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impact on a substantial number of small

entities. Small entities include small

businesses, small not-for-profit

enterprises and government entities

with jurisdiction over population of less

than $50,000.00.

SIP approvals under sections 110 and

301(a) and subchapter I, part D of the

CAA do not create any new

requirements, but simply approve

requirements that the State is already

imposing. Therefore, because the

Federal SIP approval does not impose

any new requirements. I certify that it

does not have a significant impact on

any small entities affected. Moreover,

due to the nature of the Federal-state

relationship under the CAA, preparation

of a regulatory flexibility analysis would

constitute Federal inquiry into the

economic reasonableness of state action.

The CAA forbids EPA to base its action

concerning SIPs on such grounds.

Union Electric Co. v. U.S. EPA, 427 U.S.

246, 256–66 (S.Ct. 1976); 42 U.S.C.

7410(a)(2).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

Under sections 202, 203, and 205 of

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of

1995 (‘‘Unfunded Mandates Act’’),

signed into law on March 22, 1995, EPA

must undertake various actions in

association with proposed or final rules

that include a Federal mandate that may

result in estimated costs of $100 million

or more to the private sector or to State,

local, or tribal governments in the

aggregate.

Through submission of this state

implementation plan or plan revision,

the State and any affected local or tribal

governments have elected to adopt the

program provided for under part D of

the Clean Air Act. These rules may bind

State, local, and tribal governments to

perform certain actions and also require

the private sector to perform certain

duties. The rules being approved by this

actin will impose no new requirements

because affected sources are already

subject to these regulations under State

law. Therefore, no additional costs to

State, local, or tribal governments or to

the private sector result from this. EPA

has determined that this final action

does not include a mandate that may

result in estimated costs of $100 million

or more to State, local, or tribal

governments in the aggregate or to the

private sector.

Submission to Congress and the

General Accounting Office

Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) as added

by the Small Business Regulatory

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, EPA

submitted a report containing this

action and other required information to

the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of

Representatives and the Comptroller

General of the General Accounting

Officeprior to publication of this action

in today’s Federal Register. This action

is not a ‘‘major action’’ as defined by 5

U.S.C. 804(2).

This action has been classified as a

Table 3 action for signature by the

Regional Administrator under the

procedures the Federal Register on

January 19, 1989 (54 FR 2214–2225), as

revised by a July 10, 1995 memorandum

from Mary Nichols, published in

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation. The Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) has exempted this

action from review under Executive

Order 12866 review.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Incorporation by reference,

Intergovernmental relations, Ozone,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

John Wise,

Acting Regional Administrator.

Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code

of Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 52—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 52

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Subpart F—California

2. Section 52.220 is amended by

adding paragraph (c)(229)(i)(A)(2) to

read as follows:

§ 52.220 Identification of plan.

* * * * *

(c) * * *

(229) * * *

(i) * * *

(A) * * *

(2) Rule 701, adopted on September 9,

1995.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 97–24415 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 61 and 69

[CC Docket Nos. 96–262, 94–1, 91–213, 96–

263; FCC 97–158, FCC 97–159]

Access Charge Reform; Price Cap

Performance Review for Local

Exchange Carriers; Transport Rate

Structure and Pricing; Usage of the

Public Switched Network by

Information Service and Internet

Access Providers

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notification of OMB approval

and effective dates; correction.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notification that OMB approved the

information collections resulting from

amendments and additions to

Commission rules relating to access

charge reform as set out in the Access

Charge Reform First Report and Order.

This document also corrects the

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order reforming access charges

published in the Federal Register of

June 11, 1997 (62 FR 31868) (Access

Charge Reform Order), the summary of

the Commission’s Report and Order

revising its price cap regulations for

incumbent local exchange carriers

published in the Federal Register of

June 11, 1997 (62 FR 31939) (X-Factor

Order), and the correction of the access

charge reform summary published in

the Federal Register of July 29, 1997 (62

FR 40460) (Access Charge Reform

Correction).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Lerner, Attorney, Common

Carrier Bureau, Competitive Pricing

Division, (202) 418–1520, email:

rlerner@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission sought OMB approval for

certain information collections pursuant

to rule amendments and additions in

the Access Charge Reform Order. OMB

approved the information collections on

June 12, 1997. In the Access Charge

Reform Order, the effective dates for

several rule amendments and additions

were contingent upon OMB approval.

With OMB’s approval, these contingent

dates are no longer necessary. The XFactor Order amended rules

promulgated in the Access Charge

Reform Order. One of these

amendments concerned a rule that had

an effective date contingent on OMB

approval. In light of the OMB approval

on June 12, 1997, we clarify the effective
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dates of the rules and amendments in

the Access Charge Reform Order and the

X-Factor Order. We also correct the

Access Charge Reform Order and the

Access Charge Reform Correction to

clarify the deletion and replacement of

Subpart C.

These documents are corrected as

follows:

Access Charge Reform First Report and

Order

The publication on June 11, 1997 of

the Access Charge Reform First and

Order summary (62 FR 31868), which

was the subject of FR Doc. 97–14628, is

clarified as follows:

On June 12, 1997, OMB granted

approval for the information collections

resulting from several rule amendments

and changes in the Access Charge

Reform First Report and Order. On page

31868, in the first column, under

DATES:, the following sections were to

be effective upon approval of OMB, but

no earlier than June 15, 1997: 47 CFR

61.45, 61.47, 69.104, 69.126, 69.151,

69.152, and 69.410. Because of the OMB

approval granted on June 12, 1997, the

following sections were therefore

effective June 15, 1997: 47 CFR 61.45,

61.47, 69.104, 69.126, 69.151, 69.152,

and 69.410. Similarly, the following

sections were to be effective upon

approval of OMB, but no earlier than

January 1, 1998: 47 CFR 61.42, 61.48,

69.4, 69.106, 69.111, 69.153, and 69.156.

Because of the OMB approval granted

on June 12, 1997, the following sections

are therefore effective January 1, 1998:

47 CFR 61.42, 61.48, 69.4, 69.106,

69.111, 69.153, and 69.156.

The publication on June 11, 1997 of

the Access Charge Reform First and

Order summary (62 FR 31868), which

was the subject of FR Doc. 97–14628, is

corrected as follows:

On page 31868, in the first column

under DATES:, line 20, insert the

following sentence after ‘‘69.611.’’:

‘‘The removal of 47 CFR 69.201,

69.203, 69.204, 69.205 and 69.209 is

effective January 1, 1998.’’

On page 31935, in the third column,

add amendment paragraph #22.a. that

reads as follows:

‘‘Sections 69.201, 69.203, 69.204,

69.205 and 69.209 are removed.’’

On page 31935, in the third column,

paragraph #23, line 1, insert

‘‘by adding sections 69.151, 69.152,

69.153, 69.154, 69.155, 69.156 and

69.157’’

after the phrase ‘‘is revised’’.

X-Factor Order

The publication on June 11, 1997 of

the Price Cap Performance Review for

Local Exchange Carriers Fourth Report

and Order summary (62 FR 31939),

which was the subject of FR Doc. 97–

14746, is clarified as follows:

On June 12, 1997, OMB granted

approval of information collections

pursuant to rule amendments and

additions in the Access Charge Reform

First Report and Order, making those

amendments to 47 CFR 61.45 effective

June 15, 1997. Therefore, the subsequent

amendments to 47 CFR 61.45 contained

in the Price Cap Performance Review for

Local Exchange Carriers Fourth Report

and Order were effective June 16, 1997

as stated in the summary published at

62 FR 31939, because OMB approval

was effective prior to June 15, 1997.

Access Charge Reform Correction

The publication on July 29, 1997 of

the Access Charge Reform First and

Order Correction (62 FR 40460), which

was the subject of FR Doc. 97–19911, is

corrected as follows:

On page 40460, second column,

delete correction #2.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24352 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 25

[IB Docket No. 95–117; FCC 96–425]

Streamlining Rules and Regulations

for Satellite Application and Licensing

Procedures

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; establishment of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The modifications to the

Commission’s rules and regulations on

application and licensing requirements

for satellite space and earth stations

adopted in the Part 25 Streamlining

Order, including the new FCC Form

312, became effective April 21, 1997.

These modifications, which contained

modified information collection

requirements, were published in the

Federal Register of February 10, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The modifications to 47

CFR part 25 published at 62 FR 5924

(February 10, 1997) and the new FCC

Form 312 became effective April 21,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Campbell, International

Bureau, (202) 418–0753.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Febuary 10, 1997, the Commission

published the Federal Register

summary of the Part 25 Streamlining

Order (FCC 96–425, 62 FR 5924

(February 10, 1997)). The Part 25

Streamlining Order streamlined the

existing application and licensing

procedures, reduced reporting

requirements for a number of services,

and consolidated various forms to make

data collection more efficient.

Specifically, the FCC (1) waived the

construction permit requirement for

satellite space stations; (2) extended the

construction period for Very Small

Aperture Terminals (‘‘VSATs’’); (3)

eliminated the annual reporting

requirement for VSATs; (4) increased

the license term for temporary fixed

earth stations operating in the C-band

from one year to ten years; (5) reduced

reporting requirements for earth and

space stations; (6) reviewed and

consolidated FCC Forms 430, 493, 704

and 702 into a new Form 312 with

specific schedules; (7) expedited the

processing of satellite inclined orbit

authorizations; (8) streamlined the earth

station modification process; (9)

updated Part 25 rules in accordance

with ITU Radio Regulations; and (10)

eliminated burdensome space station

application provisions.

Because these rule changes impose

new or modified information collection

requirements, they could not become

effective until approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’)

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In the

February 10, 1997 Federal Register

summary, we stated that the rules,

regulations and the FCC Form 312

established in the Part 25 Streamlining

Order would become effective upon

approval by OMB, but no sooner than

sixty days after publication in the

Federal Register. OMB approved these

rule changes on April 21, 1997.

The Federal Register Summary stated

that ‘‘[t]he Federal Communications

Commission will publish a document at

a later date announcing the effective

date of these rules,’’ see 62 FR 5924

(February 10, 1997). Therefore, the

Commission announces that the rule

changes adopted in the Part 25

Streamlining Order became effective on

April 21, 1997.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 25

Communciations common carriers,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Satellites.