However, although submitted about three months (based upon the effective date of the EPA's final conditional approval Federal Register) later than committed to, the EPA has reviewed and determined that the information submitted with New Jersey's October 17, 2014 SIP revision, as supplemented on March 15, 2017, that addresses the 1997 8-hour ozone and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS for the section 110(a)(2) element and sub-elements E(ii) (conflict of interest provisions), E(iii) (delegations), and for the 1997 8-hour ozone element (G) (emergency powers) satisfactorily meets the EPA requirements (as published in the EPA's final conditional approval rule on June 14, 2013) to correct the deficiencies related to the element and sub-elements.  Therefore, the EPA is proposing to find that New Jersey's October 17, 2014 infrastructure SIP submittal satisfies the requirements, as it relates to the 1997 8-hour ozone and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, and proposes approval for the following section 110(a)(2) element and sub-elements: E(ii) (conflict of interest provisions), E(iii) (delegations), and for the 1997 8-hour ozone element (G) (emergency powers). In addition, with proposed approval of sub-element 110(a)(2)(E)(iii), the EPA proposes to remove 40 CFR 52.1579, Intergovernmental cooperation, due to a past deficiency identified by EPA.

The following summarizes the information submitted by New Jersey in the State's October 17, 2014 infrastructure SIP submittal that corrects the deficiencies related to EPA's conditional approval:

 Conflict of interest (sub-element 110(a)(2)(E)(ii)): In its proposed conditional approval, the EPA required New Jersey to submit for approval into the SIP those statutes or regulations necessary to substantively meet the requirements of CAA 128(a)(2) that deals with conflict of interest.  In response, in a letter dated March 15, 2017, New Jersey submitted, for inclusion into its SIP, applicable sections of the New Jersey's Conflicts of Interest Law, specifically N.J.S.A. 52:13D-14 and 52:13D-16(a) and (b) and 52:13D-21(n).

 Delegation of authority (sub-element 110(a)(2)(E)(iii): In its proposed conditional approval, the EPA required New Jersey to identify the specific organizations that will participate in developing, implementing, and enforcing the plan and the responsibilities of such organizations. In response, New Jersey has submitted as part of the SIP a location where (see Appendices D and E of New Jersey's SIP submittal) a listing of the current participants in the County Environmental Health Act (CEHA) and a typical agreement between the State and CEHA delegate agencies. New Jersey's supporting information is located in the SIP revision at Appendix D (Copy of a sample memorandum of Understanding developed between the State of New Jersey and a county or local government entity under the CEHA) and Appendix E (a link to New Jersey's County Environmental Health Act (CEHA), N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-21).

 Emergency episodes (element 110(a)(2)(G): In its proposed conditional approval, the EPA required New Jersey to submit, the current version of NJAC 7:27-12 "Prevention and Control of Air Pollution Emergencies" [Subchapter 12] and the emergency criteria levels that will be used.  In response, New Jersey has provided, for inclusion into the SIP, the current version of Subchapter 12 (see Appendix C of the SIP submittal). New Jersey also has provided a copy of the most current version of "Emergency Air Quality Control Criteria" (see Appendix I of the SIP submittal).


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Supporting Statement

Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program

EPA ICR # 2355.01

PART A

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

     	   	 (a) Title of the Information Collection

     “Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program”

 	 (b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

This final rule will allow accredited private audit sample providers to
supply regulated emission sources with audit samples to verify the
results of emissions testing that demonstrates compliance with emission
limits.  A regulated emission source conducting a compliance test, would
purchase an audit sample from an accredited audit sample provider(AASP).
 The AASP would report the true value of the audit sample to the
compliance authority (State, local or EPA Regional Office).  This is a
new  reporting requirement.   The AASP would in most cases make the
report by electronic mail.  A report would be made for each audit sample
that the AASP sold to a regulated emission source that was conducting an
emissions test to determine compliance with an emission limit.  Based on
historic data, EPA estimates that there will be about 832 audit samples
sold each year generating the need for about 832 reports.

2.  Need for and Use of the Collection

	(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The information requirements included within this ICR are necessary to
assure the EPA that the restructured audit sample program is operating
in a way that protects the integrity of the audit samples.  The
integrity of an audit sample depends on its being distributed as a
“blind sample.”  This means that the true value of the audit sample
is known by the provider but not the user.  The flow of information
about the audit sample in the current program is slightly different than
that of the restructured program.  In the current system, EPA supplies
the audit sample to the appropriate compliance authority who then gives
it to the user.   After measuring the audit sample, the user reports the
result to the compliance authority who then reports it to EPA and
receives the true value in return.  In the restructured program, the
accredited audit sample provider (AASP) supplies the audit sample to the
user.  Just as in the current program, the user reports the measured
result to the appropriate compliance authority an to the AASP.  The
restructured program then requires the AASP to report the true value of
the sample to the compliance authority before or at the same time as the
true value is reported to the user.  This is a new reporting requirement
that does not exist under the current program.  This requirement is
necessary to help the compliance authority insure that the audit samples
are provided as blind samples to the user.

The principal legal authority for this information collection is 23
U.S.C. § 101 and 42 U.S.C. ( 7410-7671q.

2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data

Local, State and EPA regional offices who have been delegated authority
to enforce emission limits will use the data from the audit samples to
assure that regulated sources are correctly measuring their pollutant
emissions when they perform compliance tests.  The results from the
audit samples are an objective measure of testing performance during a
compliance test.  If the emissions tester produces results that are
within the allowable range for the audit sample, the compliance
authority has objective evidence to show that the tester‘s performance
was within the normal range for a well qualified tester.

3.  NON-DUPLICATION, CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER COLLECTION CRITERIA

3(a)  Non-duplication

This collection is not unnecessarily duplicative of information
otherwise reasonably accessible to the compliance authorities.  There is
no other source for this information.

3(b)  Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

The 1995 Paperwork Reduction Act requires that any agency developing a
non-rule related ICR must solicit public comments for a 60-day period
prior to submitting the ICR to OMB.    SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 This section
is not applicable to this ICR because this is a rule-related ICR.

3(c)  Consultations

	Through the course of planning this collection and its associated
regulation, the EPA regularly consulted with affected AASPs, and State
and local compliance authorities through regular public meetings.

3(d)  Effects of Less Frequent Collection

	The reporting under this information collection is event driven.  There
is no regular schedule for reporting.   Information is collected only
when an audit sample is supplied to a user during a compliance test.  A
report must be submitted for each event.

3(e)  General Guidelines

  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 All of the OMB’s general guidelines for
information collections in 5 CFR 1320.6 are met by this ICR.  None of
the guidelines are exceeded.

• 	There is no data reporting schedule.

•	There is no requirement to retain records for more than three years.

3(f)  Confidentiality

Information that is considered personal, private, proprietary, or
confidential is not required for this collection.

3(g)  Sensitive Questions

	  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 This section is not applicable to this ICR
because no information involving matters of a sensitive nature is
collected.

4.  THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMATION REQUESTED

4(a)  Respondents/SIC Codes

This ICR affects laboratories that supply audit samples.   The SIC is
8734.

4(b)  Information Requested

	AASPs must report to the appropriate compliance authority the true
value of any audit sample supplied for quality assurance purposes to a
regulated emission source or the source’s authorized representative
for use during a compliance test.  The AASP must also maintain for three
years a record of the recipient of the sample, the date the sample was
provided, and the true value of the sample.

(i)  Data items, including record keeping requirements

	Audit sample number;

	Name of the recipient of the sample; and

	True value of the sample.

(ii)  Respondent Activities

A model respondent would engage in the following activities to comply
with this information request:

▪     Produce an audit sample and verify it’s true value.

▪     Ship the audit sample to the source that is conducting a
compliance test.

•	Generate an electronic message showing the audit sample number, the
sample recipient’s name, and the true value of the sample.

•	Transmit the message electronically to the appropriate compliance
authority.

•	Record electronically the audit sample number, the sample
recipient’s name, the date the sample was shipped, and the true value
of the sample.

Each of these activities is part of the customary and usual business
practice (CBP) of the AASP because the same information must be provided
to the recipient of the audit sample.   Development of the database and
system to handle the recordkeeping and reporting are attributed to the
CBP of the AASP.  The activities related to the ICR are only the
incremental activity needed to produce and distribute the audit sample
and to transmit a copy of the results of the audit sample to the
appropriate compliance authority.

5.  THE INFORMATION COLLECTED--AGENCY ACTIVITIES, COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

5(a)  Agency Activities

	There are no EPA activities associated with this ICR.

5(b)  Collection Methodology and Management

The information will be collected and used by the appropriate compliance
authority for each regulated source.  The AASP will submit the report
using the procedures described in a publicly available technical
criteria document (TCD).  The TCD must be developed by a public process
through a consensus making body.  The consensus making body will select
a third party accreditor who will be responsible for insuring that all
AASPs operate in accordance with the procedures in the technical
criteria document.

5(c)  Small Entity Flexibility  --

This collection requires submittal of the minimum amount of information
in order to insure that the restructured stationary source audit program
continues to operate in a credible manner.  This collection reduces to a
practicable and appropriate level the burden on any small entities that
are AASPs.

5(d)  Collection Schedule

	There is no regular schedule for collecting information.  The
information is event driven and information is collected only when an
AASP supplies an audit sample to a user.

6.  ESTIMATING THE BURDEN AND COST OF THE COLLECTION

6(a)  Estimating Respondent Burden

All activities listed with section 4 (b) (ii) of this ICR Supporting
Statement are presented in  Worksheet 1.

Tables showing the detailed burden estimate calculations are presented
below.  A summary of the average annual respondent burden costs follows.
 The burden for this ICR is limited to the incremental activity required
to provide a copy of the information generated for the audit sample user
to the appropriate compliance authority.  All the labor expended on
behalf of this ICR will be expended by the AASPs.  However, they will
not bear the burden of the ICR costs.  Their labor costs will be passed
to the stationary sources who are required to demonstrate compliance
with pollutant emission limits and must purchase audit sample as part of
the demonstration.  There are estimated to be a very limited number (a
maximum of nine) AASPs who will supply the audit samples, but there will
be many stationary sources who will buy them.  The following estimates
are believed to be an accurate estimate for each respondent, but the
actual costs of the respondents will be paid by an estimated 504
stationary sources so that the actual cost per stationary source will be
on average about $398.66.

Worksheet 1:  Annual Average Respondent Burden Estimates

Collection

Activities	Total Labor Hours

Per Respondent Per Year

(9 respondents)

1.  Prepare audit samples	136

2.  Verify audit sample concentration	95

3.  Distribute audit samples	53

4.  Generate and transmit audit sample report	7

5.  Record audit sample results	4

TOTAL	294

6(b)  Estimating Respondent Costs

All activities listed with section 4 (b) (ii) of this ICR Supporting
Statement are included in the Worksheet 2. A summary of the average
annual respondent burden costs follows.

Worksheet 2:  Annual Average Respondent Cost Estimates

Collection

Activities	Total Labor Cost

Per Respondent Per Year

(9 respondents)

1.  Prepare audit samples	$10,170

2.  Verify audit concentration	$8,058

3.  Distribute audit samples	$3,432

4.  Generate and transmit audit sample report	$416

5.  Record audit sample results	$249

TOTAL	$22,325

6(c)  Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

We estimated the Agency burden and cost to be zero.

6(d)	Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Worksheet 3 shows the total respondent hourly burdens and costs which
was taken from section 6(b) above for the estimated 9 respondents.  The
total labor burden for the respondents was estimated to be 2646 hours at
a total cost of $201,091.

Worksheet 3:  Annual Total Respondent Labor Burden/Cost Estimates

Collection

 Activities	Total Labor Hours

Per Year	Total Labor Cost

Per Year

1.  Prepare audit sample	1220	$91530

2.  Verify audit sample concentration	853	$72522

3. Distribute audit samples	475	$30888

4.  Generate and transmit audit sample report	62	$3906

5.  Record audit sample results	36	$2245

TOTAL	2646	$201091

6(e)  Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

 (i)  Respondent Tally

Respondent Total Annual Burden =294 hours

Respondent Total Annual Labor Cost = $22,325.

(ii) The Agency Tally

Agency Total Annual Burden = 0 hours

Agency Total Annual Cost = $0.0

(iii) Variations In The Annual Bottom Line.

We do not expect any significant variations in the annual bottom line
for the clearance period requested.

6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden

N/A

6(g)  Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 245 hours per respondent.  Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency.  This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.  An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part
9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

To allow comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy
of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for
minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection
techniques, EPA established a public docket for the rulemaking that
includes this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531 which is
available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air Docket Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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 Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the
Air Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.  An electronic version of the
public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov.  This site can
be used to  submit or view public comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically.  When in the system,
select “search,” then key in the Docket ID Number identified above.
Also, you may send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Office for EPA.  Please include
the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531 and OMB Control Number
_____-_____ in any correspondence.

PART B OF SUPPORTING STATEMENT

This section is not applicable to this ICR because statistical methods
are not used in the data collection associated with the rule amendments.

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5623-5625]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02548]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0144; FRL-9972-94]

Assignment and Application of the ``Unique Identifier'' Under
TSCA Section 14; Notice of Additional Information and Opportunity To
Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Recent amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
require EPA to develop a system to assign a ``unique identifier''
whenever it approves a Confidential Business Information (CBI) claim
for the specific chemical identity of a chemical substance, to apply
this unique identifier to other information concerning the same
substance, and to ensure that any nonconfidential information received
by the Agency identifies the chemical substance using the unique
identifier while the specific chemical identity of the chemical
substance is protected from disclosure. EPA previously requested
comment on approaches for assigning and applying unique identifiers,
and has developed an additional approach on which it now requests
comment.

DATES: EPA will accept written comments and materials submitted to the
docket on or before March 12, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0144, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
Jessica Barkas, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 250-8880; email address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    You may be affected by this action if you have submitted or expect
to submit information to EPA under TSCA. Persons who would use unique
identifiers assigned by the Agency to seek information may also be
affected by this action. The following list of North American
Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help readers determine
whether this document applies to them. Potentially affected entities
may include:
     Manufacturers, importers, or processors of chemical
substances (NAICS codes 325 and 324110), e.g., chemical manufacturing
and petroleum refineries.

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

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

II. Background

A. TSCA Section 14 Requirement To Assign a ``Unique Identifier''

    The June 22, 2016, amendments to TSCA by the Frank R. Lautenberg
Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act added a requirement in TSCA
section 14(g)(4) for EPA to, among other things, ``assign a unique
identifier to each specific chemical identity for which the
Administrator approves a request for protection from disclosure.'' EPA
is required to use the ``unique identifier assigned under this
paragraph to protect the specific chemical identity in information that
the Administrator has made public'' and to ``apply that identifier
consistently to all information relevant to the applicable chemical
substance,'' including ``any nonconfidential information received by
the Administrator with respect to a

chemical substance . . . while the specific chemical identity of the
chemical substance is protected from disclosure.'' 15 U.S.C.
2613(g)(4).
    The requirements to assign a unique identifier and the unreconciled
requirements concerning application of the unique identifier and
protection of CBI are more fully discussed in the Federal Register
document published previously. (See 82 FR 21386; May 8, 2017; hereafter
``May 8 Federal Register document''.) EPA has noted drawbacks to each
of the two alternative approaches discussed in the May 8 Federal
Register document.
    EPA has developed a third alternative approach for reconciling the
competing requirements of TSCA section 14(g), and now invites public
comment on this new alternative.
    A brief explanation of CBI claims for chemical identity provides
context for understanding the potential effects of applying a unique
identifier. TSCA section 14 permits a person to assert a CBI claim to
seek to protect from public disclosure certain information in a
submission, including a specific chemical identity. A CBI claim for
specific chemical identity is intended to protect from disclosure the
existence of the chemical substance and/or the fact that the chemical
substance is (or is intended to be) manufactured by any person for
commercial purposes in the United States (note that under TSCA, the
term ``manufacture'' includes import).
    When a chemical identity on the TSCA Inventory (Inventory) is
claimed as CBI, then the chemical substance is maintained on the
confidential portion of the Inventory. Conversely, a specific chemical
identity that appears on the public portion of the Inventory, and is
therefore known to be (or to have been) manufactured for commercial
purposes in the United States, is generally not eligible for
confidential protection (see, e.g., Chemical Data Reporting regulations
at 40 CFR 711.30(b)). If another company reveals that they manufacture
the substance for commercial purposes, such as in a non-CBI submission
filed under TSCA, the chemical identity is no longer eligible for
confidential protection, and a CBI claim for chemical identity would be
denied upon evaluation. Because the meaning of a CBI claim for chemical
identity is limited, companies that wish to protect other information
in a submission (such as company identity or specific information
regarding the use, function, or application of that chemical substance)
should claim that specific information as CBI rather than (or in
addition to) chemical identity.

B. Third Alternative Approach

    Under this approach, EPA would assign one unique identifier (UID)
per chemical substance. In most cases EPA would apply the UID to all
non-confidential information concerning the same chemical substance,
from any company. However, in a small number of cases, EPA would not
apply the UID to some non-confidential documents, in order to preserve
approved CBI claims for specific chemical identity where the non-
confidential document itself does not undermine the CBI claim, but
EPA's application of the UID to that document would result in a linkage
that does undermine the CBI claim. The basic criterion for application
of the UID to submissions made by different submitters is that the
Agency's act of applying the UID must not disclose to the public the
confidential specific chemical identity that the UID was assigned to
protect.
    Specifically, prior to applying a UID to public versions of
documents concerning the same substance, and filed by different
submitters, those documents would be reviewed for presence of the
specific chemical identity. If the specific chemical identity (e.g.,
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) name or CAS number) appears in any of
the documents, EPA would revisit the CBI claim in the remaining
document(s) to assure that the claim is unexpired and otherwise still
valid. If the CBI claim remains valid, EPA would not apply the UID to
the document that reveals the specific chemical identity, in order to
preserve the CBI claim in the other document(s) (if the claim has
expired, been withdrawn, or appears no longer valid, EPA would act in
accordance with section 14(f)(2)(B) and/or 14(g)(4)(D), as
appropriate). All of the documents would be available to the public,
and the specific chemical identity would be revealed in the document
where it was not claimed as CBI--the document revealing the specific
chemical identity would simply not be connected by the UID to the other
document(s) where the specific chemical identity is CBI.
    For example, Company A files a Premanufacture Notice (PMN) and
later, a Notice of Commencement (NOC), claiming chemical identity as
CBI to protect from disclosure the fact that the chemical is now being
manufactured for commercial purposes in the United States and hence is
being added to the Inventory. EPA approves the CBI claim and assigns a
UID. Company A subsequently files a section 8(e) notice concerning the
same substance, claiming chemical identity as CBI again. The UID is
applied to that submission as well. Sometime later, Company B files a
section 8(e) notice on the same substance, which it asserts it is using
for research and development (R&D) purposes, but does not claim
chemical identity as CBI. EPA revisits Company A's original CBI claim
and confirms that it is not expired, has not been withdrawn, and has
not been denied. Company B's submission does not reveal that the
substance is on the Inventory or that it is in commerce (as other than
an R&D substance). If EPA applied the UID to Company B's submission,
that act would link Company B's section 8(e) notice to Company A's NOC,
revealing that the specific chemical identity in Company B's section
8(e) notice is also the subject of an NOC and has therefore been
manufactured for commercial purposes, and is on the Inventory. Thus,
EPA's linkage of the two documents through the applied UID--as opposed
to any information contained in the non-confidential document itself--
would undermine the previously approved CBI claim for chemical
identity. EPA would not apply the UID to Company B's submission in this
case, to preserve Company A's CBI claim.
    By way of contrast, if Company B's non-confidential section 8(e)
notice itself revealed that the chemical substance was manufactured for
commercial purposes in the United States--for instance, if the filing
were an incident report relating to the commercial manufacture or use
of that chemical substance, as opposed to an R&D exploration as
originally described--then this would indicate that Company A's CBI
claim may no longer be valid, and EPA would reevaluate the prior CBI
claim in accordance with TSCA section 14(f)(2)(B) and/or 14(g)(4)(D),
as appropriate.
    EPA expects that exceptions to application of the UID will be
fairly rare. For example, in reviewing all non-confidential section
8(e) submissions submitted over the past 5 years that included a CAS
number (such that Inventory status can be readily checked), EPA found
that fewer than 4% of these submissions mentioned substances that are
currently on the confidential portion of the TSCA Inventory. Further,
on preliminary review (i.e., without completing a full CBI review and
determination), it appeared that several of these submissions were
under circumstances indicating that the original CBI claim may have
been withdrawn or otherwise became invalid, suggesting that there may
be even fewer exceptional cases

once EPA revisits the original CBI claim(s).
    EPA acknowledges that this approach would occasionally create the
possibility that the application of the UID to submissions from two or
more companies may alert each company to the other's manufacture of the
same chemical substance. However, such disclosures frequently arise in
the normal course of business under TSCA, independent of UID. One
reason for this is that a single accession number is typically assigned
to each Inventory substance, and the accession number is often used for
subsequent reporting, e.g., under the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR)
rule. Accession numbers are also included alongside other regulatory
information, such as relevant section 5 significant new use rule (SNUR)
citations, reported in public databases, such as the Substance Registry
Service (SRS), and in the Inventory file that EPA makes available to
the public (confidential inventory chemicals are listed by PMN number,
accession number, and generic name). (See https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory/how-access-tsca-inventory.) Anyone that has an accession
number for a given confidential inventory substance can query the CDR
database and learn whether other companies have manufactured the
chemical in CDR-reportable amounts, or query the public Inventory to
find out the PMN number of the original submission.
    While not every company reports under the CDR for every chemical
that they manufacture (for example, specialty chemical companies may be
making relatively small quantities of a substance, for a specialized
use, and may not meet the reporting thresholds for CDR), the fact that
a chemical substance is on the Inventory can be revealed in other ways.
For example, a company that intends to manufacture a chemical substance
for commercial purposes may file a bona fide submission under 40 CFR
720.25 to determine whether the chemical substance is already on the
Inventory. The response to the bona fide inquiry, where EPA tells the
submitter whether a chemical substance is on the confidential portion
of the Inventory, would indicate whether another company has
manufactured the chemical substance for commercial purposes in the
United States. Also, submitters of section 5 notices that are
subsequently deemed to be invalid because the substance is already on
the Inventory and thus not subject to section 5 reporting requirements
are informed of the Inventory status and are provided the accession
number.
    This third alternative approach would avoid several problems that
EPA has identified with assigning more than one UID to a single
substance (see ``Second Alternative Approach,'' May 8 Federal Register
document (at 21389). One such problem is that assigning more than one
UID per chemical substance would work against one of the purposes of
assigning UIDs, to ``provide a specific reference identifier that
protects the confidentiality claim to the specific chemical identity
for the duration of the claim, while providing a way for the public to
identify other filings pertaining to that substance.'' (See discussion
in EPA's May 8 Federal Register document (at 21388).) In addition, it
is unclear how multiple UIDs per chemical can be reconciled with the
section 8(b)(7) requirement to publish and keep current a list of each
confidential Inventory chemical, with its UID, accession number,
generic name, and PMN number, where applicable. Any list that includes
all of this information for each chemical would automatically link
submissions from different companies by including all of the UIDs and/
or by using the same accession number for multiple listings on the same
chemical. (i.e., if Chemical X has three UIDs, assigned to three
different company claims, they would all be linked on this list,
because Chemical X only has one accession number, and the list is
supposed to include both accession number and UID.) It is also unclear
to EPA how using one UID per chemical, per company, would operate in
the case that a company or parts of a company changes ownership; how
such UIDs would be applied to EPA-generated documents that are relevant
to more than one submission; or how the multiple UIDs would be handled
in the case that one company withdraws or permits its CBI claim to
expire while the other does not. Using one UID per chemical, and
applying that same UID to related documents in all but a very few
exceptional cases, would avoid these issues.

C. Opportunity To Comment on Approach to Applying the Unique Identifier

    EPA invites comment on the possible approach outlined above.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2613.

    Dated: January 26, 2018.
Charlotte Bertrand,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2022-0002-N-18]

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding
the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. These
ICRs describe the information collections and their expected burdens.
On July 5, 2022, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for
public comment on the ICRs.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 9, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICRs
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the particular ICR by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer at email: [email protected] or
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to
issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection
activities before

OMB may approve paperwork packages. See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR
1320.8 through 1320.12. On July 5, 2022, FRA published a 60-day notice
in the Federal Register soliciting comment on the ICRs for which it is
now seeking OMB approval. See 87 FR 39896. FRA received one comment
from the public that was outside the scope of this notice.
    Before OMB decides whether to approve the proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for public comment. Federal law
requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and
60 days after the 30-day notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)-(c); 5
CFR 1320.12(a); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995). OMB
believes the 30-day notice informs the regulated community to file
relevant comments and affords the agency adequate time to digest public
comments before it renders a decision. 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
Therefore, respondents should submit their respective comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best ensure having their full effect.
    Comments are invited on the following ICRs regarding: (1) whether
the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly
execute its functions, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FRA's estimates of the burden of
the information collection activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; (3) ways
for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
being collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    The summaries below describe the ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
    Title: Filing of Dedicated Cars.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0502.
    Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 215 contains freight car safety
standards, including conditions for freight cars in dedicated service.
``Dedicated service'' means the exclusive assignment of railroad cars
to the transportation of freight between specified points under the
conditions listed in 49 CFR 215.5(d), including stenciling, or
otherwise displaying, in clear legible letters on each side of the car
body, the words ``Dedicated Service.'' The railroad must notify FRA in
writing that the cars are to be operated in dedicated service.
    Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 754 railroads.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 4 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $310.

    Title: Remotely Controlled Switch Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0516.
    Abstract: Title 49 CFR 218.30 and 218.77 require that remotely
controlled switches be properly lined to protect workers as they
inspect or service rolling equipment on track or occupy camp cars.
These sections require the operators of the remotely controlled
switches to remove the locking device controlling the switches only
once they have been informed by the person in charge of the workers
that it is safe to do so. Additionally, these operators are required to
maintain a record of each protection request for 15 days. Operators of
remotely controlled switches use the information as a record
documenting protection of workers or camp cars. This record also serves
as a valuable resource for railroad supervisors and FRA and State
inspectors monitoring regulatory compliance.
    In this 60-day notice, FRA decreased the estimated paperwork burden
under Sec.  218.30 by 1,209 hours. The decreased burden reflects the
reduction in number of work events in the railroad industry.
    Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 53 railroads.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 1,837,925.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 22,974 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent:
$1,375,912.
    Title: Bad Order, Home Shop Card, and Stenciling Reporting Mark.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0519.
    Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 215, railroads are required to inspect
freight cars placed in service and take remedial action when defects
are identified. A railroad freight car with a part 215 defect may be
moved to another location for repair only after the railroad has
complied with the process under 49 CFR 215.9. Section 215.9 requires
railroads to affix a ``bad order'' tag describing each defect to each
side of the freight car. It is imperative that a defective freight car
be tagged ``bad order'' so it can be readily identified and moved to
another location for repair purposes only, and so that the maximum
speed and other restrictions necessary for safely conducting the
movement are known. At the repair location, the ``bad order'' tag
serves as a notification of the defective condition of the freight car.
Railroads must retain each tag for 90 days to verify that proper
repairs were made at the designated location. When inspecting a freight
car, FRA and State inspectors review all pertinent records to determine
railroads' compliance with the movement restrictions of 49 CFR 215.9.
    Additionally, Sec.  215.301 requires railroads and private car
owners to stencil or otherwise display identification marks on freight
cars, including a car number and build date. FRA uses the
identification marks to help obtain certain information related to a
car's compliance with Federal safety laws. The marks are used
consistently across railroad records to identify the car and show: the
type of car, what it is carrying, its movement history, and current
maintenance schedule. Using the marks to identify the cars helps FRA
determine the application of Federal safety laws to that car and who is
responsible for compliance. FRA also uses this information to determine
if the freight car qualifies for dedicated service and is excluded from
the requirements of part 215. Railroads use the required information to
provide identification and control so that dedicated cars remain in the
prescribed service.
    Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 754 railroads.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 285,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 38,000 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent:
$2,290,260.

    Title: Rear End Marking Devices.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0523.
    Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 221 contains requirements for rear end
marking devices. Railroads must provide FRA with a detailed description
of the type of marking devices used for any locomotive operating singly
or for

cars or locomotives operating at the end of a train (trailing end) to
ensure that they meet minimum standards for visibility and display.
Specifically, part 221 requires railroads to furnish a certification
that each device has been tested in accordance with current
``Guidelines for Testing of Rear End Marking Devices.'' Additionally,
part 221 requires railroads to furnish detailed test records, which
include the names of testing organizations, test descriptions, number
of samples tested, and the test results, to demonstrate compliance with
the performance standard.
    Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 754 railroads and 24 manufacturers.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $155.
    FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection
of information that does not display a currently valid OMB control
number.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.

Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-00293 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2023-03]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; AMAC
Aerospace Switzerland AG

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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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 March 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2022-1802
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 (DOT), 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, 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deana Stedman, AIR-612, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, phone and fax 206-
231-3187, email [email protected].
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2023.
Candace E. Keefe,
Acting Manager, Technical Writing Section.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2022-1802.
    Petitioner: AMAC Aerospace Switzerland AG.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  25.562(a), 25.785(b),
25.785(h)(2), 25.785(j), 25.791(a), 25.807(e), 25.811(d)(1),
25.812(b)(1)(i) and (ii), 25.813(c)(2)(ii), and 25.858.
    Description of Relief Sought: Petitioner is seeking relief from the
listed design requirements in order to support a supplemental type
certificate (STC) application for a Boeing Model 737-8 airplane. The
proposed STC is for the installation of an executive-style interior
with multiple rooms.

[FR Doc. 2023-03065 Filed 2-13-23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0500]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; General Licensing
Provisions; Requirements on Content and Format of Labeling for Human
Prescription Drug and Biological Products

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a
proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by
December 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are
received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer,
Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>, or emailed to [email protected]. All
comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0572.
Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of
this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JonnaLynn Capezzuto, Office of
Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-
12M, 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.

Requirements on Content and Format of Labeling for Human Prescription
Drug and Biological Products

OMB Control Number 0910-0572--Extension

    FDA's regulations governing the content and format of labeling for
human prescription drug and biological products were revised in the
Federal Register of January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3922) (the 2006 labeling
rule) to require that the labeling of new and recently approved
products contain highlights of prescribing information, a table of
contents for prescribing information, reordering of certain sections,
minor content changes, and minimum graphical requirements. These
revisions were intended to make it easier for health care practitioners
to access, read, and use information in prescription drug labeling; to
enhance the safe and effective use of prescription drug products; and
to reduce the number of adverse reactions resulting from medication
errors because of misunderstood or incorrectly applied drug
information.
    Currently, Sec.  201.56 (21 CFR 201.56) requires that prescription
drug labeling contain certain information in the format specified in
either Sec.  201.57 (21 CFR 201.57) or Sec.  201.80 (21 CFR 201.80),
depending on when the drug was approved for marketing. Section
201.56(a) sets forth general labeling requirements applicable to all
prescription drugs. Section 201.56(b) specifies the categories of new
and more recently approved prescription drugs subject to the revised
content and format requirements in Sec. Sec.  201.56(d) and 201.57.
Section 201.56(c) sets forth the schedule for implementing these
revised content and format requirements. Section 201.56(e) specifies
the sections and subsections, required and optional, for the labeling
of older prescription drugs not subject to the revised format and
content requirements.
    Section 201.57(a) requires that prescription drug labeling for new
and more recently approved prescription drug products include a
``Highlights of Prescribing Information'' section. The ``Highlights''
section provides a concise extract of the most important information
required under Sec.  201.57(c) (the Full Prescribing Information
(FPI)), as well as certain additional information important to
prescribers. Section 201.57(b) requires a table of contents to

prescribing information entitled ``Full Prescribing Information:
Contents,'' consisting of a list of each heading and subheading along
with its identifying number to facilitate health care practitioners'
use of labeling information. Section 201.57(c) specifies the contents
of the FPI. Section 201.57(d) mandates the minimum specifications for
the format of prescription drug labeling and establishes minimum
requirements for key graphic elements such as bold type, bullet points,
type size, and spacing.
    Older drugs not subject to the revised labeling content and format
requirements in Sec.  201.57 are subject to labeling requirements at
Sec.  201.80. Section 201.80(f)(2) requires that, within 1 year, any
FDA-approved patient labeling be referenced in the ``Precautions''
section of the labeling of older products and either accompany or be
reprinted immediately following the labeling.
Annual Burden for Prescription Drug Labeling Design, Testing, and
Submitting to FDA for New Drug Applications (NDAs) and Biologics
License Applications (BLAs) (Sec. Sec.  201.56 and 201.57)
    New drug product applicants must: (1) Design and create
prescription drug labeling containing ``Highlights,'' ``Contents,'' and
FPI; (2) test the designed labeling (e.g., to ensure that the designed
labeling fits into carton-enclosed products); and (3) submit it to FDA
for approval. Based on the projected data used in the January 24, 2006,
final rule, FDA estimates that it will take applicants approximately
2,327 hours to design, test, and submit prescription drug labeling to
FDA as part of a NDA or a BLA under the revised regulations. Currently,
approximately 406 applicants submit approximately 541 new applications
(NDAs and BLAs) to FDA annually, totaling 1,258,907 hours.
    In the Federal Register of July 20, 2018 (83 FR 34596), we
published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed
collection of information. We received two comments. One comment
encouraged the use of ``provider-neutral language'' in specific
regulations. The second comment discussed the distribution of package
inserts for prescription drugs via paper labeling. Because these
comments do not apply to the regulations associated with the
information collection, we have not addressed them here.
    Our estimate of the burden for the information collection is as
follows:

                                                     Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\
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Labeling Requirements in Sec.  Sec.   201.56 and 201.57............             406            1.332              541            2,327        1,258,907
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
\2\ Estimates may not sum due to rounding.

    Our estimated burden for the information collection reflects an
overall increase of 602,503 hours and a corresponding increase of 345
records. We attribute this adjustment to an increase in the number of
submissions we received over the last few years.

    Dated: November 14, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-90659; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2020-070]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Order
Instituting Proceedings to Determine Whether to Approve or Disapprove a
Proposed Rule Change to List and Trade Shares of the -1x Short VIX
Futures ETF, a Series of VS Trust, Under Rule 14.11(f)(4) (``Trust
Issued Receipts'')

December 14, 2020.

I. Introduction

    On September 4, 2020, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'' or
``BZX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``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 to list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the -1x
Short VIX Futures ETF (``Fund''), a series of VS Trust (``Trust''),
under BZX Rule 14.11(f)(4) (Trust Issued Receipts). The proposed rule
change was published for comment in the Federal Register on September
23, 2020.\3\ On October 30, 2020, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the
Act,\4\ the Commission designated a longer period within which to
approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change,
or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the
proposed rule change.\5\ The Commission has received no comments on the
proposed rule change. The Commission is publishing this order to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons
and to institute proceedings pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act
\6\ to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89901 (Sept. 17,
2020), 85 FR 59836 (``Notice'').
    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 90292, 85 FR 70678
(Nov. 5, 2020). The Commission designated December 22, 2020, as the
date by which the Commission shall approve or disapprove, or
institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the
proposed rule change.
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to list and trade Shares of the Fund \7\
under BZX

Rule 14.11(f)(4), which governs the listing and trading of Trust Issued
Receipts \8\ on the Exchange. The Fund seeks to provide daily
investment results (before fees and expenses) that correspond to the
performance of the Short VIX Futures Index (SHORTVOL) (``Index'').\9\
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    \7\ The Trust has filed a registration statement on Form S-1
under the Securities Act of 1933, dated August 26, 2020 (File
No.333-248430) (``Registration Statement''). The Fund will not trade
on the Exchange until the Registration Statement is effective.
    \8\ Rule 14.11(f)(4) applies to Trust Issued Receipts that
invest in ``Financial Instruments,'' defined in Rule
14.11(f)(4)(A)(iv) as any combination of investments, including
cash; securities; options on securities and indices; futures
contracts; options on futures contracts; forward contracts; equity
caps, collars and floors; and swap agreements.
    \9\ The Index is sponsored by Cboe Global Indexes. The Index
sponsor is not a registered broker-dealer, but is affiliated with a
broker-dealer and has implemented and will maintain a fire wall with
respect to the broker-dealer affiliate regarding access to
information concerning the composition of and/or changes to the
Index. In addition, the Index Sponsor has implemented and will
maintain procedures that are designed to prevent the use and
dissemination of material, non-public information regarding the
Index.
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    Volatility Shares LLC (``Sponsor''), a Delaware limited liability
company and a commodity pool operator, serves as the Sponsor of the
Trust.\10\ Tidal ETF Services LLC serves as the administrator; U.S.
Bank National Association serves as custodian of the Fund and the
Shares; U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC serves as the sub-administrator
and transfer agent; and Wilmington Trust Company is the sole trustee of
the Trust.
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    \10\ The Sponsor is not a broker-dealer or affiliated with a
broker-dealer. In the event that (a) the Sponsor becomes a broker-
dealer or newly affiliated with a broker-dealer, or (b) any new
sponsor is a broker-dealer or becomes affiliated with a broker-
dealer, it will implement and maintain a fire wall with respect to
its relevant personnel or such broker-dealer affiliate, as
applicable, regarding access to information concerning the
composition and/or changes to the portfolio, and will be subject to
procedures designed to prevent the use and dissemination of material
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    The Index measures the daily inverse performance of a theoretical
portfolio of first- and second-month futures contracts on the Cboe
Volatility Index (``VIX'').\11\ The Index is comprised of VIX futures
contracts (``VIX Futures Contracts'').\12\ Specifically, the Index
components represent the prices of the two near-term VIX Futures
Contracts, replicating a position that rolls the nearest month VIX
Futures Contract to the next month VIX Futures Contract on a daily
basis in equal fractional amounts, resulting in a constant weighted
average maturity of approximately one month.\13\ The Index seeks to
reflect the returns that are potentially available from holding an
unleveraged short position in first- and second- month VIX Futures
Contracts.\14\
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    \11\ The VIX is an index designed to measure the implied
volatility of the S&P 500 over 30 days in the future. The VIX is
calculated based on the prices of certain put and call options on
the S&P 500. The VIX is reflective of the premium paid by investors
for certain options linked to the level of the S&P 500.
    \12\ VIX Futures Contracts are measures of the market's
expectation of the level of VIX at certain points in the future, and
as such, will behave differently than current, or spot, VIX. While
the VIX represents a measure of the current expected volatility of
the S&P 500 over the next 30 days, the prices of VIX Futures
Contracts are based on the current expectation of what the expected
30-day volatility will be at a particular time in the future (on the
expiration date).
    \13\ The roll period usually begins on the Wednesday falling 30
calendar days before the S&P 500 option expiration for the following
month (``Cboe VIX Monthly Futures Settlement Date'') and runs to the
Tuesday prior to the subsequent month's Cboe VIX Monthly Futures
Settlement Date.
    \14\ The Exchange states that because VIX Futures Contracts
correlate to future volatility readings of VIX, while the VIX itself
correlates to current volatility, the Index and the Fund should be
expected to perform significantly different from the inverse of the
VIX over all periods of time. Further, unlike the Index, the VIX,
which is not a benchmark for the Fund, is calculated based on the
prices of certain put and call options on the S&P 500. While the
Index does not correspond to the inverse of the VIX, as it seeks
short exposure to VIX, the value of the Index, and by extension the
Fund, will generally rise as the VIX falls and fall as the VIX
rises.
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    To pursue its investment objective, the Fund would primarily invest
in VIX Futures Contracts based on components of the Index. The Fund
would primarily acquire short exposure to the VIX through VIX Futures
Contracts, such that the Fund has exposure intended to approximate the
Index at the time of the net asset value (``NAV'') calculation of the
Fund.\15\ However, in the event that the Fund is unable to meet its
investment objective solely through investment in VIX Futures
Contracts, it may invest in over-the-counter swaps referencing the
Index or referencing particular VIX Futures Contracts comprising the
Index (``VIX Swap Agreements'') \16\ or in listed VIX options contracts
(``VIX Options Contracts,'' and, together with VIX Futures Contracts
and VIX Swap Agreements, ``VIX Derivative Products''). The Fund may
also invest in Cash or Cash Equivalents \17\ that may serve as
collateral to the Fund's investments in VIX Derivative Products.\18\
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    \15\ The Exchange states the Fund's NAV will be calculated at
4:00 p.m. E.T.
    \16\ The VIX Swap Agreements in which the Fund may invest may or
may not be cleared. The Fund would only enter into VIX Swap
Agreements with counterparties that the Sponsor reasonably believes
are capable of performing under the contract and will post
collateral as required by the counterparty. The Fund would seek,
where possible, to use counterparties, as applicable, whose
financial status is such that the risk of default is reduced;
however, the risk of losses resulting from default is still
possible. The Sponsor would evaluate the creditworthiness of
counterparties on a regular basis. In addition to information
provided by credit agencies, the Sponsor would review approved
counterparties using various factors, which may include the
counterparty's reputation, the Sponsor's past experience with the
counterparty and the price/market actions of debt of the
counterparty. The Fund may use various techniques to minimize OTC
counterparty credit risk including entering into arrangements with
counterparties whereby both sides exchange collateral on a mark-to-
market basis. Collateral posted by the Fund to a counterparty in
connection with uncleared VIX Swap Agreements is generally held for
the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated tri-party account at
the custodian to protect the counterparty against non-payment by the
Fund.
    \17\ For purposes of the proposal, ``Cash and Cash Equivalents''
are short-term instruments with maturities of less than 3 months,
including the following: (i) U.S. Government securities, including
bills, notes, and bonds differing as to maturity and rates of
interest, which are either issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury
or by U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities; (ii)
certificates of deposit issued against funds deposited in a bank or
savings and loan association; (iii) bankers' acceptances, which are
short-term credit instruments used to finance commercial
transactions; (iv) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase
agreements; (v) bank time deposits, which are monies kept on deposit
with banks or savings and loan associations for a stated period of
time at a fixed rate of interest; (vi) commercial paper, which are
short-term unsecured promissory notes; and (vii) money market funds.
    \18\ The Fund would collateralize its obligations with Cash and
Cash Equivalents consistent with the 1940 Act and interpretations
thereunder.
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    The Fund would not be actively managed but rather would seek to
remain fully invested in VIX Derivative Products (and Cash and Cash
Equivalents as collateral) that provide exposure to the Index
consistent with its investment objective without regard to market
conditions, trends or direction. The Fund's investment objective is a
daily investment objective; that is, the Fund seeks to track the Index
on a daily basis, not over longer periods.\19\ Accordingly, each day,
the Fund will position its portfolio so that it can seek to track the
Index. The direction and extent of the Index's movements each day will
dictate the direction and extent of the Fund's portfolio rebalancing.
For example, if the level of the Index falls on a given day, net assets
of the Fund would fall. As a result, exposure to the Index, through
futures positions held by the Fund, would need to be decreased. The
opposite would be the case if the level of the Index rises on a given
day.
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    \19\ The Exchange states that return of the Fund for a period
longer than a single day is the result of its return for each day
compounded over the period and usually would differ in amount and
possibly even direction from either the inverse of the VIX or the
inverse of a portfolio of short-term VIX Futures Contracts for the
same period. These differences can be significant.
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    The time and manner in which the Fund would rebalance its portfolio
is defined by the Index methodology but may vary from the Index
methodology depending upon market conditions and other circumstances
including the potential impact of the rebalance on the price of the VIX
Futures Contracts. The Sponsor would seek to minimize the

market impact of Fund rebalances on the price of VIX Futures Contracts
by limiting the Fund's participation, on any given day, in VIX Futures
Contracts to no more than one-quarter of the contracts traded on Cboe
Futures Exchange during any ``Rebalance Period'' (defined by the Index
methodology as 3:45 p.m.-4 p.m., E.T.) (``VIX Futures Contracts
Limitation''). If the Fund's portfolio rebalance exceeds one-quarter of
the futures' volume between 3:45 p.m. and 4 p.m., E.T., the Sponsor
would extend the rebalance period (the ``Extended Rebalance Period) to
include, for example, the period between 4 p.m. and 4:15 p.m., E.T. and
the Trade At Settlement market (``TAS'').
    The Sponsor expects that allowing the Fund to participate in an
Extended Rebalance Period would minimize the impact on the price of VIX
Futures Contracts, and particularly minimize any impact of large Fund
rebalances during periods of market illiquidity.\20\ The Exchange
states that defining an explicit rebalancing methodology and limiting
the Fund's participation in the VIX Futures Contracts should reduce the
impact of the Fund's rebalancing on the price of VIX Futures Contracts.
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    \20\ The Sponsor believes that the Fund would enter an Extended
Rebalance Period most often during periods of extraordinary
volatility or illiquidity in VIX futures contracts.
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III. Proceedings To Determine Whether to Approve or Disapprove SR-
CboeBZX-2020-070 and Grounds for Disapproval Under Consideration

    The Commission is instituting proceedings pursuant to Section
19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \21\ to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be approved or disapproved. Institution of such
proceedings is appropriate at this time in view of the legal and policy
issues raised by the proposal. Institution of proceedings does not
indicate that the Commission has reached any conclusions with respect
to any of the issues involved. Rather, as described below, the
Commission seeks and encourages interested persons to provide comments
on the proposed rule change.
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    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act,\22\ the Commission is
providing notice of the grounds for disapproval under consideration.
The Commission is instituting proceedings to allow for additional
analysis of the proposal's consistency with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,
which requires, among other things, that the rules of a national
securities exchange be ``designed to prevent fraudulent and
manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable
principles of trade,'' and ``to protect investors and the public
interest.'' \23\
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    \22\ Id.
    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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IV. Procedure: Request for Written Comments

    The Commission requests that interested persons provide written
submissions of their views, data, and arguments with respect to the
issues identified above, as well as any other concerns they may have
with the proposal. In particular, the Commission invites the written
views of interested persons concerning whether the proposed rule change
is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) or any other provision of the Act,
or the rules and regulations thereunder. Although there do not appear
to be any issues relevant to approval or disapproval that would be
facilitated by an oral presentation of views, data, and arguments, the
Commission will consider, pursuant to Rule 19b-4, any request for an
opportunity to make an oral presentation.\24\
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    \24\ Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, as amended by the Securities
Act Amendments of 1975, Public Law 94-29 (June 4, 1975), grants the
Commission flexibility to determine what type of proceeding--either
oral or notice and opportunity for written comments--is appropriate
for consideration of a particular proposal by a self-regulatory
organization. See Securities Act Amendments of 1975, Senate Comm. on
Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, S. Rep. No. 75, 94th Cong., 1st
Sess. 30 (1975).
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    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments regarding whether the proposed rule change should be approved
or disapproved by January 8, 2021. Any person who wishes to file a
rebuttal to any other person's submission must file that rebuttal by
January 22, 2021.
    The Commission asks that commenters address the sufficiency of the
Exchange's statements in support of the proposal, which are set forth
in the Notice,\25\ in addition to any other comments they may wish to
submit about the proposed rule change. In this regard, the Commission
seeks commenters' views regarding whether the Exchange's proposal to
list and trade the Shares, which seek to provide daily investment
results that correspond to the performance of an index that measures
the daily inverse performance of a theoretical portfolio of first- and
second-month VIX Futures Contracts, is adequately designed to prevent
fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and
equitable principles of trade, and to protect investors and the public
interest, and is consistent with the maintenance of a fair and orderly
market under the Act. The Commission also seeks commenters' views
regarding whether the Exchange has adequately described the potential
impact of sudden fluctuations in market volatility on the Index and on
the Fund's operation and performance for the Commission to make a
determination under Section 6(b)(5) of the Act. In particular, the
Commission seeks comment regarding the Fund's operation during periods
with large percentage increases in volatility, and whether the
Sponsor's proposed VIX Futures Contracts Limitation would sufficiently
minimize the market impact of the Fund's daily rebalance.
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    \25\ See supra note 3.
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    Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-CboeBZX-2020-070 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-CboeBZX-2020-070. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml).
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE, Washington,
DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection
and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are

cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying
information from comment submissions. You should submit only
information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions
should refer to File Number SR-CboeBZX-2020-070 and should be submitted
by January 8, 2021. Rebuttal comments should be submitted by January
22, 2021.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\26\
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    \26\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27840 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46975-46978]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21677]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Number: PR17-64-000.
    Applicants: Boardwalk Texas Intrastate, LLC.
    Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b)(2),(g): Petition for Rate
Approval Under Optional Notice Procedures to be effective 10/1/2017;
Filing Type: 1320.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number:<PHONE_NUMBER>85.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/20/17.
    284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/28/17.

    Docket Number: PR17-65-000.
    Applicants: NorthWestern Corporation.
    Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b),(e)/: Revised Rate
Schedules for Transportation and Storage Service (D2016.9.68) to be
effective 9/1/2017; Filing Type: 980.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number:<PHONE_NUMBER>34.
    Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/20/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1094-000.
    Applicants: Elba Express Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Interim Update of Fuel
Retention Rates to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5048.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1095-000.
    Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: 20170929 Housekeeping Filing
to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5073.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1096-000.
    Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company.

    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: 20170928 Negotiated Rate to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5075.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1097-000.
    Applicants: Young Gas Storage Company, Ltd.
    Description: Annual Operational Purchases and Sales Report of Young
Gas Storage Company, Ltd.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5078.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1098-000.
    Applicants: Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Annual Operational Purchases and Sales Report of
Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5079.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1099-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Triad Project--Recourse Rate
Filing to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5086.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1100-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Termination of Maiden Lateral
Surcharge 2017 to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5088.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1101-000.
    Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmts (REGas
35433, 34955 to BP 36625, 36626) to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5093.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1102-000.
    Applicants: El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Agreement
Update (APS Oct 2017) to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5106.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1103-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Virginia Soutside Expansion
Project II Initial Rates to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5135.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1104-000.
    Applicants: Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: MNUS FRQ 2017 Filing to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5136.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1105-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: 2017 LNG Fuel Tracker Filing
to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5149.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1106-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: Compliance filing Implementation of True-Up Settlement
Filing.
    Filed Date: 9/28/17.
    Accession Number: 20170928-5164.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/10/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1107-000.
    Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: EPCR Semi-Annual Adjustment--
Fall 2017 to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5003.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1108-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Gas Storage Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Filing on 9-29-17 to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5012.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1109-000.
    Applicants: Trunkline Gas Company, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Filing on 9-29-17 to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5027.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1110-000.
    Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Transporter Use Gas Annual
Adjustment--Fall 2017 to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5032.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1111-000.
    Applicants: Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Filing on 9-29-17 to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5036.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1112-000.
    Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rates Filing on 9-
29-17 to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5058.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1113-000.
    Applicants: ANR Pipeline Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: ANR Antero Neg Rate Amendment
to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5071.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1114-000.
    Applicants: ANR Pipeline Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Collierville Non-Conforming
Agreement to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5072.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1115-000.
    Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Vol. 2 Neg. and Non-Conf.
Flexible PLS--Tenaska October Amendment to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5086.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1116-000.
    Applicants: Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated & Non-Conforming
Service Agreements--RXP to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5087.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1117-000.
    Applicants: Equitrans, L.P.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rate Service
Agreements--Arsenal to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5093.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1118-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Pipeline Safety and Greenhouse
Gas Cost Adjustment Mechanism--2017 to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.

    Accession Number: 20170929-5095.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1119-000.
    Applicants: Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P.
    Description: Transportation Retainage Adjustment Informational
Filing of Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5097.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1120-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Volume No. 2--Connecticut
Expansion Project to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5117.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1121-000.
    Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Requirement November 2017
to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5123.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1122-000.
    Applicants: Cimarron River Pipeline, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Tracker 2017--Winter
Season Rates to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5126.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1123-000.
    Applicants: National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: GT&C Section 42 Tracker Filing
to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5127.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1124-000.
    Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: 2017 Fuel Tracker Filing to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5130.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1125-000.
    Applicants: WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
    Description: Annual Penalty Revenue Credit Report of WBI Energy
Transmission, Inc.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5152.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1126-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmt (Atlanta
8438 to various eff 10-1-17) to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5156.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1127-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmt
(Petrohawk 41455 to Texla 48549) to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5157.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1128-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: DETI--New Market (CP14-497)
Transportation Service & Negotiated Rate Agreements to be effective 11/
1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5183.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1129-000.
    Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: 20170929 Negotiated Rate to be
effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5196.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1130-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: DETI--2017 Annual EPCA to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5198.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1131-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Connecticut Expansion
Project--Recourse Rate Filing to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5206.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1132-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: DETI--2017 Annual TCRA to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5208.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1133-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Permanent Release--Talen
910663 to NJR 911437 to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5233.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1134-000.
    Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Creditworthiness Update to be
effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5235.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.
    Docket Numbers: RP17-1135-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Non-Conforming--MarketLink_NJR
to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5245.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1136-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Update List of Non-Conforming
Service Agreements (MktLink_PPL to NJR) to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5258.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1137-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Lebanon Extension Negotiated
Rates--Gulfport/Hamilton to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5262.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1138-000.
    Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Early Termination/Modification
of Serv Agmts and New Neg Rate Agmts to be effective 11/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5263.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1139-000.
    Applicants: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: NRA--Permanent Release from
Cargill to Macquarie 511007 to be effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5293.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1140-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Sec.  4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated Rates--Cherokee
AGL--Replacement Shippers--Oct 2017 to be effective 10/1/2017.

    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5292.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-1141-000.
    Applicants: ConocoPhillips Company.
    Description: Petition of ConocoPhillips Company For Limited Waiver
And Request For Expedited Action And Shortened Comment Period.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5305.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/6/17.

    Docket Numbers: RP17-598-001.
    Applicants: Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Par.
    Description: Compliance filing Compliance to RP17-598 to be
effective 10/1/2017.
    Filed Date: 9/29/17.
    Accession Number: 20170929-5116.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/17.
    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Sec.  385.214) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests
may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to
the proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: October 2, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-21677 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am]
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