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Dated: February 1, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RD17–8–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–725HH); Comment
Request
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is submitting its information
collection FERC–725HH (RF Reliability
Standards) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review of the
information collection requirements.
Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission
previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (82 FR 53489, 11/16/
2017) requesting public comments. The
Commission received no comments on
the FERC–725HH information collection
and is making this notation in its
submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by March 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0256, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
SUMMARY:
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Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via
telephone at 202–395–0710.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. RD17–8–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown
may be reached by email at
DataClearance@FERC.gov, by telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and by fax at (202)
273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725HH, RF Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0256.
Type of Request: Three-year approval
of the FERC–725HH information
collection requirements, as modified by
Docket No. RD17–8–000.
Abstract: The information collected
by the FERC–725HH is required to
implement the statutory provisions of
section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of
the FPA buttresses the Commission’s
efforts to strengthen the reliability of the
interstate grid through the grant of new
authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards
developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO). In July 2006, the
Commission certified the North
American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) as the ERO.1
1 North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116
FERC ¶ 61,062 (ERO Certification Order), order on
reh’g & compliance, 117 FERC ¶ 61,126 (2006), aff’d
sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (DC
Cir. 2009).
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Reliability Standards that the ERO
proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are
proposed to the ERO by a Regional
Entity.2 A Regional Entity is an entity
that has been approved by the
Commission to enforce Reliability
Standards under delegated authority
from the ERO.3 On March 17, 2011, the
Commission approved a regional
Reliability Standard submitted by the
ERO that was developed by the
ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF).4
RF promotes bulk electric system
reliability in the Eastern
Interconnection. RF is the Regional
Entity responsible for compliance
monitoring and enforcement in the RF
region. In addition, RF provides an
environment for the development of
Reliability Standards and the
coordination of the operating and
planning activities of its members as set
forth in the RF bylaws.
There is one regional Reliability
Standard in the RF region. The regional
Reliability Standard requires planning
coordinators within the RF geographical
footprint to analyze, assess and
document resource adequacy for load in
the RF footprint annually, to utilize a
‘‘one day in ten years’’ loss of load
criterion, and to document and post
load and resource capability in each
area or transmission-constrained subarea identified.
• BAL–502–RFC–02 (Planning
Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation) 5
establishes common criteria, based on
‘‘one day in ten year’’ loss of load
expectation principles, for the analysis,
assessment, and documentation of
resource adequacy for load in the RF
region.
The Commission’s request to OMB
reflects the following:
• Implementing the regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
and the retirement of regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RFC–02 6
which is discussed below.
2 16
U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
4 Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment
Reliability Standard, Order No. 747, 134 FERC ¶
61,212 (2011).
5 BAL–50–RFC–02 is included in the OMBapproved inventory for FERC–725H.
6 Burden associated with BAL–502–RF–02
Reliability Standard was once contained in FERC–
725H information collection (OMB Control No.
1902–0256). FERC–725H was discontinued on 3/6/
2014. However, the requirements of BAL–502–RF–
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On September 7, 2017, NERC and RF
filed a joint petition in Docket No.
RD17–8–000 7 requesting Commission
approval of: (a) Regional Reliability
Standard BAL–502–RF–03 (Planning
Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation), and
(b) the retirement of regional Reliability
Standard BAL–502–RFC–02.6 The
petition states: ‘‘Proposed regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
establishes common criteria, based on
‘‘one day in ten year’’ loss of Load
expectation principles, for the analysis,
assessment, and documentation of
Resource Adequacy for Load in the
ReliabilityFirst region.’’ NERC’s and
RF’s joint filing was noticed on
September 8, 2017, with interventions,
comments and protests due on or before
October 10, 2017. In this document, we
provide estimates of the burden and cost
related to those revisions to FERC–
725HH.
Type of Respondents: Planning
coordinators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 8 Details
follow on the changes related to Docket
No. RD17–8–000.
Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to
Docket No. RD17–8: The joint petition
requested Commission approval of
regional Reliability Standard BAL–502–
RF–03 and retirement of regional
Reliability Standard BAL–502–RFC–02.
The estimated effects on burden and
cost 9 are as follows:
02 were still imposed on NERC entities. Those
requirements are now being retired with no removal
of burden (any associated burden was removed
concurrent with the discontinuance).
7 The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the
Commission’s eLibrary system in Docket No. RD17–
8–000.
8 Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. For further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
9 For BAL–502–RF–03, the hourly cost (for salary
plus benefits) uses the figures from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics for three positions involved in the
reporting and recordkeeping requirements. These
figures include salary (https://bls.gov/oes/current/
naics2_22.htm) and benefits (https://www.bls.gov/
news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
• Manager (Occupation Code 11–0000): $81.52/
hour
• Engineer (Occupation Code 17–2071): $68.12/
hour
• File Clerk (Occupation Code 43–4071): $32.74/
hour
The hourly cost for the reporting requirements
($60.79) is an average of the cost of a manager, an
engineer, and a file clerk.
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FERC–725HH, RF RELIABILITY STANDARDS, CHANGES IN DOCKET NO. RD17–8–000
Number of
respondents 10
Annual
number of
responses
Average
burden hrs. &
cost per
response
($)
Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)
Cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
Entity
Annual
number of
responses
per
respondent
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1) = (6)
Proposed Regional Reliability Standard BAL–502–RF–03
Planning Coordinators .......................
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 1, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9974–04–OAR]
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2016
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Draft Inventory of U.S.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:
1990–2016 is available for public
review. EPA requests recommendations
for improving the overall quality of the
inventory report to be finalized in April
2018, as well as subsequent inventory
reports.
SUMMARY:
To ensure your comments are
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document, please submit your
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comments received after that date will
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10 The number of respondents is derived from the
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
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OAR–2017–0729, to the Federal
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Once submitted, comments cannot be
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consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI). Comments can also
be submitted in hardcopy to GHG
Inventory at: Environmental Protection
Agency, Climate Change Division
(6207A), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343–
2338. You are welcome and encouraged
to send an email with your comments to
GHGInventory@epa.gov. EPA may
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
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Radiation, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, Climate Change Division,
(202) 343–9381, GHGInventory@
epa.gov.
Annual
U.S. emissions for the period of time
from 1990 through 2016 are summarized
and presented by source category and
sector. The inventory contains estimates
of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4),
nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons
(HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur
hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen
trifluoride (NF3) emissions. The
technical approach used in this report to
estimate emissions and sinks for
greenhouse gases is consistent with the
methodologies recommended by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC), and reported in a format
consistent with the United Nations
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Change (UNFCCC) reporting guidelines.
The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2016 is the
latest in a series of annual, policyneutral U.S. submissions to the
Secretariat of the UNFCCC. EPA
requests recommendations for
improving the overall quality of the
inventory report to be finalized in April
2018, as well as subsequent inventory
reports.
The draft report is available at:
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/
inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissionsand-sinks.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0120, 3060–0716, 3060–0754
and 3060–1053]
Information Collections Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Commission’s burden estimate;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected;
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RD17-8-000]
Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725HH);
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information
collection FERC-725HH (RF Reliability Standards) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection
requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB
and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as
explained below. The Commission previously issued a Notice in the
Federal Register (82 FR 53489, 11/16/2017) requesting public comments.
The Commission received no comments on the FERC-725HH information
collection and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by March 9,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No.
1902-0256, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs: [email protected].
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Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202-395-0710.
A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. RD17-8-000, by either of the following methods:
eFiling at Commission's Website: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at [email protected], or by phone at: (866) 208-3676
(toll-free), or (202) 502-8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
[email protected], by telephone at (202) 502-8663, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC-725HH, RF Reliability Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902-0256.
Type of Request: Three-year approval of the FERC-725HH information
collection requirements, as modified by Docket No. RD17-8-000.
Abstract: The information collected by the FERC-725HH is required
to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal
Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the
Commission's efforts to strengthen the reliability of the interstate
grid through the grant of new authority by providing for a system of
mandatory Reliability Standards developed by the Electric Reliability
Organization (ERO). In July 2006, the Commission certified the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) as the ERO.\1\
Reliability Standards that the ERO proposes to the Commission may
include Reliability Standards that are proposed to the ERO by a
Regional Entity.\2\ A Regional Entity is an entity that has been
approved by the Commission to enforce Reliability Standards under
delegated authority from the ERO.\3\ On March 17, 2011, the Commission
approved a regional Reliability Standard submitted by the ERO that was
developed by the ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF).\4\
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\1\ North American Electric Reliability Corp., 116 FERC ] 61,062
(ERO Certification Order), order on reh'g & compliance, 117 FERC ]
61,126 (2006), aff'd sub nom. Alcoa, Inc. v. FERC, 564 F.3d 1342 (DC
Cir. 2009).
\2\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(e)(4).
\3\ 16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(7) and (e)(4).
\4\ Planning Resource Adequacy Assessment Reliability Standard,
Order No. 747, 134 FERC ] 61,212 (2011).
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RF promotes bulk electric system reliability in the Eastern
Interconnection. RF is the Regional Entity responsible for compliance
monitoring and enforcement in the RF region. In addition, RF provides
an environment for the development of Reliability Standards and the
coordination of the operating and planning activities of its members as
set forth in the RF bylaws.
There is one regional Reliability Standard in the RF region. The
regional Reliability Standard requires planning coordinators within the
RF geographical footprint to analyze, assess and document resource
adequacy for load in the RF footprint annually, to utilize a ``one day
in ten years'' loss of load criterion, and to document and post load
and resource capability in each area or transmission-constrained sub-
area identified.
BAL-502-RFC-02 (Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis,
Assessment and Documentation) \5\ establishes common criteria, based on
``one day in ten year'' loss of load expectation principles, for the
analysis, assessment, and documentation of resource adequacy for load
in the RF region.
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\5\ BAL-50-RFC-02 is included in the OMB-approved inventory for
FERC-725H.
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The Commission's request to OMB reflects the following:
Implementing the regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-
03 and the retirement of regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RFC-02
\6\ which is discussed below.
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\6\ Burden associated with BAL-502-RF-02 Reliability Standard
was once contained in FERC-725H information collection (OMB Control
No. 1902-0256). FERC-725H was discontinued on 3/6/2014. However, the
requirements of BAL-502-RF-02 were still imposed on NERC entities.
Those requirements are now being retired with no removal of burden
(any associated burden was removed concurrent with the
discontinuance).
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On September 7, 2017, NERC and RF filed a joint petition in Docket
No. RD17-8-000 \7\ requesting Commission approval of: (a) Regional
Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03 (Planning Resource Adequacy
Analysis, Assessment and Documentation), and (b) the retirement of
regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RFC-02.\6\ The petition states:
``Proposed regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03 establishes
common criteria, based on ``one day in ten year'' loss of Load
expectation principles, for the analysis, assessment, and documentation
of Resource Adequacy for Load in the ReliabilityFirst region.'' NERC's
and RF's joint filing was noticed on September 8, 2017, with
interventions, comments and protests due on or before October 10, 2017.
In this document, we provide estimates of the burden and cost related
to those revisions to FERC-725HH.
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\7\ The joint petition and exhibits are posted in the
Commission's eLibrary system in Docket No. RD17-8-000.
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Type of Respondents: Planning coordinators.
Estimate of Annual Burden: \8\ Details follow on the changes
related to Docket No. RD17-8-000.
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\8\ Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
further explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal Regulations 1320.3.
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Estimate of Changes to Burden Due to Docket No. RD17-8: The joint
petition requested Commission approval of regional Reliability Standard
BAL-502-RF-03 and retirement of regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-
RFC-02. The estimated effects on burden and cost \9\ are as follows:
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\9\ For BAL-502-RF-03, the hourly cost (for salary plus
benefits) uses the figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for
three positions involved in the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements. These figures include salary (https://bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm) and benefits (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm) and are:
Manager (Occupation Code 11-0000): $81.52/hour
Engineer (Occupation Code 17-2071): $68.12/hour
File Clerk (Occupation Code 43-4071): $32.74/hour
The hourly cost for the reporting requirements ($60.79) is an
average of the cost of a manager, an engineer, and a file clerk.
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FERC-725HH, RF Reliability Standards, Changes in Docket No. RD17-8-000
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Annual number
Number of of responses Annual number Average burden hrs. & Total annual burden Cost per
Entity respondents per of responses cost per response ($) hours & total annual respondent
\10\ respondent cost ($) ($)
(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (4)...................... (3) * (4) = (5).......... (5) / (1) =
(3) (6)
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Proposed Regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03
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Planning Coordinators............. 2 1 2 16 hrs.; $973............ 32 hrs.; $1,945.......... $973
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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\10\ The number of respondents is derived from the NERC
Compliance Registry as of October 2, 2017 for the burden associated
with the proposed regional Reliability Standard BAL-502-RF-03.
Dated: February 1, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02411 Filed 2-6-18; 8:45 am]
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