Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia: Approval of Revisions to State Implementation Plan; Correction, 9452-9453 [2022-03605]

Download as PDF 9452 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 22, 2022 / Rules and Regulations (d) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast Guard may be assisted in the patrol and enforcement of the safety zone by Federal, State, and local agencies. (e) Enforcement period. This section will be enforced from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m. each day from February 15, 2022, through March 1, 2022. Dated: February 15, 2022. Matthew J. Baer, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port North Carolina. [FR Doc. 2022–03671 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–04–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA–R04–OAR–2022–0002; FRL–9413–01– R4] Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia: Approval of Revisions to State Implementation Plan; Correction Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule; correction and clarification. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting statements contained in a July 11, 2002, Federal Register notice of direct final rulemaking approving changes to the Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP). Specifically, EPA stated that it was approving a change to the public notice requirements in Georgia’s SIP for federally-enforceable operating permits. However, this change was never effective at the state level and, therefore, was never incorporated into the SIP. EPA is publishing this correction notice to eliminate any potential confusion regarding the public notice requirements in Georgia’s SIP for these permits. DATES: Effective February 22, 2022. ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this notice of correction under Docket Identification No. EPA– R04–OAR–2022–0002 to provide electronic access to the July 11, 2002, submittal. All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e., Confidential Business Information 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. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with RULES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Feb 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the person 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 Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Brad Akers, Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Mr. Akers can be reached via telephone at 404–562–9089 or via electronic mail at akers.brad@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires states to develop and submit to EPA a SIP to ensure that state air quality meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). These NAAQS currently address six criteria pollutants: Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, lead, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Each state has a SIP containing the control measures and strategies used to attain and maintain the NAAQS. The SIP is extensive, containing such elements as air pollution control and permitting regulations, emission inventories, attainment demonstrations, and enforcement mechanisms. Each state must formally adopt the elements it proposes to include in its SIP after the public has had an opportunity to comment on them and must then submit the proposed SIP revisions to EPA. If the revisions meet all relevant CAA requirements, EPA must approve them through notice and comment rulemaking and incorporate the elements into the SIP at 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 52—‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans.’’ 1 EPA incorporated Georgia’s ‘‘Operating (SIP) Permits’’ rule—Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 391–3–1–.03, Permits, at Section (2) (hereinafter Rule 391–3– 1–.03(2))—into the Georgia SIP on August 30, 1995. See 60 FR 45048. Paragraph (i) of this rule requires the State to notify EPA and the public prior to issuing any federally-enforceable 1 Georgia’s PO 00000 SIP is set forth at 40 CFR 52.570. Frm 00028 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 operating permit and provide the opportunity to comment on the draft permit. Georgia has not revised this public notice provision since its initial incorporation into the SIP.2 On July 11, 2002 (67 FR 45909), EPA approved numerous changes to the Georgia SIP through a direct final rule. This rule addressed regulatory changes transmitted to EPA on December 6, 1999, March 21, 2000, January 4, 2001, August 21, 2001, and December 28, 2001, by the State of Georgia, through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Environmental Protection Division (also known as GA EPD). GA EPD’s March 21, 2000, submittal contained several revisions to Rule 391– 3–1–.03 and information indicating that it included changes to Rule 391–3–1– .03(2) for EPA approval. Specifically, the submittal contained a strikeout/ underline draft version of Rule 391–3– 1–.03(2)(i), that purported to eliminate the phrase ‘‘on the draft permit.’’ In the preamble of the July 11, 2002, notice of direct final rulemaking, EPA indicated it was removing this phrase, stating that ‘‘Rule 391–3–1–.03(2)(i) is being amended to allow the public and EPA notification and review of a permit application to begin upon receipt of a permit application rather than upon completion of a draft permit.’’ 3 4 See 67 FR 45909 at 45910. However, the submittal also included a final version of the rule that retained the phrase ‘‘on the draft permit’’ and a hearing record showing that the draft version of Rule 391–3–1–.03(2)(i) (eliminating the phrase ‘‘on the draft permit’’), was never adopted by the Georgia Board of Natural Resources, and, therefore, was never state effective. The direct final rule incorporated the final version of Rule 391–3–1–.03 into the SIP at 40 CFR 52.570(c). Because the draft change to the public notice requirement in Rule 391–3–1–.03(2)(i) (eliminating the phrase ‘‘on the draft permit’’), was never state effective, EPA could not have incorporated it into the SIP. Therefore, EPA did not approve any change to 391–3–1–.03(2) in the July 11, 2 The SIP-approved version of Rule 391–3–1– .03(2) states ‘‘Prior to the issuance of any federally enforceable operating permit, EPA and the public will be notified and given a chance for comment on the draft permit.’’ 3 EPA erroneously made the draft change to Rule 391–3–1–.03(2)(i) in its online Georgia SIP compilation at https://www.epa.gov/sips-ga. EPA will correct this error in the SIP compilation at the time of publication or shortly thereafter. 4 The SIP table at 40 CFR 52.570(c) contains an error in the entry for Rule 391–3–1–.03(2) indicating a December 26, 2001, state effective date. EPA intends to correct this table entry to reflect a state effective date of August 17, 1994, in the next routine update to the materials incorporated by reference into the Georgia SIP. E:\FR\FM\22FER1.SGM 22FER1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 22, 2022 / Rules and Regulations 2002, direct final rule, and the preamble description of EPA’s action was erroneous. 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, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: February 4, 2022. Daniel Blackman, Regional Administrator, Region 4. [FR Doc. 2022–03605 Filed 2–18–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 54 [WC Docket No. 10–90; FCC 19–95, FCC 20–5; FR ID 72341] Connect America Fund Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date. AGENCY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the rules for the Connect America Fund contained in the Commission’s Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund, FCC 19–95 and the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, FCC 20–5. This document is consistent with the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund Order and the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the revised information collection requirements. DATES: The amendments to §§ 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503, 54.1513, and 54.1514, published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 2019, and § 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5), and (c)(1) published at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020, are effective February 22, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition Bureau at (202) 418–7400. For additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contact Nicole lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with RULES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:05 Feb 18, 2022 Jkt 256001 Ongele at (202) 418–2991 or via email at Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission submitted revised information collection requirements for review and approval by OMB, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on October 19, 2021. OMB approved the revised information collection requirements on January 5, 2022. The information collection requirements are contained in the Commission’s Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund Order, FCC 19–95, published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 2019 and the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Order, FCC 20–5, published at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020. The OMB Control Number is 3060–1228. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules published on November 7, 2019 and March 10, 2020. If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed in the following, or how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060–1228, in your correspondence. The Commission will also accept your comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530. Synopsis As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on January 5, 2022, for the amendments to 47 CFR 54.316(a)(7) and (b)(7), 54.1503, 54.1513 and 54.1514 published at 84 FR 59937, November 7, 2019 and 47 CFR 54.316(a)(8), (b)(5) and (c)(1) published at 85 FR 13773, March 10, 2020. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is 3060– 1228. The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 9453 The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents are as follows: OMB Control Number: 3060–1228. OMB Approval Date: January 5, 2022. OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2025. OMB Control Number: 3060–1228. Title: Connect America Fund—High Cost Portal Filing. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,024 unique respondents; 4,644 responses. Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours–60 hours. Frequency of Response: On occasion, quarterly reporting requirements, annual reporting requirements, and recordkeeping requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155, 201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 1302. Total Annual Burden: 86,727 hours. Total Annual Cost: No Cost. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s). Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: Except for the middle-mile maps for Alaska Plan carriers, and the coverage maps and information for Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 mobile support recipients, the Commission is not requesting respondents to submit confidential information to the Commission. The Commission notes that the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) must preserve the confidentiality of all data obtained from respondents and contributors to the universal service support program mechanism; must not use the data except for purposes of administering the universal service support program; and must not disclose data in companyspecific form unless directed to do so by the Commission. Also, respondents may request materials or information submitted to the Commission or to the Administrator believed confidential to be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC’s rules. Needs and Uses: Through several orders, the Commission has recently changed or modified reporting obligations for high-cost support. Pursuant to the following orders, this collection includes location reporting and related certification requirements of high-cost support recipients: Connect E:\FR\FM\22FER1.SGM 22FER1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9452-9453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03605]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2022-0002; FRL-9413-01-R4]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Georgia: 
Approval of Revisions to State Implementation Plan; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction and clarification.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting 
statements contained in a July 11, 2002, Federal Register notice of 
direct final rulemaking approving changes to the Georgia State 
Implementation Plan (SIP). Specifically, EPA stated that it was 
approving a change to the public notice requirements in Georgia's SIP 
for federally-enforceable operating permits. However, this change was 
never effective at the state level and, therefore, was never 
incorporated into the SIP. EPA is publishing this correction notice to 
eliminate any potential confusion regarding the public notice 
requirements in Georgia's SIP for these permits.

DATES: Effective February 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this notice of correction 
under Docket Identification No. EPA-R04-OAR-2022-0002 to provide 
electronic access to the July 11, 2002, submittal. All documents in the 
docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed 
in the index, some information may not be publicly available, i.e., 
Confidential Business Information 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 either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard 
copy at the Air Regulatory Management Section, Air Planning and 
Implementation Branch, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the 
person 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 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Brad Akers, Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air and 
Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Akers can be 
reached via telephone at 404-562-9089 or via electronic mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 
requires states to develop and submit to EPA a SIP to ensure that state 
air quality meets the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). 
These NAAQS currently address six criteria pollutants: Carbon monoxide, 
nitrogen dioxide, ozone, lead, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. 
Each state has a SIP containing the control measures and strategies 
used to attain and maintain the NAAQS. The SIP is extensive, containing 
such elements as air pollution control and permitting regulations, 
emission inventories, attainment demonstrations, and enforcement 
mechanisms. Each state must formally adopt the elements it proposes to 
include in its SIP after the public has had an opportunity to comment 
on them and must then submit the proposed SIP revisions to EPA. If the 
revisions meet all relevant CAA requirements, EPA must approve them 
through notice and comment rulemaking and incorporate the elements into 
the SIP at 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 52--``Approval and 
Promulgation of Implementation Plans.'' \1\
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    \1\ Georgia's SIP is set forth at 40 CFR 52.570.
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    EPA incorporated Georgia's ``Operating (SIP) Permits'' rule--Ga. 
Comp. R. & Regs. 391-3-1-.03, Permits, at Section (2) (hereinafter Rule 
391-3-1-.03(2))--into the Georgia SIP on August 30, 1995. See 60 FR 
45048. Paragraph (i) of this rule requires the State to notify EPA and 
the public prior to issuing any federally-enforceable operating permit 
and provide the opportunity to comment on the draft permit. Georgia has 
not revised this public notice provision since its initial 
incorporation into the SIP.\2\
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    \2\ The SIP-approved version of Rule 391-3-1-.03(2) states 
``Prior to the issuance of any federally enforceable operating 
permit, EPA and the public will be notified and given a chance for 
comment on the draft permit.''
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    On July 11, 2002 (67 FR 45909), EPA approved numerous changes to 
the Georgia SIP through a direct final rule. This rule addressed 
regulatory changes transmitted to EPA on December 6, 1999, March 21, 
2000, January 4, 2001, August 21, 2001, and December 28, 2001, by the 
State of Georgia, through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' 
Environmental Protection Division (also known as GA EPD).
    GA EPD's March 21, 2000, submittal contained several revisions to 
Rule 391-3-1-.03 and information indicating that it included changes to 
Rule 391-3-1-.03(2) for EPA approval. Specifically, the submittal 
contained a strikeout/underline draft version of Rule 391-3-
1-.03(2)(i), that purported to eliminate the phrase ``on the draft 
permit.'' In the preamble of the July 11, 2002, notice of direct final 
rulemaking, EPA indicated it was removing this phrase, stating that 
``Rule 391-3-1-.03(2)(i) is being amended to allow the public and EPA 
notification and review of a permit application to begin upon receipt 
of a permit application rather than upon completion of a draft 
permit.'' 3 4 See 67 FR 45909 at 45910. However, the 
submittal also included a final version of the rule that retained the 
phrase ``on the draft permit'' and a hearing record showing that the 
draft version of Rule 391-3-1-.03(2)(i) (eliminating the phrase ``on 
the draft permit''), was never adopted by the Georgia Board of Natural 
Resources, and, therefore, was never state effective.
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    \3\ EPA erroneously made the draft change to Rule 391-3-
1-.03(2)(i) in its online Georgia SIP compilation at https://www.epa.gov/sips-ga. EPA will correct this error in the SIP 
compilation at the time of publication or shortly thereafter.
    \4\ The SIP table at 40 CFR 52.570(c) contains an error in the 
entry for Rule 391-3-1-.03(2) indicating a December 26, 2001, state 
effective date. EPA intends to correct this table entry to reflect a 
state effective date of August 17, 1994, in the next routine update 
to the materials incorporated by reference into the Georgia SIP.
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    The direct final rule incorporated the final version of Rule 391-3-
1-.03 into the SIP at 40 CFR 52.570(c). Because the draft change to the 
public notice requirement in Rule 391-3-1-.03(2)(i) (eliminating the 
phrase ``on the draft permit''), was never state effective, EPA could 
not have incorporated it into the SIP. Therefore, EPA did not approve 
any change to 391-3-1-.03(2) in the July 11,

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2002, direct final rule, and the preamble description of EPA's action 
was erroneous.

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, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: February 4, 2022.
Daniel Blackman,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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