Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Public Comments, 1228-1229 [2023-00128]

Download as PDF 1228 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2023 / Notices the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 1. EPA. Unreasonable Risk Determination for Trichloroethylene (TCE). December 2022. 2. EPA. Risk Evaluation for Trichloroethylene. November 2020. EPA Document #740–R–18–008. https:// www.regulations.gov/document/EPAHQ-OPPT-2019-0500-0113. 3. Executive Order 13990. Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. Federal Register. 86 FR 7037, January 25, 2021. 4. Executive Order 13985. Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. Federal Register. 86 FR 7009, January 25, 2021. 5. Executive Order 14008. Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Federal Register. 86 FR 7619, February 1, 2021. 6. Presidential Memorandum. Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking. Federal Register. 86 FR 8845, February 10, 2021. 7. EPA. Press Release; EPA Announces Path Forward for TSCA Chemical Risk Evaluations. June 2021. https:// www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epaannounces-path-forward-tsca-chemicalrisk-evaluations. 8. EPA. Proposed Rule; Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act. Federal Register. 82 FR 7562, January 19, 2017 (FRL–9957–75). 9. EPA. Final Rule; Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act. Federal Register. 82 FR 33726, July 20, 2017 (FRL–9964–38). 10. EPA. Response to Public Comments to the Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination; Trichloroethylene (TCE). December 2022. 11. EPA. Summary of External Peer Review and Public Comments and Disposition for Trichloroethylene (TCE). November 2020. Available at: https:// www.regulations.gov/document/EPAHQ-OPPT-2019-0500-0114. 12. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards for Fiscal Year 2021 (October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021). Accessed October 13, 2022. https://www.osha.gov/ top10citedstandards. 13. OSHA. Permissible Exposure Limits— Annotated Tables. Accessed June 13, 2022. https://www.osha.gov/annotatedpels. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. Dated: January 3, 2023. Michal Freedhoff, Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. [Notice 2023–01] Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Public Comments Federal Election Commission. Notice of public hearing and request for public comments. AGENCY: ACTION: The Federal Election Commission seeks public comment on its policies and procedures regarding the auditing of political committees that do not receive public funds. The Commission also is announcing a public hearing on its audit procedures. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 8, 2023. A hybrid public hearing will be held on a later date at the Federal Election Commission, 1050 First St. NE, 12th floor Hearing Room, Washington, DC 20463, and virtually. The Commission will publish a notification of hearing in the Federal Register announcing the date and time of the hearing. Anyone seeking to testify at the hearing must file written comments by the due date and must include in the written comments a request to testify. ADDRESSES: All comments must be in writing. Commenters may submit comments by email to audit2023@ fec.gov. Each commenter must provide, at a minimum, his or her first name, last name, city, and state. All properly submitted comments, including attachments, will become part of the public record, and the Commission will make comments available for public viewing on the Commission’s website and in the Commission’s Public Records Office. Accordingly, commenters should not provide in their comments any information that they do not wish to make public, such as a home street address, date of birth, phone number, social security number, or driver’s license number, or any information that is restricted from disclosure, such as trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General Counsel, or Ms. Joanna S. Waldstreicher, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, at audit2023@fec.gov or 202–694–1650. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission administers the Federal Election Campaign Act,1 in relevant part, through a review of disclosure reports that are filed with the SUMMARY: [FR Doc. 2023–00116 Filed 1–6–23; 8:45 am] 1 52 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Jan 06, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 U.S.C. 30101–45. Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Commission. When the Commission’s review of a non-publicly-funded political committee’s disclosure reports indicates that the reports appear not to have met the threshold requirements for substantial compliance with the requirements of the Act, the Commission may conduct an audit of the committee to determine whether the committee complied with the Act’s limitations, prohibitions and disclosure requirements.2 The Commission’s procedures regarding these audits are primarily set forth in Directive 70: FEC Directive on Processing Audit Reports; 3 Procedural Rules for Audit Hearings; 4 and a program for requesting consideration of legal questions by the Commission.5 In the course of addressing its administrative responsibilities, the Commission periodically reviews its programs to ensure that it is fulfilling its mission of enforcing and administering the Act while continuing to afford due process and efficiency to political committees. The purpose of this Notice is to reexamine the Commission’s policies and procedures regarding the auditing of political committees that do not receive public funds, and to give the regulated community and representatives of the public an opportunity to bring before the Commission comments and concerns about its audit process. The Commission will use the comments received to help determine whether internal directives or practices should be adjusted, and if so, how. The Commission is not, in this notice, seeking comment on its policies, practices, and procedures regarding audits of publicly funded committees. The Commission seeks comments addressing the audit process since the most recent changes were made over ten years ago: for example, the Rules for Audit Hearings in 2009, Directives 69 and 70 in 2010, and the Program for Requesting Consideration of Legal Questions in 2011. For example, are committees being given sufficient 2 52 U.S.C. 30111(b). The Commission is required by law to audit presidential committees that receive public funds. 52 U.S.C. 30111(b); 26 U.S.C. 9007(a), 9038(a). 3 https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/ documents/directive_70.pdf (adopted in 2010 and last modified in 2011). 4 74 FR 33,140 (July 10, 2009) and Correction, 74 FR 39,535 (August 7, 2009). 5 Policy Statement Regarding a Program for Requesting Consideration of Legal Questions by the Commission, 84 FR 36,602 (July 29, 2019) (updating Commission’s contact information, recounting history of similar changes to program since adopted in 2011, and publishing current policy in full); Directive 69: FEC Directive on Legal Guidance to the Office of Compliance, https://www.fec.gov/ resources/cms-content/documents/directive_69.pdf (adopted in 2010). E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 5 / Monday, January 9, 2023 / Notices opportunity to be heard by the Commission during the audit process? Has the audit process become more complex, costly, or inefficient? What can the Commission do to improve the audit process? The Commission welcomes comments on how it might increase fairness, substantive and procedural due process, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Commission’s auditing of political committees, and how the audit function could best serve the Commission’s mission and enhance disclosure and compliance with the Act. The Commission is particularly interested in hearing from committees that have directly interacted with the Commission in the audit process, and their counsel, on how the Commission’s audit policies and procedures have facilitated or hindered committees’ productive interaction with the agency and substantial compliance with the Act. Draft Advisory Opinion 2022–25: Senator Mike Crapo/Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate Management and Administrative Matters CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer. Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Individuals who plan to attend in person and who require special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Laura E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date. (Authority: Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b) Laura E. Sinram, Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2023–00286 Filed 1–5–23; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P On behalf of the Commission. Dara S. Lindenbaum, Chair, Federal Election Commission. FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE [FR Doc. 2023–00128 Filed 1–6–23; 8:45 am] Training Evaluation BILLING CODE 6715–01–P Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments. AGENCY: FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings FMCS requests evaluations from clients to create tailored training as well as post-training evaluations to continue to provide world-class training PLACE: Hybrid meeting: 1050 First Street to all sectors. NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor) and DATES: Comments must be submitted on virtual. or before February 8, 2023. Note: For those attending the meeting in ADDRESSES : You may submit comments, person, current COVID–19 safety protocols identified by Training Evaluation, for visitors, which are based on the CDC through one of the following methods: COVID–19 community level in Washington, DC, will be updated on the commission’s • Email: register@fmcs.gov; contact page by the Monday before the • Mail: Office of the General Counsel, meeting. See the contact page at https:// One Independence Square, 250 E. Street www.fec.gov/contact/. If you would like to SW, Washington, DC 20427. Please note virtually access the meeting, see the that at this time, mail is sometimes instructions below. delayed. Therefore, we encourage STATUS: This meeting will be open to the emailed comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: public, subject to the above-referenced Krystil Smith, ksmith@fmcs.gov, 202– guidance regarding the COVID–19 606–5137. community level and corresponding health and safety procedures. To access SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the meeting virtually, go to the the agency questions are available here. commission’s website www.fec.gov and I. Information Collection Request click on the banner to be taken to the meeting page. Agency: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Form Number: Not yet assigned. Audit Division Recommendation Type of Request: New collection. Memorandum on the Jim Risch for Affected Entities: Federal U.S. Senate Committee (A21–06) Government, households and Audit Division Recommendation individuals, private sector (private Memorandum on Sheila Jackson Lee sector, not-for-profit institutions), State for Congress (A21–05) and local governments. SUMMARY: Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 TIME AND DATE: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Jan 06, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1229 Frequency: All affected entities are requested to complete the information collection on occasion. The information collection takes approximately 2 minutes to complete. Abstract: FMCS provides training services to minimize workplace conflict. To continue to provide the best training, FMCS needs to solicit feedback on its training services. Burden: We expect to solicit 1,500 information collections annually, with an estimated 2 minutes for completion. We expect a response rate of 35%. The respondent is asked to respond on occasion (before or after the training). Therefore, the estimated burden is 1,050 minutes. II. Request for Comments FMCS solicits comments to: i. Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility. ii. Enhance the accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the burden of the proposed collection of information. iii. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. iv. Minimize the burden of the collections of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic collection technologies or other forms of information technology. III. 60-Day Comment Period This information was previously published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2022, allowing for a 60-day public comment period under Document 2022–22729 at 87 FR 63776. FMCS received no comments. IV. The Official Record The official records are both electronic and paper records. List of Subjects Labor-Management Relations. Dated: January 4, 2023. Anna Davis, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2023–00183 Filed 1–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6732–01–P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension Federal Trade Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: E:\FR\FM\09JAN1.SGM 09JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1228-1229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00128]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

[Notice 2023-01]


Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Public Comments

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Election Commission seeks public comment on its 
policies and procedures regarding the auditing of political committees 
that do not receive public funds. The Commission also is announcing a 
public hearing on its audit procedures.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 8, 2023. A 
hybrid public hearing will be held on a later date at the Federal 
Election Commission, 1050 First St. NE, 12th floor Hearing Room, 
Washington, DC 20463, and virtually. The Commission will publish a 
notification of hearing in the Federal Register announcing the date and 
time of the hearing. Anyone seeking to testify at the hearing must file 
written comments by the due date and must include in the written 
comments a request to testify.

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in writing. Commenters may submit 
comments by email to [email protected].
    Each commenter must provide, at a minimum, his or her first name, 
last name, city, and state. All properly submitted comments, including 
attachments, will become part of the public record, and the Commission 
will make comments available for public viewing on the Commission's 
website and in the Commission's Public Records Office. Accordingly, 
commenters should not provide in their comments any information that 
they do not wish to make public, such as a home street address, date of 
birth, phone number, social security number, or driver's license 
number, or any information that is restricted from disclosure, such as 
trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged 
or confidential.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant 
General Counsel, or Ms. Joanna S. Waldstreicher, Attorney, Office of 
the General Counsel, at [email protected] or 202-694-1650.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission administers the Federal 
Election Campaign Act,\1\ in relevant part, through a review of 
disclosure reports that are filed with the Commission. When the 
Commission's review of a non-publicly-funded political committee's 
disclosure reports indicates that the reports appear not to have met 
the threshold requirements for substantial compliance with the 
requirements of the Act, the Commission may conduct an audit of the 
committee to determine whether the committee complied with the Act's 
limitations, prohibitions and disclosure requirements.\2\ The 
Commission's procedures regarding these audits are primarily set forth 
in Directive 70: FEC Directive on Processing Audit Reports; \3\ 
Procedural Rules for Audit Hearings; \4\ and a program for requesting 
consideration of legal questions by the Commission.\5\
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    \1\ 52 U.S.C. 30101-45.
    \2\ 52 U.S.C. 30111(b). The Commission is required by law to 
audit presidential committees that receive public funds. 52 U.S.C. 
30111(b); 26 U.S.C. 9007(a), 9038(a).
    \3\ https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/directive_70.pdf (adopted in 2010 and last modified in 2011).
    \4\ 74 FR 33,140 (July 10, 2009) and Correction, 74 FR 39,535 
(August 7, 2009).
    \5\ Policy Statement Regarding a Program for Requesting 
Consideration of Legal Questions by the Commission, 84 FR 36,602 
(July 29, 2019) (updating Commission's contact information, 
recounting history of similar changes to program since adopted in 
2011, and publishing current policy in full); Directive 69: FEC 
Directive on Legal Guidance to the Office of Compliance, https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/directive_69.pdf 
(adopted in 2010).
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    In the course of addressing its administrative responsibilities, 
the Commission periodically reviews its programs to ensure that it is 
fulfilling its mission of enforcing and administering the Act while 
continuing to afford due process and efficiency to political 
committees. The purpose of this Notice is to reexamine the Commission's 
policies and procedures regarding the auditing of political committees 
that do not receive public funds, and to give the regulated community 
and representatives of the public an opportunity to bring before the 
Commission comments and concerns about its audit process. The 
Commission will use the comments received to help determine whether 
internal directives or practices should be adjusted, and if so, how. 
The Commission is not, in this notice, seeking comment on its policies, 
practices, and procedures regarding audits of publicly funded 
committees.
    The Commission seeks comments addressing the audit process since 
the most recent changes were made over ten years ago: for example, the 
Rules for Audit Hearings in 2009, Directives 69 and 70 in 2010, and the 
Program for Requesting Consideration of Legal Questions in 2011. For 
example, are committees being given sufficient

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opportunity to be heard by the Commission during the audit process? Has 
the audit process become more complex, costly, or inefficient? What can 
the Commission do to improve the audit process?
    The Commission welcomes comments on how it might increase fairness, 
substantive and procedural due process, efficiency, and effectiveness 
of the Commission's auditing of political committees, and how the audit 
function could best serve the Commission's mission and enhance 
disclosure and compliance with the Act. The Commission is particularly 
interested in hearing from committees that have directly interacted 
with the Commission in the audit process, and their counsel, on how the 
Commission's audit policies and procedures have facilitated or hindered 
committees' productive interaction with the agency and substantial 
compliance with the Act.

    On behalf of the Commission.
Dara S. Lindenbaum,
Chair, Federal Election Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-00128 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6715-01-P
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