[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44521-44528]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18473]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Part 284

[Docket No. RM96-1-041]

Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference, with
certain enumerated exceptions, the latest version (Version 3.1) of
business practice standards adopted by the Wholesale Gas Quadrant of
the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) applicable to natural
gas pipelines in place of the currently incorporated version (Version
3.0) of those business practice standards.

DATES: Comments are due October 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by the docket number of this
proceeding, may be filed electronically at http://www.ferc.gov in
acceptable native applications and print-to-PDF, but not in scanned or
picture format. For those unable to file electronically, comments may
be filed by mail or hand-delivery to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. The Comment Procedures Section of this document
contains more detailed filing procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley Wolf (technical issues), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426, Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, E-mail:
[email protected].
Oscar F. Santillana (technical issues), Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: (202)
502-6392, E-mail: [email protected].
Gary D. Cohen (legal issues), Office of the General Counsel, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426, Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

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I. Background........................................                  2
II. Discussion.......................................                  4
    A. Modifications to Previous Version of Standards                  7
    B. Standards Proposed Not to be Incorporated by                   16
     Reference.......................................
    C. Proposed Implementation Procedures............                 17
III. Notice of Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards..                 22
IV. Incorporation by Reference.......................                 23
V. Information Collection Statement..................                 33
VI. Environmental Analysis...........................                 39
VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act......................                 40
VIII. Comment Procedures.............................                 43
IX. Document Availability............................                 47

164 FERC ] 61,125

United States of America

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines

Docket No. RM96-1-041

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(August 21, 2018)

    1. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes
to amend its regulations at 18 CFR 284.12 to incorporate by reference,
with certain enumerated exceptions,\1\ the latest version (Version 3.1)
of business practice standards adopted by the NAESB Wholesale Gas
Quadrant (WGQ) applicable to natural gas pipelines that NAESB reported
to the Commission on September 29, 2017 in place of the currently
incorporated version (Version 3.0) of those business practice
standards. The implementation of these standards and regulations will
promote the additional efficiency and reliability of the natural gas
industries' operations thereby helping the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities under the Natural Gas Act. In addition, the proposed
revisions are necessary to establish more efficient coordination
between the natural gas and electric industries. Requiring such
information ensures both a common means of communication and common
business practices to limit miscommunication for participants engaged
in the sale of electric energy at wholesale and the transportation of
natural gas.
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    \1\ As explained below, in section II.B.1, the Commission is not
proposing in this proposed rule to incorporate by reference the
optional model contracts and the eTariff-related standards included
in the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Wholesale Gas
Quadrant (WGQ) Version 3.1 package of business practice standards.
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I. Background

    2. Since 1996, the Commission has adopted regulations to
standardize the business practices and communication methodologies of
interstate natural gas pipelines to create a more integrated and
efficient pipeline grid. These regulations have been promulgated in the
Order No. 587 series of orders,\2\ wherein the Commission has
incorporated by reference standards for interstate natural gas pipeline
business practices and electronic communications that were developed
and adopted by NAESB's WGQ. Upon incorporation by reference, this
version of the standards will replace the currently incorporated
version (Version 3.0) of those business practice standards, will become
part of the Commission's regulations, and compliance by interstate
natural gas pipelines will become mandatory.
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    \2\ This series of orders began with the Commission's issuance
of Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines, Order No. 587, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,038 (1996).
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    3. On September 29, 2017, NAESB filed a report informing the
Commission that it had adopted and ratified WGQ Version 3.1 of its
business practice standards applicable to natural gas pipelines. The
NAESB report identifies all the changes made to the Version 3.0
Standards and summarizes the deliberations that led to the changes
being made. It also identifies changes to the existing standards that
were considered but not adopted due to a lack of consensus or other
reasons.

II. Discussion

    4. In this NOPR, the Commission proposes to incorporate by
reference, in its regulations, Version 3.1 of the NAESB WGQ consensus
business practice standards, with certain exceptions.\3\ We propose
that any compliance filings made in accordance with a final rule on
this subject be made 90 days after issuance of any final rule in this
proceeding or on the first business day thereafter if falling on a
weekend or holiday. This will allow time for the Commission to process
the compliance filings before the effective date of the new
standards.\4\
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    \3\ In the discussion below we identify the NAESB WGQ Version
3.1 Standards that we propose not to incorporate by reference.
    \4\ See supra P 21, where we propose that compliance with the
new standards will be required beginning on the first business day
of the month after the fourth full month following issuance of a
final rule in this proceeding.
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    5. As the Commission found in Order No. 587, adoption of consensus
standards is appropriate, because the consensus process helps ensure
the reasonableness of the standards by requiring that the standards
draw support from a broad spectrum of industry participants
representing all segments of the industry. Moreover, because the
industry conducts business under these standards, the Commission's
regulations should reflect those standards that have the widest
possible support. In section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer
and Advancement Act of 1995, Congress affirmatively requires federal
agencies to use technical standards developed by voluntary consensus
standards organizations, like NAESB, as a means to carry out policy
objectives or activities.
    6. We discuss below some specific aspects of NAESB's filing.

A. Modifications to Previous Version of Standards

    7. NAESB adopted two substantive revisions concerning the
Nominations Related Standards, which govern shipper requests to
schedule service on

natural gas pipelines. One revision revises Standard 1.3.82 to
establish a standard rounding process (requiring calculations to at
least the seventh decimal place) for elapsed-prorated-scheduled
quantity \5\ calculations to provide for needed numerical uniformity
and granularity for users of these NAESB procedures. The other
Nomination Related Standards revision was to revise the ``Service
Requester'' element of Standard 1.3.27,\6\ which specifies some of the
information that should be included in a nomination request, from a
Mandatory designation to a Business Conditional \7\ designation. Thus,
instead of forcing a specific upstream or downstream (unthreaded)
nomination \8\ to be tied to a specific contract (using a specific
threaded nomination), upstream nominations may now be distributed among
several contracts (using a Pathed Non-Threaded nomination structure),
which generally increases flexibility to customers.
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    \5\ Standard 1.2.12 of the Nominations Related Standards defines
the elapsed-prorated-scheduled quantity to mean:
    That portion of the scheduled quantity that would have
theoretically flowed up to the effective time of the intraday
nomination being confirmed, based upon a cumulative uniform hourly
quantity for each nomination period affected.
    \6\ NAESB also made conforming revisions to the related data
sets and documents: Standard 1.4.1 of the Nomination data set,
Standard 1.4.5 of the Scheduled Quantity data set, Standard 2.4.4 of
the Shipper Imbalance data set, Standard 1.4.2 of the Nomination
Quick Response data set, Standard 2.4.1 of the Pre-Determined
Allocation document and Standard 2.4.3 of the Allocation document.
    \7\ Standard 1.2.2 of the Nominations Related Standards provides
that a Business Conditional data element is one that is based on
current variations in business practice.
    \8\ NAESB's Nomination Data Dictionary, WGQ Version 3.1,
Standard 1.4.1, retains from the Version 3.0 standard the field for
``Model Type Data'' that identifies which of three types of
nomination structures is being used. These are: Pathed, Non-Pathed
and Pathed Non-Threaded. Having these three types of model type data
allows specificity as to the details of the nomination. A pathed
nomination uses one nomination line item to transact business and,
therefore, has one transaction type. A non-pathed nomination uses
two nomination line items to transact business and, therefore, has
two transaction types. A pathed non-threaded nomination uses three
nomination line items to transact business and has three transaction
types.
    NAESB also provides the following further clarification of these
concepts in the description of the technical implementation of
business processes included as part of Standard 1.4.1, where NAESB
explains that:
    [a] ``Pathed'' nomination is actually a ``Pathed Threaded''
nomination because (1) the physical path of the pipeline locations
and service contract(s) is fully described in the nomination, and
(2) the logical thread of a specific supplier entity to a specific
market entity at specific pipeline locations for a specific quantity
is also fully described. ``Non-Pathed'' nominations are actually
``Non-Pathed Non-Threaded'' nominations because (1) physical
``location location-to to-location'' paths are not described in the
nominations, and (2) no ties of specific supply entities to specific
market entities are established. And for ``Pathed Non-Threaded''
nominations, (1) the physical path of the pipeline locations,
service contract(s), and quantity is fully described, and (2) no
ties of specific supply entities to specific market entities are
established. See NAESB WGQ Version 3.1 Business Practice Standards,
Nominations Related Standards, Standard 1.4.1, at 87 (Sep. 29,
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    8. NAESB also adopted three revisions to the WGQ Electronic
Delivery Mechanism Standards, which establish the framework for the
electronic dissemination and communication of information between
parties in the North American Wholesale Gas marketplace. First, NAESB
revised Standard 4.3.80 to increase the allowable field length in ASCII
Comma Separated Value Files to 3000 characters because that increases
the amount of information that can be conveyed, but reasonably limits
it in conformity with commonly used software such as Excel. Second,
NAESB adopted new Standard 4.3.106 to allow checkboxes and radio
buttons in the Transmission Service Providers' Electronic Bulletin
Boards (EBBs) to indicate ``Yes'' and/or ``No'' responses to data
elements, which is more convenient than the current drop down list.
Third, NAESB modified its standards to update the operating systems and
web browsers that entities should support to allow users to take
advantage of recent developments in computer technology and use.
Additionally, language was added to clarify the Secure Sockets Layer/
Transport Layer Security protocols, which encrypt data to hide
information from electronic observers on the internet. The new standard
provides guidance on the timing for adoption of a new version of Secure
Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security protocols--new versions of these
protocols should be used within 9 months of the version becoming
generally available. In addition, the new standard clarifies that
Secure Sockets Layer is a colloquial term that encompasses both Secure
Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security.
    9. Other changes adopted by NAESB included changes to the NAESB WGQ
data sets and other technical implementation documentation, which
provide the technological support necessary to use the NAESB standards
effectively. One such change was to add a new Business Conditional data
element ``Agent'' and corresponding technical implementation to the
Nomination data set Standard 1.4.1 and the Scheduled Quantity data set
Standard 1.4.5. Currently, in the data sets, the Service Requester is
defined as the Shipper or their Agent; however, language included in
the implementation guides states that both the Shipper and Agent will
be identified. Thus, this change adds a data element ``Agent'' to the
data sets to allow the Service Requestor to identify both the shipper
and its agent if it uses an agent to nominate and schedule on the
pipeline.
    10. NAESB also adopted revisions to the Flowing Gas Related data
sets and technical implementation, which address quantitative issues
relating generally to allocation, imbalances and measurement of flowing
gas. Specifically, NAESB added three Business Conditional data elements
to the Authorization to Post Imbalances data set (Standard 2.4.9). The
addition of the three data elements will allow a Service Requester to
authorize specific contracts and quantities of imbalances for specified
periods of time to be posted.
    11. In addition, NAESB revised the Imbalance Trade data set
(Standard 2.4.11) to reinstate language providing the confirming party
the ability to reject a trade in the Imbalance Trade data set when an
auto-confirm agreement with a confirming party is in place. NAESB
states that in its WGQ Version 2.1 publication, before the Imbalance
Trading data sets were consolidated, the Imbalance Trade Confirmation
contained a Yes/No indicator that the confirming party could use to
indicate its acceptance or rejection of the trade. This indicator
informed a pipeline whether the confirming party agreed to the terms of
the trade that the initiating trader had posted. When the data sets
were consolidated, this data element was dropped because it was assumed
that if a confirming party did not agree with the posted terms it would
not confirm the trade, which was effective only if the pipeline did not
have an auto-confirm agreement with that confirming party. Accordingly,
to address situations where there are auto-confirm agreements, NAESB
has now revised Standard 2.4.11 to add a new Business Conditional data
element ``Imbalance Trade Response'' with an ``Accept/Reject'' code
value. This Accept/Reject indicator informs the pipeline whether the
confirming party agrees to the terms of the trade that the initiating
trader had posted.
    12. NAESB also revised Standard 2.4.6 to add two Senders Option
data elements,\9\ ``Comments'' and ``Volume-Uncorrected'' to the
Measured Volume

Audit Statement \10\ in order to communicate raw data on volumes in
addition to the final volumes which are communicated through the
existing data element ``Volume Corrected.'' Thus, users will now be
able to indicate what initial data they received in addition to how
that data was ultimately corrected, and to provide comments concerning
that data, which relate to what meter was used to measure the data.
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    \9\ Nominations Standard 1.2.2 provides that Sender's Option
means that this element is an option for the sender to send and, if
sent, the receiver should store and use the contents of the data
element.
    \10\ NAESB's business process and practices overview of the
Flowing Gas Standards states that the Measured Volume Audit
Statement data set is used to report gas measurement information in
support of the allocation, imbalance, invoice and audit processes.
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    13. NAESB also adopted revisions to the Capacity Release Related
data sets and technical implementation. Specifically, NAESB revised
Standard 5.4.24 to add a new Business Conditional data element, ``Waive
Bidder Credit Indicator'' and corresponding code values to the Offer
data set. The additional data element indicates to a Bidder whether the
Releasing Shipper will waive, pursuant to the Transmission Service
Provider's tariff, the Bidder's creditworthiness pre-qualification.
    14. Further, NAESB revised Standard 6.3.1 (i.e., the NAESB Base
Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas) to add language to the
disclaimer to provide a copyright notification and direct the reader to
the NAESB Copyright Policy and Companies with Access to NAESB Standards
under the Copyright Policy posted on the NAESB website. Identical
language was added to three additional NAESB WGQ Contracts.
    15. Lastly, NAESB adopted modifications to the cover page of
Standard 6.3.1 to add a self-identification provision that assists end
users in determining whether counterparties are commercial market
participants as defined by the United States Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

B. Standards Proposed Not To Be Incorporated by Reference

    16. The Commission proposes to continue its past practice \11\ of
not incorporating by reference into its regulations any optional model
contracts, because the Commission does not require the use of these
contracts.\12\ In addition, consistent with our findings in past
proceedings, the Commission is not proposing to incorporate by
reference the Wholesale Electric Quadrant/WGQ eTariff Related
Standards, because the Commission has already adopted standards and
protocols for electronic tariff filings based on the NAESB
Standards.\13\
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    \11\ See, e.g., Standards for Business Practices of Interstate
Natural Gas Pipelines, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 32,708, at P 20 (2015) (WGQ Version 3.0 NOPR).
    \12\ Id., Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural
Gas Pipelines, Order No. 587-V, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,332, at
n.11 (2012).
    \13\ WGQ Version 3.0 NOPR, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 32,708 at P 20;
Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
31,276 (2008).
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C. Proposed Implementation Procedures

    17. The Commission is proposing to continue the compliance filing
requirements as revised in Order No. 587-V.\14\ This would require
compliance with the NAESB WGQ Version 3.1 standards on the first
business day of the month after the fourth full month following
issuance of a final rule in this proceeding. As the Commission found in
Order No. 587-V, adoption of the revised compliance filing requirements
increases the transparency of the pipelines' incorporation by reference
of the NAESB WGQ Standards so that shippers and the Commission will
know which tariff provision(s) implements each standard as well as the
status of each standard.\15\ Likewise, consistent with past practice,
the Commission will post on its eLibrary website (under Docket No.
RM96-1-041) a sample tariff format, to provide filers an illustrative
example to aid them in preparing their compliance filings.
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    \14\ Order No. 587-V, FERC Stats. & Regs. ] 31,332 at PP 36-39.
    \15\ Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline L.P., 141 FERC ] 61,167, at
P 36 (2012) (Order No. 587-V Compliance Order).
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    18. Consistent with our practice in Order No. 587-V, each pipeline
should designate a single tariff section under which every NAESB WGQ
Standard incorporated by reference by the Commission is listed.\16\ The
pipeline tariff filings should list all the incorporated standards with
which the pipeline will comply. In addition, for any standard that the
pipeline seeks approval not to comply with, the tariff filing must
identify the standard in question and either identify the provision in
its tariff that complies with the standard; \17\ or provide an
explanation of any waiver, extension of time, or other variance with
respect to compliance with the standard that would excuse
compliance.\18\
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    \16\ Id. P 36; WGQ Version 3.0 NOPR, FERC Stats. & Regs. ]
32,708 at P 25.
    \17\ Id.
    \18\ Id.
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    19. Consistent with our findings in Order No. 587-V,\19\ we propose
that requests for waivers that do not meet the requirements set forth
in Order No. 587-V will not be granted. In particular, as we explained
in Order No. 587-V, waivers are unnecessary and will not be granted
when the standard applies only on condition the pipeline performs a
business function and the pipeline currently does not perform that
function.\20\
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    \19\ Order No. 587-V, FERC Stats. & Regs., ] 31,332.
    \20\ Order No. 587-V Compliance Order, 141 FERC ] 61,167 at PP
4, 38.
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    20. If the pipeline is requesting a continuation of an existing
waiver or extension of time, it must include a table in its transmittal
letter that identifies the standard for which a waiver or extension of
time was granted, and the docket number or order citation to the
proceeding in which the waiver or extension of time was granted. The
pipeline must also present an explanation for why such waiver or
extension of time should remain in force with regard to the WGQ Version
3.1 Standards.
    21. This continues the Commission's practice of having pipelines
include in their tariffs a common location that identifies the way the
pipeline is incorporating all the NAESB WGQ Standards and the standards
with which it is required to comply. As explained above, the Commission
will post on its eLibrary website (under Docket No. RM96-1-041) a
sample tariff format, to provide filers an illustrative example to aid
them in preparing their compliance filings.\21\
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    \21\ Id. P 24.
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III. Notice of Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards

    22. Office of Management and Budget Circular A-119 (section 11)
(February 10, 1998) provides that Federal Agencies should publish a
request for comment in a NOPR when the agency is seeking to issue or
revise a regulation proposing to adopt a voluntary consensus standard
or a government-unique standard. In this NOPR, the Commission is
proposing to incorporate by reference voluntary consensus standards
developed by the WGQ.

IV. Incorporation by Reference

    23. The Office of the Federal Register requires agencies
incorporating material by reference in final rules to discuss, in the
preamble of the final rule, the ways that the materials it incorporates
by reference are reasonably available to interested parties and how
interested parties can obtain the materials.\22\ The regulations also
require agencies to summarize, in the preamble of the final rule, the
material it incorporates by reference. The standards we are

proposing to incorporate by reference consist of seven suites of NAESB
WGQ Business Practice Standards that touch on a variety of topics and
are designed to streamline the transactional processes for the
wholesale gas industry by promoting a more competitive and efficient
market. These include the: WGQ Additional Business Practice Standards;
WGQ Nominations Related Business Practice Standards; WGQ Flowing Gas
Related Business Practice Standards; Invoicing Related Business
Practice Standards; Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related
Business Practice Standards; Capacity Release Related Business Practice
Standards; and internet Electronic Transport Related Business Practice
Standards. These can be summarized as follows.
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    \22\ 1 CFR 51.5 (2017). See Incorporation by Reference, 79 FR
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    24. The WGQ Additional Business Practice Standards address six
areas: Creditworthiness, Storage Information, Gas/Electric Operational
Communications, Operational Capacity, Unsubscribed Capacity, and
Location Data Download.
     The Creditworthiness related standards describe
requirements for the exchange of information, notification, and
communication between parties during the creditworthiness evaluation
process.
     The Storage Information related standards define the
information to be provided to natural gas service requesters related to
storage activities and/or balances.
     The Gas/Electric Operational Communications related
standards define communication protocols intended to improve
coordination between the gas and electric industries in daily
operational communications between transportation service providers and
gas-fired power plants. The standards include requirements for
communicating anticipated power generation fuel for the upcoming day as
well as any operating problems that might hinder gas-fired power plants
from receiving contractual gas quantities.
     The Operational Capacity related standards define
requirements of the transportation service provider related to the
reporting and requesting of a transportation service provider's
operational capacity, total scheduled quantity, and operationally
available capacity.
     The Unsubscribed Capacity related standards define
requirements of the transportation service provider related to
reporting and requesting a transportation service provider's available
unsubscribed capacity.
     The Location Data Download related standards define
requirements for the use of codes assigned by the transportation
service provider for locations and common codes for parties
communicating electronically.
    25. The WGQ Nominations Related Business Practice Standards define
the process by which a natural gas service requester with a natural gas
transportation contract nominates (or requests) service from a pipeline
or a transportation service provider for the delivery of natural gas.
    26. The WGQ Flowing Gas Related Business Practice Standards define
the business processes related to the communication of entitlement
rights of flowing gas at a location, of the entitlement rights on a
contractual basis, of the management of imbalances, and of the
measurement and gas quality information of the actual flow of gas.
    27. The Invoicing Related Business Practice Standards define the
process for the communication of charges for services rendered
(Invoice), communication of details about funds rendered in payment for
services rendered (Payment Remittance), and communication of the
financial status of a customer's account (Statement of Account).
    28. The Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related Business
Practice Standards define the framework for the electronic
dissemination and communication of information between parties in the
North American wholesale gas marketplace for Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI)/Electronic Delivery Mechanism (EDM) transfers, batch
flat file/EDM transfers, informational postings websites, EBB/EDM and
interactive flat file/EDM.
    29. The Capacity Release Related Business Practice Standards define
the business processes for communication of information related to the
selling of all or any portion of a transmission service requester's
contract rights.
    30. The internet Electronic Transport Related Business Practice
Standards define the implementation of various technologies necessary
to communicate transactions and other electronic data using standard
protocols for electronic commerce over the internet between trading
partners.
    31. Our regulations provide that copies of the standards
incorporated by reference may be obtained from the North American
Energy Standards Board, 801 Travis Street, Suite 1675, Houston, TX
77002, Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>. Copies of the standards may be inspected
at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference and Files
Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, Phone:
(202) 502-8371, http://www.ferc.gov.
    32. NAESB is a private consensus standards developer that develops
voluntary wholesale and retail standards related to the energy
industry. The procedures used by NAESB make its standards reasonably
available to those affected by Commission regulations, which generally
is comprised of entities that have the means to acquire the information
they need to effectively participate in Commission proceedings.
Participants can join NAESB, for an annual membership cost of $7,000,
which entitles them to full participation in NAESB and enables them to
obtain these standards at no additional cost. Non-members may obtain
the Individual Standards Manual or Booklets for each of the seven
Manuals by email for $250 per manual, which in the case of these
standards would total $1,750. Non-members also may obtain the complete
set of Standards Manuals, Booklets, and Contracts on USB flash drive
for $2,000. NAESB also provides a free electronic read-only version of
the standards for a three business day period or, in the case of a
regulatory comment period, through the end of the comment period. In
addition, NAESB considers requests for waivers of the charges on a
case-by-case basis depending on need.

V. Information Collection Statement

    33. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations require
that OMB approve certain reporting, record keeping, and public
disclosure requirements (information collection) imposed by an
agency.\23\ Therefore, the Commission is submitting its proposed
information collection to OMB for review in accordance with section
3507(d) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Upon approval of a
collection of information, OMB will assign an OMB control number and an
expiration date. Respondents subject to the filing requirements of a
rule will not be penalized for failing to respond to these collections
of information unless the collection of information displays a valid
OMB control number.
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    \23\ 5 CFR 1320.11 (2017).
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    34. The Commission solicits comments on the Commission's need for
this information, whether the information will have practical utility,
the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and
any suggested methods for minimizing respondents' burden, including the
use of automated information techniques.

    35. Public Reporting Burden: The Commission's burden estimates for
the proposals in this NOPR are for one-time implementation of the
information collection requirements of this NOPR (including tariff
filing, documentation of the process and procedures, and information
technology work).
    36. The collections of information related to this NOPR fall under
FERC-545 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non-Formal)) \24\ and FERC-
549C (Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines).\25\ The following estimates of reporting burden are related
only to this NOPR and anticipate the costs to pipelines for compliance
with the Commission's proposals in this NOPR. The burden estimates are
primarily related to implementing these standards and regulations and
will not result in ongoing costs.
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    \24\ FERC-545 covers rate change filings made by natural gas
pipelines, including tariff changes.
    \25\ FERC-549C covers Standards for Business Practices of
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines.

                                                                     RM96-1-041 NOPR
                                         [Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines]
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                                  Number of      Annual number of                                                                          Annual costs
                                 respondents      responses per     Total number of     Average burden hr.    Total annual burden hours   per respondent
                                     \26\           respondent         responses           per response      and total annual cost \27\        ($)
                                           (1)                (2)    (1) * (2) = (3)  (4)..................  (3) * (4) = (5)...........  (5) * (1) = (6)
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FERC-545 (one-time)..........              165                  1                165  10 hrs.; $1,020......  1,650 hrs.; $168,000......            1,020
FERC-549C (one-time).........              165                  1                165  22 hrs.; $2,244......  3,630 hrs.; $370,260......            2,244
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    Total....................  ...............  .................                330  .....................  5,280 hrs.; $538,560......  ...............
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    The one-time burden (for both the FERC-545 and FERC-549C) will be
averaged over three years:
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    \26\ The number of respondents is the number of entities in
which a change in burden from the current standards to the proposed
exists, not the total number of entities from the current or
proposed standards that are applicable.
    \27\ The estimated hourly cost (salary plus benefits) provided
in this section is based on the salary figures for May 2017 posted
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Utilities sector
(available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm#13-0000)
and scaled to reflect benefits using the relative importance of
employer costs in employee compensation from May 2017 (available at
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm). The hourly estimates
for salary plus benefits are:
    Computer and Information Systems Manager (Occupation Code: 11-
3021), $96.51
    Electrical Engineer (Occupation Code: 17-2071), $66.90
    Legal (Occupation Code: 23-0000), $143.68
    The average hourly cost (salary plus benefits), weighting all of
these skill sets evenly, is $102.36. The Commission rounds it to
$102/hour.
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FERC-545: 1,650 hours / 3 = 550 hours/year over three years
FERC-549C: 3,630 hours / 3 = 1,210 hours/year over three years

    The number of responses is also averaged over three years (for both
the FERC-545 and FERC-549C):

FERC-545: 165 responses / 3 = 55 responses/year
FERC-549C: 165 responses / 3 = 55 responses/year

    The responses and burden for Years 1-3 will total respectively as
follows:

Year 1: 55 responses; 550 hours (FERC-545); 1,210 hours (FERC-549C)
Year 2: 55 responses; 550 hours (FERC-545); 1,210 hours (FERC-549C)
Year 3: 55 responses; 550 hours (FERC-545); 1,210 hours (FERC-549C)

    Title: FERC-545, Gas Pipeline Rates: Rates Change (Non-Formal);
FERC-549C, Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas
Pipelines.
    Action: Proposed information collections.
    OMB Control Nos.: 1902-0154 (FERC-545), 1902-0174 (FERC-549C).
    Respondents: Business or other for profit (e.g., Natural Gas
Pipelines, applicable to only a few small businesses).
    Frequency of Responses: One-time implementation (related to
business procedures, capital/start-up).
    Necessity of Information: The proposals in this NOPR would, if
implemented, upgrade the Commission's current business practices and
communication standards by specifically: (1) Updating the Nominations
Related Standards to standardize a rounding process for the elapsed-
prorated-scheduled quantity calculation, and dictate that the ``Service
Requester Contract'' data element signify business conditional
nominations, rather than mandatory nominations; (2) updating the WGQ
Electronic Delivery Mechanism related Standards to make three minor
revisions designed to add clarity, update the minimum technical
characteristics to account for changes in technology since the previous
version (Version 3.0) of the WGQ standards, and update the minimum and
suggested operating systems and web browsers that entities should
support; and (3) revising the NAESB WGQ data sets or other technical
implementation documentation while not resulting in modifications to
the underlying business practice standards. The package of standards
also includes minor corrections.
    The implementation of these data requirements will provide
additional transparency to informational posting websites and will
improve communication standards. The implementation of these standards
and regulations will promote the additional efficiency and reliability
of the natural gas industries' operations thereby helping the
Commission to carry out its responsibilities under the Natural Gas Act.
In addition, the Commission's Office of Enforcement will use the data
for general industry oversight.
    Internal Review: The Commission has reviewed the requirements
pertaining to business practices of natural gas pipelines and made a
preliminary determination that the proposed revisions are necessary to
establish more efficient coordination between the gas and electric
industries. Requiring such information ensures both a common means of
communication and common business practices to limit miscommunication
for participants engaged in the sale of electric energy at wholesale
and the transportation of natural gas. These requirements conform to
the Commission's plan for efficient information collection,
communication, and management within the natural gas pipeline
industries. The Commission has assured itself, by means of its internal
review, that there is specific, objective support for the burden
estimates associated with the information requirements.
    37. Interested persons may obtain information on the reporting
requirements by contacting the following: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 [Attention: Ellen
Brown, Office of the Executive Director],

email: [email protected], phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax: (202) 273-
0873.
    38. Comments concerning the collection of information(s) and the
associated burden estimate(s), should be sent to the contact listed
above and to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503 [Attention: Desk Officer
for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, telephone: (202) 395-
0710, fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>].

VI. Environmental Analysis

    39. The Commission is required to prepare an Environmental
Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for any action that may
have a significant adverse effect on the human environment.\28\ The
actions proposed to be taken here fall within categorical exclusions in
the Commission's regulations for rules that are clarifying, corrective,
or procedural, for information gathering, analysis, and dissemination,
and for rules regarding sales, exchange, and transportation of natural
gas that require no construction of facilities.\29\ Therefore, an
environmental review is unnecessary and has not been prepared as part
of this NOPR.
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    \28\ Regulations Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act, Order No. 486, FERC Stats. & Regs. ]30,783 (1987).
    \29\ See 18 CFR 380.4(a)(2)(ii), 380.4(a)(5), 380.4(a)(27)
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VII. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    40. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) \30\ generally
requires a description and analysis of proposed rules that will have
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The Commission is not required to make such analysis if proposed
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    41. Approximately 165 interstate natural gas pipelines, both large
and small, are potential respondents subject to the requirements
adopted by this rule. Most of the natural gas pipelines regulated by
the Commission do not fall within the RFA's definition of a small
entity,\31\ which is currently defined for natural gas pipelines as a
company that, in combination with its affiliates, has total annual
receipts of $27.5 million or less.\32\ For the year 2018, only eleven
companies not affiliated with larger companies had annual revenues in
combination with its affiliates of $27.5 million or less and therefore
could be considered a small entity under the RFA. This represents about
seven percent of the total universe of potential respondents that may
have a significant burden imposed on them. The Commission estimates
that the one-time implementation cost of the proposals in this NOPR is
$538,560 (or $3,264 per entity, regardless of entity size).\33\ The
Commission does not consider the estimated $3,264 impact per entity to
be significant. Moreover, these requirements are designed to benefit
all customers, including small businesses that must comply with them.
Further, as noted above, adoption of consensus standards helps ensure
the reasonableness of the standards by requiring that the standards
draw support from a broad spectrum of industry participants
representing all segments of the industry. Because of that
representation and the fact that industry conducts business under these
standards, the Commission's regulations should reflect those standards
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    \31\ See 5 U.S.C. 601(3) citing section 3 of the Small Business
Act, 15 U.S.C. 623. Section 3 of the SBA defines a ``small business
concern'' as a business which is independently owned and operated
and which is not dominant in its field of operation (2017).
    \32\ 13 CFR 121.201 (Subsector 486-Pipeline Transportation;
North American Industry Classification System code 486210; Pipeline
Transportation of Natural Gas) (2017). ``Annual Receipts'' are total
income plus cost of goods sold.
    \33\ This number is derived by dividing the total cost figure by
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    42. Accordingly, pursuant to 605(b) of the RFA,\34\ the regulations
proposed herein should not have a significant economic impact on a
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VIII. Comment Procedures

    43. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments on
the matters and issues proposed in this document to be adopted,
including any related matters or alternative proposals that commenters
may wish to discuss. Comments are due October 1, 2018. Comments must
refer to Docket No. RM96-1-041, and must include the commenter's name,
the organization they represent (if applicable), and their address in
their comments.
    44. The Commission encourages comments to be filed electronically
via the eFiling link on the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts most standard word processing
formats. Documents created electronically using word processing
software should be filed in native applications or print-to-PDF format
and not in a scanned format. Commenters filing electronically do not
need to make a paper filing.
    45. Commenters that are not able to file comments electronically
must send an original of their comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
    46. All comments will be placed in the Commission's public files
and may be viewed, printed, or downloaded remotely as described in the
Document Availability section below. Commenters on this proposal are
not required to serve copies of their comments on other commenters.

IX. Document Availability

    47. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov) and
in the Commission's Public Reference Room during normal business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time) at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,
Washington DC 20426.
    48. From the Commission's Home Page on the internet, this
information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is
available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing,
printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type
the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in
the docket number field.
    49. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the Commission's
website during normal business hours from the Commission's Online
Support at<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>. Email the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 284

    Incorporation by reference, Natural gas, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

    By direction of the Commission.

    Issued: August 21, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Commission proposes to amend
part 284, chapter I, title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows.

PART 284--CERTAIN SALES AND TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS UNDER THE
NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978 AND RELATED AUTHORITIES

0
1. The authority citation for part 284 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717-717z, 3301-3432; 42 U.S.C. 7101-7352;
43 U.S.C. 1331-1356.

0
2. Section 284.12 is amended by:
0
a. Revising paragraph (a)(1); and
0
b. Removing from paragraph (a)(2) the phrase ``http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html'' and
adding ``www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html'' in
its place.
    The revision reads as follows:

Sec.  284.12   Standards for pipeline business operations and
communications.

    (a) * * *
    (1) An interstate pipeline that transports gas under subparts B or
G of this part must comply with the business practices and electronic
communications standards as promulgated by the North American Energy
Standards Board, as incorporated herein by reference in paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) thru (vii) of this section.
    (i) Additional Standards (Version 3.1, September 29, 2017);
    (ii) Nominations Related Standards (Version 3.1, September 29,
2017);
    (iii) Flowing Gas Related Standards (Version 3.1, September 29,
2017);
    (iv) Invoicing Related Standards (Version 3.1, September 29, 2017);
    (v) Quadrant Electronic Delivery Mechanism Related Standards
(Version 3.1, September 29, 2017);
    (vi) Capacity Release Related Standards (Version 3.1, September 29,
2017); and
    (vii) internet Electronic Transport Related Standards (Version 3.1,
September 29, 2017).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0754]

Pediatric Medical Devices; Public Workshop; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop; request for comments.

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    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public
workshop entitled ``Using Scientific Research Data to Support Pediatric
Medical Device Claims: A Public Dialogue.'' The purpose of the public
workshop is to receive public comment on the use of scientific research
data, including published scientific literature, to support and
establish pediatric indications for medical devices.
    The topics to be discussed are: The ways scientific research data
can be used to support pediatric effectiveness claims for medical
devices and pediatric device approvals or clearance; the scientific and
regulatory limitations and issues of using existing scientific research
data to support pediatric effectiveness claims and pediatric indication
approvals for medical devices; and methods to overcome the pitfalls and
data gaps, including statistical approaches and modeling.
    Date and Time: The public workshop will be held on December 5,
2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

    Location: The public workshop will be held at the FDA White Oak
Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great
Room (rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002.
    Contact Person: Carol Krueger, Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg.
66, rm. 5437, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Registration: Registration is free and on a first-come, first-
served basis. Persons interested in attending this workshop must
register online by 5 p.m. on November 28, 2011. Early registration is
recommended because facilities are limited and, therefore, FDA may
limit the number of participants from each organization. If time and
space permits, onsite registration on the day of the public workshop
will be provided beginning at 7:30 a.m. If you need special
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Cynthia Garris
(email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or<PHONE_NUMBER>) no later than
November 28, 2011.
    To register for the public workshop, please visit the following Web
site: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/default.htm (or go the FDA Medical Devices News &
Events--Workshops & Conferences calendar and select this public
workshop from the posted events list). Please provide complete contact
information for each attendee, including name, title, affiliation,
address, email, and telephone number. Those without Internet access
should contact Carol Krueger to register (see Contact Person).
Registrants will receive confirmation after they have been accepted.
You will be notified if you are on a waiting list.
    Streaming Web Cast of the Public Workshop: This workshop will also
be Web cast. Persons interested in viewing the Web cast must register
online by 5 p.m. on November 28, 2011. Early registration is
recommended because Web cast connections are limited. Organizations are
requested to register all participants but to view using one connection
per location. Web cast participants will be sent technical system
requirements after registration and will be sent connection access
information after November 28th. If you have never attended a Connect
Pro event before, test your connection at https://collaboration.fda.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm. To get
a quick overview of the Connect Pro program, visit http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview. (FDA has verified the Web site
addresses in this document, but FDA is not responsible for any
subsequent changes to the Web sites after this document publishes in
the Federal Register.)
    Workshop Format: This workshop is structured as topic-focused
breakout sessions, intended to foster constructive dialogue between
stakeholders with diverse perspectives. Moderators of each small group
will summarize the group discussion and present it to the participants.
    Comments: FDA is holding this public workshop to obtain information
on a number of questions regarding factors affecting approval or
clearance of devices for use with a pediatric population. In order to
permit the widest possible opportunity to obtain public comment, FDA is
soliciting written or electronic comments on all aspects of the
workshop topics. The deadline for submitting comments related to this
public workshop is January 5, 2012.
    Regardless of attendance at the public workshop, interested persons
may submit either electronic or written comments. Submit electronic
comments to http://www.regulations.gov. Submit written comments to the
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. It is necessary to
send only one set of comments. It is no longer necessary to send two
copies of mailed comments. Please identify written comments with the
docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. In
addition, when responding to specific questions as outlined in section
II of this document, please identify the question you are addressing.
Received comments 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 http://www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    In 2007, Congress passed the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and
Improvement Act (the Act). The Act addresses pediatric device needs by
providing financial incentives for development, production, approval
and distribution of new devices for rare and unmet pediatric needs;
allowing for a pediatric device approval pathway that permits
extrapolation of adult effectiveness data to support a pediatric
indication based on similar course of the disease or condition or a
similar effect of the device; and providing grants to pediatric device
consortia that provide technical support and assistance to pediatric
device innovators.
    This workshop will support FDA's efforts to define pathways for
approving pediatric device indications by leveraging available
scientific research data. An important, but not the only, focus will be
a discussion of how to determine when it is appropriate to use, and how
to use, existing scientific research data to determine pediatric
effectiveness based on a similar course of a disease or condition or a
similar effect of a device on adults and similar extrapolation between
pediatric subpopulations.
    The demand by health care professionals and consumers for safe and
effective pediatric medical devices continues to steadily increase.
Pediatric medical devices treat or diagnose diseases and conditions
occurring from birth through the 21st year of life. Some devices are
designed specifically for pediatric use, while others are adopted from
specific adult device applications or produced for more general use.
    Designing pediatric medical devices can be challenging; children
are often smaller and more active than adults, body structures and
functions change throughout childhood, and children may be long-term
device users--bringing new concerns about device longevity and long-
term exposure to implanted materials. The current medical device market
for children has a higher demand than supply. FDA is committed to
supporting the development and availability of safe and effective
pediatric medical devices.
    Through this effort, FDA and stakeholders will take steps to
increase awareness of a path for approval of pediatric devices that
uses certain literature. FDA can advance this goal by collaborating
with stakeholders, including medical device and health care industries,
and the health care provider and consumer communities.

II. Topics for Discussion at the Public Workshop

    The public workshop will be organized to discuss the following
topic areas:
    A. The use of existing scientific research data to support
pediatric effectiveness claims for medical devices and pediatric device
approvals or clearance,
    B. The scientific and regulatory limitations and issues with the
use of existing scientific research data, and
    C. The methods to overcome the pitfalls and data gaps, including
statistical approaches and modeling.

III. Transcripts

    Please be advised that as soon as a transcript is available, it
will be

accessible at http://www.regulations.gov. It may be viewed at the
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. A transcript will
also be available in either hardcopy or on CD-ROM, after submission of
a Freedom of Information request. Written requests are to be sent to
Division of Freedom of Information (ELEM-1029), Food and Drug
Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., Element Bldg., Rockville, MD 20857.
A link to the transcripts will also be available on the Internet at
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/default.htm (select this public workshop from the posted events list),
approximately 45 days after the public workshop.

    Dated: October 26, 2011.
Nancy K. Stade,
Deputy Director for Policy, Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2020-21]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Airlines
for America

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number and must be received on or before May 26, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2020-0397
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12-140,
West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Barcas<PHONE_NUMBER>, Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2020.
Brandon Roberts,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2020-0397
    Petitioner: Airlines for America
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  121.434(g) and (h)
    Description of Relief Sought: Airlines for America requests relief
to extend the time for pilots of its member airlines to complete at
least 100 hours of line operating flight time for the consolidation of
knowledge and skills to a period of 180 days due to the difficulties
imposed by the COVID-19 crisis.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Tenth Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 227, Standards of
Navigation Performance

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

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special Committee 227, Standards of
Navigation Performance.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the
tenth meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 227, Standards of
Navigation Performance

DATES: The meeting will be held June 16, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: RTCA Headquarters, 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<PHONE_NUMBER>
or<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org. In addition, Sophie Bousquet may be contacted directly at
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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 227. The agenda will
include the following:

June 16, 2014

 Welcome/Introductions/Administrative Remarks
 Agenda Overview
 Overview of Planned Work Program for the Week
    [cir] MASPS DO-236C Change 1 FRAC Resolution
    [cir] MOPS Rev DO-283 Change Proposals
 Plenary Review--MASPS/MOPS (all week)
    [cir] Planned Work Schedule (Note, schedule subject to change based
upon progress/pace/issue)
    [cir] Review/Release of Change 1 to DO-236C
    [cir] 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day
 Technical Requirements Breakout Sessions (as needed)
 Other Business

    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 May 5, 2014.
Paige Williams,
Management Analyst, NextGen, Business Operations Group, Federal
Aviation Administration.
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