Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 58 / Friday, March 26, 2010 / Proposed Rules 14547 

C. EPA Recommendations To Further 

Improve the Rules 

The TSD describes additional rule 

revisions that we recommend for the 

next time the local agency modifies the 

rules. 

D. Public Comment and Final Action 

Because EPA believes the submitted 

rules fulfill all relevant requirements, 

we are proposing to fully approve them 

as described in section 110(k)(3) of the 

Act. We will accept comments from the 

public on this proposal for the next 30 

days. Unless we receive convincing new 

information during the comment period, 

we intend to publish a final approval 

action that will incorporate these rules 

into the federally enforceable SIP. 

III. 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. 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 Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• 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, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the State, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: March 8, 2010. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6804 Filed 3–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

48 CFR Chapter 14 

RIN 1076–AE95 

Tribal Consultation on Draft Buy Indian 

Act Regulations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: Indian Affairs will conduct 

consultation meetings with Indian tribes 

to obtain oral and written comments 

concerning draft regulations to 

implement the Buy Indian Act. See the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice for details. 

DATES: The tribal consultation meetings 

will take place on Monday, April 26, 

2010; Wednesday, April 28, 2010; and 

Friday, April 30, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Daum, Director, Indian Affairs, 

Office of Acquisition and Property 

Management (OAPM), 2051 Mercator 

Drive, Reston, VA 20191; Telephone: 

(703) 390–6460; Fax: (703) 390–6582; Email: kathy.daum@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Indian Affairs is developing a rule to 

guide implementation of the Buy Indian 

Act, 25 U.S.C. 47, which provides 

authority to set aside procurement 

contracts for qualified Indian-owned 

businesses. The rule will supplement 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) and the Department of the 

Interior Acquisition Regulations (DIAR). 

Indian Affairs is developing the rule to 

describe uniform administrative 

procedures that Indian Affairs will use 

in all of its locations to encourage 

procurement relationships with eligible 

Indian economic enterprises in the 

execution of the Buy Indian Act. The 

draft rule being developed includes 

revisions to address the input received 

as a result of earlier publications in the 

Federal Register soliciting comment 

and consultation hearings in Indian 

Country. Indian Affairs reviewed all 

comments received to date, addressed 

them in succeeding draft versions, and 

incorporated them into the current draft 

version of the rule, where applicable. A 

consultation booklet containing the 

current draft version of the rule will be 

distributed to federally recognized 

Indian tribes and BIA regional and 

agency offices and will be available at 

the meetings. 

II. Meeting Details 

Tribal consultation meetings will be 

held at the following dates and 

locations: 

Date Time Location 

Monday, April 26, 2010 ................ 9 a.m.–5 p.m .......... Holiday Inn Portland Airport, 8439 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, OR 97220, (503) 

914–5251. 

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 ......... 9 a.m.–5 p.m .......... Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza 505, North Fifth Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, (605) 

348–8000. 

Friday, April 30, 2010 .................. 9 a.m.–5 p.m ......... Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, 1902 East 71st, Tulsa, OK 74136, (918) 493–7000. 


emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with PROPOSALS
14548 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 58 / Friday, March 26, 2010 / Proposed Rules 

Dated: March 18, 2010. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6742 Filed 3–25–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 0911051395–0145–01] 

RIN 0648–AY32 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 

Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based 

Amendment for the South Atlantic 

Region 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this proposed 

rule to implement the Comprehensive 

Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 (CE– 

BA1) to the following South Atlantic 

fishery management plans (FMPs): The 

FMP for Coral, Coral reefs, and Live/ 

Hard Bottom Habitats of the South 

Atlantic Region (Coral FMP); the FMP 

for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery off 

the Atlantic States (Dolphin and Wahoo 

FMP); the FMP for Golden Crab of the 

South Atlantic Region (Golden Crab 

FMP); the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery 

of the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp 

FMP); and the FMP for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), as 

prepared and submitted by the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(Council); as well as the FMP for Coastal 

Migratory Pelagic (CMP) Resources 

(CMP FMP); and the FMP for the Spiny 

Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 

and South Atlantic (Spiny Lobster 

FMP), as prepared and submitted by the 

South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Councils. This 

proposed rule would establish 

Deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern (Deepwater Coral 

HAPCs) off the coast of the southern 

Atlantic States in which the use of 

specified fishing gear and methods and 

the possession of coral would be 

prohibited. Within the Deepwater Coral 

HAPCs, fishing zones would be created 

that would allow continued fishing on 

the historical grounds for golden crab 

and deepwater shrimp. In addition, CE– 

BA1 would update existing Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH) information in the 

area off the southern Atlantic States, 

thus, addressing the need for spatial 

representation of designated EFH and 

EFH–HAPCs. The intended effects of 

this rule are to protect what is thought 

to be the largest distribution of pristine 

deepwater coral ecosystems in the 

world while minimizing the effects on 

traditional fishing in the Deepwater 

Coral HAPCs. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

proposed rule must be received no later 

than 5 p.m., eastern time, on May 10, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0648–AY32, by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

• Fax: 727–824–5308, Attn: Karla 

Gore 

• Mail: Karla Gore, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period has closed. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

To submit comments through the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter ‘‘NOAA– 

NMFS–2009–0158’’ in the keyword 

search, then select ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission.’’ NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments. Enter N/A in the 

required field if you wish to remain 

anonymous. Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. 

Copies of CE–BA1 may be obtained 

from the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place, 

Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

phone: 843–571–4366 or 866–SAFMC– 

10 (toll free); fax: 843–769–4520; e-mail: 

safmc@safmc.net. CE–BA1 includes a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (IRFA), a Regulatory Impact 

Review, and a Social Impact 

Assessment/Fishery Impact Statement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karla Gore, telephone: 727–824–5305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fisheries for coastal migratory pelagics; 

coral, coral reefs, and live/hard bottom 

habitats; dolphin and wahoo; golden 

crab; shrimp; spiny lobster; and 

snapper-grouper off the southern 

Atlantic States are managed under their 

respective FMPs. The FMPs were 

prepared by the Council(s) and are 

implemented under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations 

at 50 CFR part 622. 

Deepwater Coral HAPCs 

Deepwater corals are slow growing 

and easily damaged by bottom-tending 

gear. Areas of deepwater coral provide 

hard substrates and habitat for a 

biologically rich and diverse community 

of associated fish and invertebrates. 

More than 99 species of fish and 

invertebrates are associated with 

deepwater coral habitats, including 

commercial species such as wreckfish, 

deepwater groupers, and golden crab. 

The proposed rule would establish 

five Deepwater Coral HAPCs: Cape 

Lookout Lophelia Banks Deepwater 

Coral HAPC, Cape Fear Lophelia Banks 

Deepwater Coral HAPC, Stetson-Miami 

Terrace Deepwater Coral HAPC, 

Pourtales Terrace Deepwater Coral 

HAPC, and Blake Ridge Diapir 

Deepwater Coral HAPC. These 

Deepwater Coral HAPCs would provide 

positive biological benefits to the 

deepwater corals and to the species that 

rely on these areas. In all of the 

proposed Deepwater Coral HAPCs, 

possession of coral species and the use 

of bottom longline, trawl (mid-water 

and bottom), dredge, pot, or trap gear 

would be prohibited. The use of anchor, 

anchor and chain, or grapple and chain 

would also be prohibited within the 

Deepwater Coral HAPCs. The fishery for 

wreckfish would not be affected since 

the use of bottom tending hook-and-line 

gear used in that fishery would not be 

prohibited in the proposed Deepwater 

Coral HAPCs. Similarly, the use of 

hook-and-line gear commonly used in 

the snapper-grouper fishery would not 

be prohibited. 

Given the slow-growth of these 

deepwater corals, the restrictions in this 

proposed rule would be expected to 

result in long-term biological benefits to 

deepwater coral habitat as well as the 

species that utilize this habitat. 

Shrimp Fishery Access Areas 

This rule would designate four 

portions of one of the Deepwater Coral 

HAPCs as shrimp fishery access areas. 

In these areas, an owner or operator of 

a vessel for which a valid commercial 


emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with PROPOSALS