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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings  1

March 11, 2008.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:
    Docket Numbers: ER98-4421-009; ER96-2350-028; ER99-791-007; ER99-
806-006; ER99-3677-008; ER01-570-009; ER00-2187-004.
    Applicants: Consumers Energy Company; CMS Energy Resource
Management Company; Grayling Generating Station Limited Partnership;
Genesee Power Station Ltd. Partnership; CMS Generation Michigan Power,
L.L.C.; Dearborn Industrial Generation, L.L.C.; CMS Distributed Power,
L.L.C.
    Description: Consumers Energy submits a notice of non-material
change in status in connection with Consumers' acquisition of the
Zeeland Power Company et al.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-0180.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-1026-015.
    Applicants: Indianapolis Power & Light Company.
    Description: Indianapolis Power & Light Co submits a change in
status filing re the acquisition of the Georgetown Unit 4.
    Filed Date: 02/27/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080303-0209.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-615-021; ER02-1656-036; ER07-1257-003; EL08-
20-000; EL05-146-007.
    Applicants: California Independent System Operator Corporation.
    Description: California Independent System Operator submits the
instant filing in compliance with Commission's Order on Clarification.
    Filed Date: 03/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-0181.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-106-001.
    Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    Description: Compliance Refund Report re: the Nineteenth Quarterly
Filing of Facilities Agreements between PG&E and CCSF of Pacific Gas
and Electric Company.
    Filed Date: 03/10/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-5002.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 31, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-356-001.
    Applicants: Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc.
    Description: Dynegy Power Marketing Inc submits their responses to
FERC's Request Letter dated 2/15/08.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0156.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-358-001.
    Applicants: Commonwealth Edison Company.
    Description: Commonwealth Edison of Indiana Inc's CD containing
their Response to Deficiency Letter issued by FERC Trail Staff on 2/15/
08.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080306-4007.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-422-001; ER08-423-001.
    Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
    Description: Puget Sound Energy, Inc submits a network Integration
Transmission Service Agreement designated as FERC Rate Schedule 438,
Original Sheet 1-14 with Bonneville Power Administration etc.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0160.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-510-001.
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc.
    Description: Northern States Power Company et al. submits an
Amendment to their filing dated 1/31/08 of Notices of Cancellation for
109 legacy point-to-point transmission service agreements w/Luverne
Municipal Utilities.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0155.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-577-001.
    Applicants: Noble Bellmont Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Noble Bellmont Windpark, LLC submits an amendment to
their 2/19/08 application for authorization to sell electric energy,
capacity and ancillary services at market based rates.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0158.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-578-001.
    Applicants: Noble Chateaugay Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Noble Chateaugay Windpark, LLC submits an amendment to
their 2/19/08 application to sell electric energy, capacity and
ancillary services at market-based rates.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0157.

    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-579-001.
    Applicants: Noble Wethersfield Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Noble Wethersfield Windpark, LLC submits an amendment
to their 2/19/08 application for authorization to sell electric energy,
capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0159.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-615-001.
    Applicants: Central Vermont Public Service Corp.
    Description: The Filing Schedule 20A Service Providers submits its
1st Revised Sheet 1023 to Schedule 20A-GMP of the ISO New England Inc
Open Access Transmission Tariff which was inadvertently designated as
Orig Sheet 1023 etc.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0152.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-616-000.
    Applicants: Avista Corporation.
    Description: Avista Corp submits revised sheets to its Amended and
Restated Power Transfer Agreement with Public Utility District
2 of Grant County, WA.
    Filed Date: 02/29/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080304-0235.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-620-000.
    Applicants: Luke Paper Company.
    Description: Luke Paper Company submits Application for Market-
Based Rate Authorization, Certain Waivers and Blanket Authorizations
under ER08-620.
    Filed Date: 02/29/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080304-0233.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-622-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc
submits proposed revisions to the Credit Policy in Attachment L of the
Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: 02/29/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080304-0231.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-641-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits an executed
Interconnection Service Agreement with Pennsylvania Renewable Resources
Associates and Pennsylvania Electric Company et al.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080307-0080.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-643-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
    Description: Duke Energy Indiana Inc submits FERC Electric Rate
Schedule 1.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080307-0081.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-644-000.
    Applicants: Southern California Edison Company.
    Description: Southern California Edison Company submits Small
Generator Interconnection Agreement and the Service Agreement for
Wholesale Distribution Service with Garnet Energy Corp.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080307-0082.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-645-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits an executed Service
Agreement for Network Integration Transmission Service between SPP as
Transmission Provider and The Empire District Electric Company as
Network Customer.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-0184.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-646-000.
    Applicants: Northeast Utilities Service Company.
    Description: Northeast Utilities Service Company submits a Notice
of Cancellation cancelling a Service Agreement for long-term firm
transmission service dated 12/23/93 and a Service Agreement for long-
term non-firm transmission service dated 8/22/94 etc.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-0183.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-647-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc.
    Description: Entergy Louisiana, LLC et al. submits an executed
Transmission Assets Maintenance and Emergency Service Agreement.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0162.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-648-000.
    Applicants: Alpha Energy Master, Ltd.
    Description: Alpha Energy Master, Ltd submits Notice of
Cancellation for Market Based Rate Authority and Schedule et al.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0161.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:
    Docket Numbers: ES08-33-000.
    Applicants: North Western Corporation.
    Description: Application of NorthWestern Corporation and
Authorization to Issue Securities and Request for Shortened Comment
Period re NorthWestern Corporation.
    Filed Date: 03/06/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-0187.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ES08-34-000.
    Applicants: Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: Application of the Detroit Edison Company for
authorization to issue securities and request for exemption from
competitive bidding requirements.
    Filed Date: 03/11/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-5007.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 01, 2008.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:
    Docket Numbers: OA07-48-001.
    Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Company.
    Description: Tuscson Electric Power Company submits revised Open
Access Transmission Tariff Sheets designated as First Revised Sheet 20
et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume 2, effective 7/
13/07.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0154.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA07-49-001.
    Applicants: UNS Electric, Inc.
    Description: UNS Electric Inc submits First Revised Sheet 21 et al.
to FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 1, effective 7/13/07.
    Filed Date: 03/07/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-0153.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA07-102-000.
    Applicants: Mid-Continent Area Power Pool.
    Description: Order No. 890 Attachment C Compliance Filing of Mid-
Continent Area Power Pool.

    Filed Date: 03/10/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080310-5089.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 31, 2008.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following PURPA
210(m)(3) filings:
    Docket Numbers: QM08-4-000.
    Applicants: Virginia Electric and Power Company.
    Description: Application of Virginia Electric and Power Company for
relief from the Mandatory Purchase Obligation of Section 292.303(a).
    Filed Date: 03/10/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080311-5013.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008.

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

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4480-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2020-0001]

New York; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration
for the State of New York (FEMA-4480-DR), dated March 20, 2020, and
related determinations.

DATES: This change occurred on December 13, 2020.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, David Maurstad,
of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for
this disaster.
    This action terminates the appointment of Thomas Von Essen as
Federal Coordinating Officer for this disaster.

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.

Pete Gaynor,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2020-46]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Soaring
Society of America

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number and must be received on or before September 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2020-0453
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140,
West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Newton,<PHONE_NUMBER>, Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2020.
Brandon Roberts,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2020-0453.
    Petitioner: Soaring Society of America.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.56(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: Soaring Society of America requests
relief from Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Sec.
61.56(c)(1) for the purpose of training under Sec. Sec.  61.109(f)(1)
or (f)(2) and 61.129(f)(1) or (f)(2). This exemption would permit an
applicant who seeks to add a glider category rating to a pilot
certificate to conduct solo flight operations as required by Sec.
61.63(b) without meeting the flight review requirements of Sec.
61.56(c)(1) while under the supervision of a certified flight
instructor (CFI).

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon written request, copies available from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC
20549

Extension:
    Rule 38a-1, SEC File No. 270-522, OMB Control No. 3235-0586.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the
collections of information summarized below. The Commission plans to
submit these existing collections of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    Rule 38a-1 (17 CFR 270.38a-1) under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a) (``Investment Company Act'') is intended to
protect investors by fostering better fund compliance with securities
laws. The rule requires every registered investment company and
business development company (``fund'') to: (i) Adopt and implement
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent
violations of the federal securities laws, (ii) obtain the fund board
of director's approval of those policies and procedures, (iii) annually
review the adequacy of those policies and procedures and the policies
and procedures of each investment adviser, principal underwriter,
administrator, and transfer agent of the fund and the effectiveness of
their implementation, (iv) designate a chief compliance officer to
administer the fund's policies and procedures and prepare an annual
report to the board that addresses certain specified items relating to
the policies and procedures, and (v) maintain for five years the
compliance policies and procedures and the chief compliance officer's
annual report to the board.
    The rule contains certain information collection requirements that
are designed to ensure that funds establish and maintain comprehensive,
written internal compliance programs. The information collections also
assist the Commission's examination staff in assessing the adequacy of
funds' compliance programs.
    While Rule 38a-1 requires each fund to maintain written policies
and procedures, most funds are located within a fund complex. The
experience of the Commission's examination and oversight staff suggests
that each fund in a complex is able to draw extensively from the fund
complex's ``master'' compliance program to assemble appropriate
compliance policies and procedures. Many fund complexes already have
written policies and procedures documenting their compliance programs.
Further, a fund needing to develop or revise policies and procedures on
one or more topics in order to achieve a comprehensive compliance
program can draw on a number or outlines and model programs available
from a variety of industry representatives, commentators, and
organizations.
    There are approximately 4966 funds subject to Rule 38a-1. Among
these funds, 149 were newly registered in the past year. These 149
funds, therefore, were required to adopt and document the policies and
procedures that make up their compliance program. Commission staff
estimates that the average annual hour burden for a fund to adopt and
document these policies and procedures is 69 hours. Thus, we estimate
that the aggregate annual burden hours associated with the adoption and
documentation requirement is 10,281 hours.
    The remaining 4817 funds would have adopted Rule 38a-1 compliance
policies and procedures in previous years, and are required to conduct
an annual review of the adequacy of their existing policies and
procedures and the policies and procedures of each investment adviser,
principal underwriter, administrator, and transfer agent of the fund,
and the effectiveness of their implementation. In addition, each fund
chief compliance officer is required to prepare an annual report that
addresses the operation of the policies and procedures of the fund and
the policies and procedures of each investment adviser, principal
underwriter, administrator, and transfer agent of the fund, any
material changes made to those policies and procedures since the date
of the last report, any material changes to the policies and procedures
recommended as a result of the annual review, and certain compliance
matters that occurred since the date of the last report. The staff
estimates that each fund spends 60 hours per year, on average,
conducting the annual review and preparing the annual report to the
board of directors. Thus, we estimate that the aggregate annual burden
hours associated with the annual review and annual report requirement
is 289,020 hours.
    Finally, the staff estimates that each fund spends 8 hours
annually, on average, maintaining the records required by proposed Rule
38a-1. Thus, the aggregate annual burden hours associated with the
recordkeeping requirement is 39,728 hours.
    In total, the staff estimates that the aggregate annual information
collection burden of Rule 38a-1 is 339,029 hours. The estimate of
burden hours is made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The estimate is not derived from a comprehensive or even a
representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules.
Complying with this collection of information requirement is mandatory.
Responses will not be kept confidential. 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 control number.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O
Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312,
or send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: August 1, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2017-0688; Product Identifier 2017-NE-23-AD; Amendment
39-19353; AD 2018-16-13]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Zodiac Seats France, Cabin Attendant
Seats

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain
Zodiac Seats France, 537-Series Cabin Attendant Seats. This AD was
prompted by operator reports that safety belt wear was found at the
attachment to the cabin attendant seat. This AD requires inspecting the
safety belt webbing, and modifying and re-marking each affected cabin
attendant seat. We are issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition
on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective October 26, 2018.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by
reference of certain publications listed in this AD as of October 26,
2018.

ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this final rule,
contact Zodiac Seats France, Rue Robert Marechal Senior B.P. 69, 36100
Issoudun, France; phone: +33 (0) 9 70 83 08 30; fax: +33 (0) 2 54 03 39
00; email: [email protected]; internet: http://www.services.zodiacaerospace.com. You may view this service information
at the FAA, Engine & Propeller Standards Branch, 1200 District Avenue,
Burlington, MA, 01803. For information on the availability of this
material at the FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>. It is also available on the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating
Docket No. FAA-2017-0688.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2017-
0688; 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 final rule, the mandatory continuing airworthiness information
(MCAI), the regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and other
information. The address for Docket Operations (phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>) is
U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorie Resnik, Aerospace Engineer,
Boston ACO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803;
phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion

    We issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to certain Zodiac Seats
France, 537-Series Cabin Attendant Seats. The NPRM published in the
Federal Register on December 11, 2017 (82 FR 58137). The NPRM was
prompted by operator reports that safety belt wear was found at the
attachment to the cabin attendant seat. The NPRM proposed to require
inspecting the safety belt webbing, and modifying and re-marking each
affected cabin attendant seat. We are issuing this AD to address the
unsafe condition on these products.
    The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the Technical
Agent for the Member States of the European Community, has issued EASA
AD 2016-0163, dated August 10, 2016 (referred to after this as ``the
MCAI''), to address the unsafe condition on these products. The MCAI
states:

    Cases were reported by operators of finding safety belt worn out
at the attachment to the cabin attendant seat. This kind of belt
damage is due to chafing between the belt and the surrounding metal
lap belt fitting of the cabin attendant seat. This condition, if not
detected and corrected, could lead to failure of the attendant seat
to perform its intended function, possibly resulting in injury to
the seat occupant. Prompted by these occurrences, Zodiac Seats
France issued Service Bulletin (SB) No. 537-25-003, providing
instructions to modify the affected seats. For the reason described
above, this [EASA] AD requires a modification of the seat pan shaft
by installing new seat pan spacers, and subsequent re-identification
with a new P/N.

    You may obtain further information by examining the MCAI in the AD
docket on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for
and locating Docket No. FAA-2017-0688.

Comments

    We gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing
this final rule. We received no comments on the NPRM or on the
determination of the cost to the public.

Conclusion

    We reviewed the relevant data and determined that air safety and
the public interest require adopting this final rule as proposed except
for minor editorial changes. We have determined that these minor
changes:
     Are consistent with the intent that was proposed in the
NPRM for addressing the unsafe condition; and
     Do not add any additional burden upon the public than was
already proposed in the NPRM.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    We reviewed Zodiac Seats France Service Bulletin (SB) No. 537-25-
003, Revision 1, dated August 29, 2016. The SB describes procedures for
installing an anti-rotation device on the seat pan shaft to limit the
rotation of the safety belt. We also reviewed Zodiac Seats France
Service Information Letter (SIL) 537-01, dated July 31, 2015. The SIL
provides details to identify if the safety belt must be removed and
replaced and provides instructions on safety belt storage to avoid this
premature wear. This service information is reasonably available
because the interested parties have access to it through their normal
course of business or by the means identified in the ADDRESSES section.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this AD affects 55 seat assemblies installed on,
but not limited to, Avions de transport regional (ATR) 42 and ATR 72
airplanes of U.S. registry.
    We estimate the following costs to comply with this AD:

                                                 Estimated Costs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Cost per      Cost on U.S.
                Action                         Labor cost           Parts cost        product        operators
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seat inspection and modification......  0.5 work-hours x $85 per            $300         $342.50      $18,837.50
                                         hour = $42.50.
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    According to the manufacturer, some of the costs of this AD may be
covered under warranty, thereby reducing the cost impact on affected
individuals. We do not control warranty coverage for affected
individuals. As a result, we have included all costs in our 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.
    We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: ``General
requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with
promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing
regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator
finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within
the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition
that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this
rulemaking action.
    This AD is issued in accordance with authority delegated by the
Executive Director, Aircraft Certification Service, as authorized by
FAA Order 8000.51C. In accordance with that order, issuance of ADs is
normally a function of the Compliance and Airworthiness Division, but
during this transition period, the Executive Director has delegated the
authority to issue ADs applicable to engines, propellers, and
associated appliances to the Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards
Branch, Policy and Innovation Division.

Regulatory Findings

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

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

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

Adoption of the Amendment

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

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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

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

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

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

2018-16-13 Zodiac Seats France (formerly SICMA Aero Seat): Amendment
39-19353; Docket No. FAA-2017-0688; Product Identifier 2017-NE-23-
AD.

(a) Effective Date

    This AD is effective October 26, 2018.

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

(c) Applicability

    (1) This AD applies to all Zodiac Seats France, 537-Series Cabin
Attendant Seats, part number (P/N) 53701-( )( )-( )( )( ).
    (2) These appliances are installed on, but not limited to,
Avions de transport regional (ATR) 42 and ATR 72 airplanes of U.S.
registry.

(d) Subject

    Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) 2500 Code, Cabin
Equipment/Furnishings.

(e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by operator reports that safety belt wear
was found at the attachment to the cabin attendant seat. We are
issuing this AD to prevent failure of these attendant seats. The
unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in possible injury
to the seat occupant.

(f) Compliance

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

(g) Required Actions

    Within 720 flight cycles after the effective date of this AD,
inspect safety belt webbing, modify and re-mark each affected cabin
attendant seat using Zodiac Seats France Service Information Letter
537-01, dated July 31, 2015, and the Accomplishment Instructions,
paragraphs 2.A. through 2.B., of

Zodiac Seats France Service Bulletin No. 537-25-003, Revision 1,
dated August 29, 2016.

(h) Installation Prohibition

    After the effective date of this AD, do not install any affected
Zodiac Seats France cabin attendant seat on any aircraft.

(i) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (1) The Manager, Boston ACO 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 local Flight Standards District
Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the
manager of the Boston ACO Branch, send it to the attention of the
person identified in paragraph (j)(1) of this AD.
    (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local flight standards district office/certificate holding
district office.

(j) Related Information

    (1) For more information about this AD, contact Dorie Resnik,
Aerospace Engineer, Boston ACO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue,
Burlington, MA 01803; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email:
[email protected].
    (2) Refer to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2016-
0163, dated August 10, 2016, for more information. You may examine
the EASA AD in the AD docket on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-
2017-0688.

(k) 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 the AD specifies otherwise.
    (i) Zodiac Seats France Service Bulletin No. 537-25-003,
Revision 1, dated August 29, 2016.
    (ii) Zodiac Seats France Service Information Letter 537-01,
dated July 31, 2015.
    (3) For service information identified in this AD, contact
Zodiac Seats France, Rue Robert Marechal Senior B.P. 69, 36100
Issoudun, France; phone: +33 (0) 9 70 83 08 30; fax: +33 (0) 2 54 03
39 00; email: [email protected]; internet: http://www.services.zodiacaerospace.com.
    (4) You may view this service information at FAA, Engine &
Propeller Standards Branch, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA
01803. For information on the availability of this material at the
FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (5) You may view this service information that is incorporated
by reference at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). For information on the availability of this material at
NARA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 7, 2018.
Robert J. Ganley,
Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, Aircraft Certification
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-20551 Filed 9-20-18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2008-1119; Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-112-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Fokker F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100
Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the
products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This
proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information
(MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to
identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The
MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:

    Several reports have been received about roll control problems
due to frozen moisture on the aileron pulleys that are located in
the LH [left-hand] and RH [right-hand] Main Landing Gear (MLG) wheel
bays on the centre wing rear spar, under the wing to fuselage
fairings. Investigation revealed that improper sealing of the
aerodynamic seals of the Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings can cause rain-or
washwater and de-icing fluids to leak onto the affected aileron
pulleys. Exposure of the aileron pulleys to the leaked moisture in
freezing condition can result in restricted aileron control movement
(partly jammed) and/or higher control forces. This condition, if not
corrected, could lead to partial loss of control of the aircraft. *
* *

* * * * *

The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the
unsafe condition described in the MCAI.

DATES: We must receive comments on this proposed AD by December 1,
2008.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-40, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov; or in person at the Docket Operations office
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The AD docket contains this proposed AD, the regulatory
evaluation, any comments received, and other information. The street
address for the Docket Operations office (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>) is
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments will be available in the AD docket
shortly after receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer,
International Branch, ANM-116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA,
1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98057-3356; telephone (425)
227-1137; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposed AD. Send your comments to an address
listed under the ADDRESSES section. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2008-1119;
Directorate Identifier 2008-NM-112-AD'' at the beginning of your
comments. We specifically invite comments on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of this proposed AD. We
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposed AD based on those comments.
    We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. We
will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact we
receive about this proposed AD.

Discussion

    On February 15, 2008, we issued AD 2008-04-22, Amendment 39-15394
(73 FR 10650, February 28, 2008). That AD required actions intended to
address an unsafe condition on the products listed above.
    Since we issued AD 2008-04-22, new reports of problems due to
freezing moisture in the same area addressed by AD 2008-04-22 have been
received. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the
Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Community, has
issued EASA Airworthiness Directive 2008-0079, dated April 24, 2008
(referred to after this as ``the MCAI''), to correct an unsafe
condition for the specified products. The MCAI states:

    Several reports have been received about roll control problems
due to frozen moisture on the aileron pulleys that are located in
the LH [left-hand] and RH [right-hand] Main Landing Gear (MLG) wheel
bays on the centre wing rear spar, under the wing to fuselage
fairings. Investigation revealed that improper sealing of the
aerodynamic seals of the Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings can cause rain-or
washwater and de-icing fluids to leak onto the affected aileron
pulleys. Exposure of the aileron pulleys to the leaked moisture in
freezing condition can result in restricted aileron control movement
(partly jammed) and/or higher control forces. This condition, if not
corrected, could lead to partial loss of control of the aircraft. To
address this unsafe condition, Fokker Services originally introduced
SBF100-53-101 which was made mandatory through CAA Netherlands (CAA-
NL) AD NL-2005-013 [which corresponds to FAA AD 2008-04-22,
amendment 39-15394] with a compliance time of 12 months after
November 1, 2005.
    Following this, new reports of problems due to freezing moisture
in the same area have been received. This has prompted Fokker
Services to publish SBF100-53-107, which introduces an additional
one-time inspection [for deviations] of the aerodynamic seals of the
Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings and the application of an improved sealing
of the aerodynamic seal by means of a fillet seam between the upper
left and right fairings and the fuselage skin.
    For the reasons described above, this EASA AD supersedes CAA-NL
AD NL-2005-013 and requires an additional one-time inspection [for
deviations] and application of improved sealing.

This action retains the inspection in AD 2008-04-22. Doing the
additional inspection terminates the requirement to do the inspection
required by the existing AD. The additional inspection for deviations
includes inspecting for fit between the left-hand and right-hand wing-
to-fuselage fairings and the fuselage skin; inspecting for damage to
the aerodynamic seal on the fairings; inspecting for fit of the
aerodynamic seal to the fuselage; and related investigative and
corrective actions if necessary. The related investigative actions
include inspecting the aerodynamic seal for damage (including wear);
inspecting the abrasion resistant coating for damage (including wear);
and re-inspecting for fit. The corrective actions include installing a
new seal, restoring the protective coating, correcting the position of
the fairing, and sealing the gaps between the fairings and the
surrounding structure. You may obtain further information by examining
the MCAI in the AD docket.

Relevant Service Information

    Fokker Services B.V. has issued Fokker Service Bulletin SBF100-53-
107, dated February 26, 2008. The actions described in this service
information are intended to correct the unsafe condition identified in
the MCAI.

FAA's Determination and Requirements of This Proposed AD

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

Differences Between This AD and the MCAI or Service Information

    We have reviewed the MCAI and related service information and, in
general, agree with their substance. But we might have found it
necessary to use different words from those in the MCAI to ensure the
AD is clear for U.S. operators and is enforceable. In making these
changes, we do not intend to differ substantively from the information
provided in the MCAI and related service information.
    We might also have proposed different actions in this AD from those
in the MCAI in order to follow FAA policies. Any such differences are
highlighted in a Note within the proposed AD.

Costs of Compliance

    Based on the service information, we estimate that this proposed AD
would affect about 7 products of U.S. registry. We also estimate that
it would take about 3 work-hours per product to comply with the basic
requirements of this proposed AD. The average labor rate is $80 per
work-hour. Based on these figures, we estimate the cost of the proposed
AD on U.S. operators to be $1,680, or $240 per product.

Authority for This Rulemaking

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

Regulatory Findings

    We determined that this 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. Is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and
    3. Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    We prepared a regulatory evaluation of the estimated costs to
comply with this proposed AD and placed it in the AD docket.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, 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

    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]

    2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by removing Amendment 39-15394 (73 FR
10650, February 28, 2008) and adding the following new AD:

Fokker Services B.V.: Docket No. FAA-2008-1119; Directorate
Identifier 2008-NM-112-AD.

Comments Due Date

    (a) We must receive comments by December 1, 2008.

Affected ADs

    (b) The proposed AD supersedes AD 2008-04-22, Amendment 39-
15394.

Applicability

    (c) This AD applies to Fokker F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes,
certificated in any category.

Subject

    (d) Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 53:
Fuselage.

Reason

    (e) The mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI)
states:

    Several reports have been received about roll control problems
due to frozen moisture on the aileron pulleys that are located in
the LH [left-hand] and RH [right-hand] Main Landing Gear (MLG) wheel
bays on the centre wing rear spar, under the wing to fuselage
fairings. Investigation revealed that improper sealing of the
aerodynamic seals of the Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings can cause rain-or
washwater and de-icing fluids to leak onto the affected aileron
pulleys. Exposure of the aileron pulleys to the leaked moisture in
freezing condition can result in restricted aileron control movement
(partly jammed) and/or higher control forces. This condition, if not
corrected, could lead to partial loss of control of the aircraft. To
address this unsafe condition, Fokker Services originally introduced
SBF100-53-101 which was made mandatory through CAA Netherlands (CAA-
NL) AD NL-2005-013 [which corresponds to FAA AD 2008-04-22] with a
compliance time of 12 months after November 1, 2005.
    Following this, new reports of problems due to freezing moisture
in the same area have been received. This has prompted Fokker
Services to publish SBF100-53-107, which introduces an additional
one-time inspection [for deviations] of the aerodynamic seals of the
Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings and the application of an improved sealing
of the aerodynamic seal by means of a fillet seam between the upper
left and right fairings and the fuselage skin.
    For the reasons described above, this EASA AD supersedes CAA-NL
AD NL-2005-013 and requires an additional one-time inspection [for
deviations] and application of improved sealing.

This action retains the inspection in AD 2008-04-22. Doing the
additional inspection terminates the requirement to do the
inspection required by the existing AD. The additional inspection
for deviations includes inspecting for fit between the left-hand and
right-hand wing-to-fuselage fairings and the fuselage skin;
inspecting for damage to the aerodynamic seal on the fairings;
inspecting for fit of the aerodynamic seal to the fuselage; and
related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. The
related investigative actions include inspecting the aerodynamic
seal for damage (including wear); inspecting the abrasion resistant
coating for damage (including wear); and re-inspecting for fit. The
corrective actions include installing a new seal, restoring the
protective coating, correcting the position of the fairing, and
sealing the gaps between the fairings and the surrounding structure.

Restatement of Certain Requirements of AD 2008-04-22

    (f) Unless already done: Within 12 months after April 3, 2008
(the effective date of AD 2008-04-22), inspect the wing-to-fuselage
fairings for indications of incorrect fit, damage, or wear, in
accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Fokker Service
Bulletin SBF100-53-101, dated September 30, 2005 (``the service
bulletin''). Doing the inspection required by paragraph (g) of this
AD terminates the actions required by this paragraph.
    (1) If no indications of incorrect fit, damage, or wear are
found, no further action is required by this paragraph.
    (2) If any incorrect fit, damage, or wear is found, before next
flight, do related investigative actions and applicable corrective
actions in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of the
service bulletin.

New Requirements of This AD: Actions and Compliance

    (g) Unless already done: Within 12 months after the effective
date of this AD, inspect for deviations of the aerodynamic seal of
the wing-to-fuselage fairings and the fuselage skin, do all
applicable related investigative and corrective actions, and apply a
fillet seam between the fairings and the fuselage skin, in
accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of Fokker Service
Bulletin SBF100-53-107, dated February 26, 2008. Do all applicable
related investigative and corrective actions before further flight.
Accomplishment of this inspection terminates the actions required by
paragraph (f) of this AD.

FAA AD Differences

    Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/or service information
as follows: No differences.

Other FAA AD Provisions

    (h) The following provisions also apply to this AD:
    (1) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs): The Manager, ANM-
116, International Branch, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, has
the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the
procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN: Tom
Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, International Branch, ANM-116,
Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,
Washington 98057-3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC
applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA
Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local
FSDO.
    (2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement in this AD to obtain
corrective actions from a manufacturer or other source, use these
actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective actions are considered
FAA-approved if they are approved by the State of Design Authority
(or their delegated agent). You are required to assure the product
is airworthy before it is returned to service.
    (3) Reporting Requirements: For any reporting requirement in
this AD, under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information
collection requirements and has assigned OMB Control Number 2120-
0056.

Related Information

    (i) Refer to MCAI European Aviation Safety Agency Airworthiness
Directive 2008-0079, dated April 24, 2008; Fokker Service Bulletin
SBF100-53-101, dated September 30, 2005; and Fokker Service Bulletin
SBF100-53-107, dated February 26, 2008; for related information.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 10, 2008.
Ali Bahrami,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
[FR Doc. E8-25890 Filed 10-29-08; 8:45 am]

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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

September 22, 2009.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC09-103-000.
    Applicants: Dynegy Arlington Valley, LLC, Dynegy Inc., Dynegy
Midwest Generation, Inc., Bluegrass Generation Company, L.L.C.,
Renaissance Power, L.L.C, Griffith Energy LLC, Rocky Road Power, LLC,
Riverside Generating Company, LLC, Bridgeport Energy, LLC, LS Power
Development, LLC, Tilton Energy LLC.
    Description: Supplemental Information Clarifying Application for
Approval under Section 203 of Federal Power Act of LS Power
Development, LLC, et. al.
    Filed Date: 09/21/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-5078.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 01, 2009.

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

    Docket Numbers: EG09-94-000.
    Applicants: Dry Lake Wind Power, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Dry Lake Wind Power, LLC.
    Filed Date: 09/22/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090922-5046.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER98-1643-015.
    Applicants: Portland General Electric Company.
    Description: Portland General Electric Company Notification of Non-
Material Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 09/21/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-5107.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-378-002; ER03-1085-007; ER05-1398-004; ER06-
1257-003; ER07-426-003; ER09-

1028-002; ER09-560-001; ER09-826-001.
    Applicants: Covanta Hempstead Company Covanta Union, Inc.; Covanta
Niagara, L.P.; Covanta Essex Company; Covanta Delaware Valley, L.P.;
Covanta Delano, Inc.; Covanta Maine, LLC; Michigan Waste Energy, Inc.
    Description: Covanta MBR Entities submits notice of non material
change is status.
    Filed Date: 09/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-0121.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 09, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-394-024.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits a compliance filing addressing congestion that may limit
aggregate deliverability of Planning Resources etc.
    Filed Date: 08/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090819-0624.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 02, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1317-005; ER09-1722-000.
    Applicants: California Independent System Operator Corporation.
    Description: California Independent System Operator Corporation
submits amendment to the ISO tariff provisions on generator
interconnection process reform.
    Filed Date: 09/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-0123.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 09, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-1312-001; ER09-1313-001.
    Applicants: Riverside Energy Center, LLC; RockGen Energy, LLC.
    Description: Riverside Energy Center, LLC et al submits settlement
materials.
    Filed Date: 09/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-0120.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 09, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER09-1645-001.
    Applicants: Devonshire Energy LLC.
    Description: Devonshire Energy LLC submits amended and restated
application for authorization to make wholesale sales of energy and
capacity at negotiated, market based rates.
    Filed Date: 09/21/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-0133.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:

    Docket Numbers: OA08-81-001.
    Applicants: NorthWestern Corporation.
    Description: NorthWestern Corporations submits Substitute First
Revised Sheet 15 et al to its FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised
Volume 2.
    Filed Date: 09/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20090921-0122.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 09, 2009.

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

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-70345; File No. SR-FINRA-2013-029]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change
Relating to the Dissemination of Transactions in TRACE-Eligible
Securities That Are Effected Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144A

September 6, 2013.

I. Introduction

    On July 17, 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(``FINRA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change relating to dissemination of transactions in
TRACE-Eligible Securities \3\ that are effected pursuant to Rule 144A
\4\ under the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities Act'').\5\ The
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register
on July 25, 2013.\6\ The Commission received two comments on the
proposal.\7\ This order approves the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ The term ``TRACE-Eligible Security'' is defined in FINRA
Rule 6710(a).
    \4\ 17 CFR 230.144A.
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 70009 (July 19,
2013), 78 FR 44997 (``Notice'').
    \7\ See letters to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission,
from: Dorothy Donohue, Deputy General Counsel--Securities
Regulation, Investment Company Institute, dated August 15, 2013
(``ICI Letter''); and Ari Gabinet, Executive Vice President and
General Counsel, OFI Global Asset Management, dated August 15, 2013
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II. Description of the Proposal

    Historically, FINRA has utilized the Trade Reporting and Compliance
Engine (``TRACE'') to collect from its members and publicly disseminate
information on secondary over-the-counter transactions in corporate
debt securities and Agency Debt Securities \8\ and certain primary
market transactions. For certain other asset types, FINRA has utilized
TRACE to collect transaction information but has not reported such
information publicly.\9\ Information

regarding transactions in TRACE-Eligible Securities that are effected
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (``Rule 144A
transactions'') falls into this category, as it is currently collected
through TRACE but not disseminated publicly.
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    \8\ The term ``Agency Debt Security'' is defined in FINRA Rule
6710(l).
    \9\ Recently, however, FINRA has expanded TRACE's functionality
to include public dissemination of transaction information for
certain Asset-Backed Securities, which information FINRA previously
collected but did not disseminate. See Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 61566 (February 22, 2010), 75 FR 9262 (March 1, 2010)
(approving SR-FINRA-2009-065); see also Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 66829 (April 18, 2012), 77 FR 24748 (April 25, 2012)
(approving SR-FINRA-2012-020); Securities Exchange Act Release No.
68084 (October 23, 2012), 77 FR 65436 (October 26, 2012) (approving
SR-FINRA-2012-042). The term ``Asset-Backed Security'' is defined in
FINRA Rule 6710(m).
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    As FINRA notes, Section 201 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups
Act (the ``JOBS Act'') \10\ directed the Commission to eliminate the
long-standing prohibition against general solicitation and general
advertising in offerings of securities pursuant to Securities Act Rule
144A and in certain other private placements.\11\ According to FINRA,
up to this point Rule 144A transactions reported to TRACE have not been
disseminated in part to avoid concerns about soliciting persons other
than qualified institutional buyers (``QIBs'') for such
transactions.\12\ As a result, price information regarding Rule 144A
transactions has been limited, which has made it difficult for market
participants to assess the quality of executions of Rule 144A
securities or to compare them to executions of similar publicly traded
securities of the same issuer or similarly-rated issuers.
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    \10\ Public Law 112-106, 126 Stat. 306.
    \11\ See Notice, 78 FR at 44998.
    \12\ See id.
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    FINRA now has proposed to provide for public dissemination of Rule
144A transactions and to make certain related changes to its rules, as
described below.

Dissemination of Rule 144A Transaction Information

    Currently, FINRA Rule 6750(b)(1) states that FINRA will not
disseminate information on a transaction in a TRACE-Eligible Security
that is effected pursuant to Rule 144A. FINRA has proposed to remove
that language from FINRA Rule 6750(b)(1) and amend FINRA Rule 6750(a)
to include Rule 144A transactions among the transactions for which
FINRA disseminates information immediately upon receipt of the
transaction report, provided that the asset type involved in the Rule
144A transaction is currently subject to dissemination under FINRA Rule
6750.\13\ Consequently, only Rule 144A transactions in corporate bonds
will be newly disseminated as a result of the proposed rule change. The
proposed rule change will not otherwise expand TRACE dissemination at
this time.\14\
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    \13\ Equity securities transactions effected pursuant to Rule
144A are not reported to TRACE and are not the subject of FINRA's
proposal.
    \14\ See Notice, 78 FR at 44999 n.24. As mentioned above,
transactions in Agency Debt Securities and certain Asset-Backed
Securities are currently disseminated. But there would be no
additional transactions in such securities disseminated as a result
of the proposal because Rule 144A is not used to effect transactions
in such securities. There are also certain Asset-Backed Security
transactions that are not currently subject to dissemination, which
would preclude them from dissemination under the proposal at this
time.
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Dissemination Caps

    Currently, there are dissemination caps in place for disseminated
TRACE data, such that the actual size of a transaction over a certain
par value is not displayed. FINRA has proposed that Rule 144A
transactions be disseminated subject to the same dissemination caps
that are currently in effect for a non-Rule 144A transaction in the
applicable security.\15\ Accordingly, the dissemination caps currently
in effect for non-Rule 144A corporate bond transactions--$5 million
(``$5MM'') for Investment Grade corporate bonds and $1 million
(``$1MM'') for Non-Investment Grade corporate bonds \16\--would apply
to the Rule 144A corporate bond transactions disseminated as result of
this proposal. As a result, the size of a Rule 144A Investment Grade
corporate bond transaction in excess of $5MM would be displayed as
``$5MM+'' and the size of a Rule 144A Non-Investment Grade corporate
bond transaction in excess of $1MM would be displayed as ``$1MM+.''
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    \15\ See Notice, 78 FR at 44999.
    \16\ The terms ``Investment Grade'' and ``Non-Investment Grade''
are defined in FINRA Rules 6710(h) and 6710(i), respectively.
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Market Data

    FINRA has proposed to amend Rule 7730(c) to establish a real-time
market data set for Rule 144A transactions (``Rule 144A Data Set'')--
similar to the data sets for corporate bonds, Agency Debt Securities,
and Asset-Backed Securities--which would consist of information
disseminated immediately upon receipt of a transaction report for a
Rule 144A transaction. FINRA also has proposed to amend Rule 7730(d) to
establish a historic data set for Rule 144A transactions (``Historic
Rule 144A Data Set''), also similar to the existing historic data sets
for corporate bonds, Agency Debt Securities, and Asset-Backed
Securities.\17\
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    \17\ The Historic Rule 144A Data Set would include Rule 144A
transactions in securities subject to dissemination, effected as of
or after July 1, 2002, and, among other things, would include
uncapped volume information. However, like all other Historic TRACE
Data, Rule 144A transaction data included in the Historic Rule 144A
Data Set would be released subject to a delay of approximately 18
months from the date of the transaction. See Notice, 78 FR at 44999.
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    Relatedly, FINRA would amend the definition of ``Historic TRACE
Data'' in Rule 7730(f)(4) to reference the three existing data sets and
the proposed Historic Rule 144A Data Set and to clarify that the
Historic Rule 144A Data Set would include all historic Rule 144A
transactions reported to TRACE, except transactions involving a type of
TRACE-Eligible Security that is not subject to real-time dissemination
under FINRA Rule 6750. FINRA would further amend Rule 7730(f)(4) to
define the existing historic data sets for corporate bonds, Agency Debt
Securities, and Asset-Backed Securities, and to clarify, as applicable,
that they do not contain historic Rule 144A transactions.
    In addition, FINRA has proposed minor revisions to the TRACE fee
table in the beginning of Rule 7730, and also to Rules 7730(c) and
7730(d), to clarify that the fees set forth therein apply only to the
existing real-time and historic data sets for corporate bonds, Agency
Debt Securities, and Asset-Backed Securities. FINRA has stated that it
plans to file a separate proposal to address market data fees for the
Rule 144A Data Set and the Historic Rule 144A Data Set.\18\ FINRA also
has proposed to make a minor, technical revision to Rule 7730(d) to
clarify that the 2012 Historic ABS Data Set includes the 2011 Historic
ABS Data Set.
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    \18\ See Notice, 78 FR at 45000 n.29.
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Effective Date of Proposed Rule Change

    FINRA has stated that it would announce the effective date of the
proposed rule change in a Regulatory Notice to be published no later
than 60 days following Commission approval, and that the effective date
be no later than 270 days following publication of that Regulatory
Notice.

III. Comment Summary

    The Commission received two comment letters on the proposal.\19\
Both commenters supported the proposal. One commenter stated that
``[t]he Rule 144A market has, over time, become a more mature and
liquid market with no corresponding enhancement in its transparency,''
and that requiring information regarding Rule 144A transactions to be
disseminated to the same extent as comparable non-Rule 144A
transactions ``will provide enhanced transparency in a manner that
addresses the potential negative impact

that such dissemination could have on liquidity.'' \20\ The other
commenter asserted that dissemination of Rule 144A transactions would
be in keeping with TRACE's goal of improving transparency in the
corporate debt market.\21\ This commenter also stated that the proposed
rule change would enhance pre-trade price discovery, foster more
competitive pricing within the Rule 144A market, and significantly
improve the ability of market participants to conduct analyses of Rule
144A transactions and assess the quality of their executions.\22\
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    \19\ See supra note 7.
    \20\ ICI Letter at 2.
    \21\ See OFI Letter at 2.
    \22\ See id.
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IV. Discussion and Commission Findings

    After careful review, the Commission finds that the proposed rule
change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities
association.\23\ In particular, the Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with Section 15A(b)(6) of the Act,\24\ which
requires, among other things, that FINRA's rules be designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, and, in general, to protect investors
and the public interest. The Commission notes that the only two
entities that submitted comments supported the proposal.
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    \23\ In approving this proposed rule change, the Commission has
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition,
and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-3(b)(6).
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    In approving the original TRACE rules, the Commission stated that
price transparency plays a fundamental role in promoting the fairness
and efficiency of U.S. capital markets.\25\ To further the goal of
increasing price transparency in the debt markets in general and the
market for Rule 144A securities in particular, the Commission now
believes that it is reasonable and consistent with the Act for FINRA to
extend post-trade price transparency to Rule 144A transactions. Real-
time dissemination of last-sale information could aid dealers in
deriving better quotations, because they would know the prices at which
other market participants had recently transacted in the same or
similar instruments. This information could aid all market participants
in evaluating current quotations, because they could inquire why dealer
quotations might differ from the prices of recently executed
transactions. Furthermore, post-trade transparency affords market
participants a means of testing whether dealer quotations before the
last sale were close to the price at which the last sale was executed.
In this manner, post-trade transparency can promote price competition
between dealers and more efficient price discovery, and ultimately
lower transaction costs in the market for Rule 144A securities.
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    \25\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 43873 (January 23,
2001), 66 FR 8131, 8136 (January 29, 2001) (approving SR-NASD-99-65)
(``2001 TRACE Order'').
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    Although the market for Rule 144A securities remains restricted to
QIBs, the Commission believes that non-QIB market participants could
still benefit from post-trade transparency in the Rule 144A market.
Certain Rule 144A securities are issued by the same entity as, or are
otherwise similar to, corporate debt securities not issued pursuant to
Rule 144A, which securities may be purchased and sold by non-QIBs. Some
academic research suggests that post-trade transparency in one market
can have ``spillover benefits'' in a related market.\26\
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    \26\ See Henrik Bessembinder, William Maxwell, and Kumar
Venkataraman, ``Market Transparency, Liquidity Externalities, and
Institutional Trading Costs in Corporate Bonds'' (2005), available
at http://home.business.utah.edu/hank.bessembinder/publications/bondtransparency.pdf (presenting a model implying and finding
empirical evidence in TRACE data for what the authors term a
``liquidity externality,'' i.e., improved market quality in certain
securities that were not yet TRACE-eligible, when related securities
had become subject to TRACE post-trade transparency).
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    In addition, the Commission believes that the proposed
dissemination caps are reasonable and consistent with the Act. The caps
to be employed for Rule 144A debt securities will be the same as those
for other corporate debt securities, which were previously approved by
the Commission.\27\ The Commission notes that, in its Regulatory Notice
12-39, FINRA requested comment on the existing dissemination caps for
transactions in corporate bonds, Agency Debt Securities, and Asset-
Backed Securities, although FINRA determined not to propose changes to
any of the current dissemination caps at this time. The Commission
expects FINRA to periodically re-evaluate whether the dissemination
caps, including the caps for Rule 144A transactions being approved
today, continue to be appropriate.
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    \27\ See 2001 TRACE Order, 66 FR at 8132.
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    The Commission further believes that establishing real-time and
historic market data products for Rule 144A securities in the manner
described in the proposal is reasonable and consistent with the Act.
The new data sets are similar to the data sets for corporate bonds,
Agency Debt Securities, and Asset-Backed Securities, which products
have previously been approved by the Commission.\28\ The Commission
notes FINRA's representation that it will submit a separate rule filing
to address the market data fees for the Rule 144A Data Set and the
Historic Rule 144A Data Set. Finally, the Commission believes that the
minor revisions to certain of FINRA's market data rules are consistent
with the Act.
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    \28\ See id. (approving real-time dissemination of reported
corporate bond transactions as part of approval of original TRACE
rules); see also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60726
(September 28, 2009), 74 FR 50991 (October 2, 2009) (approving SR-
FINRA-2009-010, which expanded TRACE to include real-time
dissemination of Agency-Debt Security transactions and most primary
market transactions, and to create separate corporate bond and
Agency-Debt Security market data sets); Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 61012 (November 16, 2009), 74 FR 61189 (November 23,
2009) (approving SR-FINRA-2007-006, which established the historic
TRACE market data sets for corporate bond and Agency-Debt Security
transactions); Securities Exchange Act Release No. 66829 (April 18,
2012), 77 FR 24748 (April 25, 2012) (approving SR-FINRA-2012-020,
which established real-time and historic market data sets for
certain Asset-Backed Securities traded ``To Be Announced'');
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68084 (October 23, 2012), 77 FR
65436 (October 26, 2012) (approving SR-FINRA-2012-042, which
established real-time and historic market data sets for certain
other Asset-Backed Securities).
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V. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\29\ that the proposed rule change (SR-FINRA-2013-029) be, and it
hereby is, approved.
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    \29\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\30\
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    \30\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP22-162-000, CP18-549-001]

Equitrans, L.P.; Notice of Schedule for the Preparation of an
Environmental Assessment for the Swarts Complex Abandonment Project
Amendment

    On April 12, 2022, Equitrans, L.P. (Equitrans) filed an application
in Docket Nos. CP22-162-000 and CP18-549-001 requesting a limited
amendment to the existing abandonment authorization issued by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) on March 20,
2019. The proposed project is known as the Swarts Complex Abandonment
Project Amendment (Project) and would change Equitrans' abandonment
method for five injection and withdrawal (I/W) wells in the Swarts
Complex. Equitrans previously proposed abandonment-by-sale and
currently proposes to plug-and-abandon the five wells to comply with
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PADEP)
regulations.
    On April 15, 2022, the Commission issued its Notice of Application
for the Project. Among other things, that notice alerted agencies
issuing federal authorizations of the requirement to complete all
necessary reviews and to reach a final decision on a request for a
federal authorization within 90 days of the date of issuance of the
Commission staff's environmental document for the Project.
    This notice identifies Commission staff's intention to prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) for the Project and the planned schedule
for the completion of the environmental review.\1\
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    \1\ 40 CFR 1501.10 (2020).
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Schedule for Environmental Review

Issuance of EA--September 2, 2022.
90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline \2\--December 1, 2022.
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    \2\ The Commission's deadline applies to the decisions of other
federal agencies, and state agencies acting under federally
delegated authority, that are responsible for federal
authorizations, permits, and other approvals necessary for proposed
projects under the Natural Gas Act. Per 18 CFR 157.22(a), the
Commission's deadline for other agency's decisions applies unless a
schedule is otherwise established by federal law.

    If a schedule change becomes necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies are kept informed of the
Project's progress.

Project Description

    The Commission authorization issued on March 20, 2019 in Docket No.
CP18-549-000 authorized Equitrans to abandon eighteen I/W wells in the
Swarts Complex by sale, abandon the associated well lines in place, and
abandon any associated appurtenant facilities. Since the issuance of
the Abandonment Authorization, Equitrans has abandoned four of the
originally authorized eighteen I/W wells by sale to CONSOL Pennsylvania
Coal Company LLC, CONSOL Mining Company LLC,

and CNX Gas Company LLC (collectively, CONSOL). The PADEP's setback
regulation requires wells within 2,000 feet of coal mining activities
to be plugged/abandoned or reconditioned. Equitrans, to comply with the
PADEP's regulations, now proposes to perform the plugging and
abandonment of five of the remaining fourteen wells itself rather than
transferring those responsibilities to CONSOL. Specifically, Equitrans
now proposes to plug and abandon I/W wells 603791, 603792, 603793,
603795, and 603797, and abandon in place the pipelines associated with
the five wells. Equitrans also proposes to disconnect and remove
aboveground appurtenances along with a portion of the well lines that
are within each well site workspace.

Background

    On April 19, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Scoping Period
Requesting Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed Swarts
Complex Abandonment Project Amendment (Notice of Scoping). The Notice
of Scoping was sent to affected landowners; federal, state, and local
government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public
interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested parties; and
local libraries and newspapers. In response to the Notice of Scoping,
the Commission has not received any comments to date. Any substantive
comment filed in response to the Notice of Scoping will be addressed in
the EA.

Additional Information

    In order to receive notification of the issuance of the EA and to
keep track of formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets, the
Commission offers a free service called eSubscription. This service
provides automatic notification of filings made to subscribed dockets,
document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.
    Additional information about the Project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs at (866) 208-FERC or on the
FERC website (www.ferc.gov). Using the ``eLibrary'' link, select
``General Search'' from the eLibrary menu, enter the selected date
range and ``Docket Number'' excluding the last three digits (i.e.,
CP22-162 or CP18-549), and follow the instructions. For assistance with
access to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached at<PHONE_NUMBER>, TTY
(202) 502-8659, or at [email protected]. The eLibrary link on
the FERC website also provides access to the texts of formal documents
issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rule makings.

    Dated: May 19, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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