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EPA APPROVED REGULATIONS IN THE TEXAS SIP—Continued 

State citation Title/subject 

State 

approval/ 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

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Chapter 106—Permits by Rule 

Subchapter A—General Requirements 

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Section 106.4 .......................... Requirements for Permitting 

by Rule.

04/20/2011 05/30/2014 [Insert FR page 

number where document 

begins].

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■ 3. In § 52.2303 is amended by adding 

paragraph (a)(1)(x) and revising 

paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows. 

§ 52.2303 Significant deterioration of air 

quality. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(x) June 30, 2014 (as revised by the 

Texas Commission on Environmental 

Quality on April 20, 2011 and submitted 

on May 19, 2011) to address PSD 

permitting requirements for PM2.5

promulgated by EPA on May 16, 2008, 

October 20, 2010, and December 9, 

2013. 

(2) The Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) Supplement 

document, submitted October 26, 1987 

(as adopted by the TACB on July 17, 

1987) and revised on July 2, 2010, to 

remove paragraphs (7)(a) and (7)(b). See 

EPA’s final approval action on January 

6, 2014. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2014–0455: FRL–9911–64– 

Region–10] 

Adequacy Determination for the Kent, 

Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington PM10

State Implementation Plan for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy 

determination. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is notifying the public of 

its finding that the Kent, Seattle, and 

Tacoma second 10-year limited 

maintenance plan (LMP) for particulate 

matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 

a nominal 10 microns or less (PM10) is 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes. The LMP was submitted to 

the EPA by the State of Washington 

Department of Ecology (Ecology or the 

State) on November 25, 2013. As a result 

of our adequacy finding, regional 

emissions analyses will no longer be 

required as part of the transportation 

conformity demonstrations for PM10 for 

the Kent, Seattle, and Tacoma areas. 

DATES: This finding is effective June 16, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

finding will be available at the EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/

transconf/adequacy.htm. You may also 

contact Dr. Karl Pepple, U.S. EPA, 

Region 10 (OAWT–107), 1200 Sixth 

Ave., Suite 900, Seattle WA 98101; (206) 

553–1778; or by email at pepple.karl@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action provides notice of the EPA’s 

adequacy finding regarding the second 

10-year PM10 limited maintenance plan 

for Kent, Seattle, and Tacoma (LMP) for 

purposes of transportation conformity. 

The EPA’s finding was made pursuant 

to the adequacy review process for 

implementation plan submissions 

delineated at 40 CFR 93.118(f)(1) under 

which the EPA reviews the adequacy of 

a state implementation plan (SIP) 

submission prior to the EPA’s final 

action on the implementation plan. The State submitted the LMP to the 

EPA on November 25, 2013. Pursuant to 

40 CFR 93.118(f)(1), the EPA notified 

the public of its receipt of this plan and 

its review for an adequacy 

determination on the EPA’s Web site 

and requested public comment by no 

later than January 10, 2014. 

Additionally, the EPA announced the 

public comment period on the entire 

LMP in the Federal Register on 

December 26, 2013 (78 FR 78311). The 

EPA received a request to extend the 

comment period and announced a 

comment period extension to March 10, 

2014 in a notice published on February 

6, 2014 (79 FR 7126). The EPA received 

no comments on the on-road vehicle 

portion of the plan during the comment 

period. As part of our review, we also 

reviewed comments on the LMP 

submitted to the State of Washington 

during the State’s public process. There 

were no adverse comments directed at 

the on-road portion of the plan that 

were submitted during the State hearing 

process regarding the new Plan. 

However, the EPA did receive adverse 

comments on potential future emissions 

in the non-road portion of the LMP. 

Nevertheless, the EPA believes it is 

appropriate to find this LMP adequate 

for purposes of transportation 

conformity while the EPA continues to 

review the plan and comments received. 

This adequacy finding is not dispositive 

of the EPA’s ultimate approval or 

disapproval of the LMP. 

The EPA notified Ecology in a letter 

dated April 9, 2014 (adequacy letter), 

subsequent to the close of the EPA 

comment period, that the EPA had 

found the LMP to be adequate for use 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

A copy of the adequacy letter and its 

enclosure are available in the docket for 

this action and at the EPA’s conformity 

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

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 93.109(l), limited 

maintenance plans are not required to 

contain on-road motor vehicle 

emissions budgets. Accordingly, as a 

result of this adequacy finding, regional 

emissions analyses will no longer be 

required as a part of the transportation 

conformity demonstrations for PM10 for 


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the Kent, Seattle, and Tacoma areas. 

However, other conformity 

requirements still remain such as 

consultation (40 CFR 93.112), 

transportation control measures (40 CFR 

93.113), and project level analysis (40 

CFR 93.116). 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

Transportation conformity to a SIP 

means that on-road transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards. The minimum criteria by 

which we determine whether a SIP is 

adequate for conformity purposes are 

specified at 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). The 

EPA’s analysis of how the LMP satisfies 

these criteria is found in the adequacy 

letter and its enclosure. The EPA’s 

adequacy review is separate from the 

EPA’s SIP completeness review and it is 

not dispositive of the EPA’s ultimate 

action on the SIP. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–767Iq. 

Dated: May 23, 2014. 

Michelle L. Pirzadeh, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 131030919–4436–02] 

RIN 0648–BD73 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

Provisions; Fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States; Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery; Reporting 

Requirements; Unused Catch 

Carryover 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is implementing two 

measures in this rulemaking: A 

requirement for daily Vessel Monitoring 

System (VMS) catch reporting for 

vessels declared to fish in the Eastern 

U.S./Canada Area; and the de minimis 

amount of unused fishing year (FY) 

2013 sector annual catch entitlement 

(ACE) that may be carried over, 

beginning in FY 2014, without being 

subject to potential accountability 

measures. The revision to the reporting 

requirement is necessary to ensure 

accurate and timely Eastern U.S./

Canada Area catch reporting for quota 

monitoring purposes. The de minimis 

carryover amount is necessary to 

complete the carryover process NMFS 

described for FY 2014 in conjunction 

with the May 2013 rulemaking for 

Framework Adjustment 50 to the 

Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). 

DATES: This rule is effective June 30, 

2014. The de minimis carryover amount 

outlined in Table 1 in the preamble is 

effective June 30, 2014, through April 

30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of Framework 50 

and its associated documents, including 

the environmental assessment (EA), the 

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), and the 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(FRFA) prepared by the Council and 

NMFS are available from John K. 

Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS 

Northeast Regional Office (NERO), 55 

Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930. The previously listed documents 

are also accessible via the Internet at: 

http://www.nero.noaa.gov/sfd/

sfdmulti.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Eastern U.S./Canada 

Area reporting requirements in this rule 

contact Liz Sullivan, Fishery 

Management Specialist, phone: 978– 

282–8493. For information on the 

unused ACE de minimis carryover 

amount, contact Mike Ruccio, Fishery 

Policy Analyst, phone: 978–281–9104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Eastern U.S./Canada Area Daily VMS 

Reporting. Prior to FY 2013, the 

regulatory text for the catch monitoring/ 

attribution program for Georges Bank 

(GB) cod and haddock required that all 

GB cod and haddock caught on a trip in 

which a vessel fished in both the 

Western and Eastern U.S./Canada Areas 

be attributed to the Eastern Area. In 

practice, we attributed catch of these 

stocks to areas fished based on our 

understanding that Amendment 16 to 

the FMP intended this result; however, 

the regulatory text was inadvertently left 

unchanged from pre-Amendment 16 

measures. 

In commenting on a proposed rule for 

Amendment 48 to the FMP (78 FR 

18188; March 25, 2013), which included 

a measure to correct this inadvertent 

language holdover, the New England 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

objected to the proposed revision, 

stating it was inconsistent with their 

intent in Amendment 16. Because the 

proposed change was meant to reflect 

Council intent regarding Amendment 

16, we withdrew its proposed revision, 

leaving the original text in place in the 

final rule (i.e., GB cod and haddock 

catch would be attributed to the Eastern 

U.S./Canada Area). We noted this 

change as an interim measure, but asked 

for comments as it varied from the 

proposed rule. We then received a 

second comment letter from the Council 

on the interim measure, retracting the 

first statement of intent, and supporting 

the approach we first proposed. The 

Council also suggested that the 

requirement for daily reporting of catch 

in the Eastern Area should be 

reinstituted as allowed under 

Amendment 16 through Regional 

Administrator authority to better ensure 

timely and accurate reporting for quota 

monitoring purposes. 

Based on the second Council letter, 

we announced on July 10, 2013, that 

Eastern U.S./Canada Area catch 

monitoring was being changed from the 

interim method to a system that 

apportions catch based on area fished, 

consistent with the recommendation of 

the Council and the 2013 proposed rule 

measure. We published the final rule for 

this monitoring method on August 29, 

2013 (78 FR 53363). Accounting for all 

FY 2013 trips has been retroactively 

revised from the interim approach to the 

area fished method. Such changes were 

considered to be within the purview of 

the Regional Administrator 

(§ 648.85(a)(3)(ii)(A)). 

The Amendment 16 final rule (75 FR 

18262; April 9, 2010) also intended to 

remove the requirement for sector 

vessels to submit daily VMS catch 

reports when declared into the U.S./

Canada Management Area, as well as 

the two Eastern U.S./Canada Special 

Access Programs (SAPs; the Closed Area 

II Yellowtail Flounder/Haddock SAP 

and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock 

SAP), because the requirement for a 

weekly sector manager report was 

determined to be sufficient by the 

Regional Administrator. This intent was 

captured in the preamble of the 

proposed and final rules for 

Amendment 16; however, this change 

was not reflected in the regulatory text 

at § 648.85(a)(3)(v). Subsequently, the 

Council requested that we implement a 

daily reporting requirement for the 

Eastern U.S./Canada Area to address 

misreporting and ensure more accurate 

and timely reporting for this area. As 

part of the rulemaking on August 29, 

2013 (78 FR 53363), we announced our 

intention to require sector vessels 

declared to fish in the Eastern U.S./

Canada Area to submit daily VMS catch 


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