52016 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

13 CFR part 121, or any successor

provisions.

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(The Office of Management and Budget

approved the information collection

requirements contained in this section and

assigned control number 3069–0057 with an

expiration date of April 30, 2000)

Dated: September 10, 1997.

By the Board of Directors of the Federal

Housing Finance Board

Bruce A. Morrison,

Chairperson.

[FR Doc. 97–26290 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Parts 210 and 218

RIN 1010–AC38

Designation of Payor Recordkeeping

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Interim final rulemaking; notice

of extension of public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that

it is extending the public comment

period on an Interim final rulemaking

and information collection, which was

published in the Federal Register on

August 5, 1997, (62 FR 42062). In

response to requests for additional time,

MMS will extend the comment period

from October 6, 1997, to November 6,

1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and

Publications Staff, Royalty Management

Program, Minerals Management Service,

P.O. Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0165; courier delivery

to Building 85, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, Colorado 80225; or

e-Mail DavidlGuzy.mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and

Publications Staff, Royalty Management

Program, Minerals Management Service,

telephone (303) 231–3432, Fax (303)

231–3385, e-Mail

DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS

received requests to extend the

comment period in order to provide

commenters with adequate time to

provide detailed comments to MMS.

After this comment period closes, MMS

will submit an information collection

request to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) to extend the authority to

use the information collection in this

Interim Final Rule, titled Designation of

Royalty Payment Responsibility (OMB

Control Number 1010–0107, expiration

date January 31, 1998). We will publish

a Federal Register notice and respond to

any comments received and we will

again invite comment on our request to

OMB to extend this information

collection.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26355 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL–5901–7]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Connecticut; Reasonably Available

Control Technology for Nitrogen

Oxides

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a State

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision

submitted by the State of Connecticut.

This revision establishes and requires

Reasonably Available Control

Technology (RACT) at stationary

sources of nitrogen oxides (NOX). The

intended effect of this action is to

approve regulatory provisions and

source specific orders which require

major stationary sources of NOX to

reduce their emissions statewide in

accordance with requirements of the

Clean Air Act.

DATES: This action is effective December

5, 1997, unless adverse or critical

comments are received by November 5,

1997. If the effective date is delayed,

timely notice will be published in the

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Susan Studlien, Deputy Director, Office

of Ecosystem Protection (mail code

CAA), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region I, JFK Federal Building,

Boston, MA 02203–2211. Copies of the

documents relevant to this action are

available for public inspection during

normal business hours, by appointment,

at the Office Ecosystem Protection, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region I, One Congress Street, 11th

floor, Boston, MA; as well as the Bureau

of Air Management, Department of

Environmental Protection, State Office

Building, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT

06106–1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven A. Rapp, Environmental

Engineer, Air Quality Planning Unit

(CAQ), U.S. EPA, Region I, JFK Federal

Building, Boston, MA 02203–2211;

(617) 565–2773;

Rapp.Steve@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires that

States develop Reasonably Available

Control Technology (RACT) regulations

for all major stationary sources of

nitrogen oxides (NOX) in areas which

have been classified as ‘‘moderate,’’

‘‘serious,’’ ‘‘severe,’’ and ‘‘extreme’’

ozone nonattainment areas, and in all

areas of the Ozone Transport Region

(OTR). EPA has defined RACT as the

lowest emission limitation that a

particular source is capable of meeting

by the application of control technology

that is reasonably available considering

technological and economic feasibility

(44 FR 53762; September 17, 1979). This

requirement is established by sections

182(b)(2), 182(f), and 184(b) of the CAA.

Major sources in moderate areas are

subject to section 182(b)(2), which

requires States to adopt RACT for all

major sources of VOC. This requirement

also applies to all major sources in areas

with higher classifications.

Additionally, section 182(f) of the CAA

states that ‘‘The plan provisions

required under this subpart for major

stationary sources of volatile organic

compounds shall also apply to major

stationary sources (as defined in section

302 and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of

the section) of oxides of nitrogen.’’ For

serious nonattainment areas, a major

source is defined by section 182(c) as a

source that has the potential to emit 50

tons per year. For severe nonattainment

areas, a major source is defined by

section 182(d) as a source that has the

potential to emit 25 tons per year. The

entire State of Connecticut is classified

as nonattainment for ozone, with the

Connecticut portion of the New YorkNew Jersey-Long Island CMSA being

classified as severe, and with the rest of

the State being classified as serious.

These CAA NOX requirements are

further described by EPA in a notice

entitled, ‘‘State Implementation Plans;

Nitrogen Oxides Supplement to the

General Preamble; Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1990 Implementation of

Title I; Proposed Rule,’’ published

November 25, 1992 (57 FR 55620). The

November 25, 1992 notice, also known

as the ‘‘NOX Supplement,’’ should be