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Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 31 U.S.C. 3801 

et seq.; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 35.3 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 35.3: 

■ a. In paragraphs (a)(1) introductory 

text, (b)(1)(ii), and (f) remove ‘‘$13,508’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘13,946; and 

■ b. In paragraph (f), remove ‘‘$405,270’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘$418,405’’. 

PART 103—REGULATIONS FOR 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL 

WEAPONS CONVENTION AND THE 

CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION 

IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 1998 ON 

THE TAKING OF SAMPLES AND ON 

ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS 

CONCERNING RECORDKEEPING AND 

INSPECTIONS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 103 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 6701 

et seq.; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 103.6 [Amended] 

■ 4. In § 103.6: 

■ a. In paragraph (a)(1), remove 

‘‘$45,429’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$46,901’’; and 

■ b. In paragraph (a)(2), remove 

‘‘$9,086’’ and add in its place ‘‘$9,380’’. 

PART 127—VIOLATIONS AND 

PENALTIES 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 127 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sections 2, 38, and 42, Pub. L. 

90–629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 

2791); 22 U.S.C. 401; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 

U.S.C. 2779a; 22 U.S.C. 2780; E.O. 13637, 78 

FR 16129; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 127.10 [Amended] 

■ 6. In § 127.10: 

■ a. In paragraph (a)(1)(i), remove 

‘‘$1,200,000’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,238,892’’; 

■ b. In paragraph (a)(1)(ii), remove 

‘‘$996,685’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,028,988’’; and 

■ c. In paragraph (a)(1)(iii), remove 

‘‘$1,186,338’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,224,787’’. 

PART 138—RESTRICTIONS ON 

LOBBYING 

■ 7. The authority citation for part 138 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 31 U.S.C. 1352; 

Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 138.400 [Amended] 

■ 8. In § 138.400: 

■ a. In paragraphs (a), (b), and (e), 

remove ‘‘$23,727’’ and ‘‘$237,268’’ and 

add in their place ‘‘$24,496’’ and 

‘‘$244,958’’, respectively; and 

■ b. In paragraph (e), remove ‘‘$23,343’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘$24,100’’. 

Kevin E. Bryant, 

Deputy Director, Office of Directives 

Management, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–29003 Filed 1–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

29 CFR Part 1952 

California Occupational Safety and 

Health State Plan; Operational Status 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notification of revisions to the 

California State Plan’s Operational 

Status Agreement. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

new Operational Status Agreement 

between the Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA) and the 

California State Plan, which specifies 

the areas of State responsibility and 

delineates continuing Federal 

responsibilities. 

DATES: Effective January 5, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For press inquiries: Francis Meilinger, 

OSHA Office of Communications; 

telephone: (202) 693–1999; email: 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

For general and technical 

information: Douglas J. Kalinowski, 

Director, OSHA Directorate of 

Cooperative and State Programs; 

telephone: (202) 693–2200; email: 

kalinowski.doug@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

California administers an OSHAapproved State Plan to develop and 

enforce occupational safety and health 

standards for public-sector and privatesector employers, pursuant to the 

provisions of Section 18 of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act (the 

OSH Act), 29 U.S.C. 667. The California 

Occupational Safety and Health State 

Plan received initial Federal OSHA 

approval on May 1, 1973 (38 FR 10717), 

pursuant to Section 18(c) of the OSH 

Act (29 U.S.C. 667(c)), and the Division 

of Occupational Safety and Health of the 

California Department of Industrial 

Relations (DIR) was designated as the 

state agency responsible for 

administering the State Plan. Pursuant 

to Section 18(e) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 

667(e), as implemented by 29 CFR 

1954.3, OSHA and California DIR 

entered into an initial Operational 

Status Agreement (OSA) on October 3, 

1989, whereby concurrent Federal 

enforcement authority was suspended 

with regard to Federal occupational 

safety and health standards in issues 

covered by the State Plan. The 1989 

OSA was published in the Federal 

Register on July 12, 1990 (55 FR 28612). 

Subsequently, on April 30, 2014, OSHA 

and California DIR signed a new OSA, 

which replaced the prior 1989 OSA. The 

new 2014 OSA was published in the 

Federal Register on June 2, 2017 (82 FR 

25631). 

II. Notification of New Operational 

Status Agreement 

On September 15, 2022, OSHA and 

California DIR signed a new OSA, 

which replaced the prior 2014 OSA. The 

new OSA remains largely the same as 

the 2014 OSA, but includes a few 

necessary clarifications and corrections, 

as briefly described herein. First, the 

2022 OSA clarifies that Federal OSHA 

enforcement authority within U.S. 

military installations applies when the 

installations’ borders are ‘‘secured’’ and 

access is controlled, but that California 

DIR continues to have enforcement 

authority over state and local 

government employers on such military 

installations. Second, the 2022 OSA 

defines the ‘‘Federal enclaves’’ over 

which Federal OSHA retains 

enforcement authority, and revises the 

specific list of recognized Federal 

enclaves to bring that list up to date. 

Third, the 2022 OSA clarifies the scope 

of Federal OSHA enforcement authority 

over employers operating on Native 

American Reservations or Trust lands, 

including that California DIR continues 

to have enforcement authority over state 

and local government employers 

operating on such lands and over Tribal 

member employers operating outside of 

such lands. Fourth, and finally, the 2022 

OSA clarifies that the definition of 

‘‘maritime employment’’ over which 

Federal OSHA maintains enforcement 

authority includes all afloat dredging 

and pile-driving and similar operations 

on navigable waters, and all floating 

drilling platforms on navigable waters. 

Effective immediately, Federal OSHA 

and California DIR will exercise their 

respective enforcement authorities 

according to the terms of the 2022 OSA 

between them. As detailed in the 2022 

OSA, Federal enforcement 

responsibility under the OSH Act will 

continue to be exercised with regard to: 

Federal Government employers, 

including the United States Postal 

Service (USPS), as well as contractors 


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and contractor-operated facilities 

engaged in USPS mail operations; 

private sector employers within the 

secured borders of all United States 

military installations where access is 

controlled; private sector employers 

within the borders of Federal enclaves, 

including property where the Federal 

government reserved jurisdiction when 

the State of California entered the Union 

and where Federal properties were 

acquired from the State of California 

with the consent of the State legislature; 

private sector employers and Native 

American-owned or tribal workplaces 

within the borders of all U.S. 

Government recognized Native 

American Reservations or on lands held 

in Trust for the various tribes in 

California; and maritime employment 

(except marine construction, which the 

State covers on bridges, and on shore) 

on the navigable waters of the United 

States. Federal responsibility will also 

continue to be exercised with regard to 

investigation and inspection for the 

purpose of carrying out the monitoring 

obligations under Section 18(f) of the 

OSH Act, 29 U.S.C. 667(f), as 

implemented by 29 CFR part 1954, and 

the enforcement of complaints filed 

with Federal OSHA under the OSH 

Act’s whistleblower provision, Section 

11(c), 29 U.S.C. 660(c). For further 

information please visit https://

www.osha.gov/stateplans/ca. 

Authority and Signature 

Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210, authorized the preparation of 

this notice. OSHA is issuing this 

notification under the authority 

specified by Section 18 of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 667), Secretary of 

Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393 

(Sept. 18, 2020)), and 29 CFR parts 1902 

and 1953. 

Signed in Washington, DC. 

Douglas L. Parker, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00047 Filed 1–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 147 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2023–0073; FRL 9916–02– 

OW] 

State of Louisiana Underground 

Injection Control Program; Class VI 

Primacy 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is approving an application 

from the state of Louisiana to revise the 

state’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

section 1422 underground injection 

control (UIC) program to include Class 

VI injection well primary enforcement 

responsibility (primacy). This final rule 

allows the Louisiana Department of 

Natural Resources to issue UIC permits 

for geologic carbon sequestration 

facilities as Class VI wells and ensure 

compliance of Class VI wells under the 

UIC program within the state. The EPA 

will remain the permitting authority for 

all well classes in Indian lands within 

the state and will also oversee 

Louisiana’s administration of the state’s 

UIC Class VI program as authorized 

under SDWA. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

February 5, 2024. The Director of the 

Federal Register approved this 

incorporation by reference in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 

CFR part 51 on February 5, 2024. For 

judicial purposes, this final rule is 

promulgated as of January 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2023–0073. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the http://www.regulations.gov website. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., confidential business information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by law. 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 

electronically through http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Kelly, Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Development Division, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water (4606M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–3887; or 

Lisa Pham, U.S. EPA Region 6, 

Groundwater/UIC Section (Mail code 

WDDG), 1201 Elm Street, Suite 500, 

Dallas, Texas 75720–2102; telephone 

number: (214) 665–8326. Both can be 

reached by emailing: LAClassVINOA@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

A. UIC Program and Primary Enforcement 

Authority (Primacy) 

B. Class VI Wells Under the UIC Program 

C. Louisiana UIC Programs 

D. Final Rule 

II. Legal Authorities 

III. Louisiana’s Application for Class VI 

Primacy 

A. Background 

B. Public Participation Activities 

Conducted by Louisiana 

C. Environmental Justice (EJ) in Class VI 

Permitting 

D. Summary of the EPA’s Comprehensive 

Evaluation 

E. Public Participation Activities 

Conducted by the EPA 

IV. Public Comments and the EPA’s 

Responses 

A. Public Comments 

B. The EPA’s Response to Comments 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 14094: Modernizing Regulatory 

Review 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions 

To Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations; Executive Order 14096: 

Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment 

to Environmental Justice for All 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

VII. References 

I. Introduction 

A. UIC Program and Primary 

Enforcement Authority (Primacy) 

The Safe Drinking Water Act (also 

known as SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300h–1, 

was passed by Congress in 1974. It 

protects public health by regulating the 

nation’s public drinking water supply, 

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