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Dated: April 14, 2017.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart SS—Texas
40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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2. In § 52.2270:
a. In paragraph (c) the table titled
‘‘EPA Approved Regulations in the
Texas SIP’’ is amended by revising the
entry for Section 114.50.
■ b. In paragraph (e), the second table
titled ‘‘EPA Approved Nonregulatory
Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory
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Measures in the Texas SIP’’ is amended
by adding an entry at the end for
‘‘Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance,
Nonattainment New Source Review and
Emission Statement Requirements for
the 2008 Ozone NAAQS’’.
The amendments reads as follows:
§ 52.2270
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Identification of plan.
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EPA APPROVED REGULATIONS IN THE TEXAS SIP
State
approval/
submittal date
State citation
Title/subject
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Section 114.50 .............................
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Vehicle Emission Inspection Requirements.
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EPA APPROVED NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES IN THE TEXAS SIP
Name of SIP provision
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Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance, Nonattainment New
Source Review and Emission
Statement Requirements for
the 2008 Ozone NAAQS.
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Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 171
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0183; FRL–9962–31]
RIN 2070–AK38
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide
Applicators Rule; Extension of
Effective Date
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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State
submittal/
effective date
Applicable geographic or
nonattainment area
On January 4, 2017, EPA
published a final rule revising the
regulation concerning the certification
of applicators of restricted use
pesticides (RUPs). The original effective
date of March 6, 2017 was extended to
March 21, 2017 by rule issued January
SUMMARY:
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12/29/2016
EPA approval date
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5/15/2017, [Insert Federal
Register citation].
26, 2017, and subsequently extended to
May 22, 2017 by rule issued March 20,
2017. In accordance with the
Presidential directives as expressed in
the memorandum of January 20, 2017,
from the Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory
Freeze Pending Review,’’ and the
principles identified in the April 25,
2017 Executive Order ‘‘Promoting
Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in
America,’’ EPA is proposing to further
delay the effective date of the January 4,
2017 revisions to the Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule until May 22,
2018.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0183, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Do not submit electronically any
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Comments
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information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC) (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. In
addition, please mail a copy of your
comments on the information collection
provisions to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, ATTN: Desk
Officer for EPA, 725 17th St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on
commenting or visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, are available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Kevin Keaney, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 305–5557;
email address: keaney.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
On January 26, 2017, EPA published
a final rule in the Federal Register
entitled ‘‘Delay of Effective Date for 30
Final Regulations Published by the
Environmental Protection Agency
Between October 28, 2016 and January
17, 2017’’ (82 FR 8499). In that rule,
EPA delayed the effective dates of the
five regulations, including the final rule
revising the regulation concerning the
certification of applicators of restricted
use pesticides (RUPs) issued on January
4, 2017 (82 FR 952) (FR–9956–70), as
requested in the memorandum of
January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to
the President and Chief of Staff, entitled
‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review’’
(January 20 Memorandum). The January
20 Memorandum directed the heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies to
postpone for 60 days from the date of
the January 20 Memorandum the
effective dates of all regulations that had
been published in the Federal Register
but had not yet taken effect.
The January 20 Memorandum further
directed that where appropriate and as
permitted by applicable law, agencies
should consider a rule to delay the
effective date for regulations beyond
that 60-day period. Accordingly, on
March 20, 2017, EPA published the final
rule ‘‘Further Delay of Effective Dates
for Five Final Regulations Published by
the Environmental Protection Agency
Between December 12, 2016 and
January 17, 2017’’ (82 FR 14324), which
applied to the revised Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule and four
other rules. Pursuant to that March 20,
2017 rule, the effective date of the
revised Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule was extended to May
22, 2017.
Upon further review, EPA has
determined that the effective date of the
revised Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule should be extended
until May 22, 2018. EPA is taking this
action to give recently arrived Agency
officials the opportunity to conduct a
substantive review of the revised
Certification of Pesticide Applicators
rule.
In view of the imminence of the
revised Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule’s May 22, 2017
effective date, EPA is reducing the
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duration of the comment period
specified in 5 U.S.C. 553(d) to five days.
EPA believes that five days is adequate
time for interested parties to express
their views on the whether the effective
date of the revised Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule should be
extended to allow substantive review.
During this one-year extension, state
certifying authorities and certified
commercial and private applicators
would be relieved of restrictions and
burdens that would otherwise be
imposed by the January 4, 2017
revisions to the Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule. Because this request
for comments relieves a restriction, it is
eligible for the exemption in 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(1) allowing a reduced comment
period.
EPA’s decision to shorten the
comment period is also based on the
good cause exception in 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). The Agency has determined
that a full 30-day comment period is
impracticable, unnecessary and contrary
to the public interest. EPA has
determined a substantive review of the
revised Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule is appropriate and
consistent with the principles identified
in the April 25, 2017 Executive Order
‘‘Promoting Agriculture and Rural
Prosperity in America’’. Given that a 30day comment period would extend
beyond the Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule’s May 22, 2017
effective date, such a 30-day comment
would be impractical and contrary to
the public interest in that it would
require states, tribes, and the regulated
community to adopt new measures to
comply with a regulation that the
Agency intends to substantively review,
and possibly revise.
For the foregoing reasons, the EPA
relies on the exceptions in 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(1) and (3) to issue this document
with a five-day comment period.
II. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review; and, Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant
regulatory action as that term is defined
in Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993). Accordingly, this
request for comments is not subject to
requirements of E.O. 12866 that apply to
significant regulatory actions.
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activities subject to the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
(UMRA)
This action does not contain an
unfunded mandate of $100 million or
more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C.
1531–1538, and does not significantly or
uniquely affect small governments.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999). It will not have substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and
the States, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation
and Coordination With Indian Tribal
Governments
This action does not have Tribal
implications, as specified in Executive
Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9,
2000).
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
This request for comments is not
subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997) because it is not
an economically significant regulatory
action as defined by Executive Order
12866.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive
Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22,
2001), because it is not a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve
technical standards that would require
Agency consideration under NTTAA
section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272 note.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal
Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations
This request for comments does not
involve any information collection
EPA believes that this action would
not have disproportionately high and
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adverse human health or environmental
effects on minority, low-income, or
indigenous populations, as specified in
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994).
Dated: May 4, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
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COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[DA 17–417]
Spectrum Manager Leasing
Arrangements; Correction
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting
amendment.
AGENCY:
The Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) of
the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) adopted and released
an Order on May 3, 2017, correcting
certain rules in part 1 of the FCC’s rules.
In particular, the FCC replaced certain
inadvertently deleted paragraphs from a
section of the Commission’s rules.
DATES: Effective May 15, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Conway, Melissa.Conway@
fcc.gov, of the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility
Division, (202) 418–2887.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document makes the following
corrections to section 1.9020 of the
Commission’s rules.
1. By this Order, the Bureau corrects
and republishes section 1.9020(e) 1 of
the Commission’s rules in its entirety, in
order to remedy an error in an earlier
publication of the rule in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
2. Section 1.9020 of the Commission’s
rules addresses spectrum manager
leasing arrangements.2 In revising the
rule in the 2015 Competitive Bidding
Rules R&O,3 the Commission used
amending language that resulted in the
inadvertent deletion of paragraphs (e)(1)
and (2) when the revised rule was
published in the CFR. As there was no
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CFR 1.9020(e).
2 Id.
3 Updating Part 1 Competitive Bidding Rules et
al., Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration of
the First Report and Order, Third Order on
Reconsideration of the Second Report and Order,
Third Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd 7493 (2015)
(Competitive Bidding Rules R&O).
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discussion in the Competitive Bidding
Rules R&O of eliminating those
paragraphs, it is apparent that the
deletion was not intentional. Rather, the
Commission’s clear intent was only to
revise the introductory text of paragraph
(e).4
3. On March 24, 2017, unaware of the
earlier inadvertent deletion, the
Commission released the Contraband
Wireless Devices Report and Order,5 in
which it adopted revisions to certain of
the deleted paragraphs of section
1.9020(e).6 In order for the Commission
to publish those rule changes in the
Federal Register and make the
necessary amendments to the CFR, we
must first correct the earlier error and
replace the inadvertently deleted
paragraphs.
4. Accordingly, by this Order, the
Bureau restores the inadvertently
deleted portions of section 1.9020(e) of
the Commission’s rules. This rule
correction, which serves to effectuate
the Commission’s intent, reinstates the
inadvertently deleted paragraphs of
section 1.9020(e) and republishes
section 1.9020(e) in its entirety for
clarity. The corrected version of section
1.9020(e) is attached as Appendix A to
the Order released by the Commission
on May 3, 2017.7
5. The Bureau finds it appropriate to
forego a notice-and-comment period
prior to this Order taking effect, given
the nature of this rule correction and the
impact of the current error within the
Commission’s rules. The Administrative
Procedure Act (APA) provides that
notice procedures are not required
where ‘‘the agency for good cause finds
(and incorporates the finding and a brief
statement of reasons therefor in the
rules issued) that notice and public
procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.’’ 8 We find that using the
procedures of a notice-and-comment
rulemaking to reinstate the
inadvertently deleted paragraphs of
section 1.9020(e) would be contrary to
4 The introductory text was revised again in
Amendment of the Commission’s Rules with Regard
to Commercial Operations in the 3550–3650 MHz
Band, Order on Reconsideration and Second Report
and Order, 31 FCC Rcd 5011 (2016).
5 Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat
Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional
Facilities, GN Docket No. 13–111, Report and Order
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC
17–25, 2017 WL 1135543 (2017) (Contraband
Wireless Devices Report and Order).
6 See Contraband Wireless Devices Report and
Order, Appx. A (revising the introductory language
of paragraph (e)(2), redesignating paragraphs
(e)(2)(ii) and (iii) as (e)(2)(iii) and (iv), respectively,
and adding new paragraph (e)(2)(ii)).
7 Commission Rule; Spectrum Manager Leasing
Arrangements, Order, DA 17–471 (WTB 2017).
8 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).
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the public interest because it would
delay the implementation of certain
significant public safety initiatives
adopted by the Commission and would
be unlikely to effectuate the public
interest benefits usually associated with
the conduct of a notice-and-comment
proceeding.
6. Requiring notice and comment
prior to the rule correction becoming
effective would delay the
implementation of certain rule
amendments adopted in the Contraband
Wireless Devices Report and Order,
which are intended to expedite
processing of spectrum lease
applications or notifications for certain
systems used to combat the use of
contraband wireless devices in
correctional facilities. We find that it
would be contrary to the public interest
to delay the significant public safety
impact of these systems in order to
provide notice and comment for this
rule correction. We reach this
conclusion specifically in light of the
fact that the usual benefits of notice and
comment appear to be absent here,
given the Commission demonstrably did
not intend to delete the longstanding
paragraphs of section 1.9020(e) 9 and, in
the intervening period following the
inadvertent deletion, the public appears
to have been operating under the
assumption that the process contained
in the deleted paragraphs remained
intact. Indeed, since the Competitive
Bidding Rules R&O, which resulted in
the deletion, the Bureau has continued
to receive the notifications filed by
licensees pursuant to the procedures
and standards set forth in section
1.9020(e), including its inadvertently
deleted paragraphs. Because a noticeand-comment procedure would be
contrary to the public interest, the
Bureau finds good cause to forego a
notice-and-comment rulemaking for the
purposes of this correction to section
1.9020(e).
7. The APA requires publication of a
substantive rule at least 30 days before
its effective date ‘‘except as otherwise
provided by the agency for good cause
found and published with the rule.’’ 10
For the same reasons that we forego
notice-and-comment procedures, we
find good cause to make this correction
to section 1.9020(e) effective
immediately to remedy the error in the
rule in the CFR.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1
Administrative practice and
procedures.
9 Nothing in the Competitive Bidding Rules R&O
mentions deleting the relevant paragraphs.
10 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 171
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0183; FRL-9962-31]
RIN 2070-AK38
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule;
Extension of Effective Date
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On January 4, 2017, EPA published a final rule revising the
regulation concerning the certification of applicators of restricted
use pesticides (RUPs). The original effective date of March 6, 2017 was
extended to March 21, 2017 by rule issued January 26, 2017, and
subsequently extended to May 22, 2017 by rule issued March 20, 2017. In
accordance with the Presidential directives as expressed in the
memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' and the
principles identified in the April 25, 2017 Executive Order ``Promoting
Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America,'' EPA is proposing to
further delay the effective date of the January 4, 2017 revisions to
the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule until May 22, 2018.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0183, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket
Center (EPA/DC) (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001. In addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the
information collection provisions to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, ATTN: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along
with more information about dockets generally, are available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Keaney, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 305-5557; email address: keaney.kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
On January 26, 2017, EPA published a final rule in the Federal
Register entitled ``Delay of Effective Date for 30 Final Regulations
Published by the Environmental Protection Agency Between October 28,
2016 and January 17, 2017'' (82 FR 8499). In that rule, EPA delayed the
effective dates of the five regulations, including the final rule
revising the regulation concerning the certification of applicators of
restricted use pesticides (RUPs) issued on January 4, 2017 (82 FR 952)
(FR-9956-70), as requested in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from
the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled
``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review'' (January 20 Memorandum). The
January 20 Memorandum directed the heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies to postpone for 60 days from the date of the January 20
Memorandum the effective dates of all regulations that had been
published in the Federal Register but had not yet taken effect.
The January 20 Memorandum further directed that where appropriate
and as permitted by applicable law, agencies should consider a rule to
delay the effective date for regulations beyond that 60-day period.
Accordingly, on March 20, 2017, EPA published the final rule ``Further
Delay of Effective Dates for Five Final Regulations Published by the
Environmental Protection Agency Between December 12, 2016 and January
17, 2017'' (82 FR 14324), which applied to the revised Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule and four other rules. Pursuant to that March
20, 2017 rule, the effective date of the revised Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule was extended to May 22, 2017.
Upon further review, EPA has determined that the effective date of
the revised Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule should be
extended until May 22, 2018. EPA is taking this action to give recently
arrived Agency officials the opportunity to conduct a substantive
review of the revised Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule.
In view of the imminence of the revised Certification of Pesticide
Applicators rule's May 22, 2017 effective date, EPA is reducing the
duration of the comment period specified in 5 U.S.C. 553(d) to five
days. EPA believes that five days is adequate time for interested
parties to express their views on the whether the effective date of the
revised Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule should be extended
to allow substantive review. During this one-year extension, state
certifying authorities and certified commercial and private applicators
would be relieved of restrictions and burdens that would otherwise be
imposed by the January 4, 2017 revisions to the Certification of
Pesticide Applicators rule. Because this request for comments relieves
a restriction, it is eligible for the exemption in 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1)
allowing a reduced comment period.
EPA's decision to shorten the comment period is also based on the
good cause exception in 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). The Agency has determined
that a full 30-day comment period is impracticable, unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest. EPA has determined a substantive
review of the revised Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule is
appropriate and consistent with the principles identified in the April
25, 2017 Executive Order ``Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity
in America''. Given that a 30-day comment period would extend beyond
the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule's May 22, 2017
effective date, such a 30-day comment would be impractical and contrary
to the public interest in that it would require states, tribes, and the
regulated community to adopt new measures to comply with a regulation
that the Agency intends to substantively review, and possibly revise.
For the foregoing reasons, the EPA relies on the exceptions in 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(1) and (3) to issue this document with a five-day comment
period.
II. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review; and,
Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
This action is not a significant regulatory action as that term is
defined in Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993).
Accordingly, this request for comments is not subject to requirements
of E.O. 12866 that apply to significant regulatory actions.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
This request for comments does not involve any information
collection activities subject to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities under RFA, 5 U.S.C.
601 et seq.
D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)
This action does not contain an unfunded mandate of $100 million or
more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538, and does not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999). It will not have
substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
This action does not have Tribal implications, as specified in
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
This request for comments is not subject to Executive Order 13045
(62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because it is not an economically
significant regulatory action as defined by Executive Order 12866.
H. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355,
May 22, 2001), because it is not a significant regulatory action under
Executive Order 12866.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
This rulemaking does not involve technical standards that would
require Agency consideration under NTTAA section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272
note.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
EPA believes that this action would not have disproportionately
high and
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adverse human health or environmental effects on minority, low-income,
or indigenous populations, as specified in Executive Order 12898 (59 FR
7629, February 16, 1994).
Dated: May 4, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
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