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statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearings. The comment period for the 

proposed rule has been extended such 

that the closing date is 30 days after this 

public hearing. Therefore, written 

comments on the proposal must be 

postmarked no later than September 17, 

2015. 

Dated: July 28, 2015. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration. 

Dated: July 28, 2015. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Environmental Protection Agency. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0498; A–1–FRL– 

9927–51–Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Connecticut; Approval of NOX

Emission Offset Credits as Single 

Source SIP Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Connecticut. The revision consists of 

amendments to two existing Trading 

and Agreement Orders for new source 

review nitrogen oxides (NOX) emission 

offsets at PSEG Power Connecticut’s 

facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This 

action is being taken in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 2, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

OAR–2014–0498 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: dahl.donald@epa.gov 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0657 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2014–0498’’, 

Donald Dahl, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Donald Dahl, Air 

Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs 

Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA New England Regional Office, 5 

Post Office Square, 5th floor, (OEP05–2), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 excluding legal 

holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules and Regulations 

section of this Federal Register for 

detailed instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Dahl, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05–2), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912, phone number 

(617) 918–1657, fax number (617) 918– 

0657, email Dahl.Donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is approving the 

State’s SIP submittal as a direct final 

rule without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no adverse comments are 

received in response to this action, no 

further activity is contemplated. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of the direct final rule and if 

that provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register. 

Dated: April 29, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0854; FRL–9931–53– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Amendments to the Control 

of Gasoline and Volatile Organic 

Compound Storage and Handling 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Maryland for the purpose of establishing 

amendments to Code of Maryland 

Regulation (COMAR) 26.11.13, Control 

of Gasoline and Volatile Organic 

Compound Storage and Handling. The 

amendments consist of establishing an 

alternative and equivalent method of 

transfer of high pressure materials as 

well as changing incorrect references in 

regulations .04 and .05. In the Rules and 

Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

SIP submittal as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no adverse comments are 

received in response to this action, no 

further activity is contemplated. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by September 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2014–0854 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0854, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

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Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. 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–R03–OAR–2014– 

0854. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at 

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 email. 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 email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

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. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., 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 in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy 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 Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Asrah Khadr, (215) 814–2071, or by 

email at khadr.asrah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, that is 

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of this Federal Register 

publication. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of the 

rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

Dated: July 20, 2015. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 10–90, 14–192, 11–42, 09– 

197; DA 15–851] 

Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks To 

Refresh the Record on Pending Issues 

Regarding Eligible 

Telecommunications Carrier 

Designations and Obligations 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau seeks to 

refresh the record on pending issues 

related to Eligible Telecommunications 

Carrier (ETC) designations and 

obligations in areas served by price cap 

carriers. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 2, 2015 and reply comments 

are due on or before September 17, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 

14–192, 11–42 or 09–197, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact 

the FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Lankau, Wireline Competition 

Bureau at (202) 418–7400 or TTY (202) 

418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Wireline Competition 

Bureau’s document in WC Docket No. 

10–90, 14–192, 11–42 and 09–197; DA 

15–851, released July 23, 2015. The 

complete text of these documents are 

available for inspection and copying 

during normal business hours in the 

FCC Reference Information Center, 

Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

I. Introduction 

1. Against the backdrop of the relief 

already granted in the December 2014 

Connect America Order, 80 FR 4446, 

January 27, 2015. The Wireline 

Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks to 

refresh the record on issues raised in 

various proceedings related to ETC 

designations and obligations in areas 

served by price cap carriers. In the USF/ 

ICC Transformation FNPRM, 76 FR 

78384, December 16, 2011, the 

Commission noted that ETC service 

obligations and funding should be 

‘‘appropriately matched, while avoiding 

consumer disruption in access to 

communications services.’’ It sought 

comment on how existing voice 

telephony service obligations for ETCs 

would change as funding shifts to new, 

more targeted mechanisms, including 

potentially via forbearance from the 

relevant requirements of section 

214(e)(1). In the April 2014 Connect 

America FNPRM, 79 FR 39196, July 9, 

2014, the Commission sought to develop 

the record further on how relieving 

incumbent local exchange carriers 

(LECs) of their ETC obligations would 

comport with section 214 of the 

Communications Act and what specific 

obligations incumbent LECs would be 

relieved of in areas where they do not 

receive high-cost support. In October 

2014, USTelecom submitted a petition 

seeking, among other things, 

forbearance from the enforcement of 

section 214(e)(1)(A) where a price cap 

carrier receives no high-cost support. 

And recently the Commission released a 

FNPRM for the Lifeline program seeking 

comment on proposals for ETC relief 

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