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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2004-18895]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with part 211 of title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), this provides the public notice that by a document
dated November 25, 2014, Wabtec Railway Electronics has petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained
at 49 CFR 232.409(d)--Inspection and testing of end-of-train devices.
FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2004-18895.
    Wabtec Railway Electronics (Wabtec) is submitting a request for a
5-year extension to the waiver previously granted to it in Docket
Number FRA-2004-18895. Wabtec initially submitted its request for a
waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 232.409(d) in July 2004, and the
waiver was granted in May 2005. Subsequently, Wabtec applied for a 5-
year extension to the original waiver in October 2009. The extension
was granted in May 2010.
    In its original request for waiver of compliance from 49 CFR
232.409(d) in July 2004, Wabtec stated that the advanced technology
being used in the units includes transceivers with phase locked loop
circuitry along with temperature and voltage controlled crystal
oscillators to maintain spectral (signal) purity. This automatic
calibration algorithm works by optimizing the voltage-controlled
oscillators' control parameters to achieve minimum phase noise. It auto
calibrates the power amplifier and power amplifier driver bias current
every time the transmitter is powered. This automatic calibration
feature is the heart of maintaining the radio's performance integrity.
    Should the radio experience a component failure, the automated
calibration routine will cycle continuously, effectively shut down the
radio, and provide the appropriate ``No Comm'' display in the cab of
the locomotive. Failure in the micro/power supply areas will also
result in an inoperable radio, and the same ``No Comm'' message will be
received in the locomotive cab. Therefore, there is no need to annually
test and calibrate the new synthesized radio. Essentially, if the radio
is transmitting, the signal is within the proper specifications.
    In the most recent letter dated November 25, 2014, Wabtec stated
that it still offers this radio (Wabtec TrainLink II) in certain new
manufactured end-of-train/head-of-train (EOT/HOT) products today,
although it has largely been replaced by a more modern radio design.
However, there is a large fielded population in service in North
America. Wabtec further stated that in order to meet the needs of
customers, the company plans to continue to manufacture Wabtec
digitally synthesized radios (Wabtec TrainLink series) for replacement
use in HOT and EOT equipment, as well as limited use in new production
deliveries.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations
Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2004-18895) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by June 1, 2015 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy
notice of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director of Technical Oversight.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82053; File No. SR-MSRB-2017-06]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 1 to Proposed Rule Change To
Amend MSRB Rule G-34, on CUSIP Numbers, New Issue, and Market
Information Requirements

November 13, 2017.

I. Introduction

    On August 30, 2017, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
(``MSRB'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC''
or ``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'' or ``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change consisting of amendments to Rule
G-34 on CUSIP numbers, new issue, and market information requirements.
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal
Register on September 18, 2017.\3\ The Commission received eleven
comment letters on the proposal.\4\ On October 18, 2017, the MSRB
granted an extension of time for the Commission to act on the filing
until December 15, 2017. On November 7, 2017, the MSRB responded to the
comments \5\ and filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change
(``Amendment No. 1''). The text of Amendment No. 1 is available on the
MSRB's Web site.\6\ The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change from interested
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Exchange Act Release No. 81595 (September 13, 2017), 82 FR
43587 (``Notice''). The comment period closed on October 10, 2017.
    \4\ See Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Leslie M. Norwood,
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association (``SIFMA''), dated October 10,
2017; Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Susan Gaffney, Executive
Director, National Association of Municipal Advisors (``NAMA''),
dated October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Steve
Apfelbacher, President, EHLERS Inc., dated October 10, 2017; Letter
to Secretary, Commission, from Noreen P. White, Co-President, and
Kim W. Whelan, Co-President, Acacia Financial Group, Inc., dated
October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Cristeena G.
Naser, Vice President and Senior Counsel, American Bankers
Association (``ABA''), dated October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary,
Commission, from Michael G. Sudsina, President, Sudsina &
Associates, LLC, dated October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary,
Commission, from Marianne F. Edmonds, Senior Managing Director,
Public Resources Advisory Group (``PRAG''), dated October 10, 2017;
Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Emily Swenson Brock, Director,
Federal Liaison Center, Government Finance Officers Association
(``GFOA''), dated October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary, Commission,
from Peter Warms, Senior Manager of Fixed Income, Entity, Regulatory
Content and Symbology, Bloomberg L.P., dated October 10, 2017;
Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Dennis Dix, Principal,
DIXWORKS LLC, dated October 10, 2017; Letter to Secretary,
Commission, from Stephan Wolf, CEO, Global Legal Entity Identifier
Foundation (``GLEIF''), dated October 9, 2017. Staff from the Office
of Municipal Securities discussed the proposed rule change with
representatives from PFM Financial Advisors LLC and PFM Asset
Management LLC on October 26, 2017.
    \5\ See Letter from Margaret R. Blake, Associate General
Counsel, MSRB, to Secretary, SEC, dated November 7, 2017 (``MSRB
Response Letter''), available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-msrb-2017-06/msrb201706-2674227-161458.pdf.
    \6\ Amendment No. 1 is available at http://www.msrb.org/~/media/
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Amendment

    In response to concerns raised in the comments, the MSRB is
proposing to amend proposed paragraph Rule G-34(a)(i)(F) of the
proposed rule change to require dealers (and municipal advisors in a
competitive sale) seeking to rely on the principles-based exception to
reasonably believe the purchaser's present intent is to hold the
municipal securities to maturity ``or earlier redemption or mandatory
tender.'' \7\ The MSRB believes the proposed rule change should be
amended to more accurately reflect the terms of direct purchase
transactions including the potential for earlier redemption or
mandatory tender.\8\ The MSRB is proposing this same amendment to the
proposed principles-based exception for dealers from the depository
eligibility requirements of the rule set forth in proposed subparagraph
Rule G-34(a)(ii)(A)(3) for consistency.\9\ The MSRB stated that this
provision would clarify that the depository eligibility requirements of
Rule G-34(a)(ii)(A) do not apply to municipal securities included in
the principles-based exception.\10\
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    \8\ Id.
    \9\ Id.
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    In response to concerns raised in the comments, the MSRB also is
proposing amending the proposed rule change to

expand the principles-based exception in proposed paragraph Rule G-
34(a)(i)(F) to include cases where a municipal entity purchases the
municipal securities with funds that are at least in part proceeds of
the purchasing entity's issue of municipal obligations, or the
municipal securities being purchased are used to fully or partially
secure or pay the purchasing entity's issue of municipal
obligations.\11\ The MSRB believes that certain sales of municipal
securities to municipal entities should be excepted from the CUSIP
number requirements for the same policy reasons underlying the
principles-based exception for purchases by banks and their non-dealer
control affiliates.\12\ In particular, the MSRB believes that where a
municipal entity is purchasing municipal securities using funds that
are at least in part proceeds of that purchasing entity's issuance of
other municipal obligations, or where the municipal securities being
purchased are used to fully or partially secure or pay the purchasing
entity's issue of municipal obligations, there is a strong expectation
that the purchase of the underlying municipal securities is intended to
be held and not traded in the secondary market.\13\ As with the
exception for dealers (or municipal advisors in a competitive sale)
engaging in direct purchase transactions of new issue municipal
securities to banks, the MSRB believes that requiring a CUSIP number in
these scenarios would not serve the purposes of Rule G-34 to, among
other things, improve efficiencies in the processing, receiving,
delivering and safekeeping of municipal securities.\14\ The MSRB also
believes that, just as in the case of purchases by banks and their non-
dealer control affiliates, for a dealer (or municipal advisor in a
competitive sale) to rely on the principles-based exception in this
instance, it would be required to have a reasonable belief (e.g., by
obtaining a written representation) that the purchasing municipal
entity has the present intent to hold the municipal securities to
maturity or earlier redemption or mandatory tender.\15\ The MSRB is
also proposing this same amendment to the principles-based exception
for dealers from the depository eligibility requirements of the rule
set forth in subparagraph Rule G-34(a)(ii)(A).\16\
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    \11\ Id.
    \12\ Id.
    \13\ Id.
    \14\ Id.
    \15\ Id.
    \16\ Id.
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    In response to comments that the principles-based exception should
apply to all sales of municipal securities from one municipal entity to
another where a dealer (or municipal advisor in a competitive sale) is
engaged, the MSRB stated that it disagrees.\17\ The MSRB stated that
the principles-based exception is meant to facilitate financings by
permitting the underwriting of new issue municipal securities by
dealers (or advising by municipal advisors in a competitive sale)
without requiring application be made for a CUSIP number where such new
issues are not intended to trade in the secondary market.\18\ However,
the MSRB stated that it understands that a municipal entity purchasing
municipal securities for investment purposes may find itself in need of
liquidity and thus may look to resell those municipal securities into
the secondary market.\19\ In this instance, the MSRB stated, the holder
of the municipal securities may find itself unable to readily resell
the municipal securities because there is no CUSIP number and, based on
discussions with industry participants, the MSRB stated that it
understands there is also no established process for obtaining a CUSIP
number at that late stage for secondary market trading.\20\ The MSRB
believes that by applying for the CUSIP number on the new issue up
front, the dealer (or municipal advisor in a competitive sale) avoids
these potential problems and ensures that this important aspect needed
for secondary market trading is in place.\21\ As a result, the MSRB
stated that it does not believe the principles-based exception should
be expanded to create a generalized private placement exception for all
sales of municipal securities to another municipal entity where a
dealer (or a municipal advisor in a competitive sale) is engaged, but
rather, should be limited as set forth above.\22\
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    \17\ Id.
    \18\ Id.
    \19\ Id.
    \20\ Id.
    \21\ Id.
    \22\ Id.
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    The MSRB is proposing to make the proposed rule change effective
six months after Commission approval and is requesting accelerated
approval of Amendment No. 1.\23\ The MSRB believes the Commission has
good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, for granting
accelerated approval of Amendment No. 1.\24\ The MSRB believes that the
only substantive change to the proposed rule change is responsive to
commenters and expands the application of the previously proposed
principles-based exception to include sales of new issue municipal
securities to municipal entities that are purchasing the underlying
municipal securities with funds that are at least in part proceeds of
the purchasing entity's issue of municipal obligations, or the
municipal securities being purchased are used to fully or partially
secure or pay the purchasing entity's issue of municipal
obligations.\25\ The MSRB believes that the other amendment to the
proposed rule change merely clarifies that in a direct purchase
transaction there may be a redemption or mandatory tender that occurs
prior to the municipal security's maturity.\26\ The MSRB also stated
that, in light of one of the purposes of the principles-based exception
in the proposed rule change--to allow dealers and municipal advisors to
provide services without inhibiting their issuer clients' access to
certain financings--the revisions are consistent with the proposed rule
change and are unlikely to be controversial.\27\
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    \23\ Id.
    \24\ Id.
    \25\ Id.
    \26\ Id.
    \27\ Id.
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III. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the filing as
amended by Amendment No. 1 is consistent with the Act. Comments may be
submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
File Number SR-MSRB-2017-06 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-MSRB-2017-06. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the

Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington,
DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the MSRB. All comments received
will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-MSRB-2017-06 and should be submitted on
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    \28\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, pursuant to delegated authority.\28\
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[DOT-OST-2023-0137]

Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE); Notice of
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: DOT OST announces a meeting of ACTE, which will take place via
videoconference.

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, September 22, 2023, from 2:30
to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Requests for accommodations because of a
disability must be received by Friday, September 15. Requests to submit
questions must be received no later than Friday, September 15.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via videoconference. Those members
of the public who would like to participate virtually should go to
https://www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/acte/meetinginfo to access
the meeting, a detailed agenda for the entire meeting, meeting minutes,
and additional information on ACTE and its activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Norman, Senior Advisor,
Departmental Office of Civil Rights and Warner Dixon, Special Assistant
for Civil Rights, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 934-2380, [email protected]. Any ACTE-related request or submissions
should be sent via email to the points of contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Purpose of the Committee

    ACTE was established to provide independent advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation about comprehensive,
interdisciplinary issues related to civil rights and transportation
equity in the planning, design, research, policy, and advocacy contexts
from a variety of transportation equity practitioners and community
leaders. Specifically, the Committee will provide advice and
recommendations to inform the Department's efforts to:
    Implement the Agency's Equity Action Plan and Strategic Plan,
helping to institutionalize equity into Agency programs, policies,
regulations, and activities:
    Strengthen and establish partnerships with overburdened and
underserved communities who have been historically underrepresented in
the Department's outreach and engagement, including those in rural and
urban areas:
    Empower communities to have a meaningful voice in local and
regional transportation decisions; and
    Ensure the compliance of Federal funding recipients with civil
rights laws and nondiscrimination programs, policies, regulations, and
activities.

Meeting Agenda

    The agenda for the meeting will consist of:

An inauguration of the ACTE members
An overview of the ACTE charter
An overview of the role and impact of ACTE members
Remarks from Secretary Buttigieg
An overview of ACTE focus areas
A discussion on collaborative approaches and transparency
Concluding remarks

Meeting Participation

    Advance registration is required. Please register at https://www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/acte/meetinginfo by the deadline
referenced in the DATES section. The meeting will be open to the public
for its entirety. The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to
providing equal access to this meeting for all participants. If you
need alternative formats or services because

of a disability, such as sign language, interpretation, or other
ancillary aids, please contact the points of contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
    Questions from the public will be answered during the public
comment period only at the discretion of the ACTE chair, vice chair,
and designated Federal officer. Members of the public may submit
written comments and questions to the points of contact listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section on the topics to be considered
during the meeting by the deadline referenced in the DATES section.

    Dated: September 7, 2023.
Irene Marion,
Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-65724; File No. SR-ISE-2011-72]

 Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities
Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Amend Transaction Fees and Rebates for Certain Complex
Orders Executed on the Exchange

November 10, 2011.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby
given that, on October 28, 2011, the International Securities Exchange,
LLC (the ``Exchange'' or the ``ISE'') filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as
described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by
the Exchange. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The ISE is proposing to amend certain transaction fees and rebates.
The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's Web
site (http://www.ise.com), at the principal office of the Exchange, and
at the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the self-regulatory organization
included statements concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the
proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at
the places specified in Item IV below. The self-regulatory organization
has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the
most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange currently assesses per contract transaction charges
and credits to market participants that add or remove liquidity from
the Exchange (``maker/taker fees'') in a number of options classes (the
``Select Symbols'').\3\ The Exchange's maker/taker fees are applicable
to regular and complex orders executed in the Select Symbols.\4\ The
fees and rebates for complex orders in the Select Symbols also apply to
all symbols that are in the Penny Pilot program.\5\
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    \3\ Options classes subject to maker/taker fees are identified
by their ticker symbol on the Exchange's Schedule of Fees.
    \4\ The Exchange has also adopted fees and rebates for complex
orders in a subset of the Select Symbols (``Designated Symbols'')
that are different from the fees for complex orders in the Select
Symbols. These Designated Symbols are AAPL, BAC, C, F, GLD, INTC,
IWM, JPM, QQQ, SLV, SPY and XLF. See Exchange Act Release Nos. [sic]
65084 (August 10, 2011), 76 FR 50805 (August 16, 2011) (SR-ISE-2011-
49).
    \5\ See Exchange Act Release Nos. 65021 (August 3, 2011), 76 FR
48933 (August 9, 2011) (SR-ISE-2011-45); and 65550 (October 13,
2011), 76 FR 64984 (October 19, 2011) (SR-ISE-2011-65).
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    For complex orders in the Select Symbols and in symbols that are in
the Penny Pilot program but excluding the Designated Symbols, the
Exchange currently charges a ``take'' fee of: (i) $0.30 per contract
for ISE Market Maker,\6\ Market Maker Plus,\7\ Firm Proprietary and
Customer (Professional) \8\ orders; and (ii) $0.35 per contract for
Non-ISE Market Maker \9\ orders. Priority Customer \10\ orders are not
charged a ``take'' fee for complex orders. For complex orders in these
same symbols, the Exchange currently charges a ``make'' fee of: (i)
$0.10 per contract for ISE Market Maker, Market Maker Plus, Firm
Proprietary and Customer (Professional) orders; and (ii) $0.20 per
contract for Non-ISE Market Maker orders. Priority Customer orders are
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    \6\ The term ``Market Makers'' refers to ``Competitive Market
Makers'' and ``Primary Market Makers'' collectively. See ISE Rule
100(a)(25). Market Makers who remove liquidity in the Select Symbols
from the Complex Order Book by trading with orders preferenced to
them are currently charged $0.28 per contract.
    \7\ A Market Maker Plus is an ISE Market Maker who is on the
National Best Bid or National Best Offer 80% of the time for series
trading between $0.03 and $5.00 (for options whose underlying
stock's previous trading day's last sale price was less than or
equal to $100) and between $0.10 and $5.00 (for options whose
underlying stock's previous trading day's last sale price was
greater than $100) in premium in each of the front two expiration
months and 80% of the time for series trading between $0.03 and
$5.00 (for options whose underlying stock's previous trading day's
last sale price was less than or equal to $100) and between $0.10
and $5.00 (for options whose underlying stock's previous trading
day's last sale price was greater than $100) in premium across all
expiration months in order to receive the rebate. The Exchange
determines whether a Market Maker qualifies as a Market Maker Plus
at the end of each month by looking back at each Market Maker's
quoting statistics during that month. If at the end of the month, a
Market Maker meets the Exchange's stated criteria, the Exchange
rebates $0.10 per contract for transactions executed by that Market
Maker during that month. The Exchange provides Market Makers a
report on a daily basis with quoting statistics so that Market
Makers can determine whether or not they are meeting the Exchange's
stated criteria.
    \8\ A Customer (Professional) is a person who is not a broker/
dealer and is not a Priority Customer.
    \9\ A Non-ISE Market Maker, or Far Away Market Maker
(``FARMM''), is a market maker as defined in Section 3(a)(38) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (``Exchange Act''),
registered in the same options class on another options exchange.
    \10\ A Priority Customer is defined in ISE Rule 100(a)(37A) as a
person or entity that is not a broker/dealer in securities, and does
not place more than 390 orders in listed options per day on average
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    For complex orders in the Designated Symbols, the Exchange
currently charges a ``take'' fee of: (i) $0.31 per contract for ISE
Market Maker, Market Maker Plus, Firm Proprietary and Customer
(Professional) orders; and (ii) $0.36 per contract for Non-ISE Market
Maker orders. Priority Customer orders are not charged a ``take'' fee
for complex orders in the Designated Symbols. The ``make'' fee for
complex orders in the Designated Symbols is the same as the ``make''
fee the Exchange currently charges for the Select Symbols and symbols
that are in the Penny Pilot program noted above. Priority Customer
orders are not charged a ``make'' fee for complex orders in the
Designated Symbols.
    The Exchange now proposes to increase the ``take'' fee for complex
orders in both the Select Symbols and the Designated Symbols to (i)
$0.32 per contract for ISE Market Maker, Market

Maker Plus, Firm Proprietary and Customer (Professional) orders; and
(ii) $0.36 for Non-ISE Market Maker orders. With this proposed fee
change, the Exchange seeks to standardize the ``take'' fee charged for
complex orders in the Select Symbols and the Designated Symbols and, as
a result, proposes to remove the table identifying the Designated
Symbols from its Schedule of Fees as it is no longer necessary to
separately identify the ``take'' fee for Designated Symbols from the
``take'' fee for the Select Symbols because all Select Symbols are now
charged one rate.
    Further, for Priority Customer complex orders in the Select Symbols
and in the symbols that are in the Penny Pilot program but excluding
the Designated Symbols, the Exchange currently provides a rebate of
$0.25 per contract when these orders trade with non-customer orders in
the complex order book. For Priority Customer complex orders in the
Designated Symbols, the Exchange currently provides a rebate of $0.27
per contract when these orders trade with non-customer orders in the
complex order book. The Exchange now proposes to increase the rebate
for Priority Customer complex orders in the Select Symbols and the
Designated Symbols to $0.30 per contract when these orders trade with
non-customer orders in the complex order book. With this proposed fee
change, the Exchange seeks to standardize the rebate for Priority
Customer complex orders in both the Select Symbols and the Designated
Symbols when these orders trade with non-customer orders in the complex
order book and proposes to reflect this change in footnote 3 on the
Schedule of Fees.
    The Exchange does not propose to change the rebate for Priority
Customer complex orders in the symbols that are in the Penny Pilot
program but are not a Select Symbol (``Non-Select Penny Pilot
Symbols'') when these orders trade with non-customer orders in the
complex order book. That rebate shall remain at $0.25 per contract. In
order to distinguish this established rebate from the newly proposed
rebate for Priority Customer complex orders in the Select Symbols, the
rebate for Non-Select Penny Pilot Symbols is now reflected in the
proposed new text in footnote 11 on the Schedule of Fees.
    Additionally, ISE Market Makers who remove liquidity in the Select
Symbols from the complex order book by trading with orders that are
preferenced to them are currently charged $0.28 per contract. Further,
ISE Market Makers who remove liquidity in the Designated Symbols from
the complex order book by trading with orders that are preferenced to
them are currently charged $0.29 per contract. The Exchange now
proposes to increase the fee charged to ISE Market Makers who remove
liquidity in the Select Symbols and the Designated Symbols from the
complex order book by trading with orders that are preferenced to them
to a single rate of $0.30 per contract. Thereby, once again,
standardizing the fee charged to ISE Market Makers who remove liquidity
from the complex order book by trading with orders that are preferenced
to them in both the Select Symbols and the Designated Symbols.
    The Exchange proposes a fee of $0.28 per contract for ISE Market
Makers who remove liquidity in the Non-Select Penny Pilot Symbols from
the complex order book by trading with orders that are preferenced to
them. In order to distinguish this fee from the fee that is applicable
to ISE Market Makers who remove liquidity from the complex order book
in the Select Symbols by trading with orders preferenced to them, the
fee charged to ISE Market Makers who remove liquidity in the Non-Select
Penny Pilot Symbols from the complex order book by trading with orders
that are preferenced to them is now reflected in proposed footnote 12
on the Schedule of Fees.
    Further, the Exchange does not propose any changes to the fees and
rebates for complex orders in Non-Select Penny Pilot Symbols. The
Exchange currently charges a ``take'' fee of (i) $0.30 per contract for
ISE Market Maker, Market Maker Plus, Firm Proprietary and Customer
(Professional) orders; and (ii) $0.35 per contract for Non-ISE Market
Maker orders. Priority Customer orders are not charged a ``take'' fee
for complex orders in Non-Select Penny Pilot Symbols. For complex
orders in these same symbols, the Exchange currently charges a ``make''
fee of: (i) $0.10 per contract for ISE Market Maker, Market Maker Plus,
Firm Proprietary and Customer (Professional) orders; and (ii) $0.20 per
contract for Non-ISE Market Maker orders. Priority Customer orders are
not charged a ``make'' fee for complex orders in any of the symbols
that are in the Penny Pilot program. The Exchange proposes only to
create a table in the Schedule of Fees to identify these fees more
clearly.
    The Exchange also proposes to amend the heading of its fee schedule
to clarify that the fees in this section of the Schedule of Fees apply
to Select Symbols and complex orders for symbols that are in the Penny
Pilot program. Additionally, the Exchange is proposing to amend the
headers in the table to reflect the changes discussed herein and to add
additional columns to reflect the fees for adding and removing
liquidity in complex orders for Non-Select Penny Pilot Symbols.
Further, the Exchange proposes to clarify that the term ``Symbols'' in
fact refers to ``Select Symbols'' where appropriate throughout this
section of the Schedule of Fees.
    The Exchange has designated this proposal to be operative on
November 1, 2011.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its Schedule of
Fees is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Exchange Act \11\ in
general, and furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Exchange
Act \12\ in particular, in that it is an equitable allocation of
reasonable dues, fees and other charges among Exchange members and
other persons using its facilities. The impact of the proposal upon the
net fees paid by a particular market participant will depend on a
number of variables, most important of which will be its propensity to
interact with and respond to certain types of orders.
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    The Exchange believes that its proposal to assess a $0.32 per
contract ``take'' fee for ISE Market Maker, Market Maker Plus, Firm
Proprietary and Customer (Professional) orders in the Select Symbols
that are subject to the Exchange's maker/taker fees is reasonable
because the fee is within the range of fees assessed by other exchanges
employing similar pricing schemes and in some cases, is lower that the
fees assessed by other exchanges. For example, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.
(``PHLX'') recently announced a fee increase for removing liquidity in
complex orders from $0.29 to $0.32 per contract for Specialist orders
and from $0.30 to $0.35 per contract for Firm and Professional
orders.\13\ Therefore, while ISE is proposing a fee increase, the
resulting fee remains lower than the fee change proposed by PHLX for
similar orders. Finally, ISE's proposed increase for Non-ISE Market
Maker orders to $0.36 per contract is a nominal increase over the rate
currently in place at PHLX. PHLX currently charges $0.35 per contract
for these orders.\14\
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    The Exchange believes that it is reasonable and equitable to
provide a rebate for Priority Customer complex

orders when these orders trade with non-customer orders in the complex
order book because paying a rebate would continue to attract additional
order flow to the Exchange and create liquidity in the symbols that are
subject to the rebate, which the Exchange believes ultimately will
benefit all market participants who trade on ISE. The Exchange already
provides this rebate and is now proposing to increase the rebate. The
Exchange believes that the proposed rebate for options overlying the
symbols that are subject to the Exchange's maker/taker fees is
competitive with fees charged by other exchanges and is therefore
reasonable and equitably allocated to those members that direct orders
to the Exchange rather than to a competing exchange. The proposed
increased rebate of $0.30 per contract for Priority Customer complex
orders is identical to the rebate level recently announced by PHLX.\15\
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    The Exchange notes that PHLX currently assesses a fee for complex
orders for certain symbols that are preferenced to market makers at
that exchange at a rate of $0.27 per contract. For complex orders that
are not preferenced to market makers that remove liquidity in those
symbols, PHLX charges a take fee of $0.29 per contract. In its recent
announcement, PHLX proposes to increase the fee for preferenced market
makers from $0.27 per contract to $0.30 per contract and, for non-
preferenced market makers, from $0.29 per contract to $0.32 per
contract.\16\ ISE notes that with this proposed fee change, the
Exchange, while increasing this fee, will maintain the same two cent
differential that is currently in place at PHLX.\17\
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    The complex order pricing employed by the Exchange has proven to be
an effective pricing mechanism and attractive to Exchange participants
and their customers. The Exchange believes that changing certain
aspects of its maker/taker fees and rebates will attract additional
complex order business while at the same time creating standardization
in complex order pricing across symbols that make up the majority of
the daily volume in options trading.
    The Exchange further believes that the Exchange's maker/taker fees
are not unfairly discriminatory because the fee structure is consistent
with fee structures that exist today at other options exchanges.
Additionally, the Exchange believes that the proposed fees are fair,
equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because the proposed fees are
consistent with price differentiation that exists today at other option
exchanges. The Exchange operates in a highly competitive market in
which market participants can readily direct order flow to another
exchange if they deem fee levels at a particular exchange to be
excessive. With this proposed fee change, the Exchange believes it
remains an attractive venue for market participants to trade complex
orders.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of
the Exchange Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit,
comments on this proposed rule change. The Exchange has not received
any unsolicited written comments from members or other interested
parties.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Exchange Act.\18\ At any time within 60 days of
the filing of such proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission
that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest,
for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the
purposes of the Exchange Act. If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings to determine whether the
proposed rule should be approved or disapproved.
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-ISE-2011-72 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2011-72. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-ISE-2011-72 and should be
submitted on or before December 8, 2011.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
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Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0099]

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System

    In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that
by a document dated November 30, 2012, the Norfolk Southern Corporation
(NS) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking
approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2012-0099.
    Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. Brian Sykes, Chief
Engineer C&S Engineering, 1200 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, GA 30309.
    NS seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the
existing control points and crossover switches at Spring Lane, Milepost
(MP) N 607.5, and Vera, MP N 603.9, on the Kenova District in
Portsmouth, OH. A new traffic control system control point with two
crossovers will be created near MP N 608.0. The remaining single switch
from each retired control point will remain as a hand-throw switch. NS
seeks to make these proposed changes to modernize its signal equipment
and install Positive Train Control.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by March 25, 2013 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-02766 Filed 2-6-13; 8:45 am]
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[Notices]
[Pages 3231-3232]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Commission Staff Attendance

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of the Commission's staff may attend the following
meeting related to the transmission planning activities of the New York
Independent System Operator, Inc.

The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Operating Committee
Meeting

January 15, 2015, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (EST)

    The above-referenced meeting will be via web conference and
teleconference.
    The above-referenced meeting is open to stakeholders.
    Further information may be found at: http://www.nyiso.com/public/markets_operations/committees/meeting_materials/index.jsp?com=oc.
    The discussions at the meeting described above may address matters
at issue in the following proceedings:

Docket Nos. ER13-102, ER13-1942, ER13-1946, New York Independent
System Operator, Inc. and New York Transmission Owners
Docket No. ER13-1926, PJM Transmission Owners
Docket No. ER13-1947, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and New York
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Docket No. ER13-1957, ISO New England Inc., New York Independent
System Operator, Inc., and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Docket No. ER13-1960, ISO New England Inc. and the Participating
Transmission Owners Administrative Committee, Supported by the New
England Power Pool Participants Committee

    For more information, contact James Eason, Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: January 14, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44615-44616]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9998-53-OAR]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit
an information collection request (ICR), ``Compliance Assurance
Monitoring Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.10, OMB Control No.
2060-0376) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before
doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of
the proposed information collection as described below. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June
30, 2020. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0152, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred
method), by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Muntasir Ali, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division
(D243-05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public

docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The
telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>. For
additional information about the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (1) Evaluate 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; (2) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses. The EPA will consider
the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR
package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that
time, the EPA will issue another Federal Register document to announce
the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) contains several provisions
directing the EPA to require source owners to conduct monitoring to
support certification as to their status of compliance with applicable
requirements. These provisions are set forth in section 504 and section
114 of the CAA. Under CAA section 504(c), each operating permit must
``set forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance, certification
and reporting requirements to assure compliance with the permit terms
and conditions.'' See also CAA section 504(c) (each permit shall
require reporting of monitoring the EPA and such other conditions as
are necessary to assure compliance). CAA section 504(b) allows to
prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for determining compliance,
recognizing that continuous emissions monitoring systems need not be
required if other procedures or methods provide sufficiently reliable
and timely information for determining compliance. Section 114(a)(1) of
the CAA provides additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting,
and recordkeeping requirements. This section provides the Administrator
with the authority to require any owner/operator of a source to install
and to operate monitoring systems and to record the resulting
monitoring data. The EPA promulgated the Compliance Assurance
Monitoring (CAM) Rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22, 1997 (62 FR
54900), pursuant to these provisions. In accordance with CAA section
114(c) and CAA section 503(e), the monitoring information source owners
must submit must also be available to the public except under
circumstances set forth in section 114(c) of the CAA. 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 the EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this section are all facilities required to have an operating permit
under title V of the CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines
the sources to obtain a title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 71.2.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under title V of the
CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines the sources required
to obtain a title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 71.2.
    Estimated number of respondents: There are 21,448 pollutant
specific emission units (PSEUs), where the number of respondents is the
number of PSEUs subject to the compliance assurance monitoring rule,
and 117 permitting authorities. Therefore, the estimated number of
respondents is 21,565 (total).
    Frequency of response: At least every 6 months per title V, 40 CFR
70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (B).
    Total estimated burden: 24,590 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $999,211 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 26,490 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to an updated estimate of the
number of sources and permits subject to the 40 CFR part 70 programs (a
reduction of 1,768 permits), an increase in the number of permitting
authorities (an addition of one), and a decrease in the number of CAM
plan renewal review hours (a decrease of 5.5 hours per occurrence),
rather than any new federal mandates (i.e., changes in paperwork
requirements to respondents). The decrease in total estimated burden
hours leads to a decrease in total estimated cost.

    Dated: August 21, 2019.
Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Program Division.
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8155-8156]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities
and Exchange Commission will hold a Closed Meeting on Thursday,
February 25, 2010 at 2 p.m.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meeting.
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters also may be
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the
scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
    Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the Closed Meeting in a closed session, and determined that
no earlier notice thereof was possible.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday,
February 25, 2010 will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; Institution and
settlement of administrative proceedings; and other matters relating to
enforcement proceedings.

    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in
the scheduling of meeting items.
    For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have
been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: February 18, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3685 Filed 2-19-10; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP99-301-156]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing

April 5, 2007.
    Take notice that on April 2, 2007, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR)
tendered for filing and approval a negotiated rate agreement between
ANR and BP Canada Energy Marketing Corporation (BP). The service
agreement is being filed as a negotiated rate because the parties have
agreed to fixed rates for the term of the contract.
    ANR requests that the Commission accept and approve the subject
filing to be effective April 1, 2007.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210).
Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on
or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

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

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

TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
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                             SUPPORTING STATEMENT
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

1.	Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a)  Title of the Information Collection

	National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products (40 CFR part 59, subpart C) (Renewal), OMB Control Number 2060-0348, EPA ICR Number 1764.05.

      1(b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

	(i)	Type of collection

	The information collection includes initial reports and periodic recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with the federal standards for consumer products.  Respondents are manufacturers and importers of consumer products.

	The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the previous ICR (EPA ICR number 1764.04) with the following terms of clearance.

	Terms of Clearance: When this ICR is resubmitted for renewal, EPA should review the respondent burden and universe to verify these estimates have been updated. EPA should also review the estimates of the annual hour burden and verify they have been updated.

	EPA has complied with these Terms of Clearance.

	(ii)	Content of reports

	All manufacturers and importers of consumer products subject to this rule must submit an initial report by the compliance date of the rule.  The "Initial Notification Report" must include (1) company name; (2) list of affected product categories; (3) location of corporate headquarters; (4) location where formulation and batch records are maintained; (5) description of any date codes used on product labeling; and (6) name, title, and signature of the certifying company official.

	Respondents have no periodic reporting requirements.  Another reporting requirement, in addition to the initial report, is to provide an updated description of any date codes that may have been revised subsequent to submittal of the initial report.

	Respondents seeking a variance must submit an application which provides information to EPA necessary in determining whether to grant the variance.  The application would include the specific grounds on which the variance is sought, proposed date by which the requirements of the rule will be met, and a plan for achieving compliance.

	Supporting documentation is required of companies who wish to market a product subject to the "innovative products" provisions of the rule.  This documentation includes information on VOC emissions from the use of the product as compared to emissions from a product formulated in compliance with the table of standards.

	The rule requires that the labels of all subject consumer products display the date of manufacture.  However, there should be no additional burden imposed due to this labeling requirement because manufacturers routinely date-code their products.  The date can be in coded form.  All manufacturers and importers of subject products must submit an explanation of all date codes used.  Date code explanations must be submitted with the initial report.  Thereafter, respondents must submit explanations of any new date code within 30 days of its first use.

	(iii)	Recordkeeping requirements

	All manufacturers and importers of subject consumer products are required to maintain records of formulations and actual batch records for all consumer products covered by the rule.  If requested by EPA, the manufacturer or importer must demonstrate to EPA's satisfaction that actual product content adheres to the formulation(s) on record.

	All information is routinely kept by companies and consists of formulation data and information on ingredients used in each batch.  There is no testing required to create this data, except for one-time emission testing of charcoal lighter materials formulations.

	All records required under the rule must be retained for 3 years.

2.	Need for and Use of the Collection

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      2(a)  Need/Authority for the Collection

	The EPA is required under Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act (Act) to regulate VOC emissions from the use of consumer and commercial products.  Pursuant to Section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products and a schedule for their regulation on March 23, 1995 (60 FR 15264).  Consumer products were included in Group I of the list, and standards were promulgated on September 11, 1998.  In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from the use of consumer products contribute to ground-level ozone formation in ozone nonattainment areas.

	The reports and recordkeeping activities required under the rule enable the EPA to determine whether or not consumer products manufactured or imported for use in the U.S. meet the VOC content limits.  Minimal reporting is required.  Initial reporting consists of information needed by EPA to (1) identify the universe of manufacturers and importers subject to the rule; (2) determine the date of manufacture of products; (3) ascertain the location of formulation and batch records for purposes of compliance assurance; and (4) have on record a responsible company official as a primary contact.  Notification that a regulated entity has revised its date code system will enable EPA to have access to the most current codes.

	Respondents seeking a variance are required to submit an application which includes the grounds upon which the variance is being sought, the proposed date for coming into compliance, and a plan for achieving compliance.

	Companies desiring to market a product under the "innovative products" provisions are required to submit documentation of the VOC emissions from the use of the product as compared to emissions from a product formulated in compliance with the table of standards.

	Recordkeeping, consisting of maintenance of formulation data and batch records, enable EPA to determine whether a product offered for sale was, in fact, manufactured with VOC content in compliance with the limits.  There is no required testing except for one-time emission testing of charcoal lighter fluid formulations.

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      2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data

	Agency enforcement personnel will use the information collected to (1) identify manufacturers and importers subject to the rule; and (2) ensure that consumer products comply with the VOC content standards.  These activities are essential to compliance assurance.

3.	Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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      The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 59, subpart C.

      3(a)  Nonduplication

If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office.  Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated state, or local agency.  If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state, or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards.  Therefore, no duplication exists.

      3(b)  Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

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      An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2010 (75 FR 68783).  No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.

      3(c)  Consultations

      Because the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years, all data and assumptions from the previous ICR renewal were used as the basis for estimating the hourly and cost burdens associated with this renewal.

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      It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR renewal as well as those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice.  In this case, no comments were received.

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      3(d)  Effects of Less Frequent Collection

	This ICR includes one-time initial reports by all manufacturers and importers of subject consumer products.  Periodic reporting is not required.  Consequently, less frequent reporting is not an issue.

	Formulation and batch records are required to be kept on a per-product basis.  This information is normally maintained by consumer product manufacturers.  Because there is no analytical test method for determining the VOC content of consumer products, maintaining records of each batch is essential for compliance assurance.  Accordingly, lesser degrees of recordkeeping would make compliance determination difficult if not impossible.

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      3(e)  General Guidelines

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      These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

      3(f)  Confidentiality

	Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36092, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 28, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

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      3(g)  Sensitive Questions

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      The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive questions.

4.	The Respondents and the Information Requested

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      4(a)  Respondents/SIC Codes

	The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are manufacturers and importers of consumer products.  Manufacturers of consumer products fall within standard industrial classification (SIC) 284, including "Soap, Detergents, Cleaning Preparations" and "Perfumes, Cosmetics, and Other Toilet Preparations;" SIC 287, "Agricultural Chemicals;" and SIC 289, "Miscellaneous Chemical Products."   The appropriate North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes are 3256, "Soap, Cleaning Compounds, and Toilet Preparations;" and 3259, "Other Chemical Products and Preparations."

      4(b)  Information Requested

      (i)  Data Items

	In this ICR, all the data that is recorded and/or reported is required by National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer Products. (40 CFR part 59, subpart C).

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      A source must make the following reports:

                                    Reports
Initial report
59.209(d)
Report of change of date coding system
59.209(e)
Application for variance
59.206(a)
Documentation of "innovative products"
59.204(d)

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      A source must keep the following records:

                                 Recordkeeping
Records of formulations in use
59.209(a)
Records of composition of each batch of production
59.209(a)
Records of charcoal lighter materials testing
59.209(c)

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Electronic Reporting
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      Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data.  Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.
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      Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents, continue to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically.  However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used.  At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.

	(ii)  Respondent Activities

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Respondent Activities

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Read instructions.

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Write the notifications and reports listed above.

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Enter information required to be recorded above.

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Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of disclosing and providing information.

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Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

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Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

	The respondent activities required for all manufacturers and importers of regulated products are listed in Table 1.

5.	The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management

      5(a)  Agency Activities
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      EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.
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Agency Activities

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Review reports required to be submitted by industry.

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Audit facility records.

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Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Air Facility System (AFS).

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      5(b)  Collection Methodology and Management

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      Information contained in the reports is entered into the AFS which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities.  EPA uses the AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters.  EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.
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       The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for three years.

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      5(c)  Small Entity Flexibility

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       The impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation.  In the final rulemaking notice, EPA prepared a regulatory flexibility analysis (FRFA) which examined the impact of the final rule on small entities (See 63 FR 48829, September 11, 1998).  EPA determined that almost 80 percent of the affected companies are small entities.  This percentage was applied to the total number of consumer products firms affected by this ICR.
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      Companies subject to the rule can apply for variances in cases where the company, because of extraordinary reasons beyond reasonable control, cannot comply with the rule.  While all variance applications will receive close scrutiny, EPA will give full consideration to the special needs of small manufacturers and importers.

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      5(d)  Collection Schedule

	By December 10, 1998 (December 10, 1999 for consumer products that are also regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)), or within 30 days of becoming subject to the rule, manufacturers and importers of regulated products must submit to EPA an Initial Notification Report.  The content of this report is outlined in section 1(b)(ii) of this ICR.

6.	Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

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      Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for the subpart included in this ICR.  The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.  Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified.  Responses to this information collection are mandatory.
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      The 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.

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      6(a)  Estimating Respondent Burden

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      The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 29,613 ( Total Labor Hours from Table 1).  The recordkeeping hours shown in Table 1 are 29,405.  The reporting requirement hours shown in Table 1 are 208.  These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the National VOC Emissions Standards program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.
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 The following assumptions were used to estimate the respondent burden:
   * Only incremental burden imposed by this rule was considered.  Recordkeeping activities already performed by sources regardless of the existence of this rule are not included in the burden calculation.
   * The burden of planning for recordkeeping will be 2 hours per year.
   * The burden of maintaining batch records will be 8 hours per month.
   * The burden of maintaining records of charcoal lighter material test results will be 1 hour per year

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      6(b)  Estimating Respondent Costs
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            (i)  Estimating Labor Costs
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      This ICR uses the following labor rates:
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            Managerial	$95.82 ($45.63 + 110%)
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            Technical	$77.03 ($36.68 + 110%)
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            Clerical	$44.82 ($21.35 + 110%)
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      Industry labor rates are based on an average of occupational wage rates for the affected NAICS groupings 3256 and 3259.  Management wages were based on industrial production managers, technical wages were based on health and safety engineers, and clerical rates were based on production, planning, and expediting clerks.  The resultant average wage rates were:  management ($45.63); technical ($36.68); and clerical ($21.35).  The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
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            (ii)  Estimating Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs
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      The only costs to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities required by the subject standard are labor costs.  There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.
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            (iii)  Capital/Startup vs. Operating and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
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      The only types of industry cost associated with the information collection activity in the regulations are labor costs.  There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.

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      6(c)  Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

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      The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information.  EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information.
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $8,799.
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      This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

		Managerial	$62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%)
		Technical	$46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)
		Clerical	$25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)
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These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2010 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay.  The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees.  These rates can be obtained from the OPM web site, http//www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index/htm.  Details upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission for Consumer Products (40 CFR part 59, subpart C).

      6(d)  Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

      The following assumptions were used to estimate the respondent universe and total burden and costs for industry to comply with the various requirements of the rule:

         * Total number of affected sources is 3,000
         * Total number of respondents will be 732
         * Number of respondents performing "new" recordkeeping will be 10 percent, or about 300 per year
         * Number of "new" respondents submitting the one-time Initial Notification Report will be 1 percent of the total affected sources, or about 30 per year
         * Number of respondents submitting variance applications will be 5
         * Number of respondents submitting innovative products applications will be 2

6(e)  Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables

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      The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below, respectively, and summarized below.
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      (i) Respondent Tally

	The total annual labor hours are 29,613. Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1.  Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours (rounded) per response. There are no capital or O&M costs.

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            (ii) The Agency Tally

	The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 123 labor hours at a cost of $8,799.  See Table 2 attached.

      6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden
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      There is no change in the labor hours or capital and O&M costs to the respondents in this ICR compared to the previous ICR because the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years.  However, the change in labor costs for industry and EPA is due to the use of more current labor rates.

      6(g)  Burden Statement

	The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours per respondent.  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 regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563. An electronic version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov, which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically.  When in the system, select "search," then key in the docket ID number identified in this document.  The documents are also available for public viewing at the Air Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The EPA Docket Center 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 Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the Air Docket and Information Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.  Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Office for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0563 and OMB Control Number 2060-0348 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.