[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S990-S992]
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-531. A communication from the General Counsel, 
     Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
     and the Release of Certain Withheld Amounts; to the 
     Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; 
     Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural 
     Resources; Environment and Public Works; Foreign Relations; 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Judiciary; and 
     Rules and Administration.
        EC-532. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Complex Polymeric Polyhydroxy Acids; Amendment to 
     the Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 
     10018-54-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-533. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oxalic Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 10017-66-OCSPP) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-534. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Orthosulfamuron; Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 
     10018-53-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-535. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Fluxametamide; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     10018-86-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-536. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Emamectin Benzoate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL 
     No. 10018-70-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-537. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Clopyralid; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10017-
     26-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-538. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Benzovindiflupyr; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     10017-32-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-539. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions 
     (Multiple Chemicals)'' (FRL No. 10017-55-OCSPP) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-540. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     10017-52-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-541. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions 
     (Multiple Chemicals)'' (FRL No. 10017-55-OCSPP) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
        EC-542. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ethaboxam; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 10018-
     73-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-543. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Benzovindiflupyr; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     10017-32-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-544. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 
     10017-52-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
        EC-545. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report relative to a violation of the Antideficiency Act that 
     involved fiscal year 2015 Operations and Maintenance (O&M) 
     funds and was assigned case number 20-01; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
        EC-546. A communication from the Deputy Secretary, 
     Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Adjustments to Civil 
     Monetary Penalty Amounts'' (Rel. Nos. 33-10918; 34-90874; IA-
     5664; IC-34166) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
        EC-547. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Full Approval of Revised Clean Air Act Operating 
     Permit Program; North Dakota'' (FRL No. 10019-27-Region 8) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-548. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division,

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     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Source-
     Specific Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Jersey'' (FRL 
     No. 10017-00-Region 2) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-549. 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 Air Quality 
     Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Arkansas, 
     Louisiana, New Mexico, and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County, New 
     Mexico; Control of Emissions From Existing Hospital/Medical/
     Infectious Waste Incinerator Units'' (FRL No. 10019-25-Region 
     6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-550. 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; 
     Colorado; Revisions to Regulation Number 7 and RACT 
     Requirements for 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Denver 
     Metro/North Front Range Nonattainment Area'' (FRL No. 10019-
     22-Region 8) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-551. 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 State Implementation Plans; Approval 
     and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Utah; 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 Ozone National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards; Correction'' (FRL No. 10018-
     17-Region 8) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-552. 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; West Virginia; 1997 8-Hour 
     Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second 
     Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion of the 
     Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio - West Virginia Area Comprising 
     Brooke and Hancock Counties'' (FRL No. 10020-08-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-553. 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; Washington; Interstate 
     Transport Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 10018-22-Region 10) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-554. 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; Washington; Infrastructure 
     Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide and 2015 Ozone 
     Standards'' (FRL No. 10018-79-Region 10) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-555. 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; Washington: Inspection and 
     Maintenance Program'' (FRL No. 10018-23-Region 10) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-556. 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; California; South Coast Air 
     Quality Management District; Ventura County Air Pollution 
     Control District'' (FRL No. 10017-02-Region 9) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-557. 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; California; San Diego Air 
     Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 10018-18-Region 9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-558. 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; California; Consumer Products 
     Regulations; Correcting Amendment'' (FRL No. 10017-20-Region 
     9) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-559. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Indiana; Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revisions - Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 
     10020-05-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-560. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Illinois - Final Authorization of State Hazardous 
     Waste Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 10017-08-Region 
     5) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-561. 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 (Negative 
     Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine 
     and Rhode Island'' (FRL No. 10017-79-Region 1) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-562. 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 Air Quality 
     Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; State and 
     Maryland; Control of Emissions from Existing Sewage Sludge 
     Incineration Units'' (FRL No. 10018-21-Region 3) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-563. 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; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     NAAQS Second Maintenance Plan for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre 
     Area'' (FRL No. 10018-14-Region 3) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-564. 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; Wisconsin; VOC RACT 
     Requirements for Lithographic Printing Facilities'' (FRL No. 
     10018-39-Region 5) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-565. 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; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     NAAQS Second Maintenance Plan for the Johnstown Area'' (FRL 
     No. 10016-55-Region 3) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-566. 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; West Virginia; 1997 8-Hour 
     Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second 
     Maintenance Plan for the West Virginia Portion for the 
     Charleston, West Virginia Portion for the Charleston, West 
     Virginia Comprising Kanawha and Putnam Counties'' (FRL No. 
     10017-11-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
        EC-567. 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; Virginia; Negative Declarations 
     Certification for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 
     Standard Including the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas Control 
     Techniques Guidelines'' (FRL No. 10016-88-Region 3) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-568. 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; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards Second Maintenance 
     Plan for the Altoona (Blair County) Area'' (FRL No. 10017-26-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-569. 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; Pennsylvania; 1997 8-Hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standard Second Maintenance Plan 
     for the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle Area'' (FRL No. 10016-56-
     Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
        EC-570. 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; Infrastructure 
     State Implementation Plan Requirements for the 2015 Ozone 
     Standard `` (FRL No. 10018-99-Region 1) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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        EC-571. 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; Arkansas; Infrastructure for 
     the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL 
     No. 10018-28-Region 6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-572. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Ocean Dumping: Modification of an Ocean Dredged 
     Material Disposal Site Offshore of Humboldt Bay, California'' 
     (FRL No. 10016-87-Region 9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-573. 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; Arkansas; Infrastructure for 
     the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL 
     No. 10018-28-Region 6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on February 25, 2021; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-574. 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; Revisions to 
     Annual Emissions Reporting'' (FRL No. 10019-20-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-575. 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; Revisions to 
     Construction and Operation Permits'' (FRL No. 10019-56-Region 
     4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-576. 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 (Negative 
     Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Maine 
     and Rhode Island'' (FRL No. 10017-79-Region 1) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on February 25, 
     2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
        EC-577. 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 the Stratospheric Ozone: Motor 
     Vehicle Air Conditioning System Servicing'' (FRL No. 10014-
     63-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-578. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic 
     Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage 
     Vessels) for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or 
     Modification Commenced After July 23, 1984'' (FRL No. 10019-
     21-OAR) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
        EC-579. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Virginia: Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and 
     Incorporation by Reference'' (FRL No. 10018-06-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-580. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``State of Michigan Underground Injection Control 
     (UIC) Class II Program; Primacy Approval'' (FRL No. 10018-31-
     OW) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
        EC-581. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Codifying EPA's Adjudicatory Decision on Florida's 
     Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Request'' (FRL No. 10018-
     76-OW) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on February 25, 2021; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works

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