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Navigation (water), Waterways.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 162 as follows:
PART 162—INLAND WATERWAYS
NAVIGATION REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 162
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§ 162.117
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2. In § 162.117, revise paragraph (g)(1)
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Michigan.
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(g) Speed Rules. (1) The following
speed limits indicate speed over the
ground. Vessels, other than those under
20 meters (65 feet) in length, must
adhere to the following speed limits.
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Dated: April 5, 2013.
M.N. Parks,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Ninth Coast Guard District.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R08–OAR–2010–0406; FRL–9807–4]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; North Dakota;
Regional Haze State Implementation
Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for
Interstate Transport of Pollution
Affecting Visibility and Regional Haze;
Reconsideration; Announcement of
Public Hearings
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearings;
extension of comment period.
AGENCY:
On March 15, 2013, EPA
initiated reconsideration of its approval
of North Dakota’s best available retrofit
technology (BART) emission limits for
nitrogen oxides (NOX) for Milton R.
Young Station Units 1 and 2 and Leland
Olds Station Unit 2, which are coal-fired
power plants in North Dakota. EPA is
holding public hearings on May 15,
2013 to accept written and oral
comments on this proposed action. The
comment period for this action was
scheduled to close on May 14, 2013.
EPA is extending the comment period to
June 17, 2013 to allow for a full 30-day
public comment period for the
submission of additional public
comment following the public hearings.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published March 15, 2013
at 78 FR 16452, is extended. Comments
must be received on or before June 17,
2013. The public hearings will be held
on May 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be
held at the North Dakota Department of
Health, Environmental Training Center,
2639 East Main Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail
Fallon, EPA Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO
80202–1129, (303) 312–6281,
Fallon.Gail@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
15, 2013, we published a proposed rule
initiating reconsideration of EPA’s
approval of North Dakota’s BART
emission limits for NOX for Milton R.
Young Station Units 1 and 2 and Leland
Olds Station Unit 2, which are coal-fired
power plants in North Dakota. See 78
FR 16452. Public hearings will be held
on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, from 3
p.m. until 5 p.m., and again from 6 p.m.
until 8 p.m.
The public hearings will provide
interested parties the opportunity to
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present information and opinions to
EPA concerning our proposal. Interested
parties may also submit written
comments, as discussed in the proposal.
Written statements and supporting
information submitted during the
comment period will be considered
with the same weight as any oral
comments and supporting information
presented at the public hearings. We
will not respond to comments during
the public hearings. When we publish
our final action, we will provide written
responses to all oral and written
comments received on our proposal.
At the public hearings, the hearing
officer may limit the time available for
each commenter to address the proposal
to five minutes or less if the hearing
officer determines it to be appropriate.
The limitation is to ensure that everyone
who wants to make comments has the
opportunity to do so. We will not be
providing equipment for commenters to
show overhead slides or make
computerized slide presentations. Any
person may provide written or oral
comments and data pertaining to our
proposal at the public hearings.
Verbatim transcripts, in English, of the
hearings and written statements will be
included in the rulemaking docket.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Howard M. Cantor,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife;
90-Day Finding on Petitions To List the
Great Hammerhead Shark as
Threatened or Endangered Under the
Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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90-day petition finding, request
for information, and initiation of status
review.
ACTION:
We, NMFS, announce a 90day finding on two petitions to list the
great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna
mokarran) range-wide or, in the
alternative, the Northwest Atlantic
distinct population segment (DPS) or
any other identified DPSs as threatened
or endangered under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), and to designate
critical habitat. We find that the
petitions and information in our files
present substantial scientific or
commercial information indicating that
the petitioned action may be warranted.
We will conduct a status review of the
species to determine if the petitioned
action is warranted. To ensure that the
status review is comprehensive, we are
soliciting scientific and commercial
information pertaining to this species
from any interested party.
SUMMARY:
Information and comments on
the subject action must be received by
June 25, 2013.
DATES:
You may submit comments,
information, or data on this document,
identified by the code NOAA–NMFS–
2013–0046, by any of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic comments via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20130046, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.
• Fax: 301–713–4060, Attn: Maggie
Miller.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter
‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish
to remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maggie Miller, NMFS, Office of
Protected Resources, (301) 427–8403.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 21, 2012, we received a
petition from WildEarth Guardians
(WEG) to list the great hammerhead
shark (Sphyrna mokarran) as threatened
or endangered under the ESA
throughout its entire range, or, as an
alternative, to list any identified DPSs as
threatened or endangered. The
petitioners also requested that critical
habitat be designated for the great
hammerhead under the ESA. On March
19, 2013, we received a petition from
Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) to list the northwest Atlantic
DPS of great hammerhead shark as
threatened, or, as an alternative, to list
the great hammerhead shark range-wide
as threatened, and to designate critical
habitat. The joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS)/NMFS Endangered
Species Act Petition Management
Guidance (1996) states that if we receive
two petitions for the same species, the
requests only differ in the requested
status of the species, and a 90-day
finding has not yet been made on the
earlier petition, then the later petition
will be combined with the earlier
petition and a combined 90-day finding
will be prepared. Since the initial
petition requested listing of the species
as threatened or endangered and the
second petition only requested a
threatened listing, and a finding has not
been made on the initial petition, we
have combined the WEG and NRDC
petitions and this 90-day finding will
address both. Copies of the petitions are
available upon request (see ADDRESSES,
above).
ESA Statutory, Regulatory, and Policy
Provisions and Evaluation Framework
Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the ESA of 1973,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
requires, to the maximum extent
practicable, that within 90 days of
receipt of a petition to list a species as
threatened or endangered, the Secretary
of Commerce make a finding on whether
that petition presents substantial
scientific or commercial information
indicating that the petitioned action
may be warranted, and to promptly
publish such finding in the Federal
Register (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). When
it is found that substantial scientific or
commercial information in a petition
indicates that the petitioned action may
be warranted (a ‘‘positive 90-day
finding’’), we are required to promptly
commence a review of the status of the
species concerned during which we will
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R08-OAR-2010-0406; FRL-9807-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; North Dakota;
Regional Haze State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan
for Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility and Regional
Haze; Reconsideration; Announcement of Public Hearings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearings; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On March 15, 2013, EPA initiated reconsideration of its
approval of North Dakota's best available retrofit technology (BART)
emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOX) for Milton R.
Young Station Units 1 and 2 and Leland Olds Station Unit 2, which are
coal-fired power plants in North Dakota. EPA is holding public hearings
on May 15, 2013 to accept written and oral comments on this proposed
action. The comment period for this action was scheduled to close on
May 14, 2013. EPA is extending the comment period to June 17, 2013 to
allow for a full 30-day public comment period for the submission of
additional public comment following the public hearings.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published March 15,
2013 at 78 FR 16452, is extended. Comments must be received on or
before June 17, 2013. The public hearings will be held on May 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be held at the North Dakota
Department of Health, Environmental Training Center, 2639 East Main
Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Fallon, EPA Region 8, Mailcode
8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129, (303) 312-6281,
Fallon.Gail@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 15, 2013, we published a proposed
rule initiating reconsideration of EPA's approval of North Dakota's
BART emission limits for NOX for Milton R. Young Station
Units 1 and 2 and Leland Olds Station Unit 2, which are coal-fired
power plants in North Dakota. See 78 FR 16452. Public hearings will be
held on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., and again
from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The public hearings will provide interested parties the opportunity
to
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present information and opinions to EPA concerning our proposal.
Interested parties may also submit written comments, as discussed in
the proposal. Written statements and supporting information submitted
during the comment period will be considered with the same weight as
any oral comments and supporting information presented at the public
hearings. We will not respond to comments during the public hearings.
When we publish our final action, we will provide written responses to
all oral and written comments received on our proposal.
At the public hearings, the hearing officer may limit the time
available for each commenter to address the proposal to five minutes or
less if the hearing officer determines it to be appropriate. The
limitation is to ensure that everyone who wants to make comments has
the opportunity to do so. We will not be providing equipment for
commenters to show overhead slides or make computerized slide
presentations. Any person may provide written or oral comments and data
pertaining to our proposal at the public hearings. Verbatim
transcripts, in English, of the hearings and written statements will be
included in the rulemaking docket.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
Howard M. Cantor,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2013-09949 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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