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[Pages 20061-20062]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-64191; File No. SR-DTC-2010-15]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company;
Order Granting Approval of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Rules
Relating to the Requirement To Maintain a Balance Certificate in the
Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program

April 5, 2011.

I. Introduction

    On November 5, 2010, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') proposed
rule change SR-DTC-2010-15 pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'').\1\ Notice of the proposal
was published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2010.\2\ The
Commission received two comment letters.\3\ For the reasons discussed
below, the Commission is granting approval of the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63320 (November 16,
2010), 75 FR 71473 (November 23, 2010).
    \3\ Letters from Charles V. Rossi, President, Securities
Transfer Association (December 14, 2010) and Candice Fordin,
Associate Counsel, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
(February 22, 2011).
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II. Description

    Under DTC's FAST program, transfer agents participating in FAST
(``FAST transfer agents'') hold DTC securities in the form of balance
certificates.\4\ The balance certificates are registered in the name of
DTC's nominee, Cede & Co., and evidence the record ownership by Cede &
Co. of each issue for which the FAST transfer agent acts as transfer
agent. The Balance Certificate Agreement is executed by each FAST
transfer agent and DTC and sets forth the rights and obligations of
FAST transfer agents and DTC. As additional securities are deposited or
withdrawn from DTC, the appropriate FAST transfer agent adjusts the
denomination of the balance certificate and electronically confirms
theses changes with DTC.
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    \4\ FAST reduces the movement of certificates between DTC and
transfer agents, thereby reducing the costs and risks associated
with the creation, movement, and storing of certificates. For a
description of DTC's current rules relating to FAST, see Securities
Exchange Act Release Nos. 34-13342 (March 8, 1977) (File No. SR-DTC-
76-3); 34-14997 (July 26, 1978) (File No. Sr-DTC-78-11); 34-21401
(October 16, 1984) (File No. SR DTC-84-8); 34-31941 (March 3, 1993)
(SR-DTC-92-15); and 34-46956 (December 2, 2002) (File No. SR-DTC
2002-15). In addition, see Securities Exchange Act Release No. 34-
60196 (June 30, 2009) 74 FR 33496 (File No. SR-DTC-2006-16).
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    Because transfer agents electronically confirm with DTC the
adjustments to the denomination of the balance certificates and
balances with DTC on a daily basis the number of shares represented by
the balance certificate, some FAST transfer agents requested that DTC
remove the requirement that they custody a balance certificate. As a
result, DTC has proposed to remove the requirement that FAST transfer
agents maintain a balance certificate for only those securities whose
issuers are ``participating'' in the direct registration system
(``DRS'').\5\
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    \5\ DRS allows registered owners to hold their assets on the
records of the transfer agent in book-entry form rather than in
certificated form and provides investors with an alternate approach
to holding their securities either in certificated form or in
``street'' name. Securities on deposit at DTC are considered ``DRS
eligible'' if the issuer's by-laws permit the issuance of book entry
shares and the CUSIP number has been designated as FAST eligible by
DTC. ``Participating in DRS'' means that the issuer and its transfer
agent have complied with DTC's requirements to participate in the
DRS program and actually allow investors to hold shares in DRS.
Issuers that participate in DRS have acknowledged that the use of
electronic registration of securities is a valid method to evidence
ownership of their issued securities.
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    Accordingly, pursuant to the rule change being approved by this
Order, DTC will remove the requirement that FAST transfer agents
maintain a balance certificate for those exchange listed issues that
are DRS eligible and that are participating in DRS. However, DTC will
continue to reserve its rights to draw down from the FAST balance and
to receive in lieu of a DRS position a certificate registered in DTC's
nominee name of Cede & Co. and reflecting any number of shares up to
and including the total amount of shares due DTC from the FAST transfer
agents.

III. Comment Letters

    The Commission received two comment letters, one from the
Securities Transfer Association (``STA'') raising several concerns
about the filing and the other from DTC responding to the STA's
comments.\6\ While the STA strongly supports DTC's proposed rule to
eliminate the requirement for FAST agents to maintain a balance
certificate for issues participating in DRS, the STA believes the
requirement to maintain a balance certificate should also be eliminated
for those issues eligible for DRS but not participating. The STA
reasons that DRS eligible issues can be electronically reflected on the
transfer agent's records and can still be moved electronically through
a Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian transaction (``DWAC'').\7\ The STA
also noted that the proposed requirement that reserves the right for
DTC to request a certificate may be problematic for those issuers that
do not issue certificates.
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    \6\ Supra note 3.
    \7\ Through DTC's DWAC service, participants are permitted to
make deposits and withdrawals directly with a transfer agent for an
issue evidenced by a balance certificate registered in the name of
Cede & Co. and held for DTC by a transfer agent. Issues eligible
under DTC's Fast Automated Securities Transfer (``FAST'') are
eligible for DTC's DWAC service. For more information about the DWAC
service, see Securities Exchange Act Release No. 30283 (January 23,
1992), 57 FR 3658 (January 30, 1992) (SR-DTC-91-16).
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    DTC's comment letter responded to both concerns raised by the STA.
First, DTC contended that companies that have issued securities that
are fully eligible and participating in DRS have authorized the use of
a statement to evidence ownership. Without this authorization by the
issuer, DTC argues, there is no ability to get an electronic statement
from the issuer's transfer agent and therefore no inherent approval of
statement form as a valid evidence of ownership.\8\
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    \8\ In addition to the requirement that an issue be eligible and
participating in DRS, DTC's proposed rule change also requires that
issue be exchange traded. The STA did not raise any concerns in its
comment letter regarding this aspect of the proposal. Nonetheless,
DTC stated in its comment letter that by waiving the requirement to
maintain a balance certificate for only those issues that are listed
on an exchange, DTC is able to rely on the due diligence of the
exchange to provide a level of issuer transparency that DTC might
not otherwise be able to attain.
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    Second, with regards to the provision of DTC's proposal reserving
the right for DTC to request a certificate, DTC maintained that
currently all issuers eligible and participating in DRS are required to
maintain and provide DTC upon request a FAST balance certificate. DTC
stated that it cannot anticipate every situation that may arise where
it is in DTC's best interest to certificate the FAST balance but there
are times when obtaining a certificate is necessary, such as when the
issuer's transfer agent or the issuer itself no longer meets the
criteria to be in the FAST program.

IV. Discussion

    Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act requires, among other things, that
the rules of a clearing agency be designed to assure the safeguarding
of securities and funds which are in the custody or control of the
clearing agency or for which it is responsible.\9\ The Commission finds
that DTC's proposed rule change is consistent with its obligations
under the Exchange Act because it should allow DTC to reduce the costs
and risks associated with the creation, storage, transfer, and

replacement of physical certificates, specifically in this case the
balance certificates, which should in turn allow DTC to better
safeguard the securities which are in its custody or control or for
which it is responsible.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    While the Commission understands the STA would like to further
promote dematerialization by eliminating the need for FAST agents
acting for issues that are eligible but not participating in DRS to
maintain a balance certificate, we agree with DTC that at this time
allowing only those issues where the issuer has expressly provided that
statements are evidence of ownership to eliminate maintaining the
balance certificate better safeguards the securities being custodied by
the FAST agent on DTC's behalf. Furthermore, the proposed rule change
may encourage those issuers that have made their securities eligible
but are not participating in DRS to participate in DRS, which would
further facilitate the STA's goal of reducing the use of physical
certificates.
    With regards to the STA's concern that requiring issuers or their
transfer agents to provide a balance certificate upon request, the
proposed rule change does not change DTC's current requirements
relating to certificating FAST balance positions and therefore should
not present any new issues for issuers or FAST transfer agents. DTC was
simply making clear in the proposed rule change that it is continuing
to reserve the right to request such a certificate.
    Accordingly, for the reasons stated above the Commission believes
that the proposed rule change is consistent with DTC's obligation under
Section 17A of the Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.\10\
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    \10\ In approving this proposal, the Commission has considered
its impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15
U.S.C. 78c(f).
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IV. Conclusion

    On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission finds that the
proposed rule change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and
in particular with the requirements of Section 17A of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,
that the proposed rule change (File No. SR-DTC-2010-15) be and hereby
is approved.

    For the Commission by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\11\
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    \11\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Cathy H. Ahn,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Federal Register: March 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 56)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

March 17, 2010.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER99-2416-000.
    Applicants: El Paso Electric Company.
    Description: El Paso Electric Company submits its absence of
market-based rate authority outside its balancing authority area and
outside of the southern New Mexico area.
    Filed Date: 03/08/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100315-0082.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 29, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER00-3562-014; ER02-1367-009; ER06-753-007.
    Applicants: Calpine Energy Services, L.P.; Calpine Oneta Power, LP;
CPN Pryor Funding Corporation.
    Description: Updated market power analysis of Calpine Corporation.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0209.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 17, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER01-1527-000; ER01-1529-000.
    Applicants: Sierra Pacific Power Company; Nevada Power Company.
    Description: NV Energy submits updated market power study for the
Southwest region.
    Filed Date: 03/08/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100315-0086.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 07, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-343-001.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits a revised
interconnection service agreement.
    Filed Date: 03/15/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100316-0209.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 05, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-508-001.
    Applicants: Nevada Power Company.
    Description: Nevada Power Company submits compliance filing
revising Paragraphs 2 and 4 in Appendix C of its Interconnection
Agreement with El Dorado Energy, LLC.
    Filed Date: 03/15/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100316-0210.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 05, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-735-001.
    Applicants: S.J. Energy Partners, Inc.
    Description: S.J. Energy Partners, Inc submits revised Petition for
Acceptance of Initial Tariff, Waivers Authorization.
    Filed Date: 03/15/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100315-0154.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 05, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-716-001.
    Applicants: Algonquin Power Windsor Locks LLC.
    Description: Algonquin Power Windsor Locks LLC submits supplement
to its application for Order accepting rates for filing and granting
waivers and blanket approvals filed 2/5/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0212.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-881-000.
    Applicants: Reliable Power, LLC.
    Description: Reliable Power, LLC submits application for
authorization to make wholesale sales of energy, et al.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100316-0211.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-893-000
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits revised tariff sheets
of the PJM Open Access Transmission Tariff and Amended and Restated
Operating Agreement.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0204.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-894-000.
    Applicants: RRI Energy Solutions East, LLC.
    Description: RRI Energy Solutions East, LLC submits its Notice of
Cancellation of its market-based rate tariff designated as Rate
Schedule FERC No 1 Second Revised Volume 1 etc.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0201.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-895-000.
    Applicants: The Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: The Detroit Edison Company submits a Notice of
Cancellation respecting the Power Supply Agreement with the City of
Detroit, Michigan dated 10/23/91 as amended FERC Electric Tariff,
Original Volume 4 etc.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0202.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-896-000.
    Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
    Description: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC submits a Network
Integration Transmission Service Agreements for Network Integration
Transmission Service with Town of Highlands, NC.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0203.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-897-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits revised pages to its
Open Access Transmission Tariff intended to implement rate changes for
Mid- Kansas, which is a transmission owner and pricing zone under the
SPP Tariff.
    Filed Date: 03/16/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-0210.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 06, 2010.

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

    Docket Numbers: ES10-30-000.
    Applicants: Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company.
    Description: Application of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric
Company for Authority to Issue Short-Term Debt.
    Filed Date: 03/17/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100317-5024.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 07, 2010.

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

    Docket Numbers: RR10-8-000.
    Applicants: North American Electric Reliability Corp.
    Description: Petition of the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation for Approval of Amendments to Rules of Procedure Regarding
Compliance and Certification Committee Program and for Approval of
Amended CCC Charter.
    Filed Date: 03/15/2010.
    Accession Number: 20100315-5238.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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	UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

	WASHINGTON, D.C.  20460

OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES

	August 15, 2006

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:	Review of Triflumizole Incident Reports

		DP Barcode D336039, Chemical #128879

FROM:	Monica Hawkins, M.P.H., Environmental Health Scientist

		Chemistry and Exposure Branch

		Health Effects Division (7509P)

		Hans Allender, Ph.D., Statistician

		Chemistry and Exposure Branch

		Health Effects Division (7509P)

THRU:	David J. Miller, Chief

		Chemistry and Exposure Branch

		Health Effects Division (7509P)

TO:		Kennan Garvey

		Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P)

BACKGROUND

	The following data bases have been consulted for the poisoning incident
data on the active ingredient Triflumizole (128879):

1)  OPP Incident Data System (IDS) - reports of incidents from various
sources, including registrants, other federal and state health and
environmental agencies and individual consumers, submitted to OPP since
1992.  Reports submitted to the Incident Data System represent anecdotal
reports or allegations only, unless otherwise stated.  Typically no
conclusions can be drawn implicating the pesticide as a cause of any of
the reported health effects.  Nevertheless, sometimes with enough cases
and/or documentation risk mitigation measures may be suggested.

2)  Poison Control Centers - as the result of a data purchase by EPA,
OPP received Poison Control Center data covering the years 1993 through
2003 for all pesticides.  Most of the national Poison Control Centers
(PCCs) participate in a national data collection system, the Toxic
Exposure Surveillance System which obtains data from about 65-70 centers
at hospitals and universities.  PCCs provide telephone consultation for
individuals and health care providers on suspected poisonings, involving
drugs, household products, pesticides, etc.

3)  California Department of Pesticide Regulation  - California has
collected uniform data on suspected pesticide poisonings since 1982.
Physicians are required, by statute, to report to their local health
officer all occurrences of illness suspected of being related to
exposure to pesticides.  The majority of the incidents involve workers.
Information on exposure (worker activity), type of illness (systemic,
eye, skin, eye/skin and respiratory), likelihood of a causal
relationship, and number of days off work and in the hospital are
provided.

4)  National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) - NPIC is a toll-free
information service supported by OPP.  A ranking of the top 200 active
ingredients for which telephone calls were received during calendar
years 1984-1991, inclusive has been prepared.  The total number of calls
was tabulated for the categories human incidents, animal incidents,
calls for information, and others.

5) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health’s Sentinel
Event Notification System for Occupational Risks (NIOSH SENSOR) performs
standardized surveillance in nine states from 1998 through 2003.  States
included in this reporting system are Arizona, California, Florida,
Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.  Reporting
varies from state to state because of the differing degrees of
cooperation from different sources of reporting (e.g., workers
compensation, Poison Control Centers, emergency departments and
hospitals, enforcement investigations, private physicians, etc.).
Therefore, these reports should not be characterized as estimating the
total magnitude of poisoning.  The focus is on occupationally-related
cases not residential or other non-occupational exposures.   However,
the information collected on each case is standardized and categorized
according to the certainty of the information collected and the severity
of the case.

TRIFLUMIZOLE REVIEW

I. Incident Data System

	There were no reports for triflumizole in the Incident Data System.

II. Poison Control Center Data - 1993 through 2003

	There were no reports located in the Poison Control Center records from
1993 through 2003 involving triflumizole.

III.  NIOSH SENSOR

	Out of 5,899 reported cases from 1998 to 2003, only one case was
reported in 2003. The exposed individual was a male applicator in the
state of Washington that came into contact with the pesticide and
reported contact dermatitis.

IV. Conclusion

	There was only 1 report of an ill effect from exposure to triflumizole
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP22-26-000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Scoping Period Requesting
Comments on Environmental Issues for the Proposed Des Moines A-Line
Capacity Replacement Project

    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an environmental document, that will discuss
the environmental impacts of the Des Moines A-line Capacity Replacement
Project (Project) involving abandonment, construction and operation of
facilities by Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) in Boone, Dallas,
and Polk Counties, Iowa. The Commission will use this environmental
document in its decision-making process to determine whether the
Project is in the public interest.
    This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the
Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested
agencies regarding the Project. As part of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) review process, the Commission takes into account
concerns the public may have about proposals and the environmental
impacts that could result from its action whenever it considers the
issuance of an authorization. This gathering of public input is
referred to as ``scoping.'' The main goal of the scoping process is to
focus the analysis in the environmental document on the important
environmental issues. Additional information about the Commission's
NEPA process is described below in the NEPA Process and Environmental
Document section of this notice.
    By this notice, the Commission requests public comments on the
scope of issues to address in the environmental document. To ensure
that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your
comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 11, 2022. Comments may be
submitted in written form. Further details on how to submit comments
are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice.
    Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects,
reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental
impacts. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what
issues they need to evaluate in the environmental document. Commission
staff will consider all written comments during the preparation of the
environmental document.
    If you submitted comments on this project to the Commission before
the opening of this docket on December 3, 2022, you will need to file
those comments in Docket No. CP22-26-000 to ensure they are considered
as part of this proceeding.
    This notice is being sent to the Commission's current environmental
mailing list for this Project. State and local government
representatives should notify their constituents of this proposed
project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern.
    If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. The company
would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable easement agreement. You
are not required to enter into an agreement. However, if the Commission
approves the project, the Natural Gas Act conveys the right of eminent
domain to the company. Therefore, if you and the company do not reach
an easement agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation
proceedings in court. In such instances, compensation would be
determined by a judge in accordance with state law. The Commission does
not subsequently grant, exercise, or oversee the exercise of that
eminent domain authority. The courts have exclusive authority to handle
eminent domain cases; the Commission has no jurisdiction over these
matters.
    Northern provided landowners with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ``An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I
Need To Know?'' which addresses typically asked questions, including
the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's
proceedings. This fact sheet along with other landowner topics of
interest are available for viewing on the FERC website (www.ferc.gov)
under the Natural Gas Questions or Landowner Topics link.

Public Participation

    There are three methods you can use to submit your comments to the
Commission. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your
comments are properly recorded. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected].

    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment
feature, which is located on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov)
under the link to FERC Online. Using eComment is an easy method for
submitting brief, text-only comments on a project;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically by using the
eFiling feature, which is located on the Commission's website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. With eFiling, you can
provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account
by clicking on ``eRegister.'' You will be asked to select the type
of filing you are making; a comment on a particular project is
considered a ``Comment on a Filing''; or
    (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them
to the Commission. Be sure to reference the Project docket number
(CP22-26-000) on your letter. 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.

    Additionally, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which makes it easy to stay informed of all issuances and
submittals regarding the dockets/projects to which you subscribe. These
instant email notifications are the fastest way to receive notification
and provide a link to the document files which can reduce the amount of
time you spend researching proceedings. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription.

Summary of the Proposed Project

    Northern proposes to abandon about 29.6 miles of its 16-inch-
diameter Des Moines A-line, and install about a 9.1-mile-long extension
of its 20-inch-diameter Des Moines C-line, in Boone, Dallas, and Polk
Counties, Iowa.
    The general location of the Project facilities is shown in appendix
1.\1\
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    \1\ The appendices referenced in this notice will not appear in
the Federal Register. Copies of the appendices were sent to all
those receiving this notice in the mail and are available at
www.ferc.gov using the link called ``eLibrary''. For instructions on
connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. At
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact
FERC at [email protected] or call toll free,<PHONE_NUMBER>
or TTY<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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Land Requirements for Construction

    Construction of the proposed facilities would disturb at total of
about 216 acres of land. Following construction, Northern would
maintain about 48 acres for permanent operation of the Project's
facilities; the remaining acreage would be restored. The entire new C-
Line pipeline segments would parallel the existing A and B Lines.

NEPA Process and the Environmental Document

    Any environmental document issued by the Commission will discuss
impacts that could occur as a result of the abandonment, and
construction and operation of the proposed Project under the relevant
general resource areas:

 Geology and soils;
 water resources and wetlands;
 vegetation and wildlife;
 threatened and endangered species;
 cultural resources;
 land use and recreation;
 environmental justice;
 air quality and noise; and
 reliability and safety.
    Commission staff will also evaluate reasonable alternatives to the
proposed Project or portions of the Project and make recommendations on
how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Your
comments will help Commission staff identify and focus on the issues
that might have an effect on the human environment and potentially
eliminate others from further study and discussion in the environmental
document.
    Following this scoping period, Commission staff will determine
whether to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) or an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS). The EA or the EIS will present Commission
staff's independent analysis of the issues. If Commission staff
prepares an EA, a Notice of Schedule for the Preparation of an
Environmental Assessment will be issued. The EA may be issued for an
allotted public comment period. The Commission would consider timely
comments on the EA before making its decision regarding the proposed
project. If Commission staff prepares an EIS, a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an EIS/Notice of Schedule will be issued, which will open up an
additional comment period. Staff will then prepare a draft EIS which
will be issued for public comment. Commission staff will consider all
timely comments received during the comment period on the draft EIS and
revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. Any EA
or draft and final EIS will be available in electronic format in the
public record through eLibrary \2\ and the Commission's natural gas
environmental documents web page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environment/environmental-documents). If eSubscribed, you
will receive instant email notification when the environmental document
is issued.
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    With this notice, the Commission is asking agencies with
jurisdiction by law and/or special expertise with respect to the
environmental issues of this project to formally cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental document.\3\ Agencies that would like
to request cooperating agency status should follow the instructions for
filing comments provided under the Public Participation section of this
notice.
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    \3\ The Council on Environmental Quality regulations addressing
cooperating agency responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal
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Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act

    In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's
implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, the Commission is using this notice to initiate
consultation with the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, and to
solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested
Indian tribes, and the public on the project's potential effects on
historic properties.\4\ The environmental document for this project
will document findings on the impacts on historic properties and
summarize the status of consultations under section 106.
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    \4\ The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's regulations
are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those
regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or
historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in
or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic
Places.
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Environmental Mailing List

    The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest groups; potentially interested Indian
tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers.
This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the
Commission's regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors,
whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own
homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone
who submits comments on the project and includes a mailing address with
their comments. Commission staff will update the environmental mailing
list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that Commission notices related
to this environmental review are sent to all individuals,
organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially
affected by the proposed project.
    If you need to make changes to your name/address, or if you would
like to remove your name from the mailing list, please complete one of
the following steps:
    (1) Send an email to [email protected] stating your
request. You must include the docket number CP22-26-000 in your
request. If you are requesting a change to your address, please be sure
to include your name and the correct address. If you are requesting to
delete your address from the mailing list, please include your name and
address as it appeared on this notice. This email address is unable to
accept comments.
    OR
    (2) Return the attached ``Mailing List Update Form'' (appendix 2).

Additional Information

    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number
in the ``Docket Number'' field. Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at [email protected] or<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    Public sessions or site visits will be posted on the Commission's
calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events along with
other related information.

    Dated: February 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-03095 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2870-2871]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00824]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]

Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory
Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical
Devices Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on March 15 and 16, 2016,
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Location: Holiday Inn Gaithersburg, Ballroom, Two Montgomery
Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20879. The hotel telephone number is
301-948-8900.
    Contact Person: Dimitrus Culbreath, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, rm. 3610, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002,<PHONE_NUMBER>,
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or FDA Advisory Committee Information
Line, 1-800-741-8138<PHONE_NUMBER> in the Washington, DC area). A
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that
impact a previously

announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the
Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm
and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or
call the advisory committee information line to learn about possible
modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On March 15, 2016, the committee will discuss, make
recommendations, and vote on information related to the premarket
approval application for the Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold
(BVS) System sponsored by Abbott Vascular. The Absorb GT1 BVS System is
a temporary scaffold that will fully resorb over time and is indicated
for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with ischemic heart
disease due to de novo native coronary artery lesions (length <= 24
millimeters (mm)) with a reference vessel diameter of >= 2.5 mm and <=
3.75 mm.
    On March 16, 2016, the committee will discuss, make
recommendations, and vote on information related to the premarket
approval application for the AngelMed Guardian System sponsored by
Angel Medical Systems, Inc. The AngelMed Guardian System is an
implantable cardiac monitor intended to alert patients to ST segment
shifts indicating coronary ischemia. The AngelMed Guardian System is
intended for use in patients with prior acute coronary syndrome events,
and at risk for recurrent events, to ST segment changes indicating
cardiac ischemia.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the
background material will be made publicly available at the location of
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting
link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before
March 1, 2016. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled on
March 15 and 16, 2016, between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Those
individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should
notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general
nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and
addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the
approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before
February 22, 2016. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited.
If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing
session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the
scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify
interested persons regarding their request to speak by February 24,
2016.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised
that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with
disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please
contact Artair Mallett at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>301-796-9638, at
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-00824 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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Summary of FMC Site Visit

Site:	FMC, Chemical R&D Center

	Princeton, NJ

Date: 		October 21, 2003

Purpose:	To learn about the generation and management of RCRA hazardous waste in research laboratories outside of colleges and universities

Attendees:

U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste

Kristin Fitzgerald

Gail Cooper

Anna Tschursin

Kristina Meson

Lisa Lauer

James O’Leary

FMC Staff

Tom Harvst, Environmental Engineer

SOCMA Staff

Jeff Gunnulfsen

To begin the site visit, staff from FMC presented general overview information about the Chemical R&D Center.  It is composed of approximately 80 labs, with approximately 300 employees.

We discussed the hazardous waste generation and management practices at the R&D Center.  FMC staff listed a number of challenges that the site faces with regard to RCRA regulations.

FMC indicated that the turnover of their research staff is lower than at colleges and universities.

We visited several laboratories within the R&D Center.


      MEMORANDUM

      DATE:07/31/2015
      FROM: 		Laura Farris/EPA Region 8
      TO:CLEAN Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602
      SUBJECT:	Club 20 Meeting on 07/31/2015

      SUMMARY:
      Shaun McGrath delivered a presentation at the Club 20 Meeting on 07/31/2015 on the Clean Power Plan. The meeting was held in Lake City, Colorado. The Clean Power Plan was proposed on June 2, 2014.

      ATTENDEES:

EPA
      Shaun McGrath, EPA Region 8

      External Stakeholders
	General public (Club 20 Meeting attendees)