39888 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 156 / Monday, August 13, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 

Affairs, approved this document on 

August 6, 2018, for publication. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For reasons set out in the preamble, 

the Department of Veterans Affairs 

amends 38 CFR part 3 as follows: 

PART 3—ADJUDICATION 

Subpart A—Pension, Compensation, 

and Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 3, 

subpart A continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless 

otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 3.1702 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 3.1702 Persons who may receive burial 

benefits; priority of payments. 

(a) Automatic payments to surviving 

spouses of eligible deceased veterans. 

(1) On or after July 7, 2014, VA may 

automatically pay a burial benefit to an 

eligible veteran’s surviving spouse, 

whether or not previously established as 

a dependent spouse on the deceased 

veteran’s compensation or pension 

award, when VA knows of or is 

informed of the existence of the 

surviving spouse, can establish the 

surviving spouse’s relationship under 

§ 3.204 (when applicable), and is able to 

determine burial benefits eligibility 

based on evidence of record at the time 

VA updates its computer system to 

reflect the veteran’s date of death. 

(2) VA may grant additional burial 

benefits, including the plot or interment 

allowance, reimbursement for 

transportation, and the serviceconnected burial allowance under 

§ 3.1704, to the surviving spouse or any 

other eligible person in accordance with 

paragraph (b) of this section and based 

on a claim described in § 3.1703. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2018–0098; A–1–FRL– 

9981–55—Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; 

Control of Volatile Organic Compound 

Emissions, Control of Nitrogen Oxide 

Emissions, and Sulfur Content of Fuels 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Rhode Island. 

This revision updates Rhode Island Air 

Pollution Control Regulations (APCRs) 

for volatile organic compound (VOC) 

emissions, nitrogen oxide (NOX) 

emissions, sulfur content in fuel 

requirements and associated general 

definitions. The intended effect of this 

action is to approve the revised 

regulations. This action is being taken 

under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective September 

12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2018–0098. 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, i.e., 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 at https://

www.regulations.gov or at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Region 1, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, Boston, 

MA. EPA requests that if at all possible, 

you contact the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David L. Mackintosh, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Region 1, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, tel. 

617–918–1584, email 

Mackintosh.David@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. Response to Comments 

III. Final Action 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On June 15, 2018 (83 FR 25981), EPA 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) for the State of Rhode Island. In 

the NPRM, EPA proposed approval of 

SIP revisions submitted by the Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental 

Management (RI DEM) on February 10, 

2017. This SIP submittal included six 

revised Air Pollution Control 

Regulations (APCRs): No. 8, ‘‘Sulfur 

Content of Fuels;’’ No. 19, ‘‘Control of 

Volatile Organic Compounds from 

Surface Coating Operations;’’ No. 27, 

‘‘Control of Nitrogen Oxides 

Emissions;’’ No. 35, ‘‘Control of Volatile 

Organic Compounds and Volatile 

Hazardous Air Pollutants from Wood 

Products Manufacturing Operations;’’ 

No. 36, ‘‘Control of Emissions from 

Organic Solvent Cleaning;’’ and General 

Definitions. 

The NPRM provides the rationale for 

EPA’s proposed approval, which will 

not be restated here. 

II. Response to Comments 

EPA received two anonymous 

comments in response to the notice of 

proposed rulemaking. The comments 

address subjects outside the scope of the 

proposed action, did not explain (or 

provide a legal basis for) how the 

proposed action should differ in any 

way, and made no specific mention of 

the proposed action. Therefore, the 

comments are not germane and EPA 

provides no further response. 

III. Final Action 

EPA is approving the February 10, 

2017 RI DEM SIP submittal consisting of 

the six revised APCRs: No. 8, ‘‘Sulfur 

Content of Fuels’’ (with the exception of 

sections 8.7 and 8.8.3); No. 19, ‘‘Control 

of Volatile Organic Compounds from 

Surface Coating Operations’’ (with the 

exception of sections 19.2.2 and 19.9.2); 

No. 27, ‘‘Control of Nitrogen Oxides 

Emissions’’ (with the exception of 

section 27.7.3); No. 35, ‘‘Control of 

Volatile Organic Compounds and 

Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutants from 

Wood Products Manufacturing 

Operations’’ (with the exception of 

sections 35.2.3 and 35.9.3); No. 36, 

‘‘Control of Emissions from Organic 

Solvent Cleaning’’ (with the exception 

of sections 36.2.2 and 36.14.2); and 


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1 62 FR 27968 (May 22, 1997). 

General Definitions (with the exception 

of the provision entitled ‘‘Application’’ 

under the ‘‘General Provisions’’). 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is finalizing the 

incorporation by reference of the Rhode 

Island regulations described in the 

amendments to 40 CFR part 52 set forth 

below. The EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these documents 

generally available through https://

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 1 Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

Therefore, these materials have been 

approved by EPA for inclusion in the 

State implementation plan, have been 

incorporated by reference by EPA into 

that plan, are fully federally enforceable 

under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA 

as of the effective date of the final 

rulemaking of EPA’s approval, and will 

be incorporated by reference in the next 

update to the SIP compilation.1

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 

7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in 

reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s role 

is to approve state choices, provided 

that they meet the criteria of the Clean 

Air Act. 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 Orders12866 (58 FR 51735, 

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

January 21, 2011); 

• This action is not an Executive 

Order 13771 regulatory action because 

this action is not significant 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); 

• 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 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). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where 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 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. 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 October 12, 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, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: August 6, 2018. 

Alexandra Dunn, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

Part 52 of chapter I, title 40 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations 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 OO—Rhode Island 

■ 2. In § 52.2070(c), the table is 

amended by revising the entries for ‘‘Air 

Pollution Control General Definitions 

Regulation’’, ‘‘Air Pollution Control 

Regulation 8’’, ‘‘Air Pollution Control 

Regulation 19’’, ‘‘Air Pollution Control 

Regulation 27’’, ‘‘Air Pollution Control 

Regulation 35’’, and ‘‘Air Pollution 

Control Regulation 36’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 52.2070 Identification of plan. 

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EPA-APPROVED RHODE ISLAND REGULATIONS

State citation Title/subject 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanations 

Air Pollution Control General 

Definitions Regulation.

General Definitions ................ 1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding ‘‘Application’’ section of the ‘‘General Provisions’’ which was not submitted by the State 

* * * * * * * 

Air Pollution Control Regulation 8.Sulfur Content of Fuels .......... 1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding sections 8.7 and 

8.8.3 which were not submitted by the State. 

* * * * * * * 

Air Pollution Control Regulation 19.Control of Volatile Organic 

Compounds from Surface 

Coating Operations.

1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding sections 19.2.2 and 

19.9.2, which were not submitted by the State. 

* * * * * * * 

Air Pollution Control Regulation 27.Control of Nitrogen Oxides 

Emissions.

1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding section 27.7.3 

which was not submitted by 

the State. 

* * * * * * * 

Air Pollution Control Regulation 35.Control of Volatile Organic 

Compounds and Volatile 

Hazardous Air Pollutants 

from Wood Products Manufacturing Operations.

1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding sections 35.2.3 and 

35.9.3 which were not submitted by the State. 

Air Pollution Control Regulation 36.Control of Emissions from Organic Solvent Cleaning.1/9/2017 8/13/2018, [Insert Federal 

Register citation].

Excluding sections 36.2.2 and 

36.14.2 which were not 

submitted by the State. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2018–0178; FRL–9981– 

40—Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 1997 

8-Hour Ozone Attainment 

Demonstration 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving the ozone 

attainment demonstration portion of a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Connecticut to meet the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) requirements for attaining the 

1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS). The EPA is 

approving Connecticut’s demonstration 

of attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

NAAQS for the New York-Northern 

New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT 

moderate 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area (hereafter, the NYNJ-CT area or the NY-NJ-CT 

nonattainment area). In addition, the 

EPA is approving Connecticut’s 

reasonably available control measures 

(RACM) analysis. This action is being 

taken under the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

September 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2018–0178. 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, i.e., 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 at https://

www.regulations.gov or at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Region 1 Regional Office, Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests 

that if at all possible, you contact the 

contact listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Wortman, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Region 1 Regional Office, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100 (Mail Code OEP05– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, phone 

number: (617) 918–1624, fax number: 

(617) 918–0624, email: wortman.eric@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

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

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. Summary of Action 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On May 25, 2018 (83 FR 24259), the 

EPA published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) for the State of 

Connecticut. In the May 25, 2018 

proposed rulemaking action, the EPA 


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