Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 1873 

soon as they were able. For these 

reasons, the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs issued this rule as an interim 

final rule. 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

given year. This final rule will have no 

such effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule does not contain any 

collections of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Secretary hereby certifies that 

this regulatory action will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities as 

they are defined in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. This 

regulatory action will affect individuals 

and will not affect any small entities. 

Therefore, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), 

this regulatory action is exempt from the 

initial and final regulatory flexibility 

analysis requirements of sections 603 

and 604. 

Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 

Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, when regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, and other advantages; 

distributive impacts; and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 (Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review) 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. Executive Order 

12866 (Regulatory Planning and 

Review) defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action,’’ which requires 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), as ‘‘any regulatory action 

that is likely to result in a rule that may: 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more or 

adversely affect in a material way the 

economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities; (2) Create a serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with an action taken or planned by 

another agency; (3) Materially alter the 

budgetary impact of entitlements, 

grants, user fees, or loan programs or the 

rights and obligations of recipients 

thereof; or (4) Raise novel legal or policy 

issues arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

set forth in the Executive Order.’’ 

The economic, interagency, 

budgetary, legal, and policy 

implications of this regulatory action 

have been examined and it has been 

determined to be a significant regulatory 

action under Executive Order 12866. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number and title for the 

program that would be affected by this 

final rule is 64.116, Vocational 

Rehabilitation for Disabled Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document 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. John 

R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on November 1, 2011 for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 21 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Armed forces, Civil rights, 

Claims, Colleges and universities, 

Conflict of interests, Education, 

Employment, Grant programs— 

education, Grant programs—veterans, 

Health care, Loan programs—education, 

Loan programs—veterans, Manpower 

training programs, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Schools, 

Travel and transportation expenses, 

Veterans, Vocational education, 

Vocational rehabilitation. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director, Regulation Policy and Management, 

Office of the General Counsel, Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

PART 21—VOCATIONAL 

REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION 

■ Accordingly, the interim final rule 

amending 38 CFR part 21, which was 

published at 76 FR 45697 on August 1, 

2011, is adopted as a final rule without 

change. 

[FR Doc. 2012–452 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2008–0638; FRL–9613–7] 

Approval and Disapproval and 

Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 

Texas; Infrastructure and Interstate 

Transport Requirements for the 1997 

Ozone and the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS 

Correction 

In rule document 2011–33253 

appearing on pages 81371–81393 in the 

issue of Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 

make the following corrections: 

§ 52.270 [Corrected] 

1. On page 81392, in § 52.270(c), in 

the table appearing at the bottom of the 

page, in the entry under the column 

titled ‘‘EPA approval date’’, ‘‘12/28/ 

2012’’ should read ‘‘12/28/2011’’. 

2. On page 81393, in §§ 52.270(c) and 

(e), in both tables appearing on this 

page, in the two entries under the 

columns titled ‘‘EPA approval date’’, 

‘‘12/28/2012’’ should read ‘‘12/28/ 

2011’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2011–33253 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2011–0849–201153(a); 

FRL–9617–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Georgia; Rome; 

Fine Particulate Matter 2002 Base Year 

Emissions Inventory 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve the fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5) 2002 base year emissions 

inventory portion of the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Georgia on 

October 27, 2009. The emissions 

inventory is part of the Rome, Georgia 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the Rome 

Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’), PM2.5 attainment 

demonstration that was submitted for 

the 1997 annual PM2.5 National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). This 

action is being taken pursuant to section 

110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

March 12, 2012 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 


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