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1Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report Filing 

Process, Order No. 770, 77 FR 71288 (Nov. 30, 

2012), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,338 (2012). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice Announcing Filing Priority for 

Preliminary Permit Applications 

Lock+ Hydro 

Friends Fund 

XXX, LLC.

Project No. 13625–003 

FFP Project 121, 

LLC.

Project No. 14504–000 

On August 21, 2013, the Commission 

held a drawing to determine priority 

between competing preliminary permit 

applications with identical filing times. 

In the event that the Commission 

concludes that neither of the applicants’ 

plans is better adapted than the other to 

develop, conserve, and utilize in the 

public interest the water resources of 

the region at issue, the priority 

established by this drawing will serve as 

the tiebreaker. Based on the drawing, 

the order of priority is as follows: 

1. FFP Project 121, LLC Project No. 

14504–000 

2. Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC

Project No. 13625–003 

Dated: August 22, 2013. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21057 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM12–3–000] 

Revisions to Electric Quarterly Report 

Filing Process; Notice of Extended 

Availability of Sandbox Electronic Test 

Site 

Take notice that the opportunity to 

use the Sandbox Electronic Test Site 

(ETS) has been extended until 

September 15, 2013. The ETS including 

a web interface and direct XML 

submission is available on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr.asp. 

Instructions are also available within 

the ETS. 

Order No. 770 1 revised the method 

for making Electric Quarterly Report 

(EQR) filings. The ETS will be ended on 

September 15 so that the system may be 

finalized and put into production for 

filing beginning on October 1, 2013. 

Staff encourages users to create test 

accounts and submit simulated filings 

as often as possible while the sandbox 

is available. Staff invites users to email 

comments and questions concerning the 

ETS to eqr@ferc.gov. Please include 

‘‘Sandbox Electronic Test Site’’ in the 

subject line of any such emails. 

Further, market participants are 

encouraged to sign up for the 

Commission’s EQR RSS feed at http://

www.ferc.gov/xml/eqr.xml to ensure 

timely receipt of new and additional 

information concerning the filing of 

EQRs. Such information often will not 

be conveyed through notices such as 

this one. 

Dated: August 23, 2013. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21107 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9900–42–ORD: Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0620] 

Notice of Workshop and Call for 

Information on Integrated Science 

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen 

and Oxides of Sulfur 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; call for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA Office of 

Research and Development’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) is preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the 

review of the secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) 

and oxides of sulfur (SOX). This ISA is 

intended to update the scientific 

assessment presented in the Integrated 

Science Assessment for Oxides of 

Nitrogen and Sulfur—Ecological Criteria 

(EPA 600/R–08/082F), published in 

December 2008. Interested parties are 

invited to assist the EPA in developing 

and refining the scientific information 

base for the review of the secondary 

NOX and SOX NAAQS by submitting 

research studies that have been 

published, accepted for publication, or 

presented at a public scientific meeting. 

The EPA is also announcing that a 

workshop entitled ‘‘Workshop to 

Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to 

Inform EPA’s Review of the Secondary 

NOX and SOX NAAQS’’ is being 

organized by NCEA and the EPA Office 

of Air and Radiation’s Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS). The workshop will be held 

October 1 to 3, 2013, in Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina. The 

workshop will be open to attendance by 

interested public observers on a firstcome, first-served basis up to the limits 

of available space. 

DATES: The workshop will be held 

October 1 to 3, 2013. All 

communications and information 

submitted in response to notice of the 

workshop should be received by EPA by 

September 27, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. 

An EPA contractor, ICF International, is 

providing logistical support for the 

workshop. Please register by going to 

https://sites.google.com/site/

soxnoxkickoffworkshop/. The preregistration deadline is September 27, 

2013. Please direct questions regarding 

workshop registration or logistics to 

Courtney Skuce at EPA_NAAQS_

Workshop@icfi.com or by phone at (919) 

293–1660. For specific questions 

regarding technical aspects of the 

workshop see the section of this notice 

entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Information in response to the call for 

information may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 

by hand delivery/courier. Please follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

the section of this notice entitled 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

details on the period for submission of 

research information from the public, 

contact the Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Docket; telephone: 

202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566– 

9744; or email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Tara 

Greaver, Ph.D., NCEA, telephone: (919) 

541–5762; facsimile: (919) 541–2435; or 

email: greaver.tara@epa.gov or Ginger 

Tennant, OAQPS, telephone: (919) 541– 

4072 or email: tennant.ginger@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to issue ‘‘air 

quality criteria’’ for certain air 

pollutants. These air quality criteria are 

to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare, which may be 

expected from the presence of such 

pollutant in the ambient air. . . .’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish NAAQS for each 

pollutant for which EPA has issued 

criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 


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1More information on the NAAQS review process 

is provided at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/. 

subsequently requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of existing 

air quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health and 

welfare. EPA is also to revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

NOX and SOX are two of six ‘‘criteria’’ 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an ISA. The ISA, 

along with additional technical and 

policy assessments conducted by 

OAQPS, form the basis for EPA 

decisions on the adequacy of existing 

NAAQS and the appropriateness of new 

or revised standards. 

At the start of a NAAQS review, EPA 

issues an announcement of the review 

and notes the initiation of the 

development of the ISA. At that time, 

EPA also issues a request that the public 

submit scientific literature that they 

want to bring to the attention of the 

Agency for consideration in the review 

process. The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC), an 

independent scientific advisory 

committee mandated by the Clean Air 

Act, conducts independent expert 

scientific review of EPA’s draft ISAs. As 

the process proceeds, the public will 

have opportunities to review and 

comment on draft NOX and SOX ISAs. 

These opportunities will also be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

For the review of the NOX and SOX

NAAQS being initiated by this notice, 

the Agency is interested in obtaining 

additional new information on how gasphase and deposition of these pollutants 

affects all ecosystem types in the US. 

Studies of particular interest are those 

evaluating the effects of exposure to gasphase or deposition of NOX and SOX on 

laboratory plants and/or animals, field 

studies on ecosystem structure and/or 

function, including but not limited to 

studies on biogeochemistry, 

biodiversity, population and/or 

community structure. Deposition of 

NOX and SOX contribute to deposition 

of total nitrogen (N) and total sulfur (S) 

categories. General ecological effects 

due to deposition are ecosystem 

acidification (N + S deposition), 

nutrient enrichment (N deposition), 

eutrophication (N deposition) and sulfur 

induced mercury methylation 

(S deposition). EPA also seeks recent 

information in other areas of NOX and 

SOX research such as chemistry and 

physics, sources and emissions, 

analytical methodology, transport and 

transformation in the environment, and 

ambient concentrations in addition to 

information on reduced N and organic 

N to understand how NOX contributes 

to total N loading. This and other 

selected literature relevant to a review 

of the NAAQS for NOX and SOX will be 

assessed in the forthcoming NOX and 

SOX ISA. 

As part of this review of the NOX and 

SOX NAAQS, EPA intends to sponsor a 

workshop on October 1 to 3, 2013, to 

inform the planning for EPA’s review of 

the secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS 

for NOX and SOX. Consistent with the 

NAAQS review process,1 the workshop 

will provide an opportunity to highlight 

key policy-relevant science issues 

around which EPA would structure the 

review. In workshop discussions, EPA 

and experts from other organizations 

will be expected to highlight significant 

new and emerging NOX and SOX

research and make recommendations to 

the Agency regarding the design and 

scope of this review. The goal of the 

workshop is to ensure that this review 

focuses on the key policy-relevant 

issues and considers the most 

meaningful new science to inform our 

understanding of these issues. 

Workshop discussions will provide 

important input as EPA considers the 

appropriate design and scope of major 

elements of the review that will inform 

the Agency’s policy assessment. These 

elements include an integrated review 

plan (IRP) highlighting the key policyrelevant issues; an integrated science 

assessment; and a risk and exposure 

assessment. We intend that workshop 

discussions will build upon three prior 

assessments or events (please see 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/

standards/no2so2sec/cr.html to obtain a 

copy of these and other related 

documents): 

1. Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Nitrogen Dioxide; 

Final Rule (40 CFR Part 50 [EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–1145], April 3, 2012). The 

preamble to the final rule included 

detailed discussions of policy-relevant 

issues central to the last review. 

2. Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur— 

Ecological Criteria (EPA 600/R–08/082F, 

December 2008). 

3. Risk and Exposure Assessment to 

Support the Review of the NO2 Primary 

National Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(EPA 452/R–09/008a, September 2009). 

Based in large part on the input 

received during this workshop, EPA 

will develop a draft IRP that will outline 

the schedule, process, and approaches 

for evaluating the relevant scientific 

information, assessing risks to the 

environment and addressing the key 

policy-relevant issues. The CASAC will 

be asked to review the draft integrated 

review plan, and the public will have 

the opportunity to comment on it as 

well. The final integrated review plan 

will be used as a framework to guide the 

review. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0620 by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding Federal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. If you provide comments 

by mail or hand delivery, please submit 

three copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0620. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 


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you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: August 21, 2013. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21025 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2013–13] 

Filing Dates for the Louisiana Special 

Elections in the 5th Congressional 

District 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of filing dates for special 

election. 

SUMMARY: Louisiana has scheduled a 

Special General Election on October 19, 

2013, to fill the U.S. House of 

Representatives seat vacated by 

Representative Rodney Alexander. 

Under Louisiana law, a majority winner 

in an open special election is declared 

elected. Should no candidate achieve a 

majority vote, a Special Runoff Election 

will be held on November 16, 2013, 

between the top two vote-getters. 

Committees participating in the 

Louisiana special elections are required 

to file pre-and post-election reports. 

Filing dates for these reports are affected 

by whether one or two elections are 

held. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information 

Division, 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100; 

Toll Free (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Principal Campaign Committees 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates who participate in the 

Louisiana Special General and Special 

Runoff Elections shall file a 12-day PreGeneral Report on October 7, 2013; a 

Pre-Runoff Report on November 4, 2013; 

and a Post-Runoff Report on December 

16, 2013. (See chart below for the 

closing date for each report). 

If only one election is held, all 

principal campaign committees of 

candidates in the Special General 

Election shall file a 12-day Pre-General 

Report on October 7, 2013; and a PostGeneral Report on November 18, 2013. 

(See chart below for the closing date for 

each report). 

Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a semiannual basis in 2013 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

Louisiana Special General or Special 

Runoff Elections by the close of books 

for the applicable report(s). (See charts 

below for the closing date for each 

report.) 

Committees filing monthly that make 

contributions or expenditures in 

connection with the Louisiana Special 

General or Runoff Elections will 

continue to file according to the 

monthly reporting schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the Louisiana Special 

Elections may be found on the FEC Web 

site at http://www.fec.gov/info/ 

report_dates.shtml. 

Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling 

Activity 

Principal campaign committees, party 

committees and Leadership PACs that 

are otherwise required to file reports in 

connection with the special elections 

must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L 

if they receive two or more bundled 

contributions from lobbyists/registrants 

or lobbyist/registrant PACs that 

aggregate in excess of $17,100 during 

the special election reporting periods 

(see charts below for closing date of 

each period). 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v) and 

(b). 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR LOUISIANA SPECIAL ELECTION

Report Close of books 1

Reg./cert. & 

overnight 

mailing 

deadline 

Filing 

deadline 

IF ONLY ONE ELECTION IS HELD, QUARTERLY FILING COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL GENERAL (10/19/13) MUST FILE: 

Pre-General ............................................................................................................... 09/29/13 10/04/13 10/07/13 

October Quarterly ...................................................................................................... .............................. 2 ..............................

Post-General .............................................................................................................. 11/08/13 11/18/13 11/18/13 

Year-End .................................................................................................................... 12/31/13 01/31/14 01/31/14 

IF ONLY ONE ELECTION IS HELD, SEMI-ANNUAL FILING COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL GENERAL (10/19/13) MUST FILE: 

Pre-General ............................................................................................................... 09/29/13 10/04/13 10/07/13 

Post-General .............................................................................................................. 11/08/13 11/18/13 11/18/13 

Year-End .................................................................................................................... 12/31/13 01/31/14 01/31/14 

IF TWO ELECTIONS ARE HELD, QUARTERLY FILING COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN ONLY THE SPECIAL GENERAL (10/19/13) MUST 

FILE: 


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