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foot-high, 120-foot-long brick arched 

tailrace conduits discharging into the 

second level canal; (5) an 800-foot-long, 

4.8-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) 

appurtenant facilities. The project is 

estimated to generate 4,710,000 

kilowatt-hours annually. 

The existing Holyoke Number 3 

project consists of: (1) A 52-foot-3-inch 

long by 14-foot-high intake trash rack 

covering an opening in the second level 

canal fed by the Holyoke Canal System 

(licensed under FERC Project No. 2004); 

(2) two 11-foot-high by 11-foot-wide 

headgates; (3) two 85-foot-long, 93- 

square-foot in cross section low pressure 

brick penstocks; (4) a 42-foot-long by 34- 

foot-wide by 28-foot-high reinforced 

concrete powerhouse with one 450- 

kilowatt turbine generator unit; (5) a 

29.7-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 118-footlong open tailrace discharging into the 

third level canal; and, (6) 4.8-kilovolt 

generator leads that connect directly to 

the 4.8-kilovolt area distribution system; 

and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 

project is estimated to generate 

2,119,000 kilowatt-hours annually. 

m. A copy of the applications are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 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 

Online Support. Copies are also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In 

determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline for 

the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. 

Dated: December 2, 2016. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9956–43–OARM] 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board; Membership 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

membership of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Performance Review 

Board for 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen D. Higginbotham, Director, 

Executive Resources Division, 3606A, 

Office of Human Resources, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

(202) 564–7287. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4314(c)(1) through (5) of Title 5, U.S.C., 

requires each agency to establish in 

accordance with regulations prescribed 

by the Office of Personnel Management, 

one or more SES performance review 

boards. This board shall review and 

evaluate the initial appraisal of a senior 

executive’s performance by the 

supervisor, along with any 

recommendations to the appointment 

authority relative to the performance of 

the senior executive. 

Members of the 2016 EPA 

Performance Review Board are: 

John Armstead, Director, Land and 

Chemicals Division, Region 3 

Beverly Banister, Director, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, Region 4 

Sheryl Bilbrey, Director, Office of 

Environmental Cleanup, Region 10 

Jerry Blancato, Director, Office of 

Science Information Management, 

Office of Research and Development 

David Bloom, Deputy Chief Financial 

Officer, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer 

Rebecca Clark, Deputy Director, Office 

of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 

Office of Water 

Sam Coleman, Deputy Regional 

Administrator, Region 6 

Rafael DeLeon, Deputy Director, Office 

of Site Remediation Enforcement, 

Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance 

Lilian Dorka (Ex-Officio), Acting 

Director, Office of Civil Rights, Office 

of the Administrator 

Alfred P. Dufour, Senior Research 

Microbiologist, Office of Research and 

Development 

John Filippelli, Director, Clean Air and 

Sustainability Division, Region 2 

Karen Flournoy, Director, Water, 

Wetlands and Pesticides Division, 

Region 7 

Lynn Flowers, Associate Director for 

Health, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development 

Linda Gray (Ex-Officio), Director, Office 

of Human Resources, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

Peter Grevatt, Director, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, Office of 

Water 

Christopher Grundler, Director, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office 

of Air and Radiation 

Margaret Guerriero, Director, Land and 

Chemicals Division, Region 5 

Karen D. Higginbotham (Ex-Officio), 

Director, Executive Resources 

Division, Office of Human Resources, 

Office of Administration and 

Resources Management 

Randy Hill, Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, Office of International 

and Tribal Affairs 

Richard Keigwin, Deputy Director, 

Office of Pesticide Programs, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention 

Michael Kenyon, Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Administration and 

Resources Management, Region 1 

Kenneth Lapierre, Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Policy and 

Management, Region 4 

David Lloyd, Director, Office of 

Brownfields and Land Revitalization, 

Office of Land and Emergency 

Management 

James McDonald, Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Management, 

Region 6 

Robert McKinney, Senior Agency 

Information Security Officer, Office of 

Environmental Information 

Oscar Morales, Associate Assistant 

Administrator for Management, Office 

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of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

Prevention 

Rebecca Moser, Director, Office of 

Enterprise Information Programs, 

Office of Environmental Information 

Elise Packard, Associate General 

Counsel, Civil Rights and Finance 

Law, Office of General Counsel 

Kimberly Patrick, Director, Office of 

Acquisition Management, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

Michelle Pirzadeh, Deputy Regional 

Administrator, Region 10 

Denise Polk, Director, Office of Grants 

and Debarment, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

John Reeder, Deputy Chief of Staff, 

Office of the Administrator 

Christopher Robbins, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Research and Development 

John Showman, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management 

Carol Ann Siciliano, Associate General 

Counsel, Cross—Cutting Issues, Office 

of General Counsel 

Stefan Silzer, Controller, Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer 

Nigel Simon, Director, Office of Program 

Management, Office of Land and 

Emergency Management 

Walker Smith, Director, Office of Global 

Affairs and Policy, Office of 

International and Tribal Affairs 

Allyn Stern, Regional Counsel, Region 

10, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance 

Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional 

Administrator, Region 9 

Susan Studlien, Director, Office of 

Environmental Stewardship, Region 1 

Debra Thomas, Deputy Regional 

Administrator, Region 8 

Donna Vizian, (Ex-Officio), Principal 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, 

Office of Administration and 

Resources Management 

Jeffery Wells, Deputy Director, Office of 

Customer Advocacy, Policy and 

Portfolio Management, Office of 

Environmental Information 

Pai-Yei Whung, Senior Research 

Scientist, Office of Research and 

Development 

Anna Wood, Director, Air Quality 

Policy Division, Office of Air and 

Radiation 

Christopher Zarba, Director, Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office, Office of 

the Administrator 

Dated: November 29, 2016. 

Donna J. Vizian, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, 

Office of Administration and Resources 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9956–34–Region 2] 

Proposed CERCLA Section 122(h) Cost 

Recovery Settlement for the Columbia 

Smelting and Refining Works Site, 

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 

U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region II, of a 

proposed cost recovery settlement 

agreement pursuant to Section 122(h) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), with the 

City of New York (the ‘‘Settling Party’’) 

for the Columbia Smelting and Refining 

Works Site (‘‘Site’’) in Brooklyn, Kings 

County, New York. The Site is a 

‘‘facility’’ as defined by Section 101(9) 

of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601(9). 

The Site is composed of (1) Red Hook 

Recreation Area Ball Field Numbers 5, 

6, 7, and 8 (‘‘Ball Fields 5–8’’); (2) areas 

surrounding Ball Fields 5–8 where grass 

is planted (referred to as ‘‘Planting 

Strips’’); (3) Red Hook Recreation Area 

Ball Field Number 9 (‘‘Ball Field 9’’); (4) 

the Ball Field 9 Planting Strips; (5) the 

sidewalks bordering the Ball Fields 5– 

8 Planting Strips and the Ball Field 9 

Planting Strips; and (6) any other areas 

that have been impacted by the historic 

operations of the former Columbia 

Smelting and Refining Works facility. 

Ball Fields 5–8 and the Ball Fields 5– 

8 Planting Strips, collectively, comprise 

approximately 4.17 acres and are 

located on Block 581, Lot 1 of the Tax 

Map of Kings County, New York, 

bordered on the north by Lorraine 

Street, on the east by Henry Street, on 

the south by Bay Street, and on the west 

by Hicks Street. Ball Field 9 and the Ball 

Field 9 Planting Strips, collectively, 

comprise approximately 3.4 acres and 

are bordered on the north by Bay Street, 

on the east by Soccer Field #2, on the 

south by Halleck Street, and on the west 

by a track surrounding Soccer Field #3, 

located generally in the vicinity of Block 

614, Lot 300 and Block 602, Lot 1 of the 

Tax Map of Kings County, New York. 

Settling Party is the current owner of the 

Site. 

The Settling Party agrees to pay EPA 

$395,105.40 in reimbursement of past 

response costs related to the 

performance of work performed by EPA 

at the Site. 

The settlement includes a covenant by 

EPA not to sue or to take administrative 

action against the Settling Party 

pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 

42 U.S.C. 9607(a), with regard to the 

response costs related to work 

performed at the Site. For thirty (30) 

days following the date of publication of 

this notice, EPA will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement. 

EPA will consider all comments 

received and may modify or withdraw 

its consent to the settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that the 

proposed settlement is inappropriate, 

improper, or inadequate. EPA’s 

response to any comments received will 

be available for public inspection at 

EPA Region II, 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at EPA 

Region II offices at 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. Comments 

should reference the Columbia Smelting 

and Refining Works Site, Index No. 

CERCLA–02–2016–2018. To request a 

copy of the proposed settlement 

agreement, please contact the EPA 

employee identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Praschak, Assistant Regional 

Counsel, New York/Caribbean 

Superfund Branch, Office of Regional 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 290 Broadway—17th Floor, 

New York, New York 10007–1866. 

Email: praschak.andrew@epa.gov. 

Telephone: 212–637–3172. 

Dated: November 21, 2016. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Emergency and Remedial Response 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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