[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65636-65637]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22972]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0511; FRL-9952-95]

Certain New Chemicals or Significant New Uses; Statements of
Findings for September 2016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Section 5(g) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its
findings after its review of TSCA section 5(a) notices when EPA makes a
finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not
likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the
environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs),
microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use
notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under TSCA section 5. This document
presents statements of findings made by EPA on TSCA section 5(a)
notices during the period from June 22, 2016 to September 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For technical information contact: Greg Schweer, Chemical Control
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the
Agency has not attempted to describe the specific entities that this
action may apply to. Although others may be affected, this action
applies directly to the submitters of the PMNs addressed in this
action.

B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    The docket for this action, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0511 is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Docket (OPPT Docket), Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center
(EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566-
0280. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information
about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This document lists the statements of findings made by EPA after
review of notices submitted under TSCA section 5(a) that certain new
chemical substances or significant new uses are not likely to present
an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. This
document presents statements of findings made by EPA during the period
from June 22, 2016 to September 19, 2016.

III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?

    TSCA section 5(a)(3) requires EPA to review a TSCA section 5(a)
notice and make one of the following specific findings:
     The chemical substance or significant new use presents an
unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment;
     The information available to EPA is insufficient to permit
a reasoned evaluation of the health and environmental effects of the
chemical substance or significant new use;
     The information available to EPA is insufficient to permit
a reasoned evaluation of the health and environmental effects and the
chemical substance or significant new use may present an unreasonable
risk of injury to health or the environment;
     The chemical substance is or will be produced in
substantial quantities, and such substance either enters or may
reasonably be anticipated to enter the environment in substantial
quantities or there is or may be significant or substantial human
exposure to the substance; or
     The chemical substance or significant new use is not
likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the
environment.
    Unreasonable risk findings must be made without consideration of
costs or other non-risk factors, including an unreasonable risk to a
potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant
under the conditions of use. The term ``conditions of use'' is defined
in TSCA section 3 to mean ``the circumstances, as determined by the
Administrator, under which a chemical substance is intended, known, or
reasonably foreseen to be manufactured, processed, distributed in
commerce, used, or disposed of.''
    EPA is required under TSCA section 5(g) to publish in the Federal
Register a statement of its findings after its review of a TSCA section
5(a) notice when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or
significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of
injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to
premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices
(MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under
TSCA section 5.
    Anyone who plans to manufacture (which includes import) a new
chemical substance for a non-exempt commercial purpose, and any
manufacturer or processor wishing to engage in a use of a chemical
substance designated by EPA as a significant new use, must submit a
notice to EPA at least 90 days before commencing manufacture of the new
chemical substance, or before manufacture or processing, for the
significant new use.

    The submitter of a notice to EPA for which EPA has made a finding
of ``not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or
the environment'' may commence manufacture of the chemical substance or
manufacture or processing for the significant new use notwithstanding
any remaining portion of the applicable review period.

IV. Statements of Administrator Findings Under TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C)

    In this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent
that such information is not claimed as Confidential Business
Information (CBI)) on the PMNs, MCANs and SNUNs for which, during this
period, EPA has made findings under TSCA section 5(a)(3)(C) that the
new chemical substances or significant new uses are not likely to
present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment:
     EPA case number assigned to the TSCA section 5(a) notice.
     Chemical identity (generic name, if the specific name is
claimed as CBI).
     Web site link to EPA's decision document describing the
basis of the ``not likely to present an unreasonable risk'' finding
made by EPA under TSCA section 5(a)(3)(C).
    EPA Case Number: J-16-0006; Chemical identity: Trichoderma reesei
modified (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/j-16-0006_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: J-16-0010; Chemical identity: Saccharomyces
cerevisiae modified (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/j-16-0010_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: J-16-0011-0016; Chemical identity: Biofuel
Producing Organism (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/j-16-0011-0016_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: J-16-0017; Chemical identity: Saccharomyces
cerevisiae modified (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/j-16-0017_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: J-16-0018; Chemical identity: Saccharomyces
cerevisiae modified (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/j-16-0018_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0281; Chemical identity: Fatty alcohols-
dimers, trimers, polymers (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-07/documents/sanitized_p160281_ogc_reviewed_signature_version_07152016.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0292; Chemical identity: Depolymerized waste
plastics (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-07/documents/sanitized_p160292_final_determinationv2.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0301; Chemical identity: Propyl
silsesquioxanes, hydrogen-terminated (generic name); Web site link:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-07/documents/sanitized_p160301_determination_post_ogc_review_07202016.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0302; Chemical identity: Organic modified
propyl silsesquioxane (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-07/documents/sanitized_p160302_determination_post_ogc_review_07202016.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0340; Chemical identity: Glycerides,
C8-18 and C18 unsaturated, from fermentation
(generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0340_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0343-0344; Chemical identity: Modified
urethane polymer (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0343-0344_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0348; Chemical identity: Polypentaerythritol,
mixed esters with linear and branched monoacids (generic name); Web
site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-00348_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0351; Chemical identity: Glycerides,
C14-18 and C16-C18 unsaturated, from
fermentation (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0351_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0366; Chemical identity: Blocked
polyisocyanate (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0366_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0373; Chemical identity:
Tris(alkyloxyphenyl)triazine compounds (generic name); Web site link:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-00373_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0391; Chemical identity: Polyester polyol
polymer with aliphatic isocyanate and phenol derivates (generic name);
Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0391_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0392; Chemical identity: Modified vegetable
oil (generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0392_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.
    EPA Case Number: P-16-0466; Chemical identity: 2,5-Furandione,
telomer with ethenylbenzene and (alkylethyl)benzene, amides with
polyethylene-polypropylene glycol aminoalkyl Me ether, alkali salts
(generic name); Web site link: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-08/documents/p-16-0466_determination_non-cbi_final.pdf.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

    Dated: September 19, 2016.
Wendy Cleland-Hamnett,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2016-22972 Filed 9-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 502-503]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28497]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-32-000]

Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization; Gulf South
Pipeline Company, LP

    Take notice that on December 20, 2019, Gulf South Pipeline Company,
LP (Gulf South), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas 77046,
filed a prior notice application pursuant to sections 157.205(b),
157.208(c), 157.210, and 157.216 of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's (Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA),
and Gulf South's blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-430-000.
Gulf South requests authorization to improve the efficiency and
reliability of its McComb Compressor Station located on Gulf South's
Index 130 mainline in Walthall County, Mississippi, all as more fully
set forth in the application, which is open to the public for
inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the web at 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 at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
    Specifically, Gulf South proposes to (1) retire in-place one of the
seven existing reciprocating compressor units (Unit 3) at the station,
as it has suffered mechanical damage; (2) install one new Solar Taurus
70-T10802S Centrifugal Compressor (T70) package, including its required
ancillary, auxiliary equipment and yard and station piping; and (3)
place three of the six remaining reciprocating compressor units on
standby.
    Gulf South states, that only three existing reciprocating gas
compressors are operated with the T70 during the station's full load
capacity, all located in Walthall County, Mississippi. The proposed
modifications will result in an increase of certificated capacity of
48,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) from Harrisville receipts on Index
130 to deliveries on Gulf South's existing 24-inch Index 133 system.
One primary improved point would be Gulf South's

Transco Walthall Interconnect in south Mississippi.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Juan
Eligio Jr. Supervisor, Regulatory Affairs, Gulf South Pipeline, LP, 9
Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, Houston, Texas 77046 or phone (713) 479-
3480, or by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 60 days after
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Section 157.205 of
the regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and
not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of the NGA.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either:
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, and will be
notified of any meetings associated with the Commission's environmental
review process. Environmental commenters will not be required to serve
copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party
commenter will not receive copies of all documents filed by other
parties or issued by the Commission and will not have the right to seek
court review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 3 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426.

    Dated: December 30, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-28497 Filed 1-3-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 49286]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17670]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

POSTAL SERVICE

Product Change--First-Class Package Service Negotiated Service
Agreement

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the
Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services
contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail
Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

DATES: Effective date: July 27, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth A. Reed,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Postal Service[supreg]
hereby gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and 3632(b)(3), on
July 21, 2016, it filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission a Request
of the United States Postal Service to Add First-Class Package Service
Contract 58 to Competitive Product List. Documents are available at
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2016-170, CP2016-248.

Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-17705 Filed 7-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7710-12-P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-78384; File No. SR-Nasdaq-2016-002]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on
Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed
Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto, To List and
Trade Shares of the First Trust Municipal High Income ETF of First
Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III

July 21, 2016.
    On January 6, 2016, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'' or the
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'' or ``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to list and trade shares
(``Shares'') of the First Trust Municipal High Income ETF (``Fund'')
under Nasdaq Rule 5735. The proposed rule change was published for
comment in the Federal Register on January 27, 2016.\3\ On February 16,
2016, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 1.\4\ On March 8, 2016, pursuant
to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ the Commission designated a longer
period within which to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the
proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to
disapprove the proposed rule change.\6\ On April 26, 2016, the
Commission instituted proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act
\7\ to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule
change, as modified by Amendment No. 1 thereto.\8\ In the Order
Instituting Proceedings, the Commission solicited comments to specified
matters related to the proposal.\9\ On June 24, 2016, the Exchange
filed Amendment No. 2, which replaced the originally filed proposed
rule change in its entirety.\10\ The Commission has not received any
comments on the proposed rule change.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76944 (Jan. 21,
2016), 81 FR 4712 (``Notice'').
    \4\ Amendment No. 1 is available on the Commission's Web site
at: http://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2016-002/nasdaq2016002-1.pdf.
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-77320, 81 FR
13429 (Mar. 14, 2016). The Commission designated April 26, 2016 as
the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove,
or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the
proposed rule change.
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
    \8\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 77871, 81 FR 26265
(May 2, 2016) (``Order Instituting Proceedings''). Specifically, the
Commission instituted proceedings to allow for additional analysis
of the proposed rule change's consistency with Section 6(b)(5) of
the Act, which requires, among other things, that the rules of a
national securities exchange be ``designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade,'' and ``to protect investors and the public
interest.'' See id., 81 FR at 26268.
    \9\ See id.
    \10\ Amendment No. 2 is available on the Commission's Web site
at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nasdaq-2016-002/nasdaq2016002-2.pdf.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \11\ provides that, after initiating
disapproval proceedings, the Commission shall issue an order approving
or disapproving the proposed rule change not later than 180 days after
the date of publication of notice of the filing of the proposed rule
change. The Commission may, however, extend the period for issuing an
order approving or disapproving the proposed rule change by not more
than 60 days if the Commission determines that a longer period is
appropriate and publishes the reasons for such determination. The
proposed rule change was published for notice and comment in the
Federal Register on January 27, 2016.\12\ The 180th day after
publication of the notice of the filing of the proposed rule change in
the Federal Register is July 25, 2016.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \12\ See supra note 3.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer
period within which to issue an order approving or disapproving the
proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the
proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 thereto.
    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\13\ designates September 23, 2016, as the date by which the
Commission shall either approve or disapprove the proposed rule change,
as modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 thereto (File No. SR-Nasdaq-2016-
002).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \14\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\14\
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17670 Filed 7-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85681-85684]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28476]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2016-0124; Notice 1]

General Motors LLC, Receipt of Petition for Inconsequentiality
and Decision Granting Request To File Out of Time and Request for
Deferral of Determination

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition and decision granting partial
relief.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On May 16, 2016, TK Holdings Inc. (Takata) filed a defect
information report (DIR), in which it determined that a defect existed
in certain passenger-side air bag inflators that it manufactured,
including passenger inflators that it supplied to General Motors, LLC
(GM) for use in certain GMT900 vehicles. GM has petitioned the Agency
for a decision that, because of differences in inflator design and
vehicle integration, the equipment defect determined to exist by Takata
is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety in the GMT900
vehicles, and that GM should therefore be relieved of its notification
and remedy obligations.

DATES: The closing date for comments is September 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written data,
views, and arguments regarding this petition for inconsequentiality.
Comments must refer to the docket and notice number cited in the title
of this notice and be submitted by one of the following methods:
     Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    You may call the Docket at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Note that all comments received will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. Thus, submitting such information makes it public. You may
wish to read the Privacy Act notice, which can be viewed by clicking on
the ``Privacy and Security Notice'' link in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov. DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement is available
for review in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477-78).
    The petition, supporting materials, and all comments received
before the close of business on the closing date indicated above will
be filed in the docket and will be considered. Comments and supporting
materials received after the closing date will also be filed and will
be considered to the extent possible. When the petition is granted or
denied, notice of the decision will also be published in the Federal
Register pursuant to the authority indicated at the end of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal issues: Elizabeth Mykytiuk,
Office of the Chief Counsel, NCC-100, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590
(telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>).
    For general information regarding NHTSA's investigation into Takata
air bag inflator ruptures and the related recalls: http://www.safercar.gov/rs/takata/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On May 4, 2016, NHTSA issued, and Takata agreed to, an Amendment to
the November 3, 2015 Consent Order (the ``Amendment''), under which
Takata is bound to declare a defect in all frontal driver and passenger
air bag inflators that contain a phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate
(PSAN)-based propellant and do not contain a moisture-absorbing
desiccant. Such defect declarations will be made on a rolling basis.
See Amendment at ] 14. Takata timely submitted the first scheduled
equipment DIRs on May 16, 2016. See Recall Nos. 16E-042, 16E-043, and
16E-044. Those DIRs included non-desiccated passenger inflators,
designated as types SPI YP and PSPI-L YD, that were installed as
original equipment on certain motor vehicles manufactured by GM (the
``covered passenger inflators''), as well as other non-desiccated
passenger inflators installed as original equipment on motor vehicles
manufactured by a number of other automakers, which are not at issue
here.
    The Takata filing triggered GM's obligation to file a DIR for the
affected GM vehicles. See 49 CFR part 573; Amendment at ] 16; November
3, 2015 Coordinated Remedy Order at ] 46.\1\ GM ultimately submitted
two DIRs on May 27, 2016. See Recall Nos. 16V-381 (for vehicles in Zone
A) and 16V-383 (for vehicles in Zone B). In an attachment to the DIRs,
GM stated that it had not determined the existence of a safety defect,
and it referred to the recalls as ``preliminary.'' \2\ The attachment
further indicated that, even though GM had not made an independent
defect determination, the company was nonetheless filing a DIR in
response to Takata's defect determination. See Recall Nos. 16V-381 and
16V-383. GM stated that it ``expect[s] to provide NHTSA with additional
test data, analysis or other relevant and appropriate evidence in
support of our belief that our vehicles do not pose an unreasonable
risk to safety.'' See id. GM also stated that it ``will conduct a
recall of its airbag inflators covered by the May 2016 Takata DIRs,
unless GM is able to prove to NHTSA's satisfaction that the inflators
in its vehicles do not pose an unreasonable risk to safety.'' Id.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Under 49 CFR 573.5(a), a vehicle manufacturer is responsible
for any safety-related defect determined to exist in any item of
original equipment. See also 49 U.S.C. 30102(b)(1)(C).
    \2\ Neither the Safety Act nor NHTSA regulations define or use
the term ``preliminary recall.''
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    On November 15, 2016, GM petitioned the Agency, under 49 U.S.C.
30118(d), 30120(h) and 49 CFR part 556, for a decision that, because of
differences in inflator design and vehicle integration, the equipment
defect determined to exist by Takata is inconsequential as it relates
to motor vehicle safety in the GMT900 vehicles. See GM's Petition for
Inconsequentiality and Request for Deferral of Determination Regarding
Certain GMT900 Vehicles Equipped with Takata ``SPI YP'' and ``PSPI-L
YD'' Passenger Inflators (the ``Petition''). GM's Petition concluded
that because the putative defect is inconsequential in the GMT900
vehicles, the company should be relieved of notification and remedy
obligations for Takata inflators in those GM vehicles. See Petition at
p. 18. GM further requested that NHTSA defer its decision on the
petition until GM is able to complete its testing and engineering
analysis in August 2017. See id.

II. Request To Accept Late Filing

    As an initial matter, GM requests that NHTSA, in its enforcement
discretion, accept and consider the Petition even though it was filed
outside the regulatory filing deadline. See Petition at p. 5 n.5. GM's
Petition was filed with the Agency on November 15, 2016. Under 49 CFR
556.4(c), inconsequentiality petitions usually must be filed within 30
days of the relevant defect determination. Because Takata made a defect
determination concerning the covered passenger inflators on May 16,
2016, GM's Petition should have been filed by June 15, 2016.
    GM has requested that NHTSA waive the 30-day filing requirement in
light of GM's transparency with the Agency, including communications
occurring before and contemporaneous with the May 2016 DIR filings. See
Petition at p. 5 n.5. While such transparency alone would not support a
waiver of the filing deadline, the Agency has considered the totality
of the facts and circumstances presented here in deciding to grant the
waiver.
    First, allowing GM's Petition to be filed outside the regulatory
deadline is not inconsistent with the purpose of such deadline, which
is to prevent a manufacturer from unduly delaying the remedy of
defects. See 42 FR 7146. Here, GM's delay in filing the Petition will
not have any impact on the availability of a remedy. GM has indicated
that it has been working diligently on a potential remedy and has
stated it intends to have a validated, alternative remedy available by
June 30, 2017, should it become necessary. See Petition at p. 17. This
length of time between DIR submission and remedy is not unusual in the
context of the Takata recalls, and it is consistent with the lower
relative rupture risk of the covered passenger inflators and the time
needed to develop, validate, and ensure the safety of an alternative
remedy part. Therefore, some elapsed time between the DIR and the
availability of the remedy is inevitable, regardless of the timing of
GM's Petition. NHTSA has determined that the availability of the remedy
for GM's May 2016 DIRs would be essentially the same whether this
Petition was filed in June or November.
    Second, GM has been proactively investigating Takata inflators in
GMT900 vehicles since November 2014. See Petition at pp. 4-5. GM
believes that it has now obtained data through its investigation that
supports an inconsequentiality finding, and that it will be able to
prove that the covered passenger inflators do not present an
unreasonable risk to safety once that investigation concludes in August
2017. See Petition at p. 18. Given that GM's ongoing investigation pre-
dates the May 2016 DIR filings, the Agency concludes that the company
is acting in good faith in filing this Petition, even though it filed
the Petition beyond the deadline.\3\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \3\ If it appeared that a manufacturer had filed such a petition
in an attempt to toll its notification and remedy obligations while
it began a new investigation, the Agency would not waive the 30-day
deadline.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Finally, GM communicated its intent to file such a petition in the
attachment to its May 2016 DIRs when it stated, ``GM will conduct a
recall of its airbag inflators covered by the May 2016 Takata DIRs,
unless GM is able to prove to NHTSA's satisfaction that the inflators
in its vehicles do not pose an unreasonable risk to safety.'' See
Recall Nos. 16V-381 and 16V-383. This statement is consistent with the
purpose of 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 49 CFR part 556, which is to enable
vehicle manufacturers to petition NHTSA for an exemption from the
Safety Act's notice and remedy requirements when a defect is determined
to be inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Because NHTSA, the
public, and other stakeholders were on notice (since at least May 2016)
of GM's intention to attempt to prove the safety of the covered
passenger inflators,

thereby avoiding any notice and remedy obligation, there is no
prejudice to the public caused by GM filing the Petition after the
standard deadline.
    For the foregoing reasons, NHTSA will grant GM's request and accept
the filing of its Petition outside of the 30-day deadline. NHTSA is
granting this extraordinary relief because of the unique circumstances
surrounding the Takata recall and the particular facts and
circumstances of this case. This decision should not be considered
precedent in any other case. The Agency will continue to enforce the
30-day filing deadline for inconsequentiality petitions, including any
others that may be filed by GM in connection with future Takata
recalls.

III. Class of Motor Vehicles Involved

    GM's Petition involves certain ``GMT900'' vehicles that contain the
covered passenger inflators (designated as inflator types ``SPI YP''
and ``PSPI-L YD'').\4\ GMT900 is a GM-specific vehicle platform that
forms the structural foundation for a variety of GM trucks and sport
utility vehicles, including: Chevrolet Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500,
Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500, GMC Sierra 2500/3500, Chevrolet Tahoe,
Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Avalanche, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL,
Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac Escalade ESV, and Cadillac Escalade EXT.
The GM DIRs included the following GMT900 vehicles:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \4\ GM previously filed, and ultimately withdrew, a petition to
defer the recall of certain newer GMT900 vehicles that will be
included in Takata's next set of DIRs, scheduled to be submitted on
December 31, 2016. See 81 FR 64575. This Petition does not include
or address that population of vehicles. See Petition at pp. 8-9.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

     In Zone A, model year 2007-2011 GMT900 vehicles. Zone A
comprises the following states and U.S. territories: Alabama,
California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. See Amendment at
] 7.a.
     In Zone B, certain model year 2007-2008 GMT900 vehicles.
Zone B comprises the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
See Amendment at ] 7.b.\5\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \5\ Takata also filed an equipment DIR covering non-desiccated
passenger inflators in Zone C that were manufactured between January
1, 2003 and December 31, 2004. See Recall No. 16E-044. Because GM
did not use the covered passenger inflators in its GMT900 vehicles
prior to model year 2007, there were no GMT900 vehicles in Zone C
affected by Takata's DIR. Zone C comprises the following states:
Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming. See Amendment at ] 7.c.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

IV. Summary of GM's Petition

    According to the Petition, GM's engineering analysis supports the
conclusion that the covered passenger inflators in the subject GMT900
vehicles are currently performing as designed, and will likely continue
to perform as designed for a number of years--i.e., that the covered
passenger inflators, as integrated into the GMT900 vehicles, do not
present an unreasonable risk to safety. See Petition at p. 3
    As an initial matter, GM notes in its Petition that Takata
submitted the May 16, 2016 equipment DIRs without evidence of any
incidents of inflator rupture in the SPI YP or PSPI-L YD variants that
are used only in GMT900 vehicles. Petition at p. 2. GM has been
studying the long-term performance of the covered passenger inflators
and has conducted an analysis of the ballistic performance of the
covered passenger inflators. See Petition at pp. 11-12. Based upon this
analysis, GM asserts that the covered passenger inflators are not
currently at risk of rupture. According to the Petition, GM's position
is based upon the following: an estimated 52,000 Takata passenger
inflator deployments in GMT900 vehicles without a rupture; ballistic
tests of 1,418 covered passenger inflators without a rupture or sign of
abnormal deployment; test deployment of 12 inflators artificially
exposed to additional humidity and temperature cycling without a
rupture or sign of abnormal deployment; and analysis, through stress-
strength interference, indicating that the propellant in older covered
passenger inflators has not degraded to a sufficient extent to create
rupture risk. See Petition at p. 4.
    GM further states that the covered passenger inflators are not used
by any other original equipment manufacturer and that those inflators
have a number of unique design features that influence burn rates and
internal ballistic dynamics, including greater vent-area-to-propellant-
mass ratios, steel end caps, and thinner propellant wafers. See
Petition at p. 12. In addition, GM states that the physical environment
of the GMT900 vehicles better protects the covered passenger inflators
from temperature cycling that can cause rupture. Id. More specifically,
GM notes that the GMT900 vehicles have larger interior volumes than
smaller passenger cars, and are equipped with solar-absorbing
windshields and side glass. Id. To support the effect such differences
may have on the safety of the covered passenger inflators, GM cites
NHTSA's expert Dr. Harold R. Blomquist, who stated in his expert report
that vehicle platform differences may play a role in the relative risk
of rupture. See Petition at p. 11 (citing Amendment, Exhibit A at ]]
30-31).
    Finally, GM states its belief that the covered passenger inflators
will not present a risk of rupture in the longer term. To supplement
its internal analysis, GM has retained a third-party expert, Orbital
ATK, to conduct a long-term aging study that will estimate the service
life expectancy of the covered passenger inflators in the GMT900
vehicles. See Petition at p. 12. GM has asked Orbital ATK to test the
effect of different inflator design variables--i.e., wafer thickness,
vent area, moisture dynamics, and others--in the GMT900 platform's
unique thermal environment. See Petition at pp. 17-18. GM anticipates
that this study will be complete in August 2017. Id.

V. Request To Defer Decision on Petition

    GM implicitly acknowledges that its data, information, and views
are not yet sufficient for the Agency to grant its inconsequentiality
petition. Given the status of GM's engineering analysis and the results
of testing conducted to date, and in order to fully-analyze the
performance of these inflators over the long-term, the company has
requested that NHTSA allow GM until August 31, 2017 to complete its
engineering analysis and inflator aging studies. See Petition at pp.
17-18. Ordinarily, under 49 CFR 556.4(b)(5), an inconsequentiality
petition must set forth all data, views, and arguments supporting that
petition. In this case, GM states that further probative data (e.g.,
further aging testing and analysis) is forthcoming, but necessarily
will take more time to develop. Therefore, some of the evidence GM
intends to present cannot yet be set forth in the Petition.
Accordingly, GM requests that the Agency defer its decision on the
Petition until such data can be developed.
    GM asserts that it has made a threshold showing that its inflators
are safe in the short term or, at a minimum, will not present an
unreasonable risk to safety during the period that the Petition is
pending. See Petition at p. 3. GM further asserts that because its
engineers and suppliers have been working on re-designed replacement
inflators to be ready in the event that the inflators in

these vehicles must be replaced, providing GM the additional time it
requests will not delay GM's efforts to develop and validate
replacement inflators as an available remedy for the Subject GMT900
Vehicles, should that remedy ultimately be required. Id.
    The Agency acknowledges that GM has produced probative evidence to
support its inconsequentiality claim. The testing and data collected by
GM to date--while not yet sufficient--tends to support GM's Petition,
at least with respect to the short-term safety of the covered passenger
inflators. Based upon the data GM has developed and presented to date,
NHTSA believes that in the coming months this evidence could ultimately
grow and develop to support GM's position with respect to the long-term
safety of the covered passenger inflators. Presently, however, the
evidence GM has presented is not yet sufficient to prove (by a
preponderance of the evidence) their long-term safety. Based upon the
evidence and analysis GM has presented to date, and its plan to develop
and analyze additional data, NHTSA agrees that GM's request for
additional time is reasonable and supported by the testing and data
collected to date.
    Moreover, although a pending inconsequentiality petition tolls GM's
obligation to provide a remedy, NHTSA does not believe consumers will
be significantly impacted by the requested deferral. As explained
above, GM has been working toward an alternative remedy in the event it
should become necessary, and expects that remedy to be available in
June 2017. The length of the requested deferral is through August 2017.
Therefore, if NHTSA ultimately were to deny this Petition at the
conclusion of GM's engineering analysis, no significant delay in the
availability of remedy parts would result.
    For these reasons, NHTSA will grant the requested relief, and allow
GM an opportunity to provide more evidence and a fuller record upon
which the Agency can make its determination. Subject to the conditions
that follow, GM shall have until August 31, 2017 to present all data,
views, and arguments supporting this Petition, including additional
analysis and testing results, through a supplement or amendment, which
shall be published in the docket. GM shall be required to provide NHTSA
with monthly updates on GM's engineering analysis, Orbital ATK's study,
and any other data, analysis, or test results GM develops in its effort
to support its inconsequentiality claim. In addition, GM shall provide
the Agency with a non-confidential summary of each update that will be
made available through the public docket. During this time, any
interested person may also submit written data, views, and arguments
regarding this Petition. Following the conclusion of the requested
deferral--i.e., August 31, 2017, NHTSA will make a decision whether to
grant or deny the Petition after considering all available information.
    NHTSA reserves the right to deny this Petition at any time prior to
August 31, 2017, in the event necessary to mitigate an unreasonable
risk to safety within the meaning of the Safety Act, based upon, inter
alia, future field ruptures, ballistic testing failures that are not
related to artificial aging tests, or other relevant facts or
circumstances.
    Accordingly, NHTSA hereby gives notice of its receipt of GM's
Petition for Inconsequentiality and Request for Deferral of
Determination Regarding Certain GMT900 Vehicles Equipped with Takata
``SPI YP'' and ``PSPI-L YD'' Passenger Inflators. And it is hereby
ORDERED that:
    1. GM's request to file an inconsequentiality petition for DIRs
16V-381 and 16V-383 beyond the 30-day deadline is GRANTED;
    2. The period for public comment on GM's Petition shall run from
the publication of this decision through September 14, 2017;
    3. GM's request for a deferral of the Agency's decision so that it
may have additional time to present evidence and analysis in support of
this Petition is GRANTED, and GM's time for the development and
presentation of further evidence, data, and information is extended to
August 31, 2017;
    4. GM shall provide NHTSA with monthly updates on its engineering
analysis, Orbital ATK's study, and any other data, analysis, or test
results the company develops in its effort to support this Petition,
and GM shall provide the Agency with a non-confidential summary of each
update that will be added to the public docket; and
    5. NHTSA retains the right to rule on the Petition at any time
before August 31, 2017 (i.e., to either deny or grant the Petition)
should additional evidence, facts, or circumstances--in NHTSA's sole
judgment and discretion--warrant such a decision.

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., 30118, 30120(h), 30162,
30166(b)(1), 30166(g)(1); delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95(a);
49 CFR parts 556, 573, 577.

Paul A. Hemmersbaugh,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-28476 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-59-P


 ***

 OFFICEOF DIRECTOR ( 202) 645 5556 FAX: 645 0526 GOVERNMENT OFTHEDISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH MAILING ADDRESS:

800 9fH STREIT. S. W. 3RD FLOOR WASHINGTON, D. C. 20024 2493 January25, 1999 Ms Enid A. Gerena, 3WC33 Toxic Program and Enforcement Branch USEPA Region I I I 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 2029 Dear Ms. Gerena:

The Environmental Health Administration has received your comments dated December 12, 1998 regarding the District of Columbia s TSCA 4021404 Lead Based Paint Training and Certification Program Authorization Application. Many of the responses to the comments have been incorporated within the application itself. However, some of the comments required more clarificationor references to specific pages already within the document. Attached are the responses and another copy of the authorization containing the revised pages.

Enclosure cc: A. Dickens Shana Arnold, OECA


[Federal Register: September 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 177)]
[Notices]
[Page 54051]
[DOCID:fr13se06-77]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 710-038]

Wolf River Hydro Limited Partnership; Notice of Availability of
Environment Assessment

August 29, 2006.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for amendment of
license for the Shawano Project (FERC No. 710), filed with the
Commission on April 27, 2006. The project is located on the Wolf River,
in Shawano County, Wisconsin. An environmental assessment (EA) has been
prepared.
    In the EA, the Commission's staff concludes that approval of the
licensee's application, as modified by the Commission, would not
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order
Amending License'', issued August 28, 2006, and is available at the
Commission's Public Reference Room. A copy of the EA may also be viewed
on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the

``elibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-710) in the docket field
to access the document. For assistance, call<PHONE_NUMBER> or (202)
502-8659 (for TTY).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-15148 Filed 9-12-06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10220-10222]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03277]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-68867; File No. SR-ICEEU-2013-02]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Europe Limited; Notice
of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule
Change To Revise Rules Related to Legal Segregation With Operational
Commingling

February 7, 2013.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder \2\ notice is hereby given that
on February 6, 2013, ICE Clear Europe Limited (``ICE Clear Europe'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the
proposed rule changes as described in Items I and II below, which Items
have been prepared primarily by ICE Clear Europe. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons and to approve the proposed rule change on an
accelerated basis.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to implement the
enhanced margin segregation model for cleared swaps that the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') adopted in Part 22 of the CFTC
regulations (generally referred to as ``legal segregation with
operational commingling'' or ``LSOC''). As result of the LSOC
requirements, ICE Clear Europe principally proposes to (i) introduce
new procedures for allocating initial margin to the positions carried
for each customer of an FCM/BD Clearing Member on a customer-by-
customer basis, (ii) introduce new procedures for calling for, holding
and returning customer margin in light of the requirement to allocate
initial margin on a customer-by-customer basis, and (iii) change the
net sum calculation for defaulting Clearing Members to limit ICE Clear
Europe's ability to use customer margin in the event that an FCM/BD
Clearing Member defaults, consistent with the requirements of LSOC. The
LSOC requirements are intended to mitigate the risk that one customer
of an FCM/BD Clearing Member would suffer a loss because of a default
by another customer. ICE Clear Europe also will be removing existing
provisions of the ICE Clear Europe Rules (``Rules'') that addressed the
holding of excess margin for customers of such Clearing Members and
will not be necessary in ICE Clear Europe's initial implementation of
LSOC.
    Specifically, ICE Clear Europe proposes to amend Parts 9 and 16 of
the Rules, as well as related definitions, to incorporate Part 22 of
the CFTC Regulations. The amendments to Part 9 of the Rules change the
net sum calculation for defaulting FCM/BD Clearing Members. The
amendments to Part 16 of the Rules contain the procedures for
allocating initial margin on a customer-by-customer basis and related
procedures for calling for, holding and returning such margin. The
other proposed changes in the Rules reflect conforming changes and
drafting clarifications, and do not affect the substance of the ICE
Clear Europe Rules or forms of cleared products.
    Another purpose of the proposed rule changes is to adopt a set of
settlement and notices terms (``Settlement and Notices Terms'') that
will apply to all Customer-CM CDS Transactions and, where specified, to
the clearing arrangements between an FCM/BD CDS Clearing Member and its
FCM/BD Customers and, in each case, to the related CDS Contracts. The
Settlement and Notices Terms will be published by ICE Clear Europe as
an exhibit to the Rules but will not form part of ICE Clear Europe's
Rules, Procedures or Standard Terms. The Settlement and Notices Terms
adopt certain notice and related procedures for the customer clearing
model for CDS products (in which customers of ICE Clear Europe Clearing
Members will have the ability to clear CDS products through ICE Clear
Europe Clearing Members).

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

    In its filing with the Commission, ICE Clear Europe included
statements concerning the purpose of and basis for proposing the LSOC
changes to the Rules and the Settlement and Notices Terms exhibit. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item III below. ICE Clear Europe has prepared summaries, set forth in
sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of these
statements.\3\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \3\ The Commission has modified the text of the summaries
prepared by ICE Clear Europe.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

    The proposed rule amendments in connection with the LSOC model are
intended to update the particular characteristics of the Rules
applicable to the segregation of customer margin. Specifically, the
proposed rule changes affect Parts 9 and 16 of the ICE Clear Europe
Rules, and related definitions, by providing, in summary, that initial
margin allocated to a particular customer's positions may not be used
to cover losses arising from another customer's positions. Each of
these changes is described in detail as follows.
    Under Rules 905(f) and 906(a), the net sum calculation with respect
to ``L'' has been revised to clarify that certain expenses resulting
from a defaulting Clearing Member are allocated to the House Account of
the defaulting Clearing Member rather than a Customer Account. Further,
in Rule 906(a) of the Rules, the net sum calculation with respect to
``M'' has been revised to state that for a Swap Customer Account of an
FCM/BD Clearing Member, any property provided by or on behalf of the
Defaulter as initial or original margin (or similar margin) allocated
to a particular Customer Swap Portfolio (i.e., the positions of a
particular customer) and proceeds thereof can only be included in the
net sum calculation to the extent of obligations to ICE Clear Europe in
respect of Open Contract Positions in such Customer Swap Portfolio in
accordance with CFTC Rule 22.15.
    A new definition for ``Customer Swap Portfolio'' has been added
under Rule 1602(f) to accommodate the LSOC model, including the
customer-by-customer tracking of positions. Under the proposed new Rule
1604(e), ICE Clear Europe has incorporated new CFTC Rule 22.15, which
limits ICE Clear Europe's use of the initial margin provided in respect
of customer swap positions. Revisions to Rule 1605(d) eliminate various
provisions that are now covered by CFTC regulations and are no longer
necessary with the implementation of the LSOC framework. To comply with
LSOC, under new Rule 1605(h), ICE Clear Europe will calculate the
initial margin requirement separately for each Customer Swap Portfolio
and compare it to the value of initial margin provided by the FCM/BD
Clearing Member and allocated by ICE Clear Europe under CFTC Rules to
that portfolio. In each margin cycle, ICE Clear Europe will call for
additional initial margin for each Customer Swap Portfolio for which
there is a shortfall. ICE Clear Europe will separately make available
for return to the FCM/BD Clearing Member any excess initial margin held
with respect to a Customer Swap Portfolio. Further, under the proposed
new Rule 1605(i), ICE Clear Europe states that it will not accept the
deposit of Margin from a FCM/BD Clearing Member in respect of Contracts
or Open Contract Positions recorded in a Swap Customer Account in
excess of the amount required by ICE Clear Europe, within the meaning
of CFTC Rule 22.13(c).
    The Settlement and Notices Terms are an exhibit to the Rules that
is intended to complement the customer clearing model for CDS products
whereby customers of ICE Clear Europe Clearing Members have the ability
to clear CDS products through ICE Clear Europe Clearing Members.
    The Settlement and Notices Terms establish the processes for
dealing with certain aspects of Physical Notices in the limited
circumstances under the Rules and CDS Procedures in which physical, as
opposed to electronic, notices may be delivered. ``Physical Notices''
mean those notices that may be delivered in connection with CDS
Contracts and, where applicable, Customer-CM CDS Transactions (other
than Electronic Notices and other equivalent electronic notices under
Customer-CM CDS Transactions which are or are required pursuant to the
Rules or CDS Procedures to be given through Deriv/SERV). Physical
Notices include Manual MP Notices (and equivalent notices under
Customer-CM CDS Transactions) and notices relating to physical
settlement delivered pursuant to or in connection with a CDS Contract
or Customer-CM CDS Transaction, including all notices in connection
with the physical settlement processes to which the Settlement and
Notices Terms apply. Further, for restructuring credit events, there is
an electronic notice facility provided by DTCC which is of mandatory
use under ICE Clear Europe's rules. Physical Notices relating to
restructuring credit events may only be used in the unlikely event of a
DTCC or clearing house technology failure or a self-certified clearing
member technology failure, as a back-up methodology. Other physical
notices are only relevant to physical settlement of CDS, which is
nowadays considered a highly unlikely eventuality, following the
introduction of ISDA protocols aimed at ensuring that CDS contracts are
auction settled where there is sufficient interest in a particular
name. The Settlement and Notice Terms also specify certain procedures
for fall back settlement of CDS Contracts in the limited circumstances
where normal settlement under the Rules and CDS Procedures does not
apply.
    ICE Clear Europe believes that the proposed LSOC rule amendments
and the Settlement and Notices Terms are consistent with the
requirements of Section 17A of the Act and the regulations thereunder
applicable to ICE Clear Europe. The LSOC rule amendments are intended
to adopt a more comprehensive segregation model for the protection of
customer property, and thus further the protection of investors and the
public interest. ICE Clear Europe believes such segregation also will
facilitate the prompt and accurate clearance of transactions. ICE Clear
Europe believes the Settlement and Notices Terms also are designed to
improve the operational procedures for cleared trades, and thereby
promote the prompt and accurate clearance of transactions.

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

    ICE Clear Europe does not believe the proposed Settlement and
Notices Terms and the proposed rule changes to implement the CFTC's
Part 22 regulations would have any impact, or impose any burden, on
competition.

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

    Written comments relating to the LSOC proposed amendments and
Settlement and Notices Terms have not been solicited or received. ICE
Clear Europe will notify the Commission of any written comments
received by ICE Clear Europe.

III. 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-ICEEU-2013-02 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission,

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ICEEU-2013-02. 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 Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site 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 such filings also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of ICE Clear Europe
and on ICE Clear Europe's Web site at https://www.theice.com/notices/Notices.shtml?regulatoryFilings.
    All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission
does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You
should submit only information that you wish to make available
publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-ICEEU-2013-02
and should be submitted on or before March 6, 2013.

IV. Commission's Findings and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of
Proposed Rule Change

    Section 19(b) of the Act \4\ directs the Commission to approve a
proposed rule change of a self-regulatory organization if it finds that
such proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to such
organization. The Commission finds that the proposed rule changes are
consistent with the requirements of the Act, in particular the
requirements of Section 17A of the Act, and the rules and regulations
thereunder applicable to ICE Clear Europe.\5\ Specifically, the
Commission finds that the proposed LSOC rule amendments are consistent
with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act, which requires, among other
things, that the rules of a registered clearing agency be designed to
assure the safeguarding of securities and funds which are in the
custody or control of the clearing agency or for which it is
responsible and to protect investors and the public interest.\6\
Additionally, the Commission finds that the proposed Settlement and
Notices Terms also are consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act,
which further requires that the rules of a registered clearing agency
be designed to promote the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement
of securities transactions and, to the extent applicable, derivative
agreements, contracts, and transactions.\7\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b).
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1. In approving this proposed rule change, the
Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency,
competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    In its filing, ICE Clear Europe requested that the Commission
approve the proposed rule changes on an accelerated basis for good
cause shown. ICE Clear Europe believes there is good cause for
accelerated approval because the LSOC rule changes are required in
order to be in compliance with Part 22 of the CFTC Regulations in
connection with clearing of customer positions in swaps. ICE Clear
Europe will not be able to commence customer clearing in CDS or other
swaps (including those CDS subject to mandatory clearing under the
CFTC's rules) without implementing the LSOC rule amendments.
Furthermore, ICE Clear Europe has stated that the changes relating to
the Settlement and Notices Terms are part of the implementation of ICE
Clear Europe's CDS customer clearing framework recently approved by the
Commission and are therefore also important to the commencement of
customer clearing in CDS.
    The Commission finds good cause, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of
the Act,\8\ for approving the proposed rule changes prior to the 30th
day after the date of publication of notice in the Federal Register
because, as a derivatives clearing organization registered with the
CFTC, ICE Clear Europe must amend certain of its rules to comply with
CFTC's Part 22 Regulations, and the Settlement and Notices Terms are an
important part of its implementation of customer clearing in CDS.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

V. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,
that the proposed rule change (SR-ICEEU-2013-02) be, and hereby is,
approved on an accelerated basis.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\9\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \9\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03277 Filed 2-12-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


[Federal Register: April 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 72)]
[Notices]
[Page 18993-18995]
[DOCID:fr16ap07-82]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0499; FRL-8298-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Voluntary Cover Sheet for TSCA
Submissions; EPA ICR No. 1780.04, OMB No. 2070-0156

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Voluntary Cover Sheet for
TSCA Submissions; EPA ICR No. 1780.04, OMB No. 2070-0156. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information
collection activity and its expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2006-0499 to (1) EPA online

using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to: Document Control Office (DCO), Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 18, 2006 (71 FR 47805), EPA sought comments on this
renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the comment period. Any
comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0499, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the OPPT
Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Use http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view

public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then
key in the docket ID number identified above.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless

the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a
comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference
to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in
http://www.regulations.gov. The entire printed comment, including the

copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in http://www.regulations.gov. For further information about

the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: Voluntary Cover Sheet for TSCA Submissions.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2007. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: TSCA requires industry to submit information and studies
for existing chemical substances under sections 4, 6, and 8, and
requests voluntary submission of such information under the Voluntary
Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP). EPA typically receives
thousands of such submissions each year; each submission represents on
average three studies. In addition, EPA can impose specific data call-
ins on industry.
    As a follow-up to industry experience with a 1994 TSCA data call-
in, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA, now known as the
American Chemistry Council [ACC]), the Specialty Organics Chemical
Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), and the Chemical Industry Data
Exchange (CIDX), in cooperation with EPA, took an interest in pursuing
electronic transfer of TSCA summary data and of full submissions to
EPA. In particular, ACC developed a standardized cover sheet for
voluntary use by industry as a first step to an electronic future and
to begin familiarizing companies with standard requirements and
concepts of electronic transfer. This form is designed for voluntary
use as a cover sheet for submissions of information under TSCA sections
4, 8(d), 8(e) and VCCEP. The cover sheet facilitates submission of
information by displaying certain basic data elements, permitting EPA
more easily to identify, log, track, distribute, review and index
submissions, and to make information publicly available more rapidly
and at reduced cost, to the mutual benefit of both the respondents and
EPA.
    Responses to the collection of information are voluntary.
Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a CBI claim only to the extent permitted
by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 40 CFR part 2.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.5
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain or disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are companies that manufacture, process, use, import or
distribute in commerce chemical substances that are subject to
reporting requirements under sections 4, 8(d) or 8(e) of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA), or are subject to voluntary reporting
under the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP).
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.8.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 1,206.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,061 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $52,779.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects a decrease of
8,074 hours (from 9,136 hours to 1,061 hours) in the total estimated
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. This
decrease reflects a

decrease in the estimated number of submissions under TSCA sections 4,
8(d) and 8(e), offset by the estimated number of submissions under
VCCEP, for which the Voluntary TSCA Cover Sheet could be used, in
particular a substantial decrease in the estimated number of TSCA
section 4 submissions.

    Dated: April 6, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-7176 Filed 4-13-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 55384]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22660]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA/100/J-11/001; FRL-9460-1]

External Peer Review Meeting for the Draft Guidance of Applying
Quantitative Data To Develop Data-Derived Extrapolation Factors for
Interspecies and Intraspecies Extrapolation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), a
contractor to the EPA, will convene an independent panel of experts to
review the draft document, ``Guidance for Applying Quantitative Data to
Develop Data-Derived Extrapolation Factors for Interspecies and
Intraspecies Extrapolation.'' EPA previously announced the release of
the draft guidance for a 45 day comment period (76 FR 33752-33753),
which was subsequently extended to 60 days (76 FR 43999). The public
comment period ended August 9, 2011. EPA intends to forward public
comments to the contractor for distribution to members of the review
panel. The external review draft does not represent Agency policy.
    The public may register to attend this peer review meeting as
observers. Time will be set aside for observers to give brief oral
comments at the meeting on the draft document. The draft document and
appendix are available via the internet on the Risk Assessment Forum
Web page (http://www.epa.gov/raf/DDEF/index.htm). When finalizing the
draft document, EPA intends to consider the comments from the external
peer review meeting along with public comments received by August 9,
2011 in accordance with 76 FR 33752-33753 and 76 FR 43999. Public
comments submitted during the public comment period ending August 9,
2011, may be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0694.

DATES: The peer review panel meeting on the draft document, ``Guidance
for Applying Quantitative Data to Develop Data-Derived Extrapolation
Factors for Interspecies and Intraspecies Extrapolation'' will be held
on Monday, September 12, 2011, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the following location: L'Enfant
Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
    Instructions: To attend the peer review meeting as an observer
register no later than September 5, 2011, call ERG at<PHONE_NUMBER> or
toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER> (the DDEF peer review coordinator is Laurie
Waite); or send a facsimile to<PHONE_NUMBER> (reference the ``DDEF
Peer Review Meeting'' and include your name, title, affiliation, full
address and contact information), or send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(reference the ``DDEF Peer Review Meeting'' and include your name,
title, affiliation, full address and contact information). Internet
registration is available at https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/peerreview/register-ddef.htm. Space is limited, and
registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
There will be a limited time at the peer review meeting for comments
from the public. Please inform ERG if you wish to make oral comments
during the meeting.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: EPA
welcomes public attendance at the DDEF Peer Review Meeting and will
make every effort to accommodate persons with disabilities. For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
call ERG by calling<PHONE_NUMBER> or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER> and
speak to Laurie Waite; or send a facsimile to<PHONE_NUMBER> (reference
the ``DDEF Peer Review Meeting'' and include your name and contact
information), or send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(reference the
``DDEF Peer Review Meeting'' and include your name and contact
information).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael W. Broder, Risk Assessment
Forum, Office of the Science Advisor (8105R) at the following address:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. His telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. His e-
mail address is<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Internet: The draft document can be downloaded from http://www.epa.gov/raf/DDEF/index.htm

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft document outlines approaches for
developing factors for interspecies and intraspecies extrapolation
based on data describing toxicokinetics and/or toxicodynamics
properties of particular chemical agent(s). It was developed to provide
guidance for EPA staff in evaluating such data and/or information and
to inform the regulated community and other interested parties about
emerging EPA approaches to employ data to address areas of uncertainty.

    Dated: August 30, 2011.
Paul T. Anastas,
EPA Science Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2011-22660 Filed 9-6-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8350-8352]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02419]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

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

    Docket Numbers: EC21-48-000.
    Applicants: Sun Streams PVS, LLC.
    Description: Application for Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Sun Streams PVS, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5128.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:

    Docket Numbers: EG21-76-000; EG21-77-000; EG21-78-000.
    Applicants: Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC, Battle Mountain SP, LLC,
Water Strider Solar, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Copper Mountain Solar 5 et al.
    Filed Date: 1/21/21.
    Accession Number: 20210121-5442.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/11/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-79-000.
    Applicants: Chevron Power Holdings Inc.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Chevron Power Holdings Inc.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5241.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-80-000.
    Applicants: BRP Alvin BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Alvin BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5105.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-81-000.
    Applicants: Prospero II Master Tenant, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Prospero II Master Tenant, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5106.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-82-000.
    Applicants: Prospero Solar II, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Prospero Solar II, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5112.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-83-000.
    Applicants: BRP Magnolia BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Magnolia BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5117.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-84-000.
    Applicants: BRP Odessa Southwest BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Odessa Southwest BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5119.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-85-000.
    Applicants: BRP Angleton BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Angleton BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5130.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-86-000.
    Applicants: BRP Heights BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Heights BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5131.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: EG21-87-000.
    Applicants: BRP Brazoria BESS LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of BRP Brazoria BESS LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5132.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER10-3286-015; ER10-3299-014.
    Applicants: Millennium Power Company, LLC, New Athens Generating
Company, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Millennium Power
Company, LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5253.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3391-004; ER11-4589-002; ER11-4591-002;
    ER10-2400-013; ER11-4592-002; ER11-4593-002.
    Applicants: Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm, LLC, EcoGrove Wind LLC,
    Red Hills Wind Project, L.L.C., Nevada Solar One, LLC,
    Tatanka Wind Power, LLC, Blue Canyon Windpower LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of AENAC
Sellers.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5249.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1562-008; ER12-1931-009; ER10-2504-010;
    ER12-610-010; ER13-338-008; ER19-592-003.
    Applicants: Catalina Solar Lessee, LLC, Pacific Wind Lessee, LLC,
Shiloh Wind Project 2, LLC, Shiloh III Lessee, LLC, Shiloh IV Lessee,
LLC, Valentine Solar, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Catalina Solar Lessee,
LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5250.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2626-001.
    Applicants: Rosewater Wind Farm LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Rosewater Wind Farm LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5251.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-707-002.
    Applicants: Eastern Shore Solar LLC.
    Description: Compliance filing: Compliance Filing to be effective
1/1/2020.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5186.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1743-001.
    Applicants: Gulf Power Company.
    Description: Compliance filing: Notice of Effective Date and
Compliance Filing to be effective 1/1/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5188.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1851-003.
    Applicants: Whitetail Solar 3, LLC.
    Description: Compliance filing: Revised Rate Schedule FERC No. 1 to
be effective 7/19/2020.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5102.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1970-001.
    Applicants: Diamond Spring, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Diamond Spring, LLC.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5237.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER20-1986-001; ER20-2064-002; ER20-1907-002;
    ER20-2237-002.
    Applicants: Day County Wind I, LLC, High Majestic Wind I, LLC,
Minco Wind I, LLC, Weatherford Wind, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Day County
Wind I, LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5248.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-968-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 2021-01-28_SA 3324 Chandler
Solar Project-ATC 1st Rev GIA (J849) to be effective 1/13/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5179.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-969-000.
    Applicants: American Electric Power Service Corporation, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: AEP submits Update to
Attachment 1 of ILDSA, SA No. 1336 to be effective 1/1/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5187.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-970-000.
    Applicants: Millennium Power Partners, L.P.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Notice of Succession to be
effective 1/29/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5199.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/18/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-971-000.
    Applicants: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Amendment to EPS Surcharge
1-28-2021 to be effective 2/1/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5001.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-972-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Request for Waiver of Tariff Provisions, Expedited
Consideration and shortened Comment Period of PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
    Filed Date: 1/28/21.
    Accession Number: 20210128-5240.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/2/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-973-000.
    Applicants: Jeffers Wind 20, LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5026.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-974-000.
    Applicants: North Community Turbines LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5029.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-975-000.
    Applicants: North Wind Turbines LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5030.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-976-000.
    Applicants: Community Wind North 1 LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5032.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-977-000.
    Applicants: Community Wind North 2 LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5034.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    Docket Numbers: ER21-978-000.
    Applicants: Community Wind North 3 LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation to be
effective 1/30/2021.
    Filed Date: 1/29/21.
    Accession Number: 20210129-5035.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/21.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system
(https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgensearch.asp) by 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: January 29, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02419 Filed 2-4-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P


Comment Info: =================

General Comment:Please upload this as a Final Rule-- Thanks, Noreen<PHONE_NUMBER>


[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 48289]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22386]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-81848; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2017-88]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule
Change To List and Trade the Shares of the U.S. Equity Cumulative
Dividends Fund--Series 2027 and the U.S. Equity Ex-Dividend Fund--
Series 2027 Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200, Commentary .02

October 11, 2017.
    On August 8, 2017, NYSE Arca, Inc. filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4
thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the
U.S. Equity Cumulative Dividends Fund--Series 2027 and the U.S. Equity
Ex-Dividend Fund--Series 2027 under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.200,
Commentary .02. The proposed rule change was published for comment in
the Federal Register on August 28, 2017.\3\ The Commission has received
no comment letters on the proposed rule change.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81453 (August 22,
2017), 82 FR 40816.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that, within 45 days of
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change,
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change
is October 12, 2017. The Commission is extending this 45-day time
period. The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a
longer period within which to take action on the proposed rule change
so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\5\ designates November 26, 2017 as the date by which the
Commission shall either approve or disapprove or institute proceedings
to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change (File
Number SR-NYSEArca-2017-88).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-22386 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P