[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41851-41852]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on Surplus Property Land
Swap and Release at the Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, United
States Virgin Islands

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is being given that the FAA is considering a request
from the Virgin Islands Port Authority to release and exchange 0.822
acres of airport property with the University of the Virgin Islands.
The current Port Authority parcel is isolated from the rest of airport
property and currently houses a shopping center. The property will be
exchanged for a parcel adjacent to the general aviation area and allow
aeronautical development.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 12, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be mailed or delivered in
triplicate to the FAA to the following address: Atlanta Airports
District Office Attn: Joseph Robinson, Airport Planner, 1701 Columiba
Ave., Suite 220, College Park, GA 30337.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be
mailed or delivered to the Virgin Islands Port Authority, Attn: Ms.
Catherine Hendry, 8074 Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, VI 00802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Robinson, Airport Planner,

Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Ave., Suite 220,
College Park, Georgia 30337-2747,<PHONE_NUMBER>. The application may be
reviewed in person at this same location.

    Issued in Atlanta, Georgia on July 7, 2022.
Joseph Parks Preston,
Assistant Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office, Southern Region.
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[Notices]
[Pages 76763-76766]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-63428; File No. SR-EDGX-2010-18]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend
EDGX Rule 11.9 To Offer Anti-Internalization Qualifier (``AIQ'')
Functionality to Exchange Users

December 3, 2010.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on November 30, 2010, EDGX Exchange, Inc. (the ``Exchange'' or the
``EDGX'') filed with the Securities and Exchange

Commission (the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described
in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the
Exchange. The Exchange has designated the proposed rule change as
constituting a ``non-controversial'' rule change under paragraph (f)(6)
of Rule 19b-4 under the Act.\3\ The Commission is publishing this
notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested
persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to offer Anti-Internalization Qualifier
(``AIQ'') functionality to Exchange Users pursuant to proposed Rule
11.9(f). The text of the proposed rule change is available on the
Exchange's Web site at http://www.directedge.com, at the Exchange's
principal office, at the Public Reference Room of the Commission, and
the Commission's Web site.\4\
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II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

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

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and the
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Exchange proposes to offer Anti-Internalization Qualifier
(``AIQ'') functionality to Exchange Users pursuant to proposed Rule
11.9(f).
Background
    The proposed AIQ modifiers are designed to prevent two orders with
the same Unique Identifier (as defined below) from executing against
each other. The Exchange proposes to offer five AIQ modifiers that will
be implemented and can be set at the market participant identifier
(``MPID''), the Exchange Member identifier or the Anti-Internalization
Group identifier level \5\ (any such identifier, a ``Unique
Identifier'').\6\ With one exception, described below, the AIQ modifier
on the incoming order controls the interaction between two orders
marked with AIQ modifiers from the same Unique Identifier. The five AIQ
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    \5\ The Anti-Internalization Group identifier is a unique two
character ID that an Exchange Member selects.
    \6\ Any Exchange Member that has an MPID issued by FINRA is
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AIQ Cancel Newest (``CN'')
    An incoming order marked with the CN modifier will not execute
against opposite side resting interest marked with any AIQ modifier
originating from the same Unique Identifier. The incoming order marked
with the CN modifier will be cancelled back to the originating User.
The resting order marked with an AIQ modifier, which otherwise would
have interacted with the incoming order from the same Unique
Identifier, will remain on the EDGX book (``Book'').
AIQ Cancel Oldest (``CO'')
    An incoming order marked with the CO modifier will not execute
against opposite side resting interest marked with any AIQ modifier
originating from the same Unique Identifier. The resting order marked
with the AIQ modifier, which otherwise would have interacted with the
incoming order by the same Unique Identifier, will be cancelled back to
the originating User. The incoming order marked with the CO modifier
will remain on the Book.
AIQ Decrement and Cancel (``DC'')
    An incoming order marked with the DC modifier will not execute
against opposite side resting interest marked with any AIQ modifier
originating from the same Unique Identifier. If both orders are
equivalent in size, both orders will be cancelled back to the
originating User. If the orders are not equivalent in size, the smaller
order will be cancelled back to the originating User and the larger
order will be decremented by the size of the smaller order, with the
balance remaining on the Book.
AIQ Cancel Both (``CB'')
    An incoming order marked with the CB modifier will not execute
against opposite side resting interest marked with any AIQ modifier
originating from the same Unique Identifier. The entire size of both
orders will be cancelled back to the originating User.
AIQ Cancel Smallest (``CS'')
    An incoming order marked with the CS modifier will not execute
against opposite side resting interest marked with any AIQ modifier
originating from the same Unique Identifier. If both orders are
equivalent in size, both orders will be cancelled back to the
originating User. If the orders are not equivalent in size, the smaller
of the two orders will be cancelled back to the originating User and
the larger order will remain on the Book.
Additional Discussion
    AIQ modifiers are intended to prevent interaction between the same
Unique Identifier. AIQ modifiers must be present on both the buy and
the sell order in order to prevent a trade from occurring and to effect
a cancel instruction. AIQ modifiers are available for orders entered in
either an agency or principal capacity. An incoming AIQ order cannot
cancel through resting orders that have price and/or time priority.
When an order with an AIQ modifier is entered it will first interact
with all available interest in accordance with the execution process
described in Exchange Rules 11.8 and 11.9. If there is a remaining
balance on the order after trading with all orders with higher
priority, it may then interact with an opposite side AIQ order in
accordance with the rules established above. Incoming AIQ orders that
are priced through the price of a resting AIQ order may cancel the
resting order as long as no other non-AIQ orders have priority.
    The Exchange believes that adding this functionality will allow
Exchange Users to better manage order flow and prevent undesirable
executions with themselves or the potential for (or the appearance of)
``wash sales'' that may occur as a result of the velocity of trading in
today's high speed marketplace. Many Exchange Users have multiple
connections into the Exchange due to capacity and speed related
demands. Orders routed by the same User via different connections may,
in certain circumstances, trade against each other. The new AIQ
modifiers provide Users the opportunity to prevent these potentially
undesirable trades occurring under the same Unique Identifier on both
the buy and sell side of the execution. The Exchange also believes that
this functionality will allow firms to better internalize agency order
flow which in turn may decrease the costs to its customers. The
Exchange notes that the AIQ modifiers do not alleviate, or otherwise
exempt, broker-dealers from their best execution obligations. As such,
broker-dealers

using the AIQ modifiers will be obligated to internally cross agency
orders at the same price, or a better price than they would have
received had the orders been executed on the Exchange. Additionally,
the AIQ modifiers will assist market participants in complying with
certain rules and regulations of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act (``ERISA'') that preclude and/or limit managing broker-
dealers of such accounts from trading as principal with orders
generated for those accounts. Finally, the Exchange notes that offering
the AIQ modifiers will streamline certain regulatory functions by
reducing false positive results that may occur on Exchange generated
wash trading surveillance reports when orders are executed under the
same Unique Identifier. For these reasons, the Exchange believes the
AIQ modifiers offer users enhanced order processing functionality that
may prevent potentially undesirable executions without negatively
impacting broker-dealer best execution obligations.
2. Statutory Basis
    The rule change proposed in this submission is consistent with the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Act''), and
the rules and regulations thereunder that are applicable to a national
securities exchange, and, in particular, with the requirements of
Section 6(b) \7\ of the Act. Specifically, the proposed change is
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) \8\ of the Act, because it is designed
to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote
just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and
coordination with persons engaged in facilitating transactions in
securities, and to remove impediments to, and perfect the mechanism of,
a free and open market and a national market system. Specifically, the
AIQ functionality allows firms to better manage order flow and prevent
undesirable executions against themselves, and the proposed change
described herein enhances the choices available to such firms in how
they do so.
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The proposed rule change does not impose any burden on competition
that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of
the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit,
comments on this proposed rule change. The Exchange has not received
any unsolicited written comments from members or other interested
parties.

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

    Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not significantly
affect the protection of investors or the public interest, does not
impose any significant burden on competition, and, by its terms, does
not become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed,
or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become
effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \9\ and Rule 19b-
4(f)(6) thereunder.\10\
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \10\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)(iii)
requires the self-regulatory organization to submit to the
Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule
change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule
change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing of
the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the
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    The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day
pre-operative delay so that the Exchange may immediately offer Exchange
users the ability to better manage order flow and prevent undesirable
executions with themselves or the potential for or the appearance of
wash sales that may occur as a result of the velocity of trading in
today's high speed marketplace. The Commission notes that the proposal
is based on similar rules of other exchanges \11\ and believes that
waiver of the operative delay is consistent with the protection of
investors and the public interest. Therefore, the Commission designates
the proposal operative upon filing.\12\
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    \11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60182 (June 26,
2009), 74 FR 32014 (July 6, 2009) (SR-NASDAQ-2009-057); Securities
Exchange Act Release No. 60191 (June 30, 2009) (SR-NYSEArca-2009-
058); Securities Exchange Act Release No. 60266 (July 9, 2009), 74
FR 34380 (July 15, 2009) (SR-BATS-2009-022); Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 62102 (May 13, 2010), 75 FR 28670 (May 21, 2010) (SR-
BATS-2010-011).
    \12\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has considered the proposed rule's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C.
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    At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

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

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml or
     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include
File Number SR-EDGX-2010-18 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGX-2010-18. This file
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-EDGX-2010-18 and should be
submitted on or before December 30, 2010.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP11-11-000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization

October 26, 2010.
    Take notice that on October 18, 2010, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(El Paso), Post Office Box 1087, Colorado Springs, CO, 80944, filed a
prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205(b) and 157.208(f) of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA) and El Paso's blanket certificates issued in
Docket Nos. CP82-435-000 and CP88-433-000. El Paso proposes to decrease
the certificated Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (MAOP) of two
1.16 mile, 30 inch outer-diameter segments of pipe located in Mohave
County, Arizona. Specifically, El Paso requests authorization to
decrease the certificated MAOP of each 1.16 mile segment of Line from
California Line to Topock (Line No. 1104) and 1st Loop Line from
California Line to Topock (Line No. 1112) from 845 psig to 809 psig. El
Paso states the decrease in MAOP is due to a class location change from
Class I to Class II under the Department of Transportation regulations.
El Paso also states no service will be abandoned and all current
contractual obligations will be met, all as more fully set forth in the
application, which is on file with the Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the Web at http://
www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC at  or call toll-free, (866)
208-3676 or TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to
Susan C. Stires, Post Box Office 1087, Colorado Springs, CO 80944,
telephone no.<PHONE_NUMBER>, facsimile no.<PHONE_NUMBER>, and e-mail:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Any person may, within 60 days after the issuance of the instant
notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's
Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene or notice of
intervention. Any person filing to intervene or the Commission's staff
may, pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission's Regulations under
the NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to the request. If no protest
is filed within the time allowed therefore, the proposed activity shall
be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for
protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after
the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests, and interventions via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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          EPA R3 Meeting with PA's Storage Tank Advisory Committee
                               December 6, 2011

EPA Region 3 met with PA's Storage Tank Advisory Committee in Harrisburg, PA.  Claudette Reed of EPA gave an overview of the 16 proposed changes using the 8-page Comparison document which is available on EPA's website at www.epa.gov/oust

EPA showed a short powerpoint presentation on the proposal, and how and when to comment, and handed out a copy of the 8-page comparison document from EPA OUST's website.  EPA also handed out screen shots of the OUST web page housing the proposed regs and related links and the regulations.gov page.

In attendance were about 30 people including:

    EPA Region 3
    County Commissioners Assoc
    Assoc of Township Supervisors
    Assoc. Petroleum Industries of PA
    PA Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Stores Assoc
    PA Environmental Council
    A law firm
    A hydrogeologist
    An engineering firm
    A commercial farm Owner/Operator
    PADEP from the UST & LUST programs

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[Notices]
[Pages 29127-29128]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

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

    Docket Numbers: EG13-33-000.
    Applicants: Solar Star California XIX, LLC.
    Description: Self-Certification of EWG Status of Solar Star
California XIX, LLC.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5024.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: EG13-34-000.
    Applicants: Solar Star California XX, LLC.
    Description: Self-Certification of EWG Status of Solar Star
California XX, LLC.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5025.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

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

    Docket Numbers: ER12-2498-001; ER12-2499-001.
    Applicants: Alpaugh 50, LLC, Alpaugh North, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change in Status of Alpaugh 50, LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5080.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1021-001.
    Applicants: Mesquite Solar 1, LLC.
    Description: Mesquite Solar 1, LLC Compliance Filing to be
effective 2/28/2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5075.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1077-001.
    Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, New York Independent
System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Revised LGIA 1970 between National Grid and Indeck-
Yerkes to be effective 12/26/2012.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5050.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1459-005.
    Applicants: FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.
    Description: Revised Affiliate Sales MBR Power Sales Tariff to be
effective 6/1/2013.
    Filed Date: 5/8/13.
    Accession Number: 20130508-5118.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1440-000.
    Applicants: Electricity MASS, LLC.
    Description: Electricity MASS, LLC FERC Tariff to be effective 5/9/
2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5000.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1441-000.
    Applicants: Solar Star California XIX, LLC.
    Description: Application for MBR Authority to be effective 7/8/
2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5032.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1442-000.
    Applicants: Solar Star California XX, LLC.
    Description: Application for MBR Authority to be effective 7/8/
2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5033.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1443-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Original Service Agreement No. 3528; Queue No. X3-041
to be effective 4/19/2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5051.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    Docket Numbers: ER13-1444-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: 05-09-2013 SA 1637 ITC & High Prairie Wind Amend GIA
to be effective 5/10/2013.
    Filed Date: 5/9/13.
    Accession Number: 20130509-5068.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/13.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: May 9, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, IC09-65B-001]

Commission Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Submitted for OMB Review

January 15, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information
collections described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review of these information collection requirements. Any
interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should
address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below.
The Commission received no comments in response to earlier Federal
Register notices \1\ and has made this notation in its submissions to
OMB.
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    \1\ Notices for: FERC-65 (in Docket No. IC09-65), October 16,
2008, 73 FR 61414; FERC-65A (in Docket No. IC09-65A), October 15,
2008, 73 FR 61103; and FERC-65B (in Docket No. IC09-65B), October
16, 2008, 73 FR 61415.

DATES: Comments on the collections of information are due by February
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19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collections of information to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed
electronically, c/o<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and include the
appropriate OMB Control Number(s) (1902-0218 for FERC-65, 1902-0216 for
FERC-65A, and 1902-0217 for FERC-65B) as a point of reference. The Desk
Officer may be reached by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission and should refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001,
IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001. Comments may be filed either
electronically or in paper format. Those persons filing electronically
do not need to make a paper filing. Documents filed electronically via
the Internet must be prepared in an acceptable filing format and in
compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission submission
guidelines. Complete filing instructions and acceptable filing formats
are available at http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/electronic-
media.asp. To file the document electronically, access the Commission's
Web site and click on Documents & Filing, E-Filing (http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp), and then follow the instructions
for each screen. First time users will have to establish a user name
and password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to
the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of comments.
    For paper filings, an original and 2 copies of the comments should
be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of
the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, and should
refer to Docket Nos. IC09-65-001, IC09-65A-001, and IC09-65B-001.
    All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the
Internet through FERC's homepage using the ``eLibrary'' link. For user
assistance, contact<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll-free at (866)
208-3676 or for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, by fax at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and by e-mail at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    FERC-65. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65 ``Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB No. 1902-0218) is
used by the Commission to implement the statutory provisions of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (PUHCA 2005). Among other
things, PUHCA 2005 was intended to give the Commission access to books
and records relevant to costs incurred by a public utility or natural
gas company which are necessary or appropriate for the protection of
utility customers with respect to jurisdictional rates. For the
Commission to carry out its rate regulation responsibilities, it must
know who the entities are that are holding companies of jurisdictional
public utilities and natural gas companies. The Commission obtains this
information through the FERC-65 filings.
    The FERC-65 is a one-time informational filing set out in the
Commission's regulations (18 CFR 366.4) that must be submitted within
30 days of becoming a holding company. The information is required in
no specific format and consists of the identities of: the holding
company, the public utilities and natural gas companies in the holding
company system, the service companies, including special-purpose
subsidiaries providing non-power goods and services, and all affiliates
and subsidiaries and their corporate relationship to each other.
Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission's eFiling system.
    FERC-65A. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65A ``Exemption Notification of Holding Company Status'' (OMB No. 1902-
0216) is also used by the Commission to implement the statutory
provisions of PUHCA 2005. The Commission has allowed for an exemption
if the books, accounts, memoranda, and other records of any person are
not relevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural
gas company; or if any class of transactions is not relevant to the
jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company.
Commission regulations in 18 CFR 366.3 describe the criteria in more
specificity, and 18 CFR 366.4 designates the use of FERC-65A for
exemption requests. Filings may be submitted in hardcopy or
electronically through the Commission's Web site.
    FERC-65B. The information collected under the requirements of FERC-
65B ``Waiver Notification'' (OMB No. 1902-0217) is also used by the
Commission to implement the statutory provisions of PUHCA 2005. (This
intention was made clear in Section 1264 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005, 42 U.S.C. 16452.) However, in 18 CFR 366.3(c), the Commission has
allowed for waivers from related requirements for any holding company
with respect to one or more of the following: (1) Single-state holding
company systems; (2) holding companies that own generating facilities
that total 100 MW or less in size, and are used fundamentally for their
own load or for sales to affiliated end-users; or (3) investors in
independent transmission-only companies.
    Entities meeting these criteria may file a FERC-65B pursuant to the
notification procedures contained in 18 CFR 366.4 to obtain a waiver.
Filings may be made in hardcopy or electronically through the
Commission's Web site.
    Action: The Commission is requesting three-year extensions of the
current expiration dates, with no changes to the existing collections
of data.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for these collections are
estimated as:

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                                             Number of         Number of      Average burden
          FERC Data collection              respondents      responses per       hours per        Total annual
                                             annually         respondent         response         burden hours
                                                      (1)               (2)               (3)        (1)x(2)x(3)
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FERC-65 (Notification).................                30                 1                 3                 90
FERC-65A (Exemption)...................                10                 1                 1                 10
FERC-65B (Waiver)......................                10                 1                 1                 10
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    Estimated costs to respondents are:
    1. For FERC-65, $5,468. [90 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $5,468.54]. The average cost per
respondent is $182.28.
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    \2\ Number of hours an employee works each year.
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    2. For FERC-65A, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per
respondent is $60.76.
    3. For FERC-65B, $607.62. [10 hours divided by 2080 hours \2\ per
year, times $126,384 \3\ equals $607.62]. The average cost per
respondent is $60.76.
    The reporting burden includes the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
the information including: (1) Reviewing instructions; (2) developing,
acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information; (3) adjusting the existing ways
to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(4) training personnel to respond to a collection of information; (5)
searching data sources; (6) completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and (7) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the
information.
    The estimate of cost for respondents is based upon salaries for
professional and clerical support, as well as direct and indirect
overhead costs. Direct costs include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as administrative costs and the cost
for information technology. Indirect or overhead costs are costs
incurred by an organization in support of its mission. These costs
apply to activities which benefit the whole organization rather than
any one particular function or activity.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Commission, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the
burden of the proposed collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information
on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E9-1470 Filed 1-23-09; 8:45 am]

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