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(B) Emergency vegetation
management. Emergency vegetation
management does not require prior
written approval from the authorized
officer. The owner or operator shall
notify the authorized officer in writing
of the location and quantity of the
emergency vegetation management
within 24 hours of completion;
(ix) Include the following procedures
for modification of an approved
operating plan or agreement:
(A) The authorized officer shall give
the owner or operator of the covered
line prior notice of any changed
conditions that warrant a modification
of the approved operating plan or
agreement;
(B) The authorized officer shall give
the owner or operator an opportunity to
submit a proposed modification of the
approved operating plan or agreement,
consistent with the procedures
described in paragraph (h)(6) of this
section, to address the changed
conditions;
(C) The authorized officer shall
consider the proposed modification
consistent with the procedures
described in paragraph (h)(6) of this
section; and
(D) The owner or operator may
continue to implement the approved
operating plan or agreement to the
extent it does not directly and adversely
affect the conditions prompting the
modification; and
(x) For agreements only, reflect the
relative financial resources of the owner
or operator of the covered line
compared to other owners or operators
of a powerline facility.
(6) Review and approval of proposed
operating plans and agreements.
Proposed operating plans and
agreements shall be submitted to the
authorized officer for review and
approval in writing before they are
implemented. Proposed operating plans
and agreements shall be reviewed and
approved in accordance with
procedures developed jointly by the
Forest Service and the United States
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, which shall be
consistent with applicable law. These
procedures shall:
(i) Provide that a proposed operating
plan or agreement or proposed
modification to an approved operating
plan or agreement shall be approved, to
the maximum extent practicable, within
120 days from the date the proposed
operating plan or agreement or proposed
modification was received by the
authorized officer, with the
understanding that such factors as the
number of proposed operating plans and
agreements under review by an
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authorized officer and the number of
powerline facilities covered under a
single operating plan or agreement may
affect the practicability of approving a
proposed operating plan or agreement
within 120 days from the date of receipt;
and
(ii) Specify a timeframe for
submission of applicable Agency
comments on a proposed operating plan
or agreement.
(7) Review and expiration of approved
operating plans and agreements. Every
5 years from the approval date of an
operating plan or agreement, the owner
or operator shall review and, as
necessary, update the operating plan or
agreement to ensure consistentency
with changed conditions and shall
submit it to the authorized officer for
review and approval in accordance with
the procedures described in paragraph
(h)(6) of this section. Upon expiration of
a special use authorization for a
powerline facility the owner or operator
must prepare a new proposed operating
plan or agreement, either solely or in
consultation with the authorized officer,
and submit it to the authorized officer
for review and approval in accordance
with the procedures described in
paragraph (h)(6) of this section.
(8) Reporting of requests and
responses to requests for routine
vegetation management. The Forest
Service shall annually report on its
website requests for approval of routine
vegetation management pursuant to
paragraph (h)(5)(viii)(A) of this section
and responses to those requests.
(9) Strict Liability. (i) Notwithstanding
paragraph (d)(2) of this section, strict
liability in tort may not be imposed on
an owner or operator for injury or
damages resulting from the authorized
officer’s unreasonably withholding or
delaying approval of an operating plan
or agreement or unreasonably failing to
adhere to an applicable schedule in an
approved operating plan or agreement.
(ii) Notwithstanding paragraph (d)(2)
of this section, for 10 years from March
23, 2018, strict liability in tort for injury
or damages resulting from activities
conducted by an owner or operator
under an approved agreement may not
exceed $500,000 per incident.
(10) Forest Service directives. To
enhance the reliability of the electric
grid and to reduce the threat of wildfire
damage to, and wildfire caused by
vegetation-related conditions within or
on, powerline facility rights-of-way and
by hazard trees on abutting National
Forest System lands, the Forest Service
shall issue and periodically update
directives in its directive system (36
CFR 200.4) to ensure that provisions are
appropriately developed and
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implemented for powerline facility
vegetation management, powerline
facility inspection, and operation and
maintenance of powerline facility
rights-of-way. The directives shall:
(i) Be developed in consultation with
owners;
(ii) Be compatible with mandatory
reliability standards established by the
Electric Reliability Organization;
(iii) Consider all applicable law,
including fire safety and electrical
system reliability requirements, such as
reliability standards established by the
Electric Reliability Organization;
(iv) Consider the 2016 Memorandum
of Understanding on Vegetation
Management for Powerline Rights-ofWay Among the Edison Electric
Institute, Utility Arborist Association,
the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of
Land Management, the Forest Service,
and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, and any successor
memorandum of understanding;
(v) Seek to minimize the need for
case-by-case approvals for routine
vegetation management (including
hazard tree removal), powerline facility
inspection, and operation and
maintenance of powerline facilities; and
(vi) Provide for prompt and timely
review of requests to conduct routine
vegetation management.
James E. Hubbard,
Under Secretary, Natural Resources and
Environment.
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 501
Elimination of Customized Postage
Products
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Postal Service is
amending its regulations to eliminate
the Customized Postage products
offering.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective August 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christy Noel, 202–268–3484.
Effective
August 1, 2020, the Postal ServiceTM is
amending title 39 of the Code of Federal
Regulations to eliminate the Customized
Postage products offering. The Postal
Service asked the Postal Regulatory
Commission (PRC) to eliminate the
Customized Postage products offering
and on June 16, 2020, the PRC approved
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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the removal of Customized Postage in
Order Number 5550.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and
procedure, Authorization to
Manufacture and Distribute Postage
Evidencing Systems.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Postal Service amends 39
CFR chapter I as follows:
PART 501—AUTHORIZATION TO
MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE
POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS
1. The authority citation for part 501
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101,
401, 403, 404, 410, 2601, 2605; Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95–
452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3.
§ 501.21
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[Removed]
Table of Contents
2. Remove § 501.21.
I. Summary of the Proposed Action
II. Public Comments and EPA Responses
III. Final Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Joshua J. Hofer,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0812; FRL–10011–
07–Region 9]
Air Quality State Implementation Plan
Approval; Nevada; Infrastructure
Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur
Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality
Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is approving the
remaining portion of a state
implementation plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the State of Nevada. This
revision addresses the interstate
transport requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) with respect to the 2010
1-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) primary
national ambient air quality standard
(NAAQS). In this action, the EPA has
determined that Nevada will not
contribute significantly to
nonattainment or interfere with
maintenance of the 2010 1-hour SO2
NAAQS in any other state.
DATES: This rule will be effective on
August 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
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No. EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0812. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov
website. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (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 through https://
www.regulations.gov, or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional availability information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom
Kelly, Air Planning Office (AIR–2), EPA
Region IX, (415) 947–4151, or by email
at kelly.thomasp@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Summary of the Proposed Action
On June 22, 2010, the EPA
promulgated a revised primary NAAQS
for SO2 at a level of 75 parts per billion
(ppb), based on a 3-year average of the
annual 99th percentile of 1-hour daily
maximum concentrations.1 Pursuant to
section 110(a)(1) of the CAA, states are
required to submit SIPs meeting the
applicable requirements of section
110(a)(2) within three years after
promulgation of a new or revised
NAAQS or a shorter period as the EPA
may prescribe. These SIPs, which the
EPA has historically referred to as
‘‘infrastructure SIPs,’’ are to provide for
the ‘‘implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement’’ of such NAAQS, and the
requirements are designed to ensure that
the structural components of each
state’s air quality management program
are adequate to meet the state’s
responsibility under the CAA. Section
110(a) of the CAA imposes the
obligation upon states to make a SIP
submission to the EPA for a new or
revised NAAQS, but the contents of
individual state submissions may vary
depending upon the facts and
circumstances. The content of the
revisions proposed in SIP submissions
may also vary depending upon what
provisions are already contained in the
state’s approved SIP. Section 110(a)(2)
requires states to address basic SIP
elements such as requirements for
monitoring, basic program
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requirements, and legal authority that
are designed to assure attainment and
maintenance of the NAAQS.
Section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the CAA
requires SIPs to include provisions
prohibiting any source or other type of
emissions activity in one state from
emitting any air pollutant in amounts
that will contribute significantly to
nonattainment, or interfere with
maintenance, of the NAAQS in another
state. The two clauses of this section are
referred to as prong 1 (significant
contribution to nonattainment) and
prong 2 (interference with maintenance
of the NAAQS).
On June 3, 2013, the Nevada
Department of Environmental Protection
(NDEP) submitted a SIP revision
addressing the requirements of section
110(a)(2) of the CAA with respect to the
2010 SO2 NAAQS (‘‘2013 Nevada SIP
revision’’). On November 3, 2015, the
EPA partially approved and partially
disapproved portions of the 2013
Nevada SIP revision for the 2010 SO2
NAAQS.2 However, in that rulemaking,
the EPA did not take action on the
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), interstate
transport portion of the 2013 Nevada
SIP revision.3 On March 31, 2020, the
EPA proposed to approve the portion of
Nevada’s infrastructure submittal for the
2010 SO2 NAAQS pertaining to section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) of the CAA.4
In our proposed rulemaking, the EPA
described Nevada’s analysis and
provided supplemental information to
support the conclusion of the 2013
Nevada SIP Revision that Nevada meets
the CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
prohibition against significant
contribution to nonattainment in
another state and interference with
maintenance in another state for the
2010 SO2 NAAQS. The NDEP
considered monitoring data, emissions
data, predominant wind direction in
Nevada, as well as nonattainment and
maintenance areas for the 1971 SO2
NAAQS and potential nonattainment
areas for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS in
contiguous and noncontiguous states,
and the distance between Nevada and
these areas.5
2 The EPA’s final rule (80 FR 67652) addressed
most elements of three separate SIP submittals for
the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the 2010 nitrogen dioxide
(NO2) NAAQS, and the 2010 SO2 NAAQS.
3 In addition to section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)
provisions for SO2, the EPA did not act on the
section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) provisions of Nevada’s SIP
submittal for the 2008 ozone NAAQS. The EPA
approved the section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) portion of
Nevada’s submittal for the 2008 ozone NAAQS in
a subsequent rulemaking on February 3, 2017 (82
FR 9164).
4 85 FR 17810.
5 Because the EPA had not designated
nonattainment areas for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS prior
FR 35520 (June 22, 2010).
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[FR Doc No: 2020-13566]
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POSTAL SERVICE
39 CFR Part 501
Elimination of Customized Postage Products
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Postal Service is amending its regulations to eliminate
the Customized Postage products offering.
DATES: Effective August 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christy Noel, 202-268-3484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective August 1, 2020, the Postal
ServiceTM is amending title 39 of the Code of Federal
Regulations to eliminate the Customized Postage products offering. The
Postal Service asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to
eliminate the Customized Postage products offering and on June 16,
2020, the PRC approved
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the removal of Customized Postage in Order Number 5550.
List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and procedure, Authorization to Manufacture
and Distribute Postage Evidencing Systems.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Postal Service amends
39 CFR chapter I as follows:
PART 501--AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE
EVIDENCING SYSTEMS
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1. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410,
2601, 2605; Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-
452, as amended); 5 U.S.C. App. 3.
Sec. 501.21 [Removed]
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2. Remove Sec. 501.21.
Joshua J. Hofer,
Attorney, Federal Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-13566 Filed 7-9-20; 8:45 am]
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