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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Safety Advisory 2012-03; Buckling-Prone Conditions in Continuous
Welded Rail Track

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.

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SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2012-03 to remind track owners,
railroads, and their employees of the importance of complying with
their continuous welded rail (CWR) plan procedures and reviewing their
current internal engineering instructions that address inspecting CWR
track to identify buckling-prone conditions. In an effort to heighten
awareness of the potential consequences of an unexpected track buckle,
particularly considering the unusually high, and prolonged, record-
breaking temperatures that have affected much of the United States in
recent weeks, this notice highlights a series of recent train accidents
involving derailments that were preliminarily determined by the
respective railroads to be caused by the rail buckling under extreme
heat conditions (commonly referred to as ``sun kinks'' in the rail).
This notice contains recommendations to track owners and railroads to
ensure their employees comply with the requirements of their CWR plan
procedures that address inspecting track to identify buckling-prone
conditions in CWR track, particularly if the track is located on or
near railroad bridges. It also recommends that track owners and
railroads review current internal engineering instructions to ensure
that the instructions properly identify the necessary track maintenance
instructions to prevent track buckling during extreme heat conditions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlo M. Patrick, Staff Director, Rail
and Infrastructure Integrity Division, Office of Railroad Safety, FRA,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202) 493-
6399; Kenneth Rusk, Staff Director, Track Division, Office of Railroad
Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; or Anna Nassif Winkle, Trial Attorney, Office
of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The overall safety of railroad operations has improved in recent
years. However, a series of recent accidents has highlighted the need
for track owners, railroads, and their respective employees to review,
reemphasize, and adhere to the requirements of a track owner's CWR plan
procedures and current internal engineering instructions that address
inspecting track to identify buckling-prone conditions in CWR track,
particularly if the track is located on or near railroad bridges.
    FRA requires that a track owner comply with the contents of a CWR
plan that is approved or conditionally approved under Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 213.118.\1\ See Sec.  213.119. The
plan must include procedures that prescribe when physical track
inspections are to be performed. See Sec.  213.119(g). At a minimum,
these procedures are required to address inspecting track to identify
buckling-prone conditions in CWR track, locations where tight or kinky
rail conditions are likely to occur, locations where track work
(disturbing the roadbed or ballast section and reducing the lateral or
longitudinal resistance of the track) has recently been performed, and
pull-apart prone conditions in CWR track, including locations where
pull-apart or stripped-joint rail conditions are likely to occur. See
Sec.  213.119(g)(1). In formulating such procedures, the track owner is
required to specify when the inspections will be conducted, as well as
the appropriate remedial actions to be taken when either buckling-prone
or pull-apart prone conditions are found. See Sec.  213.119(g)(2).
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    \1\ All references in this notice to a section or other
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    CWR can produce peculiar maintenance issues for the railroad
industry due to the constant temperature changes that rails experience
because they are exposed to the open air and radiant heat from the sun.
These temperature changes in CWR can create longitudinal stresses in
the rail due to the constraints along the rail in conjunction with the
thermal expansion or contraction of the rail steel. During long-term
exposure to extremely high temperatures, the longitudinal stress in the
rail can result in an unexpected track buckle (or kink). In addition,
if the track buckle occurs on track that is located on or near a
railroad bridge, the consequences of any subsequent derailment at that
location can be compounded, often resulting in more severe damage and
sometimes death.
    During the course of the last few weeks, the railroad industry has
experienced four derailments that resulted in two fatalities and more
than $5,000,000 in FRA-reportable railroad property damage. Based on
preliminary investigations by the involved railroads, it appears that
these four incidents may have occurred because of extremely high
compressive forces that were present in the rail, which resulted from
the record-setting excessive heat wave that has recently affected most
of the United States.

Recent Incidents

    The following is a brief summary of the circumstances surrounding
each of the recent train derailments that appear to have been heat-
related incidents. Information regarding these incidents is based on
FRA's and the respective railroad's preliminary investigations and
findings to date. The probable causes and contributing factors, if any,
have not yet been established. Therefore, nothing in this safety
advisory is intended to attribute a cause to these incidents, or place
responsibility for these incidents on the acts or omissions of any
person or entity.
    1. On July 4, 2012, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) train crew noticed a sun kink (buckled track) in the
rail ahead, and attempted to stop, but were unable to do so, which
caused 43 loaded coal cars to derail in Pendleton, TX. BNSF
preliminarily determined the cause of the derailment to be buckled
track.
    2. On July 4, 2012, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a northbound Union
Pacific Railroad Company (UP) coal train with 137 cars, traveling at 39
mph, derailed 31 loaded coal cars in Northbrook, IL. The derailment
occurred in a populated area on a steel trestle spanning a four-lane
street. The bridge was destroyed, and the derailed cars fell on the
roadway below, resulting in two fatalities. UP preliminarily determined
the cause of the derailment to be buckled track adjacent to the bridge
span.
    3. On July 2, 2012, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a westbound BNSF
unit coal train derailed 31 loaded cars of coal next to a public grade
crossing in Mesa, WA. The train crew had reported feeling rough track
going through the grade crossing, and then placed the train into

emergency braking. BNSF preliminarily determined the cause of the
derailment to be buckled track.
    4. On June 23, 2012, at approximately 6:40 p.m., an eastbound UP
coal train derailed 22 cars in the Powder River coal fields in Bill,
WY. UP preliminarily determined the cause of the derailment to be
buckled track.
    Recommended Action: In light of the above discussion, FRA
recommends that track owners and railroads:
    1. Review with their employees the circumstances of the four track-
buckling-related derailments identified above.
    2. Discuss the requirements of CWR plans with employees responsible
for inspecting CWR, with a focus on inspecting CWR track to identify
buckling-prone conditions, and conditions that can lead to buckled
track, such as recently-disturbed track, locations where rail was
repaired or replaced, and locations that experience excessive load
dynamics.
    3. Evaluate and ensure that employees responsible for the
inspection and repair of CWR track have been adequately trained and are
capable of performing proper inspection and repair procedures.
    4. Reinforce with employees responsible for inspecting track the
importance of maintaining sufficient anchoring and ballast to maintain
track lateral resistance, especially around fixed track structures
(such as grade crossings, turnouts, and bridges), where the rail
conditions are considerably tighter and are therefore more susceptible
to the development of track buckles.
    5. Review recent track maintenance records to identify previous
buckling incidents, and their locations, for future inspection focus.
    6. Apply heat-restriction slow orders at necessary locations, with
consideration of populated areas, in order to significantly decrease
the likelihood of a derailment and reduce the severity and consequences
of any derailments that may occur.
    7. Apply appropriate slow orders at speeds that will permit the
passage of sufficient time and tonnage to restore track stabilization
at disturbed track locations.
    8. Review current internal engineering instructions to ensure that
the instructions properly identify the necessary track maintenance
instructions to prevent track buckling during extreme heat conditions.
    FRA encourages railroad industry members to take actions that are
consistent with the preceding recommendations and to take other actions
to help ensure the safety of the Nation's railroad employees and the
public. FRA may modify this Safety Advisory 2012-03, issue additional
safety advisories, or take other appropriate actions it deems necessary
to ensure the highest level of safety on the Nation's railroads,
including pursuing other corrective measures under its rail safety
authority.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2012.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
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[Pages 43572-43573]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-058, OMB Control No. 3235-0065]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

Extension:
    Form S-1

    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'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (``OMB'') this request for an extension of the previously
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Form S-1 (17 CFR 239.11) is used by domestic issuers who are not
eligible to use other forms to register a public offering of their
securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.).
The information collected is intended to ensure that the information
required to be filed by the Commission permits verification of
compliance with securities law requirements and assures the public
availability of such information. Form S-1 takes approximately 653.5436
hours per response and is filed by approximately 894 respondents. We
estimate that 25% of the 653.5436 hours per response (163.3859 hours)
is prepared by the registrant for a total annual reporting burden of
146,067 hours (163.3859 hours per response x 894 responses).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
    The public may view background documentation for this information
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this
particular

information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Written
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to (i)
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email
to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: August 4, 2021.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0528, SEC File No. 270-465]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 237.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``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 (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    In Canada, as in the United States, individuals can invest a
portion of their earnings in tax-deferred retirement savings accounts
(``Canadian retirement accounts''). These accounts, which operate in a
manner similar to

individual retirement accounts in the United States, encourage
retirement savings by permitting savings on a tax-deferred basis.
Individuals who establish Canadian retirement accounts while living and
working in Canada and who later move to the United States (``Canadian-
U.S. Participants'' or ``participants'') often continue to hold their
retirement assets in their Canadian retirement accounts rather than
prematurely withdrawing (or ``cashing out'') those assets, which would
result in immediate taxation in Canada.
    Once in the United States, however, these participants historically
have been unable to manage their Canadian retirement account
investments. Most securities that are ``qualified investments'' for
Canadian retirement accounts are not registered under the U.S.
securities laws. Those securities, therefore, generally cannot be
publicly offered and sold in the United States without violating the
registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities
Act'').\1\ As a result of this registration requirement, Canadian-U.S.
Participants previously were not able to purchase or exchange
securities for their Canadian retirement accounts as needed to meet
their changing investment goals or income needs.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 77. In addition, the offering and selling of
securities of investment companies (``funds'') that are not
registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940
(``Investment Company Act'') is generally prohibited by U.S.
securities laws. 15 U.S.C. 80a.
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    The Commission issued a rulemaking in 2000 that enabled Canadian-
U.S. Participants to manage the assets in their Canadian retirement
accounts by providing relief from the U.S. registration requirements
for offers of securities of foreign issuers to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sales to Canadian retirement accounts.\2\ Rule 237
under the Securities Act \3\ permits securities of foreign issuers,
including securities of foreign funds, to be offered to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sold to their Canadian retirement accounts without
being registered under the Securities Act.
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    \2\ See Offer and Sale of Securities to Canadian Tax-Deferred
Retirement Savings Accounts, Release Nos. 33-7860, 34-42905, IC-
24491 (June 7, 2000) [65 FR 37672 (June 15, 2000)]. This rulemaking
also included new rule 7d-2 under the Investment Company Act,
permitting foreign funds to offer securities to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sell securities to Canadian retirement accounts
without registering as investment companies under the Investment
Company Act. 17 CFR 270.7d-2.
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    Rule 237 requires written offering documents for securities offered
and sold in reliance on the rule to disclose prominently that the
securities are not registered with the Commission and are exempt from
registration under the U.S. securities laws. The burden under the rule
associated with adding this disclosure to written offering documents is
minimal and is non-recurring. The foreign issuer, underwriter, or
broker-dealer can redraft an existing prospectus or other written
offering material to add this disclosure statement, or may draft a
sticker or supplement containing this disclosure to be added to
existing offering materials. In either case, based on discussions with
representatives of the Canadian fund industry, the staff estimates that
it would take an average of 10 minutes per document to draft the
requisite disclosure statement.
    The Commission understands that there are approximately 3,619
Canadian issuers other than funds that may rely on rule 237 to make an
initial public offering of their securities to Canadian-U.S.
Participants.\4\ The staff estimates that in any given year
approximately 36 (or 1 percent) of those issuers are likely to rely on
rule 237 to make a public offering of their securities to participants,
and that each of those 36 issuers, on average, distributes 3 different
written offering documents concerning those securities, for a total of
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    \4\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: 3,520
equity issuers (as of April 2016) + 99 bond issuers (as of April
2016) = 3,619 total issuers (as of April 2016). See World Federation
of Exchanges, Monthly Reports, available at http://www.world-exchanges.org/home/index.php/statistics/monthly-reports (providing
number of equity issuers listed on Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange).
After 2009, the World Federation of Exchanges ceased reporting the
number of fixed-income issuers on Canada's Toronto Stock Exchange.
The number of fixed-income issuers as of April 2016 is based on the
ratio of the number of fixed-income issuers listed on Canada's
Toronto Stock Exchange in 2009 (111) relative to the number of bonds
listed on that exchange in that year (178) multiplied against the
number of bonds listed on that exchange as of April 2016 (159):
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    The staff therefore estimates that during each year that rule 237
is in effect, approximately 36 respondents \5\ would be required to
make 108 responses by adding the new disclosure statements to
approximately 108 written offering documents. Thus, the staff estimates
that the total annual burden associated with the rule 237 disclosure
requirement would be approximately 18 hours (108 offering documents x
10 minutes per document). The total annual cost of burden hours is
estimated to be $6,840 (18 hours x $380 per hour of attorney time).\6\
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    \5\ This estimate of respondents only includes foreign issuers.
The number of respondents would be greater if foreign underwriters
or broker-dealers draft stickers or supplements to add the required
disclosure to existing offering documents.
    \6\ The Commission's estimate concerning the wage rate for
attorney time is based on salary information for the securities
industry compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association (``SIFMA''). The $380 per hour figure for an attorney is
from SIFMA's Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities
Industry 2013, modified by Commission staff to account for an 1800-
hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm
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    In addition, issuers from foreign countries other than Canada could
rely on rule 237 to offer securities to Canadian-U.S. Participants and
sell securities to their accounts without becoming subject to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. However, the staff
believes that the number of issuers from other countries that rely on
rule 237, and that therefore are required to comply with the offering
document disclosure requirements, is negligible.
    These burden hour estimates are based upon the Commission staff's
experience and discussions with the fund industry. The estimates of
average burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act. These estimates are not derived from a comprehensive or
even a representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules.
    Compliance with the collection of information requirements of the
rule is mandatory and is necessary to comply with the requirements of
the rule in general. 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 control number. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 days of this
publication.
    Please direct your written comments to Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549; or send an email
to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: July 5, 2016.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0034; FRL-7759-6]

Lindane and Other Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) Isomers Risk
Assessment; Notice of Availability and Solicitation of Risk Reduction
Options

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk
assessment for the organochlorine pesticide lindane, gamma
hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and the other HCH isomers, and opens a
public comment period on these documents. In addition, this notice
solicits public comment on risk reduction options for lindane and the
other HCH isomers. This action follows up on issues discussed in the
July 2002 Lindane RED, in public comments EPA received on that decision
document and in the draft North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP)
on Lindane and other HCH Isomers.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0034, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the on-line

instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
     Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0034. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2006-0034. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line
at http://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information

provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be captured automatically 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
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/.

    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall
2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305-
5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Nesci, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Mark Howard,
Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution,
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the

Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may
be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the

information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
    ii. Follow directions. The agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
    iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
    viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Background

A. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    EPA is making available the risk assessment for lindane and the
other HCH isomers. Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide currently
used as a seed treatment on six agricultural crops, barley, corn, oats,
rye, sorghum, and wheat. The other HCH isomers are byproducts of the
manufacture of lindane. These isomers are mobile in the environment,
condense in the Arctic, and have the potential to bioaccumulate,
biomagnify, and bioconcentrate. HCH isomers have been detected in air,
surface water, groundwater, sediment, soil, ice, snowpack, fish,
wildlife, and humans.
    On July 31, 2002, EPA completed its Reregistration Eligibility
Decision (RED) for lindane on the six remaining agricultural uses of
lindane, seed treatment on barley, corn, oats, rye, sorghum, and wheat.
The RED document states that the six remaining lindane seed treatment
uses are eligible for reregistration provided that certain conditions
are met, one of which is that the Agency is able to establish all
required tolerances for lindane residues on food. In response to the
RED, the Agency received comments stating that the other isomers should
be considered. In addition, these isomers are considered in the draft
North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Lindane and other HCH
Isomers. Consistent with the RED comments and the NARAP, the Agency
prepared a risk assessment that considers risks resulting from human
and environmental exposures to other HCH isomers of environmental
significance produced as by-products during the manufacture of lindane.
    EPA is providing an opportunity, through this notice, for
interested parties to provide comments and input on the Agency's risk
assessment on lindane and the other HCH isomers. Such comments and
input could address, for example, the assumptions used, availability of
additional data to further inform the risk assessments, or could
address the Agency's risk assessment methodologies and assumptions as
applied to this specific pesticide. In addition, EPA is providing an
opportunity, through this notice, for interested parties to provide
risk management proposals or otherwise comment on risk management for
lindane and the other HCH isomers.
    EPA seeks to achieve environmental justice, the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income, in the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. To help
address potential environmental justice issues, the Agency seeks
information on any groups or segments of the population who, as a
result of their location, cultural practices, or other factors, may
have atypical, unusually high exposure to lindane and the other HCH
isomers, compared to the general population.
    Comments should be limited to issues raised within the risk
assessment and associated documents. Failure to comment on any such
issues as part of this opportunity will not limit a commenter's
opportunity to participate in any later notice and comment processes on
this matter. All comments should be submitted using the methods in
ADDRESSES, and must be received by EPA on or before the closing date.
Comments will become part of the Agency Docket for lindane. Comments
received after the close of the comment period will be marked ``late.''
EPA is not required to consider these late comments.

B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA as amended directs that, after submission
of all data concerning a pesticide active ingredient, ``the
Administrator shall determine whether pesticides containing such active
ingredient are eligible for reregistration,'' before calling in product
specific data on individual end-use products and either reregistering
products or taking other ``appropriate regulatory action.''
    Section 408(q) of the FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 346a(q), requires EPA to
review tolerances and exemptions for pesticide residues in effect as of
August 2, 1996, to determine whether the tolerance or exemption meets
the requirements of section 408(b)(2) or (c)(2) of FFDCA. This review
is to be completed by August 3, 2006.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: January 31, 2006.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 06-1103 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]

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[Notices]
[Pages 38216-38217]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16359]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0967]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act Patient-Focused Drug Development;
Announcement of Disease Areas for Meetings Conducted in Fiscal Years
2016-2017

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the selection of disease areas to be addressed during fiscal years
(FYs) 2016-2017of its Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative. This
initiative is being conducted to fulfill FDA's performance commitments
under the fifth authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
(PDUFA V). This effort provides a more systematic approach under PDUFA
V for obtaining the patients' perspective on disease severity and
currently available treatments for a set of disease areas. FDA selected
these disease areas based on a careful consideration of the public
comments received after publication of a preliminary list of disease
areas in the Federal Register on October 8, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The general schedule of FYs 2016-2017 Patient-Focused Drug
Development meetings, along with materials from past meetings (such as
transcripts and webcast recordings) from past meetings, can be found at
the Web site for Patient-Focused Drug Development, http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm326192.htm. Individual
comments may be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2012-N-0967-0595 or by visiting the Division of
Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630
Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Graham Thompson, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 51, Rm. 1146, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-
5003, FAX:<PHONE_NUMBER>, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or Stephen
Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, Silver
Spring, MD 20993,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On July 9, 2012, the President signed into law the Food and Drug
Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) (Pub. L. 112-144).
Title I of FDASIA reauthorizes the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
(PDUFA), which provides FDA with the necessary user fee resources to
maintain an efficient review process for human drug and biologic
products. The reauthorization of PDUFA includes performance goals and
procedures that represent FDA's commitments during FYs 2013-2017. These
commitments are referred to in section 101 of FDASIA and are available
on the FDA Web site at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/UCM270412.pdf.
    Section X of these commitments relates to enhancing benefit-risk
assessments in regulatory decision making. A key part of regulatory
decision making is establishing the context in which the particular
decision is made. For purposes of drug marketing approval, this
includes an understanding of the severity of the treated condition and
the adequacy of the available therapies. Patients who live with a
disease have a direct stake in the outcome of FDA's decisions and are
in a unique position to contribute to the Agency's understanding of
their disease.
    FDA has committed to obtaining the patient perspective on at least
20 disease areas during the course of PDUFA V. For each disease area,
the Agency will conduct a public meeting to

discuss the disease, its impact on patients' daily lives, the types of
treatment benefit that matter most to patients, and patients'
perspectives on the adequacy of available therapies. These meetings
include participation of FDA review divisions, the relevant patient
community, and other interested stakeholders.

II. Disease Area Selection

    On October 8, 2014, FDA published a Federal Register notice (79 FR
60857) that requested public comment on potential disease areas to be
addressed in FYs 2016-2017. In that notice, based on several criteria
listed, FDA identified 16 disease areas as potential candidates for
remaining public meetings and invited public comment on the preliminary
list and on disease areas that were not listed.
    Following publication of the notice, almost 2,700 comments
addressing over 50 disease areas were submitted by patients, patient
advocates and advocacy groups, caregivers, healthcare providers,
professional societies, scientific and academic experts, pharmaceutical
companies, and others. The majority of comments received were submitted
by individual patients. The comments focused generally on nominating
individual disease areas or groups of disease areas to be addressed and
on providing general suggestions for the Patient-Focused Drug
Development Initiative. The comments received also discussed the impact
of these nominated diseases on the patients' daily lives, the symptoms
that were most concerning to patients, and the nature of (or lack of)
specific treatments for these diseases. The majority of comments
received concerned lewy body dementia, frontotemporal lobar
degeneration, and neuropathies. Other disease areas, such as hereditary
angioedema, dystonia, temporomandibular disorders, lupus, alopecia
areata, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, trigeminal neuralgia, and
arachnoiditis, also received a significant number of comments.
    In selecting the disease areas of focus for the Patient-Focused
Drug Development Initiative of FYs 2016-2017, FDA carefully considered
the valuable public comments received, the perspectives of reviewing
divisions at FDA, and the following selection criteria, which were
published in the October 8, 2014, Federal Register notice:
     Disease areas that are chronic, symptomatic, or affect
functioning and activities of daily living;
     Disease areas for which aspects of the disease are not
formally captured in clinical trials;
     Disease areas for which there are currently no therapies
or very few therapies, or the available therapies do not directly
affect how a patient feels, functions, or survives; and
     Disease areas that have a severe impact on identifiable
subpopulations (such as children or the elderly).
    FDA's selection also reflects disease areas from FDA review
divisions that were not covered by the meetings held during FYs 2013-
15. For its FYs 2016-2017 list of disease areas, FDA has added a broad
range of diseases based upon disease severity (less severe to more
severe) and upon the size of the affected population (rare diseases to
more prevalent diseases). FDA has identified the following diseases to
be the focus of meetings scheduled in FYs 2016-2017:

 Alopecia areata
 Autism
 Hereditary angioedema
 Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
 Patients who have received an organ transplant
 Psoriasis
 Neuropathic pain associated with peripheral neuropathy
 Sarcopenia

    A schedule of the meetings planned can be found at the FDA Patient-
Focused Drug Development Web site, which is described in section III of
this notice. The Agency recognizes that there are many more disease
areas than can be addressed in the planned FDA meetings under the
formal PDUFA V commitment, and FDA will seek other opportunities to
gather public input on disease areas not addressed through this
Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative. FDA encourages
stakeholders to identify and organize patient-focused collaborations to
generate public input on other disease areas using the process
established through this Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative as
a model. Information on additional opportunities for gathering patient
input can be found on the Patient-Focused Drug Development Web site.

III. Patient-Focused Drug Development Web Site

    FDA's Web site on Patient-Focused Drug Development is available
online at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUserFee/ucm326192.htm. This Web site contains the
general schedule of upcoming meetings for FYs 2016-2017, information on
how stakeholders can prepare for these upcoming meetings, and
information on how stakeholders may leverage the Patient-Focused Drug
Development Initiative to generate input on disease areas not addressed
through the Patient-Focused Drug Development PDUFA V commitment. The
Web site will be updated as new information becomes available.

    Dated: June 26, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27188-27189]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0321; Airspace Docket No. 20-AGL-17]
RIN 2120-AA66

Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace and Establishment of
Class E Airspace; Alton/St. Louis, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class D airspace and Class E
airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D surface area and
establish a Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the
surface at St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton/St. Louis, IL. The FAA is
proposing this action as the result of an airspace review caused by the
decommissioning of the outer marker to runway 29 at St. Louis Regional
Airport which provided navigational information to this airport. The
geographic coordinates of the airport would also be updated to coincide
with the FAA's aeronautical database.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; telephone
(202) 366-9826, or<PHONE_NUMBER>. You must identify FAA Docket No.
FAA-2020-0321/Airspace Docket No. 20-AGL-17, at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at https://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public docket containing the
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in
the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
    FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. The Order is also available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the
availability of FAA Order 7400.11D at NARA, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority for This Rulemaking

    The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII,
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's
authority. This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described
in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section,
the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority
as it would amend the Class D airspace and Class E airspace area
designated as an extension to a Class D surface area and establish a
Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at
St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton/St. Louis, IL, to support instrument
flight rule operations at this airport.

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic,
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
Communications should identify both docket numbers and be submitted in
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2020-0321/
Airspace Docket No. 20-AGL-17.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received before the specified closing date for
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule.
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of the
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.

Availability of NPRMs

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal
business hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and effective
September 15, 2019. FAA Order 7400.11D is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11D lists
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and
reporting points.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by:
    Amending the Class D airspace at St. Louis Regional Airport, Alton/
St. Louis, IL, to within a 4.4-mile (increased from 4.2-mile) radius of
the airport; updating the header of the airspace legal description to
Alton/St. Louis, IL (previously Alton, IL) to coincide with the FAA's
aeronautical database; removing the city associated with the airport in
the airspace legal description to comply with changes to FAA Order
7400.2M, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters; updating the
geographic coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's
aeronautical database; updating the name of the St.

Louis, MO, Class B (previously Lambert-St. Louis International Airport,
MO, Class B) to coincide with FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace Designations
and Reporting Points; and replacing the outdated term ``Airport/
Facility Directory'' with ``Chart Supplement'';
    Amending the Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a
Class D surface area at St. Louis Regional Airport to within 2.5 miles
(decreased from 2.6 miles) each side of the 008[deg] (previously
012[deg]) bearing from the Civic Memorial NDB (previously St. Louis
Regional Airport) extending from the 4.4-mile (increased from 4.2-mile)
radius of St. Louis Regional Airport to 7 miles (increased from 6.1
miles) north of the Civic Memorial NDB (previously the airport);
updating the header of the airspace legal description to Alton/St.
Louis, IL (previously Alton, IL) to coincide with the FAA's
aeronautical database; removing the city associated with the airport in
the airspace legal description to comply with changes to FAA Order
7400.2M; updating the geographic coordinates of the airport to coincide
with the FAA's aeronautical database; and replacing the outdated term
``Airport/Facility Directory'' with ``Chart Supplement'';
    And establishing Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface within a 6.9-mile radius St. Louis Regional Airport;
and within 2.5 miles each side of the 008[deg] bearing from the Civic
Memorial NDB extending from the 6.9-mile radius of the airport to 7
miles north of the Civic Memorial NDB. (This airspace was previously
contained within the St. Louis, MO, Class E airspace extending upward
from 700 feet above the surface airspace legal description; however,
with this amendment, the airspace no longer adjoins, and a separate
airspace legal description is being established by this action.)
    This action is the result of an airspace review caused by the
decommissioning of the outer marker to runway 29 at St. Louis Regional
Airport which provided navigational information to this airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 5000,
6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11D, dated August 8,
2019, and effective September 15, 2019, which is incorporated by
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and E airspace designation listed
in this document will be published subsequently in the Order.
    FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current, is
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action''
under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under
DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26,
1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation
as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is
certified that this rule, when promulgated, would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

0
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O.
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

0
2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11D,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and
effective September 15, 2019, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

* * * * *

AGL IL D Alton/St. Louis, IL [Amended]

St. Louis Regional Airport, IL
    (Lat. 38[deg]53'24'' N, long. 90[deg]02'46'' W)
    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,000 feet MSL within a 4.4-mile radius of the St. Louis Regional
Airport, excluding that airspace within the St. Louis, MO, Class B
airspace area. This Class D airspace area is effective during the
specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to
Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously
published in the Chart Supplement.

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to
a Class D or Class E Surface Area.

* * * * *

AGL IL E4 Alton/St. Louis, IL [Amended]

St. Louis Regional Airport, IL
    (Lat. 38[deg]53'24'' N, long. 90[deg]02'46'' W)
Civic Memorial NDB
    (Lat. 38[deg]53'32'' N, long. 90[deg]03'23'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.5 miles
each side of the 008[deg] bearing from the Civic Memorial NDB
extending from the 4.4-mile radius of the St. Louis Regional Airport
to 7 miles north of the Civic Memorial NDB. This Class E airspace
area is effective during the specific dates and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will
thereafter be continuously published in the Chart Supplement.

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.

* * * * *

AGL IL E5 Alton/St. Louis, IL [Establish]

St. Louis Regional Airport, IL
    (Lat. 38[deg]53'24'' N, long. 90[deg]02'46'' W)
Civic Memorial NDB
    (Lat. 38[deg]53'32'' N, long. 90[deg]03'23'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.9-mile radius of St. Louis Regional Airport, and within
2.5 miles each side of the 008[deg] bearing from the Civic Memorial
NDB extending from the 6.9-mile radius of the airport to 7 miles
north of the Civic Memorial NDB.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 27, 2020.
Steven Phillips,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2020-09473 Filed 5-6-20; 8:45 am]
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[Notices]
[Page 66304]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 10289-01-OAR]

Announcing Upcoming Meeting of Mobile Sources Technical Review
Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces an upcoming meeting of
the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS), which is a
subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). This
is a hybrid (both in-person and virtual) meeting and open to the
public. The meeting will include discussion of current topics and
presentations about activities being conducted by EPA's Office of
Transportation and Air Quality. MSTRS listserv subscribers will receive
notification when the agenda is available on the Subcommittee website.
To subscribe to the MSTRS listserv, send an email to [email protected].

DATES: EPA will hold a hybrid (both in-person and virtual) public
meeting on Wednesday November 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT). Please monitor the website https://www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sources-technical-review-subcommittee-mstrs-caaac for any
changes to meeting logistics. The final meeting agenda will be posted
on the website.

ADDRESSES: For information on the public meeting or to register to
attend, please contact [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
attend the meeting or provide comments should express this intent by
emailing [email protected] no later than Wednesday November 16, 2022.
Further information concerning this public meeting and general
information concerning the MSTRS can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sources-technical-review-subcommittee-mstrs-caaac. Other
MSTRS inquiries can be directed to Julia Burch, the Designated Federal
Officer for MSTRS, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, at 202-
564-0961 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the meeting, the Subcommittee may
also hear progress reports from its workgroups as well as updates and
announcements on Office of Transportation and Air Quality activities of
general interest to attendees.
    Participation in hyrbid public meetings. The hybrid (both in-person
and virtual) public meeting will provide interested parties the
opportunity to participate in this Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
    EPA is asking all meeting attendees, even those who do not intend
to speak, to register for the meeting by sending an email to the
address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above, by
Wednesday November 16, 2022. This will help EPA ensure that sufficient
participation capacity will be available.
    Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the meeting
logistics, including potential additional sessions, will be posted
online at https://www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sources-technical-review-subcommittee-mstrs-caaac. While EPA expects the meeting to go forward
as set forth above, please monitor the website for any updates.
    For individuals with disabilities: For information on access or
services for individuals with disabilities, please email [email protected].
To request accommodate of a disability, please email [email protected],
preferably at least 10 business days prior to the meeting, to give EPA
as much time as possible to process your request.

Julia Burch,
Designated Federal Officer, Mobile Source Technical Review
Subcommittee, Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 2022-23905 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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J-22-00009-0010 Sanitized Support Documents Index:
 J-22-0009 Sanitized Biotech Form (linked)
 J-22-0010 Sanitized Biotech Form (linked)
 J-22-0009 Sanitized Determination Document (linked)
 J-22-0010 Sanitized Determination Document (linked)
 J-22-0009-0010 Sanitized Risk Assessment Report (attached)


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[Notices]
[Pages 27037-27039]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 2

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3443-001.
    Applicants: UNS Electric, Inc.
    Description: UNS Electric, Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.17(b):
Revision to Amendment to SGIA of UNSE to be effective 4/28/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5242.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3444-001.
    Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Company.
    Description: Tucson Electric Power Company submits tariff filing
per 35.17(b): Revision to Amendment to SGIA and LGIA of Tucson Electric
Power to be effective 4/28/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5241.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3465-000
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc, Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator, Inc. submits
tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: TO agreement NiMo NYPA 1742 to be
effective 2/1/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5121.

    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3466-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii: PEMC NITSA to be effective 4/1/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5126.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3467-000.
    Applicants: BlueChip Energy LLC.
    Description: BlueChip Energy LLC submits tariff filing per 35.12:
MBR Authority Filing to be effective 4/29/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5129.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3468-000.
    Applicants: Arizona Public Service Company.
    Description: Arizona Public Service Company submits tariff filing
per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Amortization and recovery of certain deferred
vegetation management expenses to be effective 7/1/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5155.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3469-000.
    Applicants: Louisville Gas and Electric Company.
    Description: Louisville Gas and Electric Company submits tariff
filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 04--29--11 Revs OATT Att A--A1--B to be
effective 6/28/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5341.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3470-000.
    Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
    Description: ISO New England Inc. submits tariff filing per
35.13(a)(2)(iii: CTMEEC Schedule 21 to be effective 6/1/2011.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5343.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:

    Docket Numbers: ES11-26-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Louisiana, LLC.
    Description: Application of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, for
Authorization Under FPA Section 204.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5299.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ES11-27-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
    Description: Application of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.,
for Authorization Under FPA Section 204.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5317.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ES11-28-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
    Description: Application of Entergy Mississippi, Inc., for
Authorization Under FPA Section 204.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5320.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ES11-29-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Texas, Inc.
    Description: Application of Entergy Texas, Inc., for Authorization
Under FPA Section 204.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5321.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: ES11-30-000.
    Applicants: System Energy Resources, Inc.
    Description: Application of System Energy Resources, Inc., for
Authorization Under FPA Section 204.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5327.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following land
acquisition reports:

    Docket Numbers: LA11-1-000.
    Applicants: Spring Canyon Energy LLC, Judith Gap Energy LLC,
Invenergy TN LLC, Wolverine Creek Energy LLC, Grays Harbor Energy LLC,
Forward Energy LLC, Willow Creek Energy LLC, Sheldon Energy LLC, Hardee
Power Partners Limited, Spindle Hill Energy LLC, Invenergy Cannon Falls
LLC, Beech Ridge Energy LLC, Grand Ridge Energy LLC, Grand Ridge Energy
II LLC, Grand Ridge Energy III LLC, Grand Ridge Energy IV LLC, Grand
Ridge Energy V LLC, Vantage Wind Energy LLC, White Oak Energy LLC.
    Description: Generation Site Report First Quarter 2011 of Spring
Canyon Energy LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5205.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: LA11-1-000.
    Applicants: CinCap IV LLC, CinCap V, LLC, Cinergy Capital &
Trading, Inc., Duke Energy Commercial Asset Management, Inc., Duke
Midwest Operating Companies, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy
Indiana, Inc., Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Duke
Energy Retail Sales, LLC, Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LLC, Happy
Jack Windpower, LLC, North Allegheny Wind, LLC, Silver Sage Windpower,
LLC, St. Paul Cogeneration, LLC, Three Buttes Windpower, LLC, Kit
Carson Windpower, LLC, Top of the World Energy, LLC.
    Description: Q1 update of Duke Energy Corporation.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5301.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.

    Docket Numbers: LA11-1-000.
    Applicants: Alabama Electric Marketing, LLC, Big Sandy Peaker
Plant, LLC, California Electric Marketing, LLC, Crete Energy Venture,
LLC, High Desert Power Project, LLC, Kiowa Power Partners, LLC, Lincoln
Generating Facility, LLC, New Covert Generating Company, LLC, New
Mexico Electric Marketing, LLC, Rolling Hills Generating, L.L.C.,
Tenaska Alabama Partners, L.P., Tenaska Alabama II Partners, L.P.,
Tenaska Frontier Partners, Ltd., Tenaska Gateway Partners, Ltd.,
Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P., Tenaska Power Services Co., Tenaska
Virginia Partners, L.P., Tenaska Washington Partners, L.P., Texas
Electric Marketing, LLC, TPF Generating Holdings, LLC, University Park
Energy, LLC, Wolf Hills Energy, LLC.
    Description: Report/Form of Rolling Hills Generating, LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 04/29/2011.
    Accession Number: 20110429-5318.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 20, 2011.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings 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. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. 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.
    As it relates to any qualifying facility filings, the notices of
self-certification [or self-recertification] listed above, do not
institute a proceeding regarding qualifying facility status. A notice
of self-certification [or self-recertification] simply provides
notification that the entity making the filing has determined the
facility named in the notice meets the applicable criteria to be a
qualifying facility. Intervention and/or protest do not lie in dockets
that are qualifying facility self-certifications or self-
recertifications. Any person seeking to challenge such qualifying
facility status may do so by filing a motion pursuant to 18 CFR
292.207(d)(iii). Intervention and protests may be filed in response to
notices of qualifying facility dockets other than self-certifications
and self-recertifications.
    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>.

    Dated: April 29, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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