Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2017 / Notices 44783 

1Supersedes Rate Schedule EE–11. 

** Extended through September 30, 2019 by 

approval of Rate Order No. SWPA–72 by the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy. 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

ENERGY 

SOUTHWESTERN POWER 

ADMINISTRATION 

RATE SCHEDULE EE–13 1 ** 

WHOLESALE RATES FOR EXCESS 

ENERGY 

Effective: 

During the period October 1, 2013, through 

September 30, 2019 **, in accordance with 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order 

issued January 9, 2014, Docket No. EF14–1– 

000. 

Available: 

In the marketing area of Southwestern Power 

Administration (Southwestern), described 

generally as the States of Arkansas, Kansas, 

Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Applicable: 

To electric utilities which, by contract, may 

purchase Excess Energy from Southwestern. 

Character and Conditions of Service: 

Three-phase, alternating current, delivered at 

approximately 60 Hertz, at the nominal 

voltage(s) and at the point(s) of delivery 

specified by contract. 

1. 

Wholesale Rates, Terms, and Conditions for 

Excess Energy 

Excess Energy will be furnished at such times 

and in such amounts as Southwestern 

determines to be available. 

1.1. Transmission and Related Ancillary 

Services 

Transmission service for the delivery of 

Excess Energy shall be the sole responsibility 

of such customer purchasing Excess Energy. 

1.2. Excess Energy Charge 

$0.0094 per kilowatthour of Excess Energy 

delivered. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20034 Filed 9–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9968–18–OP] 

EPA Smart Sectors Program Launch 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the Smart Sectors program in the Office 

of Policy. Based on the successful EPA 

Sector Strategies program, EPA’s Smart 

Sectors program will re-examine how 

EPA engages with industry in order to 

reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, 

create certainty and predictability, and 

improve the ability of both EPA and 

industry to conduct long-term 

regulatory planning while also 

protecting the environment and public 

health. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daisy Letendre, Senior Advisor for 

Policy and Strategic Communications, 

Office of Policy, Office of Administrator, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 1104A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 200460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–0410; 

email address: sectors@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information 

EPA has initially identified the 

following sectors to work with: 

Aerospace; agriculture; automotive; 

cement and concrete; chemical 

manufacturing; construction; electronics 

and technology; iron and steel; oil and 

gas; ports and shipping; and utilities 

and power generation. Sectors were 

selected based on each sector’s potential 

to improve the environment and public 

health. EPA welcomes participation 

from other stakeholders. 

The Smart Sectors program will 

designate staff-level points of contact 

who are highly knowledgeable about 

specific industries. These individuals 

will act as liaisons among industry trade 

associations and companies, EPA 

program and regional offices, state and 

local governments, and other 

stakeholder groups. The sector liaisons 

will focus their attention primarily on 

three main areas: Building relationships 

and improving customer service to 

sectors; developing additional expertise 

in each industry’s operations and 

environmental performance; and 

informing the planning of future 

policies, regulations, and Agency 

processes. 

EPA anticipates that participating 

industries will benefit from coordinated, 

cooperative, and constructive problemsolving with government. The Agency 

will invite participating industries to 

engage in active dialogue and offer their 

own innovative ideas to reduce 

environmental impacts. Because 

industry-wide environmental 

performance improvement is the goal, 

EPA will work with trade associations 

and others to find creative ways to 

document environmental progress and 

burden reductions. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Samantha K. Dravis, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9968–08–OLEM] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Eastern Research 

Group (ERG) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of access to data and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its 

contractor, Eastern Research Group 

(ERG) to access Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) which has been 

submitted to EPA under the authority of 

all sections of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued 

regulations that outline business 

confidentiality provisions for the 

Agency and require all EPA Offices that 

receive information designated by the 

submitter as CBI to abide by these 

provisions. 

DATES: Access to confidential data 

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner 

than October 6, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaShan Haynes, Document Control 

Officer, Office of Resource Conservation 

and Recovery, (5305P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, 703–605–0516. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Access to Confidential Business 

Information 

Under EPA Contract EP–W–10–055, 

entitled ‘‘Advancing SMM: Waste Facts 

and Figures and Related Tasks,’’ the 

Eastern Research Group (ERG) will 

assist the Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery, Resource 

Conservation and Sustainability 

Division in collecting and analyzing 

municipal solid waste (MSW) 

information. The contract addresses 

MSW and other waste such as 

construction and demolition debris, 

however, the confidential business 

information (CBI) only relates to the 

MSW information collected and 

analyzed in the contract. The contract 

period is from August 2017–February 

28, 2018. Some of the data collected 

from industry are claimed by industry to 

contain trade secrets or CBI. In