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1For further information, see the comments 

obtained during the Copyright Office’s two-year 

Special Projects process, particularly the Special 

Project on Technical Upgrades to Registration and 

Recordation Functions. Comments pertaining to the 

Special Project on Technological Upgrades to 

Registration and Recordation Functions are 

available on the Copyright Office Web site at 

http://www.copyright.gov//_upgrades/. 

2For further information, see the comments 

pertaining to the Copyright Office’s Strategic Plan 

for Recordation of Documents. These comments are 

available on the Copyright Office Web site at http:// 

www.copyright.gov/docs/recordation/. 

(A) One-Cent Coins: $1.4585 per 

pound. 

(B) 5-Cent Coins: $4.5359 per pound. 

(C) Dime, Quarter-Dollar, and HalfDollar Coins: $20.00 per pound. 

(D) $1 Coins: $56.00 per pound. 

(2) Exceptions. (A) The United States 

Mint will redeem copper-plated zinc 

one-cent coins (one-cent coins inscribed 

with a year after 1982) at the face-value 

equivalent of brass one-cent coins 

(generally, one-cent coins inscribed 

with a year before 1983) unless the 

copper-plated zinc one-cent coins are 

presented unmixed. The United States 

Mint will redeem unmixed copperplated zinc one-cent coins at $1.8100 

per pound. 

(B) The United States Mint will 

redeem unmixed $1 coins inscribed 

with a year before 1979 at $20.00 per 

pound. 

(c) Criteria for acceptance. Persons 

wanting to redeem bent and partial 

coins must sort the coins by 

denomination into packages of not less 

than one pound each and ship the 

packaged coins, at the person’s expense 

and risk of loss, to the authorized 

redemption site. The United States Mint 

reserves the right to reject any shipment 

containing objects that are not U.S. 

coins or any contaminant that could 

render them unsuitable for coinage 

metal. 

(d) Redemption site. The United 

States Mint at Philadelphia, P.O. Box 

400, Philadelphia, PA 19105, is the only 

authorized redemption site for bent and 

partial coins. 

■ 4. In § 100.12, remove paragraphs (c) 

and (d). 

Dated: July 2, 2014. 

Beverly Ortega Babers, 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Mint. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16035 Filed 7–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

37 CFR Part 201 

[Docket No. 2014–04] 

Changes to Recordation Practices 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is 

proposing to amend its regulations for 

the recordation of copyright transfers 

and other documents. The proposed 

rule is intended to reduce the amount of 

time the Office requires to process 

certain types of documents submitted 

for recordation and help to alleviate 

remitter concerns regarding the receipt 

of documents for processing. To these 

ends, the Office is proposing to amend 

the regulations to encourage remitters to 

include a cover sheet with the 

documents they submit for processing; 

allow remitters to submit long title lists 

in electronic format; and provide 

remitters with the option to request 

return receipts that acknowledge that 

the Office has received a submission. 

The Office invites public comment on 

the proposed rule. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before August 15, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: All comments shall be 

submitted electronically. A comment 

submission page is posted on the 

Copyright Office Web site at http://

www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/

recordation-practices. The Web site 

interface requires commenting parties to 

complete a form specifying their name 

and organization, as applicable, and to 

upload comments as an attachment via 

a browser button. To meet accessibility 

standards, commenting parties must 

upload comments in a single file not to 

exceed six megabytes (MB) in one of the 

following formats: a Portable Document 

File (PDF) format that contains 

searchable, accessible text (not an 

image); Microsoft Word; WordPerfect; 

Rich Text Format (RTF); or ASCII text 

file format (not a scanned document). 

The maximum file size is 6 megabytes. 

The form and face of the comments 

must include both the name of the 

submitter and organization. The Office 

will post the comments publicly on the 

Office’s Web site in the form that they 

are received, along with associated 

names and organizations. If electronic 

submission of comments is not feasible, 

please contact the Office at 202–707– 

8350 for special instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, General 

Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights, by email at jcharlesworth@

loc.gov or by telephone at 202–707– 

8350; or Sy Damle, Special Advisor to 

the General Counsel, by email at sdam@

loc.gov, or by telephone at 202–707– 

8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Since 1870, the Copyright Office has 

recorded documents pertaining to works 

under copyright, such as assignments, 

licenses, and grants of security interests. 

The process of recordation entails (1) 

receiving copyright-related documents 

from remitters for recordation; (2) 

reviewing the documents to ensure they 

are eligible for recordation; (3) indexing 

information contained in the documents 

for the public record; (4) making copies 

of the documents so they are available 

for public inspection; and (5) returning 

documents marked as recorded to 

remitters. Congress has encouraged the 

submission of documents for 

recordation by providing certain legal 

entitlements as a consequence of 

recordation. For instance, recordation 

provides constructive notice of the facts 

stated in the recorded document when 

certain conditions are met. See 17 

U.S.C. 205(c). In addition, recordation is 

a condition for the legal effectiveness of 

notices of terminations of transfer. See 

id. 203(a)(4)(A). Thus, the Office has an 

important interest in ensuring that the 

public record of copyright transactions 

is as timely, complete, and as accurate 

as possible. 

II. Discussion 

Over the past several years, the 

Copyright Office has sought public 

input on technological upgrades to the 

recordation function. See 78 FR 17722 

(Mar. 22, 2013); 79 FR 2696 (Jan. 15, 

2014). In addition to seeking written 

comments, the Office has held focused 

discussions with copyright owners, 

users of copyright records, technical 

experts, public interest organizations, 

lawyers, and professional and industry 

associations regarding the same. See 79 

FR 6636 (Feb. 4, 2014). Participants in 

these processes have expressed a 

number of concerns about the current 

recordation system, including 

frustration with the submission process, 

the amount of time the Office requires 

to record remitted documents, and the 

searchability of the public record. These 

problems are related in part to the fact 

that recordation remains a paper-driven 

process (in contrast to most registration 

transactions, which occur 

electronically).1

In response to these concerns, the 

Office is currently developing a strategic 

plan for the improvement of both 

recordation services and the quality of 

resulting information provided to the 

public. See 79 FR 2696 (Jan. 15, 2014).2


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3The optional Recordation Document Cover 

Sheet (Form DCS) is available on the Copyright 

Office Web site at http://www.copyright.gov/ 

forms/. 

4For example, the returned Form DCS will 

generally include the volume and document 

number of the newly created record, a date of 

recordation, and a code that links the record to 

applicable filing fees. 

The Office recognizes that, as it 

continues to develop its strategy for 

modernizing and improving recordation 

services via a comprehensive 

reengineering, there could nonetheless 

be immediate benefits if certain process 

changes were made within the existing 

regime. To this end, the proposed rules 

implement targeted amendments that 

are designed to speed the processing of 

remitted documents under the current 

system and alleviate concerns regarding 

the Office’s receipt of submissions. 

1. Forms 

The first change to the Copyright 

Office’s regulations set forth in this 

proposed rule is purely administrative. 

The Office currently provides an 

optional Recordation Document Cover 

Sheet (Form DCS) to assist with 

processing. See 37 CFR 204.1(b).3

Remitters using Form DCS are 

instructed to include two copies of the 

form with their document submissions. 

If the Office receives Form DCS with a 

submission, the form becomes part of 

the public record and is associated with 

the recorded document. The Office also 

returns a copy of the form to the 

remitter at the completion of the 

recordation process along with the 

corresponding recorded document and 

certificate of recordation. The returned 

Form DCS serves as a summary of the 

newly created record and helps 

facilitate better recordkeeping and 

communication between the Office and 

remitters.4 Form DCS also contains an 

acceptable certification statement that 

may be used to satisfy the sworn 

certification requirement when 

applicable. See 17 U.S.C. 205(a); 37 CFR 

201.4(a)(3)(i). Though the form would 

still not be a requirement for recordation 

itself, the Office has proposed amending 

its regulations to reflect the fact that 

Form DCS may be included with 

remitters’ submissions, and must be 

included if the remitter wants a return 

receipt. Form DCS will be amended to 

conform to the new procedures 

proposed here (e.g., by adding a 

checkbox to allow a remitter to indicate 

that it is requesting a return receipt, as 

described below). 

2. Electronic Submission of Title 

Appendices 

Currently, recordation specialists 

must review paper documents and 

manually transcribe selected 

information from the documents into an 

electronic format to permit indexing in 

the Office’s Public Catalog database. 

Among the information that must be 

transcribed are the titles of copyrighted 

works associated with the document 

submitted for recordation, which are 

typically presented in a list appended to 

the document, referred to informally as 

a ‘‘title appendix.’’ A title appendix 

associated with a document can include 

hundreds, or even thousands, of titles. 

At present, long processing times 

associated with document recordation 

stem in large part from manual entry of 

these titles. 

To speed processing and clear the 

current backlog of large title entries, the 

Office proposes a rule to permit (but not 

require) the submission of title 

appendices in electronic format, in 

addition to paper format, where the total 

titles in a submission number 100 or 

more. This includes the situation where 

multiple title lists associated with a 

document contain, in the aggregate, 100 

or more titles. The proposed electronic 

title submission rule will be added to 

subsection 201.4(c), which will be 

retitled ‘‘Document submission contents 

and process.’’ 

Under the proposed rule, the list of 

titles set forth in the paper submission 

must be submitted in a table in Excel 

(.xls) format, or an equivalent electronic 

format approved by the Office. The 

electronic entries may only contain 

letters, numbers, and printable 

characters that appear in the ASCII 128- 

character set. Each table must contain 

four columns respectively entitled 

Article, Title, Authorship Information, 

and Registration Number(s). Each title 

and its corresponding information must 

appear in a separate row of the 

electronic table: 

Article: If the title begins with one of 

a specified list of articles, the article 

should be separated from the title and 

placed in this first column. Separating 

out these leading articles from the rest 

of the title assists with the sorting 

function of the Public Catalog. The 

following articles are to be separated: 

In English: A, An, The 

In Spanish: Un, Una, El, La, Lo, Las, Los 

In French: L’ (as in ‘‘L’Ecole’’), Le, La, Les, 

Un, Une 

In German: Der, Die, Das, Einer, Eine, Ein 

For example, if the title of the work 

is ‘‘A Hard Day’s Night,’’ the Article 

field should have the word ‘‘A’’; 

similarly, if the title of the work is ‘‘The 

Fly,’’ this field should have the word 

‘‘The.’’ If the title does not begin with 

an article identified above, the column 

should be included and this field 

should remain blank. Note that the 

words ‘‘These,’’ ‘‘Those,’’ ‘‘Some,’’ and 

‘‘Any’’ are not considered articles and 

are not to be separated. In addition, the 

proposed rule does not require that 

remitters separate out articles in 

languages other than the ones listed. 

Title: This second column should set 

forth the title of the work, not including 

any leading article (which, as explained 

above, should be placed in the Article 

column). For example, if the title of the 

work is ‘‘A Hard Day’s Night,’’ the Title 

field should have the remainder of the 

title, ‘‘Hard Day’s Night’’; the Title field 

for ‘‘The Fly,’’ should have the 

remainder of the title, ‘‘Fly.’’ 

Authorship Information: This third 

column should include the word ‘‘By’’ 

followed by the name of the author or 

authors of the work, e.g., ‘‘By John 

Lennon and Paul McCartney,’’ or ‘‘By 

Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam 

Clayton, and Larry Mullen’’. If the 

author’s name includes a designation 

such as ‘‘performer known as’’ or ‘‘also 

known as,’’ this designation should be 

included in the Authorship Information 

field. If using the abbreviated form of 

such a designation, the abbreviation 

should be included without punctuation 

between the letters. For example, ‘‘By 

Ella Yelich-O’Connor pka Lorde’’ (but 

not ‘‘By Ella Yelich-O’Connor p/k/a 

Lorde’’). 

Registration Number(s): The fourth 

column should set forth the copyright 

registration number or numbers 

associated with the work if the remitter 

chooses to supply them. While this field 

is optional, the column should be 

included and the field left blank even if 

registration numbers are not supplied. 

Registration numbers included in the 

electronic list must be twelve characters 

long, must include a two- or three-letter 

prefix, and must not include spaces or 

hyphens. If a given registration number 

consists of fewer than twelve characters, 

the remitter should add leading zeroes 

to the numeric portion of the 

registration number before adding it to 

the list. For example, if a published 

work has the registration number ‘‘SR– 

320–918,’’ it should be transcribed into 

the electronic list submitted for 

recordation as ‘‘sr0000320918.’’ 

Similarly, if an unpublished work has 

the registration number ‘‘VAu–598– 

764,’’ it should be transcribed into the 

electronic list submitted for recordation 

as ‘‘vau000598764.’’ 

The electronic list must be stored on 

a compact disc, flash drive, or other 

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Copyright Office that is clearly labeled 

with the following information: The 

name of the remitting party, the name of 

the first party listed in the paper 

document, the first title listed in the 

paper document, the number of titles 

included in the paper document, and 

the date the remitting party mailed or 

delivered the paper document. The 

storage medium on which the electronic 

list is stored must be included in the 

same package as the paper document to 

be recorded, unless the Office agrees to 

an alternative arrangement. The 

allowance for alternative arrangements 

will facilitate the submission of 

electronic title lists for documents 

submitted prior to the effective date of 

this rule. 

By allowing remitters the option of 

submitting title appendices in electronic 

format, the Office will eliminate 

inefficiencies associated with the 

manual transcription of title information 

from paper to electronic format, thus 

significantly reducing the time and 

labor spent on creating these records, 

cutting down on inaccuracies, and 

providing a shorter wait time for 

remitters to receive their recorded 

documents and certificates of 

recordation. 

The proposed rule permits electronic 

submission only in cases where there 

are 100 or more titles associated with a 

document. This is because the steps 

required to process shorter title 

appendices could actually take longer 

than processing them in the ordinary 

course. The Office believes that 

electronic submission will prove more 

efficient only when indexing 100 or 

more titles. 

The Office has also considered how to 

handle any discrepancies between a 

paper document and the electronically 

formatted titles accompanying that 

paper document. In this regard, the 

Office has weighed the need for an 

accurate public record against the need 

to process large title submissions in a 

timely fashion and has come to a 

preliminary conclusion that the burden 

of creating an accurate record for the 

purposes of indexing in the Public 

Catalog must be placed on the remitter. 

The Copyright Office does not intend to 

cross-check electronic lists of titles 

against paper title appendices. 

The Office notes that there may be 

legal consequences that flow from a 

remitter’s failure to submit an accurate 

electronic list of titles. For example, the 

Copyright Act provides that recordation 

of a document gives ‘‘all persons 

constructive notice of the facts stated in 

the recorded document, but only if . . . 

the document, or material attached to it, 

specifically identifies the work to which 

it pertains so that, after the document is 

indexed by the Register of Copyrights, it 

would be revealed by a reasonable 

search under the title or registration 

number of the work.’’ 17 U.S.C. 205(c). 

Since the Office will be relying on the 

electronic list of titles for purposes of 

indexing submitted documents, 

inaccuracies in such electronic lists 

could affect the ability to later claim 

that the public had constructive notice 

of the facts in the document. Thus, the 

omission of a title from the electronic 

list could negate constructive notice 

with respect to that title, even if the title 

appears in the paper document that is 

recorded, because the title would not be 

indexed. At the same time, if a title 

appears in the electronic list but is not 

included in the paper document that is 

actually recorded, the paper document 

will control. 

An additional consideration is that, 

under the statute, constructive notice 

can be provided where the document 

would be revealed ‘‘by a reasonable 

search under the title or registration 

number of the work.’’ Id. (emphasis 

added). Thus, although a remitter need 

not provide registration numbers when 

recording a document, inclusion of such 

numbers can help to ensure that the 

public is on notice of the facts contained 

in the document. At the same time, it is 

important to note that the Office will 

not verify the accuracy of registration 

numbers submitted (whether on paper 

or electronically). A remitting party’s 

failure to include an accurate 

registration number in an electronic list, 

coupled with the failure to include an 

accurate title name, would likely 

prevent the title from being indexed 

such that the associated document 

would be ‘‘revealed by a reasonable 

search under the title or registration 

number of the work,’’ thus negating 

constructive notice. Id. 

Remitters should thus ensure that the 

electronic list of titles fully and 

accurately reflects the titles contained in 

the paper document. If an electronic 

submission is inconsistent with the 

information contained in the paper 

document, such discrepancies will 

result in corresponding inaccuracies in 

the Public Catalog, and the remitter will 

bear the legal consequences of such 

inaccuracies. 

3. Return Receipt 

Many remitters have expressed to the 

Copyright Office their concern that after 

they submit their documents for 

recordation, it may take several months 

or longer before they receive any word 

on the status of their submission. The 

Office recognizes the benefits of the 

Office’s acknowledgment of receipt of a 

submission, even if the submission 

awaits processing. The Office thus 

proposes a new, optional receipt 

confirmation system under which a 

remitter may request that the Office 

provide a return receipt. Remitters 

seeking a return receipt must complete 

and enclose the required two copies of 

Form DCS, making sure to check the box 

(to be added to the form) indicating that 

they want a return receipt. In addition, 

they must include a self-addressed, 

postage-paid envelope in the package. 

Upon opening the package, the Office 

will attach a date-stamped return receipt 

to one of the cover sheets and mail it 

back to the remitter via the selfaddressed, postage-paid envelope. 

It is important to realize that a return 

receipt will establish only that the 

Office has received a submission as of 

the date indicated, and will not 

establish that a document is eligible for 

recordation, or provide a date of 

recordation. Only the certificate of 

recordation will provide the date of 

recordation. At this time, the Office will 

provide return receipts free of charge. 

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 201 

Copyright. 

Proposed Regulations 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Copyright Office proposes 

to amend part 201 to Chapter II of Title 

37 of the Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

PART 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 201 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702. 

■ 2. Amend § 201.4 by revising 

paragraph (b) and introductory text 

paragraph (c), adding paragraphs (c)(4) 

and (f), to read as follows: 

§ 201.4 Recordation of transfers and 

certain other documents. 

* * * * * 

(b) Forms. Persons recording 

documents are encouraged, but not 

required, to complete and include a 

Recordation Document Cover Sheet 

(Form DCS), available on the Copyright 

Office Web site, with their submissions; 

provided, however, that if the remitter 

seeks a return receipt as provided in 

paragraph (f) of this section, then Form 

DCS is required. Form DCS may also be 

used to satisfy the sworn certification 

requirement of 17 U.S.C. 205(a), as 

provided in 37 CFR 201.4(a)(3)(i). If 

Form DCS is used, two copies of the 

completed form should accompany each 

document submitted for recordation, 


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one of which will become part of the 

public record. 

(c) Document submission contents 

and process. 

* * * * * 

(4) Submission of electronic title lists. 

If a document submitted for recordation 

pertains to 100 or more titles of 

copyrighted works (including where the 

total number of titles across multiple 

title lists associated with the document 

is 100 or more), in addition to 

identifying the titles in the paper 

submission, the remitting party may 

also submit an electronic list (or lists) 

setting forth each such title, as provided 

herein. The electronic list(s) shall not be 

considered a part of the recorded 

document and shall function only as a 

means to index titles and other 

information associated with the 

recorded document. 

(i) Method of submitting electronic 

title lists. Absent a special arrangement 

with the Office, the electronic list must 

be included in the same package as the 

paper document to be recorded. The list 

must be prepared in a format consistent 

with the requirements of subparagraph 

(ii) of this paragraph (4), and stored on 

a compact disc, flash drive, or other 

digital storage medium approved by the 

Copyright Office that is clearly labeled 

with the following information: the 

name of the remitting party, the name of 

the first party listed in the paper 

document, the first title listed in the 

paper document, the number of titles 

included in the paper document, and 

the date the remitting party mailed or 

delivered the paper document. 

(ii) Format requirements for electronic 

title lists. Any electronic list of titles 

submitted pursuant to paragraph (c)(4) 

shall conform to the requirements of 

this subparagraph. The electronic list of 

titles shall: 

(A) Consist of a table contained in an 

electronic file in Excel (.xls) format or 

an equivalent electronic format 

approved by the Office; 

(B) include only letters, numbers, and 

printable characters that appear in the 

ASCII 128-character set; 

(C) include four columns respectively 

entitled, from left to right, Article, Title, 

Authorship Information, and 

Registration Number(s); 

(D) list each title on a separate row of 

the electronic table, and include the 

following information for each title in 

the appropriate column, as applicable: 

(1) First column: Article. If the title of 

the work begins with one of the articles 

specified in the following list, the article 

should be separated from the title and 

placed in this column. If the title does 

not begin with one of the specified 

articles, the column must still be 

included, but this field should be left 

blank. The list of leading articles is as 

follows: 

English: A, An, The 

Spanish: Un, Una, El, La, Lo, Las, Los 

French: L’, Le, La, Les, Un, Une 

German: Der, Die, Das, Einer, Eine, Ein 

(2) Second column: Title. The title of 

the work, not including any leading 

article; 

(3) Third column: Authorship 

Information. The word ‘‘By’’ followed 

by the author or authors of the work. 

Where applicable, include designations 

such as ‘‘performer known as’’ or ‘‘also 

known as,’’ or the abbreviated form of 

such designations. Abbreviated 

designations must omit any punctuation 

between letters, for example ‘‘pka’’ (not 

‘‘p/k/a’’); and 

(4) Fourth column: Registration 

Number(s). The copyright registration 

number or numbers. This field is 

optional; if registration numbers are not 

being supplied for any title in the 

submission, this column should still be 

included, but left blank. Regardless of 

how they appear in the paper document, 

registration numbers included in the 

electronic list must be twelve characters 

long, must include a two- or three-letter 

prefix, and must not include spaces or 

hyphens. If a given registration number 

consists of fewer than twelve characters 

in the original, the remitting party 

should add leading zeroes to the 

numeric portion of the registration 

number before adding it to the list. For 

example, a published work with the 

registration number ‘‘SR–320–918’’ 

should be transcribed into the electronic 

list as ‘‘sr0000320918,’’ and an 

unpublished work with the registration 

number ‘‘VAu-598–764’’ should be 

transcribed into the electronic list as 

‘‘vau000598764.’’ 

(iii) Remitters to bear consequences of 

inaccurate electronic title lists. The 

Office will rely on the electronic list of 

titles for purposes of indexing recorded 

documents in the Public Catalog and the 

remitter will bear the consequences of 

any inaccuracies in the electronic list in 

relation to the recorded document, 

including with respect to whether there 

is effective constructive notice or 

priority under 17 U.S.C. 205(c). For 

example, omission of a title from the 

electronic list such that the title is not 

properly indexed may affect the ability 

to claim that the public had constructive 

notice with respect to that title, even if 

the title appears in the paper document. 

If a title appears in the electronic list but 

is not included in the paper document 

that is actually recorded, the paper 

document will control. 

(iv) Treatment of improperly prepared 

electronic title lists. The Office reserves 

the right to reject an electronic title list 

from any party that is shown to have 

submitted an improperly prepared file. 

* * * * * 

(f) Return Receipt. If, with a document 

submitted for recordation, a remitter 

includes two copies of a properly 

completed Recordation Document Cover 

Sheet (Form DCS) indicating that a 

return receipt is requested, as well as a 

self-addressed, postage-paid envelope, 

the remitter will receive a date-stamped 

return receipt acknowledging the 

Copyright Office’s receipt of the 

enclosed submission. The completed 

copies of Form DCS and self-addressed, 

postage-paid envelope must be included 

in the same package as the submitted 

document. A return receipt confirms the 

Office’s receipt of the submission as of 

the date indicated, but does not 

establish eligibility for, or the date of, 

recordation. 

Dated: July 10, 2014. 

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2014–0173; FRL–9913–71– 

Region 8] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; North Dakota; 

Revisions to the Air Pollution Control 

Rules 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

changes to North Dakota’s State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). On January 

23, 2013, the Governor of North Dakota 

submitted to EPA revisions to several 

chapters of the North Dakota SIP. These 

revisions included the removal of 

subsections 33–15–03–04.4 and 33–15– 

05–01.2.a(l) of the North Dakota 

Administrative Code (NDAC). In this 

action, EPA is proposing to approve the 

removal of these subsections from the 

SIP because such removal is consistent 

with Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements. 

The removal will correct certain 

deficiencies related to the correct 

treatment of excess emissions from 

sources. EPA will address the remaining 


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