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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 271

[EPA-R03-RCRA-2006-0381; FRL-8165-6]

Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Virginia has applied to EPA for final authorization of
revisions to its hazardous waste program under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final
authorization to Virginia. In the ``Rules

and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is authorizing
the revisions by an immediate final rule. EPA did not make a proposal
prior to the immediate final rule because we believe this action is not
controversial and do not expect comments that oppose it. We have
explained the reasons for this authorization in the preamble to the
immediate final rule. Unless we receive written comments that oppose
this authorization during the comment period, the immediate final rule
will become effective on the date it establishes, and we will not take
further action on this proposal. However, if we receive comments that
oppose this action, we will withdraw the relevant amendments, section
or paragraph of the immediate final rule, and they will not take
effect. We will then respond to public comments in a later final rule
based on this proposal. You may not have another opportunity for
comment. If you want to comment on this action, you must do so at this
time.

DATES: Send your written comments by June 9, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by [EPA-R03-RCRA-2006-0381]
by one of the following methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow

the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    2. E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    3. Mail: Lillie Ellerbe, Mailcode 3WC21, RCRA State Programs
Branch, U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2029.
    4. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
    You may inspect and copy Virginia's application from 8:15 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at the following addresses: Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Program
Coordination, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Phone number:
(804) 698-4213, attn: Robert Wickline, and Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, West Central Regional Office, 3019 Peters Creek
Road, Roanoke, VA 24015, Phone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>, attn: Aziz
Farahmand, and EPA Region III, Library, 2nd Floor, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, Phone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to [EPA-R03-RCRA-2006-0381].
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public file without change, 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 federal 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 file
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillie Ellerbe, Mailcode 3WC21, RCRA
State Programs Branch, U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, Phone Number:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, please see the
immediate final rule published in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section
of this Federal Register.

    Dated: April 13, 2006.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. NJ06-3-000]

Basin Electric Power Cooperative; Notice of Filing

January 26, 2006.
    Take notice that on January 18, 2006, Basin Electric Power
Cooperative (Basin

Electric) tendered for filing tariff sheets in its non-jurisdictional
open-access transmission reciprocity tariff, FERC Electric Tariff,
Original Volume No. 1 in compliance with Commission Order Nos. 661 and
661-A.
    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, 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 on or before the comment date. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to 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>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8, 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9902-21-ORD; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0723]

Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow
in Wadeable Streams

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period and letter peer review.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft
document titled, ``Best Practices for Continuous Monitoring of
Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams'' (EPA/600/R-13/170). The EPA
also is announcing that either ERG or Versar,

EPA contractors for external scientific peer review, will select an
independent group of experts to conduct a letter peer review of the
draft document. The document was prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and
Development. The report describes best practices for the deployment of
continuous temperature and flow sensors in wadeable streams. This
document addresses questions related to equipment needs, configuration,
placement, installation techniques, data retrieval, and data
processing.
    EPA is releasing the draft report for the purposes of public
comment and peer review. The draft document is available via the
Internet on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions and the Data
and Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. This draft report is not
final as described in EPA's information quality guidelines, and does
not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or
views. EPA intends to forward the public comments that are submitted in
accordance with this notice to the external peer reviewers for their
consideration during the letter review. When finalizing the draft
document, EPA intends to consider any public comments that EPA receives
in accordance with this notice.

DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins October 31, 2013, and
ends December 2, 2013. Technical comments should be in writing and must
be received by EPA by December 2, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The draft document, ``Best Practices for Continuous
Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams,'' is available
primarily via the Internet on the NCEA home page under the Recent
Additions and the Data and Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A
limited number of paper copies will be available from the Information
Management Team, NCEA; telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; facsimile: 703-347-
8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name,
mailing address, and the document title, ``Best Practices for
Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow in Wadeable Streams,''
(EPA/600/R-13/170) to facilitate processing of your request.
    Comments may be submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov,
by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. Please follow the
detailed instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center;
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For technical information, contact Dr. Britta Bierwagen, NCEA;
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Information About the Project/Document

    The lack of continuous temperature and flow data for minimally
disturbed, free-flowing freshwater wadeable streams is an impediment to
analyses of long-term trends in biological, thermal, and hydrologic
data. In recent years, there has been substantial interest in
developing regional monitoring networks with states and EPA regional
offices to detect long-term climate change-related impacts on aquatic
communities in freshwater streams. Current participants, including
states in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, are initiating
collection of thermal, hydrologic, and biological data from targeted
sites in each state. To help further this effort, EPA and collaborators
have written a best practices document to facilitate more uniform and
effective collection of continuous temperature and water depth data at
ungaged sites in wadeable streams. This document addresses questions
related to equipment needs, configuration, placement, installation
techniques, data retrieval, and data processing. The collection of
these data will further efforts to detect and track climate change-
related impacts over the long term, further our understanding of how
thermal, hydrologic, and biological conditions vary spatially and
temporally and inter-relate to one another, and help inform state and
federal agencies on how to attribute altered environmental conditions
to climate change versus other stressors.

II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-
0723, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
     Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (ORD Docket), [Mail Code: 28221T], 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. If you provide
comments by mail, please submit one unbound original with pages
numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
     Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center's 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>. Deliveries are only accepted during the
docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by
hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered
consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments,
provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and
submit an unbound original and three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2013-0723. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket
without change and to make the comments available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless a 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 www.regulations.gov or email. The
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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your email
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. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center home page at www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
at www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: October 23, 2013.
Abdel-Razak M. Kadry,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket Number USCG-2021-0035]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; Power Plant Demolition; Grand River, Grand Haven, MI

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for
all navigable waters within 1400 feet of a demolition site near the
eastern bank of the Grand River in Grand Haven, MI. The safety zone is
needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from
potential hazards created by the controlled implosion of the J.B. Sims
power plant. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited
unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Lake Michigan
or a designated representative.

DATES: This rule is effective from 9:30 a.m. on February 5 through
10:30 a.m. on February 19, 2021. The rule will be enforced from 9:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on both February 5 and February 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: To view documents mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov, type USCG-
2021-0035 in the ``SEARCH'' box, and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open
Docket Folder on the line associated with this rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule,
call or email Chief Petty Officer Jeromy Sherrill, Sector Lake Michigan
Waterways Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 414-747-
7148, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Table of Abbreviations

CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
Sec.  Section
U.S.C. United States Code

II. Background Information and Regulatory History

    The Coast Guard is issuing this temporary rule without prior notice
and opportunity to comment pursuant to authority under section 4(a) of
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553(b)). This
provision authorizes an agency to issue a rule without prior notice and
opportunity to comment when the agency for good cause finds that those
procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.'' Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that good
cause exists for not publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
with respect to this rule because the Coast Guard not made aware of the
intended demolition project until January 12, 2021, and immediate
action is needed to mitigate potential safety hazards associated with
the demolition process. Delaying the effective date of this rule to
wait for a comment period to run would be impracticable and contrary to
public interest by inhibiting the Coast Guard's ability to protect
against the known and anticipated hazards.
    Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that good cause
exists for making this rule effective less than 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register. For the same reasons discussed in
the preceding paragraph, waiting for a 30-day notice period to elapse
would be impracticable because immediate action is needed to mitigate
potential safety hazards associated with the controlled implosion of
portion of the power plant adjancent to the Grand River.

III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule

    The Coast Guard is issuing this rule under authority in 46 U.S.C.
70034 (previously 33 U.S.C. 1231). The Captain of the Port (COTP) Lake
Michigan has determined that potential safety hazards associated with
the demolition of the J.B. Sims power plant

will be a safety concern for anyone on navigable waters within 1400
feet of the demolition site. This work is scheduled to take place on
February 5 and February 19, 2021, on the Grand River in Grand Haven,
MI. This rule is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine
environment in the navigable waters within the safety zone while the
structures are imploded.

IV. Discussion of the Rule

    This rule establishes a safety zone from 9:30 a.m. through 10:30
a.m. on February 5 and February 19, 2021. The safety zone will cover
all navigable waters of the Grand River in Grand Haven, MI, within 1400
feet of the blast area located on the eastern bank of the river at
coordinates 43.0705000[deg] N,<PHONE_NUMBER>[deg]. The date and time of
the enforcement period will be announced by the COTP Lake Michigan by
Broadcast Notice to Mariners. The duration of the zone is intended to
protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment in these
navigable waters during the implosion of structures near the river.
Entry into, transiting, or anchoring within the safety zone is
prohibited unless authorized by the COTP or a designated
representative.

V. Regulatory Analyses

    We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and
Executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our analyses
based on a number of these statutes and Executive orders, and we
discuss First Amendment rights of protestors.

A. Regulatory Planning and Review

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess the
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits. Executive Order 13771 directs agencies to control
regulatory costs through a budgeting process. This rule has not been
designated a ``significant regulatory action,'' under Executive Order
12866. Accordingly, this rule has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), and pursuant to OMB guidance, it is exempt
from the requirements of Executive Order 13771.
    This regulatory action determination is based on the
characteristics of the safety zone. The safety zone created by this
rule will be relatively small and is designed to minimize its impact on
navigable waters. This rule will prohibit entry into certain navigable
waters of the Grand River in Grand Haven, MI, and is not anticipated to
exceed two 2-hour periods in duration. Thus, restrictions on vessel
movement within that particular area are expected to be minimal. Under
certain conditions, moreover, vessels may still transit through the
safety zone when permitted by the COTP Lake Michigan.

B. Impact on Small Entities

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as
amended, requires Federal agencies to consider the potential impact of
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. The term ``small
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000. The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities.
    While some owners or operators of vessels intending to transit the
safety zone may be small entities, for the reasons stated in section
V.A above, this rule will not have a significant economic impact on any
vessel owner or operator.
    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small
entities in understanding this rule. If the rule would affect your
small business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have
questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, please
call or email the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section.
    Small businesses may send comments on the actions of federal
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, federal
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to
comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR
(1-888-734-3247). The Coast Guard will not retaliate against small
entities that question or complain about this rule or any policy or
action of the Coast Guard.

C. Collection of Information

    This rule will not call for a new collection of information under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

D. Federalism and Indian Tribal Governments

    A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on the States, on the
relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of
government. We have analyzed this rule under that Order and have
determined that it is consistent with the fundamental federalism
principles and preemption requirements described in Executive Order
13132.
    Also, this rule does not have tribal implications under Executive
Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it does not have a substantial direct effect on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. If
you believe this rule has implications for federalism or Indian tribes,
please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section above.

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538)
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a state, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any one year. Though this rule will not result in
such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere
in this preamble.

F. Environment

    We have analyzed this rule under Department of Homeland Security
Directive 023-01, Rev. 1, associated implementing instructions, and
Environmental Planning COMDTINST 5090.1 (series), which guide the Coast
Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have determined that this action is one of
a category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human environment. This rule involves a
safety zone lasting for a total of 2 hours that will prohibit entry
within 1400 feet of a blast area near the eastern bank of the Grand
River for the demolition of sections of a power plant. It is
categorically excluded from further

review under paragraph L60(a) of Appendix A, Table 1 of DHS Instruction
Manual 023-01-001-01, Rev. 1. A Record of Environmental Consideration
supporting this determination is available in the docket. For
instructions on locating the docket, see the ADDRESSES section of this
preamble.

G. Protest Activities

    The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters.
Protesters are asked to call or email the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to coordinate protest activities so
that your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or
security of people, places, or vessels.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

    Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends
33 CFR part 165 as follows:

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

0
1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-
6, and 160.5; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

0
2. Add Sec.  165.T09-0035 to read as follows:

Sec.  165.T09-0035  Safety Zone; Power Plant Demolition; Grand River,
Grand Haven, MI.

    (a) Location. All navigable waters of the Grand River within 1400
feet of the blast area on the eastern bank of the river at coordinates
43.0705000[deg] N,<PHONE_NUMBER>[deg].
    (b) Enforcement period. The regulated area described in paragraph
(a) is effective from 9:30 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. on February 5 and
February 19, 2021.
    (c) Regulations. (1) In accordance with the general regulations in
section Sec.  165.23, entry into, transiting, or anchoring within this
safety zone is prohibited unless authorized by the Captain of the Port
Lake Michigan (COTP) or a designated representative.
    (2) This safety zone is closed to all vessel traffic, except as may
be permitted by the COTP or a designated representative.
    (3) The ``designated representative'' of the COTP is any Coast
Guard commissioned, warrant, or petty officer who has been designated
by the COTP to act on his or her behalf.
    (4) Persons and vessel operators desiring to enter or operate
within the safety zone must contact the COTP or an on-scene
representative to obtain permission to do so. The COTP or an on-scene
representative may be contacted via VHF Channel 16. Vessel operators
given permission to enter or operate in the safety zone must comply
with all directions given to them by the COTP or an on-scene
representative.

    Dated: February 1, 2021.
D.P. Montoro,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 [EPA-R06-OAR-2010-0774; FRL-9306-4]

Adequacy Status of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Maintenance Plan 8-
Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity
Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy determination.

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SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor
vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision, submitted on August 31, 2010 and February 14, 2011, by the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the
Baton Rouge area must use these budgets for future conformity
determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.

DATES: These budgets are effective May 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The essential information in this
notice will be available at EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. You may also
contact Mr. Jeffrey Riley, Air Planning Section (6PD-L), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
Texas 75202-2733, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, E-mail address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refers to EPA. The word ``budget(s)'' refers to the mobile
source emissions budget for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the
mobile source emissions budget for nitrogen oxides (NOX).
    On August 31, 2010, we received a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
This revision consisted of a Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan SIP
for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area. In response to further
EPA communication with LDEQ, we received a technical amendment to the
Baton Rouge Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan SIP from LDEQ on
February 14, 2011. This submittal established the motor vehicle
emissions budgets (MVEB) for the Baton Rouge area for the year 2022.
The MVEB is the amount of emissions allowed in the state implementation
plan for on-road motor vehicles; it establishes an emissions ceiling
for the regional transportation network. The MVEB is provided in Table
1:

                  Table 1--Baton Rouge NOX and VOC MVEB
                      [Summer season tons per day]
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                                                                   2022
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NOX............................................................     6.96
VOC............................................................     7.55
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    On March 3, 2011, EPA posted the availability of the Baton Rouge
area budget on EPA's Web site, as part of the adequacy process, for the
purpose of soliciting public comments. The comment period closed on
April 4, 2011, and we received no comments.
    Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that EPA has
already made. EPA Region 6 sent a letter to LDEQ on April 27, 2011,
finding that the MVEB in the Baton Rouge Redesignation Request/
Maintenance Plan SIP, submitted on August 31, 2010 and February 14,
2011, is adequate and must be used for transportation conformity
determinations in the Baton Rouge area. This finding has also been
announced on EPA's conformity Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
    Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule, 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) part 93, requires that transportation plans, programs and
projects conform to state air quality implementation plans and
establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not
they do so. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities
will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing
violations, or delay timely attainment of the national ambient air
quality standards.
    The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP's MVEB is
adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR
93.118(e)(4). We have also described the process for determining the
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, final rulemaking
entitled, ``Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments for the New 8-
hour Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards and
Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing Areas; Transportation Conformity
Rule Amendments: Response to Court Decision and Additional Rule
Changes'' (69 FR 40004). Please note that an adequacy review is
separate from EPA's completeness review, and it should not be used to
prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the Baton Rouge Redesignation
Request/Maintenance Plan SIP revision submittal. Even if EPA finds a
budget adequate, the Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan SIP
revision submittal could later be disapproved.
    Within 24 months from the effective date of this notice, the
transportation partners will need to demonstrate conformity to the new
MVEB if the demonstration has not already been made, pursuant to 40 CFR
93.104(e). See, 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008).

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

    Dated: May 6, 2011.
Al Armendariz,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549.

Extension:
    Regulation S; OMB Control No. 3235-0357; SEC File No. 270-315.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
    Regulation S (17 CFR 230.901 through 230.905) includes rules
governing offers and sales of securities made outside the United States
without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et
seq.). The purpose of Regulation S is to provide clarification of the
extent to which Section 5 of the Securities Act applies to offers and
sales of securities outside of the United States. Regulation S is
assigned one burden hour for administrative convenience.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
imposed by the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to Charles Boucher, Director/
CIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson, 6432
General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: PRA_
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: May 10, 2010.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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[SEC File No. 270-794, OMB Control No. 3235-0737]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 22e-4

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736

    Notice is hereby given that, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for extension and approval.
    Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment
Company Act'') provides that no registered investment company shall
suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment of
redemption proceeds for more than seven days after tender of the
security absent specified unusual circumstances. The provision was
designed to prevent funds and their investment advisers from
interfering with the redemption rights of shareholders for improper
purposes, such as the preservation of management fees. Although section
22(e) permits funds to postpone the date of payment or satisfaction
upon redemption for up to seven days, it does not permit funds to
suspend the right of redemption for any amount of time, absent certain
specified circumstances or a Commission order.
    Rule 22e-4 under the Act [17 CFR 270.22e-4] requires an open-end
fund and an exchange-traded fund that redeems in kind (``In-Kind ETF'')
to establish a written liquidity risk management program that is
reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund's or In-Kind ETF's
liquidity risk. This program includes policies and procedures that
incorporate certain program elements, including: (i) for funds and In-
Kind ETFs, the assessment, management, and periodic review of liquidity
risk (with such review occurring no less frequently than annually);
(ii) for funds, the classification of the liquidity of a fund's
portfolio investments, as well as at-least-monthly reviews of the
fund's liquidity classifications; (iii) for funds that do not primarily
hold assets that are highly liquid investments, the determination of
and periodic review of the fund's highly liquid investment minimum and
establishment of policies and procedures for responding to a shortfall
of the fund's highly liquid investment minimum, which includes
reporting to the fund's board of directors; (iv) for funds and In-Kind
ETFs, the limitation of the fund's or In-Kind ETF's investment in
illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of the fund's
or In-Kind ETF's net assets; and (iv) for funds and In-Kind ETFs, the
establishment of policies and procedures regarding redemptions in kind,
to the extent that the fund engages in or reserves the right to engage
in redemptions in kind. The rule also requires board approval and
oversight of a fund's or In-Kind ETF's liquidity risk management
program and recordkeeping.
    Rule 22e-4 also requires a limited liquidity review, under which an
unit investment trust's (``UIT'') principal underwriter or depositor
determines, on or before the date of the initial deposit of portfolio
securities into the UIT, that the portion of the illiquid investments
that the UIT holds or will hold at the date of deposit that are assets
is consistent with the redeemable nature of the securities it issues
and retains a record of such determination for the life of the UIT and
for five years thereafter.
    The requirements under rule 22e-4 that a fund and In-Kind ETF, as
applicable, adopt a written liquidity risk management program, report
to the board, maintain a written record of how the highly liquid
investment minimum was determined and written policies and procedures
for responding to a shortfall of the fund's highly liquid investment
minimum, which includes reporting to the fund's board of directors (for
funds that do not primarily hold highly liquid investments), establish
written policies and procedures regarding how the fund will engage in
redemptions in kind, and retain certain other records are all
collections of information. In addition, the requirement under rule
22e-4 that the principal underwriter or depositor of a UIT assess the
liquidity of the UIT on or before the date of the initial deposit of
portfolio securities into the UIT and retain a record of such
determination for the life of the UIT, and for five years thereafter,
is also a collection of information.
    The Commission staff estimates that 11,659 funds, 603 newly-
registered funds, and 8 UITs are subject to rule 22e-4. The internal
annual burden estimate is 16 hours for a fund, 11 for a newly-
registered fund, and 8 hours for an UIT. Based on these estimates, the
total annual burden hours associated with the rule is estimated to be
193,241 hours. The estimated burden hours associated with rule 22e-4
have increased by 165,091 hours from the current allocation of 28,150
hours. This increase is due to an increase in the estimated number of
affected entities, as well as revisions in the manner of calculation.
The external cost associated with this collection of information is
approximately $3,124 per fund and $2,000 per newly-registered fund, and
the total annual external cost burden is $37,628,716. The estimated
external cost has increased by $37,628,716 from the current estimate of
$0. This increase is due to the staff's determination to revise the
manner in which it calculates these estimates.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not derived from a
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of
Commission rules. The collection of information required by rule 22e-4
is necessary to obtain the benefits of the rule. Information regarding
a fund's monthly position-level liquidity classification and its highly
liquid investment minimum reported on Form N-PORT will be kept
confidential. Other information provided to the Commission in
connection with staff examinations or investigations is kept
confidential subject to the provisions of applicable law. If
information collected pursuant to rule 22e-4 is reviewed by the
Commission's examination staff, it is accorded the same level of
confidentiality accorded to other responses provided to the Commission
in the context of its examination and oversight program. 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.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's
estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted by May 8, 2023.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to

respond to, a collection of information under the PRA unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct your written comments to: David Bottom, Acting
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission,
c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 or send an
email to: [email protected].

    Dated: March 2, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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