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III. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, the EPA is 

proposing to amend regulatory text that 

includes incorporation by reference. 

The EPA is proposing to remove R18– 

2–715(F)(2) and (H) as described in 

Table 1 of this preamble from the 

Arizona State Implementation Plan, 

which is incorporated by reference in 

accordance with the requirements of 1 

CFR part 51. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. Accordingly, this 

proposed action merely proposes to 

approve state law as meeting federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

and 

• Does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address 

disproportionate human health or 

environmental effects with practical, 

appropriate, and legally permissible 

methods under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where the EPA or 

an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur dioxide. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: February 18, 2021. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03753 Filed 3–2–21; 8:45 am] 

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47 CFR Parts 1 and 63 

[IB Docket No. 16–155; DA 20–1545; FRS 

17408] 

International Bureau Seeks Comment 

on Standard Questions for Applicants 

Whose Applications Will Be Referred 

to the Executive Branch for Review 

Due to Foreign Ownership 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rules. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

International Bureau seeks comment on 

a set of standardized national security 

and law enforcement questions 

(Standard Questions) that proponents of 

certain applications and petitions 

involving reportable foreign ownership 

will be required to answer as part of the 

application review process and whose 

application and petition will be referred 

to the Executive Branch. 

DATES: Comments are due April 2, 2021. 

Reply comments are due April 19, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by IB Docket No. 16–155, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://www.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 2788 (2020), https:// 

www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-closesheadquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. 

People with Disabilities. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

In addition, filers should provide one 

copy of each filing to each of the 

following: 

(1) Arthur Lechtman, Attorney, 

Telecommunications and Analysis 

Division, International Bureau, at 

Arthur.Lechtman@fcc.gov, and 

(2) David Krech, Associate Division 

Chief, Telecommunications and 

Analysis Division, International Bureau, 

at David.Krech@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arthur Lechtman, International Bureau, 

Telecommunications and Analysis 

Division, at (202) 418–1465. For 

information regarding the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) information 

collection requirements contained in the 

PRA, contact Cathy Williams, Office of 

Managing Director, at (202) 418–2918 or 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Public Notice, DA 20– 


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1Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of 

Certain FCC Applications and Petitions Involving 

Foreign Ownership, IB Docket No. 16–155, Report 

and Order, 85 FR 76360 Nov. 27, 2020, 35 FCC Rcd 

10927 (2020) (Executive Branch Review Order); 

Erratum (Appendix B—Final Rules), 35 FCC Rcd 

13164 (OMD/IB 2020). 

1545, released on December 30, 2020. 

The full text of this document is 

available on the Federal 

Communications Commission’s website 

at https://www.fcc.gov/document/ 

standard-questions-applicationsreferred-executive-branch. 

Supplemental Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis 

As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended 

(RFA), the International Bureau has 

prepared a Supplemental Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(Supplemental IRFA) of the possible 

significant economic impact on small 

entities of the proposals addressed in 

this Public Notice to supplement the 

Federal Communications Commission’s 

(Commission) Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analyses completed in the 

Executive Branch Review Order, 85 FR 

76360 (Nov. 27, 2020). 

Synopsis 

By this Public Notice, the 

International Bureau (Bureau) seeks 

comment on a set of standardized 

national security and law enforcement 

questions (Standard Questions) that 

proponents of certain applications and 

petitions involving reportable foreign 

ownership will be required to answer as 

part of the review process. In the 

Executive Branch Review Order, 1 the 

Commission adopted rules and 

procedures to facilitate a more 

streamlined and transparent review 

process for coordinating these 

applications and petitions with the 

Executive Branch agencies (the 

Departments of Justice, Homeland 

Security, Defense, State, and Commerce, 

as well as the U.S. Trade 

Representative) for any national 

security, law enforcement, foreign 

policy, or trade policy issues. The 

Commission refers applications for 

international section 214 authorizations 

and submarine cable licenses and 

applications to assign, transfer control 

or modify such authorizations and 

licenses where the applicant has 

reportable foreign ownership, and all 

petitions for section 310(b) foreign 

ownership rulings. 

To expedite the Executive Branch 

agencies’ review of such applications 

and petitions, applicants and petitioners 

will provide responses to the Standard 

Questions directly to the Committee for 

the Assessment of Foreign Participation 

in the United States 

Telecommunications Services Sector 

(Committee) prior to or at the same time 

that they file applications or petitions 

with the Commission. The Commission 

adopted five categories of information to 

be provided by an applicant or 

petitioner: (1) Corporate structure and 

shareholder information; (2) 

relationships with foreign entities; (3) 

financial condition and circumstances; 

(4) compliance with applicable laws and 

regulations; and (5) business and 

operational information, including 

services to be provided and network 

infrastructure. The Commission directed 

the International Bureau (Bureau) to 

develop, solicit comment on, and make 

available on a publicly available website 

the Standard Questions that will elicit 

the information needed by the 

Committee within those categories of 

information. The Bureau will also 

maintain and update the Standard 

Questions, as needed. 

We seek comment on the Standard 

Questions set out in each of the 

following Appendices, which are 

identified by the type of application or 

petition. The Standard Questions are 

based upon current questionnaires used 

by the Committee to obtain information 

from applicants and petitioners. 

• Appendix A—Standard Questions 

for an International Section 214 

Authorization Application. Standard 

Questions for an international section 

214 authorization application filed 

pursuant to 47 CFR 63.18, including a 

modification of an existing 

authorization; 

• Appendix B—Standard Questions 

for an Application for an Assignment or 

Transfer of Control of an International 

Section 214 Authorization. Standard 

Questions for an assignment or transfer 

of control of an international section 

214 authorization application filed 

pursuant to 47 CFR 63.24; 

• Appendix C—Standard Questions 

for Submarine Cable Landing License 

Application. Standard Questions for a 

cable landing license application filed 

pursuant to 47 CFR 1.767 including a 

modification of an existing license; 

• Appendix D—Standard Questions 

for an Application for Assignment or 

Transfer of Control of a Submarine 

Cable Landing License. Standard 

Questions for an assignment or transfer 

of control of a cable landing license 

application filed pursuant to 47 CFR 

1.767; 

• Appendix E—Standard Questions 

for Section 310(b) Petition for 

Declaratory Ruling Involving a 

Broadcast Licensee. Standard Questions 

for a petition for declaratory ruling for 

foreign ownership in a broadcast 

licensee above the benchmark in section 

310(b)(4) of the Communications Act 

(the Act) filed pursuant to 47 CFR 

1.5000–1.5004; 

• Appendix F—Standard Questions 

for Section 310(b) Petition for 

Declaratory Ruling Involving a Common 

Carrier Wireless or Common Carrier 

Earth Station Licensee. Standard 

Questions for a petition for declaratory 

ruling for foreign ownership in a 

common carrier wireless or common 

carrier earth station licensee above the 

benchmarks in section 310(b)(3) or 

310(b)(4) of the Act filed pursuant to 47 

CFR 1.5000–1.5004; and 

• Appendix G—Personally 

Identifiable Information (PII) 

Supplement. All of the Standard 

Questions reference this supplement to 

assist the Committee in identifying PII. 

We seek comment on the questions in 

each of the Appendices. If needed, to 

help clarify the questions for applicants 

and petitioners, we ask that commenting 

parties provide specific suggested 

changes to the language of the 

questions. We seek comment on 

whether there are questions that are not 

necessary or if there are any questions 

that we should include to help expedite 

the review process. We ask parties for 

comment on the definitions of key terms 

that are used in the Appendices, such as 

‘‘corporate officers’’ and ‘‘senior-level’’ 

officers as well as ‘‘remote access’’ and 

‘‘managed services.’’ We seek comment 

on how often, and under what 

circumstances, the Bureau should 

reevaluate the Standard Questions. 

Finally, we seek comment on how long 

it would take applicants to fill out each 

questionnaire. 

After we review and consider the 

comments received on the Standard 

Questions, we will issue an Order 

addressing the comments and will seek 

approval for the Standard Questions 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act. We 

will issue a Public Notice informing the 

public of the effective date of the 

Standard Questions. Following Public 

Notice of the effective date, the 

Standard Questions will be made 

available on the Commission’s website 

and all parties filing applications or 

petitions subject to Executive Branch 

referral will be required to submit 

answers to the Standard Questions to 

the Committee prior to or at the same 

time that they file the application or 

petition with the Commission. Until 

that time, the Committee will continue 

to send its own questions to the 

applicant or petitioner upon the 

Commission’s referral of the application 

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2 5 U.S.C. 603. The RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, has 

been amended by the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104– 

121, 110 Stat. 857 (1996). 

3Executive Branch Review Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 

10990–11000, App. C. 

4See 5 U.S.C. 603(a). 

Supplemental Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980, as amended (RFA),2 we 

have prepared this Supplemental Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(Supplemental IRFA) of the possible 

significant economic impact on small 

entities of the proposals addressed in 

this Public Notice to supplement the 

Commission’s Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analyses completed in the 

Executive Branch Review Order.3

Written public comments are requested 

on this Supplemental IRFA. Comments 

must be identified as responses to the 

Supplemental IRFA and must be filed 

by the same deadline for comments 

specified on the first page of this Public 

Notice. We will send a copy of this 

Public Notice, including this 

Supplemental IRFA, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration (SBA).4

This Public Notice sets forth the 

specific proposed ‘‘Standard Questions’’ 

for applications and petitions prescribed 

by the Executive Branch Review Order. 

As noted in the Initial and Final 

Regulatory Flexibility Analyses 

associated with that proceeding, 

standardizing these questions should 

improve the timeliness and 

transparency of the Executive Branch 

review process, thereby lessening the 

burden on all applicants and 

petitioners, including small entities. 

That order specified that the Standard 

Questions should include the following 

categories of information: (1) Corporate 

structure and shareholder information; 

(2) relationships with foreign entities; 

(3) financial condition and 

circumstances; (4) compliance with 

applicable laws and regulations; and (5) 

business and operational information, 

including services to be provided and 

network infrastructure. The proposed 

Standard Questions constitute the more 

specific implementation of the 

requirements set forth in the Executive 

Branch Review Order and are fully 

consistent therewith, and as directed by 

the Commission in that order take due 

account of the sample questions 

previously made available in this docket 

and the comments provided to the 

Commission thereon. Initial and Final 

Regulatory Flexibility Analyses were 

incorporated into the Executive Branch 

Review Order and the notice of 

proposed rulemaking associated with 

that order. In this Public Notice, we 

hereby incorporate by reference the 

descriptions and estimates of the 

number of small entities, as well as the 

associated analyses, set forth therein. 

A copy of this Public Notice, 

including the Supplemental Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, shall be 

sent to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy 

of the Small Business Administration. 

Ex Parte Information 

This proceeding shall be treated as a 

‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ proceeding in 

accordance with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. Persons making ex parte 

presentations must file a copy of any 

written presentation or a memorandum 

summarizing any oral presentation 

within two business days after the 

presentation (unless a different deadline 

applicable to the Sunshine period 

applies). Persons making oral ex parte 

presentations are reminded that 

memoranda summarizing the 

presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte 

presentation was made, and (2) 

summarize all data presented and 

arguments made during the 

presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda, or other 

filings in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in his or her prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meetings are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with section 

1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. In 

proceedings governed by section 1.49(f) 

of the Commission’s rules or for which 

the Commission has made available a 

method of electronic filing, written ex 

parte presentations and memoranda 

summarizing oral ex parte 

presentations, and all attachments 

thereto, must be filed through the 

electronic comment filing system 

available for that proceeding, and must 

be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, 

.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants 

in this proceeding should familiarize 

themselves with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Troy Tanner, 

Deputy Chief, International Bureau. 

Note: The following appendices will not 

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

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[FR Doc. 2021–03410 Filed 3–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–C 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 9 

[PS Docket Nos. 20–291 and 09–14; FCC 

21–25; FRS 17515] 

911 Fee Diversion; New and Emerging 

Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 

2008 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (the FCC 

or Commission) proposes rules to 

implement the Don’t Break Up the TBand Act of 2020, which is Section 902 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021, Division FF, Title IX (Section 

902). Section 902 directs the 

Commission to issue final rules, not 

later than 180 days after the date of 

enactment of Section 902, designating 

the uses of 911 fees by states and taxing 

jurisdictions that constitute 911 fee 

diversion for purposes of certain 

sections of the United States Code, as 

amended by Section 902. The intended 

effect of this notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) is to propose rules 

that implement Section 902 and help to 

identify those uses of 911 fees by states 

and other jurisdictions that support the 

provision of 911 services. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

March 23, 2021, and reply comments 

are due on or before April 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by PS Docket Nos. 20–291 

and 09–14, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s website: https:// 

www.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Parties who choose to file by 

paper must file an original and one copy 

of each filing. If more than one docket 

or rulemaking number appears in the 

caption of this proceeding, filers must 

submit two additional copies for each 

additional docket or rulemaking 

number. Filings can be sent by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 

first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service mail. All filings must be 

addressed to the Commission’s 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Commercial overnight mail (other than 

U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and 

Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020), 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. 

People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice) or 202– 

418–0432 (TTY). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Boykin, Attorney Advisor, 

Policy and Licensing Division, Public 

Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 

(202) 418–2062, Brenda.Boykin@fcc.gov, 

or John A. Evanoff, Deputy Division 

Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau, (202) 418–0848, John.Evanoff@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 21– 

25, in PS Docket Nos. 20–291 and 09– 

14, adopted and released on February 

17, 2021. The full text of this document 

is available at https://www.fcc.gov/ 

edocs/searchresults?t=quick&fccdaNo=21-25. 

Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 Analysis 

This notice of proposed rulemaking 

may contain new or modified 

information collection(s) subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). If the Commission adopts any 

new or modified information collection 

requirements, they will be submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review under section 3507(d) 

of the PRA. OMB, the general public, 

and other Federal agencies will be 

invited to comment on the new or 

modified information collection 

requirements contained in this 

proceeding. In addition, pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, we seek specific comment on how 

we might further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 

1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated in the DATES

section above. Comments may be filed 

using the Commission’s Electronic 

Comment Filing System (ECFS). See 

Electronic Filing of Documents in 

Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 

(1998), https://transition.fcc.gov/ 

Bureaus/OGC/Orders/1998/ 

fcc98056.pdf. 

The Commission will treat this 

proceeding as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ 

proceeding in accordance with the 

Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons 

making ex parte presentations must file 

a copy of any written presentation or a 

memorandum summarizing any oral 

presentation within 2 business days 

after the presentation (unless a different 

deadline applicable to the Sunshine 

period applies). Persons making oral ex 

parte presentations are reminded that 

memoranda summarizing the 

presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte 

presentation was made, and (2) 

summarize all data presented and 

arguments made during the 

presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda, or other 

filings in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in his or her prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meetings are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with rule 

§ 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by 

rule § 1.49(f) or for which the 

Commission has made available a 

method of electronic filing, written ex 

parte presentations and memoranda 

summarizing oral ex parte 

presentations, and all attachments 

thereto, must be filed through the 

electronic comment filing system 

available for that proceeding, and must 

be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, 

.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants 

in this proceeding should familiarize 

themselves with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. 


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