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introductory text, (a)(1), and (c) to read
as follows:
§ 102.72 Filing petition with general
counsel: investigation upon motion of
general counsel; transfer of petition and
proceeding from region to general counsel
or to another region; consolidation of
proceedings in same region; severance;
procedure before general counsel in cases
over which the general counsel has
assumed jurisdiction.
(a) Whenever it appears necessary in
order to effectuate the purposes of the
Act, or to avoid unnecessary costs or
delay, the General Counsel may permit
a petition to be filed with him/her in
Washington, DC, or may, at any time
after a petition has been filed with a
Regional Director pursuant to § 102.60,
order that such petition and any
proceeding that may have been
instituted with respect thereto:
(1) Be transferred to and continued
before him/her, for the purpose of
investigation or consolidation with any
other proceeding which may have been
instituted in a Regional Office or with
him/her; or
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(c) The Regional Director may
exercise the powers in paragraphs (a)(2)
and (4) of this section with respect to
proceedings pending in his/her Region.
10. Amend § 102.80 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
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§ 102.80 Dismissal of petition; refusal to
process petition under expedited
procedure.
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(b) If it shall appear to the regional
director that an expedited election is not
warranted but that proceedings under
subpart C of this part are warranted, he/
she shall so notify the parties in writing
with a simple statement of the grounds
for his/her decision.
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11. Amend § 102.81 by revising the
first sentence of paragraph (a) and the
first sentence of paragraph (c) to read as
follows:
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§ 102.81 Review by the general counsel of
refusal to proceed on charge; resumption of
proceedings upon charge held during
pendency of petition; review by general
counsel of refusal to proceed on related
charge.
(a) Where an election has been
directed by the Regional Director or the
Board in accordance with the provisions
of §§ 102.77 and 102.78, the Regional
Director shall decline to issue a
complaint on the charge, and he/she
shall so advise the parties in writing,
accompanied by a simple statement of
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the procedural or other grounds for his/
her action.* * *
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(c) If in connection with an 8(b)(7)
proceeding, unfair labor practice
charges under other sections of the Act
have been filed and the Regional
Director upon investigation has
declined to issue a complaint upon such
charges, he/she shall so advise the
parties in writing, accompanied by a
simple statement of the procedural or
other grounds for his/her action.* * *
■ 12. Amend § 102.83 by revising the
second sentence to read as follows:
§ 102.83 Petition for referendum under
Section 9(e)(1) of the Act; who may file;
where to file; withdrawal.
* * * The petition shall be in writing
and signed, and either must be sworn to
before a notary public, Board agent, or
other person duly authorized by law to
administer oaths and take
acknowledgments or must contain a
declaration by the person signing it,
under the penalties of the Criminal
Code, that its contents are true and
correct to the best of his/her knowledge
and belief.* * *
■ 13. Amend § 102.118 by revising
paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:
§ 102.118 Present and former Board
employees prohibited from producing
documents and testifying; production of
witnesses’ statements after direct
testimony.
(a) Prohibition on producing files and
documents. Except as provided in
§ 102.117 respecting requests cognizable
under the Freedom of Information Act,
no present or former employee or
specially designated agent of the Agency
will produce or present any files,
documents, reports, memoranda, or
records of the Board or of the General
Counsel, whether in response to a
subpoena duces tecum or otherwise,
without the written consent of the Board
or the Chairman of the Board if the
document is in Washington, DC, and in
control of the Board; or of the General
Counsel if the document is in a Regional
Office of the Board or is in Washington,
DC, and in the control of the General
Counsel. A request that such consent be
granted must be in writing and must
identify the documents to be produced,
the nature of the pending proceeding,
and the purpose to be served by the
production of the documents.
(b) Prohibition on testifying. No
present or former employee or specially
designated agent of the Agency will
testify on behalf of any party to any
cause pending in any court or before the
Board, or any other board, commission,
or other administrative agency of the
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United States, or of any State, territory,
or the District of Columbia, or any
subdivisions thereof, with respect to any
information, facts, or other matter
coming to that person’s knowledge in
that person’s official capacity or with
respect to the contents of any files,
documents, reports, memoranda, or
records of the Board or of the General
Counsel, whether in answer to a
subpoena or otherwise, without the
written consent of the Board or the
Chairman of the Board if the person is
in Washington, DC, and subject to the
supervision or control of the Board or
was subject to such supervision or
control when formerly employed at the
Agency; or of the General Counsel if the
person is in a Regional Office of the
Agency or is in Washington, DC, and
subject to the supervision or control of
the General Counsel or was subject to
such supervision or control when
formerly employed at the Agency. A
request that such consent be granted
must be in writing and must identify the
person whose testimony is desired, the
nature of the pending proceeding, and
the purpose to be served by the
testimony of the official.
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National Labor Relations Board.
Gary Shinners,
Executive Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R01–OAR–2016–0110; FRL–9967–88–
Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Maine; Regional
Haze 5-Year Progress Report
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Maine on
February 23, 2016. Maine’s SIP revision
addresses requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) and EPA’s rules that require
States to submit periodic reports
describing progress toward reasonable
progress goals (RPGs) established for
regional haze and a determination of the
adequacy of the State’s existing regional
haze SIP. Maine’s progress report notes
that Maine has implemented the
measures in the regional haze SIP due
to be in place by the date of the progress
SUMMARY:
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report and that visibility in federal Class
I areas affected by emissions from Maine
is improving and has already met the
applicable RPGs for 2018. Maine also
determined that the State’s regional
haze SIP is adequate to meet these
reasonable progress goals for the first
implementation period covering
through 2018 and requires no
substantive revision at this time.
DATES: This rule is effective on October
19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR–
2016–0110. All documents in the docket
are listed on the https://
www.regulations.gov Web site. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available at https://
www.regulations.gov or at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, Office of
Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality
Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests
that if at all possible, you contact the
contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne McWilliams, Air Quality Unit,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
EPA New England Regional Office, 5
Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail
Code OEP05–02), Boston, MA 02109–
3912, telephone number (617) 918–
1697, fax number (617) 918–0697, email
mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
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Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Final Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
States are required to submit a
progress report in the form of a SIP
revision every five years that evaluates
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progress towards the RPGs for each
mandatory Class I Federal area within
the state and in each mandatory Class I
Federal area outside the state which
may be affected by emissions from
within the state. See 40 CFR 51.308(g).
In addition, the provisions under 40
CFR 51.308(h) require States to submit,
at the same time as the 40 CFR 51.308(g)
progress report, a determination of the
adequacy of the state’s existing regional
haze SIP. The first progress report SIP
is due five years after submittal of the
initial regional haze SIP.
On July 20, 2017 (82 FR 33471), EPA
published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) proposing approval of
Maine’s February 23, 2016 Regional
Haze 5-Year Progress Report SIP
revision on the basis that it satisfies the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.308(g) and
(h).
The specific details of Maine’s
February 23, 2016 SIP revision and the
rationale for EPA’s approval are
discussed in the NPR and will not be
restated here. EPA received one
comment agreeing with EPA’s
assessment of Maine’s February 23,
2016 Regional Haze 5-Year Progress
Report.
II. Final Action
EPA is approving Maine’s February
23, 2016 Regional Haze 5-Year Progress
Report SIP submittal as meeting the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.308(g) and
(h).
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing
regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In
accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the
incorporation by reference of New
Hampshire’s regulation described in the
amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth
below. The EPA has made, and will
continue to make, these documents
generally available through https://
www.regulations.gov.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, EPA’s role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet
the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
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Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where EPA or an
Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rule does not have
tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
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The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
report containing this action and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by November 20,
2017. Filing a petition for
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reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this action for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2)).
Dated: September 7, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New
England.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
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Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Regional haze, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is amended
as follows:
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
PROMULGATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart U—Maine
2. In § 52.1020, the table in paragraph
(e) is amended by adding the entry
‘‘Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report’’
at the end of the table to read as follows:
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§ 52.1020
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Identification of plan.
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MAINE NON REGULATORY
Applicable
geographic or
nonattainment
area
Name of non regulatory SIP
provision
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Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report.
State
submittal
date/effective
date
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Statewide ............
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2/23/2016
EPA approved date 3
Explanations
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9/19/2017, [insert Federal Register citation].
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Progress report for the first regional haze planning period
ending in 2018.
3 In order to determine the EPA effective date for a specific provision listed in this table, consult the Federal Register notice cited in this column for the particular provision.
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Administration
50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
[Docket No. 160614520–7805–02]
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants: Final Rule To List the Maui
Dolphin as Endangered and the South
Island Hector’s Dolphin as Threatened
Under the Endangered Species Act
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, issue a final rule
to list the Maui dolphin
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(Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) as
endangered and the South Island (SI)
Hector’s dolphin (C. hectori hectori) as
threatened under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). We considered
comments submitted on the proposed
listing rule and have determined that
the Maui dolphin and the SI Hector’s
dolphin warrant listing as endangered
and threatened species, respectively. We
will not designate critical habitat for
either of these dolphin subspecies,
because the geographical areas occupied
by these dolphins are entirely outside
U.S. jurisdiction, and we have not
identified any unoccupied areas within
U.S. jurisdiction that are currently
essential to the conservation of either of
these subspecies.
This final rule is effective
October 19, 2017.
DATES:
Endangered Species
Division, NMFS Office of Protected
Resources (F/PR3), 1315 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
ADDRESSES:
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Lisa
Manning, NMFS, Office of Protected
Resources, lisa.manning@noaa.gov,
(301) 427–8466.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
On July 15, 2013, we received a
petition from WildEarth Guardians to
list 81 marine species or populations as
endangered or threatened species under
the ESA. We determined that the
petition had sufficient merit for further
consideration, and status reviews were
initiated for 27 of the 81 species or
populations, including the Hector’s
dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori; 78
FR 63941, October 25, 2013; 78 FR
66675, November 6, 2013; 78 FR 69376,
November 19, 2013; 79 FR 9880,
February 21, 2014; and 79 FR 10104,
February 24, 2014). On September 19,
2016, we published a proposed rule to
list the Maui dolphin (Cephalorhynchus
hectori maui) as endangered and the SI
Hector’s dolphin (C. hectori hectori) as
threatened (81 FR 64110). We requested
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2016-0110; FRL-9967-88-Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Maine; Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maine on
February 23, 2016. Maine's SIP revision addresses requirements of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA's rules that require States to submit
periodic reports describing progress toward reasonable progress goals
(RPGs) established for regional haze and a determination of the
adequacy of the State's existing regional haze SIP. Maine's progress
report notes that Maine has implemented the measures in the regional
haze SIP due to be in place by the date of the progress
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report and that visibility in federal Class I areas affected by
emissions from Maine is improving and has already met the applicable
RPGs for 2018. Maine also determined that the State's regional haze SIP
is adequate to meet these reasonable progress goals for the first
implementation period covering through 2018 and requires no substantive
revision at this time.
DATES: This rule is effective on October 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA-R01-OAR-2016-0110. All documents in the docket
are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed
in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air
Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA
requests that if at all possible, you contact the contact listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to schedule your inspection.
The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday through
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne McWilliams, Air Quality Unit,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail Code OEP05-02), Boston, MA
02109-3912, telephone number (617) 918-1697, fax number (617) 918-0697,
email mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Final Action
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
States are required to submit a progress report in the form of a
SIP revision every five years that evaluates progress towards the RPGs
for each mandatory Class I Federal area within the state and in each
mandatory Class I Federal area outside the state which may be affected
by emissions from within the state. See 40 CFR 51.308(g). In addition,
the provisions under 40 CFR 51.308(h) require States to submit, at the
same time as the 40 CFR 51.308(g) progress report, a determination of
the adequacy of the state's existing regional haze SIP. The first
progress report SIP is due five years after submittal of the initial
regional haze SIP.
On July 20, 2017 (82 FR 33471), EPA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPR) proposing approval of Maine's February 23, 2016
Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report SIP revision on the basis that it
satisfies the requirements of 40 CFR 51.308(g) and (h).
The specific details of Maine's February 23, 2016 SIP revision and
the rationale for EPA's approval are discussed in the NPR and will not
be restated here. EPA received one comment agreeing with EPA's
assessment of Maine's February 23, 2016 Regional Haze 5-Year Progress
Report.
II. Final Action
EPA is approving Maine's February 23, 2016 Regional Haze 5-Year
Progress Report SIP submittal as meeting the requirements of 40 CFR
51.308(g) and (h).
III. Incorporation by Reference
In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of New
Hampshire's regulation described in the amendments to 40 CFR part 52
set forth below. The EPA has made, and will continue to make, these
documents generally available through https://www.regulations.gov.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to review
by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders 12866 (58
FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, the SIP is not approved to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where EPA or an Indian tribe has
demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian
country, the rule does not have tribal implications and will not impose
substantial direct costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
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The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this action and
other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by November 20, 2017. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this action for the purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness
of such rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in
proceedings to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2)).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Regional haze, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: September 7, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
is amended as follows:
PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart U--Maine
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2. In Sec. 52.1020, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding
the entry ``Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report'' at the end of the
table to read as follows:
Sec. 52.1020 Identification of plan.
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(e) * * *
Maine Non Regulatory
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State
Name of non regulatory SIP provision Applicable geographic or submittal date/ EPA approved date \3\ Explanations
nonattainment area effective date
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Regional Haze 5-Year Progress Report................ Statewide...................... 2/23/2016 9/19/2017, [insert Progress report for the
Federal Register first regional haze
citation]. planning period ending
in 2018.
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\3\ In order to determine the EPA effective date for a specific provision listed in this table, consult the Federal Register notice cited in this column
for the particular provision.
[FR Doc. 2017-19817 Filed 9-18-17; 8:45 am]
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