[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 47871]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5944-024]

Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Availability of
Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has
reviewed the application for a new license to continue to operate and
maintain the Moretown No. 8 Hydroelectric Project. The project is
located on the Mad River in Washington County, Vermont. Commission
staff has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project.
    The EA contains staff's analysis of the potential environmental
impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the project, with
appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a
major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the
human environment.
    The Commission provides all interested persons with an opportunity
to view and/or print the EA via the internet through the Commission's
Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov/), using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter
the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support at [email protected], or toll-free at<PHONE_NUMBER>,
or for TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at<PHONE_NUMBER> or [email protected].
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of electronic
filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket number P-5944-024.
    For further information, contact Maryam Zavareh at<PHONE_NUMBER>
or by email at [email protected].

    Dated: July 19, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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FIFRA SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL (SAP)

	OPEN MEETING

	OCTOBER 24 - 26, 2006

FIFRA SAP WEB SITE http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/

OPP Docket Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>

Docket Number: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0657

FQPA Science Review Board Members Biographical Sketches

Dr. Andrew Paul Gutierrez is a Professor in the Division of Ecosystem
Science at the University of California, Berkeley.  Dr.Gutierrez's
inter-disciplinary research group investigates plant - herbivore-natural
enemy interactions as driven by edaphic and weather factors using
physiologically based tritrophic models.  The models are based on
extensive field and laboratory data.  The models are used to assess the
theory and practice of biological control, to solve practical problems
in pest management and crop production and protection (IPM), and to
explore economic and theoretical issues.  The models have been used to
analyze diverse agroecosystems worldwide: alfalfa, apple, cassava,
coffee, common bean, cotton, grape, olive, rice/fish pond system and
agro-forestry.

Dr. Gutierrez current research focuses on five interrelated areas: (1)
The refinement of existing and development of new tritrophic models of
invasive species and transgenic crops; (2) The development of a
geographical information systems (GIS) based decision support system for
implementing crop systems models; (3) the analysis of climate warming on
ecosystem dynamics; (4) The analysis of the ecological and economic
impact of transgenic crops in agriculture; (5) Theoretical studies on
the bioeconomics of food web dynamics.

Dr. Gary P. Fitt is a senior principal research scientist in CSIRO, the
Australian government’s national research agency, where is Assistant
Chief of the Division of Entomology.  Dr. Fitt has a long background in
research related to ecologically based pest management systems, insect
pest ecology and behaviour, and the evaluation and management of GM
crops.  He joined CSIRO in 1983 and worked at the Australian Cotton
Research Institute, Narrabri for 20 years, researching the ecology and
management of Helicoverpa spp., the most devastating pests of field
crops in Australia. Since1992 he has been involved with research on
insect-tolerant GM cottons and prior to their commercial release in 1996
he coordinated the development of the pre-emptive management strategies
to protect the technology from the evolution of resistance by
Helicoverpa. Dr. Fitt was Program Leader for Cotton in CSIRO for 10
years from 1990 and the CEO of the Australian Cotton Cooperative
Research Centre from 1999-2003. Dr. Fitt has worked on collaborative
projects across Australia and internationally, particularly in relation
to cotton systems. He is currently Chair of the International Cotton
Advisory Committee (ICAC) Expert Panel on Cotton Biotechnology,
executive member of the IOBC Global Working on GM Crops in IPM and Board
Director of the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative research
Centre.

Dr. Alan S. Robinson obtained a PhD at the University of Bristol, UK on
Drosophila population genetic studies related to the development of
genetic control techniques for insect pests. He then spent one year as a
postdoc in Summerland Research Station, BC, Canada working on radiation
induced sterility in the codling moth Cydia pomonella. This work was
part of a sterile insect technique (SIT) programme that is still ongoing
and expanding in the Okanagan Valley in BC.

In 1972 he took up a position as a government scientist at the research
institute ITAL, Wageningen, The Netherlands to develop genetic control
techniques for the onion fly, Delia antiqua. This work also involved the
implementation of an SIT field programme. This SIT project is still
running and has in fact been taken over by private industry. Following
successful developments in the field of the SIT for Mediterranean fruit
fly Ceratitis capitata, he became heavily involved in the successful
development of genetic sexing strains for this species. These strains
are now in world-wide use in all Mediterranean fruit fly SIT programmes.

Anopheles mosquitoes remain a major problem for much of the world and in
The Netherlands a project was put together to examine the possibility of
developing genetic control techniques for Anopheles stephensi, a major
vector of malaria on the Indian sub-continent. A consortium of
institutes in the Netherlands, together with an institute in Pakistan,
collaborated on this project which he led until 1987. A reorganisation
of priorities at the Institute led to the premature closure of the
project.

At about this time the possibility of adding modern biotechnological
techniques to the development of insect control methods was beginning to
take shape and he obtained a two-year Senior Research Fellowship from
the EU to work at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,
Heraklion, Crete. Following the completion of the fellowship in 1989, he
took up a tenured position to work on genetic transformation and
molecular biology of the Mediterranean fruit fly.

In 1994 he was appointed the Head of the Entomology Unit at the FAOIAEA
Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory, Seibersdorf, Austria. The
major work of the Unit concerns the development and transfer of new
technology related to the implementation of SIT field programmes for
several different insect pest species. These include various species of
fruit flies and tsetse flies and in 2001 a new project was initiated to
assess the feasibility of developing the SIT for an important vector of
malaria in Africa, Anopheles arabiensis.

Dr. Ian V. MacRae is an Associate Professor with the Department of
Entomology at the

University of Minnesota and is the State Coordinator for the USDA CSREES
IPM

Program. Stationed at the Northwest Research & Outreach Center in
Crookston.  Dr.

MacRae has a 3-way appointment with responsibilities in research,
outreach and

teaching.  He received his PhD from the Dept. of Entomology at Oregon
State University

in 1994 and was a post-doctoral research associate in the departments of
Entomology and

then Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management at Colorado State
University prior to

joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota.  Dr. MacRae’s
current research focuses on the spatial dynamics of insect pest
populations (especially in agricultural crops of NW Minnesota), Site
Specific Pest Management, the regional movement of insect populations
between habitats, and the union of meteorological forecasting and
spatial mapping into insect population predictions.  Although a faculty
member of the St Paul based Dept of Entomology, he fulfills his teaching
responsibilities at the Crookston campus of UMN.  He has taught
Introductory & Applied Entomology there since the fall of 1997 and has
trained approximately 300 undergraduate students through this course.
He has a very active outreach program, publishing numerous educational
articles via various media and participates in a variety of educational
events for producers and Agricultural Professionals.

Dr. Steven L. Peck is Associate Professor in the Department of
Integrative Biology at Brigham Young University.  He received his Ph.D.
in Biomathematics and Entomology under the direction of Dr. Stephen
Ellner and Dr. Fred Gould, professors at North Carolina State
University.  He received his Masters Degree in Environmental
Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his
Bachelors Degree in Statistics from Brigham Young University.  The
general focus of his research revolves around the rates and modes of
evolution in spatially complex systems.  He has developed mathematical
and computer models of the spread of insect resistance in complex
regions of transgenic cotton plantings.  These models have been used by
the EPA in developing strategies to manage insect resistance to Bt
crops.  Before coming to Brigham Young University he worked for the
USDA-ARS in the Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center in Hilo,
Hawaii where he worked on problems related to the movement and control
of tephritid fruit flies.  He has served on ad hoc committees for the
USDA CREES grants panel (2005, 2006).  In 2004, he also served on the
U.S. EPA FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) for product
characterization, human health risk, ecological risk, and insect
resistance management for Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton product.
He has served as a consultant to the Korean government on developing
strategies for managing insect resistance to Bt crops.  He is currently
working on an EPA/USDA initiated program to gain a comprehensive
understanding of the complex simulation models that have been used to
inform government agencies on the spread of resistance in transgenic
crops.  He teaches classes in Environmental Science, Ecology and the
History and Philosophy of Biology.

Dr. Linda J. Young is a Professor of Statistics at the University of
Florida where she teaches, consults, and conducts research on
statistical methods for studies in public health, agricultural,
environmental, and ecological settings.  Dr. Young has a Ph.D. from
Oklahoma State University.  She has been a faculty member at Oklahoma
State University, the University of Nebraska, and the University of
Florida.  Dr. Young has more than 100 publications in 47 different
journals, constituting a mixture of statistics and subject-matter
journals, and two books with a third one currently under review.  A
major component of her work is collaborative with researchers in the
agricultural, ecological, environmental, and health sciences.  Her
recent research has focused on linking disparate data sets and the
subsequent analysis of these data using spatial statistical methods.
Dr. Young has been the editor of the Journal of Agricultural, Biological
and Environmental Statistics.  She is currently associate editor for
Biometrics, Journal of Environmental and Ecological Statistics, and
Sequential Analysis.  Dr. Young also has a keen interest in statistics
education at all levels, having worked with students and teachers from
Kindergarten through High School as well as undergraduate, graduate, and
post-graduate training.  Dr. Young has served in a broad range of
offices within the professional statistical societies, including
President of the Eastern North American Region of the American
Statistical Association, Vice-President of the American Statistical
Association, Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical
Societies, and member of the National Institute of Statistical
Science’s Board of Directors.  Dr. Young is a fellow of the American
Statistical Association and an elected member of the International
Statistical Institute.  She has served on numerous panels for the
National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency.


[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11423-11424]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03878]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FAA-2020-1197; Airspace Docket No. 20-AGL-38]
RIN 2120-AA66

Amendment of Restricted Area R-4305; Lake Superior, MN

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends the using agency listed for Restricted Area
R-4305, Lake Superior, MN. Specifically, this action changes the using
agency from ``USAF, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE'' (55th Wing), to ``U.S.
Air Force, 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth International Airport, MN''
(148th Fighter Wing). There are no changes to the boundaries,
designated altitudes, time of designation, or activities conducted
within the restricted area.

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, April 22, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations
Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783.

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
the 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 updates the using agency for Restricted Area R-4305,
Lake Superior, MN.

Background

    The U.S. Air Force requested that the Federal Aviation
Administration amend the Restricted Area R-4305, Lake Superior, MN,
description by changing the using agency from the ``USAF, 55th Wing,
Offutt AFB, NE'', to the ``U.S. Air Force, 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth
International Airport, MN''. Both military organizations use the
restricted area and support the using agency change. Since 2011, the
148th Fighter Wing has fulfilled the scheduling and utilization
reporting responsibilities for R-4305, even though the 55th Wing was
the using agency of record in the R-4305 description.
    As such, changing the R-4305 using agency from the 55th Wing,
Offutt AFB, NE, to the 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth International
Airport, MN, reflects the existing responsibilities of the 148th
Fighter Wing for accomplishing the scheduling and utilization reporting
for the restricted area. Additionally, this change supports the U.S.
Air Force's efforts to align the using agency for R-4305 and the
surrounding Military Operations Areas under the same using agency to
ensure efficient use of the special use airspace complex.
    There are no changes to the boundaries, designated altitudes, time
of designation, or activities conducted within the affected restricted
area as a result of changing the R-4305 using agency.

The Rule

    This action amends title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR)
part 73 by changing the using agency name listed for restricted area R-
4305 over Lake Superior, MN, from ``USAF, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE''
to ``U.S. Air Force, 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth International Airport,
MN''. This action is necessary in order to reflect the current military
organization tasked with using agency responsibilities for the
restricted area.
    This is an administrative change that does not affect the overall
R-4305 restricted area boundaries, designated altitudes, time of
designation, or activities conducted within the restricted area;
therefore, notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) are
unnecessary.

Regulatory Notices and Analyses

    The FAA has determined that this action only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
Therefore, this regulation: (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, will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Environmental Review

    The FAA has determined that this action of updating the using
agency information for R-4305, Lake Superior, MN, qualifies for
categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act, and
in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures, paragraph 5-6.5.d. This airspace action is an
administrative change to the description of restricted area R-4305,
Lake Superior, MN, to update the using agency name. It does not alter
the restricted area dimensions, designated altitudes, time of
designation, or use of the airspace. Therefore, this airspace action is
not expected to result in any significant environmental impacts. In
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, paragraph 5-2 regarding
Extraordinary Circumstances, this action has been reviewed for factors
and circumstances in which a normally categorically excluded action may
have a significant environmental impact requiring further analysis, and
it is determined that no extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant
preparation of an environmental assessment.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 73

    Airspace, Prohibited areas, Restricted areas.

The Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation
Administration amends 14 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

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1. The authority citation for part 73 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.  73.43  [Amended]

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2. Section 73.43 is amended as follows:
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R-4305 Lake Superior, MN [Amended]

    By removing the current using agency and adding the following in
its place:

    Using Agency. U.S. Air Force, 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth
International Airport, MN.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2021.
George Gonzalez,
Acting Manager, Rules and Regulations Group.
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