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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236

    Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance
or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of
49 CFR Part 236, as detailed below.

[Docket Number FRA-2007-29295]

Applicant: R. J. Corman Railroad, Mr. J. D. Boles, Manager of Signals,
101 McKenna Way, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004.

    The R. J. Corman Railroad seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of two operative approach signals. The
operative approach signals are located at each end of the R. J. Corman
Railroad, Central Kentucky Line Old Road Subdivision, one approaching
CSX Transportation's (CSXT) CP North Cabin, Milepost VB 113.8,
Winchester, Kentucky, and one approaching CSXT's CP HK Tower, Milepost
W12.5, Anchorage, Kentucky. Signal 1128 is located within yard limits,
and is approaching North Cabin CP. Signal 131 is approaching HK Tower
CP. It is proposed to replace each signal with a permanent fixed sign.
The reason for the proposed changes is that present day operation does
not warrant need or retention of operative approach signals.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number ( Docket No. FRA-2007-29295) and may be
submitted by any of the following methods:
    Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online

instructions for submitting comments.
    Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
    Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
    Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be considered as far as practicable. All
written communications concerning these proceedings are available for
examination during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above
facility. All documents in the public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet at the docket facility's Web
site at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and 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 DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 26, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-92933; File No. SR-CboeBYX-2021-018]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
Its Fee Schedule

September 10, 2021.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on September 1, 2021, Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or
``BYX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II,
and III, below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or ``BYX'') proposes to
amend its Fee Schedule. The text of the proposed rule change is
provided in Exhibit 5.
    The text of the proposed rule change is also available on the
Exchange's website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/equities/regulation/rule_filings/byx/), at the Exchange's Office of the Secretary, and at
the Commission's Public Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of

the most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to amend its Fee Schedule to amend the
criteria for Add Volume Tiers 1 through 4, effective September 1, 2021.
    The Exchange first notes that it operates in a highly competitive
market in which market participants can readily direct order flow to
competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be
excessive or incentives to be insufficient. More specifically, the
Exchange is only one of 16 registered equities exchanges, as well as a
number of alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues
that do not have similar self-regulatory responsibilities under the
Exchange Act, to which market participants may direct their order flow.
Based on publicly available information, no single registered equities
exchange has more than 16% of the market share.\3\ Thus, in such a low-
concentrated and highly competitive market, no single equities exchange
possesses significant pricing power in the execution of order flow. The
Exchange in particular operates a ``Taker-Maker'' model whereby it pays
credits to members that remove liquidity and assesses fees to those
that add liquidity. The Exchange's Fee Schedule sets forth the standard
rebates and rates applied per share for orders that remove and provide
liquidity, respectively. Particularly, for securities at or above
$1.00, the Exchange provides a standard rebate of $0.00020 per share
for orders that remove liquidity and assesses a fee of $0.00200 per
share for orders that add liquidity. For orders priced below $1.00, the
Exchange does not assess a fee or provide a rebate for orders that add
liquidity and assesses a fee of 0.10% of total dollar value for orders
that remove liquidity. The Exchange believes that the ever-shifting
market share among the exchanges from month to month demonstrates that
market participants can shift order flow or discontinue to reduce use
of certain categories of products, in response to fee changes.
Accordingly, competitive forces constrain the Exchange's transaction
fees, and market participants can readily trade on competing venues if
they deem pricing levels at those other venues to be more favorable.
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    \3\ See Cboe Global Markets, U.S. Equities Market Volume
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    Additionally, in response to the competitive environment, the
Exchange also offers tiered pricing which provides Members
opportunities to qualify for higher rebates or reduced fees where
certain volume criteria and thresholds are met. Tiered pricing provides
an incremental incentive for Members to strive for higher tier levels,
which provides increasingly higher benefits or discounts for satisfying
increasingly more stringent criteria. For example, the Exchange
currently offers various Add/Remove Volume Tiers under footnote 1 of
the Fee Schedule, which offer various enhanced rebates and reduced fees
for reaching certain, incrementally more challenging volume-based
thresholds.
    The Exchange proposes to amend the criteria for Add Volume Tiers 1
through 4 under footnote 1 of the Fee Schedule, which tiers currently
provide Members an opportunity to qualify for reduced fees for orders
yielding fee codes B,\4\ V,\5\ and Y \6\ where a Member meets certain
required volume-based criteria. Specifically, Add Volume Tiers 1
through 4 are as follows:
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    \4\ Orders yielding Fee Code B are displayed orders that add
liquidity to BYX (Tape B) and are assessed a standard fee of
$0.00200.
    \5\ Orders yielding Fee Code V are displayed orders that add
liquidity to BYX (Tape A) and are assessed a standard fee of
$0.00200.
    \6\ Orders and orders yielding Fee Code Y are displayed orders
that add liquidity to BYX (Tape C) and are assessed a standard fee
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     Tier 1 provides a reduced fee of $0.0017 per share to a
Member that has an ADAV \7\ as a percentage of TCV \8\ greater than or
equal to 0.25%.
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    \7\ ``ADAV'' means average daily added volume calculated as the
number of shares added per day. ADAV is calculated on a monthly
basis.
    \8\ ``TCV'' means total consolidated volume calculated as the
volume reported by all exchanges and trade reporting facilities to a
consolidated transaction reporting plan for the month for which the
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     Tier 2 provides a reduced fee of $0.0014 per share to a
Member that has an ADAV as a percentage of TCV greater than or equal to
0.30%.
     Tier 3 provides a reduced fee of $0.0013 per share to a
Member that has an ADAV as a percentage of TCV greater than or equal to
0.45%.
     Tier 4 provides a reduced fee of $0.0012 per share to a
Member that has an ADAV as a percentage of TCV greater than or equal to
1.00%.
    Now, the Exchange proposes to modify these tiers to reduce the ADAV
as a percentage of TCV thresholds. The proposed Add Volume Tiers are as
follows:
     To meet the proposed criteria in Tier 1, a Member must
have an ADAV as a percentage of TCV equal to or greater than 0.20%
(instead of 25%).
     To meet the proposed criteria in Tier 2, a Member must
have an ADAV as a percentage of TCV equal to or greater than 0.25%
(instead of 30%).
     To meet the proposed criteria in Tier 3, a Member must
have an ADAV as a percentage of TCV equal to or greater than 0.30%
(instead of 45%).
     To meet the proposed criteria in Tier 4, a Member must
have an ADAV as a percentage of TCV equal to or greater than 0.60%
(instead of 1.00%).
    The proposed changes to these tiers are designed to make each
tier's criteria easier to reach by lowering the volume-based criteria
(i.e., the ADAV as a percentage of TCV thresholds). The Exchange
believes that by easing the tiers' criteria difficulty it will
encourage those Members who could not previously achieve these Tiers to
increase their order flow as a means to receive the Tiers' proffered
fee reductions. The Exchange does not propose any changes to the
corresponding reduced fee under each tier and notes that it believes
the current rates remain commensurate with each tier's criteria, even
as amended. The Exchange also believes the Add Volume Tiers, as
amended, continue to provide liquidity providing Members on the
Exchange additional opportunities to receive discounted rates. The Add
Volume Tiers are designed to provide Members that submit displayed
liquidity on the Exchange incentives to contribute to a deeper, more
liquid market, in turn, providing additional execution opportunities at
transparent prices as a result of such increased, displayed liquidity.
The Exchange believes that this benefits all Members by enhancing
overall market quality and contributing towards a robust and well-
balanced market ecosystem. The Exchange notes the modified tiers are
available to all Members.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with the objectives of Section 6 of the Act,\9\ in general, and
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4),\10\ in particular, as it is
designed to provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees and other charges among its Members and issuers and other persons
using its facilities. The Exchange also believes that the proposed rule
change is consistent with the objectives of Section 6(b)(5) \11\
requirements that the rules of

an exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster
cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating,
clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and
facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and
perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market
system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest,
and, particularly, is not designed to permit unfair discrimination
between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f.
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    As described above, the Exchange operates in a highly competitive
market in which market participants can readily direct order flow to
competing venues if they deem fee levels at a particular venue to be
excessive or incentives to be insufficient. The proposed rule changes
reflect a competitive pricing structure designed to incentivize market
participants to direct their order flow to the Exchange, which the
Exchange believes would enhance market quality to the benefit of all
Members. Also, as described above, the Exchange notes that relative
volume-based incentives and discounts have been widely adopted by
exchanges,\12\ including the Exchange,\13\ and are reasonable,
equitable and non-discriminatory because they are open to all members
on an equal basis and provide additional benefits or discounts that are
reasonably related to (i) the value to an exchange's market quality and
(ii) associated higher levels of market activity, such as higher levels
of liquidity provision and/or growth patterns. Competing equity
exchanges offer similar tiered pricing structures, including schedules
of rebates and fees that apply based upon members achieving certain
volume and/or growth thresholds, as well as assess similar fees or
rebates for similar types of orders, to that of the Exchange.
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    \12\ See e.g., Nasdaq BX, Equity 7 Pricing Schedule, Section
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    \13\ See BYX Equities Fee Schedule, Footnote 1, Add/Remove
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    In particular, the Exchange believes the proposed changes to ease
the volume-based criteria under Add Volume Tiers 1 through 4 is a
reasonable means to encourage Members to increase their add liquidity
on the Exchange. Further, the Exchange believes that the proposed
changes are reasonable as the proposed criteria does not represent a
significant departure from the criteria currently required of each
tier. Additionally, the Exchange believes Add Volume Tiers 1 through 4
will continue to provide Members additional opportunities to meet
criteria to receive a reduced fee, even as modified. The Exchange also
believes that the proposed reduced fees under Add Volume Tiers 1
through 4, which are not being changed, continue to be commensurate
with the new criteria.
    As noted above, the Exchange believes the proposed changes
incentivize Members to increase their overall add volume order flow,
which may provide for deeper, more liquid markets and execution
opportunities at improved prices, which the Exchange believes signals
an increase in activity from other market participants. This overall
increase in activity deepens the Exchange's liquidity pool, offers
additional cost savings, supports the quality of price discovery,
promotes market transparency and improves market quality, for all
investors.
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change represents an
equitable allocation of fees and rebates and is not unfairly
discriminatory because all Members are eligible for the Add Volume
Tiers and have the opportunity to meet the tiers' criteria and receive
the corresponding reduced fees if such criteria, even as amended, is
met. The Exchange notes that currently one Member is satisfying the
current criteria under Add Volume Tier 2 and no Members are satisfying
the current criteria under Add Volume Tiers 1, 3 or 4. Without having a
view of activity on other markets and off-exchange venues, the Exchange
has no way of predicting with certainty how the proposed changes will
impact Member activity. However, the Exchange anticipates that at least
one Member will be able to satisfy the criteria proposed under Add
Volume Tier 3 and does not anticipate any firms immediately satisfying
Add Volume Tiers 1, 2 or 4. The Exchange also notes that the proposed
changes will not adversely impact any Member's ability to qualify for
reduced fees or enhanced rebate offered under other tiers. Should a
Member not meet the proposed new criteria, the Member will merely not
receive the corresponding reduced fees.

B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule changes will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Rather, as discussed above, the
Exchange believes that the proposed changes would encourage the
submission of additional order flow to a public exchange, thereby
promoting market depth, execution incentives and enhanced execution
opportunities, as well as price discovery and transparency for all
Members. As a result, the Exchange believes that the proposed changes
further the Commission's goal in adopting Regulation NMS of fostering
competition among orders, which promotes ``more efficient pricing of
individual stocks for all types of orders, large and small.''
    The Exchange believes the proposed rule change does not impose any
burden on intramarket competition that is not necessary or appropriate
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. Particularly, the proposed
changes to Add Volume Tiers 1 through 4 applies to all Members equally
in that all Members are eligible for these tiers, have a reasonable
opportunity to meet the tiers' criteria and will receive the reduced
fee on their qualifying orders if such criteria is met. The Exchange
does not believe the proposed changes burdens competition, but rather,
enhances competition as it is intended to increase the competitiveness
of BYX by amending existing pricing incentives in order to attract
order flow and incentivize participants to increase their participation
on the Exchange, providing for additional execution opportunities for
market participants and improved price transparency. Greater overall
order flow, trading opportunities, and pricing transparency benefits
all market participants on the Exchange by enhancing market quality and
continuing to encourage Members to send orders, thereby contributing
towards a robust and well-balanced market ecosystem.
    Next, the Exchange believes the proposed rule change does not
impose any burden on intermarket competition that is not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. As previously
discussed, the Exchange operates in a highly competitive market. In
such an environment, the Exchange must continually review, and consider
adjusting, its fees and rebates to remain competitive with other
exchanges. Members have numerous alternative venues that they may
participate on and direct their order flow, including other equities
exchanges, off-exchange venues, and alternative trading systems.
Additionally, the Exchange represents a small percentage of the overall
market. Based on publicly available information, no single equities
exchange has more than 16% of the market share.\14\ Therefore, no
exchange possesses significant pricing power in the execution of order
flow. Indeed,

participants can readily choose to send their orders to other exchange
and off-exchange venues if they deem fee levels at those other venues
to be more favorable. Moreover, the Commission has repeatedly expressed
its preference for competition over regulatory intervention in
determining prices, products, and services in the securities markets.
Specifically, in Regulation NMS, the Commission highlighted the
importance of market forces in determining prices and SRO revenues and,
also, recognized that current regulation of the market system ``has
been remarkably successful in promoting market competition in its
broader forms that are most important to investors and listed
companies.'' \15\ The fact that this market is competitive has also
long been recognized by the courts. In NetCoalition v. Securities and
Exchange Commission, the D.C. Circuit stated as follows: ``[n]o one
disputes that competition for order flow is `fierce.' . . . As the SEC
explained, `[i]n the U.S. national market system, buyers and sellers of
securities, and the broker-dealers that act as their order-routing
agents, have a wide range of choices of where to route orders for
execution'; [and] `no exchange can afford to take its market share
percentages for granted' because `no exchange possesses a monopoly,
regulatory or otherwise, in the execution of order flow from broker
dealers'. . . .''.\16\ Accordingly, the Exchange does not believe its
proposed fee changes imposes any burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \14\ See supra note 3.
    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808 (June 9,
2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005).
    \16\ NetCoalition v. SEC, 615 F.3d 525, 539 (D.C. Cir. 2010)
(quoting Securities Exchange Act Release No. 59039 (December 2,
2008), 73 FR 74770, 74782-83 (December 9, 2008) (SR-NYSEArca-2006-
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C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \17\ and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 \18\
thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. If the Commission
takes such action, the Commission will institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be approved or
disapproved.
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    \18\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-CboeBYX-2021-018 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CboeBYX-2021-018. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-CboeBYX-2021-018 and should be submitted
on or before October 7, 2021.
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    \19\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\19\
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0427; FRL-10436-01-OAR]
RIN 2060-AV14

Public Hearing for RFS Standards for 2023-2025 and Other Changes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a
virtual public hearing to be held on January 10, 2023, on its proposal
for the ``Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2023-
2025 and Other Changes,'' which was announced on November 30, 2022. An
additional session will be held on January 11, 2023, if necessary, to
accommodate the number of testifiers that sign-up to testify. EPA is
proposing the 2023-2025 renewable fuel standards for cellulosic
biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable
fuel. EPA is also proposing the second supplemental standard addressing
the remand of the 2016 standard-setting rulemaking and several
regulatory changes to the RFS program, including regulations governing
the generation of qualifying renewable electricity and other
modifications intended to improve the program's implementation.

DATES: EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on January 10, 2023. An
additional session will be held on January 11, 2023, if necessary, to
accommodate the number of testifiers that sign-up to testify. Please
refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for additional
information.

ADDRESSES: The virtual public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern Time
(ET) and end when all parties who wish to speak have had an opportunity
to do so, but no later than 5 p.m. ET. All hearing attendees (including
even those who do not intend to provide testimony) should register for
the public hearing by January 3, 2023. Information on how to register
can be found at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewable-fuel-standards-2023-2024-and-2025. Please refer to
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for additional information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Parsons, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is proposing to establish the 2023-2025
volume targets and corresponding renewable fuel standards for
cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total
renewable fuel. EPA is also proposing the second supplemental standard
to address the remand of the 2016 standard-setting rulemaking, as well
as several regulatory changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
program, including regulations governing the generation of qualifying

renewable electricity. The RFS Standards for 2023-2025 and Other
Changes proposal was announced on November 30, 2022, and will be
published separately in the Federal Register. The pre-publication
version is available at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewable-fuel-standards-2023-2024-and-2025.
    Participation in virtual public hearing. Information on how to
register for the hearing can be found at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewable-fuel-standards-2023-2024-and-2025. The last day to pre-register to speak at the hearing will be
January 3, 2023.
    Each commenter will have 3 minutes to provide oral testimony. EPA
may ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will
not respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements and
supporting information submitted during the comment period will be
considered with the same weight as oral comments and supporting
information presented at the public hearing.
    Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the hearing will
be posted online at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/proposed-renewable-fuel-standards-2023-2024-and-2025. While EPA
expects the hearing to go forward as set forth above, please monitor
the website or contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to determine if there are any updates. EPA does not
intend to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
updates.
    If you require the services of a translator or special
accommodations such as audio description, please pre-register for the
hearing and describe your needs by January 3, 2023. EPA may not be able
to arrange accommodations without advance notice.
    How can I get copies of the proposed action and other related
information? EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0427. EPA has also developed a website for the
RFS program, including the proposal, which is available at https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program. Please refer to the notice
of proposed rulemaking for detailed information on accessing
information related to the proposal.

Benjamin Hengst,
Deputy Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of
Air and Radiation.
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