Billing Procedures for Annual Charges for the Costs of Other Federal Agencies for Administering Part I of the Federal Power Act; Notice Reporting Costs for Other Federal Agencies' Administrative Annual Charges for Fiscal Year 2020, 38706-38708 [2021-15540]
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and Procedure require all intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
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k. Description of Request: Due to
persistent drought conditions, the
licensee requests Commission approval
of a temporary variance of the minimum
flow requirement at streamflow gages
YB–316 (Upper Peak Lower Peak and/or
Kidd Lake), YB–207 (Lake Creek below
Feeley Lake), YB–208 (Carr Lake), and
YB–209 (Rucker Creek below Blue
Lake). The licensee is requesting to
reduce flow at YB–316, to 3 cubic feet
per second (cfs) and that flows at YB–
207, YB–208 and YB–209 be reduced
from license required flows of 0.50 cfs
(target), 0.20 cfs (allowable) to proposed
flows of 0.50 cfs (target), 0.10 cfs
(allowable), measured as a 48-hour
average. As requested, the reduced flow
releases would prevent dewatering of
these reaches. If granted, the variance
would last through October 1, 2021, or
until adequate precipitation occurs to
ensure that inflow equals outflow at the
referenced reservoirs for at least seven
consecutive days, whichever comes
later.
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n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all
protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular
application.
o. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents: All filings must (1) bear in
all capital letters the title
‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as
applicable; (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the
project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR
385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
basis. A copy of all other filings in
reference to this application must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with
385.2010.
Dated: July 15, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD21–4–000]
Billing Procedures for Annual Charges
for the Costs of Other Federal
Agencies for Administering Part I of
the Federal Power Act; Notice
Reporting Costs for Other Federal
Agencies’ Administrative Annual
Charges for Fiscal Year 2020
1. The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) is required
to determine the reasonableness of costs
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incurred by other Federal agencies
(OFAs) 1 in connection with their
participation in the Commission’s
proceedings under the Federal Power
Act (FPA) Part I 2 when those agencies
seek to include such costs in the
administrative charges licensees must
pay to reimburse the United States for
the cost of administering Part I.3 The
Commission’s Order on Remand and
Acting on Appeals of Annual Charge
Bills 4 determined which costs are
eligible to be included in the
administrative annual charges. This
order also established a process
whereby the Commission would
annually request each OFA to submit
cost data, using a form 5 specifically
designed for this purpose. In addition,
the order established requirements for
detailed cost accounting reports and
other documented analyses to explain
the cost assumptions contained in the
OFAs’ submissions.
2. The Commission has completed its
review of the forms and supporting
documentation submitted by the U.S.
Department of the Interior (Interior), the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Agriculture), and the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) for fiscal year
(FY) 2020. This notice reports the costs
the Commission included in its
administrative annual charges for FY
2021.
Scope of Eligible Costs
3. The basis for eligible costs that
should be included in the OFAs’
administrative annual charges is
prescribed by the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A–25—
User Charges and the Federal
Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s
Statement of Federal Financial
Accounting Standards (SFFAS) Number
4—Managerial Cost Accounting
Concepts and Standards for the Federal
Government. Circular A–25 establishes
Federal policy regarding fees assessed
for government services and provides
specific information on the scope and
type of activities subject to user charges.
1 The OFAs include: The U.S. Department of the
Interior (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land
Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of
the Solicitor, Office of Environmental Policy &
Compliance, Office of Hearings and Appeals, and
Office of Policy Analysis); the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service); the U.S.
Department of Commerce (National Marine
Fisheries Service); and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
2 16 U.S.C. 791a–823d (2018).
3 See id. § 803(e)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 7178 (2018).
4 107 FERC ¶ 61,277, order on reh’g, 109 FERC
¶ 61,040 (2004).
5 Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form,
available at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
forms.asp#ofa.
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SFFAS Number 4 provides a conceptual
framework for federal agencies to
determine the full costs of government
goods and services.
4. Circular A–25 provides for user
charges to be assessed against recipients
of special benefits derived from federal
activities beyond those received by the
general public.6 With regard to
licensees, the special benefit derived
from federal activities is the license to
operate a hydropower project. The
guidance provides for the assessment of
sufficient user charges to recover the full
costs of services associated with these
special benefits.7 SFFAS Number 4
defines full costs as the costs of
resources consumed by a specific
governmental unit that contribute
directly or indirectly to a provided
service.8 Thus, pursuant to OMB
requirements and authoritative
accounting guidance, the Commission
must base its OFA administrative
annual charge on all direct and indirect
costs incurred by agencies in
administering Part I of the FPA. The
special form the Commission designed
for this purpose, the ‘‘Other Federal
Agency Cost Submission Form,’’
captures the full range of costs
recoverable under the FPA and the
referenced accounting guidance.9
Commission Review of OFA Cost
Submittals
5. The Commission received cost
forms and other supporting
documentation from the Departments of
the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce. The Commission completed
a review of each OFA’s cost submission
forms and supporting reports. In its
examination of the OFAs’ cost data, the
Commission considered each agency’s
ability to demonstrate a system or
process which effectively captured,
isolated, and reported FPA Part I costs
as required by the ‘‘Other Federal
Agency Cost Submission Form.’’
6. The Commission held a Technical
Conference on March 25, 2021 to report
its initial findings to licensees and
OFAs. Representatives for several
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licensees and most of the OFAs
attended the conference. Following the
technical conference, a transcript was
posted, and licensees had the
opportunity to submit comments to the
Commission regarding its initial review.
7. Idaho Falls Group (Idaho Falls)
filed written comments,10 stating its
general support of the Commission’s
analysis but raising concerns regarding
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service (NPS) and Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR) individual cost
submissions. The issues are addressed
in the Appendix to this notice.
8. After additional review, full
consideration of the comments
presented, and in accordance with the
previously cited guidance, the
Commission accepted as reasonable any
costs reported via the cost submission
forms that were clearly documented in
the OFAs’ accompanying reports and/or
analyses. These documented costs will
be included in the administrative
annual charges for FY 2021.
Summ
Bureau of Land Mana ement
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Seivice
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Seivice
Office of the Solicitor
882
171,008
181 804
882
171,008
181 804
116,752
21,055
565,382
1 035 765
60,365
60,365
179,315
Figure 1
6 OMB
Circular A–25 § 6.
Circular A–25 § 6.a.2.
8 SFFAS Number 4 ¶ 7.
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10. As presented in Figure 1, the
Commission has determined that
$6,032,252 of the $6,186,495 in total
reported costs were reasonable and
clearly documented in the OFAs’
accompanying reports and/or analyses.
Based on this finding, 2% of the total
reported cost was determined to be
unreasonable. The Commission notes
the most significant issue with the
9 For the past few years, the form has excluded
‘‘Other Direct Costs’’ to avoid the possibility of
confusion that occurred in earlier years as to
whether costs were being entered twice as ‘‘Other
Direct Costs’’ and ‘‘Overhead.’’
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documentation provided by the OFAs
was the lack of supporting
documentation to substantiate costs
reported on the ‘‘Other Federal Agency
Cost Submission Form.’’
11. The cost reports that the
Commission determined were clearly
documented and supported could be
traced to detailed cost-accounting
reports, which reconciled to data
provided from agency financial systems
or other pertinent source
documentation. A further breakdown of
10 See Letter from Michael A. Swiger, Van Ness
Feldman, to the Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, FERC,
Docket No. AD21–4–000 (filed April 30, 2021).
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9. Figure 1 summarizes the total
reported costs incurred by Interior,
Agriculture, and Commerce with respect
to their participation in administering
Part I of the FPA. Additionally, Figure
1 summarizes the reported costs that the
Commission determined were clearly
documented and accepted for inclusion
in its FY 2021 administrative annual
charges.
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these costs is included in the Appendix
to this notice, along with an explanation
of how the Commission determined
their reasonableness.
Points of Contact
12. If you have any questions
regarding this notice, please contact
Raven Rodriguez at (202) 502–6276.
Dated: July 15, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–15540 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC21–23–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (Ferc–725v); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
725V, Mandatory Reliability Standards:
COM Reliability Standards, which will
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the collection of
information are due August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
FERC–725V to OMB through
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer. Please
identify the OMB Control Number
(1902–0277) in the subject line of your
comments. Comments should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Please submit copies of your
comments to the Commission. You may
submit copies of your comments
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1 16
U.S.C. 824o (2012).
CFR 39.5 (2015).
3 The Commission defines burden 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
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(identified by Docket No. IC21–23–000)
by one of the following methods:
Electronic filing through https://
www.ferc.gov, is preferred.
• Electronic Filing: Documents must
be filed in acceptable native
applications and print-to-PDF, but not
in scanned or picture format.
• For those unable to file
electronically, comments may be filed
by USPS mail or by hand (including
courier) delivery.
Æ Mail via U.S. Postal Service Only:
Addressed to: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Æ Hand (Including Courier) Delivery:
Deliver to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: OMB submissions must
be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review’’ field, select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit,’’ and select ‘‘comment’’
to the right of the subject collection.
FERC submissions must be formatted
and filed in accordance with submission
guidelines at: https://www.ferc.gov. For
user assistance, contact FERC Online
Support by email at ferconlinesupport@
ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676
(toll-free).
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/ferconline/overview.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–725V, Mandatory
Reliability Standards: COM Reliability
Standards.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0277.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–725V information
collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
Abstract: On August 15, 2016, the
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) filed a petition for
Commission approval, pursuant to
section 215(d)(1) of the Federal Power
Act (‘‘FPA’’) 1 and Section 39.5 2 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s regulations, for
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
(Communications), the associated
Implementation Plan, retirement of
currently-effective Reliability Standard
COM–001–2.1, and Violation Risk
Factors (‘‘VRFs’’) and Violation Severity
Levels (‘‘VSLs’’) associated with new
Requirements R12 and R13 in
Reliability Standard COM–001–3.
Reliability Standard COM–001–3
reflects revisions developed under
Project 2015–07 Internal
Communications Capabilities, in
compliance with the Commission’s
directive in Order No. 888 that NERC
‘‘develop modifications to COM–001–2,
or develop a new standard, to address
the Commission’s concerns regarding
ensuring the adequacy of internal
communications capability whenever
internal communications could directly
affect the reliability opera.’’
Reliability Standards COM–001–3 and
COM–002–4 do not require responsible
entities to file information with the
Commission. COM–001–3 requires that
transmission operators, balancing
authorities, reliability coordinators,
distribution providers, and generator
operators must maintain documentation
of Interpersonal Communication
capability and designation of Alternate
Interpersonal Communication, as well
as evidence of testing of the Alternate
Interpersonal Communication facilities.
COM–002–4 requires balancing
authorities, distribution providers,
reliability coordinators, transmission
operators, and generator operators to
develop and maintain documented
communication protocols, and to be
able to provide evidence of training on
the protocols and of their annual
assessment of the protocols.
Additionally, all applicable entities
(balancing authorities, reliability
coordinators, transmission operators,
generator operators, and distribution
providers) must be able to provide
evidence of three-part communication
when issuing or receiving an Operating
Instruction during an Emergency.
Type of Respondents: Public utilities.
Estimate of Annual Burden 3: The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting burden and cost for the
information collection as: 4
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
4 The estimates for cost per response are loaded
hourly wage figure (includes benefits) is based on
two occupational categories for 2020 found on the
Bureau of Labor Statistics website (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm):
The hourly estimates for salary plus benefits are:
(a) Electrical Engineer (code 17–2071), $70.19; (b)
Information and Record Clerk (code 43–4199),
$43.38. The average hourly cost (salary plus
benefits), weighting both skill sets equally, is
$56.79. For these calculations, we round the figure
to $57.00 per hour.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD21-4-000]
Billing Procedures for Annual Charges for the Costs of Other
Federal Agencies for Administering Part I of the Federal Power Act;
Notice Reporting Costs for Other Federal Agencies' Administrative
Annual Charges for Fiscal Year 2020
1. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
required to determine the reasonableness of costs incurred by other
Federal agencies (OFAs) \1\ in connection with their participation in
the Commission's proceedings under the Federal Power Act (FPA) Part I
\2\ when those agencies seek to include such costs in the
administrative charges licensees must pay to reimburse the United
States for the cost of administering Part I.\3\ The Commission's Order
on Remand and Acting on Appeals of Annual Charge Bills \4\ determined
which costs are eligible to be included in the administrative annual
charges. This order also established a process whereby the Commission
would annually request each OFA to submit cost data, using a form \5\
specifically designed for this purpose. In addition, the order
established requirements for detailed cost accounting reports and other
documented analyses to explain the cost assumptions contained in the
OFAs' submissions.
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\1\ The OFAs include: The U.S. Department of the Interior
(Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Office of the Solicitor, Office of Environmental Policy &
Compliance, Office of Hearings and Appeals, and Office of Policy
Analysis); the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service);
the U.S. Department of Commerce (National Marine Fisheries Service);
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
\2\ 16 U.S.C. 791a-823d (2018).
\3\ See id. Sec. 803(e)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 7178 (2018).
\4\ 107 FERC ] 61,277, order on reh'g, 109 FERC ] 61,040 (2004).
\5\ Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form, available at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/forms.asp#ofa.
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2. The Commission has completed its review of the forms and
supporting documentation submitted by the U.S. Department of the
Interior (Interior), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Agriculture),
and the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) for fiscal year (FY)
2020. This notice reports the costs the Commission included in its
administrative annual charges for FY 2021.
Scope of Eligible Costs
3. The basis for eligible costs that should be included in the
OFAs' administrative annual charges is prescribed by the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Circular A-25--User Charges and the
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's Statement of Federal
Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) Number 4--Managerial Cost
Accounting Concepts and Standards for the Federal Government. Circular
A-25 establishes Federal policy regarding fees assessed for government
services and provides specific information on the scope and type of
activities subject to user charges.
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SFFAS Number 4 provides a conceptual framework for federal agencies to
determine the full costs of government goods and services.
4. Circular A-25 provides for user charges to be assessed against
recipients of special benefits derived from federal activities beyond
those received by the general public.\6\ With regard to licensees, the
special benefit derived from federal activities is the license to
operate a hydropower project. The guidance provides for the assessment
of sufficient user charges to recover the full costs of services
associated with these special benefits.\7\ SFFAS Number 4 defines full
costs as the costs of resources consumed by a specific governmental
unit that contribute directly or indirectly to a provided service.\8\
Thus, pursuant to OMB requirements and authoritative accounting
guidance, the Commission must base its OFA administrative annual charge
on all direct and indirect costs incurred by agencies in administering
Part I of the FPA. The special form the Commission designed for this
purpose, the ``Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form,'' captures
the full range of costs recoverable under the FPA and the referenced
accounting guidance.\9\
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\6\ OMB Circular A-25 Sec. 6.
\7\ OMB Circular A-25 Sec. 6.a.2.
\8\ SFFAS Number 4 ] 7.
\9\ For the past few years, the form has excluded ``Other Direct
Costs'' to avoid the possibility of confusion that occurred in
earlier years as to whether costs were being entered twice as
``Other Direct Costs'' and ``Overhead.''
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Commission Review of OFA Cost Submittals
5. The Commission received cost forms and other supporting
documentation from the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce. The Commission completed a review of each OFA's cost
submission forms and supporting reports. In its examination of the
OFAs' cost data, the Commission considered each agency's ability to
demonstrate a system or process which effectively captured, isolated,
and reported FPA Part I costs as required by the ``Other Federal Agency
Cost Submission Form.''
6. The Commission held a Technical Conference on March 25, 2021 to
report its initial findings to licensees and OFAs. Representatives for
several licensees and most of the OFAs attended the conference.
Following the technical conference, a transcript was posted, and
licensees had the opportunity to submit comments to the Commission
regarding its initial review.
7. Idaho Falls Group (Idaho Falls) filed written comments,\10\
stating its general support of the Commission's analysis but raising
concerns regarding Department of the Interior, National Park Service
(NPS) and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) individual cost submissions. The
issues are addressed in the Appendix to this notice.
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\10\ See Letter from Michael A. Swiger, Van Ness Feldman, to the
Honorable Kimberly D. Bose, FERC, Docket No. AD21-4-000 (filed April
30, 2021).
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8. After additional review, full consideration of the comments
presented, and in accordance with the previously cited guidance, the
Commission accepted as reasonable any costs reported via the cost
submission forms that were clearly documented in the OFAs' accompanying
reports and/or analyses. These documented costs will be included in the
administrative annual charges for FY 2021.
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9. Figure 1 summarizes the total reported costs incurred by
Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce with respect to their participation
in administering Part I of the FPA. Additionally, Figure 1 summarizes
the reported costs that the Commission determined were clearly
documented and accepted for inclusion in its FY 2021 administrative
annual charges.
Summary Findings of Commission's Costs Review
10. As presented in Figure 1, the Commission has determined that
$6,032,252 of the $6,186,495 in total reported costs were reasonable
and clearly documented in the OFAs' accompanying reports and/or
analyses. Based on this finding, 2% of the total reported cost was
determined to be unreasonable. The Commission notes the most
significant issue with the documentation provided by the OFAs was the
lack of supporting documentation to substantiate costs reported on the
``Other Federal Agency Cost Submission Form.''
11. The cost reports that the Commission determined were clearly
documented and supported could be traced to detailed cost-accounting
reports, which reconciled to data provided from agency financial
systems or other pertinent source documentation. A further breakdown of
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these costs is included in the Appendix to this notice, along with an
explanation of how the Commission determined their reasonableness.
Points of Contact
12. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact
Raven Rodriguez at (202) 502-6276.
Dated: July 15, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-15540 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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