[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52001-52002]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL- 9915-68-AO]

Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory
Board Advisory Panel for the Review of the EPA Report on the
Environment 2014

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB
Panel to discuss its draft advisory report concerning the EPA draft
Report on the Environment 2014.

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, October 3,
2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
    Location: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain information concerning the public teleconference may contact Ms.
Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; via
telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER> or email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
General information concerning the SAB as well as any updates
concerning the teleconference announced in this notice may 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 (ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent
scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical
basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a federal
advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB complies with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to
FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB Advisory Panel
on EPA's Report on the Environment 2014 will hold a public meeting to
discuss its draft advisory report on the Agency's draft Report on the
Environment (ROE) 2014. This SAB panel will provide advice to the
Administrator through the chartered SAB.
    Background: The SAB Advisory Panel on EPA's Report on the
Environment 2014 previously held a face-to-face meeting on July 30-31,
2014 (79 FR 40101-40103) to respond to charge questions regarding EPA's
draft Report on the Environment 2014, available online at http://www.epa.gov/draftroe. Specifically, the Agency has requested the SAB to
comment on the clarity of the ROE objectives for various audiences, the
overarching conceptual framework based on a sustainability theme, the
addition of statistical information for individual indicators, and the
presentation of the ROE 2014 features in an online format. The purpose
of the upcoming teleconference is for the SAB Panel to discuss its
draft advisory report.
    Technical Contact: For technical questions and information
concerning the EPA draft Report on the Environment 2014, please contact
Dr. Jeffrey Frithsen, National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Mail Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER> or
via email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Availability of Meeting Materials: Prior to the teleconference, the
meeting agenda, the SAB Panel's draft advisory report, and any other
meeting materials will be accessible through the calendar link on the
blue navigation bar of the SAB Web site 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. Members of the
public can submit comments for a federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. Input from the public to the SAB will
have the most impact if it provides specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for SAB panels to consider or if it relates to
the clarity or accuracy of the technical information. Members of the
public wishing to provide oral statements to the SAB Panel should
contact the DFO directly. Oral Statements: In general, individuals or
groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference will
be limited to three minutes. Interested parties should contact Ms.
Stephanie Sanzone, DFO, in writing (preferably via email) at the
contact information noted above by
    September 26, 2014 to be placed on the list of public speakers.
Written Statements: Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
via email at the contact information noted above by September 26, 2014
so that the information may be made available to the Panel 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 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 Ms. Sanzone at (202) 564-
2067 or via email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>To request
accommodation of a disability, please contact Ms. Sanzone preferably at
least ten days prior to the teleconference to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.

    Dated: August 20, 2014.
 Thomas H. Brennan,
 Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77037-77038]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-76575; File No. SR-CBOE-2015-101]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated; Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the
Fees Schedule

December 7, 2015.
    On November 2, 2015, the Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated (``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change to amend the Exchange's fees schedule. The
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register
on November 25, 2015.\3\ The Commission received no comment letters on
the proposal. On December 1, 2015, the Exchange

withdrew the proposed rule change (SR-CBOE-2015-101).
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-76442 (November
16, 2015), 80 FR 72761.
    \4\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\4\
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40042-40043]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17293]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Numbers: RP19-1452-000.
    Applicants: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Aug 2019 Negotiated Rates
Cleanup Filing to be effective 9/1/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/2/19.
    Accession Number: 20190802-5003.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/14/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-1453-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: Compliance filing Termination of Rate Schedule X-128
to be effective 9/2/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/2/19.
    Accession Number: 20190802-5004.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/14/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-1454-000.
    Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Agreement
Update (Conoco Aug 2019) to be effective 8/5/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/2/19.
    Accession Number: 20190802-5067.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/14/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-238-002.
    Applicants: Southwest Gas Transmission Company, A Limited
Partnership.
    Description: Compliance filing Compliance Filing to Settlement to
be effective 8/14/2017.
    Filed Date: 8/2/19.
    Accession Number: 20190802-5031.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/14/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-1455-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Perm Cap Rel Related Neg Rate
Agmts (PH 41448, 41455 to BP 51410, 51411) to be effective 8/1/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/5/19.
    Accession Number: 20190805-5082.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-1456-000.
    Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Vol.2--Negotiated Rate and
Non-Conforming Agreement--K2 Commodities to be effective 8/3/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/5/19.

    Accession Number: 20190805-5094.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/19.

    Docket Numbers: RP19-976-001.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Compliance filing NAESB Version 3.1 Compliance
Filing--Revised Sheet No. 394H to be effective 8/1/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/5/19.
    Accession Number: 20190805-5073.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/19.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: August 6, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10707-10711]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 147

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0024]
RIN 1625-AA00

Safety Zone; NOBLE DISCOVERER, Outer Continental Shelf Drillship,
Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes a 500-meter safety zone around the
DRILLSHIP NOBLE DISCOVERER, while anchored or deploying and recovering
moorings on location in order to drill exploratory wells at various
prospects located in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Outer Continental
Shelf, Alaska, from 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. on
October 31, 2012. See TABLE 1. The purpose of the temporary safety zone
is to protect the drillship from vessels operating outside the normal
shipping channels and fairways. Placing a safety zone around the
drillship will significantly reduce the threat of allisions, which
could result in oil spills, and releases of natural gas, and thereby
protect the safety of life, property, and the environment. Lawful
demonstrations may be conducted outside of the safety zone.

DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast
Guard on or before March 26, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2012-0024 using any one of the following methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for instructions on
submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rule, call or email LT Jason Smilie, Seventeenth Coast Guard District
(dpi); telephone<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>If you have
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Renee
V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.

Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking (USCG-2012-0024), indicate the specific section of this
document to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
online (via http://www.regulations.gov) or by fax, mail, or hand
delivery, but please use only one of these means. If you submit a
comment online via http://www.regulations.gov, it will be considered
received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment.
If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered
as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the
Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and
a mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body
of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions
regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``submit a comment'' box, which will then become
highlighted in blue. In the ``Document Type'' drop down menu select
``Proposed Rule'' and insert ``USCG-2012-0024'' in the ``Keyword'' box.
Click ``Search'' then click on the balloon shape in the ``Actions''
column. If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit
them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\; by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by
mail and would like to know that they reached the Facility, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will
consider all comments and material received during the comment period
and may change the rule based on your comments.

Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
click on the ``read comments'' box, which will then become highlighted
in blue. In the ``Keyword'' box, insert USCG-2012-0024 and click
``Search.'' Click the ``open Docket Folder'' in the ``Actions'' column.
    You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140
on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We have an
agreement with the Department of Transportation to use the Docket
Management Facility.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets

in the January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

Public Meeting

    The Coast Guard does not plan to hold a public meeting. But you may
submit a request for one by using one of the four methods specified
under ADDRESSES. Please explain why you believe a public meeting would
be beneficial. If we determine that one would aid this rulemaking, we
will hold one at a time and place announced by a later notice in the
Federal Register.

Basis and Purpose

    The Coast Guard proposes the establishment of a temporary safety
zone around the DRILLSHIP NOBLE DISCOVERER while anchored or deploying
and recovering moorings on location in order to drill exploratory wells
in several prospects located in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas during
the 2012 drilling season.
    The request for the temporary safety zone was made by Shell
Exploration & Production Company due to safety concerns for both the
personnel aboard the NOBLE DISCOVERER and the environment. Shell
Exploration & Production Company indicated that it is highly likely
that any allision or inability to identify, monitor or mitigate any
risks or threats, including ice-related hazards that might be
encountered, would result in a catastrophic event. Incursions into the
safety zone by unapproved vessels could degrade the ability to monitor
and mitigate such risks. In evaluating this request, the Coast Guard
explored relevant safety factors and considered several criteria,
including but not limited to: (1) The level of shipping activity around
the operation; (2) safety concerns for personnel aboard the vessel; (3)
concerns for the environment given the sensitivity of the environmental
and subsistence importance to the indigenous population; (4) the lack
of any established shipping fairways, fueling and supply storage/
operations, and size of the crew increase the likelihood that an
allision would result in a catastrophic event; (5) the recent and
potential future maritime traffic in the vicinity of the proposed
areas; (6) the types of vessels navigating in the vicinity of the
proposed area; (7) the structural configuration of the vessel, and (8)
the need to allow for lawful demonstrations without endangering the
safe operation of the rig. For any group intending to conduct lawful
demonstrations in the vicinity of the rig, these demonstrations must be
conducted outside the safety zone.
    Results from a thorough and comprehensive examination of the
criteria, IMO guidelines, and existing regulations warrant the
establishment of the proposed temporary safety zone. The proposed
regulation would significantly reduce the threat of allisions that
could result in oil spills, and releases. Furthermore, the proposed
regulation would increase the safety of life, property, and the
environment in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas by prohibiting entry into
the zone unless specifically authorized by the Commander, Seventeenth
Coast Guard District, or a designated representative. Due to the remote
location and the need to protect the environment, the Coast Guard may
use criminal sanctions to enforce the safety zone as appropriate.
    The proposed temporary safety zone will be around the NOBLE
DISCOVERER while anchored or deploying and recovering moorings on
location in order to drill exploratory wells in various locations in
the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska during
the 2012 timeframe.
    Shell Exploration & Production Company has ten proposed drill sites
within the Burger, Suvulliq and Torpedo prospects, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
(See Table 1).

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            Prospect                Well            Area             Block          Lease No.              Latitude                    Longitude
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Burger.........................  A           Posey............            6764        OCS-Y-2280  N71[deg]18'30.92''          W163[deg]12'43.17''
Burger.........................  F           Posey............            6714        OCS-Y-2267  N71[deg]20'13.96''          W163[deg]12'21.75''
Burger.........................  J           Posey............            6912        OCS-Y-2321  N71[deg]10'24.03''          W163[deg]28'18.52''
Burger.........................  R           Posey............            6812        OCS-Y-2294  N71[deg]16'06.57''          W163[deg]30'39.44''
Burger.........................  S           Posey............            6762        OCS-Y-2278  N71[deg]19'25.79''          W163[deg]28'40.84''
Burger.........................  V           Posey............            6915        OCS-Y-2324  N71[deg]10'33.39''          W163[deg]04'21.23''
Sivulliq.......................  G           Flaxman Is.......            6658        OCS-Y 1805  N70[deg]23'46.82''          W146[deg]01'03.46''
Sivulliq.......................  N           Flaxman Is.......            6658        OCS-Y 1805  N70[deg]23'29.58''          W145[deg]58'52.53''
Torpedo........................  H           Flaxman Is.......            6610        OCS-Y 1941  N70[deg]27'01.62''          W145[deg]49'32.07''
Torpedo........................  J           Flaxman Is.......            6559        OCS-Y 1936  N70[deg]28'56.94''          W145[deg]53'47.15''
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    During the 2012 timeframe, Shell Exploration & Production Company
has proposed drilling up to two exploration wells at the identified
Chukchi and Beaufort Sea prospects depending on favorable ice
conditions, weather, sea state, and any other pertinent factors. Each
of these drill sites will be permitted for drilling in 2012 to allow
for operational flexibility in the event sea ice conditions prevent
access to one of the locations. The number of actual wells that will be
drilled will depend on ice conditions and the length of time available
for the 2012 drilling season. The predicted ``average'' drilling
season, constrained by prevailing ice conditions and regulatory
restrictions, is long enough for two to three typical exploration wells
to be drilled.
    The actual order of drilling activities will be controlled by an
interplay between actual ice conditions immediately prior to a rig
move, ice forecasts, any regulatory restrictions with respect to the
dates of allowed operating windows, whether the planned drilling
activity involves only drilling the shallow non-objective section or
penetrating potential hydrocarbon zones, the availability of permitted
sites having approved shallow hazards clearance, the anticipated
duration of each contemplated drilling activity, the results of
preceding wells and Marine Mammal Monitoring and Mitigation plan
requirements.
    All planned exploration drilling in the identified lease blocks
will be conducted with the NOBLE DISCOVERER. The NOBLE DISCOVERER is a
true drillship, and is a large self-contained drilling vessel that
offers full accommodations for up to 124 persons. The hull has been
reinforced for ice resistance.
    The NOBLE DISCOVERER has a ``persons on board'' capacity of 124,
and it is expected to be at capacity for most of its operating period.
The NOBLE DISCOVERER's personnel will include its crew, as well as
Shell employees, third party contractors, Alaska Native

Marine Mammal Observers and possibly Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) or Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
personnel.
    While conducting exploration drilling operations, the NOBLE
DISCOVERER will be anchored. The NOBLE DISCOVERER uses an anchoring
system consisting of an 8-point anchored mooring spread attached to the
onboard turret and could have a maximum anchor radius of 3,600 ft
(1,100 m). The anchor spread, which radiates from the center of the
NOBLE DISCOVERER, may pose a fouling hazard to any vessel attempting to
anchor within the anchor spread. Fouling of the NOBLE DISCOVERER anchor
lines may endanger the drillship, its 124 persons onboard the third
party vessel, persons onboard the third party vessel and the
environment.
    The center point of the NOBLE DISCOVERER will be positioned within
the prospect location in the Beaufort Sea at the coordinates listed
below (See Table 1).
    The NOBLE DISCOVERER will move into the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea on
or about July 1, 2012 and onto a prospect location when ice allows.
Drilling will be curtailed on or before October 31, 2012. The drillship
and support vessels will depart the Beaufort Sea at the conclusion of
the 2012 drilling season.

Discussion of Proposed Rule

    The proposed temporary safety zone would encompass the area within
500 meters from each point on the outer edge of the NOBLE DISCOVERER
while anchored on location in order to drill exploratory wells or
deploying and recovering moorings on location in order to drill
exploratory well. No vessel would be allowed to enter or remain in this
proposed safety zone except the following: An attending vessel or a
vessel authorized by the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District or
a designated representative. They may be contacted on VHF-FM Channel 13
or 16 or by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Regulatory Analyses

    The Coast Guard developed this proposed rule after considering
numerous statutes and executive orders related to rulemaking. Below we
summarize our analyses based on 13 of these statutes or executive
orders.

Regulatory Planning and Review

    This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review,
and does not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits
under section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office of Management and
Budget has not reviewed it under that Order.
    This rule is not a significant regulatory action due to the
location of the DRILLSHIP NOBLE DISCOVERER on the Outer Continental
Shelf and its distance from both land and safety fairways. Vessels
traversing waters near the proposed safety zone will be able to safely
travel around the zone without incurring additional costs.

Small Entities

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Coast
Guard has considered whether this proposed rule would have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The term ``small entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit
organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not
dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with
populations of less than 50,000.
    The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this proposed
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. This proposed rule would affect the following
entities, some of which might be small entities: The owners or
operators of vessels intending to transit or anchor in the Sivulliq and
Torpedo Prospect of the Beaufort Sea, including Flaxman Island blocks
6610, 6658 and 6659, and Posey Blocks 6714, 6762, 6764, 6812, 6912,
6915 (See Table 1).
    This safety zone will not have a significant economic impact or a
substantial number of small entities for the following reasons: This
rule will enforce a safety zone around a drillship facility that is in
an area of the Flaxman Island of the Beaufort Sea not frequented by
vessel traffic and is not in close proximity to a safety fairway.
Further, vessel traffic can pass safely around the safety zone without
incurring additional costs.
    If you think that your business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity and that this rule would have
a significant economic impact on it, please submit a comment (see
ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it qualifies and how and to what
degree this rule would economically affect it.

Assistance for Small Entities

    Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we want to assist small
entities in understanding this proposed rule so that they can better
evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the
rule would affect your small business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or
options for compliance, please contact LT Jason Smilie, Coast Guard
Seventeenth District, Office of Prevention; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>The Coast Guard will not retaliate against
small entities that question or complain about this proposed rule or
any policy or action of the Coast Guard.

Collection of Information

    This proposed rule would call for no new collection of information
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.).

Federalism

    A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local
governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial
direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this proposed rule
under that Order and have determined that it does not have implications
for federalism.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

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

Taking of Private Property

    This proposed rule would not cause a taking of private property or
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected
Property Rights.

Civil Justice Reform

    This proposed rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and
3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize
litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.

Protection of Children

    The Coast Guard has analyzed this proposed rule under Executive
Order 13045, Protection of Children from

Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule is not an
economically significant rule and would not create an environmental
risk to health or risk to safety that might disproportionately affect
children.

Indian Tribal Governments

    This proposed rule does not have tribal implications under
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, because it would not have a substantial direct effect on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.

Energy Effects

    The Coast Guard analyzed this proposed rule under Executive Order
13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy
Supply, Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a
``significant energy action'' under that order because it is not a
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866 and is
not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution, or use of energy. The Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs has not designated it as a
significant energy action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement
of Energy Effects under Executive Order 13211.

Technical Standards

    The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15
U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards
in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress,
through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why
using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or
otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical
standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or
operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management
systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus
standards bodies.
    This proposed rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we
did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.

Environment

    We have analyzed this proposed rule under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 023-01 and Commandant Instruction
M16475.lD, which guide the Coast Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and
have made a preliminary determination that this action is one of a
category of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a
significant effect on the human environment. A preliminary
environmental analysis checklist supporting this determination is
available in the docket where indicated under ADDRESSES. We seek any
comments or information that may lead to the discovery of a significant
environmental impact from this proposed rule.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 147

    Continental shelf, Marine safety, Navigation (water).

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard proposes
to amend 33 CFR part 147 as follows:

PART 147--SAFETY ZONES

    1. The authority citation for part 147 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 14 U.S.C. 85; 43 U.S.C. 1333; Department of Homeland
Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

    2. Add Sec.  147.T17-0024 to read as follows:

Sec.  147.T17-0024  Safety Zone; NOBLE DISCOVERER, Outer Continental
Shelf Drillship, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska.

    (a) Description. The NOBLE DISCOVERER will be engaged in
exploratory drilling operations at various locations in the Chukchi and
Beaufort Seas from July 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012. The DRILLSHIP
will be anchored while conducting exploratory drilling operations with
the center point of the vessel located at the coordinates listed in
Table 1. These coordinates are based upon [NAD 83] UTM Zone 3. The area
within 500 meters (1,640.4 feet) from each point on the outer edge of
the vessel while anchored on location is a safety zone. Lawful
demonstrations may be conducted outside of the safety zone.

                                                               Table 1--Prospect Locations
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            Prospect                Well            Area             Block          Lease No.              Latitude                    Longitude
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Burger.........................  A           Posey............            6764        OCS-Y-2280  N71[deg]18[min]30.92[sec]   W163[deg]12[min]43.17[sec]
Burger.........................  F           Posey............            6714        OCS-Y-2267  N71[deg]20[min]13.96[sec]   W163[deg]12[min]21.75[sec]
Burger.........................  J           Posey............            6912        OCS-Y-2321  N71[deg]10[min]24.03[sec]   W163[deg]28[min]18.52[sec]
Burger.........................  R           Posey............            6812        OCS-Y-2294  N71[deg]16[min]06.57[sec]   W163[deg]30[min]39.44[sec]
Burger.........................  S           Posey............            6762        OCS-Y-2278  N71[deg]19[min]25.79[sec]   W163[deg]28[min]40.84[sec]
Burger.........................  V           Posey............            6915        OCS-Y-2324  N71[deg]10[min]33.39[sec]   W163[deg]04[min]21.23[sec]
Sivulliq.......................  G           Flaxman Is.......            6658        OCS-Y-1805  N70[deg]23[min]46.82[sec]   W146[deg]01[min]03.46[sec]
Sivulliq.......................  N           Flaxman Is.......            6658        OCS-Y-1805  N70[deg]23[min]29.58[sec]   W145[deg]58[min]52.53[sec]
Torpedo........................  H           Flaxman Is.......            6610        OCS-Y-1941  N70[deg]27[min]01.62[sec]   W145[deg]49[min]32.07[sec]
Torpedo........................  J           Flaxman Is.......            6559        OCS-Y-1936  N70[deg]28[min]56.94[sec]   W145[deg]53[min]47.15[sec]
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    (b) Regulation. No vessel may enter or remain in this safety zone
except the following:
    (1) An attending vessel; or
    (2) A vessel authorized by the Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District, or a designated representative.
    (c) Penalties. Violation of this regulation may result in criminal
or civil penalties, or both.

    Dated: February 2, 2012.
Thomas P. Ostebo,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2012-3998 Filed 2-22-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P


DRAFT SECTION 8( E) POLICY TEXT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MARCH 9, 1995 Note to reviewers.:

( I) EPA is proposing to make the final guidance prospective with an effective date 90 120 days after publication.

( 2) During the period after publication, but before the effective date, EPA plana to develop a Q & A document based on examples/ questions posed by the regulated community.

( 3) Text in bold indicates major changes from July 13, 1993 proposal. Revised Policy Text Statement of" 1nterpretation of, and Enforcement Policy Concerning, Section 8( e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 1. Part I1 is amended by revising the note at the end of Part I1 to read as follows:

Note.  Irrespective of a business organization's decision to establish and publicize procedures described above, it is responsible for becoming cognizant of any l'substantial risk"

information obtained by its officers and employees, and for ensuring that such information is properly reported to EPA under the provisions of the Policy Statement.

2. Part IV is amended by revising it to read as follows:

IV. Reuuirement that a Person llImmediatelvInform11the Administrator.

With the exception of certain information on emergency incidents of environmental contamination [ see Part V( c)] and information subndtted  der Part VII~ C) and ( a), a person has " immediatelyinformedttthe ' Administrator if information is received by EPA not later than the 30th calendar day after the date the person obtained such information. Supplementary )

information generated after a section 8( e) notification should,

if appropriate, be immediately reported. Reports must be made as required under Part IX. For emergency incidents of environmental contamination, a person must report by telephone to the appropriate contact as directed in Part IX as soon as the person 2  has knowledge of the incident. The report should containdas much *;>+ I of the information required by Part IX as is possible. ' Afoil

up writtea report 58 not required. 4 3. Part V is'amended by revising paragraph ( b)( 1) and adding the phrase lrEnvironmentaleffects." to the beginning of each paragraph in ( b)( 2) through ( b)( 5) to read as follows:

( a) * * *

( b) Non Emercrencv Situations Inv01v' ina Env'LronmentaL Contamination: Environmental Effectg ( 1) Non emergency situations of chemical contamination involving humans and/ or the environment. Information that pertains to widespread and previously unsuspected distribution in urvironnruDtr1 modia of a chemical eubstance or dxturo known to cau. 0 soriourr rrd~ torso effects, when coupled with information that widesprorrd or significant exposure to human. or norr humm organfanu ha.;

occurred or that there im a aubetantial likelihood that sych '

exposure will occur, is subject to reporting. The mere presence of a chemical in an environmental. media, absent relevant information noted above, would not trigger reporting under section 8( e). Information concerning the detection of chemical substances contained within appropriate disposal facilities should not be reported under this Part.

Nota: From time to time $ PA e8tablishe8 concentrations of various substarrcee in differ t media that either present no/ lcm riek or presume a risk to hoalth and/ or thr environment ao tho case may be. For examplo, EPA establishea Haximum Contaminant 3 ~ evelsin drinking water, Ambient water Quality Criteria for.

receiving bodiaa of water, urd Rafersnce Dose. or Coaccmtrationm.

For the purpo8a of Section 8( e), information about Contdnation  4 found at or below'the low or PO ri8k bsnchosarks would not be reportable, Conversely, informrrtion about contunination found at or above high risk benchmrrk8, 8uch a8 RCRA Toxicity Characteristic Limits, may often be raportablo given othar exposure related'factor#

( 2) Environmental effects. * * * . ( 3) Environmental effects. * * *

( 4) Environmental effects. * * *

( 5) Environmental effects. * * * * * * *

4. By revising Part VI1 to read as follows:

VII. Information Which Need Not Be ReRortea tfSubstantialrisk" information need not be reported if it:

( a) Is obtained from one of the following sources:

1. An official publication or official report ( draft or final) published or made available to the general public by EPA or another Federal agency.

2. A scientific publication with national recognition ( e, g., Science, Nature, Nm England Journal of Medicine, ete.) ,

3. A data base availablo on a national basis ( e. g.,

Agricola, Biological Ab8tract8, Chdeal Abstracts, Dissertation Abstracts, Index Medicu8, ate) 4. A news publication ( i. e., newspaper, news magazine,

trade press) with circulation in the U. S.

5. A radio or television news report broadcast in the U. S. a 6. A public scientific conference or meeting held within the U. S., provided that the information is captured accurately by way of a meeting transcript, abstract, or other such record, and has been cited in a bibliographic/ abstract computerized data base, publication, or report of the type cited in paragraphs ( l),

( 2) , ( 3), ( 4) , or ( 5) above within 90 days of obtaining such information.

7. A public ecientific conference spon8or. d or co. pon8ored by $ PA or at a conference where the information i8 proouatod by an EPA employee or contractor ( acting on behalf of = A).

( b) Corrobsrates ( i. e., substantially duplicate8 or confirms) in terms of, for example, route of exposure, dose,

species, strain, sex, time to onset, and severity, a well recognized/ well established serious adverse effect for the subject chemical( s), unless such information concerns effects observed in association with emergency incidents of environmental contamination as described in Part V( c).

( c) Is information that is. reported to EPA within 90 calendar days for non emergency information under PART V( b)( l),

immediately ( i. e., as soon as the subject person has knowledge of the incident) for emergency information under PART V( c), or within 30 calendar days for the other types of information 1 required under PART V, pursuant to a mandatory reporting 5 requirement of any statutory authority that is administered by EPA ( including, but not limited to, the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Federal Tater Pollution Control Act; the Clean Air Act; P the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Pollution Prevention Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act).

( d) Is information that is reported to a State within 90 calendar days for non emergency information under PART immediately ( i. e., as soon as the subject person has knowledge of the incident) for emergency information der PART V( c), or within 30 calendar days for the other tn; r.. s of hforPPrtioa required under'PART V, pursuant to a mandatory reporting requirement under any Federal statute administered by EPA and 1 g.; National Pollutant Discharge delegated that State ( e,.

Elimination System ( NPDES) permit requirements) 8 or pursuant to a mandatory reporting provision of an EPA authorized State program established under a Federal statute administered by EPA, e. g.,

state RCRA programs.

( e) Is informatfop req6ired to be submitted to the Federal government ot a etate that ie developed am a result of an authorized site remediation program.

( f) Is information of the kind under PART V( b) and ( c)

concerning a site under the control of anothex person or a non __ . ... .___ V. S. mite, provided tharre ia no reraonable poamibility to contaminate an area in the 0.8.

+ 5. By revising Part IX to read as follows: a IX. ReDortinq Remiremenu Notices shall be delivered to the Document Processing Center ( XXXX), ( Attn: Section 8( e) Coordinator), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

A notice must:

( a) Be sent by certified mail, or in any other way P permitting verification of its receipt by the Agency,

( b) State that it is being submitted in accordance with section 8 ( e),

( c) Contain the job title, name, address, telephone number,

and signature of the person reporting and the name and address of the manufacturing, processing, or distribution establishment with which the person is associated,

( d) Identify the chemical substance or ritixture ( including,

if known, the CAS Registry Number),

( e) Summarize the adverse effects or risk being reported,

describing the nature and the extent of the effects or risk involved, and ( f) Contain the specific source of the information together with a summary and the source of any available supporting . technical data. ,

7 For emergency incidents of environmental contamination ( see Part V( c) ) , a person shall report the incident to the Administrator or % he National Re8pOnSe Center by telephone as soon as he/ she has knowledge of the incident ( see below for h appropriate telephone contacts). The repo& should contain as much of the information required by instructions ( c) through ( f)

above as possible. Twenty four hour emergency telephone numbers are:

Region I ( Maine, % ode Island, Connecticut, Vermont,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire), ( 617) 223 7265.

Region I1 ( New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), ( 201) 548 8730.

Region I11 ( Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland,

Delaware, District of Columbia), ( 215) 597 9898.

Region IV ( Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida), ( 404) 347 4062.,

Region V ( Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,

Minnesota), ( 312) 353 2318.

Region VI ( New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,

Louisiana), ( 214) 655 2222. ,

Region VI1 ( Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas), ( 913) 236 3778.

Region VI11 ( Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota,

. South Dakota), ( 303) 293 1788.

I 8 , \

Region Ix ( California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam), ( 415)

744 2000.

1 Region X ( Washington,' Oregon, Idaho, Alaska), ( 206)

442c 1263.

The National Response Center ( xxx) xxx xxxx 9