11878 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations 

1The State submitted the SIP revision following 

the readoption of several air regulations, including 

.0306, pursuant to North Carolina’s 10-year 

regulatory readoption process at North Carolina 

General Statute 150B–21.3A. 2North Carolina’s April 1, 2018, rule revision also 

removed paragraph (b) from the state-effective 

version of the rule. This paragraph required a 30- 

day public notice period for permits that placed a 

physical or operational limitation on a facility to 

avoid title V requirements under 15 NCAC 02Q 

0500. Furthermore, the revised rule renumbered 

paragraph (c) of the state-effective version of the 

rule to paragraph (b). However, these changes are 

not before EPA for action because (1) the version 

of paragraph (b) that the State removed in the April 

1, 2018, rule revision is not in the SIP, and (2) the 

version of paragraph (b) in the SIP is identical to 

the version of paragraph (b) in the April 1, 2018, 

rule. See 67 FR 64990 (October 22, 2002). 

(1) EPA APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS—Continued 

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Section .0309 .................................. Termination, Modification and Revocation of Permits.4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0310 .................................. Permitting of Numerous Similar 

Facilities.

4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0311 .................................. Permitting of Facilities at Multiple 

Temporary Sites.

4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0312 .................................. Application Processing Schedule .. 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0313 .................................. Expedited Application Processing 

Schedule.

4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0314 .................................. General Permitting for All Requirements.4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0315 .................................. Synthetic Minor Facilities ............... 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0316 .................................. Administrative Permit Amendments 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

Section .0317 .................................. Avoidance Conditions .................... 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2020–0344; FRL–10018– 

03–Region 4] 

Air Plan Approval; North Carolina: 

Permits Requiring Public Participation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of North 

Carolina, through the North Carolina 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(NCDEQ), Division of Air Quality, on 

July 10, 2019. This SIP revision seeks to 

modify the State’s permitting program 

public participation procedures by 

adding two types of minor source 

permits to the list of permits that must 

undergo public participation and by 

making minor edits. EPA is approving 

this revision pursuant to the Clean Air 

Act (CAA or Act). 

DATES: This rule is effective March 31, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2020–0344. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information 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 can 

either be retrieved electronically 

through www.regulations.gov or in hard 

copy at the Air Regulatory Management 

Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

EPA requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person 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 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. 

Brad Akers, Air Regulatory Management 

Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

Mr. Akers can be reached via electronic 

mail at akers.brad@epa.gov or via 

telephone at (404) 562–9089. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

EPA is approving changes to the 

North Carolina SIP that were provided 

to EPA through NCDEQ via a letter 

dated July 10, 2019. EPA is approving 

this SIP revision which makes changes 

to 15A North Carolina Administrative 

Code (NCAC) Subchapter 02Q, Section 

.0306, Permits Requiring Public 

Participation.1 The July 10, 2019, SIP 

revision changes to Section .0306 add 

two types of permits subject to public 

participation and makes several minor 

edits, including the removal of obsolete 

regulatory references.2 The permits 

listed in Section .0306 must undergo 

public notice for comments with the 

opportunity for the public to request a 

public hearing. Pursuant to Section 

.0307(d), Public Participation 

Procedures, the public comment period 

for these permits must last for at least 

30 days. 

EPA is approving the two additions to 

the list of permits requiring public 

participation pursuant to CAA section 

110 as a SIP-strengthening measure and 

40 CFR 51.161. EPA is approving the 

remaining changes to Section .0306 

because they are minor edits that do not 

interfere with attainment and 

maintenance of the national ambient air 

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3EPA received one comment in support of the 

proposed action, which is available in the docket 

for this action. 4See 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997). 

quality standards or any other 

applicable requirement of the Act. See 

EPA’s October 14, 2020 (85 FR 65013), 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

for further detail on these changes and 

EPA’s rationale for approving them. 

EPA did not receive any adverse public 

comments on the October 14, 2020, 

NPRM.3

II. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, EPA is finalizing the incorporation 

by reference of 15A NCAC Subchapter 

02Q, Section .0306, Permits Requiring 

Public Participation, state effective 

April 1, 2018, which expands the types 

of permits which require public 

participation and makes minor edits to 

the rule. EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these materials 

generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 4 Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

Therefore, these materials have been 

approved by EPA for inclusion in the 

SIP, have been incorporated by 

reference by EPA into that plan, are 

fully federally enforceable under 

sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of 

the effective date of the final rulemaking 

of EPA’s approval, and will be 

incorporated by reference in the next 

update to the SIP compilation.4

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving changes to the 

North Carolina SIP included in a July 

10, 2019, submittal. Specifically, EPA is 

approving changes to 15A NCAC 02Q 

.0306, Permits Requiring Public 

Participation, that add two types of 

permits to the list of permits that must 

undergo public participation and make 

minor edits, including the removal of 

obsolete regulatory references. EPA is 

approving these changes for the reasons 

described above. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

See 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 CAA. 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 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). 

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 as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), nor will it impose substantial 

direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law. 

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). 

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 April 30, 2021. 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 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Signing Statement 

This document of the Environmental 

Protection Agency was signed on 

December 14, 2020, by Mary Walker, 

Regional Administrator, pursuant to the 

Statutory Deadline of the Clean Air Act. 

That document with the original 

signature and date is maintained by 

EPA. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

undersigned EPA Official re-signs the 

document for publication, as an official 

document of the Environmental 

Protection Agency. This administrative 

process in no way alters the legal effect 

of this document upon publication in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: February 23, 2021. 

John Blevins, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 40 CFR part 

52 as follows: 

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PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart II—North Carolina 

■ 2. In 52.1770, amend the table in 

paragraph (c)(1) by revising the entry for 

‘‘Section .0306’’ under ‘‘Subchapter 2Q 

Air Quality Permits’’, under ‘‘Section 

.0300 Construction and Operating 

Permits’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

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(1) EPA APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject State 

effective date EPA approval date Explanation 

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Subchapter 2Q Air Quality Permits 

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Section .0300 Construction and Operating Permits 

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Section .0306 ........... Permits Requiring Public Participation ...... 4/1/2018 3/1/2021, [Insert citation of publication].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 25 

[IB Docket No. 18–314; FCC 20–159; FRS 

17350] 

Further Streamlining FCC Rules 

Governing Satellite Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission or we) streamlines its 

rules governing satellite services by 

creating an optional framework for the 

authorization of blanket-licensed earth 

stations and space stations in a satellite 

system through a unified license. The 

Commission also aligns the build-out 

requirements for earth stations and 

space stations and eliminates 

unnecessary reporting rules. 

DATES: Effective March 31, 2021, except 

instruction 6 adding 47 CFR 25.136(h) 

which is delayed. The Commission will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 

of 47 CFR 25.136(h). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay 

DeCell, Clay.DeCell@fcc.gov, 202–418– 

0803, or if concerning the information 

collections in this document, Cathy 

Williams, Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, 202– 

418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, FCC 20–159, adopted 

November 18, 2020, and released 

November 19, 2020. The full text of the 

Report and Order is available at https:// 

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC20-159A1.pdf. To request materials in 

accessible formats for people with 

disabilities, send an email to FCC504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY). 

Congressional Review Act 

The Commission has determined, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

concurs that this rule is ‘‘non-major’’ 

under the Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will 

send a copy of this Second Report and 

Order to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

Synopsis 

In this Report and Order, the 

Commission streamlines its rules 

governing satellite services by creating 

an optional framework for authorizing 

both the blanket-licensed earth stations 

and space stations of a satellite system 

through a unified license. We also align 

the build-out requirements for earth 

stations and space stations and 

eliminate unnecessary reporting rules. 

These changes will reduce regulatory 

burdens, simplify the Commission’s 

licensing of satellite systems, and 

provide additional operational 

flexibility. 

A. Unified License for Space Station 

and Blanket-Licensed Earth Station 

Operations 

On January 31, 2019, the Commission 

proposed at 84 FR 638 a simple 

framework for an optional unified 

license. The unified license would 

authorize operations of the satellite 

network, i.e., the space station and the 

earth stations operating with that space 

station. The unified license would be 

held by the satellite operator. To receive 

a unified license, the satellite operator 

would have to file an application with 

the normally required space station 

application information, plus certain 

certifications and information regarding 

earth station operations. It would not 

have to provide a Form 312 Schedule B 

or the detailed earth station information 

that would otherwise be required, but 

which is rendered duplicative or 

unnecessary by what was already 

submitted for the space station. 

Accordingly, the unified license would 

offer a more efficient means to authorize 

the earth stations in a satellite network, 

and one that better reflects the 

flexibility satellite operators exercise 

over the parameters of their satellite 

networks. 

Scope. After review of the information 

submitted in the record, we conclude 

that the streamlining benefits of a 

unified authorization could apply to a 

variety of satellite and earth station