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DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

October 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2013–0511, by mail to Amy 

Bhesania, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Air Planning and Development 

Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219. Comments may 

also be submitted electronically or 

through hand delivery/courier by 

following the detailed instructions in 

the ADDRESSES section of the direct final 

rule located in the rules section of this 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bhesania at (913) 551–7147, or by 

email at bhesania.amy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of the Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

revision amendment and anticipates no 

relevant adverse comments to this 

action. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no relevant adverse comments 

are received in response to this action, 

no further activity is contemplated in 

relation to this action. If EPA receives 

relevant adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on part of 

this rule and if that part can be severed 

from the remainder of the rule, EPA may 

adopt as final those parts of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Karl Brooks, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

49 CFR Part 26 

[Docket No. OST–2012–0147] 

RIN 2105–AE08 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise: 

Program Implementation Modifications 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM); Notice of Reopening Comment 

Period and Public Listening Session. 

SUMMARY: On September 6, 2012, the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) concerning various 

modifications to the Department’s 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

(DBE) Program. In a later notice 

published on October 25, 2012, the 

Department extended the public 

comment period until December 24, 

2012. Various commenters to the NPRM 

expressed interest in the Department 

holding a public meeting on the 

proposed changes prior to issuing a final 

rule. The Department agrees. The 

Department will hold a public listening 

session on the changes proposed in the 

NPRM on October 9, 2013, from 12:00 

p.m. EDT to 4:00 p.m. EDT in the 

Department’s Washington, DC 

headquarters. The Department is 

simultaneously reopening the comment 

period from September 18, 2013 to 

October 30, 2013. Interested persons 

from both the public and private sectors 

are invited to offer their views orally or 

in writing on specific aspects of the 

NPRM noted below. 

DATES: A public listening session will be 

held on October 9, 2013, in Washington, 

DC, which will commence at 12:00 noon 

EDT and end no later than 4:00 p.m. 

EDT. The comment period for the 

NPRM is extended to October 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: (1) Public Listening Session: 

The public listening session will be held 

at DOT’s Washington, DC Headquarters 

at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, in the 

Oklahoma City conference room located 

on the ground floor of the West 

Building. (2) Attendance: Due to 

security and seating limitations, any 

person wishing to attend the listening 

session should register at least five 

business days before the date of the 

session (October 2, 2013) by going to the 

OSDBU Web site at www.dot.gov/osdbu. 

Seating is on a first-come first-served 

basis and space is limited. For 

information on facilities or services for 

persons with disabilities or to request 

special assistance at the meeting, please 

contact Marilyn Hearns in DOT’s Office 

of General Counsel by telephone (202– 

366–9154) or by email 

(Marilyn.Hearns@dot.gov) as soon as 

possible. (3) Teleconference: Please 

contact Marilyn Hearns if you wish to 

participate in this public listening 

session via teleconference line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

Anne Robinson, Office of General Law, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, 202–366–6984, 

JoAnne.Robinson@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 6, 2012, the Department 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, 

‘‘Disadvantaged Business Enterprise: 

Program Implementation 

Modifications,’’ at 77 FR 54952, that 

proposed various changes to the 

Department’s DBE program, including: 

revisions to personal net worth, 

application, and reporting forms; 

modifications to various certificationrelated provisions of the rule; and 

revisions to several other provisions of 

the rule, concerning such subjects as 

good faith efforts, transit vehicle 

manufacturers and goal setting. The 

Department then published a notice on 

October 25, 2012, at 77 FR 651164, that 

corrected minor errors in the NPRM 

related to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

and extended the public comment 

period until December 24, 2012. Several 

commenters suggested that the 

Department hold a public meeting or 

listening session on the proposed 

changes before issuing a final rule. After 

reviewing the comments, the 

Department agrees that a public 

listening session would be helpful to all 

relevant stakeholders as well as 

interested members of the public and 

has scheduled a public listening session 

for October 9, 2013. 

Listening Session 

The listening session will provide an 

opportunity for interested parties to 

articulate the issues and concerns they 

have with certain aspects of the NPRM. 

In particular, the Department is 

interested in hearing from the public on 

the following: 

1. What are the specific, quantifiable 

costs and benefits associated with 

completing or reviewing the proposed 

forms (Personal Net Worth, Certification 

Application, Uniform Report on 

Awards/Commitments; DBE Payment 

Data) from the perspective of a 

certifying entity, an applicant firm, or a 

recipient (where applicable); 


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2. What are the specific, quantifiable 

costs and benefits associated with 

requiring certified DBEs to submit 

additional documents with the annual 

no change affidavit from the perspective 

of a certifying entity and a certified 

DBE; 

3. What are the specific, quantifiable 

costs and benefits associated with 

requiring good faith efforts 

documentation when bids are due and 

requiring additional documents (i.e., 

DBE and non-DBE quotes, DBE 

subcontracts) from the perspective of a 

prime contractor, a DBE, and the 

recipient letting the contract. 

Any person wishing to participate in 

the listening session should notify DOT 

by telephone or by email, at the 

addresses provided in the Attendance 

section of this notice at least five 

business days prior to the date of the 

listening session (October 2, 2013). The 

notification should identify the party 

the person represents, and the particular 

subject(s) described above the person 

plans to address. The notification 

should also provide the participant’s 

contact information. Please put ‘‘NPRM 

Listening Session’’ in the subject line of 

the email notification. 

At the listening session, a DOT 

representative will make an opening 

statement outlining the procedures for 

the session. Speakers’ remarks will be 

limited to 5 minutes each, although the 

Department may need to limit the 

duration of presentations, if necessary, 

to provide all participants the 

opportunity to speak. If sufficient time 

exists after all initial statements by 

those wishing to speak have been 

completed, the Department may allow 

those persons wishing to make a brief 

rebuttal to do so in the same order in 

which the initial statements were made. 

If necessary, the Department may 

provide additional instructions and 

modify speaking limits at the time of the 

listening session. A transcript of the 

discussions will be made a part of the 

public docket in this rulemaking. 

Extension of Comment Period 

To accommodate the public listening 

session and to provide interested parties 

the opportunity to submit comments in 

response to views or information 

provided at the public listening session, 

the Department is reopening the 

comment period for this rulemaking 

from September 18, 2013 to October 30, 

2013. You may submit comments 

(identified by the agency name and DOT 

Docket ID Number OST–2012–0147) by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Materials 

may also be submitted directly to DOT 

staff at the public listening session. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Issued this 9th day of September, 2013 at 

Washington, DC, under authority delegated 

in 49 CFR 1.27. 

Kathryn B. Thomson, 

Acting General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

RIN 0648–BD05 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery Off the Southern 

Atlantic States; Amendment 27 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) has 

submitted Amendment 27 (Amendment 

27) to the Fishery Management Plan for 

the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (FMP) for review, 

approval, and implementation by 

NMFS. Amendment 27 would extend 

the South Atlantic Council’s jurisdiction 

for management of Nassau grouper into 

the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ); increase the 

number of allowable crew members to 

four on dual-permitted snapper-grouper 

vessels (i.e., vessels holding a South 

Atlantic Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit 

for Snapper-Grouper and a commercial 

South Atlantic Unlimited or a 225- 

Pound Trip Limit Snapper-Grouper 

Permit) that are fishing commercially; 

remove the prohibition on retaining any 

fish under the aggregate bag limit for 

grouper and tilefish or the vermilion 

snapper bag limit by captain and crew 

of federally-permitted for-hire vessels; 

modify the snapper-grouper framework 

procedures to allow acceptable 

biological catch levels (ABCs), annual 

catch limits (ACLs), and annual catch 

targets (ACTs) to be adjusted via an 

abbreviated framework process; and 

remove blue runner from the FMP. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 18, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the amendment identified by 

‘‘NOAA-NMFS–2013–0085’’ by any of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic submissions: Submit 

electronic comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2013- 

0085, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Kate Michie, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. 

Electronic copies of Amendment 27 

may be obtained from the Southeast 

Regional Office Web site at http://

sero.nmfs.noaa.gov. Amendment 27 

includes a Regulatory Impact Review 

and a Fishery Impact Statement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Michie, telephone: 727–824–5305, or 

email: Kate.Michie@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) requires each 

regional fishery management council to 

submit any fishery management plan or 

amendment to NMFS for review and 

approval, partial approval, or 

disapproval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

also requires that NMFS, upon receiving 

a plan or amendment, publish an 

announcement in the Federal Register 


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