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§ 17.125 Where to file claims. 

Generally, VA must preauthorize VA 

payment for health care services 

provided in the community when such 

care is provided in a State as that term 

is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(20). 

(a) Where VA payment for such 

services has not been authorized in 

advance, claims for payment for such 

health care services provided in a State 

should be submitted to the VA medical 

facility nearest to where those services 

were provided. 

(b) Claims for payment for hospital 

care and outpatient services authorized 

under § 17.35(a) and provided in 

Canada must be submitted to Veterans 

Affairs Canada, Foreign Countries 

Operations Unit, 2323 Riverside Dr., 

2nd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 

OP5. 

(c) All other claims for payment for 

hospital care and outpatient services 

authorized under § 17.35(a) and 

provided outside a State must be 

submitted to the Foreign Medical 

Program, P.O. Box 469061, Denver, CO 

80246–9061. 

§ 17.140 [Removed] 

■ 4. Remove § 17.140 and the 

undesignated center heading 

‘‘Delegations of Authority’’, 

immediately preceding it. 

§ 17.141 [Removed] 

■ 5. Remove § 17.141. 

■ 6. Add an undesignated center 

heading, ‘‘Delegation of Authority’’ 

immediately preceding § 17.142. 

■ 7. Remove the undesignated center 

heading, ‘‘Grants to the Republic of the 

Philippines’’, immediately preceding 

§ 17.350. 

§§ 17.350–17.352, 17.355, 17.362–17.367, 

17.369, and 17.370 [Removed] 

■ 8. Remove §§ 17.350 through 17.352, 

17.355, 17.362 through 17.367, 17.369, 

and 17.370. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2016–0590; FRL–9979– 

87—Region 10] 

Air Plan Approval; AK; Interstate 

Transport Requirements for the 2010 

Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal 

from the Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation (Alaska 

DEC) demonstrating that the SIP meets 

certain interstate transport requirements 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) promulgated in 2010 for 

nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur 

dioxide (SO2). The EPA has determined 

that Alaska’s SIP contains adequate 

provisions to ensure that air emissions 

in Alaska do not significantly contribute 

to nonattainment or interfere with the 

maintenance of the 2010 NO2 and SO2

NAAQS in any other state. 

DATES: This final rule is effective July 

25, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R10–OAR–2016–0590. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov, or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional availability information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Chi at (206) 553–1185, or chi.john@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, it is 

intended to refer to the EPA. 

Information is organized as follows: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Final Action 

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On April 23, 2018, the EPA proposed 

to approve Alaska’s March 10, 2016, SIP 

submission as meeting CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) interstate transport 

provisions for the 2010 NO2 and 2010 

SO2 NAAQS (83 FR 17627). Please see 

our proposed rulemaking for further 

explanation and the basis for our 

finding (April 23, 2018, 83 FR 17627). 

The public comment period for the 

EPA’s proposed action ended on May 

23, 2018. We received no adverse 

comments. There were four electronic 

comments submitted through https://

www.regulations.gov. We reviewed the 

comments and we have determined that 

none are germane to this action. 

Therefore, we are finalizing our action 

as proposed. 

II. Final Action 

The EPA is approving Alaska’s March 

10, 2016, SIP submission as 

demonstrating sources in Alaska do not 

significantly contribute to 

nonattainment, or interfere with 

maintenance, of the 2010 NO2 and SO2

NAAQS in any other state. Based on our 

review, we find the Alaska SIP meets 

the CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) 

interstate transport requirements for the 

2010 NO2 and SO2 NAAQS. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely approves state law as meeting 

federal requirements and does not 

impose additional requirements beyond 

those imposed by state law. For that 

reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 

FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory 

action because SIP approvals are 

exempted under Executive Order 12866; 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 


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• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act; 

and 

• does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on any 

Indian reservation land or in any other 

area where the EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications and it will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. The EPA will 

submit 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 United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. A major rule cannot take effect 

until 60 days after it is published in the 

Federal Register. This action is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by August 24, 2018. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed, 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

dioxide. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: June 14, 2018. 

Chris Hladick, 

Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 40 CFR part 52 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart C—Alaska 

■ 2. In § 52.70, the table in paragraph (e) 

is amended by adding an entry for 

‘‘Interstate Transport Requirements— 

2010 NO2 and 2010 SO2 NAAQS’’ after 

the entry for ‘‘Infrastructure 

Requirements—2010 SO2 NAAQS’’ to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.70 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED ALASKA NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES

Name of SIP provision 

Applicable 

geographic or 

non-attainment 

area 

State 

submittal date EPA approval date Explanations 

*******

State of Alaska Air Quality Control Plan: Volume III. Appendices 

*******

Infrastructure and Interstate Transport 

*******

Interstate Transport Requirements—2010 NO2 and 2010 SO2

NAAQS.

Statewide ....... 3/10/2016 6/25/2018, [Insert Federal Register citation].Approves SIP for purposes of CAA 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 

2010 NO2 and 2010 SO2

NAAQS. 

* * * * * * * 

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