[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 43 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1629]
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                   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-4545. A communication from the Associate General 
     Counsel, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, two (2) reports relative to vacancies in the Department 
     of Agriculture, received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-4546. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Lipochitooligosaccharide (LCO) SP104; Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 9973-39) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-4547. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Kasugamycin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 9972-
     96) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
        EC-4548. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluopicolide; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     9973-44) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-4549. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, a report entitled ``Defense Production Act Annual 
     Fund Report for Fiscal Year 2017''; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-4550. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of 
     the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation 
     Adjustments'' ((RIN1029-AC75) (Docket ID OSM-2017-0012)) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on March 9, 2018; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
        EC-4551. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Washington: Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9974-35-Region 10) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works .
        EC-4552. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision to 
     References for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector to 
     Incorporate Latest Edition of Certain Industry, Consensus-
     based Standards; Withdrawal'' (FRL No. 9975-19-OAR) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 8, 
     2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4553. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Air Quality Plans; Pennsylvania; Lebanon County 
     2012 Fine Particulate Matter Standard Determination of 
     Attainment'' (FRL No. 9975-00-Region 3) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 8, 2018; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4554. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for 
     New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources; Amendments'' (FRL 
     No. 9975-10-OAR) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-4555. 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; Virginia; Removal of Clean Air 
     Interstate Rule (CAIR) Trading Programs'' (FRL No. 9975-32-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-4556. 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; Virginia; Revisions to the Regulatory 
     Definition of Volatile Organic Compound'' (FRL No. 9975-37-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-4557. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards for Ozone; Nonattainment Area 
     Classifications Approach'' (FRL No. 9975-23-OAR) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on March 8, 2018; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4558. 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; Virginia; Amendment to Ambient Air 
     Quality Standard for Ozone'' (FRL No. 9975-13-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     March 8, 2018; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-4559. 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; Ohio; Redesignation of the 
     Delta, Ohio Area to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard'' 
     (FRL No. 9975-46-Region 5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on March 8, 2018; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4560. 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; Massachusetts; Logan Airport 
     Parking Freeze'' (FRL No. 9974-96-Region 1) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on March 8, 2018; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-4561. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report consistent with the Authorization 
     for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 
     (P.L. 107-243) and the Authorization for the Use of Force 
     Against Iraq Resolution of 1991 (P.L. 102-1) for the November 
     9, 2017 - January 8, 2018 reporting period; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations

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