel fuel additives may be used in diesel powered equipment for underground coal mining. Thus the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor is able to utilize this program. 2 2. NEED FOR AND USE OF THE COLLECTION 2( a) Need/ Authority for the Collection Motor vehicles comprise the major source of air pollution in most urban areas, and account for about half the toxic air emissions in the United States. Congress demonstrated its strong concern for the protection of public health by providing broad legislative authority to monitor and regulate fuels, fuel additives, and their emissions. This registration program was established by the Air Quality Act of 1967, carried forward into the Clean Air Act ( Act) of 1970, and strengthened in the Act's 1977 and 1990 reauthorizations.

Section 211( a) of the Act provides EPA with the authority to designate any mobile source fuel or additive for registration. Any fuel or additive with the potential for a significant emissions impact on the public would be an appropriate candidate. Once designated, it may not be introduced into commerce until it has been registered by EPA. Section 211( b) requires, for the purpose of registration, that the manufacturer provide certain compositional and related information, and available health effects data. Section 211( b) also provides EPA with the authority to require health effects testing. The original regulations were promulgated by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1970, and transferred to the EPA shortly thereafter. They ultimately resided at 40 CFR 79 ( available at www. access. gpo. gov/ nara) and were revised in 1975, 1976, and 1978. Due to their broad public emissions exposure, motor vehicle gasolines and diesel fuels, and their additives, were designated. Section 211( e) ( 1977 amendments) directs EPA to establish health effects testing requirements, and those regulations were promulgated in 1994 as Subpart F of 40 CFR 79. ( Changes to the regulations have reduced the burdens, particularly for small businesses.) They are structured into three tiers of requirements for specific fuel/ additive categories. Tier 1, due in May 1997, required an emissions characterization and a literature search for health effects information on those emissions. Tier 2, due in May 2000, required short term inhalation exposures of laboratory animals to emissions to screen for adverse health effects. The regulations also allow for alternative Tier 2 testing if more appropriate. The major gasoline oxygenates and a manganese additive for gasoline are undergoing such alternative testing. Follow up studies, if required, would occur under Tier 3. ( The reporting and recordkeeping requirements of these tiers are covered by a separate information collection.) The objective of the program is to determine if there are any fuels and/ or additives whose evaporative emissions or products of combustion pose a particular danger to public health or welfare. Section 211( c) of the Act provides EPA with the authority to regulate such fuels and additives. For example, the use of lead additives in gasoline, gasoline volatility, and the sulphur content of gasoline and diesel fuel, have been regulated. In order to assist the EPA in assessing the extent of public exposure to a given fuel or additive, the regulations require additive manufacturers to submit annual reports on production. Fuel manufacturers are required to submit quarterly production reports. The manufacturers are also required to report annually on any new health effects data they may have acquired. Copies of the sections of the Act mentioned above are available at www. epa. gov/ otaq. 3 Another objective of the program is the review of an unleaded gasoline additive's composition for compliance with EPA restrictions. In order to protect catalytic converters and other emission control devices, there are specific compositional limitations. On a number of occasions the EPA has informed a manufacturer that its additive could not be registered until the formulation was modified to comply with those requirements.

An added benefit of the program has been the development of a comprehensive data base of gasoline and diesel fuel/ additive composition. These data have proven useful in a number of fuels issues, such as the identification of additives with a high sulfur content.

2( b) Practical Utility/ Users of the Data The lists of registered fuels and additives are available to the public at www. epa. gov/ otaq/ fules. The fuel, additive, and motor vehicle industries are well aware that gasolines, diesel fuels, and their additives, must be registered before they may be introduced into commerce for use in motor vehicles. A separate list of registered gasoline detergent additives is also available. These lists are frequently requested by consumers and the manufacturers in order to maintain an awareness of competing products. In accordance with regulations promulgated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, only registered diesel additives may be used in dieselpowered equipment for underground coal mining.

Most of the data have been claimed as business confidential by the manufacturers. Thus access is restricted to authorized EPA personnel and contractors. The data have been extremely valuable in EPA's evaluation of certain fuels issues. Most notably, the compositional data required since the program's inception were instrumental in establishing the fuel/ additive testing categories in the 1994 health effects testing rules ( Subpart F, 40 CFR 79). If these data indicate a particular threat to public health from the evaporative or exhaust emissions of a fuel or additive, they will be used to support regulatory action under section 211( c) of the Act.

Section 211( f) of the Act prohibits the introduction into commerce of fuels and additives which are not " substantially similar" to those used by the vehicle manufacturers in emissions certification ( unless a waiver is granted). The objective is to protect emission controls from potentially damaging fuels and additives. The term " substantially similar" for unleaded gasoline has been defined via interpretive rule. Elemental composition is restricted to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulphur. On a number of occasions additive manufacturers have attempted to register additives for unleaded gasoline which did not meet these requirements. Thus, the registration program has been instrumental in enforcing requirements that were established independently of the registration regulations at 40 CFR 79.

The fuel/ additive data base has proven extremely useful in the analysis of other fuels issues. For example, the data have been used to assess the development and use of gasoline detergent additives. 4 3. NONDUPLICATION, CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER COLLECTION CRITERIA 3( a) Nonduplication To our knowledge, this is the only program which requires additive manufacturers to report the composition of their additives, and gasoline and diesel fuel manufacturers to report the usage of additives in their fuels. It is the only program under which these manufacturers must develop information on the emissions health effects of their products. Production volumes for additives are not reported elsewhere. Nowhere else are the production volumes for gasoline and diesel fuels reported in conjunction with additive usage in those fuels. Such data are necessary in order to gauge the extent of public exposure to the emissions of a fuel, additive, or particular fuel/ additive combinations.

3( b) Public Notice A notice was placed in the Federal Register requesting public comment on this draft ICR.

3( c) Consultations The Agency has routinely consulted with the manufacturers on the effort to comply with the reporting requirements. See section 6.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration ( MSHA), U. S. Department of Labor, views this program as beneficial in that it will provide information on the diesel emissions to which underground coal miners are exposed. MSHA regulations limit the diesel additives used in underground coal mining to those that have been registered by EPA.

3( d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection Registration of a designated fuel or additive is required only once, although the manufacturer is required to notify EPA if changes occur in the information provided. The quarterly and annual reports for fuel manufacturers, and annual reports for additive manufacturers, are appropriate in order to monitor patterns of fuel and additive usage in a timely manner. Should the health effects data indicate that certain fuel/ additive combinations are of concern, their history of usage would be necessary in order to assess the extent of public exposure. If these fuel/ additive combinations were to experience a significant increase in usage, it would be important to know that on a quarterly basis. Likewise, if certain additives were to experience a dramatic increase in production, it would be important to have that reported on at least an annual basis.

3( e) General Guidelines 5 All Office of Management and Budget ( OMB) guidelines are met.

3( f) Confidentiality The availability to the public of information submitted for this program is governed by the Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA) regulations for EPA at 40 CFR 2, with the exception that all health and safety test data and other information concerning health and welfare effects, submitted pursuant to Subpart F, shall be public. Lists of the registered fuels and additives are publicly available.

The majority of the manufacturers consider, for competitive reasons, the compositional information for their fuels and additives to be confidential. EPA's Office of General Counsel has consistently ruled that confidentiality is justified when such information has been requested under the FOIA.

Because most of the information is confidential, this program is housed in a separate office protected by a multi sensor alarm system by KASTLE Systems, Inc. with 24 hour monitoring. Access is via a cardlock system for authorized personnel only. Paper files are secured in combination lock, fireproof cabinets with each cabinet requiring its own unique sequence to be unlocked.

Data processing is performed solely on computers in the secure area. These computers have no connections outside the secure area and employ password security measures.

Contractor personnel handle routine administrative tasks, data input, and data analysis. EPA personnel work closely with contractor personnel and handle the technical review of the data and questions involving regulatory interpretation.

3( g) Sensitive Questions There are no sensitive questions.

4. THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMATION COLLECTED 4( a) Respondents/ SIC Codes The fuel and fuel additive manufacturers are related to the following major group Standard Industrialization Classification ( SIC) codes:

28  Chemical and Allied Products 29  Petroleum and Coal Products 6 50  Wholesale Trade  Durable Goods 51  Wholesale Trade  nondurable Goods 55  Automotive Dealers and Service Stations 28  Industrial Organic Chemicals 29  Miscellaneous Products of Petroleum and Coal There are two appropriate four digit SIC codes:

5172  Petroleum Products 2911  Petroleum Refining 4( b) Information Requested ( i) Data Items The following definitions at 40 CFR 79.2 are important to the understanding of the reporting requirements:

" Fuel manufacturer" means any person who, for sale or introduction into commerce, produces, manufacturers, or imports a fuel or causes or directs the alteration of the chemical composition of a bulk fuel, or the mixture of chemical compounds in a bulk fuel, by adding to it an additive, except: ( 1) A party ( other than a fuel refiner or importer) who adds a quantity of additive( s) amounting to less than 1.0 percent by volume of the resultant additive( s)/ fuel mixture is not thereby considered a fuel manufacturer. ( 2) A party ( other than a fuel refiner or importer) who adds an oxygenate compound to fuel in any otherwise allowable amount is not thereby considered a fuel manufacturer.

" Additive" means any substance, other than one composed solely of carbon and/ or hydrogen, that is intentionally added to a fuel named in the designation ( including any added to a motor vehicle's fuel system) and that is not intentionally removed prior to sale or use.

" Additive manufacturer" means any person who produces, manufacturers, or imports an additive for use as an additive and/ or sells or imports for sale such additive under the person's own name.

Motor vehicle gasolines, motor vehicle diesel fuels, and additives to those fuels, have been 7 designated at 40 CFR 79. For the purpose of registration, the following is required to be submitted by each manufacturer of a designated fuel ( 40 CFR 79.11): ( See EPA Form 3520 12, Fuel Manufacturer Notification for Motor Vehicle Fuel, Attachment 1, and instructions, Attachment 2)

1. Brand name of the fuel: 2. Company name; 3. Company identification number ( issued by EPA); 4. Address; 5. Type of fuel; 6. Fuel properties as specified in the regulations; 7. A list of additives the manufacturer intends to use, additive manufacturer names, purposein use of each additive, and range of additive concentration; 8. To the extent known, information on analytical techniques that can be used to detect the presence of the additives listed above in the fuel; 9. To the extent known to the manufacturer, information on the mechanisms of action of the additives listed, reactions between the additives and the fuel, emission products, additive effects on emissions, health or welfare effects of additive emission products, and effects of additive emission products on emission controls; 10. Anticipated sales, in percent, by Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts; 11. Yes/ no response on if fuel is derived only from conventional petroleum, heavy oil deposits, coal, tar sands, and/ or oil sands: 12. If applying for a small business provision, annual sales revenue for the past three years and identification of any parent company; 13. If not applicable for a small business provision, identification of membership in a testing group: 14. Indication of which portions of the form are confidential: 15. List of attachments: 16. Assurances that the information is correct, EPA will be notified in writing if certain information were to change, and that registration will not be used in advertising to imply government approval; 17. Signature, date, printed name, title, phone number, fax number, and e mail address of signer.

Note that in item 16 above the manufacturer is required to notify EPA in writing if certain information, listed in the regulations, were to change. This usually involves updating the list of additives being used, and is accomplished with a brief letter. This will be referred to later in this ICR as a " fuel notification update."

For the purpose of registration, the following is required to be submitted by each manufacturer of a designated fuel additive ( 40 CFR 79.21): ( See EPA Form 3520 13, Fuel Additive Manufacturer Notification, Attachment 3, and instructions, Attachment 4) 8 1. Commercial name( s) of the additive; 2. Company name; 3. Address; 4. Method of use ( bulk and/ or aftermarket); 5. Fuels for which the additive is recommended and range of concentration; 6. Recommended purpose in use of the additive; 7. Chemical composition of the additive; 8. Chemical structure of the additive; 9. To the extent known, impurities at greater 0.1% by weight; 10. To the extent known, information on analytical techniques that can be used to detect the additive in fuel; 11. To the extent known to the manufacturer, information on additive mechanisms of action, reactions between the additive and fuel, identification and measurement of additive emission products, effects of the additive on emissions, toxicity or any other health effects of the additive emission products, and effects on emission controls; 12. Yes/ no response on if the additive is a relable of a currently registered additive; 13. Estimated annual production during the third year of production; 14. Estimated market distribution for the third year of production; 15. Yes/ no response on if the additive is derived only from conventional petroleum, heavy oil deposits, coal, tar sands, and/ or oil sands; 16. If applying for a small business provision, annual sales revenue for the past three years and identification of any parent company; 17. Yes/ no response on if the additive is an aerosol, and if so, if applying for the aerosol provision; 18. If not applicable for a small business or aerosol provision, identification of membership in a testing group; 19. Indication of which portions of the form are confidential; 20. List of attachments; 21. Assurances that the information is correct, EPA will be notified in writing if certain information were to change, and that registration will not be used in advertising to imply government approval; 22. Signature, date, printed name, title, phone number, fax number, and e mail address of signer.

Note that in item 21 above, the EPA will be notified in writing if certain information, listed in the regulations, were to change. This is accomplished by a brief letter, and involves minor issues such as an additional name under which the additive will be sold. This will be referred to later in this ICR as an " additive notification update."

As indicated in the previous ICR, each fuel manufacturer and each fuel additive manufacturer was required to submit for each fuel and additive a " Supplemental Notification for a Fuel or Fuel Additive Manufacturer" ( EPA Form 3520 16). The information in this notification has been incorporated into the above notifications. 9 .

Additive manufacturers are also required to report annually the following information for each registered additive ( 40 CFR 79.5( b)) on the Additive Manufacturer Annual Report ( Additive for Gasoline or Diesel), EPA Form 3520 13A:

1. Additive name; 2. Name of the manufacturer; 3. Address; 4. Year covered by the report; 5. Impurities, if greater than 0.1% by weight, to the extent known; 6. Any information known to the manufacturer and not previously reported on mechanisms of action, reactions with fuels, emission products, or emission effects; 7. Production ( volume or weight) for the year; 8. Indication of which portions of the form are confidential; 9. Signature, title, date.

Additive manufacturers who are merely relabeling a registered additive or blend of registered additives are not required to submit an annual report, since the information would be covered by the original manufacturer( s).

Fuel manufacturers are also required to report quarterly the following information for each registered gasoline and diesel fuel ( 40 CFR 79.5( a)( 1)) on the Fuel Manufacturer Quarterly Report for Motor Vehicle Gasoline, form EPA( DUR) 368, and the Fuel Manufacturer Quarterly Report for Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel, form EPA( DUR) 371:

1. Manufacturer name; 2. Address; 3. Report quarter; 4. Type of gasoline or diesel fuel; 5 Brand name( s); 6. Production volume for the quarter; 7. Range of concentration during the quarter for each additive previously reported for use in the gasoline or diesel fuel; 8. Indication of which portions of the form are confidential; 9. Signature, title, date.

Fuel manufacturers are also required to report annually the following information for each registered gasoline and diesel fuel ( 40 CFR 79.5( a)( 2)) on the Fuel Manufacturer Annual Report for Motor Vehicle Gasoline, form EPA( DUR) 369, and the Fuel Manufacturer Annual Report for Motor Vehicle Diesel Fuel, form EPA( DUR) 372: 10 1. Manufacturer name; 2. Address; 3. Year covered by the report; 4. Type of gasoline or diesel fuel; 5. Brand names( s); 6. Fuel properties, to the extent known by the manufacturer; 7. If not previously reported, information known by the manufacturer on mechanisms of action, reactions between additives and fuels, emission products, and emission effects; 8. Indication of which portions of the form are confidential; 9. Signature, title, date.

There are no recordkeeping requirements.

( ii) Respondent Activities The following activities are required:

1. Read or hear the regulations at 40 CFR 79 and the instructions for each of the applicable forms; 2. Gather information from company files; 3. Review the information; 4. Enter information onto the forms and sign; 5. If indicated on the forms that additional information is attached, copy such information; 6. Transmit the forms.

5. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED AGENCY ACTIVITIES, COLLECTION METHODOLOGY, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 5( a) Agency Activities The following activities are required:

1. Respond to inquiries on the reporting requirements; 2. Mail copies of the forms/ instructions, regulations, list of all registered additives, list of registered gasoline detergent additives, list of registered diesel additives, and/ or list of registered fuels upon request; 3. Review the forms and other submitted data; 4. Contact the manufacturer when the information has not been submitted in accordance 11 with the regulations and discuss how the problem can be resolved; 5. Store the information in hard copy; 6. Enter the data submitted on the forms into the database. 7. Issue a letter to the manufacturer for each fuel and additive that is registered; 8. Administer a contract for the day to day operation of the registration program; 9. Maintain rigorous security for the protection of confidential business information; 10. Maintain a record of all confidential business information provided to the contractor; 11. Maintain computer hardware and software; 12. Provide general program oversight.

5( b) Collection Methodology and Management The manufacturers are completing forms which are very straightforward and whose basic structure dates back to 1975. We have not had complaints on the design of the forms. Much of the information is maintained in the normal course of business, such as the chemical composition of an additive and its annual production. For information which may not normally be maintained, such as mechanisms of reaction, the manufacturer is not required to search beyond its company files. EPA and its contractor review the forms and in some cases the manufacturer must be contacted for clarification or additional information. Since most of the information is confidential, the data are handled exclusively on a physically and electronically isolated IBM/ PCbased local area network using Novell NetWare as an operating system and running FOXPRO database software as the database platform. Data are input and reports generated on workstations located entirely within the locked facility and connected to the network through direct connections. EPA personnel routinely compare the data that have been entered into the database with hard copy. The network is not connected to the Agency's LAN backbone and has no modem connections. The facility is protected by an advanced security system described earlier. Several of the forms have been converted to a machine readable format, and ultimately all will be. Additive manufacturers have been offered the option to submit their annual reports on diskette. It is anticipated that soon the manufacturers will have the option of submitting all data via diskette or electronic data interchange.

5( c) Small Entity Flexibility The reporting requirements have been kept as simple as possible to minimize the burden on all manufacturers. EPA is not aware of any simpler format to provide the chemical descriptions and related information. Changes to the regulations in 1997 removed many small businesses from the program, by excluding those who only add oxygenates or small amounts of additives to fuels from the definition of a fuel manufacturer. For manufacturers who merely relabel additives, which are usually small businesses, the one time notification is very simple, and there are no periodic reporting requirements. 12 6. ESTIMATING THE BURDEN AND THE COST OF THE COLLECTION 6( a) and ( b) Estimating Respondent Burden and Costs Estimating the burden is straightforward. For the most part, the manufacturer is collecting and reporting information that is available in the normal conduct of business, such as product composition and production volume. Other information, such as health effects data, only have to be reported if they reside in the company files. No searching beyond company files is required. There are no recordkeeping requirements. There are no third party activities. Thus, there are no capital/ start up costs. The only operating and maintenance ( O& M) cost is for copying and postage for each submission. Instead of including this in each burden table, a cost of $ 4.00 per submission will be included in the total burden estimate.

In discussions with fewer than ten fuel and fuel additive manufacturers, four labor categories were identified as having involvement: managerial, legal, technical, and clerical. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Cost Trends ( March 1996), for all workers in manufacturing industries, wages and benefits were:

Wages and Benefits Managerial $ 37.72 per hour Professional $ 36.89 per hour Technical $ 27.90 per hour Clerical $ 16.69 per hour Assuming that professional and legal rates are comparable, doubling for company overhead beyond wages and benefits, employing a 3% annual inflation factor to bring the rates to the year 2003, and, for convenience, rounding up to the nearest dollar, gives the follow rates that will be used in this ICR:

Total Employer Cost Managerial $ 93 per hour Legal $ 91 per hour Technical $ 69 per hour Clerical $ 41 per hour The labor mix for the activities above will be about the same for each. It is assumed that for each hour of activity the mix will be about 0.05 hour managerial, 0.05 hour legal, 0.7 hour technical, and 0.2 hour clerical. This gives an average labor cost of about $ 66 per hour, which will be used in this ICR. The burden estimates for each activity are the same as for the previous ICR. That is, a fuel manufacturer notification, which now incorporates the supplemental notification, will require 8 hours on average to complete. ( In the previous ICR, each required 4 hours.) Likewise, the fuel additive manufacturer notification will require 8 hours to complete. The additive update, fuel update, and additive annual report each require one hour on average to 13 complete. The fuel annual and fuel quarterly reports each require 3 hours on average to complete. Cost per Report Fuel Manufacturer Notification  8 hours @ $ 66 = $ 528 Fuel Notification Update  1 hour @ $ 66 = $ 66 Fuel Additive Manufacturer Notification  8 hours @ $ 66 = $ 528 Additive Notification Update  1 hour @ $ 66 = $ 66 Additive Manufacturer Annual Report  1 hour @ $ 66 = $ 66 Fuel Manufacturer Quarterly Report  3 hours @ $ 66 = $ 198 Fuel Manufacturer Annual Report  3 hours @ $ 66 = $ 198 6( c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost The Agency activities listed in section 5( a) are handled primarily by contractor personnel for $ 320,000 per year. A part time Senior Environmental Employee ( SEE) is employed at $ 12,000 per year for data entry. Eight hundred twenty square feet of space are leased at $ 25,000 per year. Security monitoring is $ 5,000 per year. Portions of the following EPA personnel are involved ( with 1.6 overhead factor): GS  14 Environmental Engineer ( EE), $ 100K x 1.6=$ 160K GS 13 Chemical Engineer ( CE), $ 80K x 1.6=$ 128K GS 13 Program Analyst ( PA), $ 80K x 1.6=$ 128K GS 13 Computer Specialist ( CS), $ 80K x 1.6=$ 128K Worksheet 9: Annual Agency Burden in Full Time Equivalents ( FTE's)

activity EE CE PA CS respond to inquiries 0.1/$ 16000 0.1/$ 12800 0 0 mail info by contractor review data 0.1/$ 16000 0.2/$ 25600 0 0 14 contact manu. 0 0.1/$ 12800 0 0 store info by contractor enter data by contractor and Senior Environmental Employee issue letters by contractor contract ad. 0.1/$ 16000 0 0.2/$ 25600 0 security 0 0 0.1/$ 12800 0 record cbi division clerical support maintain computer by contractor 0.05/$ 6400 program oversight 0.2/$ 32000 0.1/$ 12800 0 0 totals 0.5/$ 80000 0.5/$ 64000 0.3/$ 38400 0.05/$ 6400 total 1.35 FTE/$ 188,800 Total Annual Cost to the Government Contract $ 320,000 Part time SEE $ 12,000 Lease $ 25,000 Security $ 5,000 FTE's $ 188,800 Total $ 550,800 Thus, the annual estimated cost to the government is $ 550,800. The total hours are 1.35 FTE x 2080 hours/ FTE= 2808.

6( d) and ( e) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs, and Bottom Line Burden Hours and Costs The following worksheet is based on an inventory of 350 registered fuels ( down from 600 in the previous ICR) and 5800 registered additives ( up from 5600 in the previous ICR). Of the additives, about 1500 are merely relabels, so only 5800 1500 = 4300 additives will require annual reports. Data for 2002 and the first half of 2003 indicate that EPA is receiving approximately 70 new fuel notifications, 500 fuel notification updates, 500 new additive notifications, and 200 additive notification updates annually. As noted above, the supplemental notification was incorporated into the fuel and additive manufacturer notifications. 15 Worksheet 10: Annual Industry Burden Per form Form Number Hours/ Cost Total Hours/ Cost Additive Notification 500 8.0/$ 528 4000/$ 264,000 Additive Update 200 1.0/$ 66 200/$ 13,200 Additive Annual 4300 1.0/$ 66 4300/$ 283,800 Fuel Notification 70 8.0/$ 528 560/$ 36,960 Fuel Update 500 1.0/$ 66 500/$ 33,000 Fuel Annual 350 3.0/$ 198 1050/$ 69,300 Fuel Quarterly 1400 3.0/$ 198 4200/$ 277,200 Supplemental none Totals 7,320 14,810/$ 977,460 Thus, the net burden to industry is 14,810 hours and $ 977,460, plus 7,320 submissions x $ 4.00 each for postage, or $ 29,280+$ 977,460=$ 1,006,740. ( The net burden for the previous ICR was $ 1,113,840.) The burden is gauged per form. Some manufacturers have hundreds of products, some have only one or two. Per section 6( c), the annual burden to the government is 2808 hours and $ 550,8000. It is recommended that the above costs be increased 3% annually for inflation.

6( f) Reasons for Change in Burden The net burden has been reduced due to a decrease in the number of fuels submitting quarterly and annual reports, as a result of industry consolidation. The following worksheet summarizes the changes: 16 Worksheet 11: Changes in Burden  Hours Form Previous Requested Change Reason additive incorporation of supplemental notification 2000 4000 + 2000 notification additive update 500 200  300 adjustment additive annual 4000 4300 + 300 adjustment fuel adjustment + incorporation of notification 200 560 + 360 supplemental notification fuel annual 1800 1050  750 adjustment fuel quarterly 7200 4200  3000 adjustment fuel update 600 500  100 adjustment supplemental notification 2200 zero  2200 incorporated above totals 18,500 14,810  3,690 6( g) Burden Statements For the two notification forms, the statement is proposed to read as follows:

The public reporting burden for this Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) collection of information is estimated to average 8 hours per response. This includes time for reviewing instructions and regulations, searching company records, gathering the needed data, and completing, reviewing, copying, and transmitting the collection of information. 17 Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of automated collection techniques to the Director, OPPE Regulatory Information Division, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency ( 2137) 401 M St., S. W., Washington, DC 20460; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management of Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention, Desk Officer for EPA. Include the EPA ICR number and OMB control number in any correspondence.

For the additive annual report form, the statement would be identical, with the exception that the burden estimate would be one hour. For the quarterly and annual fuel report forms, the statement would be identical, with the exception that the burden estimate would be three hours.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-1856-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2008-0018]

Tennessee; Major Disaster and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major
disaster for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-1856-DR), dated August 21,
2009, and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter
dated August 21, 2009, the President issued a major disaster
declaration under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the
``Stafford Act''), as follows:

    I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State
of Tennessee resulting from severe storms and flooding during the
period of July 15-17, 2009, is of sufficient severity and magnitude
to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
(the ``Stafford Act''). Therefore, I declare that such a major
disaster exists in the State of Tennessee.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes such
amounts as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and
administrative expenses.
    You are authorized to provide Public Assistance in the
designated areas, Hazard Mitigation throughout the State, and any
other forms of assistance under the Stafford Act that you deem
appropriate. Consistent with the requirement that Federal assistance
is supplemental, any Federal funds provided under the Stafford Act
for Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation will be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs. If Other Needs Assistance under
Section 408 of the Stafford Act is later requested and warranted,
Federal funding under that program will also be limited to 75
percent of the total eligible costs.
    Further, you are authorized to make changes to this declaration
to the extent allowable under the Stafford Act.

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice
that pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator, under
Executive Order 12148, as amended, Terry L. Quarles, of FEMA is
appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this major
disaster.
    The following areas of the State of Tennessee have been designated
as adversely affected by this major disaster:

    Chester, Clay, Decatur, Jackson, Overton, and Wayne Counties for
Public Assistance.
    All counties within the State of Tennessee are eligible to apply
for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

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

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-20888 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 9111-23-P


Air Quality Modeling Analysis EPA CAIR Reconsideration Summary of Minnesota Impacts on Chicago Area Monitors Showing Nonattainment with PM2.5 February 2, 2006 ( i) Full Precision CAIR Reconsider Nov' 05 CAIR Reconsider Nov' 05 MERP+ Corrections Jan' 06 MERP+ Corrections Jan' 06 Obs stfip cntyfip State County SITE ROW COL V4.3 V4.5 V4.3 V4.5 1 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310014 65 98 0.17724 0.15974 0.17091 0.15477 2 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310022 65 98 0.19355 0.17448 0.18702 0.16939 3 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310050 65 98 0.19762 0.17815 0.19114 0.17309 4 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310052 66 98 0.19238 0.18139 0.18441 0.17426 5 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310057 65 98 0.17780 0.16035 0.17154 0.15545 6 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310076 65 98 0.18362 0.16551 0.17746 0.16069 7 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170312001 65 98 0.19265 0.17362 0.18615 0.16854 8 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170313301 65 98 0.18042 0.16257 0.17421 0.15770 11 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170316005 65 98 0.17499 0.15766 0.16859 0.15263 ( ii) CAIR Precision 1 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310014 65 98 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.16 2 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310022 65 98 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.17 3 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310050 65 98 0.20 0.18 0.19 0.18 4 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310052 66 98 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.17 5 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310057 65 98 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.16 6 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170310076 65 98 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.17 7 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170312001 65 98 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.16 8 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170313301 65 98 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.16 11 17 31 Illinois Cook Co 170316005 65 98 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.15 Chicago Area Air Quality Monitors 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 4580 4590 4600 4610 4620 4630 4640 4650 4660 4670 4680 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 No Site Code Program State StateFIPS County CountyFIPS Latitude Longitude Elevation StartDate 1 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310014 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.83444  87.62333 194 01/ 01/ 1964 2 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310022 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.68778  87.53889 178 01/ 01/ 1964 3 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310050 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.70722  87.56861 178 03/ 05/ 1981 4 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310052 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.96444  87.74972 186 01/ 01/ 1982 5 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310057 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.91389  87.72389 183 01/ 01/ 1986 6 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170310076 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.75444  87.71389 186 01/ 01/ 2000 7 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170312001 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.66194  87.69667 183 01/ 01/ 1966 8 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170313301 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.78278  87.80528 190 01/ 01/ 1974 9 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170314007 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 42.06028  87.86333 192 01/ 01/ 2001 10 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170314201 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 42.14000  87.79917 198 03/ 20/ 1997 11 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 170316005 AFRD IL 17 Cook County 031 41.86417  87.75083 186 01/ 01/ 2000


From:
Jones, DonnaLee<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sent:
Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:43 AM
To:
BATTEN, KATIE M<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Cc:
Raymond, Gabrielle<EMAIL_ADDRESS>SINGLETON, KRIS E<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Subject:
Re: (Draft) Coke Model file "shell" for industry review

Hi Katie - Thanks for the information. Yes, I would like the contact information for Coke Energy. We will need to include the emission source in the modeling, but we will correct the "facility" name. This source is currently in between category and noncategory classifications, meaning that its not currently regulated but might be in the future. We include noncategory emissions in the model file along with category, so regardless of the current classification, it will get modeled.

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:<PHONE_NUMBER>  Fax<PHONE_NUMBER>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: BATTEN, KATIE M<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 10:26 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Cc: GABRIELLE RAYMOND<EMAIL_ADDRESS>SINGLETON, KRIS E<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Subject: RE: (Draft) Coke Model file "shell" for industry review

Hi Donna Lee,

Thank you for providing us with the opportunity to comment on these files and make corrections where needed.

As we were reviewing the information in the spreadsheet, we noticed that a main stack associated with SunCoke's Indiana Harbor facility was included in the modeling file.  See for example Tab 3, Row 118.  This main stack should not be included in the modeling because it (as well as the heat recovery steam generators and FGD upstream of the stack) is owned and operated by another company, Cokenergy LLC.  Accordingly, emissions from this stack are permitted and reported separately from Indiana Harbor Coke Company.  At any rate, we would not be able to verify the parameters of this main stack because it is not ours, but I could provide you with contact information for someone at Cokenergy if needed.

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>cell:<PHONE_NUMBER>

From: Jones, DonnaLee<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 3:44 PM
To: Jay Cornelius<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Bill Osborn<EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS>'Charles Jones'<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Brenna M Harden<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Robert B Sanch<EMAIL_ADDRESS>BATTEN, KATIE M<EMAIL_ADDRESS>SINGLETON, KRIS E<EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS>Patrick Smith<EMAIL_ADDRESS><EMAIL_ADDRESS>Cc: GABRIELLE RAYMOND<EMAIL_ADDRESS>David Ailor<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Subject: (Draft) Coke Model file "shell" for industry review
Importance: High

Hello all (hope I got everyone this time😀): Thank you again for your review comments on the emission factors and ICR data. While we are processing your comments, a good use of our time would be for you all to review the physical parameters in the model file, what we call the "shell" of the model file.

The modeling file is currently organized in four main tabs (model "shell" only, i.e., not including emissions yet):

 Coke Category CCCCC  -  pushing, quench tower, combustion stack, HRSG main stack, HRSG bypass/waste stack, flares, and fugitive pushing
 Coke Noncategory  Coke 63L -  charging, lids, offtakes, doors
 Coke Noncategory Byproduct Chemical Plant
 Coke Noncategory, Other  -  boilers and all other units available from 2014 HAP NEI
The physical parameters in the model shell include data such as stack heights (point and fugitive heights), diameters, latitude and longitude (to five decimal places, confirmed in Google Maps),* flowrate, temperature, and velocity that were reported in the Coke ICR Enclosure 1, obtained from the 2014 or the 2017 EIS,[1][1] or estimated (calculated from other stack parameters, e.g., velocity from stack diameter and flowrate), values from the 2003 RTR modeling report, values from 2001 BID, values from EPA's Stack Parameter Default database, or values from Coke Enclosure 2 test data (e.g., Temperature and Velocity) for facilities that did not participate in the ICR. The model shell includes battery physical dimensions of fugitive length, fugitive width, and fugitive height that have been updated with your comments on the emission factor data we received in the last few weeks.

* Stacks/point sources will have one (1) set of lat/long (control device exhaust and quench tower): Y_COORDINATE and X_COORDINATE. Fugitive 2-dimensional sources (all coke fugitives) will have 2 sets of lat/long for fugitive emissions originating from batteries for modeling purposes (mobile BP/HNR pushing; BP/HNR charging; pushing fugitives; and subpart L sources for door, lids, and offtakes):

      FUGITIVE_2D_MIDPOINT1_Y_COORDINATE
      FUGITIVE_2D_MIDPOINT1_X_COORDINATE
      FUGITIVE_2D_MIDPOINT2_Y_COORDINATE
      FUGITIVE_2D_MIDPOINT2_X_COORDINATE

Please review this attached Excel file and provide your additions or corrections in the comment columns. You can expand the width of the comment columns as needed (we have made them narrow in attached file to make viewing easy).

Please provide your comments by Monday, November 9, 2020. While you and your company are reviewing the model shell, we will be incorporating your comments on the previous emission factor file and developing emission estimates for all emission points and all facilities. I also will send out this completed emissions file for industry review, which will likely be about same time we receive your comments on the model file.

Soon after we receive your comments on the complete emissions file and model file shell, we may want to have a conference call to discuss all the changes and final files.

The last step will be to copy the annual emissions from the emissions file into the model file and send the model for EPA QA review. A revised model file will be posted to the coke oven subpart CCCCC NESHAP web page simultaneous with start of preliminary risk modelling.

Thank you again for all your work on these files.

[2][1] Note, NEI 2017 is not complete at this time; the NEI 2014 has stack parameters that the NEI 2017 does not have right now, which were needed to populate the modeling file. However, we were able to obtain an advance copy of the 2017 Emission Inventory System (EIS), which will feed into the 2017 NEI. We used the most recent data, where available.

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:<PHONE_NUMBER>  Fax<PHONE_NUMBER>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.


[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66307-66310]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20399]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2023-1882; Project Identifier MCAI-2023-00651-T]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD)
2022-07-15, which applies to all Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, and
A321 series airplanes. AD 2022-07-15 requires replacing affected
braking and steering control units (BSCUs) and revising the operator's
existing FAA-approved minimum equipment list (MEL). Since the FAA
issued AD 2022-07-15, a type 1 relay combined with an affected BSCU
would induce BSCU freezing. This proposed AD would remove certain
airplanes from the applicability, retain the requirements of AD 2022-
07-15, require an inspection for the relay type installed and
replacement of type 1 relays with type 2 relays, and prohibit the
installation of affected relays at certain locations, limit the
installation of affected BSCUs on certain airplanes, and prohibit the
installation of affected BSCUs for certain other airplanes, as
specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which
is proposed for incorporation by reference (IBR). The FAA is proposing
this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by November
13, 2023.

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 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: Deliver to Mail address above between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    AD Docket: You may examine the AD docket at regulations.gov under
Docket No. FAA-2023-1882; or in person at Docket Operations between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD
docket contains this NPRM, the mandatory continuing airworthiness
information (MCAI), any comments received, and other information. The
street address for Docket Operations is listed above.
    Material Incorporated by Reference:
     For the EASA AD identified in this NPRM, contact EASA,
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999
000; email [email protected]; website easa.europa.eu. You may find
this material on the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu. It is also
available at regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA-2023-1882.
     For Airbus service information identified in this NPRM,
contact Airbus SAS, Airworthiness Office--EIAS, Rond-Point Emile
Dewoitine No: 2, 31700 Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36
96; fax +33 5 61 93 44 51; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
website airbus.com.
     You may view this material at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des
Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the
FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Dowling, Aviation Safety
Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590;
phone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposal. Send your comments to an address listed
under ADDRESSES. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2023-1882; Project Identifier
MCAI-2023-00651-T'' at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposal because of those comments.
    Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in
the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR
11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to
regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The
agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received about this NPRM.

Confidential Business Information

    CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this NPRM contain commercial
or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that
you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to
this NPRM, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this NPRM. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to
Timothy Dowling, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue,
Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
[email protected]. Any commentary that the FAA receives which
is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public
docket for this rulemaking.

Background

    The FAA issued AD 2022-07-15, Amendment 39-22003 (87 FR 22438,
April 15, 2022), for all Airbus SAS Model A318-111, -112, -121, and -
122 airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, -
133, -151N, -153N, and -171N airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -
216, -231, -232, -233, -251N, -252N, -253N, -271N, -272N, -273N
airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, -
232, -251N, -251NX, -252N, -252NX, -253N, -253NX, -271N, -271NX, -272N,
and -272NX airplanes. AD 2022-07-15 was prompted by an MCAI originated
by EASA, which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the
European Union. EASA issued AD 2022-0032, dated March 3, 2022 (EASA AD
2022-0032), to correct an unsafe condition.
    AD 2022-07-15 requires replacing affected BSCUs and revising the
operator's existing FAA-approved MEL. The FAA issued AD 2022-07-15 to
address loss of braking performance with significant increase in
airplane stopping distance, possibly resulting in runway excursion.

Actions Since AD 2022-07-15 Was Issued

    Since the FAA issued AD 2022-07-15, EASA superseded AD 2022-0032
and issued EASA AD 2023-0093, dated May 5, 2023, which was subsequently

revised. EASA AD 2023-0093R1, dated May 15, 2023 (EASA AD 2022-0093R1)
(also referred to as the MCAI), retains the requirements of EASA AD
2023-0032 and requires replacement of type 1 relays with type 2 relays.
    The MCAI noted that BSCU channel failures could induce, in the
event of dual channel failures, loss of anti-skid function together
with the reversion to the alternate braking mode, and loss of nose
wheel steering, and lead to loss of braking performance with
significant increase in airplane stopping distance, possibly resulting
in runway excursion.
    The MCAI states that further investigation identified a type 1
relay installed in a position where a type 2 relay should have been
installed. The combination of a type 1 relay with an affected BSCU
could induce BSCU freezing. EASA therefore determined that it is
necessary to replace type 1 relays with type 2 relays.
    The MCAI also states that type 1 relays are no longer installed on
Model A320 Current Engine Option (CEO) airplanes (i.e., Model A318
series airplanes; A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, -132, and -
133 airplanes; A320-211, -212, -214, -216, -231, -232, and -233
airplanes; and A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232
airplanes). Type 1 relays were required to be replaced on Model A320
CEO airplanes by AD 96-04-06, Amendment 39-9518 (61 FR 6927, February
23, 1996). AD 96-04-06 corresponded to DGAC France AD F-1993-163-043,
dated September 29, 1993. Model A320 CEO airplanes are therefore not
included in the applicability of this proposed AD.
    Further, EASA stated that some relays installed at functional item
number (FIN) locations 24GG and 25GG were not in conformity with the
Airplane Inspection Report on certain airplanes.
    In addition, it was determined that certain airplanes have been
delivered with a BSCU P/N E21327107.

Explanation of Retained Requirements

    Although this proposed AD does not explicitly restate the
requirements of AD 2022-07-15, this proposed AD would retain all the
requirements of AD 2022-07-15. Those requirements are referenced in
EASA AD 2023-0093R1, which, in turn, is referenced in paragraph (g) of
this proposed AD.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    EASA AD 2023-0093R1 specifies procedures for replacing affected
BSCUs if a fault signature is triggered, and implementing the
instructions of master minimum equipment list (MMEL) updates on the
basis of which the operator's existing MEL must be amended-that is,
procedures for revising the operator's existing FAA-approved MEL with
the provisions in the MMEL updates specified in the EASA AD. EASA AD
2023-0093R1 also specifies procedures for a general visual inspection
of the FINs 24GG and 25GG to identify the relay type installed, and
replacement of each type 1 relay with a type 2 relay. EASA AD 2023-
0093R1 also limits the installation of affected parts.
    Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 01, dated May
10, 2023, including Appendixes 1 through 3, dated May 2023, defines
BSCU fault signatures that may be triggered on the airplane, and
specifies procedures for replacing affected parts, among other actions.
    This proposed AD would also require Airbus Alert Operators
Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 00, dated February 24, 2022, including
Appendixes 1 through 4, dated February 21, 2022, which the Director of
the Federal Register approved for incorporation by reference as of May
2, 2022 (87 FR 22438, April 15, 2022).
    This material 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.

FAA's Determination

    This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another
country and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to
the FAA's bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, it
has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI
referenced above. The FAA is issuing this NPRM after determining that
the unsafe condition described previously is likely to exist or develop
in other products of the same type design.

Proposed AD Requirements in This NPRM

    This proposed AD would retain all requirements of AD 2022-07-15.
This proposed AD would remove airplanes from the applicability and
require accomplishing the actions specified in EASA AD 2023-0093R1
described previously, except for any differences identified as
exceptions in the regulatory text of this proposed AD.

Compliance With MEL Revisions

    EASA AD 2023-0093R1 requires operators to ``inform all flight
crews'' of revisions to the MEL, and thereafter to ``operate the
airplane accordingly.'' However, this proposed AD would not
specifically require those actions as those actions are already
required by FAA regulations. FAA regulations (14 CFR 121.628 (a)(2))
require operators to provide pilots with access to all of the
information contained in the operator's MEL. Furthermore, 14 CFR
121.628 (a)(5) requires airplanes to be operated under all applicable
conditions and limitations contained in the operator's MEL. Therefore,
including a requirement in this proposed AD to operate the airplane
according to the revised MEL would be redundant and unnecessary.

Explanation of Required Compliance Information

    In the FAA's ongoing efforts to improve the efficiency of the AD
process, the FAA developed a process to use some civil aviation
authority (CAA) ADs as the primary source of information for compliance
with requirements for corresponding FAA ADs. The FAA has been
coordinating this process with manufacturers and CAAs. As a result, the
FAA proposes to incorporate EASA AD 2023-0093R1 by reference in this
AD. This proposed AD would, therefore, require compliance with EASA AD
2023-0093R1 entirety through that incorporation, except for any
differences identified as exceptions in the regulatory text of this
proposed AD. Using common terms that are the same as the heading of a
particular section in EASA AD 2023-0093R1 does not mean that operators
need comply only with that section. For example, where the AD
requirement refers to ``all required actions and compliance times,''
compliance with this AD requirement is not limited to the section
titled ``Required Action(s) and Compliance Time(s)'' in EASA AD 2023-
0093R1. Service information required by EASA AD 2023-0093R1 for
compliance will be available at regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA-
2023-1882 after the FAA final rule is published.

Costs of Compliance

    The FAA estimates that this AD, if adopted as proposed, would
affect 349 airplanes of U.S. registry. The FAA estimates the following
costs to comply with this proposed AD:

                                      Estimated Costs for Required Actions
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                                                                                Cost on U.S.
              Action                    Labor cost        Parts cost      Cost per product        operators
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Retained actions from AD 2022-07-  Up to 5 work-hours               $0  Up to $425.........  Up to $148,325.
 15.                                x $85 per hour =
                                    $425.
Relay inspection and replacement   Up to 9 work-hours                0  Up to 765..........  Up to 266,985.
 (new proposed actions).            x $85 per hour =
                                    $765.
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    According to the manufacturer, some or all of the costs of this
proposed AD may be covered under warranty, thereby reducing the cost
impact on affected individuals. The FAA does not control warranty
coverage for affected individuals. As a result, the FAA has included
all known costs in the cost estimate.

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.
    The FAA is 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

    The FAA determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would 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 this proposed
regulation:
    (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
    (2) Would not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
    (3) Would 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.

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA proposes to amend 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]

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2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by:
0
a. Removing Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-07-15, Amendment 39-22003
(87 FR 22438, April 15, 2022); and
0
b. Adding the following new AD:

Airbus SAS: Docket No. FAA-2023-1882; Project Identifier MCAI-2023-
00651-T.

(a) Comments Due Date

    The FAA must receive comments on this airworthiness directive
(AD) by November 13, 2023.

 (b) Affected ADs

    This AD replaces AD 2022-07-15, Amendment 39-22003 (87 FR 22438,
April 15, 2022) (AD 2022-07-15).

 (c) Applicability

    This AD applies to the Airbus SAS airplanes, certificated in any
category, identified in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this AD.
    (1) All Model A319-151N, A319-153N, and A319-171N airplanes.
    (2) All Model A320-251N, A320-252N, A320-253N, A320-271N, A320-
272N, and A320-273N airplanes.
    (3) All Model A321-251N, A321-251NX, A321-252N, A321-252NX,
A321-253N, A321-253NX, A321-271N, A321-271NX, A321-272N, and A321-
272NX airplanes.

 (d) Subject

    Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 32, Landing
Gear; and America Code 92, Electrical System Installation.

 (e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by the detection of several channel
failures on the braking and steering control unit (BSCU), inducing,
in case of dual channel failures, loss of anti-skid function
together with the reversion to the alternate braking mode, and loss
of nose wheel steering. This AD was further prompted by the
determination that a type 1 relay combined with an affected BSCU
could induce BSCU freezing. The FAA is issuing this AD to address
these conditions, which could lead to loss of braking performance
with significant increase in airplane stopping distance, possibly
resulting in runway excursion.

 (f) Compliance

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

 (g) Requirements

    Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all
required actions and compliance times specified in, and in
accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 2023-
0093R1, dated May 15, 2023 (EASA AD 2023-0093R1).

 (h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2023-0093R1

    (1) Where EASA AD 2023-0093R1 refers to ``10 March 2022 [the
effective date of EASA AD 2022-0032 at original issue],'' this AD
requires using May 2, 2022 (the effective date of AD 2022-07-15).
    (2) Where EASA AD 2023-0093R1 refers to its effective date, this
AD requires using the effective date of this AD.
    (3) Where EASA AD 2023-0093R1 defines ``the AOT 1'' as ``Airbus
Alert Operators Transmission (AOT 1) A32N025-22,'' this AD requires
using Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 00, dated
February 24, 2022, including Appendixes 1 through 4, dated February
21, 2022, or Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 01,
dated May 10, 2023, including Appendixes 1 through 3, dated May
2023.
    (4) Where paragraphs (2) and (3) of EASA AD 2023-0093R1 specify
``in accordance with the instructions of the AOT 1,'' replace those
words with ``in accordance with the `Remove and replace BSCU P/N
E21327307' step in paragraph 5.6., `Instructions,' of Airbus Alert
Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 00, dated February 24, 2022,
including Appendixes 1 through 4, dated February 21, 2022, or of
Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 01, dated May
10, 2023, including Appendixes 1 through 3, dated May 2023.'' No
other actions in Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N030-23, Rev
00, dated February 27, 2023, including Appendixes 1 and 2, dated
February 21, 2023 (referenced in EASA AD 2023-0093R1 and not
incorporated by reference in this AD), or Airbus Alert Operators
Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 01, dated May 10, 2023, including

Appendixes 1 through 3, dated May 2023, are required for compliance
for the replacement.
    (5) Where paragraph (4) of EASA AD 2023-0093R1 requires
operators to ``implement the instructions of the MMEL [master
minimum equipment list] update,'' this AD requires replacing those
words with ``implement the operator's existing FAA-approved minimum
equipment list (MEL) with the provisions specified in `The MMEL
update' as identified in EASA AD 2023-0093R1.''
    (6) Where paragraph (4) of EASA AD 2023-0093R1 specifies to
``inform all flight crews, and, thereafter, operate the airplane
accordingly,'' this AD does not require those actions as those
actions are already required by existing FAA operating regulations.
    (7) This AD does not adopt the ``Remarks'' section of EASA AD
2023-0093R1.

 (i) No Reporting Requirement

    Although certain service information specified in EASA AD 2023-
0093R1 specifies to report certain information and send affected
parts to the manufacturer, this AD does not require those actions.

 (j) Additional AD Provisions

    The following provisions also apply to this AD:
    (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager,
International Validation Branch 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 responsible Flight Standards Office, as
appropriate. If sending information directly to the International
Validation Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified
in paragraph (k) of this AD. Information may be emailed to: [email protected].
    (i) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the responsible Flight Standards Office.
    (ii) AMOCs approved previously for AD 2022-07-15 are approved as
AMOCs for the corresponding provisions of EASA AD 2023-0093R1 that
are required by paragraph (g) of this AD.
    (2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any requirement in this AD
to obtain instructions from a manufacturer, the instructions must be
accomplished using a method approved by the Manager, International
Validation Branch, FAA; or EASA; or Airbus SAS's EASA Design
Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by the DOA, the approval
must include the DOA-authorized signature.
    (3) Required for Compliance (RC): Except as required by
paragraph (j)(2) of this AD, if any service information contains
procedures or tests that are identified as RC, those procedures and
tests must be done to comply with this AD; any procedures or tests
that are not identified as RC are recommended. Those procedures and
tests that are not identified as RC may be deviated from using
accepted methods in accordance with the operator's maintenance or
inspection program without obtaining approval of an AMOC, provided
the procedures and tests identified as RC can be done and the
airplane can be put back in an airworthy condition. Any
substitutions or changes to procedures or tests identified as RC
require approval of an AMOC.

 (k) Additional Information

    For more information about this AD, contact Timothy Dowling,
Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410,
Westbury, NY 11590; phone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
[email protected].

 (l) 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.
    (3) The following service information was approved for IBR on
[DATE 35 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL RULE].
    (i) European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2023-0093R1,
dated May 15, 2023.
    (ii) Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 01,
dated May 10, 2023, including Appendixes 1 through 3, dated May
2023.
    (4) The following service information was approved for IBR on
May 2, 2022 (87 FR 22438, April 15, 2022).
    (i) Airbus Alert Operators Transmission A32N025-22, Rev 00,
dated February 24, 2022, including Appendixes 1 through 4, dated
February 21, 2022.
    (ii) [Reserved]
    (5) For EASA AD 2023-0093R1, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer
3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; email
[email protected]; website easa.europa.eu. You may find this EASA
AD on the EASA website at ad.easa.europa.eu.
    (6) For Airbus service information identified in this AD,
contact Airbus SAS, Airworthiness Office--EIAS, Rond-Point Emile
Dewoitine No: 2, 31700 Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93
36 96; fax +33 5 61 93 44 51; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
website airbus.com.
    (7) You may view this service information at the FAA,
Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200
South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability
of this material at the FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (8) 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, email [email protected], or go to: www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

    Issued on September 15, 2023.
Victor Wicklund,
Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft
Certification Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13720-000]

Energy Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications

August 23, 2010.
    On May 5, 2010, and amended on July 19, 2010, Energy Exchange, Inc.
filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Bear Creek
Hydroelectric Project (Bear Creek Project). The Bear Creek Project
would be located at Bear Creek Dam Municipal Water System within the
city of Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. 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 Bear Creek Project would consist of: (1) The existing Bear
Creek reservoir and two other reservoirs (known as  2 and
 3); (2) the existing 21-inch diameter steel pipes; (3) two
new powerhouses to be located at reservoir  2 and reservoir
 3; (4) one 125-kilowatt (kw) turbine/generating unit, to be
installed in each powerhouse; and (5) a new three-phase transmission
line (voltage to be determined) to connect with the nearest tie-in
point on a local electric grid system. The project would produce an
estimated average annual generation of about 1,700 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Duane Pratt, Energy Exchange, Inc., 2711
Centerville Rd., Suite 120--PMB 7023, Wilmington, DE 19808; phone (208)
371-1285.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http: //www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13720-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER10-621-000]

Noble Energy Marketing and Trade Corporation; Supplemental Notice
That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization

January 28, 2010.
    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
Noble Energy Marketing and Trade Corporation's application for market-
based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a
copy of that document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is February 26, 2010.
    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 Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding 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 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>.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548; FRL-9372-3]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in
Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request
for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide
registrations. FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product
may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be
amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before
acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any
request in the Federal Register.

DATES: The deletions in Table 1 are effective February 1, 2013, because
the registrants in Table 1 requested a waiver of the 180-day comment
period. Unless the Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or
before February 1, 2013. The Agency will consider a withdrawal request
postmarked no later than February 1, 2013. The deletion in Table 2 is
effective July 1, 2013, unless the Agency receives a written withdrawal
request on or before July 1, 2013.
    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant in Table 1 on or
before February 1, 2013, for the registrants that requested a waiver of
the 180-day comment period or in Table 2 July 1, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548, by one of the
following methods:
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm.
    Additional instructions on visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use
pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be affected by this action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548, is available either electronically
through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPP Docket in
the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), located in
EPA West, Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number
for the OPP Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please review the visitor
instructions and additional information about the docket available at
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from
registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These
registrations are listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this unit by
registration number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses
deleted:

  Table 1--Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide
                              Registrations
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 EPA  Registration                          Active         Delete from
        No.            Product name       ingredient          label
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2724-820...........  Propoxur          Propoxur........  Outdoor Loose
                      Technical                           Granular
                      Insecticide.                        Formulations.
3876-145...........  Slimicide C-74..  Dodecylguanidine  Once Through
                                        hydrochloride     Cooling Tower
                                        and N-Alkyl       Use.
                                        dimethylbenzyl
                                        ammonium
                                        chloride.

11603-30...........  Prometon          Prometon........  All Residential
                      Technical.                          Uses.
59106-5............  DBNPA Technical.  2,2-dibromo-3-    Once-Through
                                        nitrilopropiona   Applications
                                        mide.             for Colling
                                                          Water, Metal
                                                          working
                                                          Fluids, Paints
                                                          and Coatings
                                                          and Household/
                                                          Institutional
                                                          Cleaners/
                                                          Detergents,
                                                          etc.
59639-143..........  V-10162 VPP       Propamocarb       Ornamental Use
                      Fungicide.        Hydrochloride     Pattern.
                                        and
                                        Fluopicolide.
66330-64...........  Fluoxastrobin     Fluoxastrobin...  Approved Seed
                      480 SC                              Treatment Use.
                      Fungicide.
66330-65...........  Fluoxastrobin     Fluoxastrobin...  Approved Seed
                      Technical.                          Treatment Use.
70506-198..........  TPTH Technical..  Fentin hydroxide  Use on Peanuts
                                                          and Carrots.
70506-288..........  Phoenix Cardinal  Ethephon........  Apples,
                                                          Blackberries,
                                                          Blueberries,
                                                          Cantaloupes,
                                                          Cherries,
                                                          Cotton,
                                                          Grapes,
                                                          Peppers,
                                                          Pineapple,
                                                          Sugarcane,
                                                          Tobacco,
                                                          Tomatoes,
                                                          Walnuts,
                                                          Lodging in
                                                          Barley and
                                                          Wheat.
70905-4............  Buzz Ultra DF...  Tebuconazole....  Fruiting
                                                          Vegetables and
                                                          Mangos.
82326-1............  D-Limonene        Limonene........  Outdoor Uses.
                      Technical.
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    Users of these products in Table 1, who desire continued use on
crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant
before February 1, 2013, because the registrants waived the 180-day
comment period, to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment.
This 30-day period will also permit interested members of the public to
intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the
deletion.

  Table 2--Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide
                              Registrations
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 EPA  Registration                          Active         Delete from
        No.            Product name       ingredient          label
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85904-1............  Amitraz           Amitraz.........  Use on Cattle
                      Insecticide.                        and Swine.
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    Users of this product in Table 2, who desire continued use on crops
or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before
July 1, 2013 to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment.
This 180-day period will also permit interested members of the public
to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the
deletion.
    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for
all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of this
unit, in sequence by EPA company number.

  Table 3--Registrants Requesting Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations
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              EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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2724......................................  Wellmark International, 1501
                                             E. Woodfield Rd., Suite
                                             200, West Schaumburg, IL
                                             60173.
3876......................................  GE Betz, Inc., 4636 Somerton
                                             Rd., Trevose, PA 19053.
11603.....................................  Agan Chem Mfg., Ltd., 3120
                                             Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100,
                                             Raleigh, NC 27604.
59106.....................................  Clearwater International
                                             LLC, dba Weatherford
                                             Engineered Chemistry, 200
                                             St. James Place, Houston,
                                             TX 77056.
59639.....................................  Valent U.S.A. Corporation,
                                             1600 Riviera Ave., Suite
                                             200, Walnut Creek, CA
                                             94596.
66330.....................................  Arysta LifeScience North
                                             America, LLC, 15401 Weston
                                             Parkway, Suite 150, Cary,
                                             NC 27513.
70506.....................................  United Phosphorus, Inc., 630
                                             Freedom Business Center,
                                             Suite 402, King of Prussia,
                                             PA 19406.
70905.....................................  Sulphur Mills, Ltd., c/o Ag
                                             Chem Consulting, Clifton,
                                             VA 20124.
82326.....................................  Florida Chemical Company,
                                             Inc., 351 Winter Haven
                                             Blvd. NE., Winter Haven, FL
                                             33881-9432.
85904.....................................  Arysta LifeScience America,
                                             Inc., 1450 Broadway, 7th
                                             Floor, New York, NY 10018.
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III. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide
product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations
be amended to delete one or more uses. The FIFRA further provides that,
before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of
any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the EPA
Administrator may approve such a request.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must
submit the withdrawal in writing to Christopher Green using the methods
in ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider written withdrawal requests
postmarked no later than July 1, 2013, or February 1, 2013, for the
registrants that requested to waive the 180-day comment period.

 V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18
months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have
been imposed, as in special review actions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: December 12, 2012.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Application of Paklook Air, Inc. D/B/A Airlift Alaska for
Certificate Authority

AGENCY: Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause (Order 2016-12-22) Docket DOT-
OST-2016-0126.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is directing all interested
persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Paklook
Air, Inc. d/b/a Airlift Alaska fit, willing, and able, and awarding it
a certificate of public convenience and necessity to engage in
interstate scheduled air transportation of persons, property, and mail.

DATES: Persons wishing to file objections should do so no later than
January 12, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to objections should be filed in
Docket DOT-OST-2016-0126 and addressed to the Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC, and should be
served upon the parties listed in Attachment A to the order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Damon D. Walker, Air Carrier Fitness
Division, (X-56, Office W86-469), U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: December 28, 2016.
Jenny T. Rosenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
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