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1 of 1 DOCUMENT UNITED STATES CODE SERVICE Copyright © 2013 Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. a member of the LexisNexis Group (TM) All rights reserved. Current through PL 113-31, approved 8/9/13 *** TITLE 48. TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 8A. GUAM GENERAL PROVISIONS Go to the United States Code Service Archive Directory 48 USCS S 1421q-1 S 1421q-l. Applicability of laws referred to in § 502 of Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America to Guam Effective on the date when section 502 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263) [48 USCS § 1801 note] goes into force those laws which are referred to in section 502(a) (1) of said Covenant [48 USCS S 1801 note] except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration, except for medicaid which is now administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and except the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 96) [former 50 USC Appx §5 2018 et seq.] shall be applicable to the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as such laws are applied to the Northern Mariana Islands. HISTORY: (Oct. 15, 1977, P.L. 95-134, Title IV, § 403, 91 Stat. 1163; Oct. 15, 1977, P.L. 95-135, § 1, 91 Stat. 1166; Dec. 8, 2003, P.L. 108-173, Title IX, § 900(e) (7), 117 Stat. 2374.) HISTORY; ANCILLARY LAWS AND DIRECTIVES

References in text: The effective date of section 502 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was Jan. 9, 1978, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 5434 of Oct. 24, 1977, which appears as 48 USCS § 1801 note. The laws relating to Medicaid appear generally as 42 USCS §5 1396a et seq.Page 2 48 USCS § 1421q-l Explanatory notes: Act Oct. 15, 1977, P.L. 95-134, Title IV, § 403, is also classified to 48 USCS § 1574-1. Amendments: 1977. Act Oct. 15, 1977 substituted this section for one which read: “Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, those laws, except for any laws administered by the Social Security Administration and except for medicaid which is now administered by the Health Care Financing Administration, which are referred to in section 502(a) (1) (except for the reference to the Micronesian Claims Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 96)) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America, approved by joint resolution approved on March 24, 1976 (90 Stat. 263), and 502(a) (2) of said Covenant shall be applicable to the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands on the same terms and conditions as such laws are applied

to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”. 2003. Act Dec. 8, 2003, substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services”

for “Health Care Financing Administration”. Other provisions: Effective date of Oct. 15, 1977 amendment. Act Oct. 15, 1977, P.L. 95-135, § 2, 91 Stat. 1166, provided: “This amendatory joint resolution [amending this section] shall be effective as of the approval of said Act entitled ‘To authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes’ (enrolled bill H.R. 6550, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session) [Act Oct. 15, 1977, P.L. 95-134, 91 Stat. 1159] NOTES: Related Statutes & Rules: Northern Mariana Islands, 48 USCS §. 1801 et seq. This section is referred to in 48 USCS § 1841.

## JAMES B. BRANCH

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## 28, 1990 ReceivedatDEQOffice 

# RECEIVFDO S OCT1990 Kr. Vicente C. Alden 

# 0 _______________________



## ?ctinqAdministrator C035ts4 

## Resources Man?gnent Program _____________________



### ww3fltt of the 

## NorthernMarlana Islands ‘ 

### ________________________

Office of the 

## Governor Prn 505, 5th

## Floor, Nauru 

## Bldg. satpan, 

## KP 96950 

## DcarKr. 

## Alden: 

## We have received a 

## copy 

## of the Coastal 

## Permit Decision, SPI-90-.X-95 for 

## the Phase 

## II Expansion of the 

## Saipan Pcser Pl4nt (ran

## Mitsubishi Oorration. We have taken exception to 

## the Maendum’s Condition N. We are pøtitioning the Coastal Resources 

## Managenent (ORN) to amend

# the M&mctjm to the CR14 

## Fermit and delete Condition N. The o-einonwe4th of the

## NorthernMartens Islands (CNMX) and 

## the rwcalth Utilities 

## Corporation (CliC) have collectively, tSen a 

# posftion that 40 CFR Section 52.2]., 

## prattulgat&1 pursuant to the ole-an

## ir Act (42 

## USC Section 7401 et seq.), does not 

## aly in the 

## C3’U’C. Betton 

## 52.?3. Qf4Q cn relates to Prevention

# : signiticant 

### Deterioration (PSI)) of air quality. Under the Clean

## MrAct, each U.S. jurisdiction flS re’ju

1 

## red to sutnit, 

## forEPA approval, a state Thplqtientation Plan 

## (SIP) lY?wmting the provisions of the Clean Air Act and reulatjcns. sectinn 

## 52.21 of 40 

## CFR provides that: 

## The

## provisions ofthis section axe eptlic4Me to 

## any State Thplentation Planwhichhas 

## been disapproved

## with respect to prevention of 

## sSgnifioant deterloraton

# ct airquality.....The provisions of

## this section have been 

## incortorated by rererence bto 

## the applicable implatentatton plans for V4ri,ous States, as 

## provideS In Sutçarts B through PLc of this part.... 

## The SIP sutinittedby the 

## QC is 

## not coveredby &tiparta B through 

## D1). The 

### CflÜ SIP 

## is covered in SiStpart

## FE?, ‘not i Sut.çarts B throi.qt

## DCP. on the clear wording 

## of section 

## 52.21, he provisions of the stct4on 

## have not been incoz-porate4 

## into the OHT’s 

## SIP. Suzt 

## VIP contains no language disapprovingany part of

## the CZNMI’s SIP. ¶lThnre 

## is no statanent that the 

## EPA retains permi

## t

# authorityin respect 

## to the 

## PSi). The EPAmade such statanenta in respect to 

## the SIP’s of other 

## st.tg and territories. The absence of any si4cb reservation 

## of authority 

## inrerzpect to the Qt’s SIP is significant. 

## TheØThfI SIPwas subn.itted to EPA in 1983. The

## EPAreviewed the

## plan,5—’31a PRI 11 :a Pci2



## ødcli 

## Q)nsistedofthe OtCEMrPollutionConiIoi Regu]ntons. The EPA iii an vnd3t-ed 

## lettez franMr. Nonriantcnelsea re&rinended certain changes, 

## jncqu4ng the deletion ofthe entireprovision covering PSD. 

## The Ox rejulaticriswere a4opted incorporatingthe chqcs reccnnendedby EPA am si.iti;itte$ to EPAonFebruary 

## 1*, 1987. In w;iinary, theprovisions 

## of40 CERSection 52.2], arenotapplicable to the CR11. The (fl41 does 

## nothave anyre]ulatijons covering 1St). Therefore, the is no PSI)permitting requiranents forEflto enforce. 

## COO is not invic1at1o oftheCR41 SIP since the SIPdoes not contain any provisions relating to P9D, andthe federal Pat)roiilationg have not -en nae psrt ofthe CR4! SIP. The

## rsitionthat PSD is not açlicab1e to theCRCwas sulrznitted to U.fl. EVAReqi.on 9 

## onAtk?ust 

## 7, 1990 by CUC and dUct‘aAsflstant

## Attorney G4E-mc:nt, 

## Mr. JohnCool. Acopy ofthe letter

## is enclosed foryour 

## raferiinc-e. Thav,lcyou foryourunderstanding and ssistanêe. Sfnc-erely, 

# (E) fl t!cl Ecutjvebirec 7 r

cc: Goverra 

## JohnCool, P0 tajat Counsel Erwironniental Planner special Advisor u2’fl3 I Roe, Galpan Burns & Poe, LA