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participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

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 he 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 commenters 

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 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons 

unable to file electronically should 

submit an original and five copies of the 

protest or intervention to the Federal 

Energy regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: January 4, 2016. 

Dated: December 14, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0806; FRL–9940–40– 

OAR] 

Access by EPA Contractors to 

Information Claimed as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) Submitted 

under Title II of the Clean Air Act and 

Related Regulations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA)’s Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality (OTAQ) plans to 

authorize various contractors to access 

information which will be submitted to 

the EPA under Title II of the Clean Air 

Act that may be claimed as, or may be 

determined to be, confidential business 

information (CBI). Access to this 

information, which is related to 

registration of fuels and fuel additives 

under 40 CFR part 79; various fuels 

reporting programs under 40 CFR part 

80; and reporting of various greenhouse 

gas reporting items under the mandatory 

reporting rule of 40 CFR part 98, 

subparts A, LL and MM will begin on 

December 31, 2015. 

DATES: The EPA will accept comments 

on this Notice through December 28, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaimee Dong, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

MC 6405A, Washington, DC, 20004; 

telephone number: 202–343–9672; fax 

number: 202–343–2800; email address: 

dong.jaimee@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this Notice Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the general 

public. However, this action may be of 

particular interest to parties who submit 

or have previously submitted 

information to the EPA regarding the 

following programs: fuel and fuel 

additive registration (40 CFR part 79); 

and various fuels programs including 

reformulated gasoline, anti-dumping, 

gasoline sulfur, ultra low sulfur diesel, 

benzene content, and the renewable fuel 

standard (40 CFR part 80). Parties who 

may be interested include refiners, 

importers, producers of renewable fuels, 

parties who engage in RIN transactions, 

and all those who submit compliance 

reports to the EPA via any method (e.g., 

via EPA’s Central Data Exchange, or 

CDX), including those who engage in 

reporting via the EPA Moderated 

Transaction System (EMTS). 

This action may also be of particular 

interest to parties such as suppliers of 

coal-based liquid fuels and suppliers of 

petroleum products, as described in 40 

CFR part 98 subparts LL and MM, 

respectively. (40 CFR part 98, subpart A 

contains general provisions related to 

registration and reporting.) Parties who 

may be interested in this notice include 

refiners, importers, and exporters of 

these products. 

This Federal Register notice may be 

of particular relevance to parties that 

have submitted data under the abovelisted programs or systems. Since other 

parties may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific parties that may be affected 

by this action. If you have further 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular party, please 

contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

A. Electronically 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this Federal Register notice 

under Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2015– 

0806. 

All documents in the docket are 

identified in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, such as 

confidential business information (CBI) 

or other information for which 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain materials, such as copyrighted 

material, will only be available in hard 

copy at the EPA Docket Center. 

B. EPA Docket Center 

Materials listed under Docket EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2015–0806 will be available 

for public viewing at the EPA Docket 

Center Reading Room, WJC West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

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 Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

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III. Description of Programs and 

Potential Disclosure of Information 

Claimed as Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) to Contractors 

The EPA’s Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality (OTAQ) has 

responsibility for protecting public 

health and the environment by 

regulating air pollution from motor 

vehicles, engines, and the fuels used to 

operate them, and by encouraging travel 

choices that minimize emissions. In 

order to implement various Clean Air 

Act programs, and to permit regulated 

entities flexibility in meeting regulatory 

requirements (e.g., compliance on 

average), we collect compliance reports 

and other information from them. 

Occasionally, the information submitted 

is claimed to be confidential business 

information (CBI). Information 

submitted under such a claim is 

handled in accordance with EPA’s 

regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B 

and in accordance with the EPA 

procedures, including comprehensive 

system security plans (SSPs) that are 

consistent with those regulations. When 

the EPA has determined that disclosure 

of information claimed as CBI to 

contractors is necessary, the 

corresponding contract must address the 

appropriate use and handling of the 

information by the contractor and the 

contractor must require its personnel 

who require access to information 

claimed as CBI to sign written nondisclosure agreements before they are 

granted access to data. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), 

we have determined that the 

contractors, subcontractors, and 

grantees (collectively referred to as 

‘‘contractors’’) listed below require 

access to CBI submitted to us under the 

Clean Air Act and in connection with 

the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) 

Reporting Rule [40 CFR part 98, 

subparts A (general registration and 

reporting provisions) LL, and MM], as 

well as various OTAQ programs related 

to fuels, vehicles, and engines (40 CFR 

parts 79 and 80) and we are providing 

notice and an opportunity to comment. 

OTAQ collects this data in order to 

monitor compliance with Clean Air Act 

programs and, in many cases, to permit 

regulated parties flexibility in meeting 

regulatory requirements. For example, 

data that may contain CBI are collected 

to register fuels and fuel additives prior 

to introduction into commerce. Certain 

programs are designed to permit 

regulated parties an opportunity to 

comply on average, or to engage in 

transactions using various types of 

credits. For example, OTAQ collects 

information about batches of gasoline 

that refiners produce to ensure 

compliance with reformulated gasoline 

standards. We are issuing this Federal 

Register notice to inform all affected 

submitters of information that we plan 

to grant access to material that may be 

claimed as CBI to the contractors 

identified below on a need-to-know 

basis. 

Under Contract Number EP–C–11– 

007, CSRA, located at 3170 Fairview 

Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042, and 

at 650 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 

300, Charlottesville, VA 22901, and its 

subcontractor, Ecco Select, 1301 Oak 

Street, Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 

64106, provide report processing, 

program support, technical support, and 

information technology services that 

involve access to information claimed as 

CBI related to 40 CFR part 79, 40 CFR 

part 80, and 40 CFR part 98 subparts A, 

LL, and MM. Access to data, including 

information claimed as CBI, will 

commence on December 31, 2015. and 

will continue until June 30, 2016. If the 

contract is extended, this access will 

continue for the remainder of the 

contract without further notice. 

OTAQ utilizes the services of 

enrollees under the Senior 

Environmental Employment (SEE) 

program. Some SEE enrollees are 

provided through Grant Number CQ– 

834621, the National Association for 

Hispanic Elderly (NAHE), located at 234 

East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300, 

Pasadena, CA 91101, and through Grant 

Numbers CQ–835372 and CQ–835572, 

the Senior Service America, Inc. (SSAI), 

located at 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 

1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Access 

to data relating to all of OTAQ’s 

programs and to subparts A, LL, and 

MM of the Mandatory GHG Reporting 

Rule, including information claimed as 

CBI, is ongoing until December 31, 2016 

for Grant Number CQ–834621, October 

14, 2016 for Grant Number CQ–835372, 

and September 30, 2016 for Grant 

Number CQ–835572. If these grants are 

extended, this access will continue for 

the remainder of the grants and any 

future extensions without further notice. 

OTAQ also has fellows provided via 

the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and 

Education (ORISE) Intern/Research 

Participation Program. Some 

participants are provided through 

Interagency Agreement Number 

DW89924039, the ORISE, located at 

1299 Bethel Valley Road, Building SC– 

200, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Access to 

data relating to all of OTAQ’s programs 

and to subparts A, LL, and MM of the 

Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule, 

including information claimed as CBI, 

but excluding CBI under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), is ongoing 

until September 30, 2016. If the program 

is extended, this access will continue 

for the remainder of the program and 

any future extensions without further 

notice. 

Parties who want further information 

about this Federal Register notice or 

about OTAQ’s disclosure of information 

claimed as CBI to contactors may 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: December 15, 2015. 

Byron J. Bunker, 

Director, Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation & Air Quality, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9940–45–OA] 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Sulfur Oxides 

Panel and a Public Teleconference of 

the Chartered CASAC and the CASAC 

Sulfur Oxides Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) Sulfur 

Oxides Panel and a public 

teleconference of the Chartered CASAC 

and CASAC Sulfur Oxides Panel to 

review of EPA’s Integrated Science 

Assessment (ISA) for Sulfur Oxides— 

Health Criteria (External Review Draft— 

November 2015). 

DATES: The face-to-face meeting will be 

held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 

and Thursday, January 28, 2016. The 

teleconference will be held on 

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 2:00 

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The face-to-face meeting 

will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton 

Hotel Raleigh-Brownstone-University, 

1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North 

Carolina. The public teleconference will 

be held by telephone only. Call-in 

information will be available on the 

respective CASAC meeting Web pages 

or by contacting the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

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