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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 21, 2018.
Michael Stoker,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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Public Hearing for Standards for 2019
and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for
2020 Under the Renewable Fuel
Standard Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Announcement of public
hearing.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing a public
hearing to be held in Ypsilanti, MI on
July 18, 2018 for the proposed rule
‘‘Renewable Fuel Standard Program:
Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based
Diesel Volume for 2020.’’ This proposed
rule will be published separately in the
Federal Register. The pre-publication
version of this proposal can be found at
https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuelstandard-program/regulations-andvolume-standards-under-renewablefuel-standard. In the separate notice of
proposed rulemaking, EPA has
proposed amendments to the renewable
fuel standard program regulations that
would establish annual percentage
standards for cellulosic biofuel,
biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel,
and renewable fuels that would apply to
all gasoline and diesel produced in the
U.S. or imported in the year 2019. In
addition, the separate proposal includes
a proposed biomass-based diesel
applicable volume for 2020.
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The public hearing will be held
on July 18, 2018 at the location noted
below under ADDRESSES. The hearing
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end when all
parties present who wish to speak have
had an opportunity to do so. Parties
wishing to testify at the hearing should
notify the contact person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by
July 13, 2018. Additional information
regarding the hearing appears below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at
the following location: Ann Arbor
Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest, 1275 S.
Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (phone
number 734–487–2000). A complete set
of documents related to the proposal
will be available for public inspection
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2018–0167.
Documents can also be viewed at the
EPA Docket Center, located at 1301
Constitution Avenue NW, Room 3334,
Washington, DC between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays.
DATES:
Julia
MacAllister, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Assessment and
Standards Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood
Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone
number: (734) 214–4131; Fax number:
(734) 214–4816; Email address: RFSHearing@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
proposal for which EPA is holding the
public hearing will be published
separately in the Federal Register. The
pre-publication version can be found at
https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuelstandard-program/regulations-andvolume-standards-under-renewablefuel-standard.
Public Hearing: The public hearing
will provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or
arguments concerning the proposal
(which can be found at https://
www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standardprogram/regulations-and-volumestandards-under-renewable-fuelstandard). The EPA may ask clarifying
questions during the oral presentations
but will not respond to the
presentations at that time. Written
statements and supporting information
submitted during the comment period
will be considered with the same weight
as any oral comments and supporting
information presented at the public
hearing. Written comments must be
received by the last day of the comment
period, as specified in the notice of
proposed rulemaking.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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How can I get copies of this document,
the proposed rule, and other related
information?
The EPA has established a docket for
this action under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2018–0167. The EPA has also
developed a website for the Renewable
Fuel Standard (RFS) program, including
the notice of proposed rulemaking, at
the address given above.
Please refer to the notice of proposed
rulemaking for detailed information on
accessing information related to the
proposal.
Dated: June 26, 2018.
Christopher Grundler,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
On June 13, 2018, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking titled, ‘‘Increasing
Consistency and Transparency in
Considering Costs and Benefits in
Rulemaking Process.’’ The EPA is
extending the comment period on the
proposed rule, which was scheduled to
close on July 13, 2018, until August 13,
2018. The EPA is making this change in
response to public requests for an
extension of the comment period.
DATES: The public comment period for
the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on June 13, 2018 (83
FR 27524), is extended. Written
comments must be received on or before
August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OA–2018–0107 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
SUMMARY:
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EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. EPA will generally
not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system).
For additional submission methods,
the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on this document,
please contact Elizabeth Kopits,
National Center for Environmental
Economics, Office of Policy, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code
1809T, Washington, DC 20460, Phone:
(202) 566–2299; kopits.elizabeth@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document extends the public comment
period for the proposed rule to ensure
that the public has sufficient time to
review and comment on the proposal.
EPA is proposing this rule under
authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, in addition to
the authorities listed in the April 30th
document.
Dated: June 27, 2018.
Brittany Bolen,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Policy.
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[WC Docket No. 18–156; FCC 18–76]
8YY Access Charge Reform
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission proposes to migrate
interstate and intrastate originating end
office and tandem switching and
transport charges for toll free (8YY) calls
to bill-and-keep, continuing the reform
efforts that began with the 2011 USF/
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ICC Transformation Order. The
Commission also proposes to cap 8YY
database query rates at the lowest rate
charged by any price cap local exchange
carrier, and to limit charges to one
database query charge per call,
regardless of the number of carriers are
in the call path or the number of
database queries conducted. These
proposals should limit unreasonably
inflated charges and reduce or eliminate
incentives for parties to engage in the
types of abuse described in the record.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 4, 2018. Reply
comments must be submitted on or
before October 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by WC Docket No. 18–156, by
any of the following methods:
• Federal Communications
Commission’s Website: https://
apps.fcc.gov/ecfs//. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• People with Disabilities: Contact the
FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format
documents, sign language interpreters,
CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov
or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 888–
835–5322.
For detailed instructions for
submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process,
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina
Asoskov, Wireline Competition Bureau,
Pricing Policy Division at 202–418–2196
or at Irina.Asoskov@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM
or Notice), FCC 18–76, released on June
8, 2018. A full-text version of the
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
may be obtained at the following
internet address: https://docs.fcc.gov/
public/attachments/fcc-18-76a1.pdf.
I. Background
1. AT&T first introduced interstate
toll free service, using 800 numbers, in
1967. The defining characteristic of that
service, then known as Inward Wide
Area Telecommunications Service
(WATS), was that such calls were paid
for by the company that received the
calls and had subscribed to the toll free
service. At the time, and for many years
after, interstate calling rates were
substantial, so the calling party received
significant financial benefit from
making a toll free call rather than a
direct-dialed long distance (or toll) call.
Today, by contrast, the prevalence of
unlimited minutes plans for both
wireless and wireline service and the
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advent of the internet and other
advances in communications have
reduced the financial benefit to the
calling party of being able to make a
telephone call and not pay for the toll
portion of the call.
2. Nonetheless, many businesses and
consumers continue to find 8YY
numbers useful. Demand for 8YY
numbers continues to grow. In fact, the
Commission recently authorized a new
833 code to supplement the 800, 888,
877, 866, 855, and 844 codes already in
use for 8YY calling. The record offers
several explanations for the continued
demand for 8YY numbers. A toll free
number can give a business a national
presence and ‘‘project a professional
image.’’ Toll free numbers can also act
as a powerful branding tool, particularly
if the subscriber can obtain a vanity
number, such as 1–800–FLOWERS, that
promotes its business. Many businesses
also use toll free numbers to track the
effectiveness of their advertising and
marketing strategy. These marketing
efforts increase the demand for toll free
numbers, as businesses need to assign
unique numbers to each advertising
campaign or even to different segments
of the same advertising campaign.
3. The record indicates that 8YY
minutes of use appear to be increasing,
at least relative to other originating
access minutes. As a result, according to
some commenters, 8YY calls account for
a substantial majority of originating
access minutes. We seek comment on
parties’ experiences regarding demand
for 8YY numbers and legitimate minutes
of use. We also invite parties to provide
additional information regarding the
usefulness of 8YY numbers and demand
for 8YY services.
A. History of Intercarrier Compensation
for 8YY Calls
4. Following the breakup of AT&T,
the Commission analyzed the treatment
of toll free originating and terminating
switched access charges for purposes of
carrier revenue recovery. In addition to
end office rate elements, the
Commission allowed LECs to recover a
portion of fixed local loop costs through
the carrier common line (CCL) charge
that LECs were allowed to recover from
IXCs. In devising the CCL rate element
for toll free calls, the Commission
recognized that toll free calls generally
‘‘originated over regular local loops and
terminated over a dedicated access line
to the 8YY subscriber’s premises.’’ The
Commission referred to the originating
end of such calls as the ‘‘open end’’ and
the terminating end as the ‘‘closed end.’’
In the 1986 WATS Order, the
Commission placed the bulk of CCL
charges on terminating access minutes,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Chapter I
[EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0107; FRL-9980-45-OA]
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Benefits in the Rulemaking Process
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: On June 13, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
proposed an advance notice of proposed rulemaking titled, ``Increasing
Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in
Rulemaking Process.'' The EPA is extending the comment period on the
proposed rule, which was scheduled to close on July 13, 2018, until
August 13, 2018. The EPA is making this change in response to public
requests for an extension of the comment period.
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on June 13, 2018 (83 FR 27524), is extended. Written
comments must be received on or before August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2018-0107 at https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or
removed from Regulations.gov.
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EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system).
For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this
document, please contact Elizabeth Kopits, National Center for
Environmental Economics, Office of Policy, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Mail Code 1809T, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (202) 566-2299;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document extends the public comment
period for the proposed rule to ensure that the public has sufficient
time to review and comment on the proposal. EPA is proposing this rule
under authority of 5 U.S.C. 301, in addition to the authorities listed
in the April 30th document.
Dated: June 27, 2018.
Brittany Bolen,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Policy.
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