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VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

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 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); 

• 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 CAA; 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). 

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 

dioxide. 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 136 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0797; FRL–9926–38– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–AF48 

Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 

for the Analysis of Effluent; Comment 

Extension 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) received requests for an 

extension of the period for providing 

comments on the proposed rule entitled, 

‘‘Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 

for the Analysis of Effluent,’’ published 

in the Federal Register on February 19, 

2015. EPA extends the comment period 

in order to provide the public additional 

time to submit comments and 

supporting information. 

DATES: EPA extends the public comment 

period for the proposed rule published 

February 19, 2015, (80 FR 8956) to May 

20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

proposed rule may be submitted to the 

EPA electronically, by mail, by facsimile 

or through hand delivery/courier. Please 

refer to the proposal (80 FR 8956) for the 

addresses and detailed instructions. 

Docket. Publically available 

documents relevant to this action are 

available for public inspection either 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Water Docket is (202) 566–2426. The 

EPA has established the official public 

docket No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0797. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrian Hanley, Engineering and 

Analysis Division (4303T), Office of 

Water, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone: 

(202) 564–1564; email: hanley.adrian@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comment Period 

The EPA is extending the previously 

announced public-comment period. The 

public comment period will end on May 

20, 2015, rather than April 20, 2015. 

This will ensure that the public has 

sufficient time to review and comment 

on all of the information available, 

including the proposed rule and other 

materials in the docket. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 136 

Environmental protection, 

Incorporation by reference, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Test 

procedures, Water pollution control. 

Dated: April 9, 2015. 

Kenneth J. Kopocis, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R01–RCRA–2015–0195; FRL–9926– 

53–Region 1] 

Vermont: Proposed Authorization of 

State Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to grant 

final authorization to the State of 

Vermont for changes to its hazardous 

waste program. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register we are authorizing the changes 

to the Vermont hazardous waste 

program under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 

as a direct final rule without prior 

proposed rule. EPA has determined that 

these changes satisfy all requirements 

needed to qualify for final authorization. 

If we receive no adverse comment, we 

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will not take further action on this 

proposed rule 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by May 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

RCRA–2015–0195, by mail to Sharon 

Leitch, RCRA Waste Management and 

UST Section, Office of Site Remediation 

and Restoration (OSRR07–1), U.S. EPA 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically or thorough 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: 

Sharon Leitch, RCRA Waste 

Management and UST Section, Office of 

Site Remediation and Restoration 

(OSRR07–1), U.S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109–3912; telephone number: (617) 

918–1647; fax number: (617) 918–0647; 

email address: leitch.sharon@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is authorizing 

these changes by a direct final rule. EPA 

did not make a proposal prior to the 

direct final rule because we believe this 

action is not controversial and do not 

expect adverse comments that oppose it. 

We have explained the reasons for this 

authorization in the preamble to the 

direct final rule. Unless we receive 

written adverse comments which 

oppose this authorization during the 

comment period, the direct final rule 

will become effective on the date it 

establishes, and we will not take further 

action on this proposal. If we get 

comments that oppose this action, we 

will withdraw the direct final rule and 

it will not take immediate effect. We 

will then respond to public comments 

in a later final rule based on this 

proposal. You may not have another 

opportunity for comment. If you want to 

comment on this action, you should do 

so at this time. 

Dated: March 24, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

45 CFR Parts 1610, 1627, and 1630 

Use of Non-LSC Funds, Transfer of 

LSC Funds, Program Integrity; 

Subgrants and Membership Fees or 

Dues; Cost Standards and Procedures 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule revises the 

Legal Services Corporation (LSC or 

Corporation) regulations governing 

transfers of LSC funds, subgrants to 

third parties, and cost standards and 

procedures. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

May 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Email: SubgrantRulemaking@lsc.gov. 

Include ‘‘Subgrant Rulemaking’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

Fax: (202) 337–6519, ATTN: Subgrant 

Rulemaking. 

Mail: Stefanie K. Davis, Assistant 

General Counsel, Legal Services 

Corporation, 3333 K Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20007, ATTN: Subgrant 

Rulemaking. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Stefanie K. 

Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Legal 

Services Corporation, 3333 K Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20007, ATTN: 

Subgrant Rulemaking. 

Instructions: Electronic submissions 

are preferred via email with attachments 

in Acrobat PDF format. LSC may not 

consider written comments sent via any 

other method or received after the end 

of the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stefanie K. Davis, Assistant General 

Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 

3333 K Street NW., Washington, DC 

20007, (202) 295–1563 (phone), (202) 

337–6519 (fax), sdavis@lsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Regulatory History 

A. Part 1627. LSC initially 

promulgated 45 CFR part 1627 in 1983 

to improve its oversight of and 

accountability for LSC funds transferred 

by recipients to third parties. 48 FR 

54206, 54207, Nov. 30, 1983. Prior to 

the issuance of part 1627, LSC did not 

regulate subawards of its funds. LSC 

intended part 1627 to apply to all 

transfers of LSC funds, which it 

described in the rule as subgrants, fees 

and dues, contributions, transfers to 

other recipients (considered a type of 

subgrant), training and education 

activities, and payments to tax-sheltered 

annuities, retirement accounts, and 

pensions on behalf of employees. Id. at 

54209. LSC did not intend the rule to 

govern a recipient’s procurement of 

goods and services for its own use. 48 

FR 28485, June 22, 1983; 48 FR 54206, 

54209, Nov. 30, 1983. 

In the proposed rule for part 1627, 

LSC defined the term subgrant as 

any transfer of funds received from the 

Corporation by a recipient to any 

organization for the purpose of carrying out 

a portion of the recipient’s program under a 

grant or contract from the Corporation; it 

shall not include a contract for services to be 

rendered directly to the recipient, nor shall 

it include any contract with private attorneys 

or law firms for the direct provision of legal 

services to eligible clients. 

48 FR 28485, 28486, June 22, 1983. In 

the final rule, LSC incorporated the 

quoted language into the definition of 

subrecipient, along with new language 

explaining what LSC considered 

activities conducted ‘‘for the purpose of 

carrying out a portion of the recipient’s 

program.’’ 48 FR 54206, 54207, Nov. 30, 

1983. LSC also made contracts with 

private attorneys or law firms for the 

direct provision of legal services to 

eligible clients subject to the subgrant 

rule if the contract cost exceeded 

$25,000. Id. LSC redefined the term 

subgrant as ‘‘any transfer of Corporation 

funds from a recipient which qualifies 

the organization receiving such funds as 

a subrecipient under the [revised 

definition of subrecipient].’’ Id. 

In part 1627, LSC established the 

process by which a recipient could seek 

approval of a proposed subgrant, the 

maximum duration of a subgrant, the 

recipient’s responsibilities for ensuring 

compliance with LSC’s fiscal and audit 

requirements, and the recipient’s 

responsibility to repay any disallowed 

costs. 48 FR 54206, 54209, Nov. 30, 

1983. LSC also asserted its own rights to 

oversee subgrants to ensure the 

subgrantees’ compliance with the LSC 

Act and other applicable statutes, LSC’s 

regulations, and Corporation guidelines 

and instructions. Id. A separate section 

of the rule made these requirements 

applicable to subgrants from one LSC 

recipient to another. Id. Because a 

subgrant of LSC funds from one LSC 

recipient to another is a transfer of 

funds granted by the same agency, LSC 

established reporting, accounting, and 

repayment rules for these types of 

arrangements that reflect LSC’s 

relationship to both parties. Id. at 54210. 

LSC last revised part 1627 in 1996. 

LSC published an interim rule to reflect 

the complete prohibition on the use of 

LSC funds to pay fees or dues enacted 

as part of its fiscal year 1996 

appropriations act (‘‘FY96 

appropriations act’’). Sec. 505, Public 

Law 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996). 

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