[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as 
indicated:

        EC-2949. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate 
     Fertilizer Production Risk and Technology Review 
     Reconsideration'' (FRL No. 9968-01-OAR) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-2950. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Technical Amendments to Procedure 6'' ((RIN2060-
     AS86) (FRL No. 9968-02-OAR)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-2951. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical 
     Substances'' ((RIN2070-AB27) (FRL No. 9959-81)) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2952. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Finding of Failure to Submit State Implementation 
     Plans Required for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone NAAQS; California; 
     Sacramento Metro'' (FRL No. 9966-86-Region 9) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2953. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Kansas Air Quality State 
     Implementation Plans; Construction Permits and Approvals 
     Program'' (FRL No. 9967-97-Region 7) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2954. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New 
     Jersey, 2011 Periodic Emission Inventory SIP for the Ozone 
     Nonattainment and PM2.5/Regional Haze Areas'' (FRL No. 9968-
     05-Region 2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 2017; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2955. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for 
     Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Colorado, Montana, 
     North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming; Negative 
     Declarations'' (FRL No. 9968-11-Region 8) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2956. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Plans for Designated 
     Facilities; New Jersey; Delegation of Authority'' (FRL No. 
     9968-13-Region 2) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2957. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     Texas; Reasonably Available Control Technology for the 2008 
     8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 
     9967-53-Region 6) received during adjournment of the Senate 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on September 21, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2958. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Removal of Clean Air 
     Interstate Rule Trading Programs Replaced by Cross-State Air 
     Pollution Rule Trading Programs'' (FRL No. 9968-15-Region 3) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2959. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Maryland; 2011 Base Year Inventory for 
     the 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
     for the Maryland Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-
     Atlantic City Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 9968-00-Region 3) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2960. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; North Carolina Miscellaneous 
     Rules'' (FRL No. 9968-10-Region 4) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2961. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Minnesota; Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration'' (FRL No. 9968-22-Region 5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2962. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; GA; Emission Reduction 
     Credits'' (FRL No. 9968-17-Region 4) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-2963. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Delaware; State Implementation 
     Plan for Interstate Transport for the 2008 Ozone Standard'' 
     (FRL No. 9968-20-Region 3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-2964. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Infrastructure 
     Requirements for the 2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standard'' 
     (FRL No. 9967-99-Region 3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-2965. A communication from the Chief of the Border 
     Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Changes to the In-Bond 
     Process'' (RIN1515-AD81) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 21, 2017; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2966. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of Import 
     Restrictions on Archaeological and Ecclesiastical 
     Ethnological Materials from Guatemala'' ((RIN-1515-AE33) (CBP 
     Dec. 17-14)) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 25, 2017; to the Committee on Finance.
        EC-2967. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to 
     imported foods for fiscal year 2016; to the Committees on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and Appropriations.
        EC-2968. A joint communication from the Secretary of 
     Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to Thefts, 
     Losses, or Releases of Select Agents and Toxins for Calendar 
     Year 2016; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
        EC-2969. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ``The 
     Department of Labor's 2016 Findings on the Worst Forms of 
     Child Labor''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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