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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER12-922-000]

Phillips 66 Company; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-
Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
Phillips 66 Company's application for market-based rate authority, with
an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a
request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is February 21, 2012.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: February 1, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) received a request for a waiver of compliance with certain
requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is
described below, including the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the relief being requested, and the
petitioner's arguments in favor of relief.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-2008-0065]

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) seeks a waiver
of compliance from the Passenger Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR
Part 238.309, and the Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 CFR Parts 229.27
and 229.29, as they pertain to the requirements to clean, repair and
test airbrake equipment associated with twenty-one HHP-8 electric
locomotives equipped with Computer Controlled Brake (CCB-KE-3.9)
manufactured by Knorr Brake Corporation.
    The twenty-one locomotives are operated over Amtrak's North East
Corridor and maintained by Amtrak, fifteen of these locomotives are
owned by Amtrak, and five are owned by the Maryland Transit
Administration (MTA). Amtrak requests allowing the brake system
periodic maintenance to go beyond the 5-year period (1,840 days)
previously granted by waiver for Amtrak (FRA-2001-10596) and for MTA
(FRA-2007-28611). Amtrak feels that because the KE-3.9 brake system
employs real time self monitoring of the locomotive brake performance,
age exploration for periodic brake valve maintenance is appropriate.
    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 2008-
0065) 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 within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web
site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 comment,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 16, 2008.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0010; FRL-9111-7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Maryland; Control of Carbon Monoxide Emissions From Basic Oxygen
Furnaces

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the
Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision, State of
Maryland SIP Revision 05-08, replaces the current SIP
requirements for the control of carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from
basic oxygen furnaces (BOFs) at steel mills in the State of Maryland
with a new, equivalent CO standard. EPA is approving this revision to
the Maryland SIP in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA).

DATES: This rule is effective on April 12, 2010 without further notice,
unless EPA receives adverse written comment by March 11, 2010. If EPA
receives such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule in the Federal Register and inform the public that
the rule will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2010-0010 by one of the following methods:
    A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
    B. E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0010, Cristina Fernandez, Associate
Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2010-0010. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change, and may be made available online
at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in http://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy during normal business hours at the
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the
State submittal are available at the Maryland Department of the
Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland
21230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria A. Pino,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or by
e-mail at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.

I. Background

    On October 31, 2005, the State of Maryland submitted a formal
revision to its SIP. The SIP revision consists of establishment of a
new standard for CO emissions from BOFs at steel mills. This SIP
revision replaces the current SIP requirements for the control of CO
emissions from BOFs, which Maryland had previously withdrawn from the
Code of Maryland Administrative Regulations (COMAR). However, those
requirements were not withdrawn from Maryland's SIP.
    CO is generated in large quantities in BOFs at steel mills. BOFs
contain hot metal from the blast furnace and scrap metal which is
heated with oxygen to produce molten metal. The molten metal is
ultimately cast into steel slabs. The BOFs are equipped with a gas
collection system or hoods that exhaust the gases into a water scrubber
system that is used primarily for control of particulate matter.

II. Summary of SIP Revision

    This SIP revision establishes a new CO standard for BOFs at steel
mills by adding new regulation COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-1 to the Maryland SIP.
This new regulation requires affected sources to demonstrate that the
CO concentration in its gas stream does not exceed 1 percent by volume
and to demonstrate compliance by conducting an initial stack test and
additional stack tests every 2.5 years. COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-1 replaces
the CO emission requirements currently in the Maryland SIP, COMAR
<IP_ADDRESS>[2].
    COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2] required a person who operated a blast
furnace, grey iron cupola or BOF to burn the gas with excess oxygen at
not less than 1300 [deg]F for at least 0.3 seconds in a direct flame
afterburner. In addition, COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2] allowed an equivalent
control method which reduces the concentration of CO in the effluent to
1.0 percent by volume or less. Maryland withdrew that regulation
because: (1) Blast furnace gas is not controlled but is used as fuel in
on site fuel burning equipment; (2) there are no grey iron cupolas
located at steel mills and cupolas not located at steel mills are

subject to the CO emissions requirements in COMAR 26.11.06 and (3) CO
emissions from BOFs are not controlled in that manner. When the
furnaces are operating, the flames extend into the hood and incinerate
the CO before it is exhausted through the scrubbers.
    The 1 percent by volume CO emissions limit in the new regulation,
COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-1, is equivalent to the limit allowed by COMAR
<IP_ADDRESS>[2]. In addition, replacing COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2] with COMAR
<IP_ADDRESS>-1 strengthens the Maryland SIP by clarifying the standard
for CO emissions from BOFs and removing extraneous requirements.
Therefore, EPA is approving COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-1 in the Maryland SIP,
and removing COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2].

III. Final Action

    EPA is approving Maryland's SIP Revision 05-08, which
revises the Maryland SIP by adding a new regulation, COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-
1. This new regulation establishes standards for CO emissions from BOFs
at steel mills in Maryland. EPA is approving this revision to the
Maryland SIP in accordance with the requirements of the CAA. EPA is
also removing the existing requirements for the control of CO emissions
from BOFs, COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2], from the Maryland SIP. COMAR
<IP_ADDRESS>-1 replaces COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2] and requires an equivalent
level of control.
    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no
adverse comment. However, in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's
Federal Register, EPA is publishing a separate document that will serve
as the proposal to approve the SIP revision if adverse comments are
filed. This rule will be effective on April 12, 2010 without further
notice unless EPA receives adverse comment by March 11, 2010. If EPA
receives adverse comment, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal in the
Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take
effect. EPA will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment
period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so
at this time.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. General Requirements

    Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.

B. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).

C. Petitions for Judicial Review

    Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by April 12, 2010. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. Parties with objections to this direct final
rule are encouraged to file a comment in response to the parallel
notice of proposed rulemaking for this action published in the proposed
rules section of today's Federal Register, rather than file an
immediate petition for judicial review of this direct final rule, so
that EPA can withdraw this direct final rule and address the comment in
the proposed rulemaking. This action, which replaces existing
requirements for the control of CO emissions from BOFs at steel mills
in Maryland with a new, equivalent standard for CO emissions from steel
mill BOFs, may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference.

    Dated: January 22, 2010.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart V--Maryland

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2. In Sec.  52.1070, the table in paragraph (c) is amended by removing
the entry for COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>[2] and by adding new COMAR <IP_ADDRESS>-
1 to read as follows:

Sec.  52.1070  Identification of plan.

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    (c) * * *

                                  EPA-Approved Regulations in the Maryland SIP
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                                                                                Additional explanation/
Code of Maryland Administrative     Title/subject         State       EPA approval date     citation at 40 CFR
  Regulations (COMAR) citation                       effective date                              52.1100
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<IP_ADDRESS>-1..................  Control of Carbon          9/12/05  2/9/10 [Insert
                                  Monoxide                            page number where
                                  Emissions from                      the document
                                  Basic Oxygen                        begins].
                                  Furnaces.

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