82 FR 21123 - Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Infrastructure Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Correction

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)

Page Range		21123-21124
FR Document		2017-09028

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule approving a New Hampshire's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions that addressed infrastructure requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in the Federal Register on July 8, 2016. An error in the nonregulatory table in New Hampshire's SIP is identified and corrected in this action.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R01-OAR-2012-0950; FRL-9959-68-Region 1]


Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; Infrastructure Requirements for 
the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards; 
Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final 
rule approving a New Hampshire's State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
submissions that addressed infrastructure requirements of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA or Act) for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO2) National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in the Federal Register on July 
8, 2016. An error in the nonregulatory table in New Hampshire's SIP is 
identified and corrected in this action.

DATES: This rule is effective May 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida E. McDonnell, Manager, Air 
Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, Office of Ecosystem 
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England 
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05-2), Boston, MA 
02109-3912, phone number (617) 918-1653, fax number (617) 918-0653, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal 
Register on July 8, 2016 (81 FR 44542). An error occurred in the 
amendatory instructions to the table in 40 CFR 52.1520(e). The table 
entry for ``Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 NO2 NAAQS'' was 
unintentionally removed and later restored. This corrective action adds 
an entry for ``Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS'' 
to the table in 40 CFR 52.1520(e), as was originally intended.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Sulfur oxides.

    Dated: March 16, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

Correction

    In final rule FR Doc. 2016-15623, published in the issue of Friday, 
July 8, 2016 (81 FR 44542), make the following correction:
    On page 44553, in the third column, remove amendatory instruction 
3.
    Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

0
1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart EE--New Hampshire

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2. In Sec.  52.1520, the table in paragraph (e) is amended by adding 
the entry ``Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS'' 
after the entry ``Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2 
NAAQS'' to read as follows:


Sec.  52.1520  Identification of plan.

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    (e) * * *

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                                                              New Hampshire Non Regulatory
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                                                                           State
     Name of nonregulatory SIP          Applicable geographic or      submittal date/          EPA approved date \3\                 Explanations
             provision                     nonattainment area         effective date
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Infrastructure SIP for the 2010     Statewide.......................       9/13/2013  7/8/2016, 81 FR 44553.................  Approved submittal, except
 SO2 NAAQS.                                                                                                                    for certain aspects
                                                                                                                               relating to PSD which
                                                                                                                               were conditionally
                                                                                                                               approved. See 52.1519.
 
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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.

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(i) In the case of a Camp Lejeune provider against a third party, including Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
family member who resided at Camp health-plan contracts; and Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Lejeune between January 1, 1957, and (6) Funds were appropriated to New England Regional Office, 5 Post
December 31, 1987, for hospital care implement 38 U.S.C. 1787 in a sufficient Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05–2),
and medical services received prior to amount to permit payment or Boston, MA 02109–3912, phone number
the date an application for benefits is reimbursement. (617) 918–1653, fax number (617) 918–
filed per paragraph (c) of this section, (e) Payment or reimbursement 0653, email McDonnell.Ida@epa.gov.
the hospital care and medical services amounts. Payments or reimbursements
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA
must have been provided on or after under this section will be in amounts
issued a final rule in the Federal
March 26, 2013, but no more than 2 determined in accordance with this
Register on July 8, 2016 (81 FR 44542).
years prior to the date that VA receives paragraph (e).
An error occurred in the amendatory
the application. The claim for payment (1) If a third party is partially liable
instructions to the table in 40 CFR
or reimbursement must be received by for the claimed hospital care or medical
52.1520(e). The table entry for
VA no more than 60 days after VA services, then VA will pay or reimburse
‘‘Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 NO2
approves the application; the lesser of the amount for which the
Camp Lejeune family member remains NAAQS’’ was unintentionally removed
(ii) In the case of a Camp Lejeune and later restored. This corrective action
family member who resided at Camp personally liable or the amount for
which VA would pay for such care adds an entry for ‘‘Infrastructure SIP for
Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and the 2010 SO2 NAAQS’’ to the table in
December 31, 1956, for hospital care under §§ 17.55 and 17.56.
(2) If VA is the sole payer for hospital 40 CFR 52.1520(e), as was originally
and medical services received prior to intended.
the date an application for benefits is care and medical services, then VA will
filed per paragraph (c) of this section, pay or reimburse in accordance with List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
the hospital care and medical services §§ 17.55 and 17.56, as applicable.
(The information collection Environmental protection, Air
must have been provided on or after pollution control, Incorporation by
requirements have been submitted to
December 16, 2014, but no more than 2 reference, Intergovernmental relations,
OMB and are pending OMB approval.)
years prior to the date that VA receives [FR Doc. 2017–09163 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] Reporting and recordkeeping
the application. The claim for payment requirements, Sulfur oxides.
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or reimbursement must be received by
Dated: March 16, 2017.
VA no more than 60 days after VA
approves the application; Deborah A. Szaro,
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New
(iii) For hospital care and medical
AGENCY England.
services provided on or after the date an
application for benefits is filed per 40 CFR Part 52 Correction
paragraph (c) of this section, the claim
for payment or reimbursement must be [EPA–R01–OAR–2012–0950; FRL–9959–68– In final rule FR Doc. 2016–15623,
received by VA no more than 2 years Region 1] published in the issue of Friday, July 8,
after the later of either the date of 2016 (81 FR 44542), make the following
Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; correction:
discharge from a hospital or the date Infrastructure Requirements for the
that medical services were rendered; On page 44553, in the third column,
2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient remove amendatory instruction 3.
(2) The Camp Lejeune family Air Quality Standards; Correction
member’s treating physician certifies Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the
that the claimed hospital care or AGENCY: Environmental Protection Code of Federal Regulations is corrected
medical services were provided for a Agency, (EPA). by making the following correcting
covered illness or condition as defined ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment:
in § 17.400(b), and provides information amendment.
PART 52—APPROVAL AND
about any co-morbidities, risk factors, or
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection PROMULGATION OF
other exposures that may have
Agency (EPA) published a final rule IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
contributed to the illness or condition;
approving a New Hampshire’s State
(3) VA makes the clinical finding, ■ 1. The authority citation for part 52
Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions
under VA clinical practice guidelines, continues to read as follows:
that addressed infrastructure
that the illness or condition did not
requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
result from a cause other than the
or Act) for the 2010 sulfur dioxide (SO2)
residence of the family member at Camp Subpart EE—New Hampshire
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Lejeune;
(NAAQS) in the Federal Register on
(4) VA would be authorized to July 8, 2016. An error in the ■ 2. In § 52.1520, the table in paragraph
provide the claimed hospital care or nonregulatory table in New Hampshire’s (e) is amended by adding the entry
medical services to a veteran under SIP is identified and corrected in this ‘‘Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 SO2
VA’s medical benefits package in action. NAAQS’’ after the entry ‘‘Infrastructure
§ 17.38; SIP for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS’’ to read
(5) The Camp Lejeune family member DATES: This rule is effective May 5,
as follows:
or hospital care or medical service 2017.
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provider has exhausted without success FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida § 52.1520 Identification of plan.
all claims and remedies reasonably E. McDonnell, Manager, Air Permits, * * * * *
available to the family member or Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, (e) * * *

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NEW HAMPSHIRE NON REGULATORY
Applicable geographic State submittal
Name of nonregulatory SIP or nonattainment date/effective EPA approved date 3 Explanations
provision area date

* * * * * * *
Infrastructure SIP for the 2010 Statewide ................... 9/13/2013 7/8/2016, 81 FR 44553 .... Approved submittal, except for certain
SO2 NAAQS. aspects relating to PSD which were
conditionally approved. See 52.1519.

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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 col-
umn for the particular provision.

[FR Doc. 2017–09028 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] Division, Media Bureau, 2. Eleven years later, in the
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Brendan.Holland@fcc.gov (202) 418– Telecommunications Act of 1996,
2757. Congress directed the Commission to
increase the national audience reach cap
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a from 25 percent to 35 percent.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS summary of the Commission’s Order on
COMMISSION Subsequently, the Commission
Reconsideration in MB Docket No. 13– reaffirmed the 35 percent national cap
47 CFR Part 73 236, FCC 17–40, adopted April 20, 2017, in its 1998 Biennial Review Order. The
and released April 21, 2017. The full United States Court of Appeals for the
[MB Docket No. 13–236; FCC 17–40] text of this document is available for District of Columbia later remanded the
public inspection during regular 1998 Biennial Review Order after
National Television Multiple Ownership business hours in the FCC Reference finding that the decision to retain the
Rule Center, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY– national cap was arbitrary and
AGENCY: Federal Communications A257, Washington, DC 20554, or online capricious. In addition, the court found
Commission. at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/ that the Commission failed to
0426267477284. To request this demonstrate that the national cap
ACTION: Final rule.
document in accessible formats for advanced competition, diversity, or
SUMMARY: An Order on Reconsideration people with disabilities (e.g. braille, localism. In the 2002 Biennial Review
reinstates the UHF discount, which large print, electronic files, audio Order, the Commission determined the
allows commercial broadcast television format, etc.) or to request reasonable cap should be raised to 45 percent. In
station owners to discount the audience accommodations (e.g. accessible format both of these Orders, the Commission
reach of their UHF stations when documents, sign language interpreters, also considered and retained the UHF
calculating compliance with the CART, etc.), send an email to fcc504@ discount.
national television ownership rule. With fcc.gov or call the FCC’s Consumer and 3. Following adoption of the 2002
the reinstatement of the discount, the Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) Biennial Review Order and while an
Commission will commence a 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 appeal of that order was pending,
proceeding later this year to consider (TTY). Congress revised the cap by including a
whether the national television provision in the 2004 Consolidated
Synopsis Appropriations Act (CAA) directing the
audience reach cap, including the UHF
discount, remains in the public interest. Commission to modify its rules to set
1. Background. In 1985, when the the cap at 39 percent of national
The Order on Reconsideration finds that Commission revised the national
the UHF discount is inextricably linked television households. The CAA further
television multiple ownership rule to amended Section 202(h) of the 1996 Act
to the national cap, and when the prohibit a single entity from owning to require a quadrennial review of the
Commission voted previously to television stations that collectively Commission’s broadcast ownership
eliminate the discount, it failed to exceeded 25 percent of the total rules, rather than the previously
consider whether this de facto nationwide audience, it also adopted a mandated biennial review. In doing so,
tightening of the national cap was in the 50 percent UHF discount to reflect the Congress excluded consideration of any
public interest and justified by current coverage limitations faced by analog rules relating to the 39 percent national
marketplace conditions. The Order on UHF stations. The discount was audience reach limitation from the
Reconsideration grants in part the intended to mitigate the competitive quadrennial review requirement.
Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) disadvantage that UHF stations suffered 4. Prior to the enactment of the CAA,
filed by ION Media Networks and in comparison to VHF stations, as UHF several parties had appealed the
Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, stations were technically inferior, Commission’s 2002 Biennial Review
Inc. (Petitioners), and dismisses as moot producing weaker over-the-air signals, Order to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
requests to reconsider the reaching smaller audiences, and costing the Third Circuit (Third Circuit). In June
grandfathering provisions applicable to
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more to build and operate. This 2004, the Third Circuit found that the
broadcast station combinations affected technical inferiority, inherent in analog challenges to the Commission’s actions
by elimination of the discount and the television broadcasting, was significant with respect to the national audience
decision to forego a VHF discount. in 1985 because the vast majority of reach cap and the UHF discount were
DATES: Effective June 5, 2017. viewers received programming from moot as a result of Congress’s action.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: broadcast television stations via over- Specifically, the court held that the
Brendan Holland, Industry Analysis the-air signals. CAA rendered moot the challenges to

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Rules and Regulations
Action		Final rule; correcting amendment.
Dates		This rule is effective May 5, 2017.
Contact		Ida E. McDonnell, Manager, Air Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912, phone number (617) 918-1653, fax number (617) 918-0653, email [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 21123
CFR Associated		Environmental Protection; Air Pollution Control; Incorporation by Reference; Intergovernmental Relations; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements and Sulfur Oxides