[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16195-16197]
[From the U.S. 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-3135. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Remedial Action Schemes 
     Reliability Standard'' ((18 CFR Part 40) (Docket No. RM16-20-
     000)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-3136. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Balancing Authority Control, 
     Inadvertent Interchange, and Facility Interconnection 
     Reliability Standards'' ((RIN1902-AF30) (Docket No. RM16-13-
     000)) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
       EC-3137. 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 Rule on Certain Chemical 
     Substances'' ((RIN2070-AB27) (FRL No. 9966-84-OCSPP)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3138. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Promulgation of State Implementation Plan 
     Revisions; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 SO2 and 
     2010 PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards; North 
     Dakota'' (FRL No. 9966-00-Region 2) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3139. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Oklahoma: Final Approval of State Underground 
     Storage Tank Program Revision'' (FRL No. 9968-29-Region 6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3140. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Interim Final Determination to Defer Sanctions; 
     California; Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin'' (FRL No. 
     9969-03-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3141. 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 Nebraska Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Adoption of a New Chapter under the Nebraska 
     Administrative Code'' (FRL No. 9968-76-Region 7) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3142. 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 Nebraska's Air Quality Implementation 
     Plan; Operating Permits Program, and 112(1) program; Revision 
     to Nebraska Administrative Code'' (FRL No. 9968-78-Region 7) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3143. 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 Missouri Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur 
     Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 
     9968-80-Region 7) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3144. 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 Missouri Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standard'' (FRL No. 9968-82-
     Region 7) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3145. 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 California Air Plan Revisions; 
     Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 
     9968-35-Region 9) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3146. 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; State of Utah; General Burning Rule 
     Revisions'' (FRL No. 9969-04-Region 8) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3147. 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; North Dakota; Revisions to Air 
     Pollution Control Rules'' (FRL No. 9969-05-Region 8) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3148. 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; Arizona; Regional Haze State and 
     Federal Implementation Plans'' (FRL No. 9968-97-Region 9) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3149. 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; Alabama; Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration Updates'' (FRL No. 9968-90-Region 
     4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3150. 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; South Carolina; Interstate 
     Transport (Prongs 1 and 2) for the 2010 1-hour NO2 Standard'' 
     (FRL No. 9968-73-Region 4) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3151. 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 ``Air Plan Approval; North 
     Carolina; Interstate Transport'' (FRL No. 9968-72-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3152. 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; Georgia; Regional Haze Progress 
     Report'' (FRL No. 9968-71-Region 4) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3153. 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; Florida; Permitting Revisions'' 
     (FRL No. 9968-92-Region 4) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3154. 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; Alabama; Cross-State Air 
     Pollution Rule'' (FRL No. 9968-93-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3155. 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. 9964-42-OCSPP)) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3156. 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: City of 
     Philadelphia; Control of Emissions from Existing Hospital/
     Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Units'' (FRL No. 9969-
     45-Region 3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on September 21, 2017; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-3157. 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; 2015 Ozone National 
     Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9969-48-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3158. 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. 9969-40-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3159. 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; Pennsylvania; Adoption of Control 
     Techniques Guidelines for Control of Volatile Organic 
     Compound Emissions from Miscellaneous Metal Parts Surface 
     Coating, Miscellaneous Plastic Parts Surface Coating, and 
     Pleasure Craft Surface Coatings'' (FRL No. 9969-32-Region 3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3160. 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; Minnesota; Regional Haze Progress 
     Report'' (FRL No. 9969-59-Region 5) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3161. 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; District of Columbia; Interstate 
     Transport Requirements for the 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide 
     Standard'' (FRL No. 9969-51-Region 3) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3162. 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; Vermont; Regional Haze Five-
     Year Progress Report; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL 
     No. 9969-56-Region 1) received in the Office of the President 
     of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3163. 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; South Carolina; Cross-State Air 
     Pollution Rule'' (FRL No. 9969-27-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3164. 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; SC; Multiple Revisions to Air 
     Pollution Control Standards'' (FRL No. 9969-29-Region 4) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-3165. 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; SC; Miscellaneous Revisions to 
     Multiple Rules'' (FRL No. 9969-41-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3166. 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; Air Curtain 
     Burners'' (FRL No. 9969-33-Region 4) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3167. 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 
     Fulton County Area to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard'' 
     (FRL No. 9969-67-Region 5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3168. 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; Michigan; Regional Haze 
     Progress Report'' (FRL No. 9969-61-Region 5) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3169. 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; Kentucky; Regional Haze 
     Progress Report'' (FRL No. 9969-26-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3170. 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; Illinois; Regional Haze 
     Progress Report'' (FRL No. 9969-64-Region 5) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3171. 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; Georgia; Cross-State Air 
     Pollution Rule'' (FRL No. 9969-30-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3172. 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; Georgia; New Source Review 
     Updates'' (FRL No. 9969-43-Region 4) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3173. 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; Florida; Stationary Sources 
     Emissions Monitoring'' (FRL No. 9969-39-Region 4) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3174. 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; Florida; Interstate Transport 
     (Prongs 1 and 2 for the 2010 1-hour NO2 Standard)'' (FRL No. 
     9969-20-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3175. 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 ``Air Plan Approval; 
     Connecticut; Nonattainment New Source Review Permit 
     Requirements for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard'' (FRL No. 
     9969-54-Region 1) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3176. 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; AL; VOC Definitions and 
     Particulate Emissions'' (FRL No. 9969-36-Region 4) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3177. 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; AL; VOC Definitions and 
     Particulate Emissions'' (FRL No. 9969-35-Region 4) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 
     2017; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3178. 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; Alabama; PSD Replacement 
     Units'' (FRL No. 9969-22-Region 4) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3179. 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; South Carolina; Standards for 
     Volatile Organic Compounds and Oxides of Nitrogen'' (FRL No. 
     9969-31-Region 4) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3180. 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; Transportation 
     Conformity'' (FRL No. 9969-28-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3181. 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; Alabama; Transportation 
     Conformity'' (FRL No. 9969-24-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3182. 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; Alabama; Transportation 
     Conformity'' (FRL No. 9969-25-Region 4) received in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on October 16, 2017; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-3183. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Bureau of Customs and Border 
     Protection, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Extension of 
     Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and 
     Ethnological Materials from the Republic of Mali'' (RIN1515-
     AE32) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 15, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-3184. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human 
     Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled 
     ``Health, United States, 2016''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-3185. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the second semi-
     annual report of fiscal year 2016 of the Department of 
     Justice's Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties; to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary; Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs; and Select Committee on Intelligence.
       EC-3186. A communication from the Assistant Attorney 
     General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the first semi-annual 
     report of fiscal year 2016 of the Department of Justice's 
     Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties; to the Committees on 
     the Judiciary; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; 
     and Select Committee on Intelligence.
       EC-3187. A communication from the Deputy General Counsel, 
     Office of Size Standards, Small Business Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 2017 North 
     American Industry Classification System for Size Standards'' 
     (RIN3245-AG84) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on October 16, 2017; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
       EC-3188. A communication from the Executive Analyst 
     (Political), Department of Health and Human Services, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a vacancy 
     in the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on October 10, 2017; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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