UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY

2000 TRAVERWOOD DRIVE

ANN ARBOR, MI  48105-2498

									     OFFICE OF

									AIR AND RADIATION

3/29/16

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: Test Procedure Meeting with the Engine Manufacturers
Association

FROM: Christopher Laroo

TO:  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards
for Medium- and

Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles - Phase 2 - Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827

This memo documents a meeting held on March 29 and 30, 2016 between
representatives of the Engine Manufacturers Association and EPA to
discuss test procedures recently proposed in the Phase 2 greenhouse gas
and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles notice of proposed
rulemaking.  The meeting attendees, agenda, and draft part 1065 working
document are enclosed.

The discussion topics included test procedures in 40 CFR part 1065 and
fuel maps for engines as proposed in 1036.535 and 1036.540 as well as
powertrain testing as described in 1037.550.


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9886-034]

Valatie Falls Hydro Power, Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the
Traditional Licensing Process

January 13, 2023.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 9886-034.
    c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022.
    d. Submitted By: Valatie Falls Hydro Power, Inc. (Valatie Falls).
    e. Name of Project: Valatie Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kinderhook Creek in the Town of Kinderhook,
Village of Valatie, Columbia County, New York. The project does not
occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: John E. Doran, Valatie Falls Hydro
Power, Inc., 7 Cotton Mill Lane, Valatie, NY 12184;<PHONE_NUMBER>;
[email protected]

    i. FERC Contact: Jacob Harrell at<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email at
[email protected].
    j. Valatie Falls filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process on November 30, 2022. Valatie Falls provided public notice of
its request on November 30, 2022. In a letter dated January 13, 2023,
the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Valatie
Falls' request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR part
402. We are also initiating consultation with the New York State
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Valatie Falls as the
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
    m. Valatie Falls filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a
proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed on the Commission's website
(http://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. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected],<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a subsequent license for Project No. 9886. Pursuant to
18 CFR 16.20, each application for a subsequent license and any
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All
applications for license for this project must be filed by November 30,
2025.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13810-000]

Lock Hydro Friends Fund LII; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 12, 2010, Lock Hydro Friends Fund LII, filed an
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower at the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps) Green River Lock and Dam located on the Green
River in Henderson County, Kentucky. The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a
license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does
not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) Two
prefabricated concrete walls attached to the downstream side of the
Corps dam which would support one frame module; (2) the frame module
would be 109 feet long, 40 feet high, and weigh 1.16 million pounds and
contain 10 generating units with a total combined capacity of 19.0
megawatts (MW); (3) a new switchyard containing a transformer; (4) a
proposed 5.0-mile-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to an
existing distribution line. The proposed project would have an average
annual generation of 83.277 gigawatt-hours (GWh), which would be sold
to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, Hydro Green Energy LLC, 5090
Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 77056; phone<PHONE_NUMBER>
x709.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13810-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 17, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. PR10-5-000]

Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation; Notice of Filing

January 13, 2010.
    Take notice that on December 29, 2009, Minnesota Energy Resources
Corporation (MERC) filed to update the state approved rate for services
under its limited jurisdictional certificate, to seek waiver of the
electronic tariff filing requirements of section 284.123(f) and an
Operating Statement.
    Any person desiring to participate in this rate filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered
by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken,
but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any
person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or
motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests
must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing
an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the
intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or
protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://
www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 22, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meetings

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and
Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the week of
January 29, 2007:
    Open Meetings will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Auditorium, Room LL-002, and Closed Meetings
will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 11 a.m. and Thursday,
February 1, 2007 at 2 p.m.
    Commissioners, Counsels to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meetings.
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)
(3), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10) permit consideration of the scheduled
matters at the Closed Meetings.
    Commissioner Casey, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meetings in closed session.
    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
January 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. will be:

    The Commission will hear oral argument on an appeal by Phlo
Corporation, a beverage manufacturer and an issuer of publicly
traded securities that also acts as transfer agent for its own
securities, its president and chief executive officer James B. Hovis
(``J. Hovis''), and its executive vice president and secretary, Anne
P. Hovis (``A. Hovis''), who also served as Phlo's general counsel,
(together, ``Respondents'') from the decision of an administrative
law judge. The law judge found that Phlo willfully violated
provisions requiring transfer agents to turnaround at least ninety
percent of all routine items received in a month within three
business days and willfully failed to make records available for
examination by Commission staff. The law judge concluded that A.
Hovis willfully aided and abetted and was a cause of Phlo's failure
to complete transfers in a timely manner and failure to make records
available for examination.
    The law judge further found that Phlo failed to make timely
filings of annual and quarterly reports with the Commission between
March 2003 and November 2005. The law judge found that J. Hovis
willfully aided and abetted and was a cause of Phlo's violations of
the periodic reporting requirements.
    The law judge assessed civil money penalties of $100,000 against
Phlo, $25,000 against J. Hovis, and $50,000 against A. Hovis,
revoked Phlo's registration as a transfer agent, barred A. Hovis
from associating with any transfer agent, and imposed cease-and-
desist orders as to all Respondents.
    Among the issues likely to be argued are whether Respondents
violated the provisions charged, and, if so, whether and to what
extent sanctions should be imposed.

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for January 31,
2007 at 11 a.m. will be:

Post-argument discussion.

    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for January 31,
2007 at 2 p.m. will be:

    1. The Commission will consider whether to propose amendments to
extend its interactive data voluntary reporting program to permit
mutual funds to submit as exhibits to their registration statements
supplemental tagged information contained in the risk/return summary
section of their prospectuses. The risk/return summary section
contains key mutual fund information, including investment
objectives and strategies, risks, and costs.
    2. The Commission will consider whether to propose rules to
implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.

    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday,
February 1, 2007 will be:

Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature;
Resolution of litigation claims;
An adjudicatory matter; and
Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings

    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in
the scheduling of meeting items.
    For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have
been added, deleted or postponed, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: January 24, 2007.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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[Investment Company Act Release No. 29984; 812-13971]

Domini Social Investment Trust and Domini Social Investments LLC;
Notice of Application

March 21, 2012.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (``Act'') for an exemption from section 15(a) of
the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain
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Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that would permit
them to enter into and materially amend subadvisory agreements without
shareholder approval and would grant relief from certain disclosure
requirements.

Applicants: Domini Social Investment Trust (the ``Trust'') and Domini
Social Investments LLC (the ``Adviser'') (collectively,
``Applicants'').

DATES: Filing Dates: The application was filed October 26, 2011, and
amended on March 15, 2012.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the application
will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested
persons may request a hearing by writing to the

Commission's Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the
request, personally or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by
the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on April 16, 2012, and should be
accompanied by proof of service on the applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Hearing requests
should state the nature of the writer's interest, the reason for the
request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a
hearing may request notification by writing to the Commission's
Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants:
Megan L. Dunphy, Domini Social Investments LLC, 532 Broadway, 9th
Floor, New York, NY 10012-3939.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara T. Heussler, Senior Counsel,
at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or Jennifer L. Sawin, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-
6821 (Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment Company
Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant
using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or
by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Applicants' Representations

    1. The Trust, a Massachusetts business trust, is registered under
the Act as an open-end management investment company and currently
offers three series of shares (each a ``Series''), each with its own
distinct investment objectives, policies and restrictions.\1\ The
Adviser is, and any future Adviser will be, registered as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'').
The Adviser serves as the investment adviser to each Series pursuant to
an investment advisory agreement with the Trust (each an ``Investment
Advisory Agreement'' and collectively, the ``Investment Advisory
Agreements'').\2\ Each Investment Advisory Agreement was approved or
will be approved by the board of trustees of the Trust (the ``Board''),
including a majority of the trustees who are not ``interested
persons,'' as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act, of the Trust, the
Subadvised Fund, or the Adviser (``Independent Trustees'') and by the
shareholders of the relevant Subadvised Fund in the manner required by
sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.\3\
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    \1\ Applicants also request relief with respect to any future
series of the Trust and to any other existing or future registered
open-end management investment company or series thereof that: (a)
Is advised by the Adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with the Adviser or its successors (included
in the term ``Adviser''); (b) uses the manager of managers structure
described in the application (``Manager of Managers Structure'');
and (c) complies with the terms and conditions of this application
(together with the current Series, each a ``Subadvised Fund'' and
collectively, the ``Subadvised Funds''). The only existing
registered open-end management investment company that currently
intends to rely on the requested order is named as an Applicant.
Each Series that is or currently intends to be a Subadvised Fund,
and each Subadviser (as defined below) that currently intends to
rely on the requested order, is identified in this application. For
purposes of the requested order, ``successor'' is limited to an
entity that results from a reorganization into another jurisdiction
or a change in the type of business organization. If the name of any
Subadvised Fund contains the name of a Subadviser, the name of the
Adviser that serves as the primary adviser to the Subadvised Fund
will precede the name of the Subadviser.
    \2\ Each future investment advisory agreement between an Adviser
and a Subadvised Fund is also included in the term ``Investment
Advisory Agreement''.
    \3\ The term ``Board'' also includes the board of trustees or
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    2. Under the terms of each Investment Advisory Agreement, the
Adviser, subject to the oversight of the Board, furnishes a continuous
investment program for each Subadvised Fund. The Adviser periodically
reviews investment policies and strategies of each Subadvised Fund and
based on the need of a particular Subadvised Fund may recommend changes
to the investment policies and strategies of the Subadvised Fund for
consideration by its Board. For its services to each Subadvised Fund,
the Adviser receives an investment advisory fee from that Subadvised
Fund as specified in the applicable Investment Advisory Agreement based
on that Subadvised Fund's average daily net assets. The terms of the
Investment Advisory Agreements also permit the Adviser, subject to the
approval of the relevant Board, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, and the shareholders of the applicable Subadvised Funds (if
required by applicable law), to delegate portfolio management
responsibilities of all or a portion of the assets of the Subadvised
Fund to one or more subadvisers (``Subadvisers''). The Adviser has
entered into subadvisory agreements (``Subadvisory Agreements'') with
two Subadvisers to serve as Subadvisers to the Series.\4\ Each
Subadviser is, and any future Subadviser will be, an investment adviser
as defined in section 2(a)(20) of the Act as well as registered with
the Commission as an ``investment adviser'' under the Advisers Act. The
Adviser evaluates, allocates assets to and oversees the Subadvisers,
and makes recommendations about their hiring, termination and
replacement to the Board, at all times subject to the authority of the
Board. The Adviser currently compensates each Subadviser out of the
advisory fees paid to the Adviser under the relevant Investment
Advisory Agreement; in the future, Subadvised Funds may directly pay
advisory fees to the Subadvisers.
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    \4\ The Adviser has entered into Subadvisory Agreements with (i)
Wellington Management Company LLP as a subadviser to manage the
Domini Social Equity Fund and Domini International Social Equity
Fund; and (ii) Seix Investment Advisors LLC as a subadviser to
manage the Domini Social Bond Fund. Neither of the existing
subadvisers is affiliated with the Adviser.
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    3. Applicants request an order to permit the Adviser, subject to
Board approval, to select certain Subadvisers to manage all or a
portion of the assets of a Subadvised Fund pursuant to a Sub-Advisory
Agreement and materially amend Sub-Advisory Agreements without
obtaining shareholder approval. The requested relief will not extend to
any Subadviser that is an affiliated person, as defined in section
2(a)(3) of the Act, of the Trust or a Subadvised Fund or the Adviser,
other than by reason of serving as a Subadviser to Subadvised Funds
(``Affiliated Subadviser'').
    4. Applicants also request an order exempting the Subadvised Funds
from certain disclosure provisions described below that may require the
Applicants to disclose fees paid to each Subadviser by the Adviser or a
Subadvised Fund. Applicants seek an order to permit each Subadvised
Fund to disclose (as a dollar amount and a percentage of each
Subadvised Fund's net assets) only: (a) the aggregate fees paid to the
Adviser and any Affiliated Subadvisers; and (b) the aggregate fees paid
to Subadvisers other than Affiliated Subadvisers (collectively, the
``Aggregate Fee Disclosure''). A Subadvised Fund that employs an
Affiliated Subadviser will provide separate disclosure of any fees paid
to the Affiliated Subadviser.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 15(a) of the Act provides, in relevant part, that it is
unlawful for any person to act as an investment adviser to a registered
investment company except pursuant to a written contract that has been
approved by the vote of a majority of the company's outstanding voting
securities. Rule 18f-2 under the Act provides that each series or class
of stock in a series

investment company affected by a matter must approve that matter if the
Act requires shareholder approval.
    2. Form N-1A is the registration statement used by open-end
investment companies. Item 19(a)(3) of Form N-1A requires disclosure of
the method and amount of the investment adviser's compensation.
    3. Rule 20a-1 under the Act requires proxies solicited with respect
to an investment company to comply with Schedule 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''). Items 22(c)(1)(ii),
22(c)(1)(iii), 22(c)(8) and 22(c)(9) of Schedule 14A, taken together,
require a proxy statement for a shareholder meeting at which the
advisory contract will be voted upon to include the ``rate of
compensation of the investment adviser,'' the ``aggregate amount of the
investment adviser's fees,'' a description of the ``terms of the
contract to be acted upon,'' and, if a change in the advisory fee is
proposed, the existing and proposed fees and the difference between the
two fees.
    4. Regulation S-X sets forth the requirements for financial
statements required to be included as part of a registered investment
company's registration statement and shareholder reports filed with the
Commission. Sections 6-07(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation S-X require
a registered investment company to include in its financial statement
information about the investment advisory fees.
    5. Section 6(c) of the Act provides that the Commission may exempt
any person, security, or transaction or any class or classes of
persons, securities, or transactions from any provisions of the Act, or
from any rule thereunder, if such exemption is necessary or appropriate
in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors
and the purposes fairly intended by the policy and provisions of the
Act. Applicants state that the requested relief meets this standard for
the reasons discussed below.
    6. Applicants assert that the shareholders expect the Adviser,
subject to the review and approval of the Board, to select the
Subadvisers who are best suited to achieve the Subadvised Fund's
investment objective. Applicants assert that, from the perspective of
the shareholder, the role of the Subadviser is substantially equivalent
to the role of the individual portfolio managers employed by an
investment adviser to a traditional investment company. Applicants
state that requiring shareholder approval of each Subadvisory Agreement
would impose unnecessary delays and expenses on the Subadvised Funds
and may preclude the Subadvised Funds from acting promptly when the
Adviser and Board consider it appropriate to hire Subadvisers or amend
Subadvisory Agreements. Applicants note that the Investment Advisory
Agreements and any Subadvisory Agreement with an Affiliated Subadviser
(if any) will continue to be subject to the shareholder approval
requirements of section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.
    7. If new Subadvisers are hired, the Subadvised Funds will inform
shareholders of the hiring of a new Subadviser pursuant to the
following procedures (``Modified Notice and Access Procedures''): (a)
Within 90 days after a new Subadviser is hired for any Subadvised Fund,
that Subadvised Fund will send its shareholders either a Multi-manager
Notice or a Multi-manager Notice and Multi-manager Information
Statement; \5\ and (b) the Subadvised Fund will make the Multi-manager
Information Statement available on the Web site identified in the
Multi-manager Notice no later than when the Multi-manager Notice (or
Multi-manager Notice and Multi-manager Information Statement) is first
sent to shareholders, and will maintain it on that Web site for at
least 90 days. In the circumstances described in this Application, a
proxy solicitation to approve the appointment of new Subadvisers
provides no more meaningful information to shareholders than the
proposed Multi-manager Information Statement. Moreover, as indicated
above, the applicable Board would comply with the requirements of
Sections 15(a) and 15(c) of the 1940 Act before entering into or
amending Sub-Advisory Agreements.
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    \5\ A ``Multi-manager Notice'' will be modeled on a Notice of
Internet Availability as defined in rule 14a-16 under the Exchange
Act, and specifically will, among other things: (a) Summarize the
relevant information regarding the new Subadviser; (b) inform
shareholders that the Multi-manager Information Statement is
available on a Web site; (c) provide the Web site address; (d) state
the time period during which the Multi-manager Information Statement
will remain available on that Web site; (e) provide instructions for
accessing and printing the Multi-manager Information Statement; and
(f) instruct the shareholder that a paper or email copy of the
Multi-manager Information Statement may be obtained, without charge,
by contacting the Subadvised Funds.
    A ``Multi-manager Information Statement'' will meet the
requirements of Regulation 14C, Schedule 14C and Item 22 of Schedule
14A under the Exchange Act for an information statement, except as
modified by the requested order to permit Aggregate Fee Disclosure.
Multi-manager Information Statements will be filed electronically
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    8. Applicants assert that the requested disclosure relief would
benefit shareholders of the Subadvised Funds because it would improve
the Adviser's ability to negotiate the fees paid to Subadvisers.
Applicants state that the Adviser may be able to negotiate rates that
are below a Subadviser's ``posted'' amounts if the Adviser is not
required to disclose the Subadvisers' fees to the public. Applicants
submit that the requested relief will also encourage Subadvisers to
negotiate lower subadvisory fees with the Adviser if the lower fees are
not required to be made public.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that any order granting the requested relief will
be subject to the following conditions:
    1. Before a Subadvised Fund may rely on the order requested herein,
the operation of the Subadvised Fund in the manner described in the
Application will be approved by a majority of the Subadvised Fund's
outstanding voting securities as defined in the Act or, in the case of
a Subadvised Fund whose public shareholders purchase shares on the
basis of a prospectus containing the disclosure contemplated by
condition 2 below, by the initial shareholder before such Subadvised
Fund's shares are offered to the public.
    2. The prospectus for each Subadvised Fund will disclose the
existence, substance, and effect of any order granted pursuant to the
Application. In addition, each Subadvised Fund will hold itself out to
the public as employing the Manager of Managers Structure. The
prospectus will prominently disclose that the Adviser has the ultimate
responsibility, subject to oversight by the Board, to oversee the
Subadvisers and recommend their hiring, termination, and replacement.
    3. Subadvised Funds will inform shareholders of the hiring of a new
Subadviser within 90 days after the hiring of the new Subadviser
pursuant to the Modified Notice and Access Procedures.
    4. The Adviser will not enter into a Subadvisory Agreement with any
Affiliated Subadviser without that agreement, including the
compensation to be paid thereunder, being approved by the shareholders
of the applicable Subadvised Fund.
    5. At all times, at least a majority of the Board will be
Independent Trustees, and the nomination of new or additional
Independent Trustees will be placed within the discretion of the then-
existing Independent Trustees.
    6. Independent legal counsel, as defined in rule 0-1(a)(6) under
the Act, will be engaged to represent the Independent Trustees. The
selection of such counsel will be within the

discretion of the then-existing Independent Trustees.
    7. Whenever a Subadviser change is proposed for a Subadvised Fund
with an Affiliated Subadviser, the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, will make a separate finding, reflected in the
Board minutes, that the change is in the best interests of the
Subadvised Fund and its shareholders, and does not involve a conflict
of interest from which the Adviser or the Affiliated Subadviser derives
an inappropriate advantage.
    8. Whenever a Subadviser is hired or terminated, the Adviser will
provide the Board with information showing the expected impact on the
profitability of the Adviser.
    9. Each Adviser will provide the Board, no less frequently than
quarterly, with information about the profitability of the Adviser on a
per Subadvised Fund basis. The information will reflect the impact on
profitability of the hiring or termination of any Subadviser during the
applicable quarter.
    10. The Adviser will provide general management services to each
Subadvised Fund, including overall supervisory responsibility for the
general management and investment of the Subadvised Fund's assets and,
subject to review and approval of the Board, will: (i) Set the
Subadvised Fund's overall investment strategies; (ii) evaluate, select,
and recommend Subadvisers to manage all or a portion of the Subadvised
Fund's assets; (iii) allocate and, when appropriate, reallocate the
Subadvised Fund's assets among Subadvisers; (iv) monitor and evaluate
the Subadvisers' performance; and (v) implement procedures reasonably
designed to ensure that Subadvisers comply with the Subadvised Fund's
investment objective, policies and restrictions.
    11. No Trustee or officer of the Trust or of a Subadvised Fund or
director or officer of the Adviser, will own directly or indirectly
(other than through a pooled investment vehicle that is not controlled
by such person) any interest in a Subadviser except for (i) ownership
of interests in the Adviser or any entity that controls, is controlled
by or is under common control with the Adviser; or (ii) ownership of
less than 1% of the outstanding securities of any class of equity or
debt of any publicly traded company that is either a Subadviser or an
entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
a Subadviser.
    12. Each Subadvised Fund will disclose in its registration
statement the Aggregate Fee Disclosure.
    13. In the event the Commission adopts a rule under the Act
providing substantially similar relief to that in the order requested
in the Application, the requested order will expire on the effective
date of that rule.
    14. For Subadvised Funds that pay fees to a Subadviser directly
from fund assets, any changes to a Subadvisory Agreement that would
result in an increase in the total management and advisory fees payable
by a Subadvised Fund will be required to be approved by the
shareholders of the Subadvised Fund.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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Subpart P—Protection of Visibility

AUTHORITY: Secs. 110, 114, 121, 160–169, 169A,

and 301 of the Clean Air Act, (42 U.S.C. 7410,

7414, 7421, 7470–7479, and 7601).

SOURCE: 45 FR 80089, Dec. 2, 1980, unless

otherwise noted.

§ 51.300 Purpose and applicability.

(a) Purpose. The primary purposes of

this subpart are to require States to

develop programs to assure reasonable

progress toward meeting the national

goal of preventing any future, and remedying

any existing, impairment of visibility

in mandatory Class I Federal

areas which impairment results from

manmade air pollution; and to establish

necessary additional procedures

for new source permit applicants,

States and Federal Land Managers to

use in conducting the visibility impact

analysis required for new sources under

§ 51.166. This subpart sets forth requirements

addressing visibility impairment

in its two principal forms: ‘‘reasonably

attributable’’ impairment (i.e., impairment

attributable to a single source/

small group of sources) and regional

haze (i.e., widespread haze from a multitude

of sources which impairs visibility

in every direction over a large

area).

(b) Applicability—(1) General Applicability.

The provisions of this subpart

pertaining to implementation plan requirements

for assuring reasonable

progress in preventing any future and

remedying any existing visibility impairment

are applicable to:

(i) Each State which has a mandatory

Class I Federal area identified in

part 81, subpart D, of this title, and (ii)

each State in which there is any source

the emissions from which may reasonably

be anticipated to cause or contribute

to any impairment of visibility

in any such area.

(2) The provisions of this subpart pertaining

to implementation plans to address

reasonably attributable visibility

impairment are applicable to the following

States:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,

California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia,

Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Maine, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,

North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma,

Oregon, South Carolina, South

Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,

Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands,

Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming.

(3) The provisions of this subpart pertaining

to implementation plans to address

regional haze visibility impairment

are applicable to all States as defined

in section 302(d) of the Clean Air

Act (CAA) except Guam, Puerto Rico,

American Samoa, and the Northern

Mariana Islands.

[45 FR 80089, Dec. 2, 1980, as amended at 64

FR 35763, July 1, 1999]

§ 51.301 Definitions.

For purposes of this subpart:

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Environmental Protection Agency § 51.301

Adverse impact on visibility means, for

purposes of section 307, visibility impairment

which interferes with the

management, protection, preservation,

or enjoyment of the visitor’s visual experience

of the Federal Class I area.

This determination must be made on a

case-by-case basis taking into account

the geographic extent, intensity, duration,

frequency and time of visibility

impairments, and how these factors

correlate with (1) times of visitor use

of the Federal Class I area, and (2) the

frequency and timing of natural conditions

that reduce visibility. This term

does not include effects on integral vistas.

Agency means the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

BART-eligible source means an existing

stationary facility as defined in this section.

Best Available Retrofit Technology

(BART) means an emission limitation

based on the degree of reduction

achievable through the application of

the best system of continuous emission

reduction for each pollutant which is

emitted by an existing stationary facility.

The emission limitation must be

established, on a case-by-case basis,

taking into consideration the technology

available, the costs of compliance,

the energy and nonair quality environmental

impacts of compliance,

any pollution control equipment in use

or in existence at the source, the remaining

useful life of the source, and

the degree of improvement in visibility

which may reasonably be anticipated

to result from the use of such technology.

Building, structure, or facility means

all of the pollutant-emitting activities

which belong to the same industrial

grouping, are located on one or more

contiguous or adjacent properties, and

are under the control of the same person

(or persons under common control).

Pollutant-emitting activities must be

considered as part of the same industrial

grouping if they belong to the

same Major Group (i.e., which have the

same two-digit code) as described in

the Standard Industrial Classification

Manual, 1972 as amended by the 1977

Supplement (U.S. Government Printing

Office stock numbers 4101–0066 and 003–

005–00176–0 respectively).

Deciview means a measurement of

visibility impairment. A deciview is a

haze index derived from calculated

light extinction, such that uniform

changes in haziness correspond to uniform

incremental changes in perception

across the entire range of conditions,

from pristine to highly impaired.

The deciview haze index is calculated

based on the following equation (for

the purposes of calculating deciview,

the atmospheric light extinction coefficient

must be calculated from aerosol

measurements):

Deciview haze index=10 lne (bext/10

Mm¥1).

Where bext=the atmospheric light extinction

coefficient, expressed in inverse

megameters (Mm¥1).

Existing stationary facility means any

of the following stationary sources of

air pollutants, including any reconstructed

source, which was not in operation

prior to August 7, 1962, and was

in existence on August 7, 1977, and has

the potential to emit 250 tons per year

or more of any air pollutant. In determining

potential to emit, fugitive

emissions, to the extent quantifiable,

must be counted.

Fossil-fuel fired steam electric plants

of more than 250 million British thermal

units per hour heat input,

Coal cleaning plants (thermal dryers),

Kraft pulp mills,

Portland cement plants,

Primary zinc smelters,

Iron and steel mill plants,

Primary aluminum ore reduction

plants,

Primary copper smelters,

Municipal incinerators capable of

charging more than 250 tons of refuse

per day,

Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, and nitric acid

plants,

Petroleum refineries,

Lime plants,

Phosphate rock processing plants,

Coke oven batteries,

Sulfur recovery plants,

Carbon black plants (furnace process),

Primary lead smelters,

Fuel conversion plants,

Sintering plants,

Secondary metal production facilities,

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§ 51.301 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–10 Edition)

Chemical process plants,

Fossil-fuel boilers of more than 250

million British thermal units per hour

heat input,

Petroleum storage and transfer facilities

with a capacity exceeding

300,000 barrels,

Taconite ore processing facilities,

Glass fiber processing plants, and

Charcoal production facilities.

Federal Class I area means any Federal

land that is classified or reclassified

Class I.

Federal Land Manager means the Secretary

of the department with authority

over the Federal Class I area (or the

Secretary’s designee) or, with respect

to Roosevelt-Campobello International

Park, the Chairman of the Roosevelt-

Campobello International Park Commission.

Federally enforceable means all limitations

and conditions which are enforceable

by the Administrator under

the Clean Air Act including those requirements

developed pursuant to

parts 60 and 61 of this title, requirements

within any applicable State Implementation

Plan, and any permit requirements

established pursuant to

§ 52.21 of this chapter or under regulations

approved pursuant to part 51, 52,

or 60 of this title.

Fixed capital cost means the capital

needed to provide all of the depreciable

components.

Fugitive Emissions means those emissions

which could not reasonably pass

through a stack, chimney, vent, or

other functionally equivalent opening.

Geographic enhancement for the purpose

of § 51.308 means a method, procedure,

or process to allow a broad regional

strategy, such as an emissions

trading program designed to achieve

greater reasonable progress than BART

for regional haze, to accommodate

BART for reasonably attributable impairment.

Implementation plan means, for the

purposes of this part, any State Implementation

Plan, Federal Implementation

Plan, or Tribal Implementation

Plan.

Indian tribe or tribe means any Indian

tribe, band, nation, or other organized

group or community, including any

Alaska Native village, which is federally

recognized as eligible for the special

programs and services provided by

the United States to Indians because of

their status as Indians.

In existence means that the owner or

operator has obtained all necessary

preconstruction approvals or permits

required by Federal, State, or local air

pollution emissions and air quality

laws or regulations and either has (1)

begun, or caused to begin, a continuous

program of physical on-site construction

of the facility or (2) entered into

binding agreements or contractual obligations,

which cannot be cancelled or

modified without substantial loss to

the owner or operator, to undertake a

program of construction of the facility

to be completed in a reasonable time.

In operation means engaged in activity

related to the primary design function

of the source.

Installation means an identifiable

piece of process equipment.

Integral vista means a view perceived

from within the mandatory Class I

Federal area of a specific landmark or

panorama located outside the boundary

of the mandatory Class I Federal area.

Least impaired days means the average

visibility impairment (measured in

deciviews) for the twenty percent of

monitored days in a calendar year with

the lowest amount of visibility impairment.

Major stationary source and major

modification mean major stationary

source and major modification, respectively,

as defined in § 51.166.

Mandatory Class I Federal Area means

any area identified in part 81, subpart

D of this title.

Most impaired days means the average

visibility impairment (measured in

deciviews) for the twenty percent of

monitored days in a calendar year with

the highest amount of visibility impairment.

Natural conditions includes naturally

occurring phenomena that reduce visibility

as measured in terms of light extinction,

visual range, contrast, or coloration.

Potential to emit means the maximum

capacity of a stationary source to emit

a pollutant under its physical and operational

design. Any physical or operational

limitation on the capacity of

the source to emit a pollutant including

air pollution control equipment

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Environmental Protection Agency § 51.302

and restrictions on hours of operation

or on the type or amount of material

combusted, stored, or processed, shall

be treated as part of its design if the

limitation or the effect it would have

on emissions is federally enforceable.

Secondary emissions do not count in

determining the potential to emit of a

stationary source.

Reasonably attributable means attributable

by visual observation or any

other technique the State deems appropriate.

Reasonably attributable visibility impairment

means visibility impairment

that is caused by the emission of air

pollutants from one, or a small number

of sources.

Reconstruction will be presumed to

have taken place where the fixed capital

cost of the new component exceeds

50 percent of the fixed capital cost of a

comparable entirely new source. Any

final decision as to whether reconstruction

has occurred must be made in accordance

with the provisions of § 60.15

(f) (1) through (3) of this title.

Regional haze means visibility impairment

that is caused by the emission

of air pollutants from numerous

sources located over a wide geographic

area. Such sources include, but are not

limited to, major and minor stationary

sources, mobile sources, and area

sources.

Secondary emissions means emissions

which occur as a result of the construction

or operation of an existing stationary

facility but do not come from

the existing stationary facility. Secondary

emissions may include, but are

not limited to, emissions from ships or

trains coming to or from the existing

stationary facility.

Significant impairment means, for purposes

of § 51.303, visibility impairment

which, in the judgment of the Administrator,

interferes with the management,

protection, preservation, or enjoyment

of the visitor’s visual experience

of the mandatory Class I Federal

area. This determination must be made

on a case-by-case basis taking into account

the geographic extent, intensity,

duration, frequency and time of the

visibility impairment, and how these

factors correlate with (1) times of visitor

use of the mandatory Class I Federal

area, and (2) the frequency and

timing of natural conditions that reduce

visibility.

State means ‘‘State’’ as defined in

section 302(d) of the CAA.

Stationary Source means any building,

structure, facility, or installation

which emits or may emit any air pollutant.

Visibility impairment means any humanly

perceptible change in visibility

(light extinction, visual range, contrast,

coloration) from that which

would have existed under natural conditions.

Visibility in any mandatory Class I Federal

area includes any integral vista associated

with that area.

[45 FR 80089, Dec. 2, 1980, as amended at 64

FR 35763, 35774, July 1, 1999]


[Federal Register: August 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 160)]
[Notices]
[Page 46483-46484]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8457-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0599]

Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrahydrofuran: In Support of the
Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of peer-review workshop and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and
Education (ORISE), under an Interagency agreement between the
Department of Energy and EPA, will convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct an external peer-review workshop to
review the external review draft document titled, ``Toxicological
Review of Tetrahydrofuran: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (NCEA-S-1620). The EPA also
is announcing a public comment period for the draft document. EPA
intends to consider comments and recommendations from the public and
the expert panel meeting when EPA finalizes the draft document.
    The public comment period and the external peer-review workshop are
separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested
parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to forward public
comments submitted in accordance with this notice to ORISE for
consideration by the external peer-review panel prior to the workshop.
    EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
    ORISE invites the public to register to attend this workshop as
observers. In addition, ORISE invites the public to give brief oral
comments at the workshop regarding the draft document under review. The
draft document and EPA's peer-review charge are available via the
Internet on NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions and the Data
and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. When finalizing the

draft document, EPA intends to consider ORISE's report of the comments
and recommendations from the external peer-review workshop and any
public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.

DATES: The peer-review panel workshop will begin on November 1, 2007,
at 9 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. The public comment period begins August 20,
2007, and ends October 18, 2007. Technical comments should be in
writing and must be received by EPA by October 18, 2007. EPA intends to
submit comments from the public received by this date to ORISE prior to
the workshop for consideration by the panel.

ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop will be held at the American
Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009.
ORISE is organizing, convening, and conducting the peer-review
workshop. To attend the workshop, register by October 22, 2007, via the
Internet at http://www.orau.gov/tetrahydrofuran. You may also register

by calling ORISE at<PHONE_NUMBER>, sending a facsimile to<PHONE_NUMBER>,
or sending an e-mail to Margaret Lyday<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You must
register by October 22, 2007, if you wish to provide brief oral
comments at the workshop.
    The draft Toxicological Review of Tetrahydrofuran: In Support of
Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is
available via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental
Assessment's (NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data
and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of

paper copies are available from the Technical Information Staff, NCEA-
W; telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>. If you are
requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and
the document title. Copies are not available from ORISE. The National
Toxicology Program studies referenced in the Toxicological Review of
Tetrahydrofuran are available by calling EPA's IRIS Hotline at 202-566-
1676, by fax at<PHONE_NUMBER> or by e-mail at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Comments may be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov
, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/

courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as provided in the
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the peer review
workshop, contact Margaret Lyday, ORISE, P.O. Box 117, MS 17, Oak
Ridge, TN 37831-0117,<PHONE_NUMBER> or<PHONE_NUMBER> (facsimile),
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(e-mail).

    For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of
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IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental Assessment, (8601D), U.S.
EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of Information About the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)

    IRIS is a database that contains potential adverse human health
effects information that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure
to specific chemical substances found in the environment. The database
(available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) contains

qualitative and quantitative health effects information for more than
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II. Workshop Information

    Members of the public may attend the workshop as observers, and
there will be a limited time for oral comments from the public. Please
let ORISE know if you wish to make comments during the workshop prior
to the meeting by registering on the Web site at http://www.orau.gov/tetrahydrofuran
 and indicating your intent to make oral comments. Space

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III. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at http://www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
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, including any personal information provided,

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    Dated: August 14, 2007.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E7-16321 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]

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