Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 148 / Wednesday, August 1, 2018 / Proposed Rules 37455 

include any rural electric cooperative 

which is regulated by the Rural Utilities 

Service of the Department of Agriculture 

or any other entities covered in section 

201(f) of the Federal Power Act. 

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(c) Purchaser means any individual or 

corporation within the meaning of 

section 3 of the Federal Power Act who 

purchases electric energy from a public 

utility. Such term does not include the 

United States or any agency or 

instrumentality of the United States or 

any rural electric cooperative which is 

regulated by the Rural Utilities Service 

of the Department of Agriculture. 

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(e) Entity means any firm, company, 

or organization including any 

corporation, joint-stock company, 

partnership, association, business trust, 

organized group of persons, whether 

incorporated or not, or a receiver or 

receivers, trustee or trustees of any of 

the foregoing. Such term does not 

include municipality as defined in 

section 3 of the Federal Power Act and 

does not include any Federal, State, or 

local government agencies or any rural 

electric cooperative which is regulated 

by the Rural Utilities Service of the 

Department of Agriculture. 

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[FR Doc. 2018–16463 Filed 7–31–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 721 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0366; FRL–9981–16] 

RIN 2070–AB27 

Significant New Use Rules on Certain 

Chemical Substances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing significant 

new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 145 

chemical substances which were the 

subject of premanufacture notices 

(PMNs). The chemical substances are 

subject to Orders issued by EPA 

pursuant to section 5(e) of TSCA. This 

action would require persons who 

intend to manufacture (defined by 

statute to include import) or process any 

of these 145 chemical substances for an 

activity that is designated as a 

significant new use by this rule to notify 

EPA at least 90 days before commencing 

that activity. The required notification 

initiates EPA’s evaluation of the 

intended use within the applicable 

review period. Persons may not 

commence manufacture or processing 

for the significant new use until EPA 

has conducted a review of the 

premanufacture notice, made an 

appropriate determination on the 

notification, and has taken such actions 

as are required with that determination. 

In addition to this notice of proposed 

rulemaking, EPA is issuing the action as 

a direct final rule elsewhere in this issue 

of the Federal Register. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0366, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information contact: 

Kenneth Moss, Chemical Control 

Division (7405M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–9232; 

email address: moss.kenneth@epa.gov. 

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: In 

addition to this Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, EPA is issuing the action 

as a direct final rule elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. For further 

information about the proposed 

significant new use rules, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, that is 

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 721 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Jeffery T. Morris, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 171128999–8625–01] 

RIN 0648–BH43 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Permit 

Renewal Applications 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to make 

administrative revisions to the renewal 

process for Federal vessel permits, 

licenses, and endorsements, and dealer 

permits (hereafter referred to 

collectively as permits) in the NMFS 

Southeast Region. This proposed rule 

would remove the regulatory 

requirement that NMFS must mail a 

renewal application to a permit holder 

(vessel or dealer) whose Federal permit 

is expiring. NMFS will continue to 

provide notice of the upcoming 

expiration date to the permit holder. 

This proposed rule would also remove 

the regulatory requirement that NMFS 

must notify an applicant of any 

deficiency in a renewal application only 

through sending a letter via traditional 

mail, such as through the U.S. Postal 

Service, which would allow NMFS 

expanded options for notifying permit 

holders. The purpose of this proposed 

rule is to reduce the administrative costs 

and burden to NMFS of renewing 

Federal permits, while still maintaining 

the needed information and services to 

the public. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by August 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposed rule identified by 


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