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• Location: Waters off of Cedar Beach Town Park, Babylon, NY in approximate position 40°37′53′′ N., 073°20′12′′ W. (NAD 83). 

9.1 East Hampton Fire Department Fireworks ...................................... • Date: August 29, 2015. 

• Rain Date: August 30, 2015. 

• Time: 8:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. 

• Location: Waters off Main Beach, East Hampton, NY in approximate 

position 40°56′40.28′′ N., 072°11′21.26′′ W. (NAD 83). 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

165.151, the fireworks displays listed 

above are established as safety zones. 

During the enforcement periods, 

persons and vessels are prohibited from 

entering into, transiting through, 

mooring, or anchoring within the safety 

zones unless they receive permission 

from the COTP or designated 

representative. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR part 165 and 5 U.S.C. 552(a). 

In addition to this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Coast Guard will provide 

the maritime community with advance 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners or 

marine information broadcasts. If the 

COTP determines that the safety zones 

need not be enforced for the full 

duration stated in this notice, a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be 

used to grant general permission to 

enter the regulated area. 

Dated: July 24, 2015. 

E.J. Cubanski, III, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Sector Long Island Sound. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0498, FRL–9927–49– 

Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Connecticut; Approval of NOX

Emission Offset Credits as Single 

Source SIP Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Connecticut. 

The revision approves amendments to 

two existing Trading and Agreement 

Orders for new source review nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) emission offsets at PSEG 

Power Connecticut’s facility in 

Bridgeport, Connecticut. This action is 

being taken in accordance with the 

Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This direct final rule will be 

effective October 2, 2015, unless EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

September 2, 2015. If adverse comments 

are received, EPA will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R01–OAR–2014–0498 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: dahl.donald@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0657. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0498’’, 

Donald Dahl, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Donald Dahl, 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, 5th floor, (OEP05–2), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 excluding legal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OAR–2014– 

0498. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through 

www.regulations.gov, or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ systems, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. 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 either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, 

Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests 

that if at all possible, you contact the 

contact 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 to 4:30 

excluding legal holidays. 

In addition to the publicly available 

docket materials available for inspection 

electronically in the Federal Docket 

Management System at 

www.regulations.gov, and the hard copy 

available at the Regional Office, which 

are identified in the ADDRESSES section 

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of this Federal Register, copies of the 

state submittals are also available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours, by appointment at the 

State Air Agency. The Bureau of Air 

Management, Department of Energy and 

Environmental Protection, State Office 

Building, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 

06106–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Dahl, 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) 918–1657, fax number (617) 918– 

0657, email Dahl.Donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. What did Connecticut submit as a SIP 

revision? 

II. What is the background for EPA’s action 

in this notice? 

III. How does Connecticut account for bank 

emission reduction credits (ERC) in its 

Ozone SIP? 

IV. What is EPA’s analysis of Connecticut’s 

SIP revision? 

V. Final Action 

VI. Incorporation by Reference 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What did Connecticut submit as a SIP 

revision? 

On October 31, 2012, the State of 

Connecticut submitted a formal revision 

to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

The SIP revision consists of two 

modifications to existing Trading and 

Agreement Orders (TAO) issued to 

PSEG Power Connecticut, LLC. The 

modified TAOs are No. 8187 

Modification 1 issued to PSEG Power 

Connecticut, LLC (formerly Wisvest 

Connecticut LLC.) and No. 8242 

Modification 1 issued to PSEG Power 

Connecticut, LLC. The modified TAOs 

remove an outdated restriction in the 

original TAOs No. 8187 and No. 8242 

that limited the use of the NOX offsets 

to sources that were also subject to a 

NOX emission trading program in 

Section 22a–174–22a or 22a–174–22b of 

Connecticut’s regulations, or another 

NOX budget trading program established 

by another state in accordance with the 

Ozone Transport Commission 

Memorandum of Understanding dated 

September 27, 1994 or 40 CFR part 96. 

Connecticut held a public hearing on 

the proposed SIP revision on October 

19, 2012. 

II. What is the background for EPA’s 

action in this notice? 

EPA approved the original TAO No. 

8187 on March 23, 2001 (see 66 FR 

16135). This TAO recognized that 

Wisvest, the owner of Bridgeport Harbor 

Electric Generating Station at the time, 

voluntarily reduced actual NOX

emissions from Unit No. 2. The TAO 

made the voluntary reductions 

mandatory, thus creating a permanent, 

enforceable reduction of 816 tons of 

NOX emissions at Unit No. 2. 

Subsequently, these NOX emission 

reductions could be used for offsetting 

NOX emissions for sources subject to the 

nonattainment new source review 

permitting program under Connecticut’s 

Regulation Section 22a–174–3a. As 

discussed above, TAO No. 8187 also 

limited the use of the NOX offsets to 

sources that were also subject to a NOX

emission trading program in Section 

22a–174–22a or 22a–174–22b of 

Connecticut’s regulations, or another 

NOX budget trading program established 

by another state in accordance with the 

Ozone Transport Commission 

Memorandum of Understanding dated 

September 27, 1994 or 40 CFR part 96. 

In late 2001, 424 tons of NOX offset 

credits from the original 816 tons were 

transferred to sources subject to 

nonattainment new source review in 

New York and are no longer available 

for use in Connecticut. Moreover, in late 

2001, 192 tons of NOX offset credits 

were transferred to a private entity and 

held for future use. 

On December 6, 2002, PSEG 

purchased Bridgeport Harbor Electric 

Generating Station from Wisvest along 

with the remaining 200 tons of the 816 

tons NOX offsets created by TAO No. 

8187. To recognize this transaction, 

Connecticut issued a new TAO (No. 

8242) on February 13, 2003 that 

acknowledged the change in ownership 

of the facility and the 200 tons of NOX

offsets from Wisvest to PSEG. EPA 

approved TAO No. 8242 on September 

9, 2013 (78 FR 54962). As with the 

original TAO that created the NOX

offsets (i.e., TAO No. 8187), TAO No. 

8242 also limited the use of NOX offsets 

for nonattainment new source review to 

sources that were also subject to a NOX

emission trading program in Section 

22a–174–22a or 22a–174–22b of 

Connecticut’s regulations, or another 

NOX budget trading program established 

by another state in accordance with the 

Ozone Transport Commission 

Memorandum of Understanding dated 

September 27, 1994 or 40 CFR part 96. 

Under Connecticut’s Regulations for 

the Abatement of Air Pollution, Section 

22a–174–22a was repealed effective 

September 4, 2007, and Section 22a– 

174–22b was repealed May 1, 2010. 

Moreover, with the transition from the 

Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to the 

Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), 

the State of Connecticut is no longer 

part of any trading program under 40 

CFR part 96. As such, the original 

restrictions in TAOs No. 8187 and 8242 

are now outdated and would no longer 

serve the purpose for which they were 

created. 

III. How does Connecticut account for 

bank emission reduction credits (ERC) 

in its Ozone SIP? 

On February 1, 2008, Connecticut 

submitted its 2002 to 2008 reasonable 

further progress (RFP) plans and 2002 

base year inventory to EPA as part of its 

attainment demonstration SIP submittal 

for the 1997 8-hr ozone standard. On 

October 14, 2009, Connecticut 

submitted a revision to the RFP plans 

which it had originally submitted to 

EPA on February 1, 2008. The revision 

consisted of the incorporation of a small 

number of banked NOX ERCs into the 

state’s RFP analysis. Those banked NOX

ERCs were incorporated into 

Connecticut’s 2002 and 2008 emission 

inventories, and included all of the 

remaining unused portion of the 816 

tons of NOX offsets created under TAO 

No. 8187 (i.e., the 200 tons of NOX

owned by PSEG under TAO No. 8242, 

and the 192 tons of NOX transferred to 

a private entity in late 2001). The 

inclusion of the banked ERCs into the 

RFP analysis did not alter Connecticut’s 

conclusion that it easily meets RFP 

requirements, and EPA approved 

Connecticut’s RFP plans on August 22, 

2012 (77 FR 50595). Since ERCs 

represent emissions that may occur at 

some point in the future, banked 

emissions need to be accounted for in a 

state’s RFP analysis, and Connecticut 

has properly done that. 

IV. What is EPA’s analysis of 

Connecticut’s SIP revision? 

Today, EPA is approving two 

modifications to existing TAOs that will 

allow the NOX offset credits, originally 

created in TAO No. 8187, to be used for 

nonattainment new source review 

without the additional outdated 

restrictions contained in the original 

TAOs No. 8187 and 8242. As described 

above, Connecticut has properly 

accounted for the unused portion of the 

NOX offset credits (i.e., 392 tons) from 

the original TAO No. 8187 in the state’s 

RFP analysis, and thus these credit 

remain available for future use. 

This action does not alter any existing 

requirements in Connecticut’s approved 

SIP that a facility must meet when using 

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NOX emission reductions to offset any 

new permitted emissions. This is 

important to note since subsection 22a– 

174–3a(l)(4)(B)(ii) of Connecticut’s 

regulations states that: 

‘‘(B) The commissioner shall not grant a 

permit to an owner or operator of the subject 

source or modification unless the owner or 

operator demonstrates that internal offset or 

certified emission reduction credits pursuant 

to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision: 

(i) . . . 

(ii) are not otherwise required by any of the 

following: the Act; a federally enforceable 

permit or order; the State Implementation 

Plan; or the regulations or statutes in effect 

when such application is filed,’’ 

Pursuant to this provision in Section 

22a–174–3a, the unused portion of the 

NOX emission reduction credits 

originally created under TAO No. 8187 

will need to be adjusted pursuant to 

subsection 22a–174–22(e)(3) of 

Connecticut’s regulations. This 

provision in Section 22a–174–22 was 

adopted by Connecticut after the 

original issuance of TAO No. 8187 and 

requires sources such as Unit No. 2 at 

Bridgeport Harbor Electric Generating 

Station to meet a NOX emission limit of 

0.15 lbs/MMBtu during the nonozone 

season. Because the NOX emission limit 

for Unit No. 2 became more stringent 

after the time when the NOX offset 

credits were first created, the original 

number of tons of NOX offset credits 

must be adjusted downward to reflect 

the new, more stringent NOX emission 

limit, before a source subject to NNSR 

may use the credits. 

V. Final Action 

Pursuant to section 110 of the CAA, 

EPA is approving Trading and 

Agreement Orders No. 8187 

Modification 1 issued to PSEG Power 

Connecticut, LLC (formerly Wisvest 

Connecticut LLC) and 8242 

Modification 1 issued to PSEG Power 

Connecticut, LLC. The EPA is 

publishing this action without prior 

proposal because the Agency views this 

as a noncontroversial amendment and 

anticipates no adverse comments. 

However, in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register publication, 

EPA is publishing a separate document 

that will serve as the proposal to 

approve the SIP revision should 

relevant adverse comments be filed. 

This rule will be effective October 2, 

2015 without further notice unless the 

Agency receives relevant adverse 

comments by September 2, 2015. 

If the EPA receives such comments, 

then EPA will publish a notice 

withdrawing the final rule and 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. All public comments 

received will then be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule. The EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

the proposed rule. All parties interested 

in commenting on the proposed rule 

should do so at this time. If no such 

comments are received, the public is 

advised that this rule will be effective 

on October 2, 2015 and no further action 

will be taken on the proposed rule. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

VI. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is finalizing the 

incorporation by reference of the [State 

Agency Regulations] described in the 

amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 

below. The EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these documents 

generally available electronically 

through www.regulations.gov and/or in 

hard copy at the appropriate EPA office 

(see the ADDRESSES section of this 

preamble for more information). 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, EPA’s role is to approve 

state choices, provided that they meet 

the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 

Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

and 

• does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rule does not have 

tribal implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

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Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. Section 804, 

however, exempts from section 801 the 

following types of rules: Rules of 

particular applicability; rules relating to 

agency management or personnel; and 

rules of agency organization, procedure, 

or practice that do not substantially 

affect the rights or obligations of nonagency parties. 5 U.S.C. 804(3). Because 

this is a rule of particular applicability, 

EPA is not required to submit a rule 

report regarding this action under 

section 801. 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by October 2, 2015. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed, 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. Parties with 

objections to this direct final rule are 

encouraged to file a comment in 

response to the parallel notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this action 

published in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register, rather than file 

an immediate petition for judicial 

review of this direct final rule, so that 

EPA can withdraw this direct final rule 

and address the comment in the 

proposed rulemaking. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: April 29, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations is amended 

as follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart H—Connecticut 

■ 2. Section 52.370 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(109) to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.370 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(109) Revisions to the State 

Implementation Plan submitted by the 

Connecticut Department of 

Environmental Protection on October 

31, 2012. 

(i) Incorporation by reference. 

(A) Connecticut Trading Agreement 

and Order No. 8187, Modification 1 

issued to PSEG Power Connecticut LLC 

on July 16, 2012. 

(B) Connecticut Trading Agreement 

and Order No. 8242, Modification 1 

issued to PSEG Power Connecticut LLC 

on July 16, 2012. 

■ 3. In § 52.385, Table 52.385 is 

amended by adding new entries to an 

existing state citation for 22a–174–22 to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.385 EPA-approved Connecticut 

regulations. 

* * * * * 

TABLE 52.385—EPA-APPROVED REGULATIONS

Connecticut State 

citation Title/Subject 

Dates 

Federal Register 

citation 

Section 

52.370 Comments/Description Date adopted 

by State 

Date approved 

by EPA 

*******

22a–174–22 ......... Control of Nitrogen Oxides 

emissions.

7/16/12 8/3/15 [Insert Federal 

Register page 

number where 

the document 

begins].

(c)(109) .. Connecticut Trading Agreement and 

Order No. 8187, Modification 1. 

22a–174–22 ......... Control of Nitrogen Oxides 

emissions.

7/16/12 8/3/15 [Insert Federal 

Register page 

number where 

the document 

begins].

(c)(109) .. Connecticut Trading Agreement and 

Order No. 8242, Modification 1. 

* * * * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0854; FRL–9931–54– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Amendments to the Control 

of Gasoline and Volatile Organic 

Compound Storage and Handling 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a revision to the 

Maryland State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). The revision pertains to 

amendments to Code of Maryland 

Regulation (COMAR) 26.11.13, Control 

of Gasoline and Volatile Organic 

Compound Storage and Handling. The 

amendments consist of establishing an 

alternative and equivalent method of 

transfer of high pressure materials as 

well as changing incorrect references in 

regulations .04 and .05. EPA is 

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