Sunshine Act Meetings, 42940 [2023-14305]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 42940 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2023 / Notices 2060–0150). The health-effects data will be used to determine if there are any products which have evaporative or combustion emissions that may pose an unreasonable risk to public health, thus meriting further investigation and potential regulation. This information is required for specific groups of fuels and additives as defined in the regulations. For example, gasoline and gasoline additives which consist of only carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and/or sulfur, and which involve a gasoline oxygen content of less than 1.5 weight percent, fall into a ‘‘baseline’’ group. Oxygenated additives, such as ethanol, when used in gasoline at an oxygen level of at least 1.5 weight percent, define separate ‘‘non-baseline’’ groups for each oxygenate. Additives which contain elements other than carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur fall into separate ‘‘atypical’’ groups. There are similar grouping requirements for diesel fuel and diesel fuel additives. Manufacturers may perform the research independently or may join with other manufacturers to share in the costs for each applicable group. Several research consortiums (groups of manufacturers) have been formed. The largest consortium, organized by the American Petroleum Institute (API), represents most of the manufacturers of baseline gasoline, baseline diesel fuel, baseline fuel additives, and the prominent non-baseline oxygenated additives for gasoline. The research is structured into three tiers of requirements for each group. Tier 1 requires an emissions characterization and a literature search for information on the health effects of those emissions. Voluminous Tier 1 data for gasoline and diesel fuel were submitted by API and others in 1997. Tier 1 data have been submitted for biodiesel, water/diesel emulsions, several atypical additives, and renewable gasoline and diesel fuels. Tier 2 requires short-term inhalation exposures of laboratory animals to emissions to screen for adverse health effects. Tier 2 data have been submitted for baseline diesel, biodiesel, and water/ diesel emulsions. Alternative Tier 2 testing can be required in lieu of standard Tier 2 testing if EPA concludes that such testing would be more appropriate. EPA reached that conclusion with respect to gasoline and gasoline-oxygenate blends, and alternative requirements were established for the API consortium for baseline gasoline and six gasolineoxygenate blends. Alternative Tier 2 requirements have also been established for the manganese additive MMT manufactured by the Afton Chemical VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Jul 03, 2023 Jkt 259001 Corporation (formerly the Ethyl Corporation). Tier 3 provides for followup research, at EPA’s discretion, when remaining uncertainties as to the significance of observed health effects, welfare effects, and/or emissions exposures from a fuel or fuel/additive mixture interfere with EPA’s ability to make reasonable estimates of the potential risks posed by emissions from a fuel or additive. To date, EPA has not imposed any Tier 3 requirements. Under regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 211 of the Clean Air Act, (1) submission of the health-effects information is necessary for a manufacturer to obtain registration of a motor-vehicle gasoline, diesel fuel, or fuel additive, and thus be allowed to introduce that product into commerce, and (2) the information shall not be considered confidential. Form numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of motor-vehicle gasoline, motor-vehicle diesel fuel, and additives for those fuels. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 79. Estimated number of respondents: 2. Frequency of response: On occasion. Total estimated burden: 13,867 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $1.7 million per year, includes $0.6 million annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in estimates: There is a $2 million decrease in cost. This decrease is due to an estimated need for only one-third of the required testing. Byron Bunker, Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2023–14167 Filed 7–3–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Sunshine Act Meetings 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 30, 2023. PLACE: The meeting was held in the Board Room located on the sixth floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC. STATUS: Closed. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation met to consider matters related to the Corporation’s supervision, corporate, and resolution activities. In calling the meeting, the Board determined, on motion of TIME AND DATE: PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Director Michael J. Hsu (Acting Comptroller of the Currency), seconded by Director Rohit Chopra (Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), and concurred in by Vice Chairman Travis J. Hill, Director Jonathan P. McKernan, and Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, that the public interest did not require consideration of the matters in a meeting open to public observation; and that the matters could be considered in a closed meeting by authority of subsections (c)(2) (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)). CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Requests for further information concerning the meeting may be directed to Debra A. Decker, Executive Secretary of the Corporation, at 202–898–8748. Dated this the 30th day of June, 2023. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. James P. Sheesley, Assistant Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–14305 Filed 6–30–23; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6714–01–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. PLACE: Hybrid Meeting: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor) and Virtual. Note: For those attending the meeting in person, current COVID–19 safety protocols for visitors, which are based on the CDC COVID–19 hospital admission level in Washington, DC, will be updated on the Commission’s contact page by the Monday before the meeting. See the contact page at https:// www.fec.gov/contact/. If you would like to virtually access the meeting, see the instructions below. STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public, subject to the above-referenced guidance regarding the COVID–19 hospital admission level and corresponding health and safety procedures. To access the meeting virtually, go to the Commission’s website www.fec.gov and click on the banner to be taken to the meeting page. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Audit Division Recommendation Memorandum on Steve Daines for Montana (A21–04) Draft Advisory Opinion 2023–04: Guy for Congress Proposed Directive Regarding Congressional Referrals TIME AND DATE: E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14305]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 30, 2023.

PLACE: The meeting was held in the Board Room located on the sixth 
floor of the FDIC Building located at 550 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation met to consider matters related to the 
Corporation's supervision, corporate, and resolution activities. In 
calling the meeting, the Board determined, on motion of Director 
Michael J. Hsu (Acting Comptroller of the Currency), seconded by 
Director Rohit Chopra (Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), 
and concurred in by Vice Chairman Travis J. Hill, Director Jonathan P. 
McKernan, and Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, that the public interest 
did not require consideration of the matters in a meeting open to 
public observation; and that the matters could be considered in a 
closed meeting by authority of subsections (c)(2) (c)(4), (c)(6), 
(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10) of the ``Government in 
the Sunshine Act'' (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2), (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), 
(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Requests for further information 
concerning the meeting may be directed to Debra A. Decker, Executive 
Secretary of the Corporation, at 202-898-8748.

    Dated this the 30th day of June, 2023.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
James P. Sheesley,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-14305 Filed 6-30-23; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 6714-01-P
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