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[Notices]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79297; File No. SR-DTC-2016-012]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change
To Modify the DTC Settlement Service Guide With Respect to Settlement
Instructions Provided to DTC by Matching Utilities

November 14, 2016.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on November 3, 2016, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed
rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have
been prepared by the clearing agency. DTC filed the proposed rule
change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) \3\ of the Act and Rule 19b-
4(f)(4) \4\ thereunder. The proposed rule change was effective upon
filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(4).
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the
Proposed Rule Change

    The proposed rule change by DTC would make technical and clarifying
changes to text in the DTC Settlement Service Guide (``Guide'') \5\
with respect to settlement instructions provided to DTC by Matching
Utilities (as defined below) on behalf of Participants.\6\
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    \5\ Available at http://www.dtcc.com/~/media/Files/Downloads/
legal/service-guides/Settlement.pdf.
    \6\ Capitalized Terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meaning set forth in the DTC Rules, By-laws and Organization
Certificate (``DTC Rules''), available at http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures.aspx, and the Guide, supra note 5.
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

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

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    DTC may accept eligible affirmed institutional transactions
(``Institutional Transactions'') \7\ from an entity providing a
matching service \8\ (``Matching Utility'') that is (i) a clearing
agency registered pursuant to Section 17A of the Act, (ii) an entity
that has obtained an exemption from such registration from the
Commission, or (iii) a ``qualified vendor'' for trade confirmation/
affirmation services as defined by the rules of a self-regulatory
organization.\9\ In addition, a Matching Utility must establish a
connection to DTC in accordance with DTC's reasonable requirements in
order to be able to submit Affirmed Transactions.
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    \7\ An Institutional Transaction is a securities transaction
between a broker-dealer and its institutional customer (e.g., sell-
side firms, buy-side institutions, and custodians).
    \8\ A matching service is an electronic service by which an
intermediary matches (i.e., reconciles) trade information from the
counterparties to an Institutional Transaction, to generate an
affirmed transaction (``Affirmed Transaction'') which is then used
to provide settlement instructions for the Affirmed Transactions to
the central securities depository, such as DTC, at which the
Affirmed Transaction settles.
    \9\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 39829 (April 6,
1998), 63 FR 17943 (April 13, 1998) at 17946 (providing interpretive
guidance on types of entities that may provide a matching service).
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    Currently, Omgeo Global Joint Venture Matching Services--US, LLC
(hereinafter ``Omgeo'') \10\ is the only Matching Utility that has
established a connection with DTC. This is reflected in the text of the
Guide which contains specific references to Omgeo with respect to DTC
functions that are accessible to any Matching Utility that satisfies
the connection requirements.
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    \10\ See [sic] Securities Exchange Act Release No. 44188 (April
17, 2001), 66 FR 20494 (April 23, 2001) (600-31) for the order of
the Commission granting Omgeo an exemption from registration as a
clearing agency. Omgeo is a global provider of post-trade, pre-
settlement processing services for the institutional market.
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    The Commission recently approved two applications by two separate
entities, for exemption from registration as a Clearing Agency to
provide post-trade matching services for fixed income and equity trades
(``Approved Exemptions'').\11\ According to the Commission's notice of
the Approved Exemptions, these entities each indicated an intention to
offer matching services that connect to DTC for settlement.\12\
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    \11\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 76514 (November 24,
2015), 80 FR 75387 (December 1, 2015) (600-33, 600-34) (Bloomberg
STP LLC; SS&C Technologies, Inc.; Order of the Commission Approving
Applications for an Exemption from Registration as a Clearing
Agency; Notice).
    \12\ Id.
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    DTC proposes to revise the Guide to generalize references to
Matching Utilities and make other changes, as set forth below.
    First, DTC would replace specific references to Omgeo in sections
describing procedures for the ID Net Service (``ID Net'') and
Shareholder Tracking Service to refer to a ``Matching Utility'' and
delete provisions referencing to Omgeo by name.\13\
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    \13\ In this regard, the term Matching Utility would be defined
in the Guide reflecting the definition provided above in this Form
19b-4. The Commission notes that Form 19b-4 is attached to the
filing, not to this Notice. The definition of Affirming Agency which
appears in the ID Net section of the Guide and is the functional
equivalent of the definition of Matching Utility as it relates to ID
Net would be removed. Consistent with this change, references in the
Guide to the term Affirming Agency would be replaced to use the term
Matching Utility.
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    Second, text in the ID Net section of the Guide regarding DTC's
acceptance of affirmed institutional transactions from Matching
Utilities would be moved to a new section describing Affirmed
Transactions more generally. The proposed new section would incorporate
the definition of Affirmed Transactions, and expressly state DTC's
current requirement that in order for a Matching Utility to establish
and maintain a connection with DTC the Matching Utility must be able to
balance with DTC in an automated way \14\ and

communicate transactions to and from DTC with the necessary mandated
fields, i.e., transaction control number, DTC receiver and deliverer
account number, CUSIP, message type, share quantity, market type, buy-
sell indicator, broker ID, ID agent internal account number, broker
internal account number, agent bank ID, settlement amount, origination
entity, recipient of message, institution, and settlement date.\15\
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    \14\ For each Matching Utility interfacing with DTC, DTC would
require the Matching Utility to deliver a daily message on each
business day shortly after noon from the Matching Utility with their
accepted item counts of institutional delivery and ID Net (defined
below) transaction totals for Settlement Date minus one
transactions. DTC's system would compare the totals from the
Matching Utility to its accepted item counts. If the totals match,
an ``acknowledged balance'' balance file would be sent to the
Matching Utility. If the totals do not match, DTC would respond with
the list of Settlement Date minus one control numbers received from
the Matching Utility, along with their respective transaction types
for the originating Matching Utility to compare.
    \15\ A Matching Utility that intends to establish a new
connection with DTC must promptly contact DTC in order to establish
a plan to establish a connection and allow adequate time to develop
and adequately test the interface prior to the date it expects to
implement its connection to DTC.
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    Third, the Guide would clarify that (i) a Participant that is a
counterparty to an Affirmed Transaction, as submitted to DTC by a
Matching Utility, is deemed to have authorized the Matching Utility to
provide an instruction to DTC, on the Participant's behalf, to process
the Affirmed Transaction in accordance with DTC's Rules and Procedures
\16\ and (ii) the submission of an Affirmed Transaction to DTC by the
Matching Utility, on behalf of the Participant, constitutes the duly
authorized instruction of the Participant to DTC to process the
Affirmed Transaction in accordance with the Rules and Procedures.\17\
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    \16\ Pursuant to the Rules, the term ``Procedures'' means the
Procedures, service guides, and regulations of the Corporation
adopted pursuant to Rule 27, as amended from time to time. Rule 1,
Section 1, supra [sic] note 6, at 13.
    \17\ DTC will attempt to process an eligible transaction in
accordance with a duly authorized instruction of the Delivering
Participant provided to DTC in this regard. See Rule 6, supra note
6. Processing by DTC of the Delivery of the Securities subject of
the transaction is subject to satisfaction of risk controls by the
Participants to the transaction. Rule 9(B), Section 1, supra note 6.
A Delivery is also subject to approval by the Receiver in the
Receiver Authorized Delivery system before DTC will process the
Delivery. Guide, supra note 5, at 57.
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    Fourth, the Guide would state that a Matching Utility that elects
to enter into an arrangement to interoperate with another Matching
Utility (``Interoperability Arrangement'') maintains the sole
responsibility to ensure that its customers, including but not limited
to DTC Participants that are customers of the Matching Utility, are
operationally prepared to process Affirmed Transactions relating to the
Interoperability Arrangement prior to the submission of such Affirmed
Transactions to DTC.
    Finally, the proposed rule change would make technical and
clarifying changes to the Guide to:
    (1) Clarify and streamline the text to improve readability;
    (2) Add background information regarding the Affirmed Transactions
accepted by DTC;
    (3) Correct spelling, grammatical and typographical errors
throughout and update tenses from future to present with respect to
functions of ID Net and the Shareholder Tracking Service; and
    (4) Add a title page to the Guide.
Implementation Date
    The proposed rule change would become effective as of November 3,
2016.
2. Statutory Basis
    Section 17A(b)(3)(F) \18\ of the Act requires that the rules of the
clearing agency be designed, inter alia, to promote the prompt and
accurate clearance and settlement of securities transactions. DTC
believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with this
provision because it would (i) clarify the text of the Guide with
respect to fair access to DTC for those Matching Utilities that satisfy
DTC's reasonable requirements so that DTC may accept Affirmed
Transactions from them, (ii) clarify the responsibilities of Matching
Utilities that intend to interoperate and submit related Affirmed
Transactions to DTC, and (iii) clarify the terms pursuant to which a
Participant's duly authorized instructions to process Affirmed
Transactions are provided to DTC by a Matching Utility. Thus, by
facilitating transparency in the Guide with respect to DTC's
requirements for acceptance of Affirmed Transactions from Matching
Utilities and clarifying the responsibilities of interoperating
Matching Utilities in this regard, as well as by clarifying the terms
pursuant to which a Participant's duly authorized instructions to
process Affirmed Transactions are provided to DTC by a Matching
Utility, the proposed rule change would promote the prompt and accurate
clearance and settlement of securities transactions.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    DTC does not believe that the proposed rule change would have any
impact or impose any burden on competition because it would merely
update the Guide to make technical and clarifying changes and updates
with respect to DTC's acceptance of Affirmed Transactions from Matching
Utilities.

(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change
Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    DTC has not solicited and does not intend to solicit comments
regarding the proposed rule change. DTC has not received any
unsolicited written comments from interested parties. To the extent DTC
receives written comments on the proposed rule change, DTC will forward
such comments to the Commission. DTC has discussed the proposed rule
change with Matching Utilities that have contacted DTC specifically
with respect to establishing a connection with DTC.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) \19\ of the Act and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 \20\
thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \20\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-DTC-2016-012 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-DTC-2016-012. 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 Web site (http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments,
all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that
are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating
to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person,
other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance
with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site
viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F
Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the
hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be
available for inspection and copying at the principal office of DTC and
on DTCC's Web site (http://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx). All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-DTC-2016-012 and should be
submitted on or before December 9, 2016.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\21\
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    \21\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements Filed the Week Ending November
7, 2009

    The following Agreements were filed with the Department of
Transportation under the Sections 412 and 414 of the Federal Aviation
Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures governing
proceedings to enforce these provisions. Answers may be filed within 21
days after the filing of the application.
    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0279.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Africa-Japan, Korea, Resolutions and Specified
Fares Tables (Memo 0420), Intended effective date: 1 April 2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0280.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Africa-South East Asia Resolutions and Specified
Fares Tables (Memo 0423), Intended effective date: 1 April 2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0281.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association,
    Subject: TC23/123 Africa-South Asian Subcontinent, Resolutions and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0424), Intended effective date: 1 April
2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0282.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Africa-TC3 (except South West Pacific), Areawide
Resolutions (Memo 0425), Intended effective date: 1 April 2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0283.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-South East Asia, Resolutions and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0423), Intended effective date: 1 April
2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0284.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-Japan, Korea Resolutions and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0425), Intended effective date: 1 April
2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0285.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-South Asian Subcontinent, Resolutions
and Specified Fares Tables, (Memo 0426), Intended effective date: 1
April 2010.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2009-0286.
    Date Filed: November 2, 2009.
    Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.
    Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-TC3 (except South West Pacific),
Areawide Resolutions (Memo 0427), Intended effective date: 1 April
2010.

Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 236 (Friday, December 7, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72956-72957]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[Docket No. USCG-2012-0953]

Special Local Regulation; Southern California Annual Marine
Events for the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of enforcement of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations during
the San Diego Parade of Lights, held on December 09 and December 16,
2012 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the San Diego Bay. These special
local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the
participants, crew, spectators, sponsor vessels of the regatta, and
general users of the waterway. During the enforcement period, persons
and vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or
anchoring within this safety zone unless authorized by the Captain

of the Port, or his designated representative.

DATES: The regulations in 33 CFR 100.1101 will be enforced on December
9 and December 16, 2012 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. each day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call or email Petty Officer Bryan Gollogly, Waterways Management, U.S.
Coast Guard Sector San Diego, CA; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast Guard will enforce the special
local regulations in 33 CFR 100.1101 in support of the San Diego Parade
of Lights (Item 5 on Table 1 of 33 CFR 100.1101). The Coast Guard will
enforce the special local regulations between the northern portion of
the San Diego Bay ship channel from Seaport Village to the Shelter
Island Basin on December 09 and on December 16, 2012 from 5:30 p.m.
until 8:30 p.m. each day. The event consists of approximately eighty
paddle, powerboats, and sailboats, ranging from ten to eighty feet in
length outfitted with Christmas lights. The participating vessels will
start near the west side of Shelter Island, proceed to the Coronado Bay
Bridge, cross the main shipping channel, and finish in the vicinity of
the USN Carrier Basin.
    Under the provisions of 33 CFR 100.1101, persons and vessels are
prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or anchoring within
this safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, or his
designated representative. The Coast Guard may be assisted by other
Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing this
regulation.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 CFR 100.1101 and 5
U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this notice in the Federal Register, the
Coast Guard will provide the maritime community with extensive advance
notification of this enforcement period via the Local Notice to
Mariners, Broadcast Notice to Mariners, state, or local agencies.

    Dated: November 18, 2012.
S.M. Mahoney,
Captain of the Port San Diego, United States Coast Guard.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77307-77308]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings # 1

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

    Docket Numbers: EG24-26-000.
    Applicants: Babbitt Ranch Energy Center, LLC.
    Description: Babbitt Ranch Energy Center, LLC submits Notice of
Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status.
    Filed Date: 11/1/23.
    Accession Number: 20231101-5218.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1852-082; ER10-1951-058; ER11-4462-081; ER17-
838-055; ER18-807-012; ER20-2380-008; ER23-853-001; ER23-854-001; ER23-
884-002.
    Applicants: Sonoran Solar Energy, LLC, Storey Energy Center, LLC,
Saint Energy Storage II, LLC, Saint Solar, LLC, Pinal Central Energy
Center, LLC, NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC, NEPM II, LLC, NextEra
Energy Services Massachusetts, LLC, Florida Power & Light Company.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Florida Power & Light
Company, et al.
    Filed Date: 10/31/23.
    Accession Number: 20231031-5374.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/21/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER22-281-001; ER22-286-001; ER22-288-001; ER22-289-
001.
    Applicants: Dry Bridge Solar 4, LLC, Dry Bridge Solar 3, LLC, Dry
Bridge Solar 2, LLC, Dry Bridge Solar 1, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Dry Bridge Solar 1, LLC,
et al.
    Filed Date: 10/31/23.
    Accession Number: 20231031-5376.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/21/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER23-854-002.
    Applicants: Storey Energy Center, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Storey Energy Center,
LLC.
    Filed Date: 10/31/23.
    Accession Number: 20231031-5375.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/21/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER24-312-000.
    Applicants: Electrical District No. 3 of the County of Pinal, State
of Arizona.
    Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Revised Formula Rate to the
Transmission Service Agreement to be effective 11/1/2023.
    Filed Date: 11/1/23.
    Accession Number: 20231101-5207.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER24-313-000.
    Applicants: Pennsylvania Electric Company, PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Pennsylvania Electric
Company submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: Penelec Amends SA
Nos. 6483 and 6624, One ECSA and One CA to be effective 12/31/9998.
    Filed Date: 11/1/23.
    Accession Number: 20231101-5216.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER24-314-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Progress, LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Duke Energy Progress, LLC
submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: DEC-DEP Proposed Revisions--
Attachment N-1 to be effective 1/1/2024.
    Filed Date: 11/1/23.
    Accession Number: 20231101-5219.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER24-315-000.
    Applicants: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company, Keystone
Appalachian Transmission Company.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: FirstEnergy Pennsylvania
Electric Company submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 2023-11-
01--Revisions to an Agreement to Which West Penn & Penelec are Parties
to be effective 12/31/9998.
    Filed Date: 11/1/23.
    Accession Number: 20231101-5230.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.

    Docket Numbers: ER24-316-000.
    Applicants: American Electric Power Service Corporation, PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: American Electric Power
Service Corporation submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: AEP
submits one Facilities Agreements re: ILDSA, SA No. 4234 to be
effective 2/1/2024.
    Filed Date: 11/2/23.
    Accession Number: 20231102-5020.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/23.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system
(https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgensearch.asp) by querying
the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene, to protest, or to answer a
complaint in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with
Rules 211, 214, or 206 of the Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211,
385.214, or 385.206) 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>.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at<PHONE_NUMBER> or [email protected].

    Dated: November 2, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2013-0064]
RIN 1625-AA11

Regulated Navigation Area, Gulf of Mexico: Mississippi Canyon
Block 20, South of New Orleans, LA; Correction

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Interim rule and request for comments; correction

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard published an interim rule with request for
comments in the Federal Register on April 29, 2013 (78 FR 24987),
establishing a regulated navigation area in the Gulf of Mexico. That
document mistakenly listed incorrect coordinates for the center of that
area. This document corrects those coordinates.

DATES: Effective on June 11, 2013. Comments and related material must
be received by the Coast Guard on or before June 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Brandon
Sullivan, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
comments and related materials. All comments received will be posted
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any
personal information you have provided.

1. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
rulemaking, indicate the specific section of this document to which
each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online at
http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it
will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully
transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver or mail your comment, it
will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it
is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you
include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a
telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact
you if we have questions regarding your submission.
    To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.''
Click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this
rulemaking.
    If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you submit comments by mail and would
like to know that they reached the Facility, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period and may change the rule
based on your comments.

2. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view comments, as well as documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov,
type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.''
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this
rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room
W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

3. Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).

4. Public Meeting

    We do not plan on holding a public meeting, but you may submit a
request for one prior to the comment period ending, using one of the
methods specified under ADDRESSES. Please

explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If we
determine that one would aid in this rulemaking, we will hold one at a
time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register.

B. Background

    On September 16, 2004, a mudslide resulted from Hurricane Ivan's
storm surge that toppled the Mississippi Canyon (MC) 20 Platform A. The
platform's wells were covered by more than 100-feet of mud and
sediment. As a result of structural damage, plumes containing crude oil
and gas have been discharging into the Gulf of Mexico, creating a sheen
on the surface of the water.
    The responsible party for this incident has undertaken an operation
to install a containment dome over the affected area, which would catch
the oil rising from the sea floor. Many vessels continue to operate in
the affected area. Anchoring, mooring, or loitering in the area above
the containment dome could potentially damage the dome, or reduce its
effectiveness.

C. Need for Correction

    The Coast Guard published a document in the Federal Register on
April 29, 2013, for this Regulated Navigation Area (RNA). (78 FR
24987). As noted in that document, the center of this RNA was
established to surround an oil wellhead that was leaking oil after
structural damage from a hurricane and mudslide. However, the latitude
and longitude of that oil platform were incorrectly noted. The correct
center of the regulated navigation area established by the interim rule
is 28[deg]56'12.619'' N, 088[deg]58'10.303'' W. This correction revises
the latitude and longitude for the center of this RNA to accurately
reflect the location of the oil wellhead.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165

    Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation (Water), Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Security measures, Waterways.

    Accordingly, 33 CFR part 165 is amended by making the following
correcting amendment:

PART 165--REGULATED NAVIGATION AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS

0
1. The authority citation for part 165 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  33 U.S.C. 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701, 3306, 3703;
50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-1, 6.04-6, and 160.5; Pub.
L. 107-295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1.

Sec.  165.840  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  165.840, amend paragraph (b) by removing the numerals and
characters ``28[deg]52'17'' N 089[deg]10'50'' W'' and by adding, in
their place, ``28[deg]56'12.619'' N, 088[deg]58'10.303'' W.''

    Dated: May 22, 2013.
T.A. Sokalzuk,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, Eighth Coast Guard
District.
[FR Doc. 2013-13845 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57436-57438]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PF17-10-000]

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare
an Environmental Assessment for the Planned FM100 Modernization Project
and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of the FM100 Modernization Project
involving construction and operation of facilities by National Fuel Gas
Supply Corporation (National Fuel) in Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean,
and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania. The Commission will use this EA in
its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the
public convenience and necessity.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies on the project. You can make a difference by providing us with
your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments
should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts.
Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they
need to evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your comments are timely and
properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission
receives them in Washington, DC on or before December 29, 2017.
    If you sent comments on this project to the Commission before the
opening of this docket on September 14, 2017, you will need to file
those comments in Docket No. PF17-10-000 to ensure they are considered
as part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this project. State and local government
representatives should notify their constituents of this planned
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the planned facilities. The company
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if
the Commission approves the project, that approval conveys with it the
right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to
produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation
proceedings where compensation would be determined in accordance with
state law.
    A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled ``An Interstate Natural
Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?'' is available for
viewing on the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This fact sheet addresses
a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent
domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings.

Public Participation

    For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at
(202) 502-8258 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow
these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling
feature on the Commission's Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a
variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission.
New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on
eRegister. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please
select ``Comment on a Filing'' as the filing type; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket number
(PF17-10-000) with your submission: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426.

Summary of the Planned Project

    National Fuel plans to abandon, construct, and operate certain
pipeline and compressor facilities in order to modernize its system to
meet existing delivery requirements. The FM100 Modernization Project
would consist of the following facilities and actions:
     Abandonment in place of approximately 12 miles of 12-inch-
diameter pipeline (Line FM120) in Cameron and Elk Counties;
     abandonment in place of approximately 44.9 miles of 12-
inch-diameter pipeline (Line FM100) in Clearfield, Cameron, Elk, and
Potter Counties;
     abandonment by removal of the existing Costello Compressor
Station in Potter County;
     installation of 28.9 miles of new 12- or 16-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline in McKean and Potter Counties; \1\
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    \1\ National Fuel is currently gauging interest from shippers
along this section of new pipeline. If enough interest is received,
National Fuel may expand the pipeline diameter from 12 to 16 inches,
resulting in an increase in capacity on National Fuel's system,
making the project an expansion project.
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     installation of the new Marvindale Compressor Station (up
to 2,000 horsepower) in McKean County;

     installation of 1.2 miles of 24-inch-diameter natural gas
pipeline loop \2\ in Potter County;
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     installation of approximately 12.5 miles of 6-inch-
diameter FlexSteel(copyright) pipeline into National Fuel's
existing Line FM120 in Elk and Cameron Counties;
     installation of approximately 355 feet of 6-inch-diameter
pipeline and aboveground piping/valves to replace the existing FM120
pipeline in order to keep an existing producer delivery point tied into
the system in Cameron County; and
     installation of interconnects, valves, metering, and other
appurtenant facilities.
    The general location of the project facilities is shown in appendix
1.\3\
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    \3\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in
the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all
those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary'' or from the
Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, or call<PHONE_NUMBER>. For instructions on
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
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Land Requirements for Construction

    Preliminary calculations are that construction of the planned
facilities would disturb about 369 acres of land for the aboveground
facilities, insertion, and the construction of the pipelines. Following
construction, National Fuel would maintain about 188 acres for
permanent operation of the project's facilities; the remaining acreage
would be restored and revert to former uses. About 93 percent of the
planned pipeline route parallels existing pipeline, utility, or road
rights-of-way. National Fuel is still determining the disturbance
required for the abandonment of lines FM100 and FM120.

The EA Process

    The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires the
Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could
result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us
\4\ to discover and address concerns the public may have about
proposals. This process is referred to as scoping. The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important
environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. We will
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    \4\ We, us, and our refer to the environmental staff of the
Commission's Office of Energy Projects.
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    In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of
the construction and operation of the planned project under these
general headings:
     Geology and soils;
     land use;
     water resources, fisheries, and wetlands;
     cultural resources;
     vegetation and wildlife;
     socioeconomics;
     air quality and noise;
     endangered and threatened species;
     public safety; and
     cumulative impacts.
    We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the planned project
or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen
or avoid impacts on the various resource areas.
    Although no formal application has been filed, we have already
initiated our NEPA review under the Commission's pre-filing process.
The purpose of the pre-filing process is to encourage early involvement
of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before
the FERC receives an application. As part of our pre-filing review, we
have begun to contact some federal and state agencies to discuss their
involvement in the scoping process and the preparation of the EA.
    The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. The EA
will be available in the public record through eLibrary. Depending on
the comments received during the scoping process, we may also publish
and distribute the EA to the public for an allotted comment period. We
will consider all comments on the EA before we make our recommendations
to the Commission. To ensure we have the opportunity to consider and
address your comments, please carefully follow the instructions in the
Public Participation section, beginning on page 2.
    With this notice, we are asking agencies with jurisdiction by law
and/or special expertise with respect to the environmental issues
related to this project to formally cooperate with us in the
preparation of the EA.\5\ Agencies that would like to request
cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for filing
comments provided under the Public Participation section of this
notice.
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    \5\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
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Consultations Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, we are using this notice to initiate consultation
with the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, and to
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on
historic properties.\6\ We will define the project-specific Area of
Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the project
develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum
encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include
construction right-of-way, contractor/pipe storage yards, compressor
stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our
findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status
of consultations under Section 106.
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    \6\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials; Native
American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and
newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined
in the Commission's regulations) who are potential right-of-way
grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes,
or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities,
and anyone who submits comments on the project. We will update the
environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
send the information related to this environmental review to all
individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/
or potentially affected by the planned project.
    If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the
environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would
prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD
version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please
return the attached Information Request (appendix 2).

Becoming an Intervenor

    Once National Fuel files its application with the Commission, you
may want to become an ``intervenor'' which is an official party to the
Commission's proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the
process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard
by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling.
An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a
request to intervene. Motions to intervene are more fully described at
http://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. Instructions
for becoming an intervenor are in the ``Document-less Intervention
Guide'' under the ``e-filing'' link on the Commission's Web site.
Please note that the Commission will not accept requests for intervenor
status at this time. You must wait until the Commission receives a
formal application for the project.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on General Search and enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF17-
10). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.
    Finally, public sessions or site visits will be posted on the
Commission's calendar located at www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.

    Dated: November 29, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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In this instance Texas has adopted new rules that are at least as
stringent as the applicable Federal rules and correspond with the 2002
Final NSR Improvement Rules. There are no data currently available that
would show that implementation of Texas' NSR Reform Program would
result in interference with any applicable requirement concerning
attainment or reasonable further progress or any other applicable
requirement of the Act. We anticipate that Texas' NSR Reform Program
will be have the same impact as the Federal PAL rules as described in
the 2002 Supplemental Analysis and the 2003 reconsideration.
    The Texas PAL will result in lower emissions than the allowable
emissions on the face of the permit in effect before issuance to the
PAL Permit. This is because the PAL Permit is based upon actual
emissions which will generally be less than the emissions allowed in
the permit in effect prior to issuance of the PAL permit. The PAL is
established as the sum of the baseline actual emissions from all
emissions units at the major stationary source plus the significant
level for the PAL pollutant, See 30 TAC 116.188. Furthermore, the
average emissions for each emissions unit must be adjusted downward to
exclude any non-compliant emissions during the consecutive 24-month
baseline period that is used to establish the baseline actual emissions
for the PAL. See 30 TAC 116.12(3)(D) under the definition of ``baseline
actual emissions.'' As discussed in section IV.B.1 in this preamble, a
PAL can only be established at an existing major stationary source
which has had at least two years of operating history to establish an
actuals PAL. Consequently, the PAL will generally be established at a
level that is lower than the allowable emissions established in the
pre-existing permit. Finally, in the 2002 NSR Reform rulemaking, we
note that a PAL provides operational flexibility for an owner or
operator to manage source-wide emissions without triggering major NSR
when the changes do not result in emissions above the PAL. This creates
incentive for an owner or operator to create room for growth by
employing innovative control technologies and pollution control
measures to create emissions reductions to facilitate economic
expansion. See 67 FR 80186, at 80206-80207 (December 31, 2002).
    For the reasons stated above, we are proposing to find that the
submitted SIP revisions will not interfere with any applicable
requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or
any other applicable requirement of the Act.

VII. Proposed Action

    Under section 110(k)(3) and parts C and D of the Act and for the
reasons stated above, EPA proposes to approve the following revisions
to the Texas SIP:
     Revisions to 30 TAC 116.12--Nonattainment and Prevention
of Significant Deterioration Review Definitions--submitted June 10,
2005, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-1; February 1, 2006, and
resubmitted

March 11, 2011-1; revisions submitted March 11, 2011-2; the revisions
proposed February 22, 2012, for parallel processing; and the letter
from TCEQ to EPA dated May 3, 2012, which clarifies TCEQ's
interpretation of 30 TAC 116. 12.
     Revisions to 30 TAC 116.115--General and Special
Conditions--submitted March 11, 2011-2.
     New 30 TAC 116.127--Actual to Projected Actual and
Emission Exclusion Test for Emissions--submitted February 1, 2006 (as
30 TAC 116.121) and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2 (as redesignated to 30
TAC 116.127).
     Revisions to 30 TAC 116.150--New Major Source or Major
Modification in Ozone Nonattainment Area--submitted June 10, 2005, and
resubmitted March 11, 2011-1; February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March
11, 2011-1; revisions submitted March 11, 2011-1; and the revisions
proposed February 22, 2012, for parallel processing.
     Revisions to 30 TAC 116.151--New Major Source or Major
Modification in Nonattainment Areas Other Than Ozone--submitted
February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2 (without further
revision); and the revisions proposed February 22, 2012, for parallel
processing.
     New 30 TAC 116.180--Applicability--submitted February 1,
2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; revisions submitted March 11,
2011-2; and the revisions proposed February 22, 2012, for parallel
processing.
     New 30 TAC 116.182--Plant-Wide Applicability Permit--
Submitted February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; and
revisions submitted March 11, 2011-2.
     New 30 TAC 116.184--Application Review Schedule--Submitted
February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2 (without further
revision).
     New 30 TAC 116.186--General and Specific Conditions--
Submitted February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; revisions
submitted March 11, 2011-2; the revisions proposed February 22, 2012,
for parallel processing; and the letter from TCEQ to EPA dated May 3,
2012, which clarifies TCEQ's interpretation of 30 TAC 116.12.
     New 30 TAC 116.188--Plant-Wide Applicability Limit--
Submitted February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; and
revisions submitted March 11, 2011-2.
     New 30 TAC 116.190--Federal Nonattainment and Prevention
of Significant Deterioration Review--Submitted February 1, 2006, and
resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; and revisions submitted March 11, 2011-2.
     New 30 TAC 116.192--Amendments and Alterations--Submitted
February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2; and revisions
submitted March 11, 2011-2.
     New 30 TAC 116.196--Renewal of a Plant-Wide Applicability
Limit Permit--Submitted February 1, 2006; and resubmitted March 11,
2011-2 (without further revision).
     New 30 TAC 116.198--Expiration or Voidance--Submitted
February 1, 2006, and resubmitted March 11, 2011-2 (without further
revision).

VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this notice merely proposes to approve state law as
meeting Federal requirements and does not impose additional
requirements beyond those imposed by state law. For that reason, this
proposed action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
     Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
     Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
     Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
     Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
     Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
     Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
     Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
    In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Intergovernmental
relations, Carbon monoxide, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

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

    Dated: June 7, 2012.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-74965; File No. SR-NSCC-2015-002]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing
Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed
Rule Change To Clarify NSCC's Rules & Procedures Relating to the
Process by Which NSCC Members Submit Buy-Ins Within NSCC's Continuous
Net Settlement System

May 14, 2015.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (``Act'') and Rule 19b-4 \2\ thereunder, notice is hereby given
that on May 4, 2015, National Securities Clearing Corporation
(``NSCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II
and III below, which Items have been prepared by NSCC. NSCC filed the
proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) \3\ of the Act and
Rule 19b-4(f)(1) \4\ thereunder. The proposed rule change was effective
upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(1).
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the
Proposed Rule Change

    The proposed rule change consists of amendments to NSCC's Rules &
Procedures (``Rules'') in order to clarify those Rules relating to the
process by which NSCC Members submit buy-ins within NSCC's Continuous
Net Settlement (``CNS'') system, as more fully described below.

II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

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

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis
for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    One of NSCC's core services as a central counterparty is trade
clearance and settlement through CNS, where compared and recorded
transactions in eligible securities for a particular settlement date
are netted by issue into one net long (buy) or net short (sell)
position. As a continuous net system, those positions are further
netted with positions of the same issue that remain open after their
originally scheduled settlement date, so that trades or miscellaneous
activity scheduled to settle on any day are netted with fail positions
to result in a single deliver or receive obligation for each Member for
each issue in which it has activity. Currently, under NSCC's Rules, a
Member with a long position at the end of the day may submit to NSCC a
Notice of Intention to Buy-In (``Buy-In Notice'') specifying a quantity
of securities (not exceeding such long position) (``Buy-In Position'')
that it intends to purchase to satisfy the fail that resulted in that
long position, or ``buy-in''.\5\ Typically, the day the Buy-In Notice
is submitted is referred to as N, and N+1 and N+2 refer to the
succeeding days (N through N+2 is referred to as the ``Buy-In
Period'').\6\ The Buy-In Position is given high priority for allocation
from the CNS night cycle on N+1 through completion of the CNS day cycle
on N+2.
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    \5\ Members are not permitted to submit a Buy-In Notice with
respect to securities that are subject to a voluntary corporate
reorganization.
    \6\ NSCC's Rules provide that Members may also submit Buy-in
Retransmittal Notices on N+1. This proposed rule clarification would
apply to these Buy-in Retransmittal Notices as well.
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    The CNS position of a long Member that submits a Buy-In Notice can
change during the Buy-In Period as a result of settling trades or
miscellaneous activity.\7\ Settling trades or miscellaneous activity
that reduce a Member's CNS long position is first applied to the
Member's current CNS position that is not represented by the Buy-In
Position, and then that activity may be applied to reduce the Member's
Buy-In Position. If a Member's Buy-In Position is reduced as a result
of settling trades or miscellaneous activity, its Buy-In Position is
adjusted to reflect the new amount. If, at any time during the Buy-In
Period, settling trades or miscellaneous activity reduce the Member's
long position such that the Member becomes either short or flat in that
position, or causes the Member's CNS long position to be reduced to
less than its outstanding Buy-In Position in that security, NSCC will
consider that Member's Buy-In Position with respect to that security
complete and satisfied. NSCC will update the Buy-In Notice to reflect
the reduced Buy-In Position if only a portion of the Buy-In Position is
satisfied, or the Buy-In Notice will be cancelled if the entire Buy-In
Position is satisfied by the settling trades or miscellaneous activity.
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    \7\ Miscellaneous activity processed by CNS that updates the net
position of a security could include, for example, corporate actions
and stock dividends.
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    This process by which a Buy-In Notice would be updated to reflect
settling trades or miscellaneous activity is not currently described in
NSCC's Rules. As such, NSCC is proposing to update Rule 11, Section 7
of its Rules in order to describe the effect of settling trades or
miscellaneous activity on a Member's Buy-In Position. Pursuant to this
proposed rule change, NSCC's Rules will make clear that any portion of
a Member's Buy-In Position would be considered complete and satisfied
if, at any time during the Buy-in Period that Member's CNS long
position is reduced to less than the outstanding Buy-In Position, or
its Buy-In Position is reduced such that the Member is either flat or
short in that security. If the entire Buy-In Position is considered
complete and satisfied, it will be removed from the system. The
proposed rule change would also make a technical correction to
Procedure X, as marked on Exhibit 5 hereto.
2. Statutory Basis
    The proposed rule change is consistent with the Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder, in particular Section 17A(b)(3)(F) \8\
because it will promote the prompt and accurate clearance and
settlement of securities transactions in that it will provide clarity
to NSCC's Members regarding the process by which a Buy-In Notice would
be updated to reflect settling trades or miscellaneous activity.
Additionally, the proposed rule change constitutes a stated policy,
practice, or interpretation

with respect to the meaning, administration, or enforcement of an
existing rule.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change will not have any impact, or impose any
burden, on competition.

(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change
Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not yet
been solicited or received. NSCC will notify the Commission of any
written comments received by NSCC.

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

    The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) \9\ of the Act and paragraph (f) of Rule 19b-4 \10\
thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-NSCC-2015-002 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

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

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NSCC-2015-002. 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 Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of NSCC and on
DTCC's Web site (http://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rule-filings.aspx). All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NSCC-2015-002 and should be
submitted on or before June 10, 2015.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
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    \11\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50137-50138]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16301]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP23-515-000]

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Request Under
Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest
Deadline

    Take notice that on July 17, 2023 Southern Star Central Gas
Pipeline, Inc. (Southern Star), 4700 State Route 56, Owensboro,
Kentucky 42301., filed in the above referenced docket, a prior notice
request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b)of the Commission's
regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Southern Star's
blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82-479-000, for
authorization to abandon two wells in Southern Star's South Welda
Storage Field in Anderson County, Kansas and one well in Southern
Star's Piqua Storage Field in Woodson County, Kansas. (South Welda and
Piqua Well Abandonment Project). The Project will allow Southern Star
to comply with its Storage Integrity Management Plan implementing the
storage integrity regulations of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Administration. The estimated cost for the project is $153,902, all as
more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the
Commission and open to public inspection.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (www.ferc.gov) using the
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public
Reference Room. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-
3676 or TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions concerning this request should be directed to Cindy
Thompson, Director, Regulatory, Compliance, and Information Governance,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Route 56,
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, by phone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or by email to
[email protected].

Public Participation

    There are three ways to become involved in the Commission's review
of this project: you can file a protest to the project, you can file a
motion to intervene in the proceeding, and you can file comments on the
project. There is no fee or cost for filing protests, motions to
intervene, or comments. The deadline for filing protests, motions to
intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 25,
2023. How to file protests, motions to intervene, and comments is
explained below.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at<PHONE_NUMBER> or [email protected].

Protests

    Pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's regulations under
the NGA,\1\ any person \2\ or the Commission's staff may file a protest
to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed or if a
protest is filed and then withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed
time for filing a protest, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days

after the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request for
authorization will be considered by the Commission.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 157.205.
    \2\ Persons include individuals, organizations, businesses,
municipalities, and other entities. 18 CFR 385.102(d).
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    Protests must comply with the requirements specified in section
157.205(e) of the Commission's regulations,\3\ and must be submitted by
the protest deadline, which is September 25, 2023. A protest may also
serve as a motion to intervene so long as the protestor states it also
seeks to be an intervenor.
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    \3\ 18 CFR 157.205(e).
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Interventions

    Any person has the option to file a motion to intervene in this
proceeding. Only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of
Commission orders issued in this proceeding and to subsequently
challenge the Commission's orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
    To intervene, you must submit a motion to intervene to the
Commission in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure \4\ and the regulations under the NGA \5\ by the
intervention deadline for the project, which is September 25, 2023. As
described further in Rule 214, your motion to intervene must state, to
the extent known, your position regarding the proceeding, as well as
your interest in the proceeding. For an individual, this could include
your status as a landowner, ratepayer, resident of an impacted
community, or recreationist. You do not need to have property directly
impacted by the project in order to intervene. For more information
about motions to intervene, refer to the FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
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    \4\ 18 CFR 385.214.
    \5\ 18 CFR 157.10.
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    All timely, unopposed motions to intervene are automatically
granted by operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to intervene that are
filed after the intervention deadline are untimely and may be denied.
Any late-filed motion to intervene must show good cause for being late
and must explain why the time limitation should be waived and provide
justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the
Commission's Rules and Regulations. A person obtaining party status
will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies (paper or electronic) of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties.

Comments

    Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. The
Commission considers all comments received about the project in
determining the appropriate action to be taken. To ensure that your
comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments
on or before September 25, 2023. The filing of a comment alone will not
serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. To become a party,
you must intervene in the proceeding.

How To File Protests, Interventions, and Comments

    There are two ways to submit protests, motions to intervene, and
comments. In both instances, please reference the Project docket number
CP23-515-000 in your submission.
    (1) You may file your protest, motion to intervene, and comments by
using the Commission's eFiling feature, which is located on the
Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and
Filings. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on
``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type of filing you are
making; first select ``General'' and then select ``Protest'',
``Intervention'', or ``Comment on a Filing''; or \6\
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    \6\ Additionally, you may file your comments electronically by
using the eComment feature, which is located on the Commission's
website at www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and Filings.
Using eComment is an easy method for interested persons to submit
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    (2) You can file a paper copy of your submission by mailing it to
the address below. Your submission must reference the Project docket
number CP23-515-000.

To file via USPS: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426
To file via any other method: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland
20852

    The Commission encourages electronic filing of submissions (option
1 above) and has eFiling staff available to assist you at (202) 502-
8258 or [email protected].
    Protests and motions to intervene must be served on the applicant
either by mail or email (with a link to the document) at: Cindy
Thompson, Director, Regulatory, Compliance, and Information Governance,
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 4700 State Route 56,
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, or by email to
[email protected]. Any subsequent submissions by an
intervenor must be served on the applicant and all other parties to the
proceeding. Contact information for parties can be downloaded from the
service list at the eService link on FERC Online.

Tracking the Proceeding

    Throughout the proceeding, additional information about the project
will be available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at
(866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the
``eLibrary'' link as described above. The eLibrary link also provides
access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to
the documents. For more information and to register, go to
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp.

    Dated: July 26, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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