Production of Confidential Business Information in Pending Enforcement Litigation; Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information to the United States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain Litigation, 12189 [2021-04271]
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that EPA modify or withdraw from the
Agreement.
Bryan Olson,
Director, Superfund and Emergency
Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2021–04247 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10020–92–OAR]
Production of Confidential Business
Information in Pending Enforcement
Litigation; Transfer of Information
Claimed as Confidential Business
Information to the United States
Department of Justice and Parties to
Certain Litigation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is providing notice of
disclosure relating to the criminal
prosecution styled United States v.
Emanuele Palma, Case No. 2:19–cr–
20626–NGE–DRG (E.D. Mich.) (the
‘‘Palma Prosecution’’). In response to a
court order in the Palma Prosecution,
EPA is disclosing documents to the
United States Department of Justice
(‘‘DOJ’’) for production in the litigation
which may contain information
submitted to EPA by vehicle and engine
manufacturers that is claimed to be, or
has been determined to be, potential
confidential business information
(collectively ‘‘CBI’’). The use of the
documents and any potential CBI is
limited to the Palma Prosecution and its
distribution is restricted by the terms of
a court issued protective order.
DATES: Access by DOJ and/or the parties
to the Palma Prosecution to material,
including CBI, discussed in this
document, will begin on March 15,
2021, and is expected to continue
during the Palma Prosecution.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Zaremski, Associate Division Director,
Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality at
ComplianceInfo@epa.gov or (734) 214–
4362.
SUMMARY:
On
September 18, 2019, the United States
indicted Defendant Emanuel Palma on
thirteen counts, including violations of
the Clean Air Act under 42 U.S.C.
7413(c)(2)(A). On November 17, 2020,
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan ordered the
prosecution team to obtain and produce
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to the defendant certain materials in the
possession, custody or control of the
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Transportation and Air Quality
and Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance, Office of Civil
Enforcement, Air Enforcement Division
(hereinafter, collectively ‘‘EPA’’). See
Opinion and Order Granting
Defendant’s Motion for Discovery,
United States v. Emanuele Palma, Case
No. 2:19–cr–20626–NGE–DRG, dated
November 17, 2020 (ECF 58)
(hereinafter ‘‘the Discovery Order’’).
This notice is being provided, pursuant
to 40 CFR 2.209(d), to inform potentially
affected businesses that EPA intends to
transmit certain documents, which may
contain information submitted by
vehicle and engine manufacturers that is
claimed to be, or has been determined
to be, potential confidential business
information (collectively ‘‘CBI’’), to DOJ
for production to the defendant in the
criminal prosecution. The documents
include EPA communications about,
with, and information provided by
vehicle and engine manufacturers in
connection with the certification of
light-duty diesel motor vehicle engines
and related compliance matters, some of
which may include CBI. The
information may also include
certification and compliance materials
for other manufacturers of mobile
source vehicles, engines and equipment,
some of which may contain CBI.
The federal district court in the Palma
Prosecution has issued a protective
order, see Palma Prosecution, ECF 20,
dated December 23, 2019, (hereinafter,
the ‘‘Protective Order’’), that governs the
treatment of information, including CBI,
that is designated as ‘‘Protected
Information’’ pursuant to the Protective
Order. The Protective Order provides for
limited disclosure and use of CBI and
for the return or destruction of CBI at
the conclusion of the litigation. In
accordance with 40 CFR 2.209(c)–(d),
the EPA must disclose such information
to DOJ for production in the litigation to
the extent required to comply with the
obligations of the United States in the
Palma Prosecution.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
applications are set forth in paragraph 7
of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The public portions of the
applications listed below, as well as
other related filings required by the
Board, if any, are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
This information may also be obtained
on an expedited basis, upon request, by
contacting the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank and from the Board’s
Freedom of Information Office at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
request.htm. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of
the Act.
Comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the
Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of
the Board of Governors, Ann E.
Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington DC 20551–0001, not later
than March 17, 2021.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. The John C. Burgeson Residuary
Trust fbo Lauren Burgeson, the John C.
Burgeson Residuary Trust fbo J.
Christopher Burgeson, Lauren L.
Burgeson, and J. Christopher Burgeson,
as trustees of the trusts, all of Des
Moines, Iowa; Larry R. Cobb, Waukee,
Iowa; Sonia S. Nicholson, Altoona,
Iowa; and Gary W. Thies, Mapleton,
Iowa, all as trustees of the
aforementioned trusts; as a group acting
in concert, to acquire voting shares of
Iowa State Bank Holding Company, and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares
of Iowa State Bank, both of Des Moines,
Iowa.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, February 25, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10020-92-OAR]
Production of Confidential Business Information in Pending
Enforcement Litigation; Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential
Business Information to the United States Department of Justice and
Parties to Certain Litigation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') is providing
notice of disclosure relating to the criminal prosecution styled United
States v. Emanuele Palma, Case No. 2:19-cr-20626-NGE-DRG (E.D. Mich.)
(the ``Palma Prosecution''). In response to a court order in the Palma
Prosecution, EPA is disclosing documents to the United States
Department of Justice (``DOJ'') for production in the litigation which
may contain information submitted to EPA by vehicle and engine
manufacturers that is claimed to be, or has been determined to be,
potential confidential business information (collectively ``CBI''). The
use of the documents and any potential CBI is limited to the Palma
Prosecution and its distribution is restricted by the terms of a court
issued protective order.
DATES: Access by DOJ and/or the parties to the Palma Prosecution to
material, including CBI, discussed in this document, will begin on
March 15, 2021, and is expected to continue during the Palma
Prosecution.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Zaremski, Associate Division
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality
at [email protected] or (734) 214-4362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 18, 2019, the United States
indicted Defendant Emanuel Palma on thirteen counts, including
violations of the Clean Air Act under 42 U.S.C. 7413(c)(2)(A). On
November 17, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan ordered the prosecution team to obtain and produce
to the defendant certain materials in the possession, custody or
control of the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality and Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, Office of Civil Enforcement, Air Enforcement Division
(hereinafter, collectively ``EPA''). See Opinion and Order Granting
Defendant's Motion for Discovery, United States v. Emanuele Palma, Case
No. 2:19-cr-20626-NGE-DRG, dated November 17, 2020 (ECF 58)
(hereinafter ``the Discovery Order''). This notice is being provided,
pursuant to 40 CFR 2.209(d), to inform potentially affected businesses
that EPA intends to transmit certain documents, which may contain
information submitted by vehicle and engine manufacturers that is
claimed to be, or has been determined to be, potential confidential
business information (collectively ``CBI''), to DOJ for production to
the defendant in the criminal prosecution. The documents include EPA
communications about, with, and information provided by vehicle and
engine manufacturers in connection with the certification of light-duty
diesel motor vehicle engines and related compliance matters, some of
which may include CBI. The information may also include certification
and compliance materials for other manufacturers of mobile source
vehicles, engines and equipment, some of which may contain CBI.
The federal district court in the Palma Prosecution has issued a
protective order, see Palma Prosecution, ECF 20, dated December 23,
2019, (hereinafter, the ``Protective Order''), that governs the
treatment of information, including CBI, that is designated as
``Protected Information'' pursuant to the Protective Order. The
Protective Order provides for limited disclosure and use of CBI and for
the return or destruction of CBI at the conclusion of the litigation.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.209(c)-(d), the EPA must disclose such
information to DOJ for production in the litigation to the extent
required to comply with the obligations of the United States in the
Palma Prosecution.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 2021-04271 Filed 3-1-21; 8:45 am]
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