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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-98925; File No. SR-MRX-2023-20]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq MRX, LLC; Notice of Filing
and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Amend MRX
Options 7, Section 5 To Amend Route-Out Fees

November 14, 2023.
    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on November 1, 2023, Nasdaq MRX, LLC (``MRX'' or ``Exchange'') filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``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 Exchange proposes to amend the Exchange's Pricing Schedule at
Options 7, Section 5, Other Options Fees and Rebates.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
website at https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/mrx/rules, 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 Exchange 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 Exchange 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 purpose of the proposed rule change is to amend the Exchange's
Pricing Schedule at Options 7, Section 5, Other Options Fees and
Rebates. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to amend Part A, Route-Out
Fees. The Routing Fees apply to executions of orders that are routed to
one or more exchanges in connection with the Options Order Protection
and Locked/Crossed Market Plan.
    Today, the Exchange assesses all Members a $0.55 per contract Penny
Symbol Routing Fee and a $1.09 Non-Penny Symbol Routing Fee to route to
another options exchange. The Exchange proposes to instead assess a
$0.60 per contract Penny Symbol Routing Fee and a $1.20 Non-Penny
Symbol Routing Fee to route to another options exchange regardless of
the capacity of the order. The purpose of the proposed Routing Fees is
to recoup costs incurred by the Exchange when routing orders to other
options exchanges on behalf of options Members. In determining its
proposed Routing Fees, the Exchange took into account transaction fees
assessed by other options exchanges, the Exchange's projected clearing
costs, and the projected administrative, regulatory, and technical
costs associated with routing orders to other options exchanges. The
Exchange will continue to use its affiliated broker-dealer, Nasdaq
Execution Services, to route orders to other options exchanges. Routing
services offered by the Exchange are completely optional and market
participants can readily select between various providers of routing
services, including other exchanges and broker-dealers. Also, the
Exchange notes that market participants may elect to mark their orders
as ``Do Not Route'' to avoid any Routing Fees.\3\ The proposed
structure for Routing Fees is similar to another options market.\4\ The
Exchange believes that the proposed Routing Fees would enable the
Exchange to recover the costs it incurs to route orders to away markets
after taking into account the other costs associated with routing
orders to other options exchanges.
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    \3\ See Supplementary Material .04 to MRX Options 3, Section 7.
    \4\ See MEMX's Options Fee Schedule at https://info.memxtrading.com/us-options-trading-resources/us-options-fee-schedule/. MEMX assesses a $0.60 per contract Penny Symbol routing
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with section
6(b) of the Act,\5\ in general, and furthers the objectives of sections
6(b)(4) and 6(b)(5) of the Act,\6\ in particular, in that it provides
for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and other
charges among members and issuers and other persons using any facility,
and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers,
issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4) and (5).
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    The Exchange's proposed changes to its Routing Fees are reasonable
in several respects. As a threshold matter, the Exchange is subject to
significant competitive forces in the market for options securities
transaction services that constrain its pricing determinations in that
market. The fact that this market is competitive has long been
recognized by the courts. In NetCoalition v. Securities and Exchange
Commission, the D.C. Circuit stated as follows: ``[n]o one disputes
that competition for order flow is `fierce.' . . . As the SEC
explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market system, buyers and sellers of
securities, and the broker-dealers that act as their order-routing
agents, have a wide range of choices of where to route orders for
execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to take its market share
percentages for granted' because `no exchange possesses a monopoly,
regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of order flow from broker
dealers'. . . .'' \7\
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    \7\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525, 539 (D.C. Cir. 2010)
(quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59039 (December 2,
2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (December 9, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2006-
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    The Commission and the courts have repeatedly expressed their
preference for competition over regulatory intervention in determining
prices, products, and services in the securities markets. In Regulation
NMS, while adopting a series of steps to improve the current market
model, the Commission

highlighted the importance of market forces in determining prices and
SRO revenues and, also, recognized that current regulation of the
market system ``has been remarkably successful in promoting market
competition in its broader forms that are most important to investors
and listed companies.'' \8\
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    \8\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9, 2005), 70
FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005) (``Regulation NMS Adopting
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    Numerous indicia demonstrate the competitive nature of this market.
For example, clear substitutes to the Exchange exist in the market for
options security transaction services. The Exchange is only one of
seventeen options exchanges to which market participants may direct
their order flow. Within this environment, market participants can
freely and often do shift their order flow among the Exchange and
competing venues in response to changes in their respective pricing
schedules. As such, the proposal represents a reasonable attempt by the
Exchange to increase its liquidity and market.
    The Exchange's proposal to amend its Routing Fees such that all
Members would pay a $0.60 per contract Penny Symbol Routing Fee and a
$1.20 Non-Penny Symbol Routing Fee to route to another options exchange
is reasonable because the proposed Routing Fees would enable the
Exchange to recover the costs it incurs to route orders to away markets
after taking into account the other costs associated with routing
orders to other options exchanges. Routing services offered by the
Exchange are completely optional and market participants can readily
select between various providers of routing services, including other
exchanges and broker-dealers. Also, the Exchange notes that market
participants may elect to mark their orders as ``Do Not Route'' to
avoid any Routing Fees.\9\ The proposed structure for Routing Fees is
similar to another options market.\10\
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    \9\ See Supplementary Material .04 to MRX Options 3, Section 7.
    \10\ See MEMX's Options Fee Schedule at https://info.memxtrading.com/us-options-trading-resources/us-options-fee-schedule/. MEMX assesses a $0.60 per contract Penny Symbol routing
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    The Exchange's proposal to amend its Routing Fees such that all
Members would pay a $0.60 per contract Penny Symbol Routing Fee and a
$1.20 Non-Penny Symbol Routing Fee to route to another options exchange
is equitable and not unfairly discriminatory because these Routing Fees
will apply equally to all options Members.

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

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
    In terms of intra-market competition, the Exchange's proposal to
amend its Routing Fees such that all Members would pay a $0.60 per
contract Penny Symbol Routing Fee and a $1.20 Non-Penny Symbol Routing
Fee to route to another options exchange does not impose an undue
burden on competition because these fees will apply equally to all
options Members.
    In terms of inter-market competition, the Exchange notes that it
operates in a highly competitive market in which market participants
can readily favor competing venues if they deem fee levels at a
particular venue to be excessive, or rebate opportunities available at
other venues to be more favorable. In such an environment, the Exchange
must continually adjust its fees to remain competitive with other
options exchanges. Because competitors are free to modify their own
fees in response, and because market participants may readily adjust
their order routing practices, the Exchange believes that the degree to
which fee changes in this market may impose any burden on competition
is extremely limited.

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

    No written comments were either solicited or received.

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 Act \11\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) \12\ thereunder.
At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change,
the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it
appears to the Commission that such action is: (i) necessary or
appropriate in the public interest; (ii) for the protection of
investors; or (iii) otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the
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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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \12\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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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 Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include
file number SR-MRX-2023-20 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to file number SR-MRX-2023-20. This file
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. Do not
include personal identifiable information in submissions; you should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. We
may redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted
material that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All
submissions should refer to file number SR-MRX-2023-20 and should be
submitted on or before December 11, 2023.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP07-44-007]

Southeast Supply Header, LLC and Southern Natural Gas Company;
Notice of Amendment Application

December 9, 2008.
    On December 8, 2008, Southeast Supply Header, LLC (SESH) and
Southern Natural Gas Company (SONAT) filed an application requesting an
amendment to the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued
on September 20, 2007, in Docket Nos. CP07-44-000 and CP07-45-000
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act, as amended, and
section 157 Subpart A of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
(Commission) regulations. Specifically, Applicants requests approval to
amend the Joint Ownership Agreement (JOA) governing capacity ownership
interests on the jointly owned segment of the SESH system to allow for
increased receipt point levels for SONAT. Applicants also seek approval
for new provisions of the JOA dealing with capacity reductions in the
event of a force majeure situation. Applicants request expedited action
on this filing.
    Any initial questions regarding this application should be directed
to Brian D. O'Neill, at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, 1101 New York Avenue, NW.,
Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005-4213 or by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in the above
proceeding must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. (EST) on the specified comment date.
Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants
parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In
reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or
protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served
on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time December 22, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9917-99-OA]

Notification of Two Public Teleconferences of the Science
Advisory Board; Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for
the Review of EPA's Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the
SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee Augmented for the Review of
the Draft Trimethylbenzenes Assessment (CAAC-TMB Panel) to discuss its
draft report concerning EPA's draft Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS) Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised
External Review Draft).

DATES: The public teleconferences will be held on Wednesday November 5,
2014 and Friday November 7, 2014. The teleconferences will be held from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on both days.
    Location: The teleconferences will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the teleconferences may contact Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail
(202) 564-4885; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>General information concerning the SAB can be
found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),
as amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is hereby given that the SAB CAAC
TMB Panel will hold public teleconferences to discuss its draft report
regarding the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes
(August 2013 Revised External Review Draft) and enhancements the agency
is implementing to the IRIS program. The EPA SAB Staff Office augmented
the SAB CAAC with subject matter experts to provide advice through the
chartered SAB regarding this IRIS assessment.
    The SAB was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide
independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a
Federal Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. The SAB will comply
with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies.
    The SAB CAAC TMB Panel held a public meeting on June 17-June 19,
2014. The purpose of that meeting was to receive a briefing on the
EPA's enhancements to the IRIS Program and develop responses to the
peer review charge on the agency's draft IRIS Toxicological Review of
Trimethylbenzenes (August 2013 Revised External Review Draft). The
purpose of these public teleconferences is for the Panel to discuss its
draft report peer reviewing the agency's draft toxicological review.
The two public teleconferences will be conducted as one complete
meeting, beginning on November 5, 2014 and continuing on November 7,
2014.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Additional background on this
SAB activity, the teleconference agenda, draft report, and other
materials for the teleconferences will be posted on the SAB Web site at
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20Trimethylbenzenes?OpenDocument.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office. Federal advisory committees and panels, including
scientific advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA.
Members of the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the
group conducting this SAB activity or meeting

materials. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact
if it consists of comments that provide specific scientific or
technical information or analysis for the SAB to consider. Members of
the public wishing to provide comment should contact the Designated
Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an
oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three
minutes per speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the
November 5, 2014 teleconferences, interested parties should notify Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, DFO, by email no later than October 28, 2012.
    Written Statements: Written statements for these teleconferences
should be received in the SAB Staff Office by the same deadlines given
above for requesting oral comments. Written statements should be
supplied to the DFO via email (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). It is the SAB Staff Office general policy
to post written comments on the Web page for the advisory meeting or
teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an unsigned version
of each document because the SAB Staff Office does not publish
documents with signatures on its Web sites. Members of the public
should be aware that their personal contact information, if included in
any written comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site. Copyrighted
material will not be posted without explicit permission of the
copyright holder.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Carpenter at the
phone number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the teleconferences, to give the EPA as much time as possible
to process your request.

    Dated: October 7, 2014.
 Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER02-2001-020, ER13-2230-001, ER16-722-000, ER21-2089-000,
ER12-2402-000, ER12-2403-000, ER12-2400-000]

Electric Quarterly Reports; Premier Empire Energy, LLC; Current
Power & Gas Inc.; Elephant Energy, LLC; Liberty Power Maryland LLC;
Liberty Power Holdings LLC; Liberty Power District of Columbia LLC;
Order on Intent To Revoke Market-Based Rate Authority

    Before Commissioners: Willie L. Phillips, Acting Chairman; James P.
Danly, Allison Clements, and Mark C. Christie.
    1. Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824d, and
18 CFR part 35 (2021), require, among other things, that all rates,
terms, and conditions for jurisdictional services be filed with the
Commission. In Order No. 2001, the Commission revised its public
utility filing requirements and established a requirement for public
utilities, including power marketers, to file Electric Quarterly
Reports.\1\
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    \1\ Revised Pub. Util. Filing Requirements, Order No. 2001, 99
FERC ] 61,107, reh'g denied, Order No. 2001-A, 100 FERC ] 61,074,
reh'g denied, Order No. 2001-B, 100 FERC ] 61,342, order directing
filing, Order No. 2001-C, 101 FERC ] 61,314 (2002), order directing
filing, Order No. 2001-D, 102 FERC ] 61,334, order refining filing
requirements, Order No. 2001-E, 105 FERC ] 61,352 (2003), order on
clarification, Order No. 2001-F, 106 FERC ] 61,060 (2004), order
revising filing requirements, Order No. 2001-G, 120 FERC ] 61,270,
order on reh'g and clarification, Order No. 2001-H, 121 FERC ]
61,289 (2007), order revising filing requirements, Order No. 2001-I,
125 FERC ] 61,003 ] 31,282 (2008). See also Filing Requirements for
Elec. Util. Serv. Agreements, 155 FERC ] 61,280, order on reh'g and
clarification, 157 FERC ] 61,180 (2016) (clarifying Electric
Quarterly Reports reporting requirements and updating Data
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    2. The Commission requires sellers with market-based rate
authorization to file Electric Quarterly Reports summarizing
contractual and transaction information related to their market-based
power sales as a condition for retaining that authorization.\2\

Commission staff's review of the Electric Quarterly Reports indicates
that the following six public utilities with market-based rate
authorization have failed to file their Electric Quarterly Reports:
Premier Empire Energy, LLC, Current Power & Gas Inc., Elephant Energy,
LLC, Liberty Power Maryland LLC, Liberty Power Holdings LLC, and
Liberty Power District of Columbia LLC. This order notifies these
public utilities that their market-based rate authorizations will be
revoked unless they comply with the Commission's requirements within 15
days of the date of issuance of this order.
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    \2\ See Refinements to Policies & Procs. for Mkt.-Based Rates
for Wholesale Sales of Elec. Energy, Capacity & Ancillary Servs. by
Pub. Utils., Order No. 816, 153 FERC ] 61,065, at P 353 (2015),
order on reh'g, Order No. 816-A, 155 FERC ] 61,188 (2016); Mkt.-
Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Elec. Energy, Capacity &
Ancillary Servs. by Pub. Utils., Order No. 697, 119 FERC ] 61,295,
at P 882, clarified, 121 FERC ] 61,260 (2007), order on reh'g, Order
No. 697-A, 123 FERC ] 61,055, clarified, 124 FERC ] 61,055, order on
reh'g, Order No. 697-B, 125 FERC ] 61,326 (2008), order on reh'g,
Order No. 697-C, 127 FERC ] 61,284 (2009), order on reh'g, Order No.
697-D, 130 FERC ] 61,206 (2010), aff'd sub nom. Mont. Consumer
Counsel v. FERC, 659 F.3d 910 (9th Cir. 2011).
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    3. In Order No. 2001, the Commission stated that,
    [i]f a public utility fails to file a[n] Electric Quarterly Report
(without an appropriate request for extension), or fails to report an
agreement in a report, that public utility may forfeit its market-based
rate authority and may be required to file a new application for
market-based rate authority if it wishes to resume making sales at
market-based rates.\3\
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    \3\ Order No. 2001, 99 FERC ] 61,107 at P 222.
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    4. The Commission further stated that,
    [o]nce this rule becomes effective, the requirement to comply with
this rule will supersede the conditions in public utilities' market-
based rate authorizations, and failure to comply with the requirements
of this rule will subject public utilities to the same consequences
they would face for not satisfying the conditions in their rate
authorizations, including possible revocation of their authority to
make wholesale power sales at market-based rates.\4\
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    5. Pursuant to these requirements, the Commission has revoked the
market-based rate tariffs of market-based rate sellers that failed to
submit their Electric Quarterly Reports.\5\
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    \5\ See, e.g., Electric Quarterly Reports, 82 FR 60,976 (Dec.
26, 2017); Electric Quarterly Reports, 80 FR 58,243 (Sep. 28, 2015);
Electric Quarterly Reports, 79 FR 65,651 (Nov. 5, 2014).
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    6. Sellers must file Electric Quarterly Reports consistent with the
procedures set forth in Order Nos. 2001, 768,\6\ and 770.\7\ The exact
filing dates for Electric Quarterly Reports are prescribed in 18 CFR
35.10b (2021). As noted above, Commission staff's review of the
Electric Quarterly Reports for the period up to the third quarter of
2022 identified six public utilities with market-based rate
authorization that failed to file Electric Quarterly Reports.
Commission staff contacted or attempted to contact these entities to
remind them of their regulatory obligations. Despite these reminders,
the public utilities listed in the caption of this order have not met
these obligations. Accordingly, this order notifies these public
utilities that their market-based rate authorizations will be revoked
unless they comply with the Commission's requirements within 15 days of
the issuance of this order.
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    \6\ Elec. Mkt. Transparency Provisions of Section 220 of the
Fed. Power Act, Order No. 768, FERC 140 FERC ] 61,232 (2012), order
on reh'g, Order No. 768-A, 143 FERC ] 61,054 (2013), order on reh'g,
Order No. 768-B, 150 FERC ] 61,075 (2015).
    \7\ Revisions to Elec. Q. Rep. Filing Process, Order No. 770,
141 FERC ] 61,120 (2012).
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    7. In the event that any of the above-captioned market-based rate
sellers have already filed its Electric Quarterly Reports in compliance
with the Commission's requirements, its inclusion herein is
inadvertent. Such market-based rate seller is directed, within 15 days
of the date of issuance of this order, to make a filing with the
Commission identifying itself and providing details about its prior
filings that establish that it complied with the Commission's Electric
Quarterly Report filing requirements.
    8. If any of the above-captioned market-based rate sellers do not
wish to continue having market-based rate authority, that seller may
file a notice of cancellation with the Commission pursuant to section
205 of the FPA to cancel its market-based rate tariff.
    The Commission orders:
    (A) Within 15 days of the date of issuance of this order, each
public utility listed in the caption of this order shall file with the
Commission all delinquent Electric Quarterly Reports. If a public
utility subject to this order fails to make the filings required in
this order, the Commission will revoke that public utility's market-
based rate authorization and will terminate its electric market-based
rate tariff. The Secretary is hereby directed, upon expiration of the
filing deadline in this order, to promptly issue a notice, effective on
the date of issuance, listing the public utilities whose tariffs have
been revoked for failure to comply with the requirements of this order
and the Commission's Electric Quarterly Report filing requirements.
    (B) The Secretary is hereby directed to publish this order in the
Federal Register.

    By the Commission.

    Issued: February 22, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-69286; File No. SR-NYSE-2013-07]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC;
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on
Proposed Rule Change Amending NYSE Rules 451 and 465, and the Related
Provisions of Section 402.10 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, Which
Provide a Schedule for the Reimbursement of Expenses by Issuers to NYSE
Member Organizations for the Processing of Proxy Materials and Other
Issuer Communications Provided To Investors Holding Securities in
Street Name, and To Establish a Five-Year Fee for the Development of an
Enhanced Brokers Internet Platform

April 3, 2013.
    On February 1, 2013, New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'') filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'')\1\
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend the fees
set forth in NYSE Rules 451 and 465, and the related provisions of
Section 402.10 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, for the reimbursement
of expenses by issuers to NYSE member organizations for the processing
of proxy materials and other issuer communications provided to
investors holding securities in street name, and to establish a five-
year fee for the development of an enhanced brokers internet platform.
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal
Register on February 22, 2013.\3\ The Commission received 24 comments
on the proposal.\4\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68936 (February 15,
2013), 78 FR 12381.
    \4\ See letters to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission
from Charles V. Rossi, President, The Securities Transfer
Association, dated February 20, 2013 and March 4, 2013; Karen V.
Danielson, President, Shareholder Services Association, dated March
4, 2013; Jeanne M. Shafer, dated March 6, 2013; David W. Lovatt,
dated March 6, 2013; Stephen Norman, Chair, The Independent Steering
Committee of Broadridge, dated March 7, 2013; Jeffrey D. Morgan,
President & CEO, National Investor Relations Institute, dated March
7, 2013; Kenneth Bertsch, President and CEO, Society of Corporate
Secretaries & Governance Professionals, dated March 7, 2013; Niels
Holch, Executive Director, Shareholder Communications Coalition,
dated March 12, 2013; Geoffrey M. Dugan, General Counsel, iStar
Financial Inc., dated March 13, 2013; Paul E. Martin, Chief
Financial Officer, Perficient, Inc., dated March 13, 2013; John
Harrington, President, Harrington Investments, Inc., dated March 14,
2013; James McRitchie, Shareowner, Corporate Governance, dated March
14, 2013; Clare A. Kretzman, General Counsel, Gartner, Inc., dated
March 15, 2013; Tom Quaadman, Vice President, Center for Capital
Markets Competitiveness, dated March 15, 2013; Dennis E. Nixon,
President, International Bancshares Corporation, dated March 15,
2013; Argus I. Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer, Sharegate Inc.,
dated March 15, 2013; Laura Berry, Executive Director, Interfaith
Center on Corporate Responsibility, dated March 15, 2013; Dorothy M.
Donohue, Deputy General Counsel--Securities Regulation, Investment
Company Institute, dated March 15, 2013; Charles V. Callan, Senior
Vice President--Regulatory Affairs, Broadridge Financial Solutions,
Inc., dated March 15, 2013; Brad Philips, Treasurer, Darling
International Inc., dated March 15, 2013; John Endean, President,
American Business Conference, dated March 18, 2013; Tom Price,
Managing Director, The Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association, dated March 18, 2013; and Michael S. O'Brien, Vice
President--Corporate Governance Officer, BNY Mellon, March 28, 2013.

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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that, within 45 days of
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The
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    The Commission is extending the 45-day time period for Commission
action on the proposed rule change. The Commission finds that it is
appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on
the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the
Exchange's proposal, as described above, and the comments received.
    Accordingly, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\6\ the
Commission designates May 23, 2013, as the date by which the Commission
should either approve or disapprove or institute proceedings to
determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change (File No. SR-
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).

Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER10-566-000]

Cosa Geothermal Power Holdings, LLC; Supplemental Notice That
Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section
204 Authorization

January 15, 2010.
    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
Cosa Geothermal Power Holdings, LLC'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 4, 2010.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 580

[Docket No. NHTSA-2019-0127]
RIN 2127-AL39

Odometer Disclosure Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: This document responds to petitions for reconsideration
regarding NHTSA's October 2, 2019, final rule amending NHTSA's odometer
disclosure requirements to allow States to adopt electronic odometer
disclosure systems and changing the time when vehicles become exempt
from federal odometer disclosure requirements from ten years to twenty
years. NHTSA received petitions for reconsideration from the America
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) and the State of
Delaware Department of Transportation requesting that the agency delay
the effective date of the changes to the exemption from odometer
disclosure requirements for one year. After consideration of the
petitions, NHTSA has decided to grant the petition. The change to the
exemption from the odometer disclosure requirements will take effect on
January 1, 2021 and will apply to model year 2011 and newer vehicles.
The amendments in the October 2, 2019, final rule allowing States to
adopt electronic odometer disclosure systems will still take effect as
scheduled on December 31, 2019.

DATES: Effective December 31, 2019.
    Petitions for reconsideration of this final action must be received
not later than January 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Correspondence related to this rule including petitions for
reconsideration and comments should refer to the docket number in the
heading of this document and be submitted to: Administrator, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Washington,
DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For policy and technical issues: Mr. David Sparks, Director, Office
of Odometer Fraud, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For legal issues: Mr. Thomas Healy, Office of the Chief Counsel,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>. Email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 2, 2019, NHTSA issued a final
rule amending 49 CFR part 580 to allow States to adopt electronic
odometer disclosure without prior approval from NHTSA. The final rule
also amended the exemption in Sec.  580.17 exempting vehicles greater
than ten model years old at the time of transfer from odometer
disclosure. Under the final rule, starting with the 2010 model year, a
vehicle does not become exempt until it is twenty model years old at
the time of transfer. The amendments to the exemption period in the
October 2, 2019 final rule were scheduled to go in to effect on
December 31, 2019 and would have applied to model year 2010 vehicles
(which would otherwise be exempt from odometer disclosure beginning
January 1, 2020).
    On November 8, 2019, AAMVA submitted a petition for reconsideration
requesting that NHTSA delay the changes to the exemption period in
section 580.17 for one year. AAMVA stated that the 90-day lead time in
the final rule was insufficient for member State departments of motor
vehicles to implement the changes in information technology systems,
order forms and coordinate legislative changes necessary to implement
the change to the exemption period. AAMVA stated that, in addition to
States, motor vehicle dealers and motor vehicle auctions may need to
change their business processes in response to the change to the
exemption period. AAMVA further stated that State departments of motor
vehicles will require time to train staff on the new exemption period
and educate motor vehicle dealers and other effected entities. AAMVA
requested a delay of one year to give all parties effected by the
changes to the exemption period the time necessary to successfully
implement the change to the exemption period.
    The State of Delaware Department of Transportation submitted a
petition for reconsideration on November 15, 2019 also requesting a one
year delay to the changes to the exemption period in Sec.  580.17.
Delaware stated that legislative changes were necessary to accomplish
the change to the exemption period and that its Legislature did not
begin its legislative session until January 2020.
    After reviewing the arguments in the petition for reconsideration
submitted by AAMVA and Delaware, NHTSA has tentatively decided to delay
the effective date of the changes to the exemption period in Sec.
580.17 for one year, and apply the twenty-year exemption beginning with
the 2011 model year, to ensure that the change to the exemption period
is implemented with minimal disruption. The increase in the exemption
period to twenty years will now come into effect on January 1, 2021 and
will apply to model year 2011 and later vehicles. As is the case prior
to implementation of the rule, model year 2010 vehicles will become
exempt from odometer disclosure on January 1, 2020.

Response to Petitions for Reconsideration

    Pursuant to the process established under 49 CFR 553.37, after
carefully considering all aspects of the petition, NHTSA has decided to
grant the petitions discussed above without further proceedings.

Rulemaking Analyses and Notices

Executive Order 12866, Executive Order 13563, and DOT Regulatory
Policies and Procedures

    Executive Order 12866, Executive Order 13563, and the Department of
Transportation's regulatory policies require this agency to make
determinations as to whether a regulatory action is ``significant'' and
therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the
aforementioned Executive Orders. The Executive Order 12866 defines a
``significant regulatory action'' as one that is likely to result in a
rule that may:
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or
communities;
    (2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants,
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in
the Executive Order.

    We have considered the potential impact of this rulemaking under
Executive Order 12866, Executive Order 13563, and the Department of
Transportation's regulatory policies and procedures and have determined
that today's final rule is not significant for any of the
aforementioned reasons. We are delaying changes to the exemptions from
odometer disclosure to give State departments of motor vehicles the
time necessary to implement the change. We thus anticipate that the
economic impacts of this rulemaking will be limited.

Executive Order 13771

    Executive Order 13771 titled ``Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs,'' directs that, unless prohibited by law, whenever an
executive department or agency publicly proposes for notice and comment
or otherwise promulgates a new regulation, it shall identify at least
two existing regulations to be repealed. In addition, any new
incremental costs associated with new regulations shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be offset by the elimination of existing costs. Only
those rules deemed significant under section 3(f) of Executive Order
12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' are subject to these
requirements. As discussed above, this rule is not a significant rule
under Executive Order 12866 and, accordingly, is not subject to the
offset requirements of 13771.
    NHTSA has determined that this is a deregulatory action under E.O.
13771, as it imposes no costs and, instead, amends 49 CFR 580.17 to
delay the compliance date by one year
    Delaying the compliance date of the amendments to Sec.  580.17 for
one year will result in a cost savings of $740,000 for the 2020
calendar year. These cost savings will accrue because persons and
entities transferring ownership of a vehicle will not have to complete
an odometer disclosure for vehicles older than ten models in age.

Executive Order 13609: Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation

    The policy statement in section 1 of Executive Order 13609
provides, in part:

    The regulatory approaches taken by foreign governments may
differ from those taken by U.S. regulatory agencies to address
similar issues. In some cases, the differences between the
regulatory approaches of U.S. agencies and those of their foreign
counterparts might not be necessary and might impair the ability of
American businesses to export and compete internationally. In
meeting shared challenges involving health, safety, labor, security,
environmental, and other issues, international regulatory
cooperation can identify approaches that are at least as protective
as those that are or would be adopted in the absence of such
cooperation. International regulatory cooperation can also reduce,
eliminate, or prevent unnecessary differences in regulatory
requirements.

    NHTSA finds this rule will not implicate or encompass the issues
outlined in the foregoing policy statement.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.,
as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
(SBREFA) of 1996), whenever an agency is required to publish a notice
of proposed rulemaking or final rule, it must prepare and make
available for public comment a regulatory flexibility analysis that
describes the effect of the rule on small entities (i.e., small
businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions).
The Small Business Administration's regulations at 13 CFR part 121
define a small business, in part, as a business entity ``which operates
primarily within the United States.'' (13 CFR 121.105(a)). No
regulatory flexibility analysis is required if the head of an agency
certifies the proposal will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. SBREFA amended the Regulatory
Flexibility Act to require Federal agencies to provide a statement of
the factual basis for certifying that a proposal will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    I hereby certify that this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The delay to
the implementation of the change to the exemption period will require
minimal changes in data entry for small businesses thereby providing
these small businesses additional time to take any actions necessary to
comply with the new requirements and will not result in any significant
effect.

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)

    NHTSA has examined today's final rule pursuant to Executive Order
13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999) and concluded that no additional
consultation with States, local governments or their representatives is
mandated beyond the rulemaking process. The agency has concluded that
the rulemaking will not have sufficient federalism implications to
warrant consultation with State and local officials or the preparation
of a federalism summary impact statement. The rule will delay changes
to the terms of an exemption for owners from disclosing vehicle mileage
when transferring the vehicle giving State departments of motor
vehicles sufficient time to make changes to their business processes
necessary to implement the change to the exemption period.

Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform)

    When promulgating a regulation, Executive Order 12988 specifically
requires that the agency must make every reasonable effort to ensure
that the regulation, as appropriate: (1) Specifies in clear language
the preemptive effect; (2) specifies in clear language the effect on
existing Federal law or regulation, including all provisions repealed,
circumscribed, displaced, impaired, or modified; (3) provides a clear
legal standard for affected conduct rather than a general standard,
while promoting simplification and burden reduction; (4) specifies in
clear language the retroactive effect; (5) specifies whether
administrative proceedings are to be required before parties may file
suit in court; (6) explicitly or implicitly defines key terms; and (7)
addresses other important issues affecting clarity and general
draftsmanship of regulations.
    NHTSA notes that there is no requirement that individuals submit a
petition for reconsideration or pursue other administrative proceeding
before they may file suit in court.

Executive Order 13045 (Protection of Children From Environmental Health
and Safety Risks)

    Executive Order 13045, ``Protection of Children from Environmental
Health and Safety Risks,'' (62 FR 19885; April 23, 1997) applies to any
proposed or final rule that: (1) Is determined to be ``economically
significant,'' as defined in Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an
environmental health or safety risk that NHTSA has reason to believe
may have a disproportionate effect on children. If a rule meets both
criteria, the agency must evaluate the environmental health or safety
effects of the rule on children, and explain why the rule is preferable
to other potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives
considered by the agency. This rule is not subject to Executive Order
13045 because it is not economically significant.

National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Under the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995
(NTTAA) (Pub. L. 104-113), ``all Federal agencies and departments shall
use technical standards that are developed

or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies, using such
technical standards as a means to carry out policy objectives or
activities determined by the agencies and departments.'' Voluntary
consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., materials
specifications, test methods, sampling procedures, and business
practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies, such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
The NTTAA directs us to provide Congress, through OMB, explanations
when we decide not to use available and applicable voluntary consensus
standards. For the specific provisions that we are adjusting in this
rule, there are no applicable consensus standards.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 requires agencies to
prepare a written assessment of the costs, benefits, and other effects
of proposed or final rules that include a Federal mandate likely to
result in the expenditure by State, local, or tribal governments, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector, of more than $100 million
annually (adjusted for inflation with base year of 1995). We note that
as this rule only makes minor adjustments to 49 CFR part 580. Thus, it
will not result in expenditures by any of the aforementioned entities
of over $100 million annually.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), a person is not
required to respond to a collection of information by a Federal agency
unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. Today's rule
does not propose any new federal agency information collection
requirements.

Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)

    The Department of Transportation assigns a regulation identifier
number (RIN) to each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of
Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center
publishes the Unified Agenda in April and October of each year. You may
use the RIN contained in the heading at the beginning of this document
to find this action in the Unified Agenda.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 580

    Consumer protection, Motor vehicles, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, 49 CFR part 580, as
amended October 2, 2019, at 84 FR 52664, is further amended as follows:

PART 580--ODOMETER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

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

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 32705; Pub. L. 112-141; delegation of
authority at 49 CFR 1.95.

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2. Section 580.17, as amended October 2, 2019, at 84 FR 52664, is
further amended by revising paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) to read as
follows:

Sec.  580.17  Exemptions.

* * * * *
    (3)(i) A vehicle manufactured in or before the 2010 model year that
is transferred at least 10 years after January 1 of the calendar year
corresponding to its designated model year;
    (ii) Example to paragraph (a)(3): For vehicle transfers occurring
during calendar year 2020, model year 2010 or older vehicles are
exempt.
    (4)(i) A vehicle manufactured in or after the 2011 model year that
is transferred at least 20 years after January 1 of the calendar year
corresponding to its designated model year; or
    (ii) Example to paragraph (a)(4): For vehicle transfers occurring
during calendar year 2031, model year 2011 or older vehicles are
exempt.
* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.95 and 501.5.
Jonathan Charles Morrison,
Chief Counsel.
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[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9998-60]

Environmental Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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SUMMARY: An Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held
on Wednesday October 16, 2019. This Notice announces the location and
time for the meeting and provides tentative agenda topics. The EMPM
provides a public forum for EPA and its stakeholders to discuss current
issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport, exposure, and
ecotoxicity for pesticide risk assessments in a regulatory context.

DATES:
    Meeting: The meeting will be held on October 16, 2019 from 9:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Requests to participate: Requests to participate in the meeting
must be made or received on or before September 23, 2019.
    Requests for special accommodation: Requests for accommodation of a
disability should be submitted at least 10 days prior to the meeting to
give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South
Building), First Floor Conference Center (S-1200), 2777 S. Crystal
Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
    Requests to participate and requests for special accommodations:
Submit requests to participate in the meeting and requests for special
accommodations to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by the deadline identified in the DATES section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Lazarus or Zoe Ruge,
Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER> and (703)
347-0111; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and a0d2d5c7c58edacfc5e0c5d0c18ec7cfd6.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are required
to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by
this action. The following list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
     Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting NAICS code 11.
     Utilities NAICS code 22.
     Professional, Scientific and Technical NAICS code 54.

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

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the OPP
Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please review the visitor instructions and
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. Background

    On a biannual interval, an EMPM is held for presentation and
discussion of current issues related to modeling pesticide fate,
transport, and exposure for risk assessment in a regulatory context.
Meeting dates and abstract requests are announced through the
``empmlist'' forum on the LYRIS list server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/.

III. How can I request to participate in this meeting?

    You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by the deadline
identified in the DATES section. Do not submit any information in your
request that is considered CBI.

IV. Tentative Theme for the Meeting

    The 2019 Fall EMPM will provide a forum for presentations on
incorporation of pesticide usage data into environmental exposure and
ecological risk assessments. Potential topics include sources of usage
data (relating to the actual application of pesticides, in terms of the
quantity applied or units treated), spatial applications of usage data,
model parameterization, extrapolation of available usage data to fill
gaps, and temporal variability of usage. Updates on ongoing topics will
also be provided.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: August 22, 2019.
Marietta Echeverria,
Director, Environmental Fate and Effects Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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