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2. In 21.7636, paragraphs (a)(1),

(a)(2)(i), and (a)(3) are revised to read as

follows:

§ 21.7636 Rates of payment.

(a) Monthly rate of educational

assistance. (1) Except as otherwise

provided in this section or in § 21.7639,

the monthly rate of educational

assistance payable to a reservist is the

amount stated in this table:

Period of pursuit of training

Training time

Full-time 3⁄4 time 1⁄2 time 1⁄4 time

Oct. 1, 1996-Sept. 30, 1997 ............................................................................................. $203.24 $152.43 $101.62 $50.81

On or after Oct. 1, 1997 ................................................................................................... 208.93 156.70 104.47 52.23

(2) * * * (i)

Training period

Monthly rate

Oct. 1,

1996—Sept.

30, 1997

On or after

Oct. 1, 1997

First six months of pursuit of training .............................................................................................................................. $152.43 $156.70

Second six months of pursuit of training ......................................................................................................................... 111.78 114.91

Remaining pursuit of training ........................................................................................................................................... 71.13 73.13

* * * * *

(3) The monthly rate of educational

assistance payable to a reservist for

pursuit of a cooperative course during

the period beginning on October 9,

1996, and ending on September 30,

1997, is $203.24. The monthly rate of

educational assistance payable to a

reservist for pursuit of a cooperative

course on or after October 1, 1997, will

be the rate stated in paragraph (a)(1) of

this section.

* * * * *

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 9, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, and

78

[FRL–5936–3]

RIN 2060–AF43

Acid Rain Program: Revisions to

Permits, Allowance System, Sulfur

Dioxide Opt-Ins, Continuous Emission

Monitoring, Excess Emissions, and

Appeal Procedures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: Title IV of the Clean Air Act

authorizes the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA or the Agency) to establish

the Acid Rain Program. The purposes of

the Acid Rain Program is to significantly

reduce emissions of sulfur dioxides and

nitrogen oxides from utility electric

generating plants in order to reduce the

adverse health and ecological impacts of

acidic deposition (or acid rain) resulting

from such emissions. On January 11 and

March 23, 1993, the Agency

promulgated final rules governing

permitting, the allowance system,

continuous emissions monitoring,

excess emissions, and appeal

procedures. On October 24, 1997, EPA

published final revisions to those rules.

This action corrects certain inadvertent,

drafting errors in the October 24, 1997

document.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dwight C. Alpern, attorney-advisor, at

(202) 564–9151 (U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Acid Rain Division (6204J), Washington

DC 20460); or the Acid Rain Hotline at

(202) 564–9620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 24, 1997 (62 FR 55460 (1997)),

EPA promulgated final revisions to the

permits, allowance system, sulfur

dioxide opt-ins, continuous emission

monitoring, excess emissions, and

appeal procedures rules. Subsequently,

EPA identified certain inadvertent,

drafting errors in the October 24, 1997

document. While the errors may cause

some confusion, they do not alter the

substance of the rule revisions. Today’s

action corrects those errors.

The October 24, 1997 final rule, EPA

revised the procedures for fast-track

modifications of Acid Rain permits. In

particular, § 72.82(d) was revised to

provide State permitting authorities 90

days after the close of the 30-day

comment period (or a total of 120 days)

for acting on a requested fast-track

modification. 62 FR 55485; see also 61

FR 68340, 68377 (1996) (proposed rule

revisions). The October 24, 1997

preamble erroneously stated that

proposed rule revisions (promulgated

on December 27, 1996) and the final

rule revisions gave State permitting

authorities only 60 days after the

comment period (or a total of 90 days).

Today’s action corrects the preamble

language to make it consistent with the

rule language.

The other corrections made by today’s

action involve minor corrections to

ensure that revised language for certain

rule provisions is correctly incorporated

into those provisions. For example, the

October 24, 1997 document removed

certain words in § 78.4(c)(1) and

replaced them with new language. In so

doing, the October 24, 1997 document

failed to state all of the words that are

to be removed. This is corrected by

today’s action.

For the reasons discussed above, this

action is not a ‘‘significant regulatory

action’’ and is therefore not subject to

review by the Office of Management and

Budget under Executive Order 12866

(58 FR 51735 (1993)). For the same

reasons, this action does not impose

annual costs of $100 million or more,

will not significantly or uniquely affect

small governments, and is not a

significant federal intergovernmental

mandate. With regard to this action, the

Agency thus has no obligations under

sections 202, 203, 204, and 205 of the

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–4). Moreover, since this

action is not subject to notice-andcomment requirements under the

Administrative Procedure Act or any

other statute, the action is not subject to
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 243 / Thursday, December 18, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 66279

1The 1990 RVP regulations limit the volatility of

gasoline in ozone nonattainment areas during the

ozone season. The FMVCP provides vehicle

emission limits that automobile manufacturers must

meet in designing and building new automobiles.

the provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.).

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

document and any other required

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S.

House of Representatives, and the

Comptroller General of the General

Accounting Office prior to publication

of this document in today’s Federal

Register. This action is not a ‘‘major

rule’’ as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

Dated: December 9, 1997.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

Accordingly, for the reasons set out

above, the publication on October 24,

1997 of the final rule at 62 FR 55460 is

corrected as follows:

1. On page 55470, first column, lines

45–47, the words ‘‘a 90-day period (i.e.,

the 30-day comment period and 60 days

after the end of the period)’’ are

removed and replaced by the words ‘‘a

120-day period (i.e., the 30-day

comment period and 90 days after the

end of the period)’’.

PART 72—[CORRECTED]

§ 72.8 [Corrected]

2. On page 55477, third column,

§ 72.8(b)(2), line 4, the words ‘‘which

that the unit’’ are removed and replaced

by the words ‘‘which the unit’’.

PART 77—[CORRECTED]

§ 77.4 [Corrected]

3. On page 55487, second column,

amendatory instruction 49, line 4, the

words ‘‘and removing paragraph

(g)(2)(i)(D)’’ are added after the words

‘‘(k)(2)’’.

PART 78—[CORRECTED]

§ 78.4 [Corrected]

4. On page 55488, second column,

amendatory instruction 54, line 11, the

word ‘‘shown’’ is added after the words

‘‘based on good cause’’.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IL117–3; FRL–5935–2]

Approval and Promulgation of State

Implementation Plan; Illinois

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action on

the following revisions to the Illinois

ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP):

Rate-Of-Progress (ROP) plans for the

purpose of reducing Volatile Organic

Compound (VOC) emissions in the

Chicago ozone nonattainment area

(Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,

and Will Counties, Oswego Township in

Kendall County, and Aux Sable and

Goose Lake Townships in Grundy

County) and in the Metro-East St. Louis

ozone nonattainment area (Madison,

Monroe, and St. Clair Counties) by 15

percent by November 15, 1996, relative

to 1990 baseline emissions; contingency

plans for the same ozone nonattainment

areas for the purpose of achieving an

additional 3 percent VOC emission

reductions beyond the 15 percent ROP

plans; and transportation control

measures (TCM) for the Metro-East St.

Louis area. Previously, on July 14, 1997,

EPA issued a direct final approval of

these SIP revisions. On the same day

(July 14, 1997), EPA proposed approval

and solicited public comment on the

SIP revisions. This proposed rule

established a 30-day public comment

period noting that if adverse comments

were received regarding the direct final

rule EPA would withdraw the direct

final rule and publish an additional

final rule to address the public

comments. Adverse comments were

received during the public comment

period, and EPA withdrew the direct

final rule on September 3, 1997 (62 FR

46446). This final rule addresses these

comments and finalizes the approval of

the Chicago and Metro-East area 15

percent and contingency plans, and the

Metro-East area TCMs.

DATES: This final rule is effective

January 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the SIP revision

request are available for inspection at

the following address: (It is

recommended that you telephone Mark

J. Palermo at (312) 886–6082, before

visiting the Region 5 office).

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation

Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois, 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark J. Palermo, Environmental

Protection Specialist, at (312) 886–6082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background on Rate-Of-Progress and

Contingency Plan Requirements and

EPA Review Criteria

On November 15, 1990, Congress

enacted amendments to the Clean Air

Act (Act); Public Law 101–549, 104 Stat.

2399, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Section 182(b)(1) of the Act requires

States with ozone nonattainment areas

classified as moderate and above to

submit ROP plans to reduce VOC

emissions by 15 percent from 1990

levels by November 15, 1996,

accounting for growth in the VOC

emissions occurring after 1990. For

purposes of these plans, the Act, under

sections 182(b)(1) (B) and (D), defines

baseline emissions as the total amounts

of actual VOC emissions from all

anthropogenic sources in the ozone

nonattainment areas during the calendar

year of the enactment of the revision of

the Act (1990), subtracting or factoring

out emission reductions achieved by the

Federal Motor Vehicle Emissions

Control Program (FMVCP) regulations

promulgated before January 1, 1990, and

by the 1990 gasoline Reid Vapor

Pressure (RVP) regulations (55 FR

23666, June 11, 1990).1 The baseline

emissions are also referred to as the

‘‘1990 adjusted base year inventories.’’

EPA interprets ‘‘calendar year’’

emissions to consist of typical ozone

season weekday emissions, because the

applicable ozone National Ambient Air

Quality Standard (NAAQS) (0.12 parts

per million, one-hour average) is

generally exceeded or violated during

ozone season weekdays when ozone

precursor emissions and meteorological

conditions are the most conducive to

ozone formation. (See ‘‘State

Implementation Plans: General

Preamble for the Implementation of

Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments

of 1990,’’ proposed rule (57 FR 13507),

Federal Register, April 16, 1992

(hereafter referred to as the General

Preamble)).

Section 182(b)(1)(D) of the Act places

limits on what emission reductions can

be claimed by ROP plans. All

permanent and enforceable VOC

emission reductions occurring after

1990 are creditable with the following

exceptions: (1) Those resulting from any

emission control measure relating to