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List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 9
Life insurance, Military personnel,
Veterans.
Signing Authority
Denis McDonough, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on August 16, 2021, and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy
& Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
PART 9—SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP
LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS’
GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
Accordingly, the Department of
Veterans Affairs is adopting the interim
rule amending 38 CFR part 9 that was
published at 85 FR 35562 on June 9,
2021, as final without change.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 36
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VA is
amending its final rule, ‘‘RIN 2900–
AR05; Loan Guaranty: COVID–VAPCP’’,
that was published on May 28, 2021, in
the Federal Register at 86 FR 28692. In
the Paperwork Reduction Act section of
the final rule, VA noted it had
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for approval new
information collections under 38 CFR
36.4803 and 36.4805 through 36.4807.
OMB has approved these collections of
information and assigned an OMB
control number. Therefore, VA is
issuing these technical amendments to
add the OMB control number to the
published regulation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36
Condominiums, Housing, Individuals
with disabilities, Loan programs—
housing and community development,
Loan programs—veterans, Manufactured
homes, Mortgage insurance, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Veterans.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the VA amends 38 CFR part
36 to read as follows:
PART 38—PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND
VETERAN’S RELIEF
1. The authority citation for part 36
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.
RIN 2900–AR05
2. Amend § 36.4803 by revising the
sentence in parenthesis at the end of the
section to read as follows:
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Loan Guaranty: COVID–19 Veterans
Assistance Partial Claim Payment
Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Technical amendments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is making technical
amendments to the final rule published
on Friday, May 28, 2021. The final rule
establishes the COVID–19 Veterans
Assistance Partial Claim Payment
program (COVID–VAPCP), a temporary
program to help Veterans return to
making normal loan payments on a VAguaranteed loan after exiting a
forbearance for financial hardship due,
directly or indirectly, to the COVID–19
national emergency.
DATES: These technical amendments are
effective August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Trevayne, Assistant Director,
Loan Property and Management, Loan
Guaranty Service (26), Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–8862.
(This is not a toll-free telephone
number.)
SUMMARY:
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§ 36.4803 General requirements of the
COVID–19 Veterans Assistance Partial
Claim Payment program.
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(The Office of Management and
Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section
under control number 2900–0889).
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■ 3. Amend § 36.4805 by revising the
sentence in parenthesis at the end of the
section to read as follows:
§ 36.4805 Terms of the partial claim
payment.
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(The Office of Management and
Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section
under control number 2900–0889).
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■ 4. Amend § 36.4806 by revising the
sentence in parenthesis at the end of the
section to read as follows:
§ 36.4806
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(The Office of Management and
Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section
under control number 2900–0889).
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■ 5. Amend § 36.4807 by revising the
sentence in parenthesis at the end of the
section to read as follows:
§ 36.4807 Application for partial claim
payment.
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(The Office of Management and
Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section
under control numbers 2900–0021 and
2900–0889).
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Dated: August 18, 2021.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy
& Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Table of Contents
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0378; FRL–8704–02–
R7]
Air Plan Approval; Iowa; Infrastructure
State Implementation Plan
Requirements for the 2015 Ozone
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking final action to
approve certain elements of a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submission
from the State of Iowa addressing the
applicable requirements of section 110
of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 2015
Ozone (O3) National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS). Section 110
requires that each state adopt and
submit a SIP revision to support the
implementation, maintenance, and
enforcement of each new or revised
NAAQS promulgated by the EPA. These
SIPs are commonly referred to as
‘‘infrastructure’’ SIPs. The infrastructure
requirements are designed to ensure that
the structural components of each
state’s air quality management program
are adequate to meet the state’s
responsibilities under the CAA.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
September 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
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SUMMARY:
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No. EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0378. 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, 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 through https://
www.regulations.gov or please contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section for
additional information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Heitman, Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air
Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219;
telephone number: (913) 551–7664;
email address: heitman.jason@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. A technical
support document (TSD) is included in
the rulemaking docket.
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I. Background
II. What is being addressed in this document?
III. Have the requirements for approval of a
sip revision been met?
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
On June 29, 2021, the EPA proposed
to approve Iowa’s infrastructure SIP
submission for the 2015 O3 NAAQS in
the Federal Register (86 FR 34175). The
EPA solicited comments on the
proposed approval of the infrastructure
SIP submission and received no
comments.
II. What is being addressed in this
document?
The EPA is approving the
infrastructure SIP submission received
from the state on November 30, 2018 in
accordance with section 110(a)(1) of the
CAA. Specifically, the EPA is approving
Iowa’s SIP as meeting the following
infrastructure elements of section
110(a)(2) of the CAA: (A) through (C),
(D)(i)(II)—prevention of significant
deterioration of air quality (prong 3) and
protection of visibility (prong 4), (D)(ii),
(E) through (H), and (J) through (M).
Elements of section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—
significant contribution to
nonattainment (prong 1) and interfering
with maintenance of the NAAQS (prong
2) will be addressed in a separate action.
Section 110(a)(2)(I) was discussed in
the submission; however, the EPA does
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not expect infrastructure SIP
submissions to address element (I).
Section 110(a)(2)(I) requires states to
meet the applicable SIP requirements of
part D of the CAA relating to designated
nonattainment areas. The specific part D
submissions for designated
nonattainment areas are subject to
different submission schedules than
those for section 110 infrastructure
elements. The EPA will act on part D
attainment plan SIP submissions
through a separate rulemaking governed
by the requirements for nonattainment
areas, as described in part D.
A Technical Support Document (TSD)
in the docket provides additional details
of this action, including an analysis of
how the SIP meets the applicable CAA
section 110 requirements for
infrastructure SIPs.
III. Have the requirements for approval
of a SIP revision been met?
The State met the public notice
requirements for SIP submissions in
accordance with 40 CFR 51.102. The
EPA determined that the submission
satisfied the completeness criteria of 40
CFR part 51, appendix V. The State
provided a public comment period for
this SIP revision from September 18,
2018 to October 19, 2018 and received
two comments related to a request for
more stringent ozone requirements and
an increase in ozone monitors. The state
provided an adequate response to these
comments. In addition, as explained in
more detail in the TSD which is part of
this docket, the infrastructure SIP
submission meets the substantive SIP
requirements of the CAA, including
section 110 and implementing
regulations. The public comment period
on the EPA’s proposed rule opened June
29, 2021, the date of its publication in
the Federal Register and closed on July
29, 2021. During this period, the EPA
received no comments.
IV. What action is the EPA taking?
The EPA is approving elements of the
November 30, 2018, submission from
the State of Iowa addressing the
infrastructure elements for the 2015 O3
NAAQS. Specifically, the EPA is
approving Iowa’s SIP as meeting the
following infrastructure elements of
section 110(a)(2): (A) through (C),
(D)(i)(II) prong 3 and prong 4, (D)(ii), (E)
through (H), (J) through (M). The EPA
intends to act on the elements of section
110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I)—prong 1 and prong 2
in a subsequent rulemaking. The EPA is
not addressing Section 110(a)(2)(I) as it
is the EPA’s interpretation of the CAA
that these elements do not need to be
addressed in the context of an
infrastructure SIP submission.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
38 CFR Part 36
RIN 2900-AR05
Loan Guaranty: COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment
Program
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is making technical
amendments to the final rule published on Friday, May 28, 2021. The
final rule establishes the COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim
Payment program (COVID-VAPCP), a temporary program to help Veterans
return to making normal loan payments on a VA-guaranteed loan after
exiting a forbearance for financial hardship due, directly or
indirectly, to the COVID-19 national emergency.
DATES: These technical amendments are effective August 23, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Trevayne, Assistant Director,
Loan Property and Management, Loan Guaranty Service (26), Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-8862. (This is not a toll-
free telephone number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA is amending its final rule, ``RIN 2900-
AR05; Loan Guaranty: COVID-VAPCP'', that was published on May 28, 2021,
in the Federal Register at 86 FR 28692. In the Paperwork Reduction Act
section of the final rule, VA noted it had submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval new information collections
under 38 CFR 36.4803 and 36.4805 through 36.4807. OMB has approved
these collections of information and assigned an OMB control number.
Therefore, VA is issuing these technical amendments to add the OMB
control number to the published regulation.
List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36
Condominiums, Housing, Individuals with disabilities, Loan
programs--housing and community development, Loan programs--veterans,
Manufactured homes, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Veterans.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the VA amends 38 CFR
part 36 to read as follows:
PART 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERAN'S RELIEF
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1. The authority citation for part 36 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and 3720.
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2. Amend Sec. 36.4803 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the
end of the section to read as follows:
Sec. 36.4803 General requirements of the COVID-19 Veterans
Assistance Partial Claim Payment program.
* * * * *
(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
* * * * *
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3. Amend Sec. 36.4805 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the
end of the section to read as follows:
Sec. 36.4805 Terms of the partial claim payment.
* * * * *
(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
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4. Amend Sec. 36.4806 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the
end of the section to read as follows:
Sec. 36.4806 Terms of the assistance to the veteran.
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(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section under control number 2900-
0889).
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5. Amend Sec. 36.4807 by revising the sentence in parenthesis at the
end of the section to read as follows:
Sec. 36.4807 Application for partial claim payment.
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(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information
collection requirements in this section under control numbers 2900-0021
and 2900-0889).
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Dated: August 18, 2021.
Jeffrey M. Martin,
Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of
the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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