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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

September 9, 2008.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC08-121-000.
    Applicants: Grand Ridge Energy LLC; Aircraft Services Corporation;
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
    Description: Grand Ridge Energy LLC et al. submits an application
for authorization under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act and
Request for Waivers and Expedited Action.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-0108.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

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

    Docket Numbers: EG08-94-000.
    Applicants: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification as an Exempt Wholesale
Generator.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5129.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: EG08-95-000.
    Applicants: Flat Ridge Wind Energy, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification as an Exempt Wholesale
Generator.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5040.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: EG08-96-000.
    Applicants: Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC.
    Description: Notice of Self-Certification as an Exempt Wholesale
Generator under EG08-96.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5108.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER96-780-020.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Southern Companies submits the updated market power
analysis performed for Southern Companies.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-0104.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 3, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER96-1085-013.
    Applicants: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
    Description: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company submits an
updated power analysis supporting SCE&G's continued authorization to
make wholesale power sales as market-based rates.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0156.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 3, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER97-2846-013; ER99-2311-010.
    Applicants: Florida Power Corporation; Carolina Power & Light
Company.
    Description: Progress Energy Inc. et al. submits an updated market
power analysis in compliance with Order 697-A.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-0135.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 3, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER97-3359-011; ER01-2074-008; ER98-3566-016.
    Applicants: Florida Power & Light Company; Calhoun Power Company I,
LLC; FPL Energy Power Marketing, Inc.
    Description: Florida Power & Light Co. et al. submits their
triennial market power update for the Southeast region.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0153.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 3, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-1712-008; ER02-2408-003; ER00-744-006; ER02-
1327-005; ER00-1703-003; ER02-1749-003; ER02-1747-003; ER99-4503-005;
ER00-2186-003; ER01-1559-004.
    Applicants: PPL Electric Utilities Corporation; Lower Mount Bethel
Energy, LLC; PPL Brunner Island, LLC; PPL Holtwood, LLC; PPL Martins
Creek, LLC; PPL Susquehanna, LLC; PPL University Park, LLC; PPL
EnergyPlus, LLC; PPL Edgewood Energy, LLC; PPL Shoreham Energy, LLC;
PPL Great Works, LLC; PPL Maine, LLC; PPL Wallingford Energy LLC.
    Description: PPL Electric Utilities Corporation et al. submits a
revised market power analysis that incorporates the results of the
updated simultaneous import limitation studies for the PJM balancing
authority area market, etc.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0168.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-468-008; ER00-3621-009; ER00-3746-009; ER04-
318-004; ER05-36-005; ER05-37-005; ER05-34-003; ER05-35-005; ER04-249-
005; ER99-1695-010; ER97-30-006; ER02-23-011; ER07-1306-004; ER96-2869-
013; ER97-3561-005; ER00-1737-011.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Brayton Point, LLC; Dominion Energy
Kewaunee, Inc.; Dominion Energy Manchester Street, Inc.; Dominion
Energy Marketing, Inc.; Dominion Energy New England, Inc.; Dominion
Energy Salem; Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.; DOMINION NUCLEAR
MARKETING III, LLC; Dominion Retail, Inc.; Elwood Energy, LLC; Fairless
Energy, LLC; Kincaid Generation, LLC; NedPower Mount Storm, LLC; State
Line Energy, LLC; Virginia Electric and Power Company.
    Description: Virginia Electric and Power Co. et al. submits a
Supplemental Affidavit of Julie R. Solomon to revise the market power
analysis.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0524.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER02-579-008.
    Applicants: TORYS LLP.
    Description: Notification of Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5053.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER02-580-009.
    Applicants: Pawtucket Power Associates Limited Partnership.

    Description: Notification of Change in Status for Pawtucket Power
Associates Limited Partnership.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5043.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER02-973-006.
    Applicants: UBS AG.
    Description: Application by UBS AG for Category Exemption in the
Southeast and Northwest and for determination of Category 1 Status in
the Southwest.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0151.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER04-617-003; ER99-3911-006.
    Applicants: Black River Generation, LLC; Northbrook New York, LLC.
    Description: Black River Generation, LLC et al. submits responses
to FERC's Staff Request under Order 697 re Substitute Second Revised
Sheet 1 to FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0200.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-968-003.
    Applicants: TORYS LLP.
    Description: Notification of Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5052.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-493-003; ER05-494-003; ER05-495-003; ER08-901-
003.
    Applicants: Saracen Energy Power Advisors LP; Saracen Merchant
Energy LP; Saracen Energy Partners, LP; Saracen Energy LP.
    Description: Saracen Power Marketers submits revised rate schedule
sheets to allow each to sell ancillary services in the Ancillary
Services Market.
    Filed Date: 09/04/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0152.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER05-1262-016; ER06-1093-012.
    Applicants: Flat Rock Windpower LLC.
    Description: Flat Rock Windpower LLC submits revised tariff sheets
in compliance with Order 697-A.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0521.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER06-1355-003.
    Applicants: Evergreen Wind Power LLC.
    Description: Supplemental Order No. 697 Compliance Filing of
Evergreen Wind Power LLC.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5134.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-352-002.
    Applicants: S.D. Warren Company.
    Description: SD Warren Co. submits Substitute First Revised Sheet 1
et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0523.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER07-1212-002.
    Applicants: TORYS LLP.
    Description: Notification of Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5054.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-891-001.
    Applicants: Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
    Description: Wisconsin Power and Light Co. submits a corrected
agreement that designates it as Wholesale Power Supply Agreement 1.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0519.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-911-001.
    Applicants: Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.
    Description: Wisconsin Power and Light Company submits a corrected
wholesale power agreement that was originally submitted 5/2/08 with
Rock Energy Cooperative.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0520.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-924-001.
    Applicants: Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.
    Description: Wisconsin Power and Light Co. submits their correct
agreement with the Wholesale Power Supplement Agreement 2.
    Filed Date: 09/03/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080904-0518.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1348-001.
    Applicants: Hardee Power Partners Limited.
    Description: Hardee Power Partners Limited submits supplements to
their 7/31/08 filing of the Hardee Switchyard Facilities Sharing
Agreement with Seminole Electric Coop, Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/04/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0150.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1467-000.
    Applicants: Mississippi Power Company.
    Description: Mississippi Power Company submits revised electric
tariff and rates for wholesale, full-requirements electric service,
FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1.
    Filed Date: 08/29/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0171.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 19, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1484-000.
    Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc.
    Description: Entergy Services, Inc on behalf of Entergy Operating
Companies seeks acceptance of two, limited deviations from the
Commission approved System Agreement Service Schedule MSS-4, effective
9/3/08.
    Filed Date: 09/02/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080903-0142.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1486-000.
    Applicants: Midwest Independent System Transmission.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc
submits proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission and Energy
Markets Tariff.
    Filed Date: 08/29/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080903-0302.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 19, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1489-001.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits a Clean Version of
the 9/2/08 executed Meter Agent Service Agreement as Exhibit I with its
proper designation.
    Filed Date: 09/04/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0154.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1497-000.
    Applicants: Sierra Pacific Power Company.
    Description: Sierra Pacific Power Co submits an executed Service
Agreement for Conditional Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service with
Mt Wheeler Power.
    Filed Date: 09/04/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0149.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1498-000.
    Applicants: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    Description: Application for acceptance of Second Amended and

Restated Wholesale Power Contract and Changes to Rate Formula by Old
Dominion Electric Cooperative.
    Filed Date: 09/04/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0161.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 25, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1499-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection LLC submits an executed Wholesale
Market Participation Agreement entered into with the Baltimore Sun
Company Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0189.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1500-000.
    Applicants: Central Maine Power Company.
    Description: Central Maine Power Company submits an Engineering and
Procurement Agreement dated 8/8/08 with TransCanada Maine Wind
Development, Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0188.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: ER08-1501-000.
    Applicants: Southwestern Electric Power Company.
    Description: Southwestern Electric Power Company submits a Power
Supply Agreement dated 6/30/08 designated as Rate Schedule 127 with
City of Prescott, Arkansas.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-0187.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following open access
transmission tariff filings:

    Docket Numbers: OA08-127-000.
    Applicants: Avista Corporation.
    Description: Avista Corporation's Order No. 890-B Compliance
Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5032.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-128-000.
    Applicants: Portland General Electric Company.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5124.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-32-003.
    Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Compliance Filing of Entergy
Services, Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5148.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-129-000.
    Applicants: Carolina Power & Light Company d/b/a Pro,Florida Power
Corp. d/b/a Progress Energ,Progress Energy, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5017.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-130-000.
    Applicants: El Paso Electric Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5041.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-131-000.
    Applicants: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5042.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-132-000.
    Applicants: PacifiCorp.
    Description: PacifiCorp submits Second Revised Sheet 21 et al. to
FERC Electric Tariff, 7th Revised Volume 11 pursuant to Order 890 OATT
Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5066.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-133-000.
    Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Company.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Filing of Tucson Electric Power
Company.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5067.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-134-000.
    Applicants: UNS Electric, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Filing of UNS Electric, Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5068.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-135-000.
    Applicants: Florida Power & Light Company.
    Description: Compliance Filing of Order 890 OATT of Florida Power &
Light Company.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5069.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-136-000.
    Applicants: NorthWestern Corporation.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Filing of NorthWestern Corporation.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5073.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-137-000.
    Applicants: Sierra Pacific Resources Operating Company; Sierra
Pacific Power Company; Nevada Power Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5074.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-138-000.
    Applicants: Cleco Power LLC.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5076.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-139-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing of Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5079.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-140-000.
    Applicants: E.ON U.S. LLC, Louisville Gas and Electric Company,
Kentucky Utilities Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5082.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-141-000.
    Applicants: Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-op.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5083.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-142-000.
    Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890 OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5084.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-143-000.
    Applicants: Tampa Electric Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5086.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-144-000.
    Applicants: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing of Southern Company
Services, Inc.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5093.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-145-000.
    Applicants: NewCorp Resources Electric Cooperative,
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5096.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-146-000.
    Applicants: NORTHWESTERN CORP.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5097.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-147-000.
    Applicants: Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5103.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-148-000.
    Applicants: Maine Public Service Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B Compliance Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5112.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-149-000.
    Applicants: ENTERGY SERVICES INC.
    Description: Order No. 890-B OATT Filing.
    Filed Date: 09/08/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080908-5147.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 29, 2008.

    Docket Numbers: OA08-150-000.
    Applicants: MidAmerican Energy Company.
    Description: Order No. 890-B implementation filing.
    Filed Date: 09/05/2008.
    Accession Number: 20080905-5150.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 26, 2008.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings 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) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive 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>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4057-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2012-0002]

Kentucky; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration
for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4057-DR), dated March 6, 2012,
and related determinations.

DATES: Effective Date: March 9, 2012.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration
for the Commonwealth of Kentucky is hereby amended to include the
following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely
affected by the event declared a major disaster by the President in his
declaration of March 6, 2012.

    Bath, Campbell, Carroll, Grant, Martin, Montgomery, and Rowan
Counties for Individual Assistance.

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

W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-4493-DR; Docket ID FEMA-2022-0001]

Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 10 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration
for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4493-DR), dated March 27,
2020, and related determinations.

DATES: This change occurred on February 16, 2022.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) hereby gives notice that pursuant to the authority vested in the
Administrator, under Executive Order 12148, as amended, David
Warrington, of FEMA is appointed to act as the Federal Coordinating
Officer for this disaster.
    This action terminates the appointment of Chad M. Gorman as Federal
Coordinating Officer for this disaster.

    The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA) are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance
Grant; 97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and
Households in Presidentially

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidentially Declared Disaster
Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance to
Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--
Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.

Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9944-30 OEI]

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Arizona

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Arizona's
request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to
allow electronic reporting.

DATES: EPA's approval is effective July 7, 2016 for the State of
Arizona's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation
program, if no timely request for a public hearing is received and
accepted by the Agency, and on June 7, 2016 for the State of Arizona's
other authorized programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1175<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal
Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR.
CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory
alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure
that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper
counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR requires that state, tribal or local
government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving,
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to
EPA for a revision or modification of those

programs and obtain EPA approval. Subpart D provides standards for such
approvals based on consideration of the electronic document receiving
systems that the state, tribe, or local government will use to
implement the electronic reporting. Additionally, Sec.  3.1000(b)
through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D provides special procedures for
program revisions and modifications to allow electronic reporting, to
be used at the option of the state, tribe or local government in place
of procedures available under existing program-specific authorization
regulations. An application submitted under the subpart D procedures
must show that the state, tribe or local government has sufficient
legal authority to implement the electronic reporting components of the
programs covered by the application and will use electronic document
receiving systems that meet the applicable subpart D requirements.
    On February 12, 2016, the Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality (ADEQ) submitted an application titled myDEQ for revisions/
modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 CFR to allow
new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ADEQ's request to revise/modify
its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this review, EPA determined
that the application met the standards for approval of authorized
program revisions/modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA's decision to
approve Arizona's request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized
programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 50-52, 61-65,
70, 122, 124, 141, 240-259, 260-270, 272-279, 262, 280, 403-471, 501,
and 503 is being published in the Federal Register:

Part 52--Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans;
Part 62--Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated
Facilities and Pollutants;
Part 63--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Source Categories;
Part 70--State Operating Permit Programs;
Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System;
Part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation;
Part 239--Requirements for State Permit Program Determination of
Adequacy;
Part 271--Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste
Programs;
Part 281--Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for
Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks;
Part 403--General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources
of Pollution Reporting; and
Part 501--State Sludge Management Program Regulations.

ADEQ was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized programs listed above.
    Also, in today's notice, EPA is informing interested persons that
they may request a public hearing on EPA's action to approve the State
of Arizona's request to revise its authorized public water system
program under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(f).
Requests for a hearing must be submitted to EPA within 30 days of
publication of today's Federal Register notice. Such requests should
include the following information: (1) The name, address and telephone
number of the individual, organization or other entity requesting a
hearing; (2) A brief statement of the requesting person's interest in
EPA's determination, a brief explanation as to why EPA should hold a
hearing, and any other information that the requesting person wants EPA
to consider when determining whether to grant the request; (3) The
signature of the individual making the request, or, if the request is
made on behalf of an organization or other entity, the signature of a
responsible official of the organization or other entity.
    In the event a hearing is requested and granted, EPA will provide
notice of the hearing in the Federal Register not less than 15 days
prior to the scheduled hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial
requests for hearing may be denied by EPA. Following such a public
hearing, EPA will review the record of the hearing and issue an order
either affirming today's determination or rescinding such
determination. If no timely request for a hearing is received and
granted, EPA's approval of the State of Arizona's request to revise its
part 142--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation
program to allow electronic reporting will become effective 30 days
after today's notice is published, pursuant to CROMERR section
3.1000(f)(4).

Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Collection.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13318-003]

Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Anticipated Schedule of
Final Order for Swan Lake North Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project

    On October 28, 2015, Swan Lake North Hydro LLC filed an application
requesting authorization to construct and operate the Swan Lake North
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project. The project would be located 11
miles northeast of Klamath Falls, in Klamath County, Oregon.
    In accordance with Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act, enacted on December 4, 2015, agencies are to
publish completion dates for all federal environmental reviews and
authorizations. This notice identifies the Commission's anticipated
schedule for issuance of the final order for the Project, which is
based on the anticipated date of issuance of the final Environmental
Impact Statement. Accordingly, we currently anticipate issuing a final
order for the Project no later than:

Issuance of Final Order--April 30, 2019

    If a schedule change becomes necessary for the final order, an
additional notice will be provided so that interested parties and
government

agencies are kept informed of the Project's progress.

    Dated: September 6, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-78289; File No. PCAOB-2007-04]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Order Granting
Approval of Proposed Amendments to Board Rules Relating to Inspections

July 11, 2016.

I. Introduction

    On March 24, 2016, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(the ``Board'' or the ``PCAOB'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``Commission''), pursuant to Section 107(b) \1\ of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the ``Sarbanes-Oxley Act'') and Section
19(b) \2\ of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange
Act''), a proposal to adopt amendments to Rule 4003, Frequency of
Inspections, to revise paragraphs (b) and (d) and add new paragraphs
(e) and (h) (collectively, the ``Proposed Rules'').\3\ The Proposed
Rules were published for comment in the Federal Register on April 13,
2016.\4\ At the time the notice was issued, the Commission extended to
July 12, 2016 the date by which the Commission should take action on
the Proposed Rules.\5\ The Commission received two comment letters in
response to the notice.\6\ This order approves the Proposed Rules.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 7217(b).
    \2\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b).
    \3\ On October 22, 2007, the Board filed amendments related to
Rule 4003 with the Commission and requested Commission approval. The
Commission did not act on the amendments subject to the 2007 filing.
On February 26, 2016, the Board adopted revisions to those proposed
amendments and, on March 24, 2016 amended the 2007 filing to reflect
those revisions.
    \4\ See Release No. 34-77558 (April 7, 2016), 81 FR 21909 (April
13, 2016).
    \5\ Ibid.
    \6\ See letters from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, dated
April 29, 2016 (``Deloitte''), available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/pcaob-2007-04/pcaob200704-1.pdf, and an anonymous letter,
dated May 3, 2016 (``anonymous letter''), available at https://www.sec.gov/comments/pcaob-2007-04/pcaob200704-2.htm.
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II. Description of the Proposed Rules

    On February 26, 2016, the Board adopted amendments to Rule 4003 to
(i) require that at least five percent of registered public accounting
firms that play a substantial role in the preparation or furnishing of
an audit report be inspected on an annual basis, (ii) maintain the
requirement to inspect all firms that issue an audit report for an
issuer but provide the Board the discretion to forego an inspection, on
a case-by-case basis, for a firm that does not subsequently issue an
audit report for two consecutive years, (iii) qualify the term ``audit
report'' to keep relevant portions of the rule consistent with the
original meaning, and (iv) specify that no inspection requirement
arises solely because a firm consented to an issuer's use of a
previously issued audit report.

A. Amendments Related to the Inspection of Substantial Role Only Firms

    Under the Proposed Rules, the triennial inspection requirement for
registered public accounting firms that play a substantial role in
audits but do not issue audit reports (``substantial role only'') \7\
is eliminated and replaced with a requirement to inspect at least five
percent of such ``substantial role only'' firms. As a result, Rule
4003(b) is amended to delete the references to ``substantial role
only'' firms and Proposed Rule 4003(h) is added to require that the
Board will inspect at least five percent of the ``substantial role
only'' firms on an annual basis. Additionally, Rule 4003(d) is amended
to remove the references to ``substantial role only'' firms.
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    \7\ We are using the phrase ``substantial role only'' to
identify the registered public accounting firms that play a
substantial role in audits of issuers but do not issue audit reports
with respect to any issuers as distinguished from the category of
firms that play a substantial role in some audits and separately
issue audit reports with regards to other audits. Firms that play a
substantial role in an audit of an issuer must register with the
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B. Amendments Related to the Inspections of Firms That Have Not Issued
Audit Reports in Two Consecutive Years

    Under the Proposed Rules, Rule 4003(b) will continue to retain the
requirement to inspect any registered public accounting firm that
issues an audit report with respect to an issuer. However, Proposed
Rule 4003(e) is added to provide the Board with the discretion to
forego the inspection of a registered public accounting firm that has
not issued any audit reports in two consecutive years.

C. Amendments Related to the Term ``Audit Report'' and Consents to the
Use of Previously Issued Audit Reports

    Under the Proposed Rules, Rule 4003(d) is amended to add the phrase
``with respect to an issuer'' to qualify the term ``audit report''
within the rule. The added qualification is needed to clarify that the
Proposed Rules apply only to the audits of issuers because, after the
original rule was adopted, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') \8\ amended the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act to establish the PCAOB's oversight of the audits of broker-
dealers.\9\ Additionally, Rule 4003(b) is amended to provide that no
inspection requirement arises under the rule solely because a firm
consents to an issuer's use of a previously issued audit report.
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    \8\ Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).
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D. Applicability and Effective Date

    The Proposed Rules would become effective upon approval by the
Commission and apply to the audits of all issuers, including audits of
emerging growth companies (``EGCs''),\10\ as discussed in Section IV
below. The Proposed Rules do not impact the inspection frequency of the
audits of brokers and dealers under Exchange Act Rule 17a-5.\11\
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    \10\ The term ``emerging growth company'' is defined in Section
3(a)(80) of the Exchange Act [15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(80)].
    \11\ If the broker or dealer is also an issuer, the Proposed
Rules could impact the inspection frequency of the audits of such
broker or dealer.
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III. Comment Letters

    As noted above, the Commission received two comment letters

concerning the Proposed Rules. Both commenters expressed support for
the Proposed Rules.\12\
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IV. The PCAOB's EGC Request

    Section 103(a)(3)(C) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that any
rules of the Board ``requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a
supplement to the auditor's report in which the auditor would be
required to provide additional information about the audit and the
financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis)'' shall not
apply to an audit of an EGC.\13\ The Proposed Rules do not fall into
this category of rules. Section 103(a)(3)(C) further provides that
``[a]ny additional rules'' adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012
shall not apply to the audits of EGCs ``unless the Commission
determines that the application of such additional requirements is
necessary or appropriate in the public interest, after considering the
protection of investors and whether the action will promote efficiency,
competition, and capital formation.'' The Proposed Rules fall within
this category of additional rules and thus the Commission must make a
determination under the statute about the applicability of the Proposed
Rules to audits of EGCs. Having considered those statutory factors, and
as explained further herein, the Commission finds that applying the
Proposed Rules to audits of EGCs is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest.
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    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 7213(a)(3)(C).
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    In proposing application of the Proposed Rules to audits of all
issuers, including EGCs, the Board requested that the Commission make
the determination required by Section 103(a)(3)(C). To assist the
Commission in making its determination under Section 103(a)(3)(C), the
PCAOB prepared and submitted to the Commission its own EGC analysis,
which was included in the Commission's public notice soliciting comment
on the Proposed Rules. In its analysis, the Board states that the
Proposed Rules do not change or add to the requirements that apply to
the audits of any issuers, including EGCs. Any inspection of an audit
of an EGC would be conducted in the same manner as it would have under
existing PCAOB rules. The Proposed Rules only impact the frequency with
which the PCAOB may inspect a small number of firms.\14\
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    \14\ Specifically, out of the proposed amendments, only Proposed
Rule 4003(e) would potentially change inspection frequency. However,
the number of firms that would be covered by Proposed Rule 4003(e)
appear to be small. The Board notes that there were 12 firms in 2015
that had previously issued an audit report in one year but none in
the following two consecutive years. For the firms that would be
covered by Proposed Rule 4003(h), the practice of the PCAOB has been
to inspect five percent of those firms on an annual basis since
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    The Board does not anticipate that the Proposed Rules would impact
the audit quality for audits of EGCs by altering auditors' perception
regarding inspection likelihood. Specifically, the Board does not
believe that the Proposed Rules will affect an auditor's perception,
during an audit of an EGC, of the possibility of such audit being
inspected or the nature of any inspection or review, if conducted.
    Based on the PCAOB's EGC analysis, we believe the information in
the record is sufficient for the Commission to make the requested EGC
determination in relation to the Proposed Rules. The Commission notes
that because only a small number of firms fall within the categories of
the Proposed Rules, the impact on the inspection frequency of the
audits of EGCs is likely limited. Further, as to the ``substantial role
only'' firms, the PCAOB is merely codifying its current practice.

V. Conclusion

    The Commission has carefully reviewed and considered the Proposed
Rules and the information submitted therewith by the PCAOB, including
the PCAOB's EGC analysis, and the comment letters received. In
connection with the PCAOB's filing and the Commission's review,
    A. The Commission finds that the Proposed Rules are consistent with
the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the securities laws and
are necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the
protection of investors; and
    B. Separately, the Commission finds that the application of the
Proposed Rules to EGC audits is necessary or appropriate in the public
interest, after considering the protection of investors and whether the
action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation.
    IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, pursuant to Section 107 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act and Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, that the Proposed
Rules (File No. PCAOB-2007-04) be and hereby are approved.

    By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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[Release No. 34-73368; File No. SR-MSRB-2014-05]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board; Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Consisting of
Proposed Amendments to Rule G-3, on Professional Qualification
Requirements, Regarding Continuing Education Requirements

October 15, 2014.

I. Introduction

    On July 22, 2014, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the
``MSRB'' or ``Board'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``SEC'' or ``Commission''), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule
19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change consisting of proposed
amendments to Rule G-3, on professional qualification requirements,
regarding continuing education requirements. The proposed rule change
was published for comment in the Federal Register on August 5, 2014.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-72705 (July 29,
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    The Commission received four comment letters on the proposal.\4\ On
October 3, 2014, the MSRB submitted a response to these comments.\5\
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    \4\ See Letter to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission,
from David L. Cohen, Managing Director and Associate General
Counsel, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
(``SIFMA''), dated August 13, 2014 (``SIFMA Letter''); Tamara K.
Salmon, Senior Associate Counsel, Investment Company Institute
(``ICI''), dated August 19, 2014 (``ICI Letter''); Michael Nicholas,
Chief Executive Officer, Bond Dealers of America (``BDA''), dated
August 26, 2014 (``BDA Letter''); and David T. Bellaire, Executive
Vice President and General Counsel, Financial Services Institute
(``FSI''), dated August 26, 2014 (``FSI Letter'').
    \5\ See Letter to Secretary, Commission, from Lawrence P.
Sandor, Deputy General Counsel, MSRB, dated October 3, 2014 (``MSRB
Response Letter''), available at http://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-msrb-2014-05/msrb201405-5.pdf.
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

1. Proposed Rule Change

    According to the MSRB, the purpose of the proposed rule change is
to improve the Firm Element continuing education requirement of MSRB
Rule G-3(h)(ii) by requiring brokers, dealers and municipal securities
dealers (collectively, ``dealers'') to conduct annual municipal
securities training for registered representatives who regularly engage
in, and municipal securities principals who regularly supervise,
municipal securities activities.\6\ In addition to such annual
securities training, the MSRB has stated that the proposed rule change
would also expand the definition of covered registered persons who are
required to participate in such training to include registered persons
who engage in a variety of municipal securities activities, regardless
of whether such activities are customer-facing.\7\
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    The MSRB believes the proposed rule change addresses concerns that
municipal securities professionals may not be receiving adequate
training because dealers may not be placing a sufficiently high
priority on municipal securities in their needs analysis.\8\ The MSRB
believes that the municipal securities market possesses unique
attributes that require particularized education and training.\9\ In
addition, the MSRB has stated that dealers engaging in municipal
securities activities are subject to, and as a result, must be familiar
with MSRB rules that are distinct from the rules of other SROs and that
are tailored to address the particularities of the municipal securities
market.\10\ The MSRB believes that requiring dealers to conduct annual
municipal securities training for registered persons who are regularly
engaged in or who regularly supervise municipal securities activities
would ensure the delivery of municipal securities content to those
individuals who are active in the municipal securities market, while
allowing dealers sufficient flexibility in delivering such content.\11\
According to the MSRB, under the proposed rule change, dealers would
continue to determine the nature of the training and would have the
discretion as to content based on the specific type of municipal
securities activities conducted by the firm and the individual
registered person.\12\
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    \9\ Id.
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ Id.
    \12\ Id.
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2. Technical and Conforming Amendments

    According to the MSRB, the proposed rule change includes certain
technical amendments to conform other portions of Rule G-3 to the
proposed rule change. First, the MSRB stated that the proposed rule
change would amend Rule G-3(h)(ii)(C) to clarify that covered
registered persons must participate in the Firm Element training as
required by the dealer.\13\ Second, the MSRB stated that Rule G-
3(h)(ii)(B)(1) would be amended to clarify that, under the proposed
rule change, supervisory training would be required for any registered
principal who regularly supervises municipal securities activities.\14\
Lastly, the MSRB stated that Rule G-3(h)(ii)(B)(2) would be amended to
explicitly require that a firm's training program include training on
the municipal securities products, services and strategies offered by
the dealer.\15\
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    \14\ Id.
    \15\ Id.
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3. Effective Date

    The MSRB has proposed January 1, 2015 as the effective date for the
proposed rule change to provide dealers with adequate time to include
the training requirements of the proposed rule change into their annual
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III. Summary of Comments Received and the MSRB's Response

    As noted previously, the Commission received four comment letters
on the proposed rule change and a response letter from the MSRB.\17\
The commenters generally support the proposed rule change.\18\ However,
some commenters asked for further clarification and provided
suggestions to the proposed rule change.\19\ The MSRB believes the
proposed rule change is appropriately tailored and has responded to the
commenters, as discussed below.\20\
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    \19\ Id.
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1. Determination of Who Is Regularly Engaged in Municipal Securities
Activities

    FSI stated that the phrase ``regularly engage in municipal
securities activities'' used to define the covered registered persons
subject to the training is less clear than the phrase ``primarily
engaged in municipal securities activities'' used in the MSRB's initial
proposal.\21\ FSI also stated that the use of this phrase will lead to
an overly broad application of the Firm Element continuing education
requirements.\22\
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    \22\ Id.

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    The MSRB does not agree.\23\ The MSRB believes the new phrase
provides dealers with the flexibility to determine who must participate
in the Firm Element continuing education program, so long as the
dealers have a reasonable basis for determining which registered
persons regularly engage in or supervise municipal securities
activities.\24\ Instead of promulgating a prescriptive rule, the MSRB
believes that dealers should have the flexibility to tailor their
municipal securities training based on their size, organizational
structure, and scope of business activities.\25\ According to the MSRB,
dealers are best suited to evaluate their municipal securities
activities and determine who is regularly engaged in such activities
and therefore must participate in the annual training.\26\
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    \23\ See MSRB Response Letter.
    \24\ Id.
    \25\ Id.
    \26\ Id.
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2. Documenting Methodology To Identify Covered Registered Persons

    ICI suggested that the MSRB expressly include in Rule G-3 a
requirement that dealers maintain written documentation of their
methodology for determining who must participate in the Firm Element
continuing education.\27\
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    The MSRB responded by noting that there is a current requirement in
Rule G-3(h)(ii)(B) that dealers conduct a needs analysis and develop a
written training plan.\28\ The MSRB would expect dealers, as part of
such needs analysis, to evaluate their training needs and document in
their written training plans their methodology for determining who
should be trained.\29\
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3. Harmonization of FINRA and MSRB Firm Element Requirements

    FSI and SIFMA raised concerns regarding the perceived de-
harmonization between the proposed amendments to Rule G-3(h)(ii) and
FINRA Rule 1250(b).\30\ According to the MSRB, the proposed rule change
would differ from FINRA's continuing education rule in that it would
require annual municipal securities training for certain registered
persons.\31\
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    The MSRB believes such training is important because, currently,
registered representatives who regularly engage in, and municipal
securities principals who regularly supervise, municipal securities
activities, may receive insufficient or no municipal securities
training.\32\ According to the MSRB, the proposed rule change will help
ensure the delivery of municipal securities content to such registered
representatives.\33\ In addition, the MSRB believes the proposed rule
change would better align the MSRB and FINRA Firm Element continuing
education requirements with regard to registered individuals who do not
have direct contact with customers.\34\ The MSRB stated that the
proposed rule change would extend the MSRB Firm Element continuing
education requirement to certain registered persons who do not have
direct contact with customers, consistent with the approach taken by
FINRA.\35\
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    \33\ Id.
    \34\ Id.
    \35\ Id.
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4. Effective Date of the Proposed Rule Change

    SIFMA requested clarification regarding the January 1, 2015
effective date, and in particular whether dealers have until December
2015 to complete the annual training requirement as provided in the
proposed rule change.\36\
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    The MSRB responded by clarifying that while the effective date of
the proposed rule change would be January 1, 2015, dealers would be in
compliance if they completed their Firm Element continuing education by
December 31, 2015 and annually thereafter.\37\
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IV. Discussion and Commission Findings

    The Commission has carefully considered the proposed rule change,
as well as the comment letters. The Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder applicable to the MSRB. In particular,
the proposed rule change is consistent with Section 15B(b)(2)(A) of the
Act which provides that the MSRB's rules shall provide that no
municipal securities broker or municipal securities dealer shall effect
any transaction in, or induce or attempt to induce the purchase or sale
of, any municipal security, and no broker, dealer, municipal securities
dealer, or municipal advisor shall provide advice to or on behalf of a
municipal entity or obligated person with respect to municipal
financial products or the issuance of municipal securities, unless such
municipal securities broker or municipal securities dealer meets such
standards of operational capability and such municipal securities
broker or municipal securities dealer and every natural person
associated with such municipal securities broker or municipal
securities dealer meets such standards of training, experience,
competence, and such other qualifications as the Board finds necessary
or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of
investors and municipal entities or obligated persons.\38\ The
Commission believes the proposed rule change is consistent with Section
15B(b)(2)(A) in that the proposed rule will ensure that registered
persons who regularly engage in municipal securities activities and
supervisors who regularly supervise municipal securities activities
will receive annual municipal securities training.
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    \38\ 15 U.S.C. 78o-4(b)(2)(A).
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    Additionally, the proposed rule is consistent with Section
15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act, which provides that the MSRB's rules shall be
designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to
promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation
and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing,
settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating
transactions in municipal securities and municipal financial products,
to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open
market in municipal securities and municipal financial products, and,
in general, to protect investors, municipal entities, obligated
persons, and the public interest.\39\ The Commission believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with Section 15B(b)(2)(C) of the Act
because requiring Firm Element continuing education for registered
persons who regularly engage in municipal securities activities and
supervisors who regularly supervise municipal securities activities is
essential for the protection of investors, municipal entities and the
public interest. Furthermore, continuing education will help ensure
that individuals regularly participating in the municipal securities
market will stay abreast of: new municipal securities features,
products and risks; changes to applicable regulatory regimes; and
innovations in market practices.
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    In approving the proposed rule change, the Commission has
considered the proposed rule's impact on efficiency, competition, and
capital formation. Specifically, the Commission does not believe that
the proposed rule change would impose any burden on

competition not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes
of the Act since it would apply equally to all dealers who engage in
municipal securities activities. The proposed rule change does nothing
more than specify that, in developing an annual training plan based on
the firm's need analysis, the dealer must include municipal securities
training for those individuals who are regularly engaged in municipal
securities activities and supervisors who regularly supervise municipal
securities activities. The proposed rule change does not set forth any
quantitative or qualitative requirements regarding the training that
must be provided and grants dealers flexibility to develop Firm Element
training based on the nature of their business activities. In addition,
the Commission believes, that the proposed rule change addresses the
need to ensure adequate training for municipal securities professionals
and would likely improve the municipal securities market and its
efficient operation. Furthermore, the Commission believes that the
potential burdens created by the proposed rule change are to be likely
outweighed by the benefits.
    For the reasons noted above, the Commission believes that the
proposed rule change is consistent with the Act.

V. Conclusion

    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\40\ that the proposed rule change (SR-MSRB-2014-05) be, and hereby
is, approved.\41\
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    \40\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \41\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).

    For the Commission, pursuant to delegated authority.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Notices]
[Pages 7586-7588]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02858]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 9922-85-OGC]

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended

(``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent
decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California: Sierra
Club v. McCarthy, Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-6472-CRB (N.D. Cal.). On
December 21, 2012, Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that Gina
McCarthy, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA''), failed to perform a
mandatory duty by not acting on 2006 PM 2.5 infrastructure state
implementation plans (iSIPs) for six states and failed to promulgate
transport federal implementation plans (FIPs) for an additional 20
states and the District of Columbia. The proposed consent decree would
establish deadlines for EPA to take actions.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by March 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2015-0079, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method);
by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ragan S. Tate, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree

    The proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit filed by the
Sierra Club seeking to compel the Administrator to take actions on 2006
PM 2.5 infrastructure SIPs for six states and to promulgate transport
FIPs for an additional 20 states and the District of Columbia. The
proposed consent decree (1) agrees that no claim is stated as to an
iSIP claim for Illinois and deems an iSIP claim as to California moot
as EPA has acted on submittals relating to those claims, (2) agrees
that no claim is stated for failure to issue transport FIPs for 10
states which were included in CSAPR as it is the transport FIP for
those states, and (3) deems transport FIP obligations for 5 states
(Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, Louisiana, & Utah) moot as EPA has
acted on those transport SIPs.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, by November 30,
2015, EPA shall take final action to approve or disapprove a SIP on the
remaining iSIP elements for California, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wisconsin. In addition, the proposed consent decree
states that EPA shall take final action to promulgate a good neighbor
FIP or approve a SIP regarding the transport obligations for 5
remaining states and the District of Columbia which final action must
be signed for Colorado and Wyoming by July 31, 2015, for Oregon by
September 30, 2015, and for the District of Columbia, South Dakota, and
Idaho, by November 30, 2015.
    The proposed consent decree requires EPA to send notice of each
action to the Office of the Federal Register for review and publication
within 15 days of signature. In addition, the proposed consent decree
outlines the procedure for the Plaintiff to request costs of
litigation, including attorney fees. When these obligations have been
completed, the case shall be terminated and dismissed with prejudice.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree from persons who are not named as parties or
intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of
Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed consent decree
if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of
Justice determines that consent to this consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the consent decree will be affirmed.

II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree

A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree?

    The official public docket for this action (identified by EPA-HQ-
OGC-2015-0079) contains a copy of the proposed consent decree. The
official public docket is available for public viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number
for the OEI Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the
appropriate docket identification number then select ``search''.
    It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket
Center.

B. How and to whom do I submit comments?

    You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
    If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD
ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information

on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact
information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part
of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made
available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The
electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
email comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.

    Dated: February 4, 2015.
 Brian L. Doster,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 125-127]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28259]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6928]

Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of
a Public Docket; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; establishment of a public docket; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming
public advisory committee meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee
(PAC). The general function of the committee is to provide advice and
recommendations to FDA on regulatory issues. The meeting will be open
to the public. FDA is establishing a docket for public comments.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 23, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to
3:05 p.m.

ADDRESSES: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Building 31
Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-
0002. Answers to commonly asked questions including information
regarding special accommodations due

to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed
at: https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm408555.htm.
    FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this document.
The docket number is Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6928. The docket will close
on March 26, 2018. Submit either electronic or written comments on this
public meeting by that date. Please note that late, untimely comments
will not be considered. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic
filing system will accept comments until midnight Eastern Time at the
end of March 26, 2018. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier
(for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are
postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before
that date.
    Comments received on or before March 9, 2018, will be provided to
the committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into
consideration by FDA.
    You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

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

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2017-N-6928 for ``Pediatric Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting;
Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments.'' Received
comments, those filed in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be
placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as ``Confidential
Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at
the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' FDA will review
this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in its
consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed
confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be available for
public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit both
copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name
and contact information to be made publicly available, you can provide
this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your
comments and you must identify this information as ``confidential.''
Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except
in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law.
For more information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets,
see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marieann Brill, Office of the
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave.,
Bldg. 32, Rm. 5154, Silver Spring, MD 20993,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
[email protected], or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line,
1-800-741-8138<PHONE_NUMBER> in the Washington, DC area). A notice in
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you
should always check the FDA's website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory
committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee information line
to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda: The PAC will meet to discuss pediatric-focused safety
reviews, as mandated by the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (Pub.
L. 107-109) and the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-
155). Comments about the upcoming advisory committee meeting should be
submitted to Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6928.
    The PAC will meet to discuss the following products (listed by FDA
Center):

(1) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
    a. BANZEL
    b. INTUNIV
    c. LEXAPRO
(2) Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    a. FLOURISH (Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE))
    b. ACTIVA (HDE)
    c. LIPOSORBER (HDE)
    d. IMPELLA RP SYSTEM

    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA's website after the meeting. Background material is
available at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views,

orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written
submissions may be made to the contact person on or before March 16,
2018. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between
approximately 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Those individuals interested in making
formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a
brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they
wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and
an indication of the approximate time requested to make their
presentation on or before March 8, 2018. Time allotted for each
presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to
speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the
scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to
determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session.
The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their
request to speak by March 9, 2018.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that FDA is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please
contact Marieann Brill at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our website at https://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: December 26, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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