82_FR_16336 82 FR 16274 - Open Meeting of the Financial Research Advisory Committee

82 FR 16274 - Open Meeting of the Financial Research Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

Page Range16274-16274
FR Document2017-06503

The Financial Research Advisory Committee for the Treasury's Office of Financial Research (OFR) is holding a conference call on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-06503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Open Meeting of the Financial Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Financial Research Advisory Committee for the Treasury's 
Office of Financial Research (OFR) is holding a conference call on 
Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, from 
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the 
public via a conference line. Members of the public who plan to attend 
the call should contact the OFR by email at OFR_FR[email protected] 
by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 14, 2017, to inform the OFR of 
their interest in participating.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Stiehm, Designated Federal 
Officer, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, (212) 376-9808 (this is 
not a toll-free number), OFR_FR[email protected]. Persons who have 
difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 
10(a)(2), through implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102-3.150, et seq.
    Public Comment: Members of the public wishing to comment on the 
business of the Financial Research Advisory Committee are invited to 
submit written statements by any of the following methods:
     Electronic Statements. Email the Committee's Designated 
Federal Officer at OFR_FR[email protected].
     Paper Statements. Send paper statements in triplicate to 
the Financial Research Advisory Committee, Attn: Susan Stiehm, Office 
of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220.
    The OFR will post statements on the Committee's Web site, http://www.financialresearch.gov, including any business or personal 
information provided, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or 
telephone numbers. The OFR will also make such statements available for 
public inspection and copying in the Department of the Treasury's 
library, Annex Room 1020, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20220 on official business days between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 
p.m. Eastern Time. You may make an appointment to inspect statements by 
telephoning (202) 622-0990. All statements, including attachments and 
other supporting materials, will be part of the public record and 
subject to public disclosure. You should submit only information that 
you wish to make available publicly.
    Tentative Agenda/Topics for Discussion: The Committee provides an 
opportunity for researchers, industry leaders, and other qualified 
individuals to offer their advice and recommendations to the OFR, 
which, among other things, is responsible for collecting and 
standardizing data on financial institutions and their activities and 
for supporting the work of Financial Stability Oversight Council.
    Topics to be discussed among the Committee members include the 
OFR's ``An Approach to Financial Instrument Reference Data'' Viewpoint 
(https://webstage.ofr.treas.gov/viewpoint-papers/). For more 
information on the OFR and the Committee, please visit the OFR Web site 
at http://www.financialresearch.gov.

    Dated: March 28, 2017.
Barbara Shycoff,
Chief of External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-06503 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                  before the comment closing date.                        pipeline terminus at Mile Post 315 is                 business of the Financial Research
                                                  Comments received after the closing                     about 10-miles (16 kilometers) north of               Advisory Committee are invited to
                                                  date will be evaluated if it is possible to             the village of Crooked Creek, Alaska.                 submit written statements by any of the
                                                  do so without incurring additional                        The project design pressure and                     following methods:
                                                  expense or delay. PHMSA will consider                   maximum allowable operating pressure
                                                                                                                                                                   • Electronic Statements. Email the
                                                  each relevant comment we receive in                     will be 1,480 pounds per square inch
                                                                                                          gauge (psig). The minimum delivery                    Committee’s Designated Federal Officer
                                                  making our decision to grant or deny the
                                                  request.                                                pressure required at the mine is 550                  at OFR_FRAC@ofr.treasury.gov.
                                                     PHMSA has received a special permit                  psig. PHMSA’s EA references USACE’s                      • Paper Statements. Send paper
                                                  request from Donlin Gold, LLC,                          DEIS, which is also available in Docket               statements in triplicate to the Financial
                                                  (DGLLC), to deviate from the pipeline                   No. PHMSA–2016–0149. The USACE’s                      Research Advisory Committee, Attn:
                                                  safety regulations in its construction,                 DEIS of the Donlin Gold Project can be                Susan Stiehm, Office of Financial
                                                  design, and operations and maintenance                  assessed at http://                                   Research, Department of the Treasury,
                                                  (O&M) of a 14-inch, 315-mile pipeline.                  www.donlingoldeis.com/.                               1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
                                                  The proposed pipeline would transport                     Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,              Washington, DC 20220.
                                                  natural gas from the Cook Inlet in                      2017, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
                                                  Alaska to the Donlin Gold project site in                                                                        The OFR will post statements on the
                                                                                                          1.97.
                                                  Western Alaska. The lead agency                                                                               Committee’s Web site, http://
                                                                                                          Alan K. Mayberry,                                     www.financialresearch.gov, including
                                                  responsible for authorizing siting and
                                                                                                          Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.          any business or personal information
                                                  construction of the Donlin Gold mine
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–06404 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]           provided, such as names, addresses,
                                                  and pipeline servicing the mine is the
                                                  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).                   BILLING CODE 4910–60–P                                email addresses, or telephone numbers.
                                                  The USACE has prepared a draft                                                                                The OFR will also make such statements
                                                  environmental impact statement (DEIS).                                                                        available for public inspection and
                                                     DGLLC has requested that PHMSA                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                            copying in the Department of the
                                                  allow the use of Strain-Based Design                                                                          Treasury’s library, Annex Room 1020,
                                                  (SBD) for segments of the pipeline.                     Open Meeting of the Financial
                                                                                                                                                                1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
                                                  PHMSA regulates the design,                             Research Advisory Committee
                                                                                                                                                                Washington, DC 20220 on official
                                                  construction and operation of natural                   AGENCY: Office of Financial Research,                 business days between the hours of 8:30
                                                  gas transmission pipelines under 49                     Department of the Treasury.                           a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. You
                                                  CFR part 192. Use of SBD would allow                    ACTION: Notice of open meeting.                       may make an appointment to inspect
                                                  the proposed pipeline to be buried in
                                                                                                                                                                statements by telephoning (202) 622–
                                                  permafrost and discontinuous                            SUMMARY:    The Financial Research                    0990. All statements, including
                                                  permafrost soils. SBD is not specifically               Advisory Committee for the Treasury’s
                                                  addressed in Part 192. These soils exert                                                                      attachments and other supporting
                                                                                                          Office of Financial Research (OFR) is
                                                  significant strains on a pipeline due to                                                                      materials, will be part of the public
                                                                                                          holding a conference call on
                                                  thaw settlement, frost heave, and                                                                             record and subject to public disclosure.
                                                                                                          Wednesday, April 19, 2017.
                                                  ground movements.                                                                                             You should submit only information
                                                                                                          DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                     PHMSA is considering issuing a                                                                             that you wish to make available
                                                                                                          Wednesday, April 19, 2017, from 12:00
                                                  special permit with conditions that                                                                           publicly.
                                                                                                          p.m.–2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The
                                                  would require specific materials,                       meeting will be open to the public via                   Tentative Agenda/Topics for
                                                  engineering, construction, and O&M                      a conference line. Members of the                     Discussion: The Committee provides an
                                                  procedures to mitigate the external                     public who plan to attend the call                    opportunity for researchers, industry
                                                  forces of thaw settlement and                           should contact the OFR by email at                    leaders, and other qualified individuals
                                                  longitudinal bending strains that exceed                OFR_FRAC@ofr.treasury.gov by 5 p.m.                   to offer their advice and
                                                  allowed limits in the specified SBD                     Eastern Time on Friday, April 14, 2017,               recommendations to the OFR, which,
                                                  Segments.                                               to inform the OFR of their interest in
                                                     The proposed SBD special permit                                                                            among other things, is responsible for
                                                                                                          participating.                                        collecting and standardizing data on
                                                  conditions are designed to achieve the
                                                  level of safety that is normally achieved               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      financial institutions and their activities
                                                  through full compliance with 49 CFR                     Susan Stiehm, Designated Federal                      and for supporting the work of Financial
                                                  part 192, including §§ 192.103, 192.105,                Officer, Office of Financial Research,                Stability Oversight Council.
                                                  192.111, 192.317, and 192.619. The                      Department of the Treasury, 1500                         Topics to be discussed among the
                                                  pipeline will supply gas to provide                     Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,                  Committee members include the OFR’s
                                                  heating and generate electricity to                     DC 20220, (212) 376–9808 (this is not a               ‘‘An Approach to Financial Instrument
                                                  power the industrial equipment at the                   toll-free number), OFR_FRAC@                          Reference Data’’ Viewpoint (https://
                                                  gold mine.                                              ofr.treasury.gov. Persons who have                    webstage.ofr.treas.gov/viewpoint-
                                                     The pipeline origin will tie into an                 difficulty hearing or speaking may                    papers/). For more information on the
                                                  existing natural gas pipeline at Cook                   access this number via TTY by calling
                                                                                                                                                                OFR and the Committee, please visit the
                                                  Inlet, approximately 30-miles (48                       the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
                                                                                                                                                                OFR Web site at http://
                                                  kilometers) northwest of Anchorage at a                 800–877–8339.
                                                                                                                                                                www.financialresearch.gov.
                                                  tie-in near Beluga, Alaska, and will                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
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                                                  terminate at the Donlin Gold mine site.                 this meeting is provided in accordance                  Dated: March 28, 2017.
                                                  The first 117 miles of the pipeline will                with the Federal Advisory Committee                   Barbara Shycoff,
                                                  be located within the Matanuska-                        Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 10(a)(2), through               Chief of External Affairs.
                                                  Sustina Borough, while the remainder of                 implementing regulations at 41 CFR                    [FR Doc. 2017–06503 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  the 315-mile pipeline, including all the                102–3.150, et seq.                                    BILLING CODE 4810–35–P
                                                  requested SBD segments, will be located                   Public Comment: Members of the
                                                  in the Unorganized Borough. The                         public wishing to comment on the


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of open meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, from 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public via a conference line. Members of the public who plan to attend the call should contact the OFR by email at [email protected] by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 14, 2017, to inform the OFR of their interest in participating.
ContactSusan Stiehm, Designated Federal Officer, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, (212) 376-9808 (this is not a toll-free number), [email protected] Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
FR Citation82 FR 16274 

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