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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R01–OAR–2006–0641; A–1–FRL–
8527–4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Massachusetts; Certification of Tunnel
Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution
Control District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to
approve a State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted by the State of
Massachusetts. The SIP revision
consists of technical revisions to
Massachusetts regulation 310 CMR 7.38,
‘‘Certification of Tunnel Ventilation
Systems in the Metropolitan Boston Air
Pollution Control District.’’ The
amendments better define the emissions
monitoring techniques for various types
of tunnel ventilation systems, and
provide flexibility in emission
monitoring requirements. This action is
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being taken in accordance with the
Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01–
OAR–2006–0641 by one of the following
methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918–0047.
4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R01–OAR–2006–
0641,’’ Anne Arnold, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (mail code
CAQ), Boston, MA 02114–2023.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver
your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, 11th floor, (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114–2023. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Regional Office’s normal hours of
operation. The Regional Office’s official
hours of business are Monday through
Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal
holidays.
Please see the direct final rule which
is located in the Rules Section of this
Federal Register for detailed
instructions on how to submit
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald O. Cooke, Air Quality Unit, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ),
Boston, MA 02114–2023, telephone
number (617) 918–1668, fax number
(617) 918–0668, e-mail
cooke.donald@epa.gov.
In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP submittal as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives adverse comments, the direct
final rule will be withdrawn and all
public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will
not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action should do so at this time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Please note that if EPA receives adverse
comment on an amendment, paragraph,
or section of this rule and if that
provision may be severed from the
remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt
as final those provisions of the rule that
are not the subject of an adverse
comment.
For additional information, see the
direct final rule which is located in the
Rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New
England.
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50 CFR Part 680
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RIN 0648–AV19
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization
Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations
implementing Amendment 25 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner
Crabs (FMP) and a provision of the
Coast Guard and Maritime
Transportation Act of 2006 (Coast Guard
Act). These proposed regulations would
amend the Crab Rationalization
Program. Amendment 25 to the FMP
satisfies the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act of 2006
requirement for the Secretary of
Commerce to amend the FMP to
authorize conversion of catcher vessel
owner quota shares and processor quota
shares to newly created converted
catcher processor owner quota shares.
The Secretary approved Amendment 25
on April 12, 2007. The Coast Guard Act
mandates the Secretary to issue
processing quota share to Blue Dutch,
LLC, under specific conditions. This
proposed action is necessary to
implement Amendment 25 and the
Coast Guard Act. This action is intended
to promote the goals and objectives of
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the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the
Coast Guard Act, the FMP, and other
applicable law.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than March 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue
Salveson, Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn:
Ellen Sebastian. You may submit
comments, identified by ‘‘RIN 0648–
AV19’’, by any one of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal website at
https://www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: P. O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802.
• Fax: (907) 586–7557.
• Hand delivery to the Federal
Building: 709 West 9th Street, Room
420A, Juneau, AK.
All comments received are a part of
the public record and will generally be
posted to https://www.regulations.gov
without change. All Personal Identifying
Information (e.g., name, address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
portable document file (pdf) formats
only.
Written comments regarding the
burden-hour estimates or other aspects
of the collection-of-information
requirements contained in this rule may
be submitted to NMFS at the above
address, and by email to
DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov or fax to
202–395–7285.
Copies of Amendment 25 and the
Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) for this
action may be obtained from the NMFS
Alaska Region at the address above or
from the Alaska Region website at
https://www.fakr.noaa.gov/
sustainablefisheries.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Merrill, 907–586–7228,
glenn.merrill@noaa.gov or Gretchen
Harrington, 907–586–7228,
gretchen.harrington@noaa.gov.
The king
and Tanner crab fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone of the Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands are managed under
the FMP. The FMP was prepared by the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) under the Magnuson-
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Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act as amended by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2004 (Public Law 108–199, section 801).
Amendments 18 and 19 to the FMP
amended the FMP to include the Crab
Rationalization Program. A final rule
implementing these amendments was
published on March 2, 2005 (70 FR
10174).
Crab Rationalization Program
(Program)
To implement the Program in 2005,
NMFS initially issued processing quota
shares (PQS), catcher vessel owner
quota share (CVO QS), and catcher
processor owner quota share (CPO QS)
to eligible applicants. NMFS issued PQS
and QS for nine crab fisheries in the
BSAI. In 2006, NMFS initially issued
Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes
camtschaticus) and snow crab
(Chionoecetes opilio) PQS to the Blue
Dutch, LLC, under the requirements of
section 417 of the Coast Guard Act.
CVO QS represents an exclusive but
revocable privilege that authorizes the
holder to receive an annual allocation to
harvest a specific percentage of the total
allowable catch (TAC) from a fishery.
The annual allocations of TACs, in
pounds, are referred to as individual
fishing quotas (IFQs).
PQS represents an exclusive but
revocable privilege to receive deliveries
of a specific portion of the annual TAC
from a fishery. An annual allocation of
PQS is referred to as individual
processing quota (IPQ) and expressed in
pounds of crab. Harvesters holding CVO
IFQ must deliver a portion of their IFQ
to processors with a like amount of IPQ
available.
For most crab fisheries, CVO QS and
PQS is designated for specific
geographic regions. Crab harvested with
regionally designated CVO QS is
required to be delivered to a processor
in the designated region. Likewise, a
processor with regionally designated
PQS is required to accept delivery of
and process crab in the designated
region. Two regional designations were
created for the snow crab and Bristol
Bay red king crab fisheries. The North
Region consists of all areas in the Bering
Sea north of 56°20′ N. latitude. The
South Region is all other areas. The
regional designation of CVO QS and
PQS preserves the historic geographic
distribution of landings in the fisheries.
CPO QS represents an exclusive but
revocable privilege to harvest a
percentage of the TAC and process that
crab onboard. Under the Program, CPO
QS does not have regional designations
and is not required to be delivered to a
processor holding available IFQ.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2006-0641; A-1-FRL-8527-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Massachusetts; Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted by the State of Massachusetts. The SIP
revision consists of technical revisions to Massachusetts regulation
310 CMR 7.38, ``Certification of Tunnel Ventilation Systems in the
Metropolitan Boston Air Pollution Control District.'' The amendments
better define the emissions monitoring techniques for various types of
tunnel ventilation systems, and provide flexibility in emission
monitoring requirements. This action is being taken in accordance with
the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2006-0641 by one of the following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov.
3. Fax: (617) 918-0047.
4. Mail: ``EPA-R01-OAR-2006-0641,'' Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, One Congress
Street, Suite 1100 (mail code CAQ), Boston, MA 02114-2023.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
One Congress Street, 11th floor, (CAQ), Boston, MA 02114-2023. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours
of operation. The Regional Office's official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays.
Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules
Section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to
submit comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald O. Cooke, Air Quality Unit,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
One Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), Boston, MA 02114-2023, telephone
number (617) 918-1668, fax number (617) 918-0668, e-mail
cooke.donald@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no
further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the
direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received
will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period. Any parties
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.
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Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
For additional information, see the direct final rule which is
located in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: February 1, 2008.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
[FR Doc. E8-2746 Filed 2-14-08; 8:45 am]
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