[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13968-13970]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05392]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter I

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0815; FRL-9906-09]

Records Related to OSHA's Construction Standard for Lead and
Renovations of Public and Commercial Buildings; TSCA Section 21
Petition; Reasons for Agency Response

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Petition; reasons for Agency response.

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SUMMARY: This document provides the reasons for EPA's response to a
petition it received under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The
TSCA section 21 petition was received from the National Center for
Healthy Housing, the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades,
the Lead and Environmental Hazards Association, and the National
Association of Lead and Healthy Homes Grantees (petitioners) on October
31, 2013. The petitioners requested EPA to promulgate a rule pursuant
to TSCA section 8(d) requiring property managers, building owners, and
contractors disturbing lead-based paint in public and commercial
buildings (P&CBs) to submit to EPA certain records related to the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) construction
standard for lead. After careful consideration, EPA denied the TSCA
section 21 petition by letter on January 28, 2014, for the reasons
discussed in this document.

DATES: The EPA's response to this TSCA section 21 petition was signed
on January 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
Ryan Schmit, National Program Chemicals Division (7404T), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-0610; 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. This action may,
however, be of particular interest to building owners, property
managers and contractors who disturb painted surfaces in P&CBs. Since
other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to
describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action.

B. How can I access information about this petition?

    The docket for this TSCA section 21 petition, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0815 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 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. TSCA Section 21

A. What is a TSCA section 21 petition?

    Under TSCA section 21 (15 U.S.C. 2620), any person can petition EPA
to initiate a rulemaking proceeding for the issuance, amendment, or
repeal of a rule under TSCA sections 4, 6, or 8 or an order under TSCA
sections 5(e) or 6(b)(2). A TSCA section 21 petition must set forth the
facts that are claimed to establish the necessity for the action
requested. EPA is required to grant or deny the petition within 90 days
of its filing. If EPA grants the petition, the Agency must promptly
commence an appropriate proceeding. If EPA denies the petition, the
Agency must publish its reasons for the denial in the Federal Register.
A petitioner may commence a civil action in a U.S. district court to
compel initiation of the requested rulemaking proceeding within 60 days
of either a denial or the expiration of the 90-day period.

B. What criteria apply to a decision on a TSCA section 21 petition?

    Section 21(b)(1) of TSCA requires that the petition ``set forth the
facts which it is claimed establish that it is necessary'' to issue the
rule or order requested. 15 U.S.C. 2620(b)(1). Thus, TSCA section 21
implicitly incorporates the statutory standards that apply to the
requested actions. Section 8(d) of TSCA authorizes EPA to require the
submission of unpublished health and safety studies initiated or
conducted by, or known to or reasonably ascertainable by,
manufacturers, processors, and distributors of chemical substances or
mixtures. Studies may be excluded ``if the Administrator finds that
submission of lists of such studies are unnecessary to carry out the
purposes of [TSCA].'' 15 U.S.C. 2607(d)(1).
    In addition, TSCA section 21(b)(4)(B) provides the standards a
court must use to decide whether to order EPA to initiate rulemaking in
the event of a lawsuit filed by the petitioner after denial of a TSCA
section 21 petition: ``If the petitioner demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the court by a preponderance of the evidence that . . .
there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the issuance of such a
rule . . . is necessary to protect health or the environment against an
unreasonable risk of injury,'' the court shall order the EPA
Administrator to initiate the requested action. 15 U.S.C.
2620(b)(4)(B). Accordingly, EPA relied on the standards in TSCA section
21 and in the provisions under which actions have been requested to
evaluate this TSCA section 21 petition.

III. Summary of the TSCA Section 21 Petition

A. What action was requested?

    On October 31, 2013, the National Center for Healthy Housing, the
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the Lead and
Environmental Hazards Association, and the National Association of Lead
and Healthy Homes Grantees petitioned EPA to promulgate a rule pursuant
to TSCA section 8(d) requiring property managers, building owners, and
contractors disturbing lead-based paint in P&CBs to submit to EPA
certain records related to OSHA's construction standard for lead.
Specifically, the petition asks EPA to collect the following records:
    1. Personal or area air sampling data and any resultant exposure
assessments conducted pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.62(d).
    2. Employee medical surveillance data and any resultant evaluation
pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.62(j) or medical removals of employees removed
from current exposure to lead pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.62(k).
    3. Paint analysis results and any resultant studies that were used
to determine whether or not initial exposure monitoring should be
required pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.62(n)(4).
    4. Data and studies considered in the development of a compliance
plan and in the development of any updates pursuant to 29 CFR
1926.62(e)(2), including: descriptions of each activity in which lead
is emitted; descriptions of the specific means employed to achieve
compliance and, where engineering controls were required, engineering
plans and studies used to determine methods selected for controlling
exposure to lead.
    5. Air monitoring data collected pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)
which documents the source of lead emissions.
    6. Data considered in the evaluation of the effectiveness of
mechanical ventilation in controlling exposure under 29 CFR
1926.62(e)(3) (Ref. 1, p. 2).

B. What support do the petitioners offer?

    The petitioners suggest that the documents received under a TSCA
section 8(d) reporting rule would provide EPA with ``critical
information'' it needs to analyze lead hazards created by renovations
of P&CBs as required by the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of
1992 (Ref. 1, p. 2). The petitioners also generally refer to the
dangers of lead and the hazards, including those from the renovation of
residences found by EPA in the 2008 Renovation, Repair and Painting
rule, and the need to similarly protect all Americans from lead hazards
created by the renovation of P&CBs (Ref. 1).
    In reference to the OSHA lead standards and the P&CB rulemaking
analysis, the petitioners cite to public comments made surrounding
EPA's June 26, 2013 public meeting on the P&CB rulemaking, including
those from the National Apartment Association (Ref. 2), the Independent
Electrical Contractors (Ref. 3), the Associated General Contractors of
New York State (Ref. 4), the National Institute of Building Sciences
(Ref. 5), the National Roofing Contractors Association (Ref. 6), and
the Commercial Properties Coalition (Ref. 7).

IV. Disposition of TSCA Section 21 Petition

A. What was EPA's response?

    After careful consideration, and for the following reasons, EPA
denied the petitioners' request that EPA promulgate a reporting rule
pursuant to TSCA section 8(d). EPA will, however, seek to obtain this
type of information in an alternative manner. A copy of the Agency's
response, which consists of a letter to the petitioners, is available
in the docket for this TSCA section 21 petition.

B. What is EPA's reason for this response?

    For the purpose of making its decision, EPA evaluated the
information presented or referenced in the petition as well as the
Agency's authority and requirements under TSCA sections 8 and 21. After
careful consideration, EPA denied the request based on the petitioners'
failure to set forth sufficient facts establishing that it is necessary
to initiate a TSCA section 8(d) reporting rule. In addition, while the
records requested by the petitioners are potentially useful, they are
not necessary to carry out the purposes of TSCA or to support the P&CB
rulemaking analysis. Furthermore, to the extent that such information
could nonetheless be informative, promulgating a TSCA section 8(d) rule
is not an efficient or effective way to get the information.
    EPA believes that it is not necessary or appropriate to promulgate
a TSCA

section 8(d) rulemaking at this time. First, EPA consulted with OSHA
and determined that in many circumstances, a number of the records
requested by the petitioners do not actually need to be maintained by
employers under OSHA's construction standard for lead. For example,
most building owners and property managers are not required to keep the
requested records because the routine maintenance activities commonly
performed by their employees are not subject to OSHA's construction
standard for lead. Second, construction employers performing renovation
work involving lead-based paint may not need to keep all of the records
in question if their employees are not exposed above the standard's
permissible exposure limit (PEL) or action level. Third, in OSHA's
experience, employers that do not comply with the PEL are unlikely to
comply with the standard's recordkeeping requirements, further
lessening the amount of responsive information available. Thus, based
on consultations with OSHA, EPA believes the amount and type of
information the Agency could realistically expect to receive under a
reporting rule would be significantly limited.
    EPA also has reservations regarding the potential for this
information to inform the P&CB rulemaking analysis. For example, as
indicated by OSHA, air sampling records are most commonly found in the
form of a simple report indicating whether samples are above or below
an applicable permissible exposure limit. Information contextualizing
this exposure data is not likely to be ascertainable from employers'
OSHA records. Without such contextual information, these records would
be of limited utility to EPA in modeling exposure and identifying and
evaluating hazards in P&CBs.
    Based on the expected limitations in the availability and utility
of the records to EPA's analysis of lead-based paint hazards created by
renovations in P&CBs, EPA does not believe that the expenditures of
time and resources inherent in proposing and finalizing a TSCA section
8(d) rule are justified. Nonetheless, EPA will seek to obtain this type
of information in a more targeted, efficient, and less burdensome
manner. Specifically, EPA is already working with OSHA to determine the
availability of lead sampling and exposure data in OSHA enforcement
records. Pursuant to its authority under TSCA, EPA will also issue
information request letters to a smaller, targeted group of entities.
This approach will allow EPA to collect and assess the utility of
available OSHA records identified by the petitioners, as well as
collect other, potentially relevant information, without being limited
in scope to ``health and safety studies'' under TSCA section 8(d).
    Finally, in addition to previous and ongoing efforts to obtain
additional data and information on lead and renovations in P&CBs from
industry, the general public, and other Federal agencies, EPA is
preparing to conduct an industry survey to collect various types of
information from the public and commercial building industry (Ref. 8).
This survey, ``Survey of the Public and Commercial Building Industry,''
is specifically designed to target additional information EPA expects
may be useful to the P&CB analysis (Ref. 8).

V. References

    As indicated under ADDRESSES, a docket has been established for
this document under docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0815. The
following is a listing of the documents that are specifically
referenced in this action. The docket includes these documents and
other information considered by EPA, including documents that are
referenced within the documents that are included in the docket, even
if the referenced document is not physically located in the docket. For
assistance in locating these other documents, please consult the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    1. National Center for Healthy Housing, International Union of
Painters & Allied Trades, Lead and Environmental Hazards Association,
National Association of Lead and Healthy Homes Grantees. Citizen
Petition to EPA Regarding OSHA Exposure Assessments in Renovations of
Public and Commercial Buildings. October 31, 2013. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemtest/pubs/Section_21_on_PnCBs_Resubmit_10.31.2013.pdf.
    2. National Apartment Association comment posted July 11, 2013 at
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0186.
    3. Independent Electrical Contractors comment posted June 3, 2013
at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0176.
    4. Associated General Contractors of New York State comment posted
on April 30, 2013 at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0161.
    5. National Institute of Building Sciences comment posted on April
3, 2013 at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0153.
    6. National Roofing Contractors Association comment posted July 12,
2010 at EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0073.
    7. Commercial Properties Coalition comment posted April 3, 2013 at
EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173-0154.
    8. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request; Notice. Federal Register (78 FR 73520,
December 6, 2013) (FRL-9902-85)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Chapter I

    Environmental protection, Lead, OSHA, Public and commercial
buildings, Renovation.

    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Wendy C. Hamnett,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69685-69687]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24115]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0953; FRL-9952-76-Region 6]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Texas; Infrastructure Requirements for Consultation With Government
Officials, Public Notification and Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Visibility Protection for the 2008 Ozone and 2010
Nitrogen Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving
portions of State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals from the State
of Texas pertaining to Clean Air Act (CAA) section 110(a)(2)(J):
Consultation with Government Officials, Public Notification, and
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Visibility Protection for
the 2008 Ozone (O3) and 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide
(NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). These
submittals address how the existing SIP provides for implementation,
maintenance, and enforcement of the 2008 O3 and 2010
NO2 NAAQS (infrastructure SIPs or i-SIPs). These i-SIPs
ensure that the SIP is adequate to meet the State's responsibilities
under the CAA. This direct final rule and the accompanying proposal
will complete the rulemaking process started in our February 8, 2016,
proposal, approve Section 110(a)(2)(J), and confirm that the SIP has
adequate infrastructure to implement, maintain and enforce this section
of the CAA with regard to the 2008 O3 and 2010
NO2 NAAQS.

DATES: This rule is effective on December 6, 2016 without further
notice, unless the EPA receives relevant adverse comment by November 7,
2016. If EPA receives such comment, EPA will publish a timely
withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that this rule
will not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2012-0953, at http://www.regulations.gov or via email to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio,
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written
comment is considered the official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, please contact Sherry Fuerst, (214) 665-
6454<EMAIL_ADDRESS>For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance
on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Fuerst,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment with Ms. Fuerst or Bill Deese at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' means EPA.

I. Background

    On March 12, 2008, EPA revised the levels of the ozone (hereafter
the 2008 O3) NAAQS (73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008). Likewise,
on January 22, 2010, we revised the nitrogen dioxide NAAQS (hereafter
the 2010 NO2) (75 FR 6474, February 9, 2010). The CAA
requires states to submit, within three years after promulgation of a
new or revised standard, SIPs meeting the applicable ``infrastructure''
elements of sections 110(a)(1) and (2). We issued guidance addressing
the i-SIP elements for NAAQS.\1\ One of these applicable infrastructure
elements, CAA section 110(a)(2)(J), requires the SIP must meet the
following three CAA requirements: (1) Section 121, relating to
interagency consultation regarding certain CAA requirements; (2)
section 127, relating to public notification of NAAQS exceedances and
related issues; and (3) prevention of significant deterioration of air
quality and visibility protection.
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    \1\ ``Guidance on Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP)
Elements under Clean Air Act Sections 110(a)(1) and 110(a)(2),''
Memorandum from Stephen D. Page, September 13, 2013.
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    The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality submitted i-SIP
demonstrations of how the existing Texas SIP meets the requirements of
the 2010 NO2 NAAQS on December 7, 2012, and for the 2008
O3 NAAQS on

December 13, 2012. A detailed discussion of our evaluation of how the
Texas submittals meet 110(a)(2)(J) is provided in our February 8, 2016
proposal (81 FR 6483 at 6486)) and in the Technical Support Document
(TSD) for that action. The TSD can be accessed through
www.regulations.gov (Document EPA-R06-OAR-2012-0953-002). We proposed
to approve elements of the i-SIP submittals from the State of Texas for
the O3 and NO2 NAAQS but for element (J) and
subsequently, we took final action to approve all but element (J) on
September 9, 2016 (81 FR 62375). However, through inadvertent errors,
we neglected to complete the rulemaking process for CAA section
110(a)(2)(J) for both O3 and NO2 NAAQS in the
proposal and final documents.

II. EPA's Evaluation

    In the proposal, we discussed how the requirements of section
110(a)(2)(J) for both NO2 and O3 NAAQS were met.
However, we neglected to explicitly propose approval of the specific
provisions of Section 110(a)(2)(J) anywhere in the Preamble and
definitely not in our ``Proposed Action'' section at 81 FR 6487. The
public had the opportunity to review and comment on our evaluation of
this provision in the Preamble but we never formally proposed this
provision for approval. As such, we could not finalize approval of
section 110(a)(2)(J) for the 2008 O3 and 2010 NO2
NAAQS at 81 FR 62375.
    Please see EPA's proposed approval at 81 FR 6483 for our technical
evaluation. The evaluation of all subsections of CAA section
110(a)(2)(J) can be found at 81 FR 6483, page 6486. The TSD for 81 FR
6483 is available in the docket, provides additional details to support
our determination that this element meets the federal requirements and
is fully approvable. We incorporate our previous evaluation of this
element into this action. EPA did receive and respond to comments on
the proposed action, but none of the comments received were specific to
element (J) of CAA section 110(a)(2). See 81 FR 62375 September 9,
2016. Our evaluation and preliminary determination of approvability did
not change as a result of these comments.
    This final action is merely correcting our previous error in
failing to propose approval of this element on the basis of our
previous technical evaluation and preliminary determination. EPA has
not changed its rationale. We therefore are approving the portions of
the December 13, 2012, and December 7, 2012, i-SIP submissions from
Texas as meeting the infrastructure element (J) for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS and the 2010 NO2 NAAQS. We continue to assert that Texas'
existing SIP provides for implementation, maintenance, and enforcement
of the 2008 O3 and 2010 NO2 NAAQS.

III. Final Action

    We are approving portions of the following SIP submittals
pertaining to CAA section 110(a)(2)(J): (1) December 13, 2012, SIP
submittal for the State of Texas pertaining to the implementation,
maintenance and enforcement of the 2008 ozone NAAQS, and; (2) December
7, 2012, SIP submittal pertaining to the implementation, maintenance
and enforcement of the 2010 nitrogen dioxide NAAQS as outlined in our
February 8, 2016, proposal.
    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view
this as a non-controversial amendment and anticipate no adverse
comments. However, in the proposed rules section of this Federal
Register publication, we are publishing a separate document that will
serve as the proposal to approve the SIP revision if relevant adverse
comments are received. This rule will be effective on December 6, 2016
without further notice unless we receive relevant adverse comment by
November 7, 2016. If we receive relevant adverse comments, we will
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the
public that the rule will not take effect. We will address all public
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will
not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so now. Please note that if we receive
relevant adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this
rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the
rule, we may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not
the subject of an adverse comment.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the CAA. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the CAA; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).

In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian reservation
land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has demonstrated
that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian country, the
rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose substantial
direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as specified
by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in

the Federal Register. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days
after it is published in the Federal Register. This action is not a
``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by December 6, 2016. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial review nor does
it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be
filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or action.
This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to enforce its
requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
    Samuel Coleman was designated the Acting Regional Administrator on
September 30, 2016, through the order of succession outlined in
Regional Order R6-1110.1, a copy of which is included in the docket for
this action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone.

    Dated: September 30, 2016.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.

    40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart SS--Texas

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2. In Sec.  52.2270(e), the table titled ``EPA Approved Nonregulatory
Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP'' is amended
by revising the entries for ``Infrastructure and Transport SIP
Revisions for the 2010 Nitrogen Dioxide Standard'' and ``Infrastructure
and Transport SIP Revisions for the 2008 Ozone Standard'' to read as
follows.

Sec.  52.2270  Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

              EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP
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                                                             State
     Name of SIP provision      Applicable  geographic    submittal/    EPA approval date         Comments
                                or  nonattainment area  effective date
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Infrastructure and Transport    Statewide.............       12/7/2012  9/9/2016, 81 FR    Approval for
 SIP Revisions for the 2010                                              62375.             110(a)(2)(A), (B),
 Nitrogen Dioxide Standard.                                                                 (C), (D)(i)
                                                                                (portions pertaining
                                                                                to nonattainment and
                                                                                interference with
                                                                                maintenance), D(ii),
                                                                                (E), (F), (G), (H),
                                                                                (K), (L) and (M).
                                                                                Approval for
                                                                                110(a)(2)(J) on 10/7/
                                                                                2016, [Insert
                                                                                Federal Register
                                                                                citation].
Infrastructure and Transport    Statewide.............      12/13/2012  9/9/2016, 81 FR    Approval for
 SIP Revisions for the 2008                                              62375.             110(a)(2)(A), (B),
 Ozone Standard.                                                                            (C), (D)(i) (portion
                                                                                pertaining to PSD),
                                                                                D(ii), (E), (F),
                                                                                (G), (H), (K), (L)
                                                                                and (M). Approval
                                                                                for 110(a)(2)(J) 10/
                                                                                7/2016, [Insert
                                                                                Federal Register
                                                                                citation].
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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: EC19-122-000.
    Applicants: Union Electric Company, Outlaw Wind Project, LLC.
    Description: Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 203
of the Federal Power Act, et al. of Union Electric Company, et al.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5035.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: EC19-123-000.
    Applicants: FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., FirstEnergy Generation,
LLC, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation, LLC, FirstEnergy Generation
Mansfield Unit 1 Corp., Avenue Capital Management II, L.P.
    Description: Application for Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, et al. of FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., et al.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5111.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER10-2984-045.
    Applicants: Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.
    Description: Notice of Non-Material Change in Status of Merrill
Lynch Commodities, Inc.
    Filed Date: 8/16/19.
    Accession Number: 20190816-5180.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-2225-009; ER14-2138-006; ER16-1354-005; ER10-
1966-010; ER18-2003-003; ER17-822-004; ER17-823-004; ER18-241-003;
ER14-2707-014; ER14-1630-008; ER16-1872-006; ER15-1375-006; ER15-2602-
004; ER10-2720-019; ER11-4428-019; ER12-1880-018; ER18-2182-003; ER12-
895-017; ER18-1535-003; ER14-21-006; ER11-4462-036; ER18-772-003; ER16-
2443-003; ER17-1774-002; ER10-1970-015; ER11-4677-013; ER10-1972-015;
ER17-838-011; ER10-1973-010; ER10-1951-015; ER10-1974-021; ER16-2241-
007; ER10-1975-023; ER12-2444-012; ER10-1976-010; ER10-2641-034; ER16-
2506-007; ER16-2297-007; ER14-2710-014; ER15-58-012; ER19-11-002; ER10-
1985-010; ER18-2224-005; ER12-676-011; ER13-2461-010; ER17-196-003;
ER18-807-003; ER18-1981-003; ER11-2192-014; ER16-1913-004; ER16-1440-
008; ER16-2240-008; ER14-2708-015; ER14-2709-014; ER15-30-012; ER15-
2243-004; ER15-1016-006; ER10-1989-012; ER19-774-003; ER13-2474-013;
ER10-1991-015; ER17-2270-007; ER18-2091-002; ER12-1660-015; ER13-2458-
010; ER11-4678-013; ER10-1994-011; ER17-582-004; ER10-2078-016; ER16-
1293-005; ER16-1277-006; ER17-583-004; ER18-2032-003; ER10-1995-012;
ER12-631-014.
    Applicants: Limon Wind II, LLC, Limon Wind III, LLC, Live Oak
Solar, LLC, Logan Wind Energy LLC, Lorenzo Wind, LLC, Luz Solar
Partners Ltd., III, Luz Solar Partners Ltd., IV, Luz Solar Partners
Ltd., V, Mammoth Plains Wind Project, LLC, Manuta Creek Solar, LLC,
Marshall Solar, LLC, McCoy Solar, LLC, Meyersdale Storage, LLC, Minco
Wind, LLC, Minco Wind II, LLC, Minco Wind III, LLC, Minco IV & V
Interconnection, LLC, Minco Wind Interconnection Services, LLC, Montauk
Energy Storage Center, LLC, Mountain View Solar, LLC, NEPM II, LLC, New
Mexico Wind, LLC, NextEra Blythe Solar Energy Center, LLC, NextEra
Energy Bluff Point, LLC, NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, NextEra
Energy Montezuma II Wind, LLC, NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC, NextEra
Energy Marketing, LLC, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, NextEra Energy
Services Massachusetts, LLC, Northeast Energy Associates, A Limited
Partnership, Ninnescah Wind Energy, LLC, North Jersey Energy
Associates, A Limited Partnership, North Sky River Energy, LLC,
Northern Colorado Wind Energy, LLC, Oleander Power Project, Limited
Partnership, Oliver Wind III, LLC, Osborn Wind Energy, LLC, Palo Duro
Wind Energy, LLC, Palo Duro Wind Interconnection Services, LLC, Peetz
Logan Interconnect, LLC, Peetz Table Wind Energy, LLC, Pegasus Wind,
LLC, Perrin Ranch Wind, LLC, Pheasant Run Wind, LLC, Pima Energy
Storage System, LLC, Pinal Central Energy Center, LLC, Pratt Wind, LLC,
Red Mesa Wind, LLC, River Bend Solar, LLC, Roswell Solar, LLC, Rush
Springs Wind Energy, LLC, Seiling Wind, LLC, Seiling Wind II, LLC,
Seiling Wind Interconnection Services, LLC, Silver State Solar Power
South, LLC, Shafter Solar, LLC, Sky River LLC, Stanton Clean Energy,
LLC, Steele Flats Wind Project, LLC, Story Wind, LLC, Stuttgart Solar,
LLC, Titan Solar, LLC, Tuscola Bay Wind, LLC, Tuscola Wind II, LLC,
Vasco Winds, LLC, Wessington Wind Energy Center, LLC, Westside Solar,
LLC, White Oak Energy LLC, White Oak Solar, LLC, White Pine Solar, LLC,
Whitney Point Solar, LLC, Wildcat Ranch Wind Project, LLC, Wilton Wind
II, LLC, Windpower Partners 1993, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of the NextEra MBR Sellers
(Part 2).
    Filed Date: 8/15/19.
    Accession Number: 20190815-5220.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-233-002.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. submits
tariff filing per 35.19a(b): Refund Report_Illinois Power Resources
Generating to be effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 8/16/19.
    Accession Number: 20190816-5190.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/6/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2627-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 1628R16 Western Farmers
Electric Cooperative NITSA NOA to be effective 8/1/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5028.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2628-000.
    Applicants: South Point Energy Center, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Certificate of Concurrence
to Southwest Reserve Sharing Group Participation Agmt to be effective
6/1/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5079.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2629-000.
    Applicants: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC.
    Description: Compliance filing: Update Affiliate Waivers re Order
in Docket Nos. ER11-2774, ER12-303 to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5082.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2630-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Generation Marketing, Inc.
    Description: Compliance filing: Compliance Filing--Affiliate Waiver
Update (ER11-2774, ER12-303) to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5083.

    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2631-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
    Description: Compliance filing: Compliance Filing--Affiliate Waiver
Update to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5091.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2632-000.
    Applicants: Virginia Electric and Power Company.
    Description: Compliance filing: Compliance Filing--2019 Affiliate
Waivers to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5092.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2633-000.
    Applicants: Virginia Electric and Power Company.
    Description: Compliance filing: Compliance Filing--2019 Affiliate
Waivers to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5093.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2634-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: DEC-PMPA (RS No. 340)
Amendment to PPA to be effective 1/1/2018.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5095.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2635-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Amendment to ISA, SA No.
896; Queue Nos. D05 and K21 (amend) to be effective 7/13/2004.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5107.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2636-000.
    Applicants: Northern Indiana Public Service Company.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Updated IA Agreement to be
effective 12/27/2011.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5110.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-2637-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
    Description: Compliance filing: NMST Tariff (Extend Affiliate
Restrictions Waiver) to be effective 8/20/2019.
    Filed Date: 8/19/19.
    Accession Number: 20190819-5131.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/19.

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

    Dated: August 19, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER06-757-000; ER06-757-001]

Eastman Cogeneration, L.P.; Notice of Issuance of Order

May 17, 2006.
    Eastman Cogeneration, L.P. (Eastman) filed an application for
market-based rate authority, with an accompanying tariff. The proposed
market-based rate tariff provides for the sale of energy and capacity
at market-based rates. Eastman also requested waiver of various
Commission regulations. In particular, Eastman requested that the
Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Eastman.
    On May 12, 2006, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director,
Division of Tariffs and Market Development--West, granted the request
for blanket approval under part 34. The Director's order also stated
that the Commission would publish a separate notice in the Federal
Register establishing a period of time for the filing of protests.
Accordingly, any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket
approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by
Eastman should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules
of Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214 (2004).
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to
intervene or protest is June 12, 2006.
    Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above,
Eastman is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or
liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise in respect
of any security of another person; provided that such issuance or
assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of
Eastman, compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably
necessary or appropriate for such purposes.
    The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that
neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by
continued approval of Eastman's issuances of securities or assumptions
of liability.
    Copies of the full text of the Director's Order are available from
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also be viewed on the Commission's
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Enter the

docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
filed to access the document. Comments, protests, and interventions may
be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. ER10-192-002, ER10-192-003, ER10-192-004]

Public Service Company of Colorado; Notice of Filing

July 19, 2010.
    Take notice that on June 18, 2010, in Docket No. ER10-192-004,
Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) filed an Offer of Settlement
and Settlement Agreement resolving all issues between PSCo and Holy
Cross Electric Association, Inc.; Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc.;
and Yampa Valley Electric Association, Inc., regarding PSCo's October
30, 2009 filing in Docket No. ER10-192-000 and PSCo's November 6, 2009
filing in Docket No. ER10-192-001 (collectively, PSCo Rate
Application).

    On July 13, 2010, in Docket No. ER10-192-002, PSCo filed an Offer
of Settlement and Settlement Agreement resolving all issues between
PSCo and Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility Company regarding the
PSCo Rate Application. On July 14, 2010, in Docket No. ER10-192-003,
PSCo filed an Offer of Settlement and Settlement Agreement resolving
all issues between PSCo and the City of Burlington, Colorado, and the
Town of Center, Colorado, regarding the PSCo Rate Application.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest these filings must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of 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 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible Online at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. e.t on Wednesday, August 4, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Docket No. ER12-295-000]

NaturEner Rim Rock Wind Energy, LLC; Supplemental Notice That
Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section
204 Authorization

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of
NaturEner Rim Rock Wind Energy, LLC's application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such
application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is November 22, 2011.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: November 2, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4241-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2015-0002]

South Carolina; Amendment No. 2 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration
for the State of South Carolina (FEMA-4241-DR), dated October 5, 2015,
and related determinations.

DATES: Effective date: October 7, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dean Webster, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration
for the State of South Carolina is hereby amended to include the
following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the event declared a major disaster by the President in his
declaration of October 5, 2015.

Calhoun, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw, and Lee Counties for
Individual Assistance.

    The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA) are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance
Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and
Households In Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing
Operations for Individuals and Households; 97.050 Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals and Households--Other
Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--Public Assistance (Presidentially
Declared Disasters); 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant.

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2017-F-4375]

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB; Filing of Food Additive Petition
(Animal Use)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification; petition for rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is
announcing that Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB has filed a petition

proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for
the safe use of glyceryl polyethylene glycol (200) ricinoleate as an
emulsifier in animal food that does not include food for cats, dogs,
vitamin premixes, or aquaculture.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the petitioner's
environmental assessment by October 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows: Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments
must be submitted on or before October 23, 2017. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until
midnight Eastern Time at the end of October 23, 2017. Comments received
by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be
considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service
acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information,
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in
the body of your comment, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2017-F-4375 for ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking
Water of Animals; glyceryl polyethylene glycol (200) ricinoleate.''
Received comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will
be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comment only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of
your comments and you must identify this information as
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or
access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts; and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Trull, Center for Veterinary
Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville,
MD 20855,<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (section 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5)), notice is given that a
food additive petition (FAP 2296) has been filed by Akzo Nobel Surface
Chemistry AB, Stenungsunds fabriker, 444 85 Stenungsund, Sweden. The
petition proposes to amend Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) in part 573 Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water
of Animals (21 CFR part 573) to provide for the safe use of glyceryl
polyethylene glycol (200) ricinoleate as an emulsifier in animal food
that does not include food for cats, dogs, vitamin premixes, or
aquaculture.
    The potential environmental impact of this action is being
reviewed. To encourage public participation consistent with regulations
issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.4(b)),
the Agency is placing the environmental assessment (EA) submitted with
the petition that is the subject of this notice on public display at
the Dockets Management Staff for public review and comment (see DATES
and ADDRESSES).
    FDA will also place on public display, at the Dockets Management
Staff, and at https://www.regulations.gov, any amendments to, or
comments on, the petitioner's EA without further announcement in the
Federal Register.
    If, based on its review, the Agency finds that an environmental
impact statement is not required, and this petition results in a
regulation, the notice of availability of the Agency's finding of no
significant impact and the evidence supporting that finding will be
published with the regulation in the Federal Register in accordance
with 21 CFR 25.51(b).

    Dated: September 14, 2017.
Anna K. Abram,
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.
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[Federal Register: August 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 159)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RP10-940-000]

ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Technical Conference

August 11, 2010.
    By order dated July 30, 2010 \1\ the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission ordered a technical conference in the captioned proceeding.
The conference will be held on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at the
Commission's headquarters at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426, beginning at 9 in a room to be identified. The conference will
address the matters of the transportation charges for the handling and
transporting of Associated Liquids discussed in the July 30, 2010
order.
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    \1\ ANR Pipeline Company, 132 FERC ] 61,090 (2010).
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    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY); or send a FAC to<PHONE_NUMBER> with
the required accommodations. For further information contact John M.
Robinson at<PHONE_NUMBER> or Frank Sparber at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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