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Vol. 89, No. 185
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed
issuance of rules and regulations. The
purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R07–OAR–2024–0224; FRL–11566–
04–R7]
Disapproval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plan;
Nebraska; Regional Haze State
Implementation Plan; Federal
Implementation Plan for Regional
Haze; Completion of Remand;
Extension of Comment Period
Dated: September 18, 2024.
Cecilia Tapia,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator,
Region 7.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of
comment period.
AGENCY:
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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is extending the comment
period for a proposed rule that
published August 1, 2024. The current
comment period for the proposed rule
was set to end on September 30, 2024.
In response to a request from a
commenter, the EPA is extending the
comment period for the proposed action
to October 30, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule published on August 1,
2024, at 89 FR 62691 is extended.
Comments must be received on or
before October 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2024–0224 to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. for this
rulemaking. Comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
proposed rulemaking (89 FR 62691,
August 1, 2024) and the ‘‘How to
Comment’’ section of our web page
https://www.epa.gov/ne/state-nebraska.
SUMMARY:
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D. Wolkins, Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 7 Office, Air and
Radiation Division, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219;
telephone number: (913) 551–7588;
email address: wolkins.jed@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
1, 2024, the EPA published the
proposed rule ‘‘Disapproval and
Promulgation of Air Quality
Implementation Plan; Nebraska;
Regional Haze State Implementation
Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for
Regional Haze; Completion of Remand’’
in the Federal Register (89 FR 62691).
The original deadline to submit
comments was September 30, 2024.
This action extends the comment period
for 30 days in response to requests from
commenters. Written comments must
now be received by October 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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The comment period for the
proposed rule published on July 2, 2024
(89 FR 54966) is reopened.
Comments must be submitted by
October 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to participate in this rulemaking
by submitting comments and related
materials. FEMA will consider all
comments and material received during
the comment period.
If you submit a comment, include the
Docket ID FEMA–2023–0005, indicate
the specific section of this document to
which each comment applies, and give
the reason for each comment. All
submissions may be posted, without
change, to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at www.regulations.gov, and will
include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public. You may
wish to read the Privacy and Security
Notice that is available via a link on the
homepage of www.regulations.gov. For
access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received, go to
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov.
DATES:
Tod
Wells, Deputy Director, Public
Assistance Division. Phone: (202) 646–
3834. Email: fema-recovery-pa-policy@
fema.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
44 CFR Part 206
[Docket ID FEMA–2023–0005]
RIN 1660–AB09
Update of FEMA’s Public Assistance
Regulations; Reopening of Comment
Period
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; reopening
and extending the public comment
period.
AGENCY:
This notice reopens the
comment period for the proposed rule
published on July 2, 2024, entitled
‘‘Update of FEMA’s Public Assistance
Regulations.’’ The comment period for
the proposed rule closed September 3,
2024; it is now reopened and extended
from September 4, 2024, to October 18,
2024.
SUMMARY:
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On July 2,
2024, FEMA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking with request for
comments in the Federal Register at 89
FR 54966. The proposed rule, entitled
‘‘Update of FEMA’s Public Assistance
Regulations,’’ would amend the Public
Assistance program regulations at Title
44, part 206, of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) to reflect current
statutory authorities, clarify the
requirements for program eligibility,
and improve program administration.
FEMA is responsible for
administering and coordinating the
Federal Government response to
Presidentially declared disasters
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, as amended (Stafford
Act), Public Law 93–288, 42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq. When a catastrophe occurs in a
State or affects the members of a Tribal
community, the State’s Governor or
Tribal Chief Executive may request a
Presidential declaration of a major
disaster pursuant to Section 401 of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Stafford Act. 42 U.S.C. 5170(a), (b); 44
CFR 206.36(a).
The Public Assistance program is one
of the programs that may be authorized
by a declaration, which provides a
broad range of assistance to State,
Tribal, Territorial and local
governments. It provides assistance for
emergency protective measures, such as
emergency evacuation, sheltering, and
debris removal, as well as financial
assistance for the permanent restoration
of facilities. In addition, the Stafford Act
authorizes Community Disaster Loans
for any local or Tribal government that
has suffered a substantial loss of tax and
other revenues as a result of a major
disaster, and that demonstrates a need
for financial assistance to perform its
governmental functions. 42 U.S.C. 5184.
In ‘‘Update of FEMA’s Public
Assistance Regulations,’’ FEMA
proposes to amend its Public Assistance
and Community Disaster Loan program
regulations to both improve program
administration and incorporate statutory
changes relating to Public Assistance
and Community Disaster Loans. These
include the Post Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006
(PKEMRA), Public Law 109–295, 120
Stat. 1394, the Security and
Accountability for Every Port Act of
2006 (SAFE Port Act), Public Law 109–
347, 120 Stat. 1884, the Pets Evacuation
and Transportation Standards Act of
2006 (PETS Act), Public Law 109–308,
120 Stat. 1725, the Sandy Recovery
Improvement Act of 2013 (SRIA), Public
Law 113–2, 127 Stat. 39, the Emergency
Information Improvement Act of 2015,
Public Law 114–111, 129 Stat. 2240, the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, Public
Law 115–123, 132 Stat. 64, and the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018, Division D,
Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018
(DRRA), Public Law 115–254, 132 Stat.
3438.
On September 3, 2024, FEMA
received a request to reopen and extend
the public comment period in Docket ID
FEMA–2023–0005. FEMA–2023–0005–
0119; FEMA–2023–0005–0138. To
provide additional time for interested
parties to consider and comment on any
implications of the ‘‘Update of FEMA’s
Public Assistance Regulations,’’ FEMA
reopens and extends the comment
period from September 4, 2024, to
October 18, 2024.
FEMA will consider comments
received from July 2, 2024 to October
18, 2024. Please visit
www.regulations.gov to view the
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proposed rule, comments received, and
all supporting documents.
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
46 CFR Part 541
[Docket No. FMC–2024–0010]
Ocean Carrier Equipment Management
Association; Denial of Petition for
Delay of Effective Date of the
Demurrage and Detention Billing
Requirements Final Rule
Federal Maritime Commission.
Denial of petition for
rulemaking.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Maritime
Commission (FMC) is denying a petition
submitted by the Ocean Carrier
Equipment Management Association
requesting that FMC delay the effective
date of the agency’s ‘‘Demurrage and
Detention Billing Requirements’’ final
rule. This document includes the
contents of the actual denial with minor
modifications to meet publication
requirements for the Federal Register.
DATES: The Commission served an order
denying the petition on September 17,
2024.
ADDRESSES: To view background
documents or comments received, you
may use the Federal eRulemaking Portal
at www.regulations.gov under Docket
No. FMC–2023–0010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Eng, Secretary; Phone: (202) 523–
5725; Email: secretary@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
28, 2024, the date the Federal Maritime
Commission’s (Commission or FMC)
‘‘Demurrage and Detention Billing
Requirements’’ final rule, 89 FR 14330
(February 26, 2024), went into effect, the
Ocean Carrier Equipment Management
Association (OCEMA) filed with the
Commission a petition under 46 CFR
502.51(a) for an extension of the
effective date of the rule by at least 90
days. On September 17, 2024, the
Commission denied the petition for the
reasons below.
SUMMARY:
I. Background
On June 16, 2022, the Ocean Shipping
Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022) was
enacted into law.1 Section 7 of the Act
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prohibits common carriers from issuing
an invoice for demurrage or detention
charges unless the invoice includes
specific information required by the
statute, and any additional information
required by the Commission through
regulation. OSRA 2022 mandated that
the Commission, by June 16, 2023, issue
a final rule ‘‘further defining prohibited
practices by common carriers, marine
terminal operators, shippers, and ocean
transportation intermediaries under [46
U.S.C. 41102(c)] regarding the
assessment of demurrage or detention
charges.’’ 2
On February 26, 2024, the
Commission published the Demurrage
and Detention Billing Requirements
final rule in the Federal Register, 89 FR
14330. With certain limited exceptions,
the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
requires rules to have an effective date
no sooner than 30 days after publication
in the Federal Register, 5 U.S.C. 553(d).
The rule had an effective date of May
28, 2024, 90 days after publication,
except for 46 CFR 541.6 and 541.99.3
The effective date of those two
provisions was delayed pending
approval of the associated Collection of
Information by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) as the
Paperwork Reduction Act requires OMB
to approve collections of information
before an agency can enforce collection
requirements.4
On May 9, 2024, the Commission
issued a Correction to the preamble, 89
FR 39569. At page 14336 in the
preamble to the February 26, 2024, final
rule, the Commission responded to a
comment requesting that the FMC revise
the definition of ‘‘billed party’’ to
address situations in which vesseloperating common carriers (VOCCs)
enter into written contracts with motor
carriers that use containers in the
transportation of goods. The
Commission responded by declining to
adopt this proposed change. The
supporting discussion explaining why
the request was denied was intended to
explain that the rule only addresses
carrier-trucker relationships on through
2 Section
7, codified at 46 U.S.C. 41102.
541.6 sets out substantive requirements
for what billing parties must include in their
demurrage and detention invoices. It added several
provisions in addition to those required by OSRA
2022. While the statutory invoice elements are selfimplementing and immediately became effective
upon passage of OSRA 2022, regulated entities were
not required to comply with the additional
elements imposed by the Commission until 46 CFR
541.6 went into effect. Section 541.99 is an
administrative provision that provides additional
public notice of OMB approval of the collection of
information; it does not impose requirements on the
public.
4 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3521).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
44 CFR Part 206
[Docket ID FEMA-2023-0005]
RIN 1660-AB09
Update of FEMA's Public Assistance Regulations; Reopening of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Proposed rulemaking; reopening and extending the public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: This notice reopens the comment period for the proposed rule
published on July 2, 2024, entitled ``Update of FEMA's Public
Assistance Regulations.'' The comment period for the proposed rule
closed September 3, 2024; it is now reopened and extended from
September 4, 2024, to October 18, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on July 2,
2024 (89 FR 54966) is reopened.
Comments must be submitted by October 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to participate in this
rulemaking by submitting comments and related materials. FEMA will
consider all comments and material received during the comment period.
If you submit a comment, include the Docket ID FEMA-2023-0005,
indicate the specific section of this document to which each comment
applies, and give the reason for each comment. All submissions may be
posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You
may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is available via
a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov. For access to the docket
to read background documents or comments received, go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tod Wells, Deputy Director, Public
Assistance Division. Phone: (202) 646-3834. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 2024, FEMA published a notice of
proposed rulemaking with request for comments in the Federal Register
at 89 FR 54966. The proposed rule, entitled ``Update of FEMA's Public
Assistance Regulations,'' would amend the Public Assistance program
regulations at Title 44, part 206, of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) to reflect current statutory authorities, clarify the
requirements for program eligibility, and improve program
administration.
FEMA is responsible for administering and coordinating the Federal
Government response to Presidentially declared disasters pursuant to
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as
amended (Stafford Act), Public Law 93-288, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. When
a catastrophe occurs in a State or affects the members of a Tribal
community, the State's Governor or Tribal Chief Executive may request a
Presidential declaration of a major disaster pursuant to Section 401 of
the
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Stafford Act. 42 U.S.C. 5170(a), (b); 44 CFR 206.36(a).
The Public Assistance program is one of the programs that may be
authorized by a declaration, which provides a broad range of assistance
to State, Tribal, Territorial and local governments. It provides
assistance for emergency protective measures, such as emergency
evacuation, sheltering, and debris removal, as well as financial
assistance for the permanent restoration of facilities. In addition,
the Stafford Act authorizes Community Disaster Loans for any local or
Tribal government that has suffered a substantial loss of tax and other
revenues as a result of a major disaster, and that demonstrates a need
for financial assistance to perform its governmental functions. 42
U.S.C. 5184.
In ``Update of FEMA's Public Assistance Regulations,'' FEMA
proposes to amend its Public Assistance and Community Disaster Loan
program regulations to both improve program administration and
incorporate statutory changes relating to Public Assistance and
Community Disaster Loans. These include the Post Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA), Public Law 109-295, 120 Stat.
1394, the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE
Port Act), Public Law 109- 347, 120 Stat. 1884, the Pets Evacuation and
Transportation Standards Act of 2006 (PETS Act), Public Law 109-308,
120 Stat. 1725, the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (SRIA),
Public Law 113-2, 127 Stat. 39, the Emergency Information Improvement
Act of 2015, Public Law 114-111, 129 Stat. 2240, the Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2018, Public Law 115-123, 132 Stat. 64, and the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018, Division D, Disaster Recovery Reform Act
of 2018 (DRRA), Public Law 115-254, 132 Stat. 3438.
On September 3, 2024, FEMA received a request to reopen and extend
the public comment period in Docket ID FEMA-2023-0005. FEMA-2023-0005-
0119; FEMA-2023-0005-0138. To provide additional time for interested
parties to consider and comment on any implications of the ``Update of
FEMA's Public Assistance Regulations,'' FEMA reopens and extends the
comment period from September 4, 2024, to October 18, 2024.
FEMA will consider comments received from July 2, 2024 to October
18, 2024. Please visit www.regulations.gov to view the proposed rule,
comments received, and all supporting documents.
Deanne Criswell,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2024-21556 Filed 9-23-24; 8:45 am]
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