[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57866-57868]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23614]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0437; FRL-9999-69]

Methylene Chloride (MC); Draft Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Risk Evaluation and TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals
(SACC) Meeting; Notice of Availability, Public Meeting, and Request for
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of and soliciting public
comment on the draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk
evaluation of Methylene Chloride (MC). The purpose of the risk
evaluation process under TSCA is to determine, upon issuance of a final
risk evaluation, whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable
risk of injury to health or the environment under the conditions of
use, including an unreasonable risk to a relevant potentially exposed
or susceptible subpopulation. EPA is also submitting the same document
to the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) for peer
review and is announcing that there will be an in-person public meeting
of the TSCA SACC to consider and review the draft risk evaluation.
Preceding the in-person meeting, there will be a preparatory virtual
public meeting for the panel to consider the scope and clarity of the
draft charge questions for the peer review.

DATES:
    Virtual Meeting: The preparatory virtual meeting will be held on
November 12, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. (EST). You
must register online on or before November 12, 2019 to receive the
webcast meeting link and audio teleconference information. Submit your
written comments for the preparatory virtual meeting, or request time
to present oral comments, on or before noon, November 8, 2019.
    In-Person Meeting: The in-person meeting will be held on December
3-4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) each day.
Any comments submitted on the draft risk evaluation on or before
November 26, 2019 will be provided to the SACC to allow them time to
review and consider them before the peer review meeting. Comments
received after November 26, 2019 and prior to the end of the oral
public comment period during the meeting will be considered by EPA and
available to the SACC for their consideration. Please submit requests
to present oral comments during the in-person meeting on or before
December 3, 2019 to be included on the meeting agenda.
    Comments: All comments on the draft risk evaluation must be
received on or before December 30, 2019.
    For additional instructions, see Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Virtual Meeting: Please visit http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review to register.
    In-Person Meeting: The in-person meeting will be held at the Hyatt
Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Additional meeting information can be found on the TSCA SACC website at
http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review.
    Comments: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0437 by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
     Mail: OPPT Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more
information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Requests to present oral comments and requests for special
accommodations. Submit requests for special accommodations, or requests
to present oral comments during the virtual meeting and/or the in-
person peer review meeting, to the Designated Federal Official (DFO)
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by the deadline identified
in the DATES section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: TSCA SACC meeting: Dr. Todd Peterson,
DFO, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
[email protected].
    Draft Risk Evaluation: Dr. Stan Barone, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (7403M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-1169; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may
be of interest to persons who are or may be required to conduct testing
and those interested in risk evaluations of chemical substances under
TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Since other entities may also be
interested in these draft risk evaluations, the EPA has not attempted
to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this
action.

B. What is EPA's authority for taking this action?

    TSCA section 6, 15 U.S.C. 2605, requires EPA to conduct risk
evaluations to ``determine whether a chemical substance presents an
unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without
consideration of costs or other nonrisk factors,

including an unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible
subpopulation identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by the
Administrator, under the conditions of use.'' 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(A).
TSCA sections 6(b)(4)(A) through (H) enumerate the deadlines and
minimum requirements applicable to this process, including provisions
that provide instruction on chemical substances that must undergo
evaluation, the minimum components of a TSCA risk evaluation, and the
timelines for public comment and completion of the risk evaluation.
TSCA also requires that EPA operate in a manner that is consistent with
the best available science, make decisions based on the weight of the
scientific evidence and consider reasonably available information. 15
U.S.C. 2625(h), (i), and (k).
    The statute identifies the minimum components for all chemical
substance risk evaluations. For each risk evaluation, EPA must publish
a document that outlines the scope of the risk evaluation to be
conducted, which includes the hazards, exposures, conditions of use,
and the potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations that EPA
expects to consider. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(D). The statute further
provides that each risk evaluation must also: (1) Integrate and assess
available information on hazards and exposures for the conditions of
use of the chemical substance, including information on specific risks
of injury to health or the environment and information on relevant
potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations; (2) describe whether
aggregate or sentinel exposures were considered and the basis for that
consideration; (3) take into account, where relevant, the likely
duration, intensity, frequency, and number of exposures under the
conditions of use; and (4) describe the weight of the scientific
evidence for the identified hazards and exposures. 15 U.S.C.
2605(b)(4)(F)(i)-(ii) and (iv)-(v). Each risk evaluation must not
consider costs or other nonrisk factors. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(F)(iii).
    The statute requires that the risk evaluation process last no
longer than three years, with a possible additional six-month
extension. 15 U.S.C. 2605(b)(4)(G). The statute also requires that the
EPA allow for no less than a 30-day public comment period on the draft
risk evaluation, prior to publishing a final risk evaluation. 15 U.S.C.
2605(b)(4)(H).

C. What action is EPA taking?

    EPA is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on
the draft risk evaluation of the chemical substances identified in Unit
II. EPA is seeking public comment on all aspects of the draft risk
evaluation, including any preliminary conclusions, findings, and
determinations, and the submission of any additional information that
might be relevant to the draft risk evaluation, including the science
underlying the draft risk evaluation and the outcome of the systematic
review associated with the chemical substances. This 60-day comment
period on the draft risk evaluation satisfies TSCA section 6(b)(4)(H),
which requires EPA to ``provide no less than 30 days public notice and
an opportunity for comment on a draft risk evaluation prior to
publishing a final risk evaluation,'' and 40 CFR 702.49(a), which
states that ``EPA will publish a draft risk evaluation in the Federal
Register, open a docket to facilitate receipt of public comment, and
provide no less than a 60-day comment period, during which time the
public may submit comment on EPA's draft risk evaluation.'' In addition
to any new comments on the draft risk evaluation, the public should
resubmit or clearly identify any previously filed comments, modified as
appropriate, that are relevant to the draft risk evaluation and that
the submitter feels have not been addressed. EPA does not intend to
respond to comments submitted prior to the release of the draft risk
evaluation unless they are clearly identified in comments on the draft
risk evaluation.
    EPA is also submitting the draft risk evaluation and associated
supporting documents to the TSCA SACC for peer review and announcing
the meeting for the peer review panel. All comments submitted to the
dockets on the draft risk evaluation by the deadline identified in the
DATES section will be provided for consideration to the TSCA SACC peer
review panel, which will have the opportunity to consider the comments
during its discussions.

D. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed CBI. In addition to one complete
version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy
of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so
marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set
forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

II. Draft TSCA Risk Evaluation

A. What is EPA's risk evaluation process for existing chemicals under
TSCA?

    The risk evaluation process is the second step in EPA's existing
chemical process under TSCA, following prioritization and before risk
management. As these chemicals are part of the first ten chemical
substances undergoing risk evaluation, these chemical substances were
not required to go through prioritization (81 FR 91927, December 19,
2016) (FRL-9956-47). The purpose of risk evaluation is to determine
whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to
health or the environment, under the conditions of use, including an
unreasonable risk to a relevant potentially exposed or susceptible
subpopulation. As part of this process, EPA must evaluate both hazard
and exposure, not consider costs or other nonrisk factors, use
reasonably available information and approaches in a manner that is
consistent with the requirements in TSCA for the use of the best
available science, and ensure decisions are based on the weight-of-
scientific-evidence.
    The specific risk evaluation process that EPA has established by
rule to implement the statutory process is set out in 40 CFR part 702
and summarized on EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-evaluations-existing-chemicals-under-tsca. As explained in the preamble to EPA's final rule on
procedures for risk evaluation (82 FR 33726, July 20, 2017) (FRL-9964-
38), the specific regulatory process set out in 40 CFR part 702,
subpart B will be followed for the first ten chemical substances
undergoing risk evaluation to the maximum extent practicable.

B. What is MC?

    Methylene chloride (MC), also known as dichloromethane and DCM, is
a volatile chemical used as a solvent in a wide range of industrial,
commercial and consumer applications. The primary uses for methylene
chloride are for paint removal, adhesives, pharmaceutical
manufacturing, metal cleaning, aerosol solvents, chemical

processing and flexible polyurethane foam manufacturing. Information
from the 2016 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) for MC indicates the
reported production volume is more than 260 million lbs/year
(manufacture and import).
    Information about the problem formulation and scope phases of the
TSCA risk evaluation for this chemical is available at http://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-evaluation-methylene-chloride-0.

III. TSCA SACC

A. What is the purpose of the TSCA SACC?

    The TSCA SACC was established by EPA in 2016 and operates in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2 et seq. The TSCA SACC provides expert independent scientific
advice and consultation to the EPA on the scientific and technical
aspects of risk assessments, methodologies, and pollution prevention
measures and approaches for chemicals regulated under TSCA.
    The TSCA SACC is comprised of experts in: Toxicology; human health
and environmental risk assessment; exposure assessment; and related
sciences (e.g., synthetic biology, pharmacology, biotechnology,
nanotechnology, biochemistry, biostatistics, physiologically based
pharmacokinetic modelling (PBPK) modeling, computational toxicology,
epidemiology, environmental fate, and environmental engineering and
sustainability). When needed, the committee will be assisted in their
reviews by ad hoc participants with specific expertise in the topics
under consideration.

B. How can I access the TSCA SACC documents?

    EPA's background documents, related supporting materials, and draft
charge questions to the TSCA SACC are available on the TSCA SACC
website and in the docket established for the specific chemical
substances. In addition, EPA will provide additional background
documents (e.g., TSCA SACC members participating in this meeting and
the meeting agenda) as the materials become available. You may obtain
electronic copies of these documents, and certain other related
documents that might be available, in the docket at http://www.regulations.gov and the TSCA SACC website at http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review.
    After the public meeting, the TSCA SACC will prepare meeting
minutes summarizing its recommendations to EPA. The meeting minutes
will be posted on the TSCA SACC website and in the relevant docket.

C. What do I need to know about the TSCA SACC public meetings?

    The focus of the public meeting is to peer review EPA's draft risk
evaluation. After the peer review process, EPA will consider peer
reviewer comments and recommendations, and public comments, in
finalizing the risk evaluation. The draft risk evaluation contains:
Discussion of chemistry and physical-chemical properties;
characterization of conditions of use; environmental fate and transport
assessment; human health exposures; environmental hazard assessment;
risk characterization; risk determination; and a detailed description
of the systematic review process developed by the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics to search, screen, and evaluate scientific
literature for use in the risk evaluation process.

D. How do I participate in the public meetings?

    You may participate in the public meetings by following the
instructions in this unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is
imperative that you identify the corresponding docket ID number in the
subject line on the first page of your request.
    1. Preparatory virtual meeting. The preparatory virtual meeting
will be conducted via webcast and telephone. You may participate in the
preparatory virtual meeting by registering to join the webcast. You may
also submit written comments or request time for oral comments.
    i. Registration. You must register to participate in the
preparatory virtual meeting. To participate by listening or making a
comment during this meeting, please go to the EPA website to register:
http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review. Registration online will be
confirmed by an email that will include the webcast meeting link and
audio teleconference information.
    ii. Written comments. Written comments for consideration during the
preparatory virtual meeting should be submitted, using the instructions
in ADDRESSES and this unit, on or before the date set in the DATES
section.
    iii. Oral comments. Requests to make brief oral comments to the
TSCA SACC during the preparatory virtual meeting should be submitted
when registering online or with the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT on or before noon on the date set in the DATES
section. Oral comments before the TSCA SACC during the preparatory
virtual meeting are limited to approximately 5 minutes due to the time
constraints of this virtual meeting.
    2. In-person meeting. You may participate in the in-person public
meeting by attending and by providing written or oral comments. The in-
person meeting may also be webcast. Please refer to the TSCA SACC
website at http://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review for information on how
to access the webcast. Please note that for the in-person meeting, the
webcast is a supplementary public process provided only for
convenience. If difficulties arise resulting in webcasting outages, the
in-person meeting will continue as planned.
    i. Seating at the meeting. Seating at the meeting will be open and
on a first-come basis.
    ii. Written comments. To provide the TSCA SACC the time necessary
to consider and review your comments, written comments must be
submitted by the date set in the DATES section and using the
instructions in the ADDRESSES section and this unit. Comments received
after the date set in the DATES section and prior to the end of the
oral public comment period during the meeting will still be provided to
the TSCA SACC for their consideration.
    iii. Oral comments. To be included on the meeting agenda, submit
your request to make brief oral comments at the in-person meeting to
the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before the
date set in the DATES section. The request should identify the name of
the individual making the presentation, the organization (if any) the
individual will represent, and any requirements for audiovisual
equipment. Oral comments before TSCA SACC during the in-person meeting
are limited to approximately 5 minutes unless prior arrangements have
been made. In addition, each speaker should bring 30 copies of the
comments and presentation for distribution by the DFO to the TSCA SACC
at the meeting.

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

    Dated: October 23, 2019.
Andrew R. Wheeler,
Administrator.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37373-37374]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13277]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Final Agency Actions on Proposed Railroad Project in
California on Behalf of the California High Speed Rail Authority

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA, on behalf of the California High-Speed Rail Authority
(Authority), is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by the
Authority that are final. By this notice, FRA is advising the public of
the time limit to file a claim seeking judicial review of the actions.
The actions relate to the California High-Speed Rail San Jose to Merced
Project Section (Project). These actions grant approvals for project
implementation pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and other laws, regulations, and executive orders.

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review of the agency actions on the
Project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before June 21,
2024. If Federal law later authorizes a time period of less than 2
years for filing such claim, then that shorter time period applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For the Authority: Scott Rothenberg, NEPA Assignment Manager,
Environmental Services, California High-Speed Rail Authority,
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email: [email protected].
    For FRA: Marlys Osterhues, Division Chief, Environment and Systems
Planning, Federal Railroad Administration, telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 23, 2019, FRA assigned, and
the State of California acting through the Authority assumed,
environmental responsibilities for the California High-Speed Rail (HSR)
System pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is given that the Authority
has taken final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1); 49
U.S.C. 24201(a)(4) by issuing approvals for the Project. The purpose of
the California HSR System \1\ is to provide a reliable, high-speed,
electric-powered train system that links the major metropolitan areas
of California, delivering predictable and consistent travel times. A
further objective is to provide an interface with commercial airports,
mass transit, and the highway network, and to relieve capacity
constraints of the existing transportation system as increases in
intercity travel demand in California occur, in a manner sensitive to
and protective of California's unique natural resources. The Authority
has selected Alternative 4, with the San Jose Diridon Station, a
station in downtown Gilroy, the South Gilroy Maintenance-of-Way
Facility and maintenance of way siding (MOWS) west of Turner Island
Road in the Central Valley, as identified in the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (Final EIS) and Record of Decision, for the San Jose
to Merced Project because the Selected Alternative (1) best satisfies
the Purpose, Need, and Objectives for the Project and (2) minimizes
impacts on the natural and human environment by utilizing an existing
transportation corridor where practicable and incorporating mitigation
measures where practicable. The actions by the Authority, and the laws
under which such actions were taken, are described in the Project's
Final EIS and Record of Decision (ROD). The ROD was executed on June 1,
2022. The ROD, Final EIS, and other documents will be available online
in PDF at the Authority's website (www.hsr.ca.gov) and via electronic
media by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>.
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    \1\ The California HSR System will be implemented in two phases.
Phase 1 will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via
the Pacheco Pass and the southern Central Valley. Phase 2 will
extend the HSR system from the Central Valley (starting at the
Merced Station) to the state's capital in Sacramento and from Los
Angeles to San Diego.
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    This notice applies to the ROD, Final EIS, and all other Federal
agency decisions with respect to the Project as of the issuance date of
this notice and all laws under which such actions were taken, including
but not limited to:

    1. NEPA;
    2. Council on Environmental Quality regulations (1978); \2\
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    \2\ The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued new
regulations on July 14, 2020, effective September 14, 2020, updating
the NEPA implementing procedures at 40 CFR 1500 through 1508.
However, this project initiated NEPA before the effective date and
relies on the CEQ regulations as they existed prior to September 14,
2020. All subsequent citations to the CEQ regulations in the ROD and
Final EIS refer to the 1978 regulations, consistent with 40 CFR
1506.13 (2020) and the preamble at 85 FR 43340.
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    3. Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act);
    4. Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Section 4(f);
    5. Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act of 1965, Section
6(f);
    6. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;
    7. Clean Water Act of 1977 and 1987;
    8. Endangered Species Act of 1973;
    9. Migratory Bird Treaty Act;
    10. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended;
    11. Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands;
    12. Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management;
    13. Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations;
    14. Executive Order 13112, Invasive Species.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Jamie P. Rennert,
Director, Office of Infrastructure Investment.
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[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 95026-95027]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2015-F-4282]

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals;
Feed Grade Sodium Formate

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, the Agency) is
amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and
drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of feed grade
sodium formate as a feed acidifying agent in complete poultry feeds.
This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by BASF
Corp.

DATES: This rule is effective December 27, 2016. Submit either written
or electronic objections and requests for a hearing by January 26,
2017. See section V of this document for information on the filing of
objections.

ADDRESSES: You may submit objections and requests for a hearing as
follows:

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic objections in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Objections submitted
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your objection will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your
objection 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 objection, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit an objection with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the objection 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): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper objections submitted to the Division of
Dockets Management, FDA will post your objection, 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-2015-F-4282 for ``Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking
Water of Animals; Feed Grade Sodium Formate.'' Received objections will
be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit an objection with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your objections 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 objections. 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 Division of Dockets
Management. 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 objections 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: http://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper objections 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 Division of Dockets Management, 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:

I. Background

    In a notice published in the Federal Register of November 24, 2015
(80 FR 73153), FDA announced that we had filed a food additive petition
(animal use) (FAP 2293) submitted by BASF Corp., 100 Park Ave., Florham
Park, NJ 07932. The petition proposed that the regulations for food
additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals be amended to
provide for the safe use of feed grade sodium formate as a feed
acidifying agent in complete poultry feeds.

II. Conclusion

    FDA concludes that the data establish the safety and utility of
feed grade sodium formate for use as a feed acidifying agent in
complete poultry feeds and that the food additive regulations should be
amended as set forth in this document.

III. Public Disclosure

    In accordance with Sec.  571.1(h) (21 CFR 571.1(h)), the petition
and the documents that we considered and relied upon in reaching our
decision to approve the petition will be made available for public
disclosure (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). As provided in Sec.
571.1(h), we will delete from the documents any materials that are not
available for public disclosure.

IV. Environmental Impact

    The Agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(r) that this action is
of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant
effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental
assessment, nor an environmental impact statement is required.

V. Objections and Hearing Requests

    Any person who will be adversely affected by this regulation may
file with the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES) either
electronic or written objections. Each objection shall be separately
numbered, and each numbered objection shall specify with particularity
the provision of the regulation to which objection is made and the
grounds for the objection. Each numbered objection on which a hearing
is requested shall specifically so state. Failure to request a hearing
for any particular objection shall constitute a waiver of the right to
a hearing on that objection. Each numbered objection for which a
hearing is requested shall include a detailed description and analysis
of the specific factual information intended to be presented in support
of the objection in the event that a hearing is held. Failure to
include such a description and analysis for any particular objection
shall constitute a waiver of the right to a hearing on the objection.
    Any objections received in response to the regulation may be seen
in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at https://www.regulations.gov.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 573

    Animal feeds, Food additives.

    Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and
redelegated to the Center for Veterinary Medicine, 21 CFR part 573 is
amended as follows:

PART 573--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN FEED AND DRINKING WATER OF
ANIMALS

0
1. The authority citation for part 573 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

0
2. In Sec.  573.696, revise the introductory text and paragraph (b) to
read as follows:

Sec.  573.696   Feed grade sodium formate.

    The food additive, feed grade sodium formate, may be safely used in
the manufacture of complete swine and poultry feeds in accordance with
the following prescribed conditions:
* * * * *
    (b) The additive is used or intended for use as a feed acidifying
agent, to lower the pH, in complete swine and poultry feeds at levels
not to exceed 1.2 percent of the complete feed.
* * * * *

    Dated: December 20, 2016.
Tracey H. Forfa,
Deputy Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2305-056]

Sabine River Authority of Texas, Sabine River Authority, State of
Louisiana; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Temporary Variance of License.
    b. Project No.: 2305-056.
    c. Date Filed: July 29, 2016.
    d. Applicants: Sabine River Authority of Texas, Sabine River
Authority, State of Louisiana.
    e. Name of Project: Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border in
Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton counties in Texas, and DeSoto,
Sabine, and Vernon parishes in Louisiana.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Jim Brown, Compliance Officer, Toledo Bend
Project Joint Operation, Sabine River Authority, Texas, P.O. Box 579,
Orange, TX 77631-0579,<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>    i. FERC Contact: Steve Sachs,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests
is 14 days from the issuance of this notice by the Commission. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, and protests using the Commission's eFiling
system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/doc-sfiling/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact
information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866) 208-3676 (toll
free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any
filing should include docket number P-2305-056.
    k. Description of Request: The applicants request a temporary
variance of the continuous flow releases required by Article 402 of the
license. Specifically, the applicants request that the Commission grant
them a temporary variance to continue the 144 cubic feet per second
release from the existing bypass conduits until the applicants complete
the spillway refurbishment project. The ongoing refurbishment project
necessitates vehicular access to the spillway apron and releasing the
required continuous flows from the spillway gates, as proposed in their
Spillway Flow Release Plan would prevent the vehicular access. The
applicants expect to complete the work by October 31, 2016, but state
that they would implement the targeted continuous flows immediately if
they are able to complete construction sooner.
    l. Locations of the Applications: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington,
DC 20426, or by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>. The filing may also be viewed
on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits
in the docket number field to access the document. You may also
register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to
be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>for TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Motions to Intervene, or Protests: Anyone may submit
comments, a motion to intervene, or a protest in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, motions to
intervene, or protests must be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular application.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filing must (1)
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``MOTION TO
INTERVENE'', or ``PROTEST'' as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR
4.34(b). All comments, motions to intervene, or protests should relate
to project works which are the subject of the temporary variance
request. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from
the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be
served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the
particular application. If an intervener files comments or documents
with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect
the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also
serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. A copy of all
other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by
the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b)
and 385.2010.

    Dated: September 12, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-61529; File No. SR-Phlx-2010-17]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. Relating
to the Options Regulatory Fee

February 17, 2010.
    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 4, 2010, NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. (``Phlx'' or ``Exchange'')
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or
``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II,
and III, below, which Items have been prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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 I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to amend its Options Regulatory Fee.
    The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Exchange's
Web site at http://nasdaqtrader.com/micro.aspx?id=PHLXfilings, at the
principal office of the Exchange, at the Commission's Public Reference
Room, and on the Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

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

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

the most significant aspects of such statements.

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

1. Purpose
    The purpose of the proposed rule change is to amend the Options
Regulatory Fee to eliminate the minimum one-cent charge per trade. The
Exchange notes that the total monthly charges to be assessed in a given
month will be rounded to the nearest $0.01. The Exchange believes that
by eliminating the one-cent charge per trade this should reduce fees
related to the ORF for members.
    Currently, the Exchange assesses $.0035 per contract to each member
for all options transactions executed or cleared by the member that are
cleared by The Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') in the customer
range (i.e., that clear in the customer account of the member's
clearing firm at OCC), excluding P/A Orders as defined in the Options
Intermarket Linkage Plan (``Linkage'').\3\ The ORF is imposed upon all
such transactions executed by a member, even if such transactions do
not take place on the Exchange.\4\ The ORF also includes options
transactions that are not executed by an Exchange member but are
ultimately cleared by an Exchange member. The Exchange charges members
$.0035 per contract for all options transactions executed or cleared by
the member that are cleared by OCC in the customer range, excluding
Linkage P/A Orders, regardless of the marketplace of execution. In the
case where one member both executes a transaction and clears the
transaction, the ORF is assessed to the member only once on the
execution. In the case where one member executes a transaction and a
different member clears the transaction, the ORF is assessed only to
the member who executes the transaction and is not assessed to the
member who clears the transaction. In the case where a non-member
executes a transaction and a member clears the transaction, the ORF is
assessed to the member who clears the transaction. The ORF is not
charged for member options transactions because members incur the costs
of owning memberships and through their memberships are charged
transaction fees, dues and other fees that are not applicable to non-
members.\5\ The dues and fees paid by members go into the general funds
of the Exchange, a portion of which is used to help pay the costs of
regulation. The ORF is collected indirectly from members through their
clearing firms by OCC on behalf of the Exchange. Currently, there is a
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    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 60405 (July 30,
2009), 74 FR 39362 (August 6, 2009) (National Market System Plan
Relating to Options Order Protection and Locked/Crossed Markets).
    \4\ The ORF would apply to all ``C'' account origin code orders
executed by a member on the Exchange. Exchange rules require each
member to record the appropriate account origin code on all orders
at the time of entry in order to allow the Exchange to properly
prioritize and route orders and assess transaction fees pursuant to
the rules of the Exchange and report resulting transactions to the
OCC. See Exchange Rule 1063, Responsibilities of Floor Brokers, and
Options Floor Procedure Advice F-4, Orders Executed as Spreads,
Straddles, Combinations or Synthetics and Other Order Ticket Marking
Requirements. The Exchange represents that it has surveillances in
place to verify that members mark orders with the correct account
origin code.
    \5\ For example, non-broker-dealer customers generally are not
charged transaction fees to trade equity options on the Exchange.
    \6\ See Securities and Exchange Act Release No. 61133 (December
9, 2009), 74 FR 66715 (December 16, 2009) (SR-Phlx-2009-100).
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    The ORF is designed to recover a portion of the costs to the
Exchange of the supervision and regulation of its members, including
performing routine surveillances, investigations, examinations,
financial monitoring, and policy, rulemaking, interpretive, and
enforcement activities. The Exchange believes that revenue generated
from the ORF, when combined with all of the Exchange's other regulatory
fees, will cover a material portion, but not all, of the Exchange's
regulatory costs. The Exchange monitors the amount of revenue collected
from the ORF to ensure that it, in combination with its other
regulatory fees and fines, do not exceed regulatory costs. If the
Exchange determines regulatory revenues would exceed regulatory costs,
the Exchange would adjust the ORF by submitting a fee change filing to
the Commission.
    Presently, the Exchange, in monitoring its revenue, has determined
that regulatory revenues may exceed regulatory costs on an annual
basis. The Exchange is proposing to adjust the ORF to ensure that it,
in combination with its other regulatory fees and fines, does not
exceed regulatory costs. The Exchange will continue to monitor the
amount of revenue collected from the ORF.
2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that its proposal to amend its schedule of
fees is consistent with Section 6(b) of the Act\7\ in general, and
furthers the objectives of Section 6(b)(4) of the Act\8\ in particular,
in that it is an equitable allocation of reasonable fees and other
charges among Exchange members. The Exchange believes that this fee
proposal is equitable because it eliminates the minimum one-cent charge
per trade and reduces the monthly ORF charge for all members.
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    \7\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
impose any burden on competition not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

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

    No written comments were either solicited or received.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act\9\ and paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b-4\10\
thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://
www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml; or
     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-Phlx-2010-17 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-Phlx-2010-17. This file

number should be included on the subject line if e-mail 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
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; 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-Phlx-2010-17 and should be
submitted on or before March 17, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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