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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0085’’ by any of the following methods: 

• The Agency’s website, at http://

comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the website. 

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail above. 

Please submit your comments using 

only one method. All comments must be 

submitted in English, or if not, 

accompanied by an English translation. 

Comments will be posted as received to 

http://www.cftc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa D’Arcy, Special Counsel, 

Division of Clearing and Risk, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, (202) 418–5086; email: 

mdarcy@cftc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3 

and includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies 

to provide a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information, 

before submitting the collection to OMB 

for approval. To comply with this 

requirement, the CFTC is publishing 

this notice of the proposed extension of 

the currently approved collection of 

information listed below. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Title: Rule 50.50 End-User 

Notification of Non-Cleared Swap (OMB 

Control No. 3038–0085). This is a 

request for an extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Rule 50.50 specifies the 

requirements for eligible end-users who 

elect the end-user exception from the 

Commission’s swap clearing 

requirement, as provided under section 

2(h)(7) of the Commodity Exchange Act 

(‘‘CEA’’). Rule 50.50 requires the 

counterparties to report certain 

information to a swap data repository 

registered with the Commission, or to 

the Commission directly, if one or more 

counterparties elects the end-user 

exception. The rule establishes a 

reporting requirement that is required in 

order to ensure compliance with the 

Commission’s clearing requirement 

under section 2(h)(1) of the CEA and is 

necessary in order for Commission staff 

to prevent abuse of the end-user 

exception under section 2(h)(1) of the 

CEA and pursuant to Rule 50.50. 

With respect to the collection of 

information, the CFTC invites 

comments on: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of the Commission’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. If you wish the Commission to 

consider information that you believe is 

exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, a petition 

for confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from http://www.cftc.gov that it may 

deem to be inappropriate for 

publication, such as obscene language. 

All submissions that have been redacted 

or removed that contain comments on 

the merits of the ICR will be retained in 

the public comment file and will be 

considered as required under the 

Administrative Procedure Act and other 

applicable laws, and may be accessible 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden Statement: 

• Collection 3038–0085—Rule 50.50 

End-User Notification of Non-Cleared 

Swap (17 CFR 50.50: Exceptions to the 

Clearing Requirement) 

The Commission is revising its 

estimate of the burden for this collection 

for eligible end-users electing the enduser exception. The Commission is 

increasing the estimated number of 

respondents from 1,092 to 1,815 based 

on an observed increase in the number 

of entities electing the exception. The 

respondent burden for this collection is 

estimated to be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,815. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 0.58. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,053. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion; 

annually. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Air Force Reserve Command F– 

35A Operational Beddown 

AGENCY: Department of the United 

States Air Force, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Amended notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Air Force issued a Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Air Force 

Reserve Command F–35A Operational 

Beddown Environmental Impact 

Statement (Vol. 83, No. 56 Federal 

Register, 12568, March 22, 2018) and is 

now being amended to correct the 

address for courier delivered public 

scoping comments. 

DATES: The 10-working day resubmittal 

period begins on the date of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The address for courier 

delivered (e.g., Federal Express or 

United Parcel Service) public scoping 

comments is: AFCEC/CZN, (ATTN: Mr. 

Hamid Kamalpour), 3515 S. General 

McMullen Drive, Suite 155, San 

Antonio, Texas 78226–1710. 

The address for U.S. Postal Service 

mail delivery is the same as initially 

published on March 22, 2018: AFCEC/ 

CZN, (ATTN: Mr. Hamid Kamalpour), 

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Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 78236– 

9853. 

Both the courier address and U.S. 

Postal Service address are listed on the 

project website (www.AFRC-F35ABeddown.com), which also provides 

more information on the Environmental 

Impact Statement and related materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Notice of Intent provided the public 

with instructions on how to submit 

scoping comments to the Air Force in 

consideration of the four alternatives 

being considered, which include: 

Homestead Air Reserve Base, 

Homestead FL; Naval Air Station Fort 

Worth Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, 

TX; Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 

Tucson, AZ; and Whiteman Air Force 

Base, Knob Noster, MO. The Air Force 

has subsequently been made aware that 

the address provided for submittal of 

courier delivered public scoping 

comments (e.g., Federal Express or 

United Parcel Service) was incorrect. 

This notice corrects the address for 

courier delivered public scoping 

comments and provides 10-working 

days for the interested public to submit 

scoping comments. During this 10- 

working day period, the Air Force is 

offering multiple ways in which 

comments can be submitted. Comments 

can be provided through the project 

website (www.AFRC-F35ABeddown.com), via email to the email 

address provided below and via regular 

mail or via courier to the addresses 

listed below. The website also provides 

additional information on the 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

related materials. The Air Force will 

consider all scoping comments 

submitted. 

Henry Williams, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

[BPA File No.: RP–18] 

Final Rules of Procedure 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (Bonneville), 

Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of final rules of 

procedure. 

SUMMARY: These final rules of procedure 

revise the rules of procedure that govern 

Bonneville’s hearings conducted under 

section 7(i) of the Pacific Northwest 

Electric Power Planning and 

Conservation Act (Northwest Power 

Act). 

DATES: The final rules of procedure are 

effective on September 12, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Helwig, DKE–7, BPA 

Communications, Bonneville Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208; by phone 

toll-free at 1–800–622–4520; or by email 

to hyhelwig@bpa.gov. 

Responsible Official: Mary K. Jensen, 

Executive Vice President, General 

Counsel, is the official responsible for 

the development of Bonneville’s rules of 

procedure. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

Part I. Introduction and Background 

Part II. Response to Comments and Changes 

to Proposed Rules 

Part III. Final Rules of Procedure 

Part I—Introduction and Background 

The Northwest Power Act provides 

that Bonneville must establish and 

periodically review and revise its rates 

so that they recover, in accordance with 

sound business principles, the costs 

associated with the acquisition, 

conservation, and transmission of 

electric power, including amortization 

of the Federal investment in the Federal 

Columbia River Power System over a 

reasonable number of years, and 

Bonneville’s other costs and expenses. 

16 U.S.C. 839e(a)(1). Section 7(i) of the 

Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 839e(i), 

requires that Bonneville’s rates be 

established according to certain 

procedures, including notice of the 

proposed rates; one or more hearings 

conducted as expeditiously as 

practicable by a Hearing Officer; 

opportunity for both oral presentation 

and written submission of views, data, 

questions, and arguments related to the 

proposed rates; and a decision by the 

Administrator based on the record. 

In addition, section 212(i)(2)(A) of the 

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

824k(i)(2)(A), provides in part that the 

Administrator may conduct a section 

7(i) hearing to determine the terms and 

conditions for transmission service on 

the Federal Columbia River 

Transmission System under certain 

circumstances. Such a hearing must 

adhere to the procedural requirements 

of paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 

7(i) of the Northwest Power Act, except 

that the Hearing Officer makes a 

recommended decision to the 

Administrator before the 

Administrator’s final decision. 

Bonneville last revised its procedures 

to govern hearings under section 7(i) of 

the Northwest Power Act in 1986. See 

Procedures Governing Bonneville Power 

Administration Rate Hearings, 51 FR 

7611 (Mar. 5, 1986). Since the 

establishment of those procedures, there 

have been significant advancements in 

the technology available to conduct the 

hearings. The revised rules of procedure 

incorporate changes to reflect the 

manner in which Bonneville will apply 

these advancements. In addition, 

through conducting numerous hearings 

over the past few decades, Bonneville 

gained insight regarding the strengths 

and weaknesses of its procedures. The 

revised rules reflect changes to make the 

hearings more efficient and to 

incorporate procedures that were 

regularly adopted by orders of the 

Hearing Officers in previous hearings. 

Finally, the revised rules now explicitly 

apply to any proceeding under section 

212(i)(2)(A) of the Federal Power Act. 

In order to encourage public 

involvement and assist Bonneville in 

the development of the revisions to the 

rules, Bonneville met with customers 

and other interested parties on February 

13, 2018, in Portland, Oregon, to discuss 

how the then-current rules might be 

revised. Bonneville also posted an 

initial draft of proposed revisions to the 

rules for public review and informally 

solicited written comments over a twoweek period ending February 28, 2018. 

After reviewing the comments, 

Bonneville incorporated a number of 

revisions to the initial draft of proposed 

revisions to the rules. On May 2, 2018, 

Bonneville published a Notice of 

proposed revised rules of procedure in 

the Federal Register. See Proposed 

Revised Rules of Procedure and 

Opportunity for Review and Comment, 

83 FR 19262 (May 2, 2018). Although 

rules of agency procedure are exempt 

from notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements under the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A), 

Bonneville nevertheless published 

notice of the proposed revisions to the 

procedural rules in the Federal Register 

to promote transparency and public 

participation. Bonneville accepted 

written comments on the proposed 

revisions until June 4, 2018. 

Part II—Response to Comments and 

Changes to Proposed Rules 

Bonneville received seven comments 

on its proposed revisions to the rules of 

procedure (‘‘proposed rules’’). In 

response to these comments, changes 

were made to the proposed rules as 

noted below. For purposes of clarity, if 

a term used in the discussion below is 

defined in the rules, the term has the 

meaning found in the rules. For 

example, ‘‘Party’’ refers to all 


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