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EPA-APPROVED INDIANA REGULATIONS—Continued 

Indiana 

citation Subject Indiana effective date EPA approval date Notes 

Rule 12. Shipbuilding 

or Ship Repair Operations in Clark, 

Floyd, Lake, and 

Porter Counties: 

8–12–1 ............... Applicability ................................................. 5/1/1996 1/22/1997, 62 FR 3216. 

8–12–2 ............... Exemptions ................................................. 7/15/2001 4/1/2003, 68 FR 15664. 

8–12–3 ............... Definitions ................................................... 5/1/1996 1/22/1997, 62 FR 3216. 

8–12–4 ............... Volatile organic compound emissions limiting requirements.7/15/2001 4/1/2003, 68 FR 15664. 

8–12–5 ............... Compliance requirements .......................... 7/15/2001 4/1/2003, 68 FR 15664. 

8–12–6 ............... Test methods and procedures ................... 7/15/2001 4/1/2003, 68 FR 15664. 

8–12–7 ............... Recordkeeping, notification, and reporting 

requirements.

7/15/2001 4/1/2003, 68 FR 15664. 

Rule 13. Sinter 

Plants: 

8–13–1 ............... Applicability ................................................. 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–2 ............... Definitions ................................................... 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–3 ............... Emission limit ............................................. 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–4 ............... Compliance requirements .......................... 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–5 ............... Test procedures ......................................... 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–6 ............... Control measure operation, maintenance, 

and monitoring.

7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–7 ............... Recordkeeping and reporting ..................... 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

8–13–8 ............... Continuous emissions monitoring .............. 7/24/1998 7/5/2000, 65 FR 41350. 

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[FR Doc. 2011–26341 Filed 10–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 93 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0393; FRL–9478–1] 

RIN 2060–AR03 

Transportation Conformity Rule: 

MOVES Regional Grace Period 

Extension 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to extend the grace period before 

the Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator 

model (currently MOVES2010a) is 

required for regional emissions analyses 

for transportation conformity 

determinations (‘‘regional conformity 

analyses’’). This final rule provides an 

additional year to the previously 

established two-year conformity grace 

period. As a result, EPA is announcing 

in this Federal Register that MOVES is 

not required for regional conformity 

analyses until March 2, 2013. This 

action does not affect EPA’s previous 

approval of the use of MOVES in official 

state air quality implementation plan 

(SIP) submissions or the existing grace 

period before MOVES2010a is required 

for carbon monoxide and particulate 

matter hot-spot analyses for projectlevel conformity determinations. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

December 12, 2011 without further 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

comment by November 14, 2011. If EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–OAR–2011–0393, by 

one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC, 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0393. Please include a total of two 

copies. 

• Hand Delivery: Air Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency: EPA 

West Building, EPA Docket Center 

(Room 3334), 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0393. 

Please include two copies. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0393. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

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 e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

e-mail address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

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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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket, EPA/DC, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg 

Patulski, State Measures and Conformity 

Group, Transportation and Regional 

Programs Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone 

number: (734) 214–4842; fax number: 

(734) 214–4052; e-mail address: 

patulski.meg@epa.gov; or Astrid Larsen, 

State Measures and Conformity Group, 

Transportation and Regional Programs 

Division, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann 

Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 

(734) 214–4812; fax number: (734) 214– 

4052; e-mail address: 

larsen.astrid@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

content of this preamble is listed in the 

following outline: 

I. General Information 

II. Background 

III. Extension of MOVES2010a Regional 

Conformity Grace Period 

IV. Conformity SIPs 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

If this rule becomes effective, the 

conformity grace period in applicable 

areas will end on March 2, 2013, after 

which MOVES2010a is required to be 

used for new regional conformity 

analyses. 

Availability of MOVES2010a and 

Support Materials 

Copies of the official version of the 

MOVES2010a motor vehicle emissions 

model, along with user guides and 

supporting documentation, are available 

on EPA’s MOVES Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/ 

index.htm. 

Guidance on how to apply 

MOVES2010a for SIPs and 

transportation conformity purposes, 

including ‘‘Policy Guidance on the Use 

of MOVES2010 for State 

Implementation Plan Development, 

Transportation Conformity, and Other 

Purposes’’ (EPA–420–B–09–046, 

December 2009) and ‘‘Technical 

Guidance on the Use of MOVES2010 for 

Emission Inventory Preparation in State 

Implementation Plans and 

Transportation Conformity’’ (EPA–420– 

B–10–023, April 2010) can be found on 

the EPA’s transportation conformity 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/policy.htm. 

I. General Information 

A. Why is EPA using a direct final rule? 

EPA is publishing this rule without a 

prior proposed rule because we view 

this as a noncontroversial action and 

anticipate no adverse comment. This 

rule makes a one-time, minor revision to 

the transportation conformity rule to 

provide administrative relief requested 

by state and local agencies for certain 

nonattainment and maintenance areas. 

As described more fully below, there are 

significant technical differences 

between MOVES2010a and the previous 

emissions model, and affected state and 

local agencies require additional time 

beyond the two-year grace period 

provided by 40 CFR 93.111(b) to make 

the conformity transition to 

MOVES2010a successfully. Today’s 

action is based on the circumstances 

unique to this transition, and does not 

change the grace period provisions 

applicable to future models. However, 

in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register, we are 

publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposed rule to extend 

the MOVES2010a regional conformity 

grace period if adverse comments are 

received on this direct final rule. We 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. For further information about 

commenting on this rule, see the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

If EPA receives adverse comment, we 

would publish a timely withdrawal in 

the Federal Register informing the 

public that this direct final rule will not 

take effect. We would address all public 

comments in any subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed rule. 

B. Does this action apply to me? 

Entities potentially regulated by the 

transportation conformity rule are those 

that adopt, approve, or fund 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs (TIPs), or 

projects under title 23 U.S.C. or title 49 

U.S.C. Chapter 53. Regulated categories 

and entities affected by today’s action 

include: 

Category Examples of regulated entities 

Local government ........................... Local transportation and air quality agencies, including metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). 

State government ............................ State transportation and air quality agencies. 

Federal government ........................ Department of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA)). 

This table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this direct final rule. This 

table lists the types of entities of which 

EPA is aware that potentially could be 

regulated by the transportation 

conformity rule. Other types of entities 

not listed in the table could also be 

regulated. To determine whether your 

organization is regulated by this action, 

you should carefully examine the 

applicability requirements in 40 CFR 

93.102. If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the persons 

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

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1 40 CFR 93.102(b)(1) defines PM2.5 and PM10 as 

particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than or 

equal to a nominal 2.5 and 10 micrometers, 

respectively. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

any comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI 

Do not submit this information to EPA 

through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 

Clearly mark the part or all of the 

information that you claim to be CBI. 

For CBI information in a disk or CD– 

ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the 

outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI 

and then identify electronically within 

the disk or CD–ROM the specific 

information that is claimed as CBI. In 

addition to one complete version of the 

comment that includes information 

claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment 

that does not contain the information 

claimed as CBI must be submitted for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The Agency 

may ask you to respond to specific 

questions or organize comments by 

referencing a Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part or section 

number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree, 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Docket Copying Costs 

You may be required to pay a 

reasonable fee for copying docket 

materials. 

D. How do I get copies of this direct 

final rule and other documents? 

1. Docket 

EPA has established an official public 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0393. You can 

get a paper copy of this Federal Register 

document, as well as the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action 

at the official public docket. See the 

ADDRESSES section for its location. 

2. Electronic Access 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/index.htm. 

You may also access this document 

electronically under the Federal 

Register listings at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the official 

public docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the electronic public 

docket. Information claimed as CBI and 

other information for which disclosure 

is restricted by statute is not available 

for public viewing in the electronic 

public docket. EPA’s policy is that 

copyrighted material will not be placed 

in the electronic public docket but will 

be available only in printed, paper form 

in the official public docket. 

To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in the electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in the 

electronic public docket. Although not 

all docket materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the docket facility 

identified in the ADDRESSES section. 

EPA intends to provide electronic 

access in the future to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through the 

electronic public docket. 

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to the electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in the electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in the 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff. 

For additional information about the 

electronic public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

II. Background 

A. What is transportation conformity? 

Transportation conformity is required 

under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 

176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs (TIPs), and 

federally supported highway and transit 

projects are consistent with the purpose 

of the SIP. Conformity to the purpose of 

the SIP means that transportation 

activities will not cause or contribute to 

new air quality violations, worsen 

existing violations, or delay timely 

attainment of the relevant national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) 

or required interim milestones. 

Transportation conformity (hereafter, 

‘‘conformity’’) applies to areas that are 

designated nonattainment, and those 

areas redesignated to attainment after 

1990 (‘‘maintenance areas’’) for 

transportation-related criteria 

pollutants: ozone, particulate matter 

(PM2.5 and PM10),1 carbon monoxide 

(CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). EPA’s 

conformity rule (40 CFR parts 51 and 

93) establishes the criteria and 

procedures for determining whether 

transportation activities conform to the 

SIP. EPA first promulgated the 

conformity rule on November 24, 1993 

(58 FR 62188) and subsequently 

published several other amendments. 

The Department of Transportation 

(DOT) is EPA’s Federal partner in 

implementing the conformity 

regulation. EPA has coordinated with 

DOT, and they concur with this direct 

final rule. 

B. What is MOVES2010a, and how has 

it been implemented to date? 

The Motor Vehicle Emission 

Simulator model (MOVES) is EPA’s 

state-of-the-art model for estimating 

emissions from highway vehicles, based 

on analyses of millions of emission test 

results and considerable advances in the 

Agency’s understanding of vehicle 

emissions. MOVES is currently EPA’s 

official emissions model for state and 

local agencies to estimate volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs), nitrogen 

oxides (NOX), PM, CO, and other 

precursors from cars, trucks, buses, and 

motorcycles for SIP purposes and 


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2EPA announced the release of MOBILE6.2 in 

2004 (69 FR 28830). 

3Some states also purchased computers with 

additional capacity and features for running 

MOVES. 

4To date, EPA and DOT staff have provided a 2- 

day hands-on MOVES course for regional emissions 

inventories (including regional conformity 

analyses) at over 30 locations around the country. 5MPOs conduct regional conformity analyses to 

demonstrate that transportation plans and TIPs are 

consistent with the air quality purposes of the SIP. 

Regional conformity analyses are also conducted in 

‘‘isolated rural nonattainment and maintenance 

areas’’ (defined by 40 CFR 93.101). 

6MOVES is not approved for use in California. 

EPA approved and announced the latest version of 

California’s EMFAC model (EMFAC2007) for SIP 

development and regional conformity analyses in 

that state on January 18, 2008 (73 FR 3464). 

conformity determinations outside of 

California. MOVES’ database-centered 

design allows EPA to update emissions 

data more frequently and allows users 

much greater flexibility in organizing 

input and output data. 

MOVES2010a is the latest official 

version of MOVES that EPA has 

approved for SIP and conformity 

purposes. EPA originally announced the 

release of MOVES2010 in the Federal 

Register on March 2, 2010 (75 FR 9411) 

and subsequently released 

MOVES2010a on September 8, 2010. 

MOVES2010a includes minor revisions 

that enhance model performance and do 

not significantly affect criteria pollutant 

emissions results. Since these are minor 

revisions to MOVES2010, MOVES2010a 

is not considered a ‘‘new model’’ under 

section 93.111 of the conformity rule, as 

described further below. 

MOVES2010a is a significant 

improvement over the previous 

emissions model, MOBILE6.2,2 in terms 

of quality of results and overall 

functionality. It incorporates the latest 

emissions data, more sophisticated 

calculation algorithms, increased user 

flexibility, new software design, and 

significant new capabilities. While these 

changes improve the quality of on-road 

mobile source inventories, the overall 

degree of change in the model’s function 

also adds to the start-up time required 

for the transition from MOBILE6.2 to 

MOVES2010a. 

EPA developed MOVES as a 

completely new model. Whereas 

MOBILE6.2 was written in FORTRAN 

and used simple text files for data input 

and output, MOVES2010a is written in 

JAVA and uses a relational database 

structure in MYSQL to handle input and 

output as data tables. These changes 

make MOVES more flexible, and the 

analysis of new data incorporated 

within MOVES will enhance state and 

local agency understanding of how onroad mobile sources contribute to 

emissions inventories and the relative 

effectiveness of various control 

strategies. However, this new model 

framework has created a significant 

learning curve for state and local agency 

staff that are required to use MOVES.3

In addition to the challenges of 

learning new software, state and local 

agencies also have to make substantial 

changes in the processes they have 

developed to create model input and 

apply model output. While there were 

incremental changes between each 

previous version of the MOBILE model, 

the basic input and output structure of 

that model was essentially unchanged 

since the early 1980s. Over time, state 

and local agencies developed their own 

methods for incorporating local inputs 

in MOBILE format and for postprocessing MOBILE results for 

inventory development and air quality 

modeling. To help state and local 

agencies with this part of the current 

transition, EPA created a number of 

tools that take input data formatted for 

MOBILE6.2 and convert that data for 

use in MOVES2010a. 

EPA anticipated many of these 

challenges when it released MOVES. In 

order to assist in this model transition, 

EPA and DOT have already provided 

hands-on MOVES training in many 

states.4 Additional MOVES training for 

regional inventories has been requested, 

and will continue to be offered for the 

foreseeable future. EPA continues to 

provide other technical assistance to 

state and local agencies via on-going 

conference calls with user groups, email and phone support, a frequently 

asked questions web page, and webbased presentations. All of these efforts 

are helping state and local agencies 

make the transition to MOVES2010a, 

and many agencies are making 

significant progress in applying the 

model for official purposes. However, 

other state and local agencies are still 

developing the technical capacity to use 

MOVES2010a, and need more time to 

transition to the model and then 

evaluate whether SIPs and their motor 

vehicle emissions budgets, or 

transportation plans and TIPs, should be 

revised for future conformity 

determinations. 

C. Why is EPA conducting this 

rulemaking? 

Today’s action provides additional 

time that is critical for nonattainment 

and maintenance areas to learn and 

apply MOVES2010a for regional 

conformity analyses.5 EPA has been 

contacted by several state and local 

transportation and air quality agencies 

and associations that are concerned that 

there has not been sufficient transition 

time for using MOVES2010a in regional 

conformity analyses. These concerns 

revolve around the time needed to build 

technical capacity for using 

MOVES2010a as well as completing 

necessary SIP and/or transportation 

plan/TIP changes to assure conformity 

in the future. Further details on today’s 

action are provided below. 

Today’s action does not affect EPA’s 

previous approval of MOVES2010a for 

official SIP submissions developed 

outside of California.6 Today’s 

rulemaking also does not affect the 

existing grace period before 

MOVES2010a is required for PM2.5, 

PM10, and CO hot-spot analyses for 

project-level conformity determinations 

(75 FR 79370). EPA coordinated closely 

with DOT in developing today’s action, 

and DOT concurs on this direct final 

rule. 

III. Extension of MOVES2010a Regional 

Conformity Grace Period 

A. Background 

CAA section 176(c)(1) states that 

‘‘* * * [t]he determination of 

conformity shall be based on the most 

recent estimates of emissions, and such 

estimates shall be determined from the 

most recent population, employment, 

travel, and congestion estimates * * *.’’ 

To meet this requirement, section 

93.111 of the conformity rule requires 

that conformity determinations be based 

on the latest motor vehicle emissions 

model approved by EPA. When EPA 

approves a new emissions model, EPA 

consults with DOT to establish a grace 

period before the model is required for 

conformity analyses (40 CFR 93.111(b)). 

EPA must consider many factors when 

establishing a grace period for 

conformity determinations (40 CFR 

93.111(b)(2)). The length of the grace 

period will depend on the degree of 

change in the model and the scope of replanning likely to be necessary for 

MPOs in order to assure conformity. 

The conformity rule provides for a grace 

period for new emissions models of 

between three and 24 months (40 CFR 

93.111(b)(1)). 

In the preamble to the original 1993 

conformity rule, EPA articulated its 

intentions for establishing the length of 

conformity grace period for a new 

emissions model (58 FR 62211): 

‘‘EPA and DOT will consider extending the 

grace period if the effects of the new 

emissions model are so significant that 

previous SIP demonstrations of what 

emission levels are consistent with 

attainment would be substantially affected. 

In such cases, states should have an 

opportunity to revise their SIPs before MPOs 

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7See ‘‘EPA Releases MOVES2010a Mobile Source 

Emissions Model Update: Questions and Answers’’ 

(EPA–420–F–10–050, August 2010) at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/MOVES2010a/ 

420f10050.pdf. 

8 ‘‘Policy Guidance on the Use of MOVES2010 for 

State Implementation Plan Development, 

Transportation Conformity, and Other Purposes’’ 

(EPA–420–B–09–046, December 2009) can be found 

on the EPA’s transportation conformity Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

policy.htm. 

EPA encourages all agencies to inform EPA 

of the impacts of new emissions models in 

their area, and EPA may pause to seek such 

input before determining the length of the 

grace period.’’ 

Section 93.111 conformity requirements 

have not changed since 1993, and have 

been implemented successfully for 

many previous model transitions. 

On March 2, 2010, EPA announced 

the official release of MOVES2010 and 

established a two-year grace period 

before this model was required for new 

regional conformity analyses (75 FR 

9411). Although the original grace 

period was established for MOVES2010, 

EPA clarified in September 2010 that 

the same grace period for regional 

conformity analyses also applies to 

MOVES2010a.7 EPA based its decision 

to establish a two-year conformity grace 

period on the factors under section 

93.111(b)(2), and advised areas to use 

the interagency consultation process to 

examine the impact of using MOVES in 

their future regional conformity 

analyses. 

Without further EPA action, 

MOVES2010a would be required for 

regional conformity analyses that begin 

after March 2, 2012. As discussed 

further in today’s action, the special 

circumstances of the transition from 

MOBILE to MOVES2010a require a 

reevaluation of the length of this 

conformity grace period. 

B. Description of Direct Final Rule 

In today’s action, EPA is providing an 

additional year before MOVES2010a is 

required for regional conformity 

analyses. As a result, EPA is also 

announcing in today’s Federal Register 

that MOVES2010a will be required for 

new regional conformity analyses that 

begin after March 2, 2013. State and 

local agencies outside California can use 

MOVES2010a for regional conformity 

analyses earlier than March 2, 2013, if 

desired, and would be required to do so 

under limited circumstances such as 

after MOVES2010a SIP motor vehicle 

emissions budgets have been found 

adequate or approved for conformity 

purposes. 

Due to the unique circumstances 

presented by the transition from 

MOBILE6.2 to MOVES2010a, today’s 

action adds a new paragraph (b)(3) to 

section 93.111 of the conformity rule. 

Today’s final rule only applies to 

MOVES2010a and any future minor 

revisions to this model that EPA 

releases before March 2, 2013. Such 

minor revisions will not start a new 

grace period for regional conformity 

analyses and could include performance 

enhancements that reduce MOVES run 

time or model improvements to reduce 

errors in operating the model. Any 

major model updates would be 

evaluated separately as a ‘‘new model’’ 

under conformity rule section 93.111, 

pursuant to previously established 

requirements. 

Between now and the end of the 

extended conformity grace period 

(March 2, 2013), areas should use the 

interagency consultation process to 

examine how MOVES2010a will impact 

their future MPO transportation plan/ 

TIP conformity determinations. Isolated 

rural areas should also consider the 

impact of using MOVES2010a on future 

regional conformity analyses. Agencies 

should carefully consider whether the 

SIP and its motor vehicle emissions 

budgets should be revised with 

MOVES2010a or if transportation plans 

and TIPs should be revised before the 

end of the conformity grace period, 

since doing so may be necessary to 

ensure conformity in the future. 

In general, regional conformity 

analyses that are started during the 

grace period can use either MOBILE6.2 

or MOVES2010a. When the grace period 

ends on March 2, 2013, MOVES2010a 

will become the only approved motor 

vehicle emissions model for regional 

conformity analyses outside California. 

This means that all new regional 

conformity analyses started after the end 

of the grace period must be based on 

MOVES2010a, even if the SIP is based 

on MOBILE6.2 or earlier versions of 

MOBILE. 

If you have questions about which 

model should be used in your 

conformity determination, you can 

consult with your EPA Regional Office. 

For complete explanations of how 

MOVES2010a is to be implemented for 

transportation conformity, including 

details about using MOVES2010a during 

the grace period, refer to EPA’s existing 

MOVES policy guidance.8

C. Rationale 

MOVES2010a is EPA’s best tool for 

estimating criteria pollutant emissions, 

and it is a significant improvement over 

previous MOBILE models. State and 

local agencies have made significant 

progress to date in using MOVES2010a, 

and EPA supports these efforts and 

encourages that they continue. 

However, as discussed above, 

challenges related to start-up and model 

application have been much greater in 

the transition to MOVES2010a, 

compared to past transitions between 

MOBILE model versions. As a result, 

EPA has determined that a one-year 

extension of the MOVES2010a grace 

period is necessary for state and local 

agencies to complete the current 

transition. Today’s action ensures that 

state and local governments have the 

necessary time to implement the 

conformity rule as originally intended. 

Since 1993, the fundamental purpose 

of section 93.111(b) of the conformity 

rule has been to provide a sufficient 

amount of time for MPOs and other state 

and local agencies to adapt to using new 

emissions tools. As discussed above, the 

transition to a new emissions model for 

conformity involves more than learning 

to use the new model and preparing 

input data and model output. After 

model start-up is complete, state and 

local agencies also need to consider how 

the model affects regional conformity 

analysis results and whether SIP and/or 

transportation plan/TIP changes are 

necessary to assure future conformity 

determinations. EPA believes that this 

one-time extension of the current 

MOVES2010a regional grace period is 

critical to assure future conformity 

determinations based on MOVES2010a. 

EPA has the discretion to establish an 

extended grace period for MOVES2010a, 

and today’s action is consistent with 

CAA section 176(c)(1) requirements. 

EPA believes that providing one 

additional year is appropriate due to 

this unique transition from MOBILE6.2 

to MOVES2010a. This decision is 

consistent with the existing conformity 

criteria in section 93.111(b)(2) of the 

conformity rule that requires the length 

of the grace period to be based on ‘‘the 

degree of change in the model and the 

scope of re-planning likely to be 

necessary by MPOs in order to assure 

conformity.’’ 

Today’s action does not delay the use 

of MOVES2010a in SIP development or 

slow down past progress toward using 

the new model for regional conformity 

analyses. As noted above, many state 

and local agencies are already learning 

and applying MOVES2010a. Some are 

revising existing SIP budgets using the 

new model, while others may be 

incorporating MOVES2010a into new 

maintenance plans or clean data 

determinations. Under EPA’s existing 

MOVES policy guidance, new or revised 

SIP budgets must still be based on 

MOVES2010a. For example, 

MOVES2010a continues to be required 

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9See Questions 5, 6, and 11 of ‘‘Policy Guidance 

on the Use of MOVES2010 for State Implementation 

Plan Development, Transportation Conformity, and 

Other Purposes’’ (EPA–420–B–09–046, December 

2009). 

10A conformity SIP is required by the CAA and 

contains a state’s conformity requirements, 

including the state’s specific interagency 

consultation procedures. 

11The conformity SIP may contain provisions 

more stringent than the Federal requirements, and 

in these cases, states would specify this intention 

in its original conformity SIP submission. 

PM2.5 NAAQS. MOVES2010a is also 

required for any regional conformity 

analyses prior to March 2, 2013 if SIP 

budgets based on MOVES2010 or 

MOVES2010a are approved or found 

adequate sooner.9

In addition, today’s action does not 

change the current MOVES2010a grace 

period for new PM2.5, PM10, and CO hotspot analyses for project-level 

conformity determinations. EPA noted 

previously that a two-year conformity 

grace period was necessary to apply 

MOVES2010a for hot-spot analyses (75 

FR 79370). However, the transition to 

MOVES2010a for project-level hot-spot 

analyses does not involve the 

complexity associated with the regional 

level, where SIP budgets and/or 

transportation plans/TIPs may need to 

be revised before regional conformity 

analyses based on MOVES2010a can be 

completed. 

Finally, in issuing this rule, EPA is 

not proceeding pursuant to or reopening 

as a general matter the process and 

length of conformity grace periods for 

future emissions model approvals, 

which were previously established in 

1993 (58 FR 62211). The unique set of 

circumstances involved in the current 

transition warrants additional state and 

local flexibility before MOVES2010a is 

required for regional conformity 

analyses. 

IV. Conformity SIPs 

The MOVES2010a regional grace 

period extension applies on the effective 

date of today’s direct final rule in all 

nonattainment and maintenance areas. 

Section 51.390(a) of the conformity rule 

states that the Federal rule applies for 

the portion of the requirements that are 

not included in a state’s approved 

conformity SIP.10 Section 51.390(b) 

further allows state conformity 

provisions to contain criteria and 

procedures that are more stringent than 

the Federal requirements. However, in 

the case of states with conformity SIPs 

that include the grace period provision 

in 40 CFR 93.111(b)(1), EPA concludes 

that such states did not intend to require 

a shorter grace period than EPA, in 

consultation with DOT, believes is 

needed. Therefore, since the 

MOVES2010a grace period extension is 

a new provision being added to the 

conformity rule, it is not included in 

any current state conformity SIP and 

therefore applies immediately in all 

areas pursuant to section 51.390(a). 

In addition, section 51.390(c) of the 

conformity rule requires states to submit 

a new or revised conformity SIP to EPA 

within 12 months of the Federal 

Register publication date of any final 

conformity amendments for certain 

situations. States with approved 

conformity SIPs that are prepared in 

accordance with current CAA 

requirements are not required to submit 

new conformity SIP revisions, since 

section 93.111 of the conformity rule is 

not contained in these SIPs. A 

conformity SIP prepared in accordance 

with current CAA requirements 

contains only the state’s criteria and 

procedures for interagency consultation 

(40 CFR 93.105) and two additional 

provisions related to written 

commitments for certain control and 

mitigation measures (40 CFR 

93.122(a)(4)(ii) and 93.125(c)). However, 

states with approved conformity SIPs 

that include section 93.111 from a 

previous rulemaking are required to 

submit a SIP revision by October 12, 

2012, although EPA strongly encourages 

these states to submit a SIP revision 

with only the three required 

provisions.11 A state without an 

approved conformity SIP is not required 

to submit a new conformity SIP within 

one year of today’s action, but previous 

conformity SIP deadlines continue to 

apply. 

For additional information on 

conformity SIPs, please refer to the 

January 2009 guidance entitled, 

‘‘Guidance for Developing 

Transportation Conformity State 

Implementation Plans’’ available on 

EPA’s Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/policy/ 

420b09001.pdf. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review 

Under Executive Order (EO) 12866 

(58 FR 51735; October 4, 1993), this 

action is a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action.’’ Accordingly, EPA submitted 

this action to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review under EO 

12866 and 13563 (76 FR 3821; January 

21, 2011) and any changes made in 

response to OMB recommendations 

have been documented in the docket for 

this action. 

Under Executive Order 12866, this 

action is a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action.’’ Accordingly, EPA submitted 

this action to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review under EO 

12866 and 13563 and any changes made 

in response to OMB recommendations 

have been documented in the docket for 

this action. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden. The 

information collection requirements of 

EPA’s existing transportation 

conformity regulations and the revisions 

in today’s action are already covered by 

EPA information collection request 

(ICR) entitled, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity Determinations for 

Federally Funded and Approved 

Transportation Plans, Programs and 

Projects.’’ OMB has previously 

approved the information collection 

requirements contained in the existing 

regulations at 40 CFR Part 93 under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and has 

assigned OMB control number 2060– 

0561. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed 

in 40 CFR Part 9. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

generally requires an Agency to prepare 

a regulatory flexibility analysis of rules 

subject to notice-and-comment 

rulemaking requirements under the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other statute unless the Agency certifies 

that the rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. Small entities 

include small businesses, small not-forprofit organizations and small 

government jurisdictions. 

For purposes of assessing the impacts 

of today’s rule on small entities, small 

entity is defined as: (1) A small business 

as defined by the Small Business 

Administration’s (SBA) regulations at 13 

CFR 121.201; (2) a small governmental 

jurisdiction that is a government of a 

city, county, town, school district or 

special district with a population of less 

than 50,000; and (3) a small 

organization that is any not-for-profit 

enterprise that is independently owned 

and operated and is not dominant in its 

field. 

After considering the economic 

impacts of today’s rule on small entities, 

I certify that this action will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

This regulation directly affects Federal 

agencies and MPOs that, by definition, 

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transportation laws only for 

metropolitan areas with a population of 

at least 50,000. These organizations do 

not constitute small entities within the 

meaning of the RFA. Therefore, this rule 

will not impose any requirements on 

small entities. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This rule does not contain a Federal 

mandate that may result in expenditures 

of $100 million or more for state, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or the private sector in any one year. 

This rule merely implements already 

established law that imposes conformity 

requirements and does not itself impose 

requirements that may result in 

expenditures of $100 million or more in 

any year. Thus, today’s rule is not 

subject to the requirements of sections 

202 and 205 of the UMRA. 

This rule is also not subject to the 

requirements of section 203 of UMRA 

because it contains no regulatory 

requirements that might significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments. This 

rule will not significantly or uniquely 

impact small governments because it 

directly affects Federal agencies and 

MPOs that, by definition, are designated 

under Federal transportation laws only 

for metropolitan areas with a population 

of at least 50,000. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This rule does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on states, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, as specified in 

Executive Order 13132. The CAA 

requires conformity to apply in certain 

nonattainment and maintenance areas 

as a matter of law, and today’s action 

merely revises one provision for 

transportation planning entities in 

subject areas to follow in meeting their 

existing statutory obligations. Thus, EO 

13132 does not apply to this rule. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). The CAA requires transportation 

conformity to apply in any area that is 

designated nonattainment or 

maintenance by EPA. Because today’s 

rule does not significantly or uniquely 

affect the communities of Indian tribal 

governments, EO 13175 does not apply 

to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

This rule is not subject to Executive 

Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 

1997) because it is not economically 

significant as defined in EO 12866, and 

because the Agency does not believe the 

environmental health or safety risks 

addressed by this action present a 

disproportionate risk to children. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ as defined in Executive 

Order 13211 (66 FR 18355 (May 22, 

2001)), because it is not likely to have 

a significant adverse effect on the 

supply, distribution, or use of energy. It 

does not create a serious inconsistency 

or otherwise interfere with an action 

taken or planned by another agency 

regarding energy. This action is not 

subject to EO 13211 because it does not 

have any adverse energy effects. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104– 

113, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) 

directs EPA to use voluntary consensus 

standards in its regulatory activities 

unless to do so would be inconsistent 

with applicable law or otherwise 

impractical. Voluntary consensus 

standards are technical standards (e.g., 

material specifications, test methods, 

sampling procedures, and business 

practices) that are developed or adopted 

by voluntary consensus standards 

bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to 

provide Congress, through OMB, 

explanations when the Agency decides 

not to use available and applicable 

voluntary consensus standards. This 

rule does not involve technical 

standards. Therefore, EPA is not 

considering the use of any voluntary 

consensus standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629 

(Feb. 16, 1994)) establishes Federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

Federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 

make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

EPA has determined that this rule will 

not have disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority or low-income 

populations. The final rule involves a 

minor revision that provides 

administrative relief but does not 

change the conformity rule’s underlying 

requirements for regional conformity 

analyses. 

K. Congressional Review Act 

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 rule 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). This rule 

will be effective November 14, 2011. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 93 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Air pollution control, Carbon 

monoxide, Clean Air Act, 

Environmental protection, Highways 

and roads, Intergovernmental relations, 

Mass transportation, Nitrogen dioxide, 

Ozone, Particulate matter, 

Transportation, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: October 4, 2011. 

Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, 40 CFR Part 93 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 93—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 93 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

■ 2. Section 93.111 is amended by 

adding paragraph (b)(3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 93.111 Criteria and procedures: Latest 

emissions model. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 


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1See Reexamination of Roaming Obligations of 

Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers and 

Other Providers of Mobile Data Services, WT 

Docket No. 05–265, FCC 11–52, Second Report and 

Order, 26 FCC Rcd 5411, 76 FR 26199 (2011); 47 

CFR 20.12(e). 

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1) 

of this section, the grace period for 

using the MOVES2010a emissions 

model (and minor model revisions) for 

regional emissions analyses will end on 

March 2, 2013. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 20 

[WT Docket No. 05–265; FCC 11–52] 

Reexamination of Roaming Obligations 

of Commercial Mobile Radio Service 

Providers and Other Providers of 

Mobile Data Services; Public 

Information Collection Approved by 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) 

announces that it has received Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for public information 

collection 3060–0411, which is 

associated with the new complaint 

mechanism for resolving data roaming 

disputes with commercial mobile data 

service providers. 

DATES: 47 CFR 20.12(e)(2), published 

May 6, 2011 at 76 FR 26199, is effective 

October 13, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, at (202) 

418–0214 or via the Internet at JudithB.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 7, 2011, the Commission 

received approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget for a revision 

to public information collection 3060– 

0411, which relates to the filing of 

complaints with the Federal 

Communications Commission. 

The revision was necessitated by the 

adoption of a new data roaming rule 

requiring commercial mobile data 

service providers to offer data roaming 

arrangements to other such providers.1

The Commission also provided a 

complaint process by adopting 47 CFR 

20.12(e)(2). Specifically, a party alleging 

a violation of 47 CFR 20.12(e) may file 

a formal or informal complaint pursuant 

to the procedures in 47 CFR 1.716– 

1.718, 1.720, 1.721, and 1.723–1.735. It 

is this rule, 47 CFR 20.12(e)(2), that is 

now effective. 

Rule: 47 CFR 20.12(e)(2). 

Effective date: 10/13/2011. 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0411. 

OMB Approval Date: 09/07/2011. 

Collection 3060–0411 Expiration 

Date: 09/30/2014. 

Title: Procedures for Formal 

Complaints. 

Form No.: FCC Form 485. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 20 

respondents; 301 responses; 1,349 total 

annual hours. 

Needs and Uses: On April 7, 2011, the 

Commission adopted, for data roaming, 

a complaint procedure using most of the 

procedural processes already in place 

for resolving formal complaints against 

common carriers. Specifically, a party 

alleging a violation of 47 CFR 20.12(e) 

may file a formal or informal complaint 

pursuant to the procedures in 47 CFR 

1.716–1.718, 1.720, 1.721, and 1.723– 

1.735. The Commission finds that it is 

in the public interest to ensure a 

consistent Commission process for 

resolving both voice and data roaming 

complaints. Moreover, some roaming 

disputes will involve both data and 

voice and are likely to have factual 

issues common to both types of 

roaming. This approach allows a party 

to bring a single proceeding to address 

such a dispute, rather than having to 

bifurcate the matter and initiate two 

separate proceedings under two 

different sets of procedures. This, in 

turn, will be more efficient for the 

parties involved, as well as for the 

Commission, and should result in faster 

resolution of such disputes. 

This collection of information 

includes the process for submitting a 

formal complaint. The Commission uses 

this information to determine the 

sufficiency of complaints and to resolve 

the merits of disputes between the 

parties. Orders issued by the 

Commission in formal complaint 

proceedings are based upon evidence 

and argument produced by the parties 

in accordance with the Formal 

Complaint Rules. If the information 

were not collected, the Commission 

would not be able to resolve common 

carrier or commercial mobile data 

service provider related complaint 

proceedings. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor and a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26398 Filed 10–12–11; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 64 

[DA 11–1649] 

Common Carriers; Editorial 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission via the Office of Managing 

Director makes two nonsubstantive, 

editorial amendments to Part 64 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Managing 

Director makes these amendments to 

delete certain provisions and notes that 

are without current legal effect and thus 

obsolete. The Chief of the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau has 

approved these editorial amendments. 

DATES: Effective October 13, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Broderson, Office of the Bureau 

Chief, Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0652, or 

e-mail: Deborah.Broderson@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

Amendment of Part 64 of the 

Commission’s Rules Regarding 

Telecommunication Relay Services and 

Related Customer Premises Equipment 

for Persons with Disabilities; Truth-inBilling Requirements for Common 

Carriers, Order (Order), document DA 

11–1649, adopted September 30, 2011, 

and released September 30, 2011. The 

full text of document DA 11–1649 and 

copies of any subsequently filed 

documents in this matter will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

Document DA 11–1649 and copies of 

subsequently filed documents in this 

matter may also be purchased from the 

Commission’s duplicating contractor, 

Best Copying and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 

at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554. 

Customers may contact BCPI at its Web 

site, http://www.bcpiweb.com, or by 

calling 202–488–5300. Document DA 

11–1649 can also be downloaded in 

Word or Portable Document Format 


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