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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2024–0100; FRL–11790– 

02–R9] 

Air Quality Plans; California; San 

Diego County Air Pollution Control 

District; Permit Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve a revision to the San Diego 

County Air Pollution Control District 

(SDAPCD or ‘‘District’’) portion of the 

California State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). The revision expands an existing 

provision that exempts tub grinders and 

trommel screens that process green 

material from permit requirements to 

include horizontal grinders and the 

processing of mixtures of green material 

and food material. The revision also 

adds a definition for ‘‘food material.’’ 

This action is being taken pursuant to 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or ‘‘Act’’) and 

its implementing regulations. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R09–OAR–2024–0100. 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, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information (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 through https://

www.regulations.gov, or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional availability information. If 

you need assistance in a language other 

than English or if you are a person with 

a disability who needs a reasonable 

accommodation at no cost to you, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Camille Cassar, EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105 

or by email at cassar.camille@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Proposed Action 

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses 

III. EPA Action 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Proposed Action 

On April 30, 2024 (89 FR 34178), the 

EPA proposed to approve the following 

rule into the California SIP. 

Rule No. Rule title Amended date Submitted date 

11 ................................. Exemptions From Rule 10 Permit Requirements ................................................. 10/13/2022 05/11/2023 

We proposed to approve this rule 

because we determined that it complies 

with the relevant CAA requirements. 

Our proposed action contains more 

information on the rule and our 

evaluation. 

II. Public Comments and EPA 

Responses 

The 30-day public comment period 

for the proposed rule ended on May 30, 

2024. During this period, the EPA 

received one comment, which argued 

for closure or assessment of a carbon tax 

on marijuana dispensaries and 

reduction of cannabis production in San 

Diego due to the greenhouse gas 

emissions associated with cannabis 

production. After reviewing the 

comment, the EPA has determined that 

the comment fails to raise issues 

germane to the proposed rulemaking, 

which proposed to expand exemptions 

to a permitting rule to include 

horizontal grinders and the processing 

of mixtures of green material and food 

material. Therefore, we have determined 

that this comment does not necessitate 

a response, and the EPA will not 

provide a specific response to the 

comment in this notice. 

III. EPA Action 

Because the one comment received 

was irrelevant to this action, and as 

authorized in section 110(k)(3) of the 

Act, the EPA is approving SDAPCD Rule 

11, ‘‘Exemptions From Rule 10 Permit 

Requirements’’ into the California SIP. 

The October 13, 2022 version of this 

rule will replace the previously 

approved version of this rule in the SIP. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is finalizing rule 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is proposing to 

incorporate by reference SDAPCD Rule 

11, ‘‘Exemptions From Rule 10 Permit 

Requirements,’’ revised on October 13, 

2022, which provides specific permit 

exemptions for sources otherwise 

requiring a permit. The EPA has made, 

and will continue to make, these 

materials available through https://

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region IX Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

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. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, the 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 Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 14094 (88 FR 

21879, April 11, 2023); 

• 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 subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) 

because it proposes to approve a state 

program; 


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• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); and 

• 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. 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where the EPA or 

an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, the rules do 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). 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies 

to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on minority populations 

and low-income populations to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. The EPA defines 

environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people regardless of race, color, 

national origin, or income with respect 

to the development, implementation, 

and enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies.’’ The EPA 

further defines the term fair treatment to 

mean that ‘‘no group of people should 

bear a disproportionate burden of 

environmental harms and risks, 

including those resulting from the 

negative environmental consequences of 

industrial, governmental, and 

commercial operations or programs and 

policies.’’ 

The State did not evaluate 

environmental justice considerations as 

part of its SIP submittal; the CAA and 

applicable implementing regulations 

neither prohibit nor require such an 

evaluation. The EPA did not perform an 

EJ analysis and did not consider EJ in 

this action. Consideration of EJ is not 

required as part of this action, and there 

is no information in the record 

inconsistent with the stated goal of E.O. 

12898 of achieving environmental 

justice for people of color, low-income 

populations, and Indigenous peoples. 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and the EPA 

will submit a rule report to each House 

of the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. 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 December 20, 

2024. 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, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur dioxide, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: October 14, 2024. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Environmental Protection 

Agency amends part 52, chapter I, title 

40 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by 

adding paragraphs (c)(557)(i)(B)(3) and 

(c)(610)(i)(C) to read as follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan—in part. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(557) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(B) * * * 

(3) Previously approved on September 

28, 2022, in paragraph (c)(557)(i)(B)(1) 

of this section and now deleted with 

replacement in paragraph 

(c)(610)(i)(C)(1) of this section: Rule 11, 

‘‘Exemptions From Rule 10 Permit 

Requirements,’’ revision adopted on 

July 8, 2020. 

* * * * * 

(610) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(C) San Diego County Air Pollution 

Control District. 

(1) Rule 11, ‘‘Exemptions From Rule 

10 Permit Requirements,’’ revision 

adopted on October 13, 2022. 

(2) [Reserved] 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 8 

[PS Docket Nos. 23–239; FR ID 250049] 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau Announces 15-Business Day 

Filing Window for Cybersecurity 

Labeling Administrator and Lead 

Administrator Applications 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission’s (FCC or 

Commission) Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or 

Bureau) announces a 15-business day 

filing window for applications from 

entities seeking designation as a 

Cybersecurity Labeling Administrator 

(CLA) and Lead Administrator and also 

adopt additional requirements for CLA 

and Lead Administrator applications as 

well as responsibilities that must be met 

by the selected Lead Administrator and 

CLAs. These requirements will provide 

additional guidance to administrator 

applicants and further implements the 

Commission’s IoT labeling program. 

DATES: 

Effective date: November 20, 2024, 

except for amendment 3 (47 CFR 

8.220(f)(14)) which is delayed 

indefinitely until the Office of 

Management and Budget has completed 

review under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Commission will publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing that effective date. 

Comments due date: Written 

comments on the Paperwork Reduction 

Act information collection requirements 

must be submitted by the public, Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), and 

other interested parties on or before 

December 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

• All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings: Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission, 9050 Junction Drive, 

Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. 

• Commercial overnight deliveries 

(other than U.S. Postal Service Express 

Mail and Priority Mail): Office of the 


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