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compliance with these regulations
during routine vessel operations and
during training exercises designed to
make USCG personnel ready for search
and rescue missions and use of force
missions using live fire exercises.
NOAA is concerned with protecting
sanctuary resources and habitats,
resolving any conflicts that could occur
among sanctuary user groups (e.g.,
fishing and USCG live fire training), and
ensuring continued USCG enforcement
of sanctuary regulations.
To ensure the rule did not impair
USCG operations necessary to fulfill its
multi-purpose missions while the
agencies were in consultation, the
document postponed for six months the
effective date for the discharge
requirements in the expansion areas for
both sanctuaries with regard to USCG
activities. NOAA committed to
considering exempting certain USCG
discharge activities from the GFNMS
and CBNMS regulations. An additional
six month postponement of the
effectiveness of the discharge
requirements was published in the
Federal Register December 1, 2015, to
provide adequate time for completion of
an environmental assessment and to
determine NOAA’s action. Without
further NOAA action, the discharge
regulations would become effective with
regard to USCG activities on June 9,
2016.
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Potential Options
NOAA is exploring a variety of
options on how to best protect sanctuary
resources while ensuring the
operational capacity for USCG to
conduct mission-essential activities.
NOAA has identified two options for
this: 1. Changing the regulations to
allow USCG discharges; and 2. issuing
a national marine sanctuary general
permit, if the activity is eligible for a
permit and is conducted in accordance
with the terms and conditions in the
permit (see https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
management/permits/). In either case,
discharges could be allowed in all
waters of the sanctuaries; only in
Federal waters (further than 3 nautical
miles from shore); in certain zones
delineated based on biological factors
(such as oceanographic features or
density of significant species) and other
factors (such as high use for recreation,
shipping, or other human activities); in
the expanded waters of CBNMS and
GFNMS based on the March 12, 2015
rulemaking; or not at all. NOAA is
interested in receiving public comment
on the best way to address the need for
continued USCG operations in CBNMS
and GFNMS while fulfilling its primary
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objective of resource protection in
national marine sanctuaries.
Request for Information
NOAA anticipates that these changes,
whether regulatory or non-regulatory
will require preparation of an
environmental assessment under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). Therefore, NOAA is also
interested in receiving public comment
that could contribute to the
environmental analysis that will be
prepared for this action; specifically,
information related to the potential
impacts of Coast Guard operational
vessel discharges of sewage and
graywater and training discharges
within GFNMS and CBNMS on
biological, physical and oceanographic
features of the sanctuaries as well as on
human activities taking place in the
sanctuaries.
Timeline
The process for this action is
composed of four major stages:
1. Information collection and
characterization (scoping); 2.
preparation and release of a draft
environmental assessment under NEPA,
and any proposed amendments to the
regulations if appropriate; 3. public
review and comment; 4. preparation and
release of a final environmental
assessment, and any final amendments
to the regulations if appropriate. This
document also advises the public that
NOAA will coordinate any consultation
responsibilities under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act (ESA),
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) under the
Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (MSA), section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA, 16 U.S.C. 470),
and Federal Consistency review under
the Coastal Zone Management Act
(CZMA), along with its ongoing NEPA
process including the use of NEPA
documents and public and stakeholder
meetings to also meet the requirements
of other federal laws.
In fulfilling its responsibility under
the NHPA and NEPA, NOAA intends to
identify consulting parties; identify
historic properties and assess the effects
of the undertaking on such properties;
initiate formal consultation with the
State Historic Preservation Officer, the
Advisory Council of Historic
Preservation, and other consulting
parties as appropriate; involve the
public in accordance with NOAA’s
NEPA procedures, and develop in
consultation with identified consulting
parties alternatives and proposed
measures that might avoid, minimize or
mitigate any adverse effects on historic
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properties as appropriate and describe
them in any environmental assessment
or draft environmental impact
statement.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Dated: April 15, 2016.
John Armor,
Acting Director for the Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2016–0132; FRL–9945–08–
Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of
Louisiana; Revisions to the State
Implementation Plan; Fee Regulations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the Louisiana State
Implementation Plan (SIP) related to the
Fee Regulations section of the Louisiana
SIP that were submitted by the State of
Louisiana on February 23, 2016. The
EPA has evaluated the SIP submittal
from Louisiana and preliminarily
determined these revisions are
consistent with the requirements of the
Clean Air Act (Act or CAA). The EPA
is proposing this action under section
110 of the Act.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket No. EPA–R06–
OAR–2016–0132, at https://
www.regulations.gov or via email to
donaldson.tracie@epa.gov. For
additional information on how to
submit comments see the detailed
instructions in the ADDRESSES section of
the direct final rule located in the rules
section of this Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracie Donaldson, 214–665–6633,
donaldson.tracie@epa.gov. To inspect
the hard copy materials, please schedule
an appointment with Tracie Donaldson
or Bill Deese at 214–665–7253.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
final rules section of this Federal
Register, the EPA is approving the
State’s SIP submittal as a direct rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
SUMMARY:
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submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no relevant adverse comments
are received in response to this action,
no further activity is contemplated. If
the EPA receives relevant 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. The EPA will not
institute a second comment period. Any
parties interested in commenting on this
action should do so at this time.
For additional information, see the
direct final rule which is located in the
rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: April 6, 2016.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 424
[Docket Nos. FWS–HQ–ES–2015–0016; DOC
150506429–5429–01; 4500030113]
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Revisions to the
Regulations for Petitions
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS), Interior; National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; revision and
reopening of comment period.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (Services),
announce revisions to the May 21, 2015,
proposed rule that would revise the
regulations pertaining to submission of
petitions and the reopening of the
public comment period. In this
document, we are setting forth modified
proposed amendments to the
regulations based on comments and
information we received during the May
21, 2015, proposed rule’s public
comment period. We are reopening the
comment period to allow all interested
parties an opportunity to comment on
these revisions, as described in this
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document, and on the information
collection requirements. Comments
previously submitted need not be
resubmitted, as they have been
considered in development of this
revised proposed rule and will be fully
considered in preparation of the final
rule.
DATES: We will consider comments
received or postmarked on or before
May 23, 2016. Comments submitted
electronically using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES,
below) must be received by 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the closing date.
Comments on the information collection
aspects of this proposed rule must be
received on or before May 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the Proposed
Rule. You may submit comments by one
of the following methods:
• Electronically: Go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter the docket number for this
proposed rule, which is FWS–HQ–ES–
2015–0016. Then click on the Search
button. In the Search panel on the left
side of the screen, under the Document
Type heading, click on the Proposed
Rules link to locate this document. You
may submit a comment by clicking on
‘‘Comment Now!’’ Please ensure that
you have found the correct document
before submitting your comment.
• By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail
or hand delivery to: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ–
ES–2015–0016; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041–3803.
We will post all comments on
https://www.regulations.gov. This
generally means that we will post any
personal information you provide us
(see Request for Information, below, for
more information).
If you submit information via https://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
submission—including any personal
identifying information—will be posted
on the Web site. If your submission is
made via a hardcopy that includes
personal identifying information, you
may request at the top of your document
that we withhold this personal
identifying information from public
review. However, we cannot guarantee
that we will be able to do so. We will
post all hardcopy submissions on
https://www.regulations.gov.
Comments on the Information
Collection Aspects of the Proposed Rule:
You may review the Information
Collection Request online at https://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by the
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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Send comments (identified by
1018–BA53) specific to the information
collection aspects of this proposed rule
to both the:
• Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 295–
5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov (email); and
• Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer; Division of Policy,
Performance, and Management
Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike;
Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bridget Fahey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Conservation and
Classification, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803, telephone
703–358–2171, facsimile 703–358–1735;
or Angela Somma, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Office of Protected
Resources, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone
301–427–8403. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 21, 2015, the Services
proposed revising the regulations at 50
CFR 424.14 concerning petitions to
improve the content and specificity of
petitions and to enhance the efficiency
and effectiveness of the petition process
to support species conservation (80 FR
29286). Our revisions to § 424.14 are
intended to clarify and enhance the
procedures and standards by which the
Services will evaluate petitions under
section 4(b)(3) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA
or Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and to
provide greater clarity to the public on
the petition-submission process and,
thereby, assist petitioners in providing
complete, robust petitions. The
proposed changes will improve the
quality of petitions through expanded
content requirements and guidelines,
and, in so doing, better focus the
Services’ resources on species that merit
further analysis. However, in response
to the comments and information we
received during the May 21, 2015,
proposed rule’s public comment period,
the Services are revising the proposed
rule to streamline the process for
according States notice of petitions, to
reduce the amount of information that
would need to be submitted with
petitions, and to provide additional
clarifications. It is our intent to discuss
here only those topics directly relevant
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0132; FRL-9945-08-Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of
Louisiana; Revisions to the State Implementation Plan; Fee Regulations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the Louisiana State Implementation Plan (SIP)
related to the Fee Regulations section of the Louisiana SIP that were
submitted by the State of Louisiana on February 23, 2016. The EPA has
evaluated the SIP submittal from Louisiana and preliminarily determined
these revisions are consistent with the requirements of the Clean Air
Act (Act or CAA). The EPA is proposing this action under section 110 of
the Act.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before May 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2016-0132, at https://www.regulations.gov or via email to
donaldson.tracie@epa.gov. For additional information on how to submit
comments see the detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES section of the
direct final rule located in the rules section of this Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracie Donaldson, 214-665-6633,
donaldson.tracie@epa.gov. To inspect the hard copy materials, please
schedule an appointment with Tracie Donaldson or Bill Deese at 214-665-
7253.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of this Federal
Register, the EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial
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submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for
the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant
adverse comments are received in response to this action, no further
activity is contemplated. If the EPA receives relevant 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. The EPA will not institute a second comment period.
Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at
this time.
For additional information, see the direct final rule which is
located in the rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: April 6, 2016.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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