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[Notices]
[Pages 12579-12580]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9641-4]

Notification of a Public Meeting of the Chartered Science
Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Chartered
SAB to conduct quality reviews of a draft report on the President's
requested FY 2013 budget for EPA research and a draft report on science
integration at EPA; to plan for a joint meeting of the SAB and Office
of Research and Development's (ORD's) Board of Scientific Counselors
(BOSC); to receive a briefing on ORD and sustainability science; and to
discuss the scientific and technical bases for four proposed agency
actions.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2012 from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, March 23, 2012 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(Eastern Daylight Time).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Washington Plaza Hotel, 10
Thomas Circle NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the meeting may contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax
(202)<PHONE_NUMBER>; or email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>General

information concerning the SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDAA),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C.,
App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA and
EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a public
meeting to discuss and deliberate on the topics below.

Draft Report on the President's Requested FY 2013 Research Budget for
EPA

    The chartered SAB will conduct a quality review of an SAB draft
report on the President's requested FY 2013 EPA research budget.
Information about this advisory activity can be found on the Web at:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Science%20Integration?OpenDocument.

Draft SAB Report on Science Integration at EPA

    The chartered SAB will conduct a quality review of a draft report
providing recommendations to strengthen science integration for EPA's
environmental decisions. Information about this advisory activity can
be found on the Web at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/Science%20Integration?OpenDocument.

ORD Research: Future Strategic Directions and Current Sustainability
Research

    The SAB and ORD's BOSC provided a joint report to the Administrator
in October 2012 entitled Office of Research and Development (ORD) New
Strategic Research Directions: A Joint Report of the Science Advisory
Board (SAB) and ORD Board of Scientific Councilors (BOSC) EPA-SAB-12-
001. The SAB will discuss plans for a follow up joint meeting with the
BOSC to provide additional advice on ORD strategic research directions.
The SAB will also receive a briefing on recent ORD activities
responding to the National Academy of Science report Sustainability and
the U.S. EPA.

Discussion of the Scientific and Technical Bases for Four Proposed
Agency Actions

    EPA has recently underscored the need to routinely inform the SAB
about proposed Agency actions that have a scientific or technical
basis. Recently, EPA's Office of Air and Radiation has informed the SAB
about several proposed regulations [Commercial and Industrial Solid
Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units: Reconsideration and Proposed
Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste (76
FR 80452-80530); National Emission Standards for HAPs for Area Sources:
Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers (76 FR 80532-805520;
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major
Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process
Heaters (76 FR 80598-80672); and EPA and DOT's Proposed Light-duty GHG
and CAFE Vehicle Standard (76 FR 74854-75420)]. The SAB will discuss
the proposed regulations to determine whether there are any scientific
or technical issues that may merit future SAB attention.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other
materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at http://epa.gov/sab.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Federal advisory committees
and panels, including scientific advisory committees, provide
independent advice to EPA. Members of the public can submit relevant
comments pertaining to EPA's charge, meeting materials, or the group
providing advice. Input from the public to the SAB will have the most
impact if it provides specific scientific or technical information or
analysis for the SAB to consider or if it relates to the clarity or
accuracy of the technical information. Members of the public wishing to
provide comment should contact the DFO directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an
oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes.
Persons interested in providing oral statements at the March 22-23,
2012 meeting should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, in writing
(preferably via email) at the contact information noted above.
    Written Statements: Written statements for the March 22-23, 2012
meeting should be received in the SAB Staff Office by no later than
March 16, 2012, so that the information may be made available to the
SAB for its consideration prior to this meeting. Written statements
should be supplied to the DFO in the following formats: One hard copy
with original signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable
file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or
Rich Text files in IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are
asked to provide electronic versions of each document submitted with
and without signatures, because the SAB Staff Office does not publish
documents with signatures on its Web sites.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at the phone
number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days prior
to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your
request.

    Dated: February 24, 2012.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL16-50-000]

Percheron Power, LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on March 25, 2016, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2015), Percheron Power,
LLC (Percheron), filed a petition for a declaratory order requesting
that the Commission find that it has jurisdiction to authorize small
conduit hydroelectric projects of five megawatts or less within the
Columbia Basin Project (CBP), and specifically at five incidental
features within CBP for which preliminary permits previously had been
granted for the PEC 1973 Drop Hydroelectric Project (expired Permit No.
14316); the Scooteney Inlet Drop Project (expired Permit No. 14318);
Scooteney Outlet Hydroelectric Project (surrendered Permit No. 14317);
16.4 Wasteway Hydroelectric Project (expired Permit No. 14349); and 46A
Wasteway Hydroelectric Project (expired Permit No. 14351), all as more
fully explained in the petition.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date.
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of
that document on the Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an
original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription''
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive 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>.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on April 25, 2016.

    Dated: March 30, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0027]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

    In accordance with Part 211 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the public notice that by a document
dated March 23, 2015, the Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Company
(INPR) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a
waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad
safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 223, Safety Glazing
Standards--Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses. FRA assigned the
petition Docket Number FRA-2015-0027.
    INPR seeks a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 223.15, Requirements
for existing passenger cars, which requires certified sidefacing
glazing for three self-propelled rail diesel cars. INPR plans to use
these cars only for excursion purposes at speeds not exceeding 20 mph,
and in primarily rural areas extending between Horseshoe Bend and
Cascade, ID. The cars are currently equipped with shatter resistant
safety glass.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations
Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party
desires an opportunity for oral comment, they should notify FRA, in
writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for
their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be

submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by June 8, 2015 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the document,
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 30746; Amdt. No. 3393]

Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and
Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard
Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums
and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports.
These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or
revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National
Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational
facilities, adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements.
These changes are designed to provide safe and efficient use of the
navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under
instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATES: This rule is effective September 30, 2010. The compliance date
for each SIAP, associated Takeoff Minimums, and ODP is specified in the
amendatory provisions.
    The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in
the regulations is approved by the Director

of the Federal Register as of September 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matter incorporated by reference in the
amendment is as follows:
    For Examination--
    1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected
airport is located;
    3. The National Flight Procedures Office, 6500 South MacArthur
Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169, or
    4. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_
federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.
    Availability--All SIAPs are available online free of charge. Visit
http://nfdc.faa.gov to register. Additionally, individual SIAP and
Takeoff Minimums and ODP copies may be obtained from:
    1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building,
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected
airport is located.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry J. Hodges, Flight Procedure
Standards Branch (AFS-420) Flight Technologies and Programs Division,
Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma
City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125)
telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule amends Title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 97 (14 CFR part 97) by amending the referenced SIAPs.
The complete regulatory description of each SIAP is listed on the
appropriate FAA Form 8260, as modified by the National Flight Data
Center (FDC)/Permanent Notice to Airmen (P-NOTAM), and is incorporated
by reference in the amendment under 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and
Sec.  97.20 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    The large number of SIAPs, their complex nature, and the need for a
special format make their verbatim publication in the Federal Register
expensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use the regulatory
text of the SIAPs, but refer to their graphic depiction on charts
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the
complete description of each SIAP contained in FAA form documents is
unnecessary. This amendment provides the affected CFR sections and
specifies the types of SIAP and the corresponding effective dates. This
amendment also identifies the airport and its location, the procedure
and the amendment number.

The Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR part 97 is effective upon publication of
each separate SIAP as amended in the transmittal. For safety and
timeliness of change considerations, this amendment incorporates only
specific changes contained for each SIAP as modified by FDC/P-NOTAMs.
    The SIAPs, as modified by FDC P-NOTAM, and contained in this
amendment are based on the criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for
Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS). In developing these changes to
SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were applied only to specific conditions
existing at the affected airports. All SIAP amendments in this rule
have been previously issued by the FAA in a FDC NOTAM as an emergency
action of immediate flight safety relating directly to published
aeronautical charts. The circumstances which created the need for all
these SIAP amendments requires making them effective in less than 30
days.
    Because of the close and immediate relationship between these SIAPs
and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public procedure
before adopting these SIAPs are impracticable and contrary to the
public interest and, where applicable, that good cause exists for
making these SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

Conclusion

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT
regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979);
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

    Air Traffic Control, Airports, Incorporation by reference, and
Navigation (Air).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2010.
John M. Allen,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

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Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, Title 14, Code
of Federal regulations, Part 97, 14 CFR part 97, is amended by amending
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, effective at 0901 UTC on the
dates specified, as follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

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

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120,
44502, 44514, 44701, 44719, 44721-44722.

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2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    By amending: Sec.  97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or
TACAN; Sec.  97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec.
97.27 NDB, NDB/DME; Sec.  97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV;
Sec.  97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec.  97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec.  97.35 COPTER
SIAPs, identified as follows:

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  AIRAC date      State          City             Airport       FDC No.    FDC date            Subject
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21-Oct-10.....  KY         LOUISVILLE......  LOUISVILLE INTL-     0/8285     9/7/10  THIS NOTAM, PUBLISHED IN TL
                                              STANDIFORD                              10-21, IS HEREBY RESCINDED
                                              FIELD.                                  IN ITS ENTIRETY.

21-Oct-10.....  CA         HALF MOON BAY...  HALF MOON BAY...     0/0656     9/7/10  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 30, ORIG.
21-Oct-10.....  CA         HALF MOON BAY...  HALF MOON BAY...     0/0657     9/7/10  RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 12, ORIG.
21-Oct-10.....  CA         HALF MOON BAY...  HALF MOON BAY...     0/0658     9/7/10  RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 12, ORIG.
21-Oct-10.....  CA         HALF MOON BAY...  HALF MOON BAY...     0/0659     9/7/10  RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 30, ORIG.
21-Oct-10.....  RI         BLOCK ISLAND....  BLOCK ISLAND         0/0748     9/7/10  RNAV (GPS) RWY 10, ORIG-A.
                                              STATE.
21-Oct-10.....  RI         BLOCK ISLAND....  BLOCK ISLAND         0/0752     9/7/10  VOR/DME RWY 10, AMDT 5A.
                                              STATE.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         RICHMOND........  RICHMOND INTL...     0/0805     9/7/10  VOR RWY 25, AMDT 16A.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         RICHMOND........  RICHMOND INTL...     0/0806     9/7/10  VOR RWY 20, AMDT 1A.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         RICHMOND........  RICHMOND INTL...     0/0807     9/7/10  VOR RWY 16, AMDT 27A.
21-Oct-10.....  GA         GRIFFIN.........  GRIFFIN-SPALDING     0/2036     9/7/10  GPS RWY 14, ORIG-A.
                                              COUNTY.
21-Oct-10.....  GA         GRIFFIN.........  GRIFFIN-SPALDING     0/2037     9/7/10  GPS RWY 32, ORIG-A.
                                              COUNTY.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         FREDERICKSBURG..  SHANNON.........     0/2537     9/7/10  GPS RWY 24, ORIG-B.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         FREDERICKSBURG..  SHANNON.........     0/2539     9/7/10  NDB RWY 24, AMDT 2B.
21-Oct-10.....  AL         TALLADEGA.......  TALLADEGA MUNI..     0/3032     9/7/10  VOR/DME RWY 3, AMDT 5.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         SALUDA..........  HUMMEL FIELD....     0/4180    9/14/10  GPS RWY 1, ORIG-A.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         CHASE CITY......  CHASE CITY MUNI.     0/4228    9/14/10  RNAV (GPS) RWY 18, ORIG.
21-Oct-10.....  VA         CHASE CITY......  CHASE CITY MUNI.     0/4229    9/14/10  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36, ORIG-A.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5055     9/7/10  VOR/DME RWY 33L, AMDT 2C.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5057     9/7/10  VOR/DME RWY 27, AMDT 2B.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5058     9/7/10  VOR/DME RWY 15R, AMDT 2A.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5088     9/7/10  ILS RWY 22L, AMDT 7.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5089     9/7/10  VOR/DME OR GPS A, ORIG-A.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  MA         BOSTON..........  GEN EDWARD           0/5092     9/7/10  ILS RWY 27, AMDT 2.
                                              LAWRENCE LOGAN
                                              INTL.
21-Oct-10.....  FL         TAMPA...........  TAMPA INTL......     0/8288    9/13/10  RNAV (GPS) RWY 36L, AMDT 1.
21-Oct-10.....  CA         HAYWARD.........  HAYWARD              0/8839     9/7/10  LOC/DME RWY 28L, AMDT 1B.
                                              EXECUTIVE.
21-Oct-10.....  CA         HAYWARD.........  HAYWARD              0/8843     9/7/10  VOR/DME OR GPS B, AMDT 1C.
                                              EXECUTIVE.
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