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Applicants: Battery Utility of Ohio, 

LLC. 

Description: Notice of Change in 

Status of Battery Utility of Ohio, LLC. 

Filed Date: 6/20/18. 

Accession Number: 20180620–5118. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER17–469–002. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Midwest Energy Formula Rate Revisions 

Compliance Filing to be effective 

1/1/2017. 

Filed Date: 6/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180621–5025. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/12/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1703–001. 

Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 

Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New 

Orleans, LLC, Entergy Texas, Inc., 

Entergy Louisiana, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Entergy OpCos Reactive Power Update 

Errata (ER18–1703) to be effective 

6/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180621–5075. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/12/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1811–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

1276R17 KCPL NITSA NOA to be 

effective 9/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180621–5033. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/12/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1812–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2018–06–21 SA 3126/3127 ATC– 

WEPCo Project Commitment Agrmts 

Juneautown to be effective 8/21/2018. 

Filed Date: 6/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180621–5054. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/12/18. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES18–41–000. 

Applicants: Northern Pass 

Transmission LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authority to Issue Debt Securities of 

Northern Pass Transmission LLC. 

Filed Date: 6/20/18. 

Accession Number: 20180620–5131. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/11/18. 

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 (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13846 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–502–000] 

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 

Company, LP; Notice of Request Under 

Blanket Authorization 

Take notice that on June 11, 2018, 

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line, LP 

(Panhandle), P.O. Box 4967, Houston, 

Texas 77210–4967, filed a prior notice 

application pursuant to sections 

157.205, and 157.208(f)(2) of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Panhandle’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP83–83–000. Panhandle requests 

authorization to decrease the maximum 

allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 

a segment of its State Line Lateral 

located in Johnson County, Kansas and 

Jackson County, Missouri, due to the 

recent compliance testing results in 

accordance with U.S. Department of 

Transportation regulations, all as more 

fully set forth in the application, which 

is open to the public for 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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Blair 

Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of 

Certificates, Panhandle Eastern Pipe 

Line Company, LP, 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002 or phone (713) 

989–1205, or by email at 

blair.lichtenwalter@energytransfer.com. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after 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 and pursuant to Section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenter will 

not receive copies of all documents filed 

by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 


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to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13853 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0559; FRL–9978–62] 

Final Strategic Plan To Promote the 

Development and Implementation of 

Alternative Test Methods Supporting 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA); Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As required by TSCA, which 

was amended by the Frank R. 

Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st 

Century Act in June 2016, EPA is 

announcing the availability of a 

document entitled: Strategic Plan to 

Promote the Development and 

Implementation of Alternative Test 

Methods Supporting the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA is 

also making available a response to 

comments document that addresses 

comments received on the draft 

Strategic Plan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Louis Scarano, Risk Assessment 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: 202–564–2851, email address: 

scarano.louis@epa.gov. In addition, 

progress on this activity will be 

periodically updated at the following 

page on the OPPT website at https://

www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managingchemicals-under-tsca. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA). Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. The following list of North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes is not intended 

to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 

guide to help readers determine whether 

this document applies to them. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include: 

• Basic Chemical Manufacturers 

(NAICS code 3251); 

• Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and 

Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filament 

Manufacturers (NAICS code 3252); 

• Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other 

Agricultural Chemical Manufacturers 

(NAICS code 3255); 

• Paint, Coating, and Adhesive 

Manufacturers (NAICS code 3255); 

• Other Chemical Product and 

Preparation Manufacturers (NAICS code 

3259); and Petroleum Refineries (NAICS 

code 32411); 

• Animal Welfare Groups; 

• Environmental non-governmental 

organizations; 

• Toxicity testing laboratories 

(contract labs); 

• Academic/non-profit groups 

involved in developing and using 

alternative toxicity test methods. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0559, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The Public Reading Room is open from 

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

C. What is the Agency’s authority for 

this action? 

On June 22, 2016, the Frank R. 

Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st 

Century Act amended TSCA (15 U.S.C. 

2601 et seq.), the nation’s primary 

chemicals management law. Along with 

new requirements and deadlines for 

actions related to the regulation of new 

and existing chemicals in the U.S., the 

new law includes changes to TSCA 

section 4 (Testing of Chemical 

Substances and Mixtures). Specifically, 

a new TSCA section 4(h) has been 

added entitled Reduction of Testing on 

Vertebrates. TSCA section 4(h)(2)(A) 

states that EPA shall ‘‘. . ., not later 

than 2 years after June 22, 2016, develop 

a strategic plan to promote the 

development and implementation of 

alternative test methods and strategies 

to reduce, refine, or replace vertebrate 

animal testing and provide information 

of equivalent or better scientific quality 

and relevance for assessing risks of 

injury to health or the 

environment. . .’’. (15 U.S.C. 

2603(h)(2)(A)). 

D. What action is the Agency taking? 

In fulfillment of the requirements in 

TSCA section 4(h)(2)(A), EPA has 

prepared a final Strategic Plan to 

‘‘promote the development and 

implementation of alternative test 

methods and strategies to reduce, refine 

or replace vertebrate animal testing and 

provide information of equivalent or 

better scientific quality and relevance 

for assessing risks of injury to health or 

the environment of chemical substances 

or mixtures . . .’’. The Strategic Plan is 

being made available in both the docket 

and on the EPA website. 

In addition, making available a 

response to comments document that 

addresses comments on the draft 

Strategic Plan received through May 11, 

2018. The response to comment 

document is available in the docket. 

(http://www.regulations.gov; docket ID 

number HQ–OPPT–2017–0559) 

II. Background 

OPPT hosted a public meeting on 

November 2, 2017, in which a 

conceptual approach to this final 

Strategic Plan was presented. Meeting 

materials and public comments received 

through January 10, 2018, can be found 

in the docket (http://

www.regulations.gov; docket ID number 

HQ–OPPT–2017–0559). 

A draft Strategic Plan was published 

on March 12, 2018, along with a 

response to comments document that 

addressed the comments received 

through January 10, 2018. OPPT hosted 

a second public meeting on April 10, 

2018, to receive input from the public 

on the draft Strategic Plan. A docket was 

made available with the meeting 

materials and allowed for comments to 


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