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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 70 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0119; FRL–9930–30– 

Region 3] 

Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permit 

Program Revision; Pennsylvania 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a Title V 

Operating Permit Program revision 

submitted by the Commonwealth of 

Pennsylvania. The revision amends the 

Title V fee program that funds the 

Pennsylvania Title V Operating Permit 

Program. EPA is approving these 

revisions to increase Pennsylvania’s 

annual emission fees to $85 per ton of 

emissions for emissions from Title V 

sources of up to 4,000 tons of each 

regulated pollutant in accordance with 

the requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

August 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

Number EPA–R03–OAR–2015–0119. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Although listed in the electronic docket, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., confidential business 

information (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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, Bureau of Air Quality 

Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market 

Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerallyn Duke (215) 814–2084, or by 

email at duke.gerallyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On March 18, 2015 (80 FR 14037), 

EPA published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) for the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the 

NPR, EPA proposed approval of the 

Pennsylvania Title V Operating Program 

revision to increase the annual Title V 

fees paid by the owners or operators of 

all Title V facilities throughout 

Pennsylvania, including Allegheny and 

Philadelphia Counties, from $57.50 per 

ton of regulated air pollutant to $85 per 

ton. The formal Title V Program revision 

was submitted by Pennsylvania on 

February 11, 2014. 

Under 40 CFR 70.9(a) and (b), an 

approved state Title V operating permits 

program must require that the owners or 

operators of part 70 sources pay annual 

fees, or the equivalent over some other 

period, that are sufficient to cover the 

permit program costs and ensure that 

any fee required under 40 CFR 70.9 is 

used solely for permit program costs. 

Under Pennsylvania’s Title V permit 

emission fee rules at 25 PA Code 

127.705, the annual emission fee for 

emissions occurring in calendar year 

2012 was $57.50 per ton of regulated 

pollutant for emissions of up to 4,000 

tons of each regulated pollutant. The fee 

structure has not been revised since 

1994. As discussed further in our 

proposed approval of Pennsylvania’s 

Title V fee revision on March 18, 2015, 

Pennsylvania has determined that Title 

V annual emission fee revenues 

collected are no longer sufficient to 

cover Title V program costs. 

II. Summary of Title V Operating 

Permit Program Revision 

In the February 11, 2014 program 

revision, Pennsylvania included revised 

25 PA Code 127.705 which 

Pennsylvania has amended to increase 

Pennsylvania’s annual emission fees. 

Fees are increased to $85 per ton of 

emissions for emissions from Title V 

sources of up to 4,000 tons of each 

regulated pollutant. The provisions for 

increasing the annual emissions fees in 

response to increases in the Consumer 

Price Index at 25 PA Code 127.705(d) 

remain unchanged. The revised fees are 

designed to cover all reasonable costs 

required to develop and administer the 

Title V program as required by 40 CFR 

70.9(a) and (b). 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the Pennsylvania 

Title V Operating Program revision 

submitted on February 11, 2014 to 

increase the annual Title V fees paid by 

the owners or operators of all Title V 

facilities throughout Pennsylvania, 

including Allegheny and Philadelphia 

Counties, from $57.50 per ton of 

regulated air pollutant to $85 per ton. 

The revision meets requirements in 40 

CFR 70.9. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. General Requirements 

This action merely approves state law 

as meeting Federal requirements and 

imposes no 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 Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• 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 CAA; 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, this rule related to 

Pennsylvania Title V fees does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the program 

is not approved to apply in Indian 

country located in the state, and EPA 

notes that it will not impose substantial 

direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law. 


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B. Submission to Congress and the 

Comptroller General 

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). 

C. Petitions for Judicial Review 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by September 14, 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. This action related 

to Pennsylvania Title V fees may not be 

challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 70 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Environmental protection, 

Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: June 26, 2015. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

40 CFR part 70 is amended as follows: 

PART 70—STATE OPERATING PERMIT 

PROGRAMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 70 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. Appendix A to Part 70 is amended 

by adding paragraph (d) to the entry for 

Pennsylvania to read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 70—Approval 

Status of State and Local Operating 

Permit Programs 

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Pennsylvania 

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(d) The Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection submitted a 

program revision on February 11, 2014; 

approval effective on July 14, 2015. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 480 

Acquisition, Protection, and Disclosure 

of Quality Improvement Organization 

Information 

CFR Correction 

In Title 42 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 480 to 481, revised as 

of October 1, 2014, on page 614, in 

§ 480.132, remove paragraphs (b)(1)(i) 

and (ii). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 482 

Conditions of Participation for 

Hospitals 

CFR Correction 

In Title 42 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 482 to End, revised as 

of October 1, 2014, on page 40, in the 

introductory text of § 482.92, remove the 

term ‘‘recipient’’ and add ‘‘beneficiary’’ 

in its place. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket Nos. 11–42, 09–197, 10–90; FCC 

15–71] 

Lifeline and Link Up Reform and 

Modernization, Telecommunications 

Carriers Eligible for Universal Service 

Support, Connect America Fund 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (the 

Commission) seeks to rebuild the 

current framework of the Lifeline 

program and continue its efforts to 

modernize the Lifeline program so that 

all consumers can utilize advanced 

networks. 

DATES: This Order on Reconsideration 

and Second Report and Order is 

effective August 13, 2015. The 

amendments to these rules contain 

information collection requirements that 

are subject to Paperwork Reduction Act 

that have not yet been approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Upon OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements, the 

Commission will publish a document in 

the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of the regulations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Lechter, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, (202) 418–7400 or TTY: (202) 

418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order on 

Reconsideration and Second Report and 

Order (Order on Recon and 2nd R&O) 

in WC Docket Nos. 11–42, 09–197, 10– 

90; FCC 15–71, adopted on June 18, 

2015 and released on June 22, 2015. The 

full text of this document is available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, Room CY–A257, 445 12th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20554 or at the 

following Internet address: https://

www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releaseslifeline-reform-and-modernization-item. 

I. Introduction 

1. For nearly 30 years, the Lifeline 

program has ensured that qualifying 

low-income Americans have the 

opportunities and security that voice 

service brings, including being able to 

find jobs, access health care, and 

connect with family. As the 

Commission explained at the program’s 

inception, ‘‘[i]n many cases, particularly 

for the elderly, poor, and disabled, the 


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