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Ocean Energy Management, Office of 

Policy, Regulation and Analysis, 

Attention: Peter Meffert, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166. 

• Public Availability of Comments: 

BOEM does not consider anonymous 

comments; please include your name 

and address as part of your submittal. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your comment to withhold your 

personally identifiable information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Meffert, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Office of Policy, 

Regulation and Analysis, at 

peter.meffert@boem.gov or mail to 

45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

Virginia 20166; or call (703) 787–1610. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

published a proposed rule on Air 

Quality Control, Reporting, and 

Compliance on April 5, 2016. The 

proposed rule is intended to revise and 

replace BOEM’s air quality regulations 

with a new set of regulations that reflect 

a number of policy changes with respect 

to the existing air quality regulatory 

program. The key policy changes in the 

proposed rule relate to: (1) Fulfilling 

BOEM’s statutory responsibility under 

section 5(a)(8) of the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act by addressing all 

relevant criteria and major precursor air 

pollutants and by cross-referencing the 

ambient air quality standards and 

benchmarks (AAQSB) for those 

pollutants to those of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; (2) 

formalizing the concept and application 

of the term ‘‘attributed emissions’’; (3) 

changing the methods for determining 

the locations from which air emissions 

will be measured and evaluated; (4) 

modifying the process by which 

emission exemption threshold (EETs) 

are established and updated; (5) 

changing the circumstances when 

emission reduction measures (ERM), 

including Best Available Control 

Technology (BACT), are required, and 

establishing new criteria for the 

application of ERM; (6) revising the 

boundary at which BOEM determines 

air quality compliance to the State 

seaward boundary (SSB), rather than the 

coastline; (7) formalizing requirements 

for the consolidation of emissions from 

multiple facilities; (8) consistent with 

BOEM’s existing regulatory authority, 

articulating a schedule for ensuring that 

plans, including previously approved 

plans, will be compliant with these 

updated regulations; (9) adding an air 

quality component to the submission of 

right-of-use and easement, right-of-way, 

and lease term pipeline applications; 

(10) expanding use of the offsets as an 

alternative in circumstances where 

BACT was previously required; and (11) 

adding a new requirement for all plans 

to be reviewed at least every 10 years, 

to ensure ongoing compliance with the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS), as amended from time to 

time. 

After publication of the proposed 

rule, BOEM received public comments 

requesting an extension. 

On March 17, 2016, BOEM issued a 

press release to notify the public that 

the proposed rule would be issued and 

provided an internet link to an advance 

copy of the proposed rule. On April 5, 

2016, BOEM issued the proposed rule 

with a requirement to submit comments 

on the substance of this rulemaking by 

June 6, 2016. BOEM is extending the 

comment period to June 20, 2016. With 

more than 90 days of public inspection, 

BOEM has concluded that interested 

parties will have sufficient opportunity 

to analyze the proposed rule and 

provide comment. Accordingly, written 

comments on the substance of this 

rulemaking must be submitted by the 

extended due date of June 20, 2016. 

The proposed rule specified a 

separate, shorter period to submit 

comments to the Office of Management 

and Budget on the information 

collection (IC) burden in this 

rulemaking. That comment period 

ended on May 5, 2016, and will not be 

extended. 

Dated: May 17, 2016. 

Amanda C. Leiter, 

Acting Assistant Secretary—Land and 

Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2016–12099 Filed 5–20–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2012–0289; FRL–9946–68– 

Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; 

Ozone Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of New 

Hampshire that contains an ozone 

maintenance plan for New Hampshire’s 

former 1-hour ozone nonattainment 

areas. The Clean Air Act requires that 

areas that are designated attainment for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, and 

also had been previously designated 

either nonattainment or maintenance for 

the 1-hour ozone standard, develop a 

plan showing how the state will 

maintain the ozone standard for the 

area. The intended effect of this action 

is to propose approval of New 

Hampshire’s maintenance plan. This 

action is being taken in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 22, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

OAR–2012–0289 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

arnold.anne@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Arnold, Air Quality Planning 

Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Suite 100, Mail Code OEP05– 

02, Boston, MA 02109–3912, telephone 

number (617) 918–1047, fax number 

(617) 918–0047, email arnold.anne@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules Section of this Federal 


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1Federal Emergency Management Agency, Write 

Your Own Flood Insurance Company List, http://

www.fema.gov/wyo_company (last accessed April 8, 

2016). 

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 rule, 

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 this 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 Section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: May 4, 2016. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 62 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2016–0012] 

RIN 1660–AA86 

National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP): Financial Assistance/Subsidy 

Arrangement 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

proposing to remove the copy of the 

Financial Assistance/Subsidy 

Arrangement and the summary of the 

Financial Control Plan from the 

appendices of its National Flood 

Insurance Program regulations, as it is 

no longer necessary or appropriate to 

retain a contract, agreement, or any 

other arrangement between FEMA and 

private insurance companies in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

July 22, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID: FEMA–2016– 

0012, by one of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Regulatory Affairs Division, Office of 

Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Room 8NE, 500 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472– 

3100. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these methods. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. For 

instructions on submitting comments, 

see the Public Participation portion of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claudia Murphy, Director, Policyholder 

Services Division, Federal Insurance 

and Mitigation Administration, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 400 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–2775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related materials. We 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

If you submit a comment, identify the 

agency name and the docket ID for this 

rulemaking, indicate the specific section 

of this document to which each 

comment applies, and give the reason 

for each comment. You may submit 

your comments and material by 

electronic means, mail, or delivery to 

the address under the ADDRESSES

section. Please submit your comments 

and material by only one means. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the Federal e-Rulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, 

and will include any personal 

information you provide. Therefore, 

submitting this information makes it 

public. You may wish to read the 

Privacy Act notice that is available via 

a link on the homepage of http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Viewing comments and documents: 

For access to the docket to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Background 

documents and submitted comments 

may also be inspected at FEMA, Office 

of Chief Counsel, Room 8NE, 500 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472– 

3100. 

II. Background 

The National Flood Insurance Act of 

1968 (NFIA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq.), authorizes the 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) to 

establish and carry out a National Flood 

Insurance Program (NFIP) to enable 

interested persons to purchase 

insurance against loss resulting from 

physical damage to or loss of real or 

personal property arising from flood in 

the United States. See 42 U.S.C. 4011(a). 

The NFIA states the NFIP is intended to 

be ‘‘a program of flood insurance with 

large-scale participation of the Federal 

Government and carried out to the 

maximum extent practicable by the 

private insurance industry.’’ See 42 

U.S.C. 4001(b). Under the NFIA, FEMA 

has the authority to carry out the NFIP 

through the facilities of the Federal 

government, utilizing, for the purposes 

of providing flood insurance coverage, 

insurance companies and other insurers, 

insurance agents and brokers, and 

insurance adjustment organizations, as 

fiscal agents of the United States. See 42 

U.S.C. 4071. 

Pursuant to this authority, FEMA 

works closely with the insurance 

industry to facilitate the sale and 

servicing of flood insurance policies. An 

NFIP flood insurance policy, also 

known as the Standard Flood Insurance 

Policy (SFIP), can be purchased: (1) 

Directly from the Federal government 

through a direct servicing agent, or (2) 

from a participating Write Your Own 

(WYO) insurance company through the 

WYO Program. The SFIPs set out the 

terms and conditions of insurance. See 

44 CFR part 61, Appendix A. FEMA 

establishes terms, rate structures, and 

premium costs of SFIPs. The terms, 

coverage limits, and flood insurance 

premiums are the same whether 

purchased from the NFIP Direct or the 

WYO Program. 

FEMA established the WYO Program 

in 1983 to increase the NFIP policy 

count and geographic distribution of 

policies by taking advantage of the 

private insurance industry’s marketing 

channels and existing policy base to sell 

flood insurance. See 48 FR 46789 (Oct. 

14, 1983) (establishing the WYO 

Program). Seventy-nine private property 

or casualty insurance companies 

participate in this program today.1


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