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TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a)—Continued 

Number Site name 

Regulated area 

(Note: all geographic coordinates expressed in term of latitude and longitude datum 

are based on WGS 84 coordinates) 

• 46°41′16.5697′′ N 092°11′34.5434′′ W. 

• 46°41′14.4790′′ N 092°11′33.9685′′ W. 

• 46°41′12.3306′′ N 092°11′33.9221′′ W. 

• 46°41′12.7159′′ N 092°11′44.4501′′ W. 

• 46°41′02.1240′′ N 092°11′44.4501′′ W. 

• 46°41′01.9943′′ N 092°11′40.5819′′ W. 

• 46°41′04.0665′′ N 092°11′39.1344′′ W. 

• 46°41′03.8696′′ N 092°11′36.2223′′ W. 

• 46°41′02.0724′′ N 092°11′34.3605′′ W. 

• 46°40′56.9795′′ N 092°11′32.1366′′ W. 

• 46°40′55.9436′′ N 092°11′32.3531′′ W. 

• 46°40′53.8981′′ N 092°11′32.7804′′ W. 

• 46°40′51.2261′′ N 092°11′33.1191′′ W. 

• 46°40′48.9634′′ N 092°11′33.1528′′ W. 

• 46°40′46.4928′′ N 092°11′32.8907′′ W. 

• 46°40′45.2017′′ N 092°11′32.5057′′ W. 

• 46°40′42.1916′′ N 092°11′38.3025′′ W. 

• 46°40′38.9992′′ N 092°11′44.4501′′ W. 

• 46°40′32.6805′′ N 092°11′44.4595′′ W. 

• 46°40′28.8937′′ N 092°11′44.7158′′ W. 

• 46°40′27.5301′′ N 092°11′46.0856′′ W. 

• 46°40′26.6103′′ N 092°11′47.3902′′ W. 

• 46°40′26.2216′′ N 092°11′48.4650′′ W. 

• 46°40′25.0613′′ N 092°11′51.2108′′ W. 

(b) Regulations. In addition to the 

general Regulated Navigation Area 

regulations in §§ 165.10, 165.11, and 

165.13: 

(1) All vessels and persons are 

prohibited from activities that would 

disturb the integrity of engineered 

remedies designed to address 

contaminated sediments at the sites 

identified above that are described in 

the St. Louis River Area of Concern 

Remedial Action Plan. Such activities 

may include, but are not limited to: 

anchoring, dragging, spudding, 

propeller scouring, or dredging. 

(2) The prohibitions described in 

paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall not 

apply to vessels or persons engaged in 

activities associated with future 

contaminated sediment remediation 

projects or other state or federally 

approved and permitted construction or 

monitoring projects, provided that the 

Captain of the Port (COTP), Duluth, is 

given advance notice of those activities 

by the local, state, or Federal agencies 

or by the regulated private entities 

conducting those activities. 

(3) The prohibitions described in 

paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall not 

supersede restrictions outlined in 

executed Records of Decision for 

Superfund sites. 

(4) Vessels may otherwise transit or 

navigate within this area without 

reservation. 

(c) Waivers. Upon written request 

stating the need for and proposed 

conditions of the waiver and any 

proposed precautionary measures, the 

Captain of the Port (COTP) Duluth may, 

in consultation with local, state, and 

Federal agencies or regulated private 

entities, authorize a waiver from this 

section if the COTP determines that 

activity for which the waiver is sought 

can take place without undue risk to 

environmental remediation 

construction, monitoring, and 

maintenance. Requests for waivers 

should be submitted in writing to 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Marine 

Safety Unit, Duluth, 515 West First 

Street, Room 145, Duluth, MN 55802 to 

facilitate review by the U.S. Coast 

Guard. 

(d) Penalties. Those who violate this 

section are subject to the penalties set 

forth in 46 U.S.C. 70036. 

(e) Enforcement period. This 

Regulated Navigation Area’s 

requirements are enforceable 24 hours a 

day as long as this Regulated Navigation 

Area is in place. 

(f) Contact information. If you observe 

violations of the regulations in this 

section, you may notify the COTP by 

email, at DuluthWWM@uscg.mil, or by 

phone, 218–725–3818. 

Dated: August 17, 2023. 

Jonathan P. Hickey, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Ninth Coast Guard District. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430; FRL–7522–05– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AU63 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary 

Copper Smelting; Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: On July 24, 2023, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a supplemental proposed rule 

titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary 

Copper Smelting.’’ The EPA is 

extending the comment period on this 

proposed rule that currently closes on 

September 7, 2023, by 15 days. The 

comment period will now remain open 

until September 22, 2023, to allow 

additional time for Tribal Nations and 

stakeholders to review and comment on 

the proposal. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the proposed rule published in the 

Federal Register on July 24, 2023 (88 FR 

47415), originally ending September 7, 

2023, is being extended by 15 days. 

Written comments must now be 


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received on or before September 22, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2020–0430, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2020–0430 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020– 

0430. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020– 

0430, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operation are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except 

Federal holidays). 

Instructions. All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this action, contact 

Amanda Hansen, Metals and Inorganic 

Chemicals Group, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D243–02), P.O. Box 

12055, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–3165; and email address: 

hansen.amanda@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Rationale. The EPA received a request 

for additional time to review and 

comment on the supplemental proposed 

rule from a regulated entity (FreeportMcMorRan Miami, Inc.). This request is 

available in the docket (Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430). They noted 

that a document in the docket (Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430) 

contained typographical errors. 

Specifically, the memorandum that was 

intended to show the proposed rule 

edits (in redline strikeout) that would be 

necessary to incorporate the changes to 

40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQ proposed 

in the action published on July 24, 2023 

(88 FR 47415) was inadvertently 

converted to a clean document before it 

was posted to the docket. We posted the 

updated correct document to https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/primary-copper-smeltingnational-emissions-standardshazardous-air, to replace the previous 

document (that had the typographical 

errors). We also added the correct 

document to the docket, under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430, 

which is available at https://

www.regulations.gov, and notified the 

entity within 8 days of publication of 

the supplemental notice. After 

considering this request, the EPA has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period by 15 days to provide all parties 

with an opportunity to review the 

updated document. The public 

comment period will now end on 

September 22, 2023. 

Docket. The EPA has established a 

docket for this rulemaking under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

https://www.regulations.gov/. Although 

listed, some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information (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. With the 

exception of such material, publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically in Regulations.gov. 

Instructions. Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020– 

0430. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit electronically to https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ any information 

that you consider to be CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. This type of 

information should be submitted as 

discussed below. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. 

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, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

The https://www.regulations.gov/ 

website allows you to submit your 

comment anonymously, which means 

the 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 the 

EPA without going through https://

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, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

digital storage media you submit. If the 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the EPA may not 

be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should not include 

special characters or any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA’s public docket, visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Submitting CBI. Do not submit 

information containing CBI to the EPA 

through https://www.regulations.gov/. 

Clearly mark the part or all of the 

information that you claim to be CBI. 

For CBI information on any digital 

storage media that you mail to the EPA, 

note the docket ID, mark the outside of 

the digital storage media as CBI, and 

identify electronically within the digital 

storage media the specific information 

that is claimed as CBI. In addition to 

one complete version of the comments 

that includes information claimed as 

CBI, you must submit a copy of the 

comments that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI directly to 

the public docket through the 

procedures outlined in Instructions 

above. If you submit any digital storage 

media that does not contain CBI, mark 

the outside of the digital storage media 

clearly that it does not contain CBI and 

note the docket ID. Information not 

marked as CBI will be included in the 

public docket and the EPA’s electronic 

public docket without prior notice. 

Information marked as CBI will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 2. 

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using email attachments, File Transfer 

Protocol (FTP), or other online file 

sharing services (e.g., Dropbox, 

OneDrive, Google Drive). Electronic 

submissions must be transmitted 

directly to the OAQPS CBI Office at the 

email address oaqpscbi@epa.gov, and as 

described above, should include clear 

CBI markings and note the docket ID. If 

assistance is needed with submitting 

large electronic files that exceed the file 

size limit for email attachments, and if 

you do not have your own file sharing 

service, please email oaqpscbi@epa.gov 

to request a file transfer link. If sending 

CBI information through the postal 

service, please send it to the following 

address: OAQPS Document Control 

Officer (C404–02), OAQPS, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. 

Box 12055, Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina 27711, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0430. The 

mailed CBI material should be double 

wrapped and clearly marked. Any CBI 

markings should not show through the 

outer envelope. 

Penny Lassiter, 

Director, Sector Policies and Programs 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18117 Filed 8–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, 09–197, 16– 

271; RM 11868; FCC 23–60; FR ID 164476] 

Connect America Fund: A National 

Broadband Plan for Our Future HighCost Universal Service Support; ETC 

Annual Reports and Certifications; 

Telecommunications Carriers Eligible 

To Receive Universal Service Support; 

Connect America Fund—Alaska Plan; 

Expanding Broadband Service 

Through the ACAM Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) takes a longer term view 

and seeks to build a record to help the 

Commission explore methods for 

modifying the Universal Service Fund 

(USF) high-cost program to promote 

affordable and available broadband 

services in the years to come. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

October 23, 2023, and reply comments 

are due on or before November 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 

14–58, 09–197 and 16–271, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: www.fcc.gov/ecfs. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

Æ Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

Æ Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. 

Æ U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

Æ Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 2788, 2788–89 (OS 

2020). 

Interested parties may file comments 

and reply comments on or before the 

dates indicated in this document. 

Comments may be filed using the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic 

Filing of Documents in Rulemaking 

Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998). 

Comments and reply comments 

exceeding ten pages must include a 

short and concise summary of the 

substantive arguments raised in the 

pleading. Comments and reply 

comments must also comply with § 1.49 

and all other applicable sections of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission 

directs all interested parties to include 

the name of the filing party and the date 

of the filing on each page of their 

comments and reply comments. All 

parties are encouraged to utilize a table 

of contents, regardless of the length of 

their submission. The Commission also 

strongly encourages parties to track the 

organization set forth in the Notice of 

Inquiry (NOI) or the concurrently 

adopted Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) in order to facilitate its internal 

review process. 

People with Disabilities. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact, 

Jesse Jachman, Telecommunications 

Access Policy Division, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, at Jesse.Jachman@

fcc.gov or Theodore Burmeister, Special 

Counsel, Telecommunications Access 

Policy Division, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, at Theodore.Burmeister@fcc.gov 

or 202–418–7400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s NOI in 

WC Docket Nos. 10–90, 14–58, 09–197, 

16–271; RM 11868, adopted on July 23, 

2023 and released on July 24, 2023. Due 

to the COVID–19 pandemic, the 

Commission’s headquarters will be 

closed to the general public until further 

notice. The full text of this document is 

available at the following internet 

address: https://www.fcc.gov/document/ 

fcc-adopts-plan-bring-reliablebroadband-rural-communities. 

Ex Parte Presentations—Permit-ButDisclose. The proceedings this NOI and 

concurrently adopted NPRM initiate 

shall be treated as ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ 

proceedings in accordance with the 

Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons 

making ex parte presentations must file 

a copy of any written presentation or a 

memorandum summarizing any oral 

presentation within two business days 

after the presentation (unless a different 

deadline applicable to the Sunshine 

period applies). 

In light of the Commission’s trust 

relationship with Tribal Nations and its 

commitment to engage in governmentto-government consultation with them, 

it finds the public interest requires a 

limited modification of the ex parte 

rules in these proceedings. Tribal 

Nations, like other interested parties, 

should file comments, reply comments, 

and ex parte presentations in the record 

to put facts and arguments before the 

Commission in a manner such that they 

may be relied upon in the decisionmaking process consistent with the 

requirements of the Administrative 

Procedure Act. However, at the option 

of the Tribe, ex parte presentations 

made during consultations by elected 

and appointed leaders and duly 

appointed representatives of federally 

recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska 

Native Villages to Commission decision 

makers shall be exempt from disclosure 

in permit-but-disclose proceedings and 

exempt from the prohibitions during the 

Sunshine Agenda period. To be clear, 

while the Commission recognizes 


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