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(5) The name, address, Taxpayer

Identification Number (TIN), and phone

number of your Designee;

(6) The name, address, and phone

number of the individual to contact for

the person you named in paragraph

(a)(5) of this section;

(7) Your TIN;

(8) The date the designation is

effective;

(9) The date the designation

terminates, if applicable, and

(10) A copy of the written

designation;

(b) The person you designate under

paragraph (a) of this section is your

Designee under 30 U.S.C. 1701(24) and

30 U.S.C. 1712(a).

(c) If you want to terminate a

designation you made under paragraph

(a) of this section, you must provide to

MMS in writing before the termination:

(1) The date the designation is due to

terminate; and

(2) If you are not reporting and paying

royalties and making other payments to

MMS, a new designation under

paragraph (a) of this section.

(d) MMS may require you to provide

notice when there is a change in the

percentage of your record title or

operating rights ownership.

[FR Doc. 97–20592 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 100

[CGD 05–97–012]

RIN 2115–AE46

Special Local Regulations for Marine

Events; Assateague Channel,

Chincoteague, Virginia

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is amending

permanent special local regulations

established for an annual marine event

held in the Assateague Channel,

Chincoteague, Virginia by including an

additional event for which the regulated

area will be in effect. This rule updates

the regulation in order to enhance the

safety of life and property during the

events.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is

effective on September 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.L.

Phillips, Project Manager, Auxiliary

Branch, at (757) 398–6204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory History

On April 21, 1997, the Coast Guard

published a notice of proposed

rulemaking entitled special Local

Regulations for Marine Events;

Assateague Channel, Chincoteague,

Virginia, in the Federal Register (62 FR

19239). The Coast Guard received no

comments on the proposed rulemaking.

No public hearing was requested, and

none was held.

Background and Purpose

Title 33 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, section 100.519 established

special local regulations for the Pony

Penning Swim, a marine event held

annually in the Assateague Channel,

Chincoteague, Virginia. Since the

promulgation of 33 CFR § 100.519, an

additional marine event, the

Chincoteague Power Boat Regatta, has

been approved and scheduled on an

annual basis in the regulated area. This

rule adds the Chincoteague Power Boat

Regatta to the list of events for which

the regulations will be in effect, thereby

eliminating the need for issuance of

temporary rules for this event. This rule

is necessary to control vessel traffic

during the event to enhance the safety

of participants, spectators, and

transiting vessels.

Discussion of Comments and Changes

The Coast Guard received no

comments on the proposed rulemaking.

Therefore, the proposed rule is being

implemented without change.

Regulatory Evaluation

This rule is not a significant

regulatory action under section 3(f) of

Executive Order 12866 and does not

require an assessment of potential costs

and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that

order. It has been exempted from review

by the Office of Management and

Budget under that order. It is not

significant under the regulatory policies

and procedures of the Department of

Transportation (DOT) (44 FR 11040;

February 26, 1979). The Coast Guard

expects the economic impact of this

final rule to be so minimal that a full

Regulatory Evaluation under paragraph

10e of the regulatory policies and

procedures of DOT is unnecessary.

Small Entities

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Coast Guard

must consider whether this rule will

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

‘‘Small entities’’ include independently

owned and operated small businesses

that are not dominant in their field and

that otherwise qualify as ‘‘small

business concerns’’ under section 3 of

the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

This rule does not impose any new

restrictions on vessel traffic. It merely

changes the effective period of the

regulation and adds a Table which

identifies specific events during which

the regulated area will be in effect.

Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies

under Section 605(b) of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612) that

this final rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities.

Collection of Information

This final rule contains no collection

of information requirement under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3520).

Federalism

The Coast Guard has analyzed this

rule under the principles and criteria

contained in Executive Order 12612 and

has determined that this rule does not

have sufficient federalism implications

to warrant the preparation of a

Federalism Assessment.

Environment

The Coast Guard considered the

environmental impact of this rule and

concluded that, under section

2.b.2.e(34) (h) of Commandant

Instruction M16475.1b (as amended, 61

FR 13564; 27 March 1996), this rule is

categorically excluded from further

environmental documentation.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 100

Marine Safety, Navigation (water),

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Waterways

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to

amend 33 CFR Part 100 as follows:

PART 100—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 100

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1233; 49 CFR 1.46 and

33 CFR 100.35.

2. Section 100.510 is amended by

revising paragraphs (b)(1) and (c) and

adding Table 1 to read as follows:

§ 100.519 Assateague Channel,

Chincoteague, Virginia.

* * * * *

(b) Special local regulations.

(1) Except for participants registered

with the event sponsor and vessels

authorized by the Coast Guard Patrol

Commander, no person or vessel may

enter or remain in the regulated area
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without the permission of the Patrol

Commander.

* * * * *

(c) Effective periods. This regulation

is effective annually for the duration of

each marine event listed in Table 1, or

as otherwise specified in the Coast

Guard Local Notice to Mariners and a

Federal Register notice. The Coast

Guard Patrol Commander will announce

by Broadcast Notice to Mariners the

specific time periods during which the

regulations will be enforced.

Table 1 of § 100.519

Chincoteague Power Boat Regatta

Sponsor: Chincoteague Chamber of

Commerce

Date: Third Saturday and Sunday in

June

Pony Penning Swim

Sponsor: Chincoteague Volunteer Fire

Department

Date: Last Wednesday in July and the

following Friday

Dated: July 14, 1997.

Roger T. Rufe, Jr.,

Vice Admiral Commander, Fifth Coast Guard

District.

[FR Doc. 97–20564 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[TN–150–01–9711a; FRL–5866–1]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans, Tennessee:

Approval of Revisions to Maintenance

Plan for Knox County, Tennessee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving revisions to

the Knox County portion of the State

Implementation Plan regarding the

Ozone Maintenance Plan and associated

projections of future emissions

submitted on January 18, 1995, by the

Tennessee Department of Environment

and Conservation. The purpose of this

action is to establish an emissions

budget in Knox County in accordance

with the Transportation Conformity

provisions promulgated on November

24, 1993.

DATES: This final rule is effective

October 6, 1997, unless adverse or

critical comments are received by

September 4, 1997. If the effective date

is delayed, timely notice will be

published in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

action should be addressed to Benjamin

Franco at the Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 4 Air Planning Branch,

61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia

30303. Copies of documents relative to

this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the following locations. The

interested persons wanting to examine

these documents should make an

appointment with the appropriate office

at least 24 hours before the visiting day.

Reference file TN150–01–9711. The

Region 4 office may have additional

background documents not available at

the other locations.

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (Air Docket 6102),

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61

Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia

30303. Benjamin Franco, (404)-562–

9039.

Tennessee Department of Environment

and Conservation, Division of Air

Pollution Control, L&C Annex, 9th

Floor, 401 Church Street, Nashville,

Tennessee 37243–1531. Telephone:

(615) 532–0554.

Knox County Department of Air

Pollution Control, City County

Building, Suite 339, 400 West Main

Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37902.

Telephone: (615) 521–2488.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Benjamin Franco at 404/562–9039.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

176(c)(2)(A) of the Clean Air Act

specifically requires conformity

determinations to show that ‘‘emissions

expected from implementation of such

plans and programs are consistent with

estimates of emissions from motor

vehicles and necessary emissions

reductions.’’ SIP demonstrations of

reasonable further progress, attainment,

and maintenance contain these emission

estimates and ‘‘necessary emission

reductions.’’ The emissions budget is

the mechanism EPA has identified for

carrying out the demonstration of

consistency.

The emissions budget may be revised

at any time through the standard SIP

revision process, provided the SIP

demonstrates that the revised emission

budget will not threaten attainment and

maintenance of the standard or any

milestone in the required timeframe.

The State may choose to revise its SIP

emission budgets in order to reallocate

emissions among sources or among

pollutants and precursors.

Section 51.456(b) of the

Transportation Conformity Rule (58 FR

62232) provides that in cases where a

SIP submitted prior to November 24,

1993, does not have an explicit

emissions budget but quantifies a

‘‘safety margin’’ by which emissions

from all sources are less than the total

emissions that would be consistent with

attainment, the State may submit a SIP

revision which assigns some or all of

this safety margin to highway and

transit mobile sources for the purpose of

conformity. Such a SIP revision, once it

is endorsed by the Governor and has

been subject to a public hearing, may be

used for the purposes of transportation

conformity before it is approved by

EPA.

On August 26, 1992, the Tennessee

Department of Environment and

Conservation (TDEC) submitted an

Ozone Maintenance Plan for Knox

County that included a 1990 base year

emission inventory and emissions

projections. EPA published in the

Federal Register on September 27, 1993,

a notice approving the maintenance

plan and emission projections. These

emission projections were approved

before the conformity rule was finalized

on November 24, 1993. Therefore, the

approved emission projections became

the area’s emission budget for

conformity purposes.

On May 25, 1994, the Department of

Environment and Conservation

proposed a revision to the maintenance

plan and emission projections. This

revision provides a more accurate and

practical budget for transportation

planning conformity. The final

conformity rule allows for areas to

revise their emission projections as long

as it does not affect attainment or the

maintenance of the air quality

standards. Section 51.456 of the final

conformity rule allows an area to

reallocate safety margins to highway

and transit mobile sources for the

purposes of transportation conformity.

The State revision has allocated the

safety margin in their emission

projection to the mobile portion of the

emissions budget. The following is the

revised emission budget for Knox

County submitted by the State.