58266 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 184 / Monday, September 23, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

flexibility analysis requirements of 

sections 603 and 604. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number and title for the 

program affected by this document is 

64.103, Life Insurance for Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose 

D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, approved this 

document on September 12, 2013, for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 9 

Life insurance, Military personnel, 

Veterans. 

Dated: September 17, 2013. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director, Regulation Policy and Management, 

Office of the General Counsel, Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, VA proposes to amend 38 

CFR part 9 as set forth below: 

PART 9—SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP 

LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS’ 

GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 9 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1965–1980A, 

unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Add § 9.21 to read as follows: 

§ 9.21 VA’s access to records maintained 

by the insurer, reinsurer(s), and their 

successors. 

(a) In order to perform oversight 

responsibilities designed to protect the 

legal and financial rights of the 

Government and persons affected by the 

activities of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs and its agents and to ensure that 

the policy and the related program 

benefits and services are managed 

effectively and efficiently as required by 

law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

shall have complete and unrestricted 

access to the records of any insurer, 

reinsurer(s), and their successors with 

respect to the policy and related benefit 

programs or services that are derived 

from the policy. This access includes 

access to: 

(1) Any records relating to the 

operation and administration of benefit 

programs derived from the policy, 

which are considered to be Federal 

records created under the policy; 

(2) Records related to the 

organization, functions, policies, 

decisions, procedures, and essential 

transactions, including financial 

information, of the insurer, reinsurer(s), 

and their successors; and 

(3) Records of individuals insured 

under the policy or utilizing other 

related program benefits and services or 

who may be entitled to benefits derived 

through the Servicemembers’ and 

Veterans’ Group Life Insurance 

programs, including personally 

identifiable information concerning 

such individuals and their beneficiaries. 

(b) Complete access to these records 

shall include the right to have the 

originals of such records sent to the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs or a 

representative of the Secretary at the 

Secretary’s direction. The records shall 

be available in either hard copy or 

readable electronic media. At the 

Secretary’s option, copies may be 

provided in lieu of originals where 

allowed by the Federal Records Act, 44 

U.S.C. chapter 31. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 38 U.S.C. 

1966, 5701, 5725, 5727, 7332; 44 U.S.C. 3101, 

3301). 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2008–0467; FRL–9901–12– 

Region 9] 

Designation of Areas for Air Quality 

Planning Purposes; California; San 

Joaquin Valley, South Coast Air Basin, 

Coachella Valley, and Sacramento 

Metro Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 

Reclassification 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing a 

proposed action to reclassify the Indian 

country pertaining to the Morongo Band 

of Mission Indians (Morongo 

Reservation) from ‘‘severe-17’’ to 

‘‘extreme’’ for the 1997 eight-hour ozone 

standard. 

DATES: The proposed rule published on 

August 27, 2009 (74 FR 43654) is 

withdrawn with respect to the Morongo 

Reservation on September 23, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Israels, Grants and Program Integration 

Office (AIR–8), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region IX, (415) 

947–4102, israels.ken@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

27, 2009 (74 FR 43654), EPA published 

a proposed rule to grant requests by the 

State of California to reclassify four 

nonattainment areas for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone standards and to reclassify Indian 

country in keeping with the 

classifications of nonattainment areas 

within which they are located. On May 

5, 2010 (75 FR 24409), EPA finalized the 

action as proposed except that EPA 

deferred reclassification of Indian 

country pertaining to the Morongo Band 

of Mission Indians (Morongo 

Reservation) and the Pechanga Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians (Pechanga 

Reservation) in keeping with the state’s 

request for the South Coast Air Basin. 

On January 2, 2013 (78 FR 51), EPA 

proposed to revise the boundaries of the 

South Coast Air Basin nonattainment 

area to designate the Morongo 

Reservation as a separate air quality 

planning area for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

standards. In the January 2, 2013 

proposed rule, EPA indicated that, if the 

Agency finalizes the January 2, 2013 

proposed rule, as proposed, EPA would 

withdraw the August 27, 2009 proposed 

rule to the extent that the 2009 proposed 

rule relates to the Morongo Reservation. 

In the Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is finalizing its January 2, 

2013 proposed rule, as proposed. In 

light of final Agency action on the 

January 2, 2013 proposal, EPA is 

withdrawing the August 27, 2009 

proposed reclassification of the 

Morongo Reservation for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone standard. This withdrawal is 

being taken under Clean Air Act 

sections 301(a) and 301(d)(4). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, National parks, Ozone, 

Wilderness areas. 

Dated: September 4, 2013. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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