[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43615-43617]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16665]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0371; FRL-8746-01-R9]

Air Plan Approval; California; San Diego Air Pollution Control
District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the San Diego Air Pollution Control District
(SDAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP).
These revisions concern emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
from cold solvent cleaning and stripping operations and from vapor
degreasing operations. We are proposing to approve changes to SIP-
approved local rules to regulate these emission sources under the Clean
Air Act (CAA or the Act). We are taking comments on this proposal and
plan to follow with a final action.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 9, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2021-0371 at https://www.regulations.gov. For comments submitted at
Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. The 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. The 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 the person identified in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public
comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and
general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. If you need assistance in a
language other than English or if you are a person with disabilities
who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you, please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Schwartz, EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105. By phone:<PHONE_NUMBER> or by
email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.

Table of Contents

I. The State's Submittal
    A. What rules did the State submit?
    B. Are there other versions of these rules?
    C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule revisions?
II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action
    A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?
    B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?
    C. The EPA's recommendations to further improve the rules
    D. Public comment and proposed action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. The State's Submittal

A. What rules did the State submit?

    Table 1 lists the rules addressed by this proposal with the dates
that they were adopted by the local air agency and submitted by the
California Air Resources Board (CARB).

                                            Table 1--Submitted Rules
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                                                                                Revised and
             Local agency                   Rule #             Rule title             adopted        Submitted
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SDAPCD................................          67.6.1  Cold Solvent Cleaning         02/10/2021      04/20/2021
                                                         and Stripping
                                                         Operations.
SDAPCD................................          67.6.2  Vapor Degreasing              02/10/2021      04/20/2021
                                                         Operations.
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    On June 7, 2021, the EPA determined that the submittal for SDAPCD
Rule 67.6.1 and Rule 67.6.2 met the completeness criteria in 40 CFR
part 51 Appendix V, which must be met before formal EPA review.

B. Are there other versions of these rules?

    We approved earlier versions of Rule 67.6.1 and Rule 67.6.2 into
the SIP on October 13, 2009.\1\ The SDAPCD adopted revisions to the
SIP-approved versions on February 10, 2021 and CARB submitted them to
us on April 20, 2021. If we take final action to approve the February
10, 2021 versions of Rule 67.6.1 and Rule 67.6.2, these versions will
replace the previously approved versions of these rules in the SIP.
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    \1\ 74 FR 52427.
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C. What is the purpose of the submitted rule revisions?

    Emissions of VOCs contribute to the production of ground-level
ozone and smog, which harm human health and the environment. Section
110(a) of the CAA requires states to submit regulations that control
VOC emissions. The District revised Rule 67.6.1 to include more
stringent solvent cleaning VOC limits, increase the stringency of a
qualifying VOC limit for an exemption to the rule, and remove an
inappropriate exemption for sources covered by a National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) standard. Rule 67.6.2
was revised to increase the stringency of a qualifying VOC limit for an
exemption to the rule and to add several housekeeping updates.
    Additionally, on December 3, 2020 (85 FR 77996), the EPA partially
approved and partially disapproved SDAPCD's reasonably available
control technology (RACT) demonstrations for the 2008 8-hr ozone
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) (also referred to as the
``2016 RACT SIP''). These deficiencies were identified in our August
10, 2020 proposed partial approval and partial disapproval.\2\ For Rule
67.6.1, the deficiency identified was an inappropriate exemption for
sources covered by the NESHAP standard. Revisions to Rule 67.6.1 were
submitted on April 20, 2021, in part to correct this deficiency. The
EPA's technical support document (TSD) has more information about these
rules.
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    \2\ 85 FR 48127.
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II. The EPA's Evaluation and Action

A. How is the EPA evaluating the rules?

    Rules in the SIP must be enforceable (see CAA section 110(a)(2)),
must not interfere with applicable requirements

concerning attainment and reasonable further progress or other CAA
requirements (see CAA section 110(l)), and must not modify certain SIP
control requirements in nonattainment areas without ensuring equivalent
or greater emissions reductions (see CAA section 193).
    Generally, SIP rules must require RACT for each category of sources
covered by a Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG) document as well as
each major source of VOCs in ozone nonattainment areas classified as
Moderate or above (see CAA section 182(b)(2)). The SDAPCD regulates an
ozone nonattainment area classified as a Severe nonattainment area for
the 2008 and 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS (40 CFR 81.305).\3\ Therefore,
these rules must implement RACT. In addition, we evaluated the rule to
ensure it cured the deficiencies we identified in the partial
disapproval of the SDAPCD's 2016 RACT SIP \4\ with respect to the
requirement to establish RACT-level controls for sources covered by the
``Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial Cleaning Solvents.''
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    \3\ 86 FR 29522 (June 2, 2021).
    \4\ 85 FR 77996 (December 3, 2020) and 85 FR 48127 (August 10,
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    Guidance and policy documents that we used to evaluate
enforceability, revision/relaxation and rule stringency requirements
for the applicable criteria pollutants include the following:

    1. ``State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the
Implementation of Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,''
57 FR 13498 (April 16, 1992); 57 FR 18070 (April 28, 1992).
    2. ``Issues Relating to VOC Regulation Cutpoints, Deficiencies,
and Deviations,'' EPA, May 25, 1988 (the Bluebook, revised January
11, 1990).
    3. ``Guidance Document for Correcting Common VOC & Other Rule
Deficiencies,'' EPA Region 9, August 21, 2001 (the Little Bluebook).
    4. ``Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Solvent Metal
Cleaning,'' EPA-450/2-77-022, November 1977.
    5. ``Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial Cleaning
Solvents,'' EPA-453/R-06-001, September 2006.

B. Do the rules meet the evaluation criteria?

    These rules meet CAA requirements and are consistent with relevant
guidance regarding enforceability, RACT, and SIP revisions. The
revisions to Rule 67.6.1 cure the deficiency identified in our partial
disapproval of SDAPCD's 2016 RACT SIP with respect to the requirement
to establish RACT-level controls for sources covered by the Industrial
Cleaning Solvents CTG. Additionally, the District revised Rule 67.6.1
to include more stringent solvent cleaning VOC limits and to increase
the stringency of a qualifying VOC limit for an exemption to the rule.
The District revised Rule 67.6.2 to increase the stringency of a
qualifying VOC limit for an exemption to the rule. The TSD has more
information on our evaluation.

C. The EPA Recommendations to Further Improve the Rules

    We recommend that the District add a reference to SDAPCD Rule 67.17
that contains provisions for this source category supplementary to Rule
67.6.1 and Rule 67.6.2. The TSD includes additional recommendations for
the next time the local agency modifies the rules.

D. Public Comment and Proposed Action

    As authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the Act, the EPA proposes to
fully approve the submitted rules because they fulfill all relevant
requirements. We will accept comments from the public on this proposal
until September 9, 2021. If we take final action to approve the
submitted rules, our final action will incorporate these rules into the
federally enforceable SIP. In addition, if we finalize our approval of
Rule 67.6.1, it will address our obligation to promulgate a Federal
Implementation Plan for the Industrial Cleaning Solvent CTG source
category associated with our partial disapproval of the District's 2008
RACT SIP, and satisfy the District's requirement to establish RACT-
level controls for this source category.\5\
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    \5\ Sanctions and FIP clocks still apply as they relate to
deficiencies in other CTG source categories identified elsewhere in
our partial disapproval of the District's 2008 RACT SIP (85 FR
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III. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is proposing to include in a final EPA rule
regulatory text that includes incorporation by reference. In accordance
with requirements of 1 CFR 51.5, the EPA is proposing to incorporate by
reference the SDAPCD rules described in Table 1 of this preamble. The
EPA has made, and will continue to make, these materials available
through https://www.regulations.gov and at the EPA Region IX Office
(please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this preamble for more information).

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act, 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, the EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this proposed action merely proposes to approve state law
as meeting federal requirements and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this
proposed 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 Clean Air Act; and
     Does not provide the EPA with the discretionary authority
to address disproportionate human health or environmental effects with
practical, appropriate, 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 the 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).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.

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

    Dated: July 19, 2021.
Deborah Jordan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 172

[Docket No. PHMSA-05-21812 (HM-218D)] RIN 2137-AE10

  Hazardous Materials; Miscellaneous Amendments

Correction

    In rule document E8-1211 beginning on page 4699 in the issue of  Monday, January 28, 2008 make the following correction:

Sec. 172.101  [Corrected]

    On page 4715, in Sec. 172.101.--Hazardous Materials Table, in  column (8A), in the third entry, ``50'' should read ``150''.

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18877]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 210, 211, 229, 231 and 241

[Release No. 33-10349; 34-80479; File No. S7-02-17]
RIN 3235-AL79

Request for Comment on Possible Changes to Industry Guide 3
(Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies); Extension of
Comment Period

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission is extending the
comment period for its request for comment seeking public input as to
the disclosures called for by Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure
by Bank Holding Companies. The original comment period is scheduled to
end on May 8, 2017. The Commission is extending the time period in
which to provide the Commission with comments until July 7, 2017. This
action will allow interested persons additional time to analyze the
issues and prepare their comments.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before July 7, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml);
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number S7-02-17 on the subject line; or
     Use the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov). Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number S7-02-17. This file number
should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help us
process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one
method of submission. The Commission will post all comments on the
Commission's Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml). Comments
also are available for Web site viewing and printing in the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsay McCord, Associate Chief
Accountant in the Office of Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation
Finance, at<PHONE_NUMBER>, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has published a request for
comment to seek public input as to the disclosures called for by
Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies.
Specifically, we sought comment on new or revised disclosure or the
elimination of what may be duplicative or overlapping disclosures in
Guide 3. We also sought input on whether any of the Guide 3
disclosures, which are not Commission rules or requirements, should be
codified as Commission rules. Because we are considering modernization
of the scope and applicability of Guide 3, we also encouraged
commenters to consider registrants other than bank holding companies
when recommending improvements to the disclosure regime. The request
for comment is part of the staff's broad-based review of the
Commission's disclosure requirement, including its consideration of how
the disclosure system could be improved for the benefit of both
investors and registrants.
    The Commission originally requested that comments on the request
for comment be received by May 8, 2017. The Commission has received
requests for an extension of time for public comment to, among other
things, allow for adequate time to fully consider our request and to
improve the quality of responses.\1\ In particular, we note that those
requesting the extension have indicated that several industry
participants are in the process of preparing for capital plan and
annual and quarterly report deadlines and are therefore unable to
perform the level of analysis and review of the request for comment to
provide thoughtful responses to the detailed questions posed in the
request before the comment period closes on May 8, 2017. The Commission
believes that providing the public additional time to consider
thoroughly the matters addressed by the request for comment and to
submit comprehensive responses to the request for comment would benefit
the Commission in its consideration of possible revisions to its
disclosure regime for bank holding companies. Therefore, the Commission
is extending the comment period for Release No. 33-10321; 34-80131;
File No. S7-02-17 ``Request for Comment on Possible Changes to Industry
Guide 3 (Statistical Disclosure By Bank Holding Companies)'' until July
7, 2017.
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    \1\ See Letter from American Bankers Association (Mar. 24,
2017); and a joint Letter from The Clearing House Association, LLC,
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and Financial
Services Roundtable (Mar. 24, 2017). Comments are available on the
Commission's Web site at https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-02-17/s70217.htm.

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    By the Commission.

    Dated: April 18, 2017.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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[Notices]
[Page 12106]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

88th Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 159, Global Positioning
System (GPS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special Committee 159, Global Positioning System
(GPS).

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the
88th meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159, Global Positioning System
(GPS).

DATES: The meeting will be held March 13-16, 2012, from 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833-
9339, fax at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is
hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 159. The agenda will
include the following:

March 13, 2012

 All Day Working Group 2 Meeting, GPS/WAAS, MacIntosh-NBAA Room
and Colson Board Room

March 14, 2012

 All Day Working Group 2 Meeting, GPS/WAAS, MacIntosh-NBAA Room
and Colson Board Room
 All Day Working Group 4, Precision Landing Guidance (GPS/
LAAS), A4A Room and ARINC Room

March 15, 2012

 All Day Working Group 4, Precision Landing Guidance (GPS/
LAAS), Hilton-A4A Room and ARINC Room.

March 16, 2012

 Chairman's Introductory Remarks
 Approval of Summary of the 87th Meeting held November 17th,
2012, RTCA Paper No. 023-12/SC159-199
 Review Working Group (WG) Progress and Identify Issues for
Resolution
     GPS/3nd Civil Frequency (WG-1)
     GPS/WAAS (WG-2)
     GPS/GLONASS (WG-2A)
     GPS/Inertial (WG-2C)
     GPS/Precision Landing Guidance (WG-4)
     GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance (WG-5)
     GPS/Interference (WG-6)
     GPS/Antennas (WG-7)
 Review of EUROCAE Activities
 LightSquared Initiative- Report/Discussion
 Assignment/Review of Future Work
 Other Business
 Date and Place of Next Meeting
 Adjourn
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2012.
John Raper,
Manager, Business Operations Branch, Federal Aviation Administration.
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[Notices]
[Page 59865]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2010-0032]

Metro-North Railroad's Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System

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

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SUMMARY: This document provides the public with notice that, on
September 20, 2022, Metro-North Railroad (MNCW) submitted a request for
amendment (RFA) to its FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plan
(PTCSP). As this RFA may involve a request for FRA's approval of
proposed material modifications to an FRA-certified positive train
control (PTC) system, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public
comment on the railroad's RFA to its PTCSP.

DATES: FRA will consider comments received by October 24, 2022. FRA may
consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable
and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system.

ADDRESSES:
    Comments: Comments may be submitted by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online instructions for
submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA-2010-0032. For convenience, all active PTC
dockets are hyperlinked on FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. All comments
received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov;
this includes any personal information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal,
Train Control, and Crossings Division, telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, email:
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, Title 49 United States Code
(U.S.C.) section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify that a host
railroad's PTC system complies with Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, before the technology may be
operated in revenue service. Before making certain changes to an FRA-
certified PTC system or the associated FRA-approved PTCSP, a host
railroad must submit, and obtain FRA's approval of, an RFA to its PTCSP
under 49 CFR 236.1021.
    Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA's regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an RFA includes a request for
approval of a material modification of a signal and train control
system. Accordingly, this notice informs the public that, on September
20, 2022, MNCW submitted an RFA to its PTCSP for its Advanced Civil
Speed Enforcement System II (ACSES II) and that RFA is available in
Docket No. FRA-2010-0032.
    Interested parties are invited to comment on MNCW's RFA to its
PTCSP by submitting written comments or data. During FRA's review of
this railroad's RFA, FRA will consider any comments or data submitted
within the timeline specified in this notice and to the extent
practicable, without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49 CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, FRA maintains the authority to
approve, approve with conditions, or deny a railroad's RFA to its PTCSP
at FRA's sole discretion.

Privacy Act Notice

    In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits comments from the
public to better inform its decisions. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of
records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. To facilitate
comment tracking, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the
name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely
optional. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact FRA for alternate submission
instructions.

    Issued in Washington, DC
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PR03-11-006]

Enbridge Pipelines (Louisiana Intrastate) LLC; Notice of
Compliance Filing

March 20, 2008.
    Take notice that on March 12, 2008, Enbridge Pipelines (Louisiana
Intrastate) LLC filed its annual revision of the fuel percentage on its
system pursuant to section 3.2 of its Statement of Operating
Conditions. Louisiana Intrastate seeks an effective date of April 1,
2008.
    Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 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 date as indicated
below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or
protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not 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 on-line 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. Eastern Time Friday, April 4, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No.: FAA-2017-1194]

Change to Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Services

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notification of changes in ADS-B services.

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SUMMARY: This action announces changes in ADS-B services, including
Traffic Information Service--Broadcast (TIS-B), for a small number of
aircraft. The FAA is implementing a filter for certain ADS-B equipped
aircraft

broadcasting erroneous or improper information when the broadcast
information could affect the safe provision of air traffic services.
Any aircraft subject to the filter will not have its ADS-B information
sent to an air traffic control (ATC) facility nor will the aircraft be
a client for TIS-B services. Affected aircraft will continue to receive
ATC services within radar coverage using secondary radar information.

DATES: The action described herein is implemented January 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this action, contact: David E. Gray, Program Manager, Surveillance and
Broadcast Services, AJM-232, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation
Administration, 600 Independence Ave. SW, Wilbur Wright Building,
Washington, DC 20597; telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In 2010, the FAA issued a final rule mandating equipage
requirements and performance standards for Automatic Dependent
Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B) Out avionics on aircraft operating in
certain airspace after December 31, 2019. 75 FR 30160, May 28, 2010.
Use of ADS-B Out will move air traffic control from a radar-based
system to a satellite-derived aircraft location system and enhance
aircraft surveillance by FAA and Department of Defense (DOD) air
traffic controllers. Equipage with ADS-B avionics also provides
aircraft operators with a platform for additional flight applications
and services, including TIS-B,\1\ which improve a pilot's situational
awareness in aircraft not equipped with a traffic alert and collision
avoidance system (TCAS).
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    \1\ TIS-B uses secondary surveillance radars and multilateration
systems to provide proximate traffic situational awareness,
including position reports from aircraft not equipped with ADS-B
Out. TIS-B data may not provide as much information as could be
received directly from an aircraft's ADS-B Out broadcast, because of
the required data processing. The TIS-B signal is an advisory
service that is not designed for aircraft surveillance or
separation, and cannot be used for either purpose.
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    In deploying the ADS-B surveillance infrastructure, the FAA
implemented a capability to monitor compliance with Sec.  91.227
requirements for aircraft operating within the U.S. National Airspace
System (NAS). Over the past three years, this monitoring has identified
some ADS-B Out aircraft with non-performing equipment (NPE)
transmitting data used by ATC and ADS-B-In-equipped aircraft that
present a potential safety hazard to NAS operations, including but not
limited to: Unassigned/invalid 24-bit ICAO addresses; incorrect flight
identification codes; erroneous position reports; improper avionics
integrity and accuracy levels; and missing data required by applicable
regulations.
    To reduce the potential hazard presented by NPE aircraft, the FAA
is filtering individual 24-bit ICAO address codes (also known as Mode S
codes) for certain aircraft from the FAA's operational ADS-B network.
The FAA is implementing an ATC filtering capability on January 2, 2018.
This filtering prevents processing of data transmitted by uniquely
identified NPE aircraft within FAA air traffic control systems and by
the FAA TIS-B service. ATC will continue to receive transponder replies
to secondary radar interrogations and will be able to provide ATC
services within radar coverage to aircraft subject to the filter, using
secondary radar information. Also, any aircraft with a filtered ICAO
address code will continue to appear as a ``target'' to nearby aircraft
with ADS-B-In equipment.

Action

    The FAA will always filter ICAO address codes from aircraft that
are transmitting the hexadecimal values ``000000'' and ``FFFFFF.'' Per
ICAO technical standards which FAA surveillance systems meet, neither
of these ICAO address codes should be used by any aircraft ADS-B Out
transmitter or Mode S transponder. However, FAA ADS-B monitoring over
the last three years indicates that approximately once per day, on
average, there is a flight in the NAS using one of these incorrect ICAO
address codes and indicating that the aircraft is equipped with an ADS-
B-In system. Because these non-compliant codes are not unique to a
single aircraft, the potential for multiple aircraft to transmit the
same code could create confusion inside ADS-B and TCAS avionics, Mode S
interrogators, and ATC automation systems. This confusion could cause
an aircraft's position to be incorrectly displayed or not displayed at
all, thereby creating an unsafe condition in the NAS. To mitigate this
risk and discourage violation of ICAO technical standards, the FAA will
filter the ADS-B information from any aircraft transmitting a non-
compliant address code from the FAA's operational ATC systems.
Therefore, aircraft broadcasting these incorrect ICAO address codes
will be unable to receive TIS-B services.
    The FAA also intends to utilize the filter for other ICAO codes
that are being improperly broadcast or for aircraft whose ADS-B Out
equipment has exhibited erroneous position reports that could affect
the safe provision of air traffic services. The FAA may also utilize
the filter for aircraft that have a known issue that could reasonably
result in erroneous ADS-B reports that could affect the safe provision
of ATC services.
    The FAA has initiated the filtering capability described in this
document for aircraft transmitting non-compliant codes. For other
aircraft, the FAA intends when possible to provide individual notice to
owners/operators prior to utilizing the filter. This notification would
describe the reason for applying the filter and steps that must be
taken before an aircraft may be removed from the filter. If an aircraft
owner/operator does not respond to an FAA notice of finding regarding
an ADS-B avionics issue, FAA at its option may subject that aircraft to
the filter without further notice.
    Owners and operators can identify the ICAO address filtering status
of their aircraft by requesting a Public ADS-B Performance Report
(PAPR) at the following web address: https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx. Owners and operators whose aircraft are affected by
application of the ICAO address filter must contact the FAA Flight
Standards Service ADS-B Focus Team at [email protected] for
guidance on corrective actions and coordination for removal of aircraft
from the ICAO address filter.
    Operators should check to insure that the ICAO address code (Mode S
code) broadcast by their ADS-B equipment matches the assigned ICAO
address code for their aircraft. This ICAO address code (Mode S code)
can be found at: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx. Operators can verify what ICAO address code is being
broadcast by their aircraft by visiting: https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx.\2\
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    \2\ For those aircraft transmitting an erroneous ICAO code, the
PAPR software will search for the Flight ID matching the entered N-
registry number if it cannot locate the corresponding ICAO code.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2017.
Kristen G. Burnham,
Vice President, Program Management Organization, FAA Air Traffic
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2017-27202 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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