[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2796-2797]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00899]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-D-6969]

Product Title and Initial U.S. Approval in Highlights for Human
Prescription Drug and Biological Products--Content and Format; Draft
Guidance for Industry; Availability

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``Product
Title and Initial U.S. Approval in the Highlights of Prescribing
Information for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products--
Content and Format.'' The labeling regulations for human drug and
biological products require that the Highlights of Prescribing
Information (Highlights) contain a product title and the year of
initial U.S. approval. This draft guidance provides recommendations on
the content and format of the product title and initial U.S. approval
to bring greater consistency to the presentation of these required
elements and to help ensure these elements provide clear and useful
information to the health care provider.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by March 20, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as
follows:

Electronic Submissions

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

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2017-D-6969 for ``Product Title and Initial U.S. Approval in
Highlights for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products--Content
and Format; Guidance for Industry; Availability.'' Received comments
will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as
``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish
your name and contact information to be made publicly available, you
can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of
your comments and you must identify this information as
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20

and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's
posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18,
2015, or access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane,
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)).
    Submit written requests for single copies of the draft guidance to
the Division of Drug Information, Center for Drug Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10001 New Hampshire Ave.,
Hillandale Building., 4th Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, or the
Office of Communication, Outreach, and Development, Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002.
Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in
processing your requests. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
electronic access to the draft guidance document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Beitzell, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 22, Rm 6460, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-0700; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg.
71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry
entitled ``Product Title and Initial U.S. Approval in the Highlights of
Prescribing Information for Human Prescription Drug and Biological
Products--Content and Format.''
    On January 24, 2006, FDA published a final rule amending the
requirements for the content and format of labeling for human
prescription drug and biological products (71 FR 3922, January 24,
2006). This rule is known as the physician labeling rule because it
addresses prescription drug labeling that is used by physicians and
other health care providers. Under this rule, the prescribing
information of new and more recently approved prescription drug and
biological products contains the following three sections: Highlights,
Full Prescribing Information: Contents, and Full Prescribing
Information (Sec.  201.56(d)(1) (21 CFR 201.56(d)(1))).
    Highlights is required to contain the drug names (proprietary name
and nonproprietary name (established name of the drug or, for
biological products, the proper name)), dosage form, route of
administration, and, if applicable, controlled substance symbol of the
drug or biological product (Sec.  201.57(a)(2) (21 CFR 201.57(a)(2))).
This set of information is referred to as the ``product title'' and
follows the Highlights Limitation Statement. Highlights also must
include the year of initial U.S. approval of the drug or biological
product (Sec.  201.57(a)(3)). The initial U.S. approval must be placed
immediately beneath the product title and is the four-digit year in
which FDA initially approved the new molecular entity, new biological
product, or new combination of active ingredients.
    This draft guidance provides recommendations on the content and
format of the product title in Highlights. Recommended sources for
product title terminology also are provided. Appendix A, ``Dosage Form
Terms for Use in Human Drug Product Labeling'' and Appendix B, ``Route
of Administration Terms for Use in Human Drug Product Labeling''
contain lists of recommended dosage form and route of administration
terms, respectively, for use in the product title. This draft guidance
contains recommendations for products with special nomenclature
considerations, recommendations for what not to include in the product
title, and implications for container and carton labeling.
    The draft guidance also provides recommendations on the content and
format of the initial U.S. approval in Highlights. Items to consider
when determining the year of initial U.S. approval are included and
drug products requiring special consideration are described.
    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on the content
and format of the product title and initial U.S. approval in Highlights
for human prescription drug and biological products. It does not
establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the
public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the
requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. This guidance
is not subject to Executive Order 12866.

II. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This draft guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information that are subject to review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520). The collections of information in Sec. Sec.  201.56 and 201.57
have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0572.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons with access to the internet may obtain the draft guidance
at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/default.htm, https://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/default.htm, or https://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: January 12, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 31872]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11245]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15257-000]

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

    On February 3, 2022, Lock+TM Hydro Friends Fund X, LLC
filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f)
of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of
the Melvin Price Dam Hydropower Project to be located on the
Mississippi River and near the city of Alton, Illinois, in St. Charles
County, Missouri. 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) A 300-
foot-long by 40-foot-wide reinforced concrete headrace; (2) a 300-foot-
long by 40-foot-wide by 50-foot-high submersible reinforced concrete
powerhouse containing ten 10-megawatt (MW) turbines; (3) ten
submersible 10-MW generators rated at 6.9 kilovolts (kV) or 13 kV; (4)
50-foot-wide by 300-foot-long draft tubes; (5) 40-foot-wide by 300-
foot-long reinforced concrete tailrace; (6) a 25-foot by 50-foot
switchyard; (7) a 3-mile-long, 34 (kV) or 69 kV transmission line
connecting to an existing transmission system; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Melvin Price Dam
Hydropower Project would be 438,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse; Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund X,
LLC; 2901 4th Avenue South, #B 253, Birmingham, AL 35233; phone: (877)
556-6566 ext. 709.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone Williams; phone:<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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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. In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-15257-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-15257) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 19, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-11245 Filed 5-24-22; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47945-47947]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19668]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OGC-2019-0519; FRL 9999-62-OGC]

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Challenge to Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed
settlement agreement to resolve petitions for review filed by United
States Steel Corporation (``U.S Steel'') with respect to U.S. Steel's
Minntac taconite facility, involving several actions taken by EPA with
regard to nitrogen oxide (NOX) emission limits for Minntac.
On November 29, 2013, June 13, 2016, and February 1, 2018, U.S. Steel
filed petitions in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit challenging EPA's 2013 Regional Haze (RH) Federal
Implementation Plan (FIP) for Minnesota and Michigan; 2013 RH State
Implementation Plan (SIP) partial disapprovals for Michigan and
Minnesota; 2016 revised RH FIP for Michigan and Minnesota; and EPA's
denial of U.S. Steel's petitions for reconsideration of the 2013 FIP,
2013 SIP partial disapprovals, and 2016 revised FIP. The Settlement
Agreement would resolve U.S. Steel's challenges to these actions, with
respect to Minntac. Under the proposed settlement agreement, the
parties agree to take certain specified actions.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by October 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2019-0519, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method).
For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov, follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. The EPA may

publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish
to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, please contact the person identified in the For Further
Information Contact section. For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance
on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

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

I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement

    The proposed Settlement Agreement would resolve U.S. Steel's
challenges, with respect to Minntac, to the following actions: 2013 RH
FIP Rule, 78 FR 8,706 (February 6, 2013); 2013 RH SIP partial
disapprovals for Michigan and Minnesota, 78 FR 59,825 (September 30,
2013); 2016 revised RH FIP for Michigan and Minnesota, 81 FR 21,672
(April 12, 2016); and EPA's denial of U.S. Steel's petitions for
reconsideration of the 2013 FIP, 2013 SIP partial disapprovals, and
2016 revised FIP, 82 FR 57,125 (December 4, 2017). See United States
Steel Corporation v. EPA, Case Nos. 13-3595 (8th Cir. filed November
29, 2013), 16-2668 (8th Cir. filed June 13, 2016), and 18-1249 (8th
Cir. filed February 1, 2018).
    The proposed Settlement Agreement would require EPA to propose a
combined facility-wide NOX emission limit of 1.6 lbs
NOX/MMBtu, based on a 30-day rolling average, for Minntac
Lines 3 through 7. This limit would apply regardless of the fuel used.
Under the terms of the proposed Settlement Agreement, EPA agrees to
propose amendments to 40 CFR part 52 that, if finalized, would require
U.S. Steel to begin complying with the new facility-wide limit for
Minntac beginning with the 30-day period between September 1, 2019 and
September 30, 2019, at the latest. The facility-wide NOX
emission limit would replace the individual NOX emission
limits currently required for each of Minntac's five lines pursuant to
the 2013 RH FIP Rule. The proposed Settlement Agreement also provides
that nothing in the terms of the proposed Settlement Agreement shall be
construed to limit or modify the discretion accorded EPA by the Clean
Air Act or by general principles of administrative law. See the
proposed Settlement Agreement for specific details.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this action, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed Settlement Agreement from persons who are not named as parties
or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed Settlement Agreement if the comments
disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such consent is
inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the Act.

II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreement

A. How can I get a copy of the settlement agreement?

    The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2019-0519) contains a copy of the proposed settlement
agreement. The official public docket is available for public viewing
at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-
1752.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in the
appropriate docket identification number then select ``search.''
    It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket
Center.

B. How and to whom do I submit comments?

    You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider late comments.
    If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD
ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    Use of the www.regulations.gov website to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The
electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(email)

system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an email
comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.

    Dated: September 4, 2019.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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July 22, 2020

Lynne Hamjian, Acting Air Director
Air and Radiation Division
US EPA Region 1
5 Post Office Square
Suite 100 Mail Code 05-02
Boston, MA 02109-3912

Dear Ms. Hamjian:

The Office of Air Resources is hereby submitting the enclosed, amended official copy of Air Pollution Control Regulation, 250-RICR-120-05-33, "Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Architectural Coatings and Industrial Maintenance Coatings," as a revision to the Rhode Island State Implementation Plan.

A public notice announcing a public comment period on the proposed adoption of the amended regulation Part 33 was posted on the RI Department of Environmental Management and the RI Office of Secretary of State websites and was mailed to interested parties on May 19, 2020. The public notice stated that a public hearing would be held if requested during the public comment period.  A copy of the public notice is enclosed. No requests for a public hearing were received. The public comment period ended at 4:00 PM on June 19, 2020. As noted in the enclosed hearing officer's Decision document, no comments were received.  The final amended Part 33 was filed with the RI Secretary of State on July 1, 2020 with an effective date of July 21,2020.

250-RICR-120-05-33.2 contains language only relevant in RI and is stricken from the rule submitted to EPA for incorporation into the RI SIP.

The amended regulations are authorized pursuant to R.I. General Laws §42-17.1-2(19) and R.I. General Laws Chapter 23-23, as amended, and have been promulgated pursuant to the procedures set forth in the R.I. Administrative Procedures Act, R.I. General Laws Chapter 42-35.

If you should have any questions, please contact Karen Slattery at<PHONE_NUMBER>, ext. 7030.

Sincerely,

Laurie A. Grandchamp, P.E.
Administrator, Environmental Protection


[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94-409, that the Securities
and Exchange Commission will hold a hold a roundtable about securities
lending and short sale issues on September 29 and September 30, 2009.
    The roundtable discussion will be held in the auditorium at SEC
headquarters at 100 F Street, NE., in Washington, DC. On September 29,
the roundtable will focus on securities lending issues and take place
from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. On September 30, the roundtable
will focus on short sale pre-borrowing and additional short sale
disclosures and take place from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m.
    The roundtable will be open to the public with seating on a first-
come, first-served basis. Visitors will be subject to security checks.
    For further information, please contact:
    The Office of the Secretary at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: September 14, 2009.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22431 Filed 9-14-09; 4:15 pm]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 23730-23737]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Parts 209, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223,
224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237,
238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 270, and 272

[Docket No. FRA-2016-0090; Notice No. 1]
RIN 2130-AC63

Moving the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Civil Penalties
Schedules and Guidelines From the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to
the FRA Website

AGENCY: FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: To eliminate unnecessary costs and improve public access, FRA
is removing its civil penalties schedules and guidelines from the CFR
and publishing them on the FRA website.

DATES: This final rule is effective May 23, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veronica Chittim, Attorney, Safety Law
Division, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>),
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is authorized as the delegate of the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to enforce the Federal railroad
safety statutes, regulations, and orders, including the civil penalty
provisions codified primarily at 49 U.S.C. ch. 213. See 49 U.S.C. 103
and 49 CFR 1.89; 49 U.S.C. chs. 201-213. The Secretary also authorized
FRA to enforce certain hazardous materials transportation statutes,
regulations, and orders, including the civil penalty provisions,
relating to railroad transportation. See 49 CFR 1.89; 49 U.S.C. ch.
51.\1\ FRA currently has safety regulations in 34 parts of the CFR that
contain provisions establishing the agency's authority to impose civil
penalties if a person violates any requirement in the pertinent portion
of a statute or the CFR, and 32 CFR parts containing FRA regulations
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    \1\ Civil penalties related to hazardous materials
transportation statutes, regulations, or orders administered by
other agencies, such as the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
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    Since 1988, FRA has included the civil penalties schedules or
guidelines as an appendix in the corresponding CFR part. Civil
penalties schedules and guidelines are not regulations nor are they
subject to notice-and-comment requirements. They are merely policy
statements that do not bind FRA. Instead, FRA retains full discretion
to assess civil penalties for violations that are between the minimum
and maximum amounts authorized by statute and adjusted for
inflation.\2\ Yet, their place in the CFR has necessitated that any
changes to them, including adjustments for inflation required by
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    \2\ For railroad safety violations, the current statutory
minimum civil penalty is $870, the ordinary maximum civil penalty is
$28,474, and the aggravated maximum civil penalty is $113,894. See
83 FR 60732 (Nov. 27, 2018). For hazardous materials violations, the
current statutory minimum civil penalty (for violations relating to
training) is $481, the ordinary maximum civil penalty is $79,976,
and the aggravated maximum civil penalty is $186,610. Id.
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    Like other federal agencies, FRA is charged by the page for each
page in its segment of the CFR, namely title 49, parts 200-299.
Currently, the annual rate is $85 per page.\3\ FRA, like other
agencies, is also charged for each column it prints in the Federal
Register, currently at a rate of $151 per column.\4\
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at https://www.gpo.gov/how-to-work-with-us/agency/circular-letters/open-requisitions-sf1-for-federal-register-and-code-of-federal-regulations.
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    In this final rule, FRA is removing the civil penalties schedules
and guidelines from 49 CFR parts 200-299 and updating references to the
schedules and guidelines to reflect their new location on the FRA
website, without substantive change.\5\ This move will end the
unnecessary costs of amending the schedules and guidelines through the
Federal Register and printing them in the CFR. At the same time,
locating the schedules and guidelines on the FRA website will improve
public access to those statements of agency policy and simplify
enforcement by grouping all schedules and guidelines into one location.
Changes for inflation to the minimum, maximum, and aggravated maximum
penalty amounts will still be published in the Federal Register, as
required by federal law.
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    \5\ This final rule redirects any references to an appendix in
the CFR that formerly contained civil penalties schedules and
guidelines to FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov. FRA's main website
(www.fra.dot.gov) will contain a link to FRA's civil penalties
guidance website (www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P1155) linking to a tabbed
workbook containing each respective CFR part's civil penalties
table. Language referring to either a ``statement of agency civil
penalty policy'' or ``schedule of civil penalty amounts'' is
maintained from the existing CFR. See, e.g., 49 CFR 214.5; 49 CFR
222.11.
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Public Participation

    FRA is proceeding to a final rule without a notice of proposed
rulemaking or an opportunity for public comment. The civil penalties
schedules and guidelines, and therefore this rule to move those
schedules and guidelines to FRA's website without substantive change,
are general statements of policy. As such, the notice and comment
procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(A), do not apply.

Regulatory Impact

A. Executive Orders 12866, 13771, and DOT Regulatory Policies and
Procedures

    FRA evaluated this final rule consistent with Executive Order 12866
(Regulatory Planning and Review), Executive Order 13771 (Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs), and DOT policies and
procedures. See 44 FR 11034, Feb. 26, 1979; 76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011;
and 82 FR 9339, Jan. 30, 2017. In this final rule, FRA solely replaces
statements of agency policy with references to the statements' new
location on the FRA website, and is not a significant regulatory action
under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866.
    FRA will realize cost savings from not printing the civil penalties
schedules and guidelines in the yearly CFR revision, and therefore this
rulemaking is a deregulatory action under Executive Order 13771.
Counting the number of pages in the current CFR (as revised Oct. 1,
2018) used by the civil penalties schedules and guidelines, FRA
estimates 80.5 fewer pages would be printed in each CFR revision. The
migration of the civil penalties schedules and guidelines is a one-time
occurrence; however, the cost savings accrue annually, and therefore
FRA

accounts for them as a yearly cost savings. Also, FRA will realize cost
savings from not publishing civil penalty schedules in the Federal
Register associated with new regulations and amendments to existing
regulations. As mentioned, the annual updates for inflation only affect
the minimum, maximum, and aggravated maximum penalties, which will
continue to be published, resulting in no cost savings. To account for
publishing fewer civil penalty schedules associated with new
regulations, FRA estimates it published 5 new regulations in the
Federal Register in the last 10 years, or one-half regulation per year.
Each regulation had a corresponding civil penalty schedule occupying
approximately 3 columns in the Federal Register, or 1.5 columns per
one-half regulation per year. In addition, FRA estimates allocating 3
columns per year will sufficiently cover changes to civil penalty
schedules published for amendments to existing regulations, for a total
Federal Register savings of 4.5 columns per year. The cost savings are
monetized using the publication costs noted earlier, and illustrated in
the table below. FRA uses a 10-year period of analysis in estimating
future cost savings to reflect a reasonable regulatory cycle for new
regulations and review of existing regulations.

Table A-1--Cost Savings From Not Publishing Civil Monetary Penalty Schedules in the CFR and the Federal Register
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                                                                              Federal Register
                                                             CFR (80.5 pages    (4.5 columns       Total cost
                           Year                              @$85 per page)       @$151 per          savings
                                                                                column)
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2019......................................................         $6,842.50           $679.50         $7,522.00
2020......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2021......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2022......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2023......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2024......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2025......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2026......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2027......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
2028......................................................          6,842.50            679.50          7,522.00
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Total Undiscounted Cost Savings, Nominal......................................................            75,220
Present Value (PV) of Total Cost Savings Discounted at 7%.....................................            52,831
Present Value (PV) of Total Cost Savings Discounted at 3%.....................................            64,164
Total Annualized Cost Savings Using 7% Discount Rate..........................................             7,522
Total Annualized Cost Savings Using 3% Discount Rate..........................................             7,522
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B. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 13272

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), Public Law 96-354, as
amended, and codified as amended at 5 U.S.C. 601-612, and Executive
Order 13272 (Proper Consideration of Small Entities in Agency
Rulemaking), require agency review of proposed and final rules to
assess their impact on ``small entities'' for purposes of the RFA. An
agency must prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis unless it
determines and certifies that a rule is not expected to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
FRA does not expect this final rule will have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. Although this final
rule will apply to railroads, hazardous materials shippers, and others
that are considered small entities, there is no economic impact on any
person who complies or is required to comply with the Federal railroad
safety laws and the regulations and orders issued under those laws, and
the Federal hazardous materials laws and the regulations, special
permits, approvals, and orders issued under those laws, because the
rule does not change any penalty to which an entity could be subject.
    In addition, FRA has determined the RFA does not apply to this
rulemaking. FRA is not required to publish its civil penalty schedules
and guidelines in the CFR, and the civil penalties schedules and
guidelines are general statements of policy, thus the APA notice and
comment procedures do not apply to the either penalty schedules
themselves or the policy decision to change their location. The Small
Business Administration's A Guide for Government Agencies: How to
Comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (2003), provides that:

    If, under the APA or any rule of general applicability governing
federal grants to state and local governments, the agency is
required to publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM),
the RFA must be considered [citing 5 U.S.C. 604(a)]. . . .If an NPRM
is not required, the RFA does not apply.

Therefore, because FRA is not required to publish the schedules and
guidelines in the CFR, the RFA does not apply.

C. Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism,'' 64 FR 43255 (Aug. 10, 1999),
requires FRA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful
and timely input by State and local officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have federalism implications.'' ``Policies
that have federalism implications'' are defined in the Executive Order
to include regulations that have ``substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government.'' This final rule will not have a
substantial effect on the States, on the relationship between the
national government and the States, or the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Thus,
consistent with Executive Order 13132, FRA is not required to prepare a
Federalism assessment.

D. Paperwork Reduction Act

    There are no new information collection requirements in this final
rule

to submit for OMB review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    This final rule will not result in the expenditure, in the
aggregate, of $100,000,000 or more, adjusted for inflation, in any one
year by State, local, or Indian Tribal governments, or the private
sector. Thus, consistent with Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4, 2 U.S.C. 1532), FRA is not required
to prepare a written statement detailing the effect of such an
expenditure.

F. Environmental Impact

    FRA has evaluated this final rule under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), other environmental
statutes, related regulatory requirements, and its ``Procedures for
Considering Environmental Impacts'' (FRA's NEPA Procedures) (64 FR
28545, May 26, 1999). FRA has determined that this final rule is
categorically excluded from detailed environmental review pursuant to
section 4(c)(20) of FRA's NEPA Procedures, ``Promulgation of railroad
safety rules and policy statements that do not result in significantly
increased emissions of air or water pollutants or noise or increased
traffic congestion in any mode of transportation.'' See 64 FR 28547,
May 26, 1999. Categorical exclusions (CEs) are actions identified in an
agency's NEPA implementing procedures that do not normally have a
significant impact on the environment and therefore do not require
either an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact
statement (EIS). See 40 CFR 1508.4.
    In analyzing the applicability of a CE, the agency must also
consider whether extraordinary circumstances warrant a more detailed
environmental review through the preparation of an EA or EIS. See id.
The purpose of this rulemaking is to make FRA-maintained civil penalty
schedules and guidelines more easily available. Specifically, FRA is
removing civil penalty schedules and guidelines under its authority
from the CFR and replacing references to them with references to their
new location on FRA's website. Under section 4(c) and (e) of FRA's NEPA
Procedures, FRA has concluded no extraordinary circumstances exist with
respect to this regulation that might trigger the need for a more
detailed environmental review.
    FRA does not anticipate any environmental impacts from this final
rule and finds there are no extraordinary circumstances present in
connection with this final rule.

G. Executive Order 12898 (Environmental Justice)

    Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, and DOT
Order 5610.2(a) (91 FR 27534, May 10, 2012) require DOT agencies to
achieve environmental justice as part of their mission by identifying
and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects, including interrelated social
and economic effects, of their programs, policies, and activities on
minority populations and low-income populations. The DOT Order
instructs DOT agencies to address compliance with Executive Order 12898
and requirements within the DOT Order in rulemaking activities, as
appropriate. FRA has evaluated this final rule under Executive Order
12898 and the DOT Order and has determined that it would not cause
disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental
effects on minority populations or low-income populations.

H. Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation)

    FRA has evaluated this final rule under the principles and criteria
contained in Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments, dated November 6, 2000. The final rule would
not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes,
would not impose substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal
governments, and would not preempt tribal laws. Therefore, the funding
and consultation requirements of Executive Order 13175 do not apply,
and FRA is not required to prepare a tribal summary impact statement.

List of Subjects

49 CFR Part 209

    Administrative practice and procedure, Hazardous materials
transportation, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 213

    Bridges, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 214

    Bridges, Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Railroad
safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 215

    Freight, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Parts 217, 221, 224, 229, 230, 232, 233, and 239

    Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 218

    Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Railroad employees,
Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 219

    Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Drug testing, Penalties, Railroad
safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Safety,
Transportation.

49 CFR Part 220

    Penalties, Radio, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 222

    Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties, Railroad safety,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 223

    Glazing standards, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 225

    Investigations, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 227

    Noise control, Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Railroad
safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 228

    Penalties, Railroad employees, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 231

    Penalties, Railroad safety.

49 CFR Part 234

    Highway safety, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, State and local governments.

49 CFR Part 235

    Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties, Railroad safety,
Railroad signals, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 236

    Penalties, Positive Train Control, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 237

    Bridges, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

49 CFR Part 238

    Fire prevention, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 240

    Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties, Railroad
employees, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 241

    Communications, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 242

    Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties, Railroad
employees, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 243

    Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties, Railroad
employees, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

49 CFR Part 270

    Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, System safety.

49 CFR Part 272

    Penalties, Railroad employees, Railroad safety, Railroads, Safety,
Transportation.

The Final Rule

    In consideration of the foregoing, parts 209, 213, 214, 215, 217,
218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232,
233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 270, and 272 of
subtitle B, chapter II of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
are amended as follows:

PART 209--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 209 continues to read as follows:

     Authority:  49 U.S.C. 5123, 5124, 20103, 20107, 20111, 20112,
20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
2. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  209.105(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  209.105   Notice of probable violation.

    (a) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains guidelines used
by the chief counsel in making initial penalty assessments.
* * * * *

0
3. In appendix A to part 209, revise the section entitled ``Penalty
Schedules; Assessment of Maximum Penalties'' to read as follows:

Appendix A to Part 209--Statement of Agency Policy Concerning
Enforcement of the Federal Railroad Safety Laws

* * * * *

Penalty Schedules; Assessment of Maximum Penalties

    As recommended by the Department of Transportation in its
initial proposal for rail safety legislative revisions in 1987, the
RSIA raised the maximum civil penalties for violations of the
Federal rail safety laws, regulations, or orders. Id., secs. 3, 13-
15, 17. Pursuant to sec. 16 of RSIA, the penalty for a violation of
the Hours of Service Act was changed from a flat $500 to a penalty
of up to $1,000, as the Secretary of Transportation deems
reasonable. Under all the other statutes, and regulations and orders
under those statutes, the maximum penalty was raised from $2,500 to
$10,000 per violation, except that where a grossly negligent
violation or a pattern of repeated violations has created an
imminent hazard of death or injury to persons, or has caused death
or injury, the penalty was raised to a maximum of $20,000 per
violation (``the aggravated maximum penalty'').
    The Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act (RSERA), Pub. L. 102-
365, 106 Stat. 972, enacted in 1992, increased the maximum penalty
from $1,000 to $10,000, and provided for an aggravated maximum
penalty of $20,000 for a violation of the Hours of Service Act,
making these penalty amounts uniform with those of FRA's other
safety laws, regulations, and orders. RSERA also increased the
minimum civil monetary penalty from $250 to $500 for all of FRA's
safety regulatory provisions and orders. Id., sec. 4(a).
    The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990,
Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, note, as amended by Section
31001(s)(1) of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L.
104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-373, April 26, 1996) (Inflation Act)
required that agencies adjust by regulation each minimum and maximum
civil monetary penalty within the agency's jurisdiction for
inflation and make subsequent adjustments once every four years
after the initial adjustment. Accordingly, FRA's minimum and maximum
civil monetary penalties have been periodically adjusted, pursuant
to the Inflation Act, through rulemaking.
    The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``RSIA of 2008''),
enacted October 16, 2008, raised FRA's civil monetary ordinary and
aggravated maximum penalties to $25,000 and $100,000 respectively.
FRA amended the civil penalty provisions in its regulations so as to
make $25,000 the ordinary maximum penalty per violation and $100,000
the aggravated maximum penalty per violation, as authorized by the
RSIA of 2008, in a final rule published on December 30, 2008 in the
Federal Register. The December 30, 2008 final rule also adjusted the
minimum civil penalty from $550 to $650 pursuant to Inflation Act
requirements. A correcting amendment to the civil penalty provisions
in 49 CFR part 232 was published on April 6, 2009.
    Effective June 25, 2012, the aggravated maximum penalty was
raised from $100,000 to $105,000 pursuant to the Inflation Act.
    On November 2, 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015
(the 2015 Inflation Act). Pub. L. 114-74, Sec. 701. Under the 2015
Inflation Act, agencies must make a catch-up adjustment for civil
monetary penalties with the new penalty levels published by July 1,
2016, to take effect no later than August 1, 2016. Moving forward,
agencies must make annual inflationary adjustments, starting January
15, 2017, based on Office of Management and Budget guidance. Under
the 2015 Inflation Act, effective April 3, 2017, the minimum civil
monetary penalty was raised from $839 to $853, the ordinary maximum
civil monetary penalty was raised from $27,455 to $27,904, and the
aggravated maximum civil monetary penalty was raised from $109,819
to $111,616. Effective November 27, 2018, the minimum civil monetary
penalty was raised from $853 to $870, the ordinary maximum civil
monetary penalty was raised from $27,904 to $28,474, and the
aggravated maximum civil monetary penalty was raised from $111,616
to $113,894.
    FRA's traditional practice has been to issue penalty schedules
assigning to each particular regulation or order specific dollar
amounts for initial penalty assessments. The schedule (except where
issued after notice and an opportunity for comment) constitutes a
statement of agency policy and was historically issued as an
appendix to the relevant part of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Schedules are now published on FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov. For
each regulation or order, the schedule shows two amounts within the
$870 to $28,474 range in separate columns, the first for ordinary
violations, the second for willful violations (whether committed by
railroads or individuals). In one instance--49 CFR part 231--the
schedule refers to sections of the relevant FRA defect code rather
than to sections of the CFR text. Of course, the defect code, which
is simply a reorganized version of the CFR text used by FRA to
facilitate computerization of inspection data, is substantively
identical to the CFR text.
    The schedule amounts are meant to provide guidance as to FRA's
policy in predictable situations, not to bind FRA from using the
full range of penalty authority where extraordinary circumstances
warrant. The Senate report on the bill that became the RSIA stated:
    It is expected that the Secretary would act expeditiously to set
penalty levels commensurate with the severity of the violations,
with imposition of the maximum

penalty reserved for violation of any regulation where warranted by
exceptional circumstances. S. Rep. No. 100-153, 10th Cong., 2d Sess.
8 (1987).
    Accordingly, under each of the schedules (ordinarily in a
footnote), and regardless of the fact that a lesser amount might be
shown in both columns of the schedule, FRA reserves the right to
assess the statutory maximum penalty of up to $113,894 per violation
where a pattern of repeated violations or a grossly negligent
violation has created an imminent hazard of death or injury or has
caused death or injury. FRA indicates in the penalty demand letter
when it uses the higher penalty amount instead of the penalty amount
listed in the schedule.
* * * * *

Appendix B to Part 209--[Amended]

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4. Amend appendix B to part 209 by:
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a. Removing ``49 CFR 172.200-.203'' and adding in its place ``49 CFR
172.200 through 172.203''; and
0
b. Removing the heading ``Civil Penalty Assessment Guidelines'' and the
two tables following the heading.

PART 213--[AMENDED]

0
5. The authority citation for part 213 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114 and 20142; Sec. 403, Div. A,
Pub. L. 110-432, 122 Stat. 4885; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR
1.89.

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6. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  213.15(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  213.15   Penalties.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix B to Part 213--[Removed and Reserved]

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7. Remove and reserve appendix B to part 213.

PART 214--[AMENDED]

0
8. The authority citation for part 214 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304, 28
U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
9. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  214.5 to read as follows:

Sec.  214.5   Responsibility for compliance.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 214--[Removed]

0
10. Remove appendix A to part 214.

PART 215--[AMENDED]

0
11. The authority citation for part 215 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
12. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  215.7 to read as follows:

Sec.  215.7   Prohibited acts.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix B to Part 215--[Removed and Reserved]

0
13. Remove and reserve appendix B to part 215.

PART 217--[AMENDED]

0
14. The authority citation for part 217 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
15. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  217.5 to read as follows:

Sec.  217.5   Penalty.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 217--[Removed]

0
16. Remove appendix A to part 217.

PART 218--[AMENDED]

0
17. The authority citation for part 218 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
18. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  218.9 to read as follows:

Sec.  218.9   Civil penalty.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

0
19. Revise Sec.  218.41 to read as follows:

Sec.  218.41   Noncompliance with hump operations rule.

    A person (including a railroad and any manager, supervisor,
official, or other employee or agent of a railroad) who fails to comply
with a railroad's operating rule issued pursuant to Sec.  218.39 is
subject to a penalty. See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a
statement of agency civil penalty policy.

0
20. Revise Sec.  218.55 to read as follows:

Sec.  218.55   Tampering prohibited.

    Any individual who willfully disables a safety device is subject to
a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-
sensitive functions on a railroad if found unfit for such duties under
the procedures provided for in 49 CFR part 209. See FRA's website at
www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.

0
21. Revise Sec.  218.57 to read as follows:

Sec.  218.57   Responsibilities of individuals.

    Any individual who knowingly operates a train, or permits it to be
operated, when the controlling locomotive of that train is equipped
with a disabled safety device, is subject to a civil penalty and to
disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a
railroad if found to be unfit for such duties. See appendix B to this
part for a statement of agency enforcement policy concerning violations
of this section. See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement
of agency civil penalty policy.

0
22. Revise Sec.  218.59 to read as follows:

Sec.  218.59   Responsibilities of railroads.

    Any railroad that operates a train when the controlling locomotive
of a train is equipped with a disabled safety device is subject to a
civil penalty. See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 218--[Removed and Reserved]

0
23. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 218.

PART 219--[AMENDED]

0
24. The authority citation for part 219 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20140, 21301, 21304, 21311;
28 U.S.C. 2461, note; Sec. 412, Div. A, Pub. L. 110-432, 122 Stat.
4889 (49 U.S.C. 20140, note); and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
25. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  219.10 to read as follows:

Sec.  219.10   Penalties.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 219--[Removed and Reserved]

0
26. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 219.

PART 220--[AMENDED]

0
27. The authority citation for part 220 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20103, note, 20107, 21301-
21302, 20701-20703, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR
1.89.

0
28. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  220.7 to read as follows:

Sec.  220.7   Penalty.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix C to Part 220--[Removed]

0
29. Remove appendix C to part 220.

PART 221--[AMENDED]

0
30. The authority citation for part 221 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
31. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  221.7 to read as follows:

Sec.  221.7   Civil penalty.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix C to Part 221--[Removed]

0
32. Remove appendix C to part 221.

PART 222--[AMENDED]

0
33. The authority citation for part 222 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20153, 21301, 21304; 28
U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
34. Revise the section heading and last sentence of Sec.  222.11 to
read as follows:

Sec.  222.11   What are the penalties for failure to comply with this
part?

    * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of civil
penalty amounts used in connection with this part.

Appendix H to Part 222--[Removed]

0
35. Remove appendix H to part 222.

PART 223--[AMENDED]

0
36. The authority citation for part 223 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20133, 20701-20702, 21301-
21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
37. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  223.7 to read as follows:

Sec.  223.7   Responsibility.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix B to Part 223--[Removed]

0
 38. Remove appendix B to part 223.

PART 224--[AMENDED]

0
39. The authority citation for part 224 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20148 and 21301; 28 U.S.C.
2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
40. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  224.11(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  224.11   Penalties.

    (a) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of
civil penalty amounts used in connection with this part.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 224--[Removed and Reserved]

0
41. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 224.

PART 225--[AMENDED]

0
42. The authority citation for part 225 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 103, 322(a), 20103, 20107, 20901-20902,
21301, 21302, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
43. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  225.12(h)(1) to read as follows:

Sec.  225.12   Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Reports alleging
employee human factor as cause; Employee Human Factor Attachment;
notice to employee; employee supplement.

* * * * *
    (h) * * *
    (1) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

0
44. Revise the third sentence of Sec.  225.29 to read as follows:

Sec.  225.29   Penalties.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 225--[Removed and Reserved]

0
45. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 225.

PART 227--[AMENDED]

0
46. The authority citation for part 227 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20103, note, 20701-20702; 28 U.S.C.
2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
47. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  227.9(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  227.9   Penalties.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix G to Part 227--[Removed]

0
48. Remove appendix G to part 227.

PART 228--[AMENDED]

0
49. The authority citation for part 228 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 103, 20103, 20107, 21101-21109; Sec. 108,
Div. A, Pub. L. 110-432, 122 Stat. 4860-4866, 4893-4894; 49 U.S.C.
21301, 21303, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
50. Revise the third sentence of Sec.  228.6(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  228.6   Penalties.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy. * * *
* * * * *

Appendix B to Part 228--[Removed and Reserved]

0
51. Remove and reserve appendix B to part 228.

PART 229--[AMENDED]

0
52. The authority citation for part 229 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 103, 322(a), 20103, 20107, 20901-02,
21301, 21301, 21302, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
0
53. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  229.7(b) to read as follows:

Sec.  229.7  Prohibited acts and penalties.

* * * * *
    (b) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix B to Part 229--[Removed and Reserved]

0
54. Remove and reserve appendix B to part 229.

PART 230--[AMENDED]

0
55. The authority citation for part 230 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note;
and 49 CFR 1.89.

Appendix D to Part 230--[Removed]

0
56. Remove appendix D to part 230.

PART 231--[AMENDED]

0
 57. The authority citation for part 231 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20131, 20301-20303,
21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
58. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  231.0(f) to read as follows:

Sec.  231.0  Applicability and penalties.

* * * * *

    (f) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

0
59. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  231.33(g) to read as follows:

Sec.  231.33  Procedure for special approval of existing industry
safety appliance standards.

* * * * *
    (g) * * * Civil penalties will be assessed under this part by using
the applicable defect code in the statement of agency civil penalty
policy on FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov.

0
60. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  231.35(g) to read as follows:

Sec.  231.35  Procedure for modification of an approved industry safety
appliance standard for new railcar construction.

* * * * *
    (g) * * * Civil penalties will be assessed under this part by using
the applicable defect code in the statement of agency civil penalty
policy on FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov.

Appendix A to Part 231--[Removed]

0
61. Remove appendix A to part 231.

PART 232--[AMENDED]

0
62. The authority citation for part 232 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20301-
20303, 20306, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR
1.89.

0
63. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  232.11(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  232.11  Penalties.

    (a) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of
civil penalty amounts used in connection with this part.
* * * * *

0
 64. Revise the first sentence of Sec.  232.213(b) to read as follows:

Sec.  232.213  Extended haul trains.

* * * * *
    (b) Failure to comply with any of the requirements contained in
paragraph (a) of this section will be considered an improper movement
of a designated priority train for which appropriate civil penalties
may be assessed as outlined in the statement of civil penalty policy on
FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 232--[Removed and Reserved]

0
65. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 232.

PART 233--[AMENDED]

0
66. The authority citation for part 233 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 504, 522, 20103, 20107, 20501-20505,
21301, 21302, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
67. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  233.11 to read as follows:

Sec.  233.11  Civil penalties.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 233--[Removed]

0
68. Remove appendix A to part 233.

PART 234--[AMENDED]

0
69. The authority citation for part 234 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20152, 20160, 21301, 21304,
21311, 22501 note; Pub. L. 110-432, Div. A., Sec. 202, 28 U.S.C.
2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
70. Amend Sec.  234.6 by removing ``Sec.  234.11 of this part''
everywhere it appears and adding ``Sec.  234.11'' in its place and
revising the third sentence of paragraph (a) to read as follows:

Sec.  234.6  Penalties.

    (a) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of
civil penalty amounts used in connection with this part. * * *
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 234--[Removed and Reserved]

0
71. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 234.

PART 235--[AMENDED]

0
72. The authority citation for part 235 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
73. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  235.9 to read as follows:

 Sec.  235.9  Civil penalty.

    * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.

Appendix A to Part 235--[Removed]

0
74. Remove appendix A to part 235.

PART 236--[AMENDED]

0
75. The authority citation for part 236 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20157,
20301-20303, 20306, 20501-20505, 20701-20703, 21301-21302, 21304; 28
U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
76. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  236.0(f) to read as follows:

Sec.  236.0  Applicability, minimum requirements, and penalties.

* * * * *
    (f) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 236--[Removed and Reserved]

0
77. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 236.

PART 237--[AMENDED]

0
 78. The authority citation for part 237 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20114; Pub. L. 110-432, Div. A, Sec.
417; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
79. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  237.7(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  237.7  Penalties.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix B to Part 237--[Removed]

0
80. Remove appendix B to part 237.

PART 238--[AMENDED]

0
81. The authority citation for part 238 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20302-20303,
20306, 20701-20702, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
82. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  238.11(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  238.11  Penalties.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

0
83. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  238.229(d) to read as follows:

Sec.  238.229  Safety appliances--general.

* * * * *
    (d) * * * When appropriate, civil penalties for improperly using or
hauling a piece of equipment with a defective welded safety appliance
or safety appliance bracket or support addressed in this section will
be assessed as an improperly applied safety appliance pursuant to the
penalty schedule on FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov under the
appropriate defect code contained therein.
* * * * *

0
84. In Sec.  238.230, revise the last sentence of paragraph (c)
introductory

text, add a heading for paragraph (e), and revise the last sentence of
paragraph (e) to read as follows:

Sec.  238.230  Safety appliances--new equipment.

* * * * *
    (c) * * * When appropriate, civil penalties for improperly using or
hauling a piece of equipment with a defective welded safety appliance
or safety appliance bracket or support addressed in this section will
be assessed pursuant to the penalty schedule on FRA's website at
www.fra.dot.gov under the appropriate defect code contained therein.
* * * * *
    (e) Civil penalties. * * * Civil penalties will be assessed under
part 231 of this chapter by using the applicable defect code contained
on FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov.

Appendix A to Part 238--[Removed and Reserved]

0
85. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 238.

PART 239--[AMENDED]

0
86. The authority citation for part 239 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20105-20114, 20133, 21301,
21304, and 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
87. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  239.11 to read as follows:

Sec.  239.11  Penalties.

    * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of civil
penalty amounts used in connection with this part.

Appendix A to Part 239--[Removed]

0
88. Remove appendix A to part 239.

PART 240--[AMENDED]

0
89. The authority citation for part 240 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20135, 21301, 21304, 21311;
28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
90. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  240.11(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  240.11  Penalties and consequences for noncompliance.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 240--[Removed and Reserved]

0
91. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 240.

PART 241--[AMENDED]

0
92. The authority citation for part 241 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28
U.S.C. 2461, note; 49 CFR 1.89.

Appendix B to Part 241--[Removed and Reserved]

0
93. Remove and reserve appendix B to part 241.

PART 242--[AMENDED]

0
94. The authority citation for part 242 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20135, 20138, 20162, 20163,
21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
95. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  242.11(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  242.11   Penalties and consequences for noncompliance.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 242--[Removed and Reserved]

0
96. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 242.

PART 243--[AMENDED]

0
 97. The authority citation for part 243 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131-20155, 20162, 20301-
20306, 20701-20702, 21301-21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49
CFR 1.89.

0
98. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  243.7(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  243.7   Penalties and consequences for noncompliance.

    (a) * * * See FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov for a statement of
agency civil penalty policy.
* * * * *

Appendix to Part 243--[Removed]

0
99. Remove the appendix to part 243.

PART 270--[AMENDED]

0
100. The authority citation for part 270 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20106-20107, 20118-20119, 20156,
21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
101. The stay of 49 CFR part 270 is lifted.

0
102. Revise the last sentence of Sec.  270.7(a) to read as follows:

Sec.  270.7   Penalties and responsibility for compliance.

    (a) * * * FRA's website at www.fra.dot.gov contains a schedule of
civil penalty amounts used in connection with this part.
* * * * *

Appendix A to Part 270--[Removed and Reserved]

0
103. Remove and reserve appendix A to part 270.

0
104. Title 49 CFR part 270 is stayed until September 4, 2019.

PART 272--[AMENDED]

0
105. The authority citation for part 272 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20109, note; 28 U.S.C. 2461,
note; 49 CFR 1.89; and sec. 410, Div. A, Pub. L. 110-432, 122 Stat.
4888.

Appendix A to Part 272--[Removed]

0
 106. Remove appendix A to part 272.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Ronald L. Batory,
Administrator.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-81733; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2017-081]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule Change To Extend the
Implementation Date for Certain Changes to the Rule 5700 Series and
Rule 5810

September 27, 2017.
    On August 7, 2017, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq'') filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 \1\ and Rule
19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to extend the
implementation date for certain changes concerning the continued
listing requirements for exchange-traded products in the Nasdaq Rule
5700 Series and related changes to Nasdaq Rule 5810. The proposed rule
change was published for comment in the Federal Register on August 22,
2017.\3\ The Commission received one comment letter on the proposed
rule change.\4\ On September 22, 2017, Nasdaq withdrew the proposed
rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2017-081).
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 81406 (August 16,
2017), 82 FR 39920.
    \4\ See letter from Jane Heinrichs, Associate General Counsel,
Investment Company Institute, to Brent J. Fields, Secretary,
Commission, dated September 1, 2017.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\5\
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    \5\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. ER16-341-000]

RE Astoria LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based
Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization

    This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding RE
Astoria LLC's application for market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a
request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future
issuances of securities and assumptions of liability.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone
filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
    Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with
regard to the applicant's request for blanket authorization, under 18
CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of
liability, is December 8, 2015.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in
the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in
the above list. They are also available for electronic 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
email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s).
For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For
TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: November 18, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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