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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9667-1]

Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board
(SAB); Exposure and Human Health Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of the SAB Exposure and Human Health Committee to
develop a work plan for advancing the EPA's application of
Computational Toxicology (CompTox) data into the development of EPA
hazard and risk assessments.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Thursday, May 31, 2012 from 8:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at The Embassy Row Hotel,
2015 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the public meeting may contact Dr. Sue
Shallal, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at (202) 564-
2057 or email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>General information concerning
the SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB was established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization
Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the EPA Administrator on the technical basis for
EPA actions. The SAB is undertaking an initiative to develop advice to
assist EPA in advancing the application of ORD's Computational CompTox
research for human health risk assessment to meet its programmatic
needs. ORD's CompTox Research Program conducts innovative research that
integrates advances in molecular biology, chemistry and innovative
computer science to more effectively and efficiently rank chemicals
based on risks. The goal of the CompTox Research Program is to provide
high-throughput chemical screening data and decision support tools for
assessing chemical exposure, hazard, and risk to human health and the
environment. Pursuant to Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and EPA
policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB Exposure and Human Health
Committee, along with liaison members from the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP),
will hold a public meeting to receive briefings from EPA offices and
develop a work plan for this advisory activity. The SAB Exposure and
Human Health Committee will provide advice through the chartered SAB
and will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the meeting, the review
documents, agenda and other materials will be accessible through the
calendar link on the blue navigation bar at http://www.epa.gov/sab/.
    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.
Interested members of the public may submit relevant written or oral
information on the topic of this advisory activity, and/or the group
conducting the activity, for the SAB to consider during the advisory
process. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most impact if
it provides specific scientific or technical information or analysis
for SAB committees to consider or if it relates to the clarity or
accuracy of the technical information. Members of the public wishing to
provide comment should contact the DFO directly. Oral Statements: In
general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a
public meeting will be limited to five minutes. Interested parties
should contact Dr. Sue Shallal, DFO, in writing (preferably via email)
at the contact information noted above by May 23, 2012, to be placed on
the list of public speakers for the meeting. Written Statements:
Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via email at the
contact information noted above by May 23, 2012 for the meeting so that
the information may be made available to the Committee members for
their consideration. Written statements should be supplied in one of
the following electronic formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, 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 Dr. Sue Shallal at (202)
564-2057 or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Dr. Shallal preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.

    Dated: April 19, 2012.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-58582; File No. SR-Phlx-2008-66]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to
Quotation Size Decrementation

September 18, 2008.
    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 September 16, 2008, the NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. (``Phlx'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and
II below, which Items have been prepared by Phlx. Phlx filed the
proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder,\4\ which renders it effective upon filing
with the Commission. 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.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange, pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Act \5\ and Rule
19b-4 thereunder,\6\ proposes to amend Exchange Rule 1082, Firm
Quotations, to reflect a change to its fully electronic

trading platform for options, Phlx XL,\7\ in which automatic executions
will decrement the Exchange's disseminated size by the amount of the
automatic execution.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \6\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 50100 (July 27,
2004), 69 FR 44612 (August 3, 2004) (SR-Phlx-2003-59). [sic]
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    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
Web site at http://www.phlx.com/regulatory/reg_rulefilings.aspx.

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 enhance the ability
of Exchange Streaming Quote Traders (``SQTs''),\8\ Remote Streaming
Quote Traders (``RSQTs''),\9\ non-SQT ROTs,\10\ and specialists
(collectively, ``Phlx XL participants'') to better manage risk by
modifying the Phlx XL system such that when a trade occurs, the Phlx XL
system will decrement the quote size by the number of contracts traded
in the affected option series on the side of the market that has traded
(i.e., bid size for sell transactions and offer size for buy
transactions).
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    \8\ An SQT is a Registered Options Trader (``ROT'') who has
received permission from the Exchange to generate and submit option
quotations electronically through an electronic interface with AUTOM
via an Exchange approved proprietary electronic quoting device in
eligible options to which such SQT is assigned. See Exchange Rule
1014(b)(ii)(A).
    \9\ An RSQT is an ROT that is a member or member organization
with no physical trading floor presence who has received permission
from the Exchange to generate and submit option quotations
electronically through AUTOM in eligible options to which such RSQT
has been assigned. An RSQT may only submit such quotations
electronically from off the floor of the Exchange. See Exchange Rule
1014(b)(ii)(B).
    \10\ A non-SQT ROT is an ROT who is neither an SQT nor an RSQT.
See Exchange Rule 1014(b)(ii)(C).
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    Phlx XL currently does not decrement quotation size in real time.
Instead, a Phlx XL participant has control over his or her quotation
size and can refresh the size (and price) for which he or she is firm
at the disseminated price. Phlx XL participants have experienced
situations where they execute more contracts at a particular price than
they intended due to the fact that Phlx XL currently does not decrement
quote size in real time.
    The following example illustrates the issue that the proposed
system change would solve:
    A Phlx XL participant submits an electronic quotation (a bid) to
buy 100 contracts. Under the current system functionality, if a single
trade of 100 contracts to sell interacts with that bid for 100
contracts, all 100 contracts will be executed and the Phlx XL
participant's quotation will be exhausted and removed from the market
place until that Phlx XL participant refreshes his or her
quotation.\11\
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    If, however, a single trade of 100 contracts to sell interacts with
that bid for anything less than its full size, the Phlx XL system
currently does not decrement the size of the bid, and the bid is still
firm for the full original size of 100 contracts. For example, a single
trade of 90 contracts occurs on the bid price, all 90 contracts would
be executed automatically, but the disseminated size of the quotation
will continue to be 100 contracts. Phlx XL participants have
experienced situations where a quotation could be for a size of 100
contracts and an execution occurs for 99 contracts, followed by an
additional execution of 100 contracts at the same price before the Phlx
XL participant can revise his or her quotation in the affected series,
for a total execution of 199 contracts when the quotation was only
intended to be for a size of 100 contracts at the disseminated price.
The Exchange believes that this aspect of the current system exposes
Phlx XL participants to undue risk respecting the size for which they
are firm at a particular price in a particular option series.
    Accordingly, under the proposal, every trade executed automatically
in the Phlx XL system would cause the Exchange's disseminated size to
be reduced by the number of contracts traded in the affected series at
the disseminated price. Receipt of a revised quote from the affected
Phlx XL participant would reset the price and size for that series.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal is consistent with Section
6(b) of the Act \12\ in general, and furthers the objectives of Section
6(b)(5) of the Act \13\ in particular, in that it is designed to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments
to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national
market system, and, in general to protect investors and the public
interest, by providing Phlx XL participants with additional protection
from exposure to undue market risk through the real-time decrementation
of the Exchange's disseminated size.
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    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Exchange further believes that the proposed rule change is
consistent with the Act because the risk protection afforded Phlx XL
participants should encourage them to quote options series with greater
size, adding liquidity to the Exchange's markets against which
customers can trade.

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.

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

    Written comments were neither solicited nor received.

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

    Because the proposed rule change: (i) Does not significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) does not
impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) does not become
operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such shorter
time as the Commission may designate if consistent with the protection
of investors and the public interest, the proposed rule change has
become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \14\ and
Rule 19b-4(f)(6) thereunder.\15\
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \15\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). Pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)
under the Act, the Exchange is required to give the Commission
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along
with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission.
The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 5-day pre-
filing notice requirement. The Commission has determined to waive
this requirement.
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    A proposed rule change filed pursuant to Rule 19b-4(f)(6) under the

Act \16\ normally does not become operative for 30 days after the date
of its filing. However, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii) \17\ permits the
Commission to designate a shorter time if such action is consistent
with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Exchange
has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay. The
Commission believes that waiving the 30-day operative delay is
consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest.
The Commission notes that under the proposal, the Exchange's
disseminated size should accurately reflect revised quotation sizes
based on automatic executions through Phlx XL in real time.
Accordingly, the Commission designates that the proposed rule change
become operative immediately.\18\
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    \16\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
    \17\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
    \18\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission may summarily abrogate the rule change if it
appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

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 (http://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-Phlx-2008-66 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-Phlx-2008-66. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/
sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection and
copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10
am and 3 pm. Copies of such filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of Phlx. All comments
received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit
personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit
only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-Phlx-2008-66 and should be
submitted on or before October 15, 2008.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
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    \19\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Lynn Taylor,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14584-000]

Dynegy Point Estero Wave Park, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 7, 2014, Dynegy Point Estero Wave Park, LLC (Dynegy)
filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f)
of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the
proposed Point Estero Wave Park Project (project). The proposed project
would be developed in a phased approach. First, under a demonstration
phase, Dynegy plans to deploy a single approximately 1-megawatt (MW)
GWAVE Power Generating Vessel (wave energy converter or WEC). Second,
under a potential commercial license, Dynegy plans to deploy 10 to 16
approximately 1-MW WEC's. Third, Dynegy plans to seek authorization to
deploy additional WEC's with a total installed capacity of 650 MW. Two
or more high voltage submarine cables would transmit power to shore,
interconnecting with Pacific Gas and Electric's switchyard facilities
at Morro Bay. The requested project boundary comprises approximately
5.2 square nautical miles (4-miles-long by 1.5-miles-wide) of coastal
waters and lands located along the coast of San Luis Obispo County,
California, near the town of Morro Bay.
    The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant
the permit holder priority to file a license application during the
permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder
to perform any land disturbing or construction activities or to
otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the
owners' express permission.
    Applicant Contact: Henry D. Jones, Dynegy Inc., 601 Travis, Suite
1400, Houston, TX 77002;<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the

instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' link.
    For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>call toll-free at<PHONE_NUMBER>; or,
for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. Although the Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To
paper-file, mail an original and 5 copies to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14584) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 16, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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