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Register on November 9, 2011 (76 FR 

69614). 

TABLE 1 

1. Empire Force Event Fireworks, Liberty 

Island Safety Zone, 33 CFR 

165.160(2.1).

• Launch site: A barge located in approximate position 40°41′16.5′′ N. 074°02′23′′ W. (NAD 1983), 

located in Federal Anchorage 20–C, about 360 yards east of Liberty Island. This Safety Zone is a 

360-yard radius from the barge. 

• Date: April 9, 2015. 

• Time: 9:15 p.m.–10:30 p.m. 

2. Swank Productions, Ellis Island Safety 

Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(2.2).

• Launch site: A barge located between Federal Anchorages 20–A and 20–B, in approximate position 40°41′45′′ N. 074°02′09′′ W. (NAD 1983) about 365 yards east of Ellis Island. This Safety Zone 

is a 360-yard radius from the barge. 

• Date: May 24, 2015. 

• Time: 11:05 p.m.–12:00 a.m. 

3. Hempstead Summer Kick Off, Bar 

Beach Hempstead Harbor Safety 

Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(3.9).

• Launch site: A barge located in approximate position 40°49′50′′ N. 073°39′12′′ W. (NAD 1983), approximately 190 yards north of Bar Beach, Hempstead Harbor, New York. This Safety Zone is a 

180-yard radius from the barge. 

• Date: May 23, 2015. 

• Time: 09:00 p.m.–10:15 p.m. 

4. City of Glen Cove Fireworks, Glen 

Cove, Hempstead Harbor Safety 

Zone, 33 CFR 165.160(3.8).

• Launch site: A barge located in approximate position 40°51′58′′ N. 073°39′34′′ W. (NAD 1983), approximately 500 yards northeast of Glen Cove Breakwater Light 5 (LLNR 27065). This Safety Zone 

is a 360-yard radius from the barge. 

• Date: July 4, 2015. 

• Rain Date: July 5, 2015 

• Time: 8:45 p.m.–10:10 p.m. 

Under the provisions of 33 CFR 

165.160, vessels may not enter the safety 

zones unless given permission from the 

COTP or a designated representative. 

Spectator vessels may transit outside the 

safety zones but may not anchor, block, 

loiter in, or impede the transit of other 

vessels. The Coast Guard may be 

assisted by other Federal, State, or local 

law enforcement agencies in enforcing 

this regulation. 

This document is issued under 

authority of 33 CFR 165.160(a) and 5 

U.S.C. 552(a). In addition to this 

document in the Federal Register, the 

Coast Guard will provide mariners with 

advanced notification of enforcement 

periods via the Local Notice to Mariners 

and marine information broadcasts. If 

the COTP determines that a safety zone 

need not be enforced for the full 

duration stated in this document, a 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners may be 

used to grant general permission to 

enter the safety zone. 

Dated: March 26, 2015. 

Jeffrey Dixon, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port New York. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2011–0148; A–1–FRL– 

9926–51–Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode 

Island: Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action 

approving revisions to the Rhode Island 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

submitted by Rhode Island Department 

of Environmental Management (RI DEM) 

Office of Air Resources, on January 18, 

2011. The EPA finds that RI DEM has 

satisfied all the elements of our October 

24, 2013, final conditional approval, 

and as such, the conditional approval is 

converting to a full approval with this 

action. The commitment consisted of a 

submission by Rhode Island of a 

technical demonstration, that Rhode 

Island’s PSD and nonattainment new 

source review permitting programs are 

at least as stringent in all respects as 

EPA’s NSR Reform provisions for 

stationary sources of regulated NSR 

pollutants other than Greenhouse Gases 

(GHGs). This action is being taken under 

section 110 of the Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective April 21, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., 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 either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 

100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at 

all possible, you contact the contact 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to schedule your 

inspection. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding legal holidays. 

In addition, copies of the state 

submittal are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the Office of 

Air Resources, Department of 

Environmental Management, 235 

Promenade Street, Providence, RI 

02908–5767; 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida 

E. McDonnell, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, (mail code OEP05– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. Ms. Ida E. 

McDonnell’s telephone number is (617) 


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918–1653; email address: 

mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Organization of this document. The 

following outline is provided to aid in 

locating information in this preamble. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. What is a conditional approval? 

III. What are the terms of the conditional 

approval? 

IV. Were the terms of the conditional 

approval met? 

V. Final Action 

I. Background 

On October 24, 2013, EPA 

conditionally approved, pending 

submission by Rhode Island of a 

technical demonstration that Rhode 

Island’s January 18, 2011 SIP revisions 

as they relate to major new and 

modified stationary sources of regulated 

NSR pollutants other than GHGs, are as 

least as stringent as EPA’s NSR reform. 

See 78 FR 63383. On February 27, 2015, 

the State Rhode Island submitted a 

technical demonstration, pursuant to 40 

CFR 51.166(a)(7), that Rhode Island’s 

PSD and nonattainment new source 

review permitting programs are at least 

as stringent in all respects as EPA’s NSR 

Reform provisions for stationary sources 

of regulated NSR pollutants other than 

GHGs. 

II. What is a conditional approval? 

Under section 110(k)(4) of the Clean 

Air Act, the EPA may conditionally 

approve a plan based on a commitment 

from the State to adopt specific 

enforceable measures by a date certain 

no later than one year from the date of 

final conditional approval. If the EPA 

subsequently determines that the State 

has met its commitment, EPA publishes 

a document in the Federal Register 

notifying the public that EPA is 

converting the conditional approval to a 

full approval. However, if the State fails 

to timely meet its commitment, then the 

conditional approval automatically 

converts to a disapproval by operation 

of law without further action required 

by EPA. If that were to occur, EPA 

would then notify the state by letter. At 

that time, the conditionally approved 

SIP revisions would not be part of the 

state’s approved SIP. EPA subsequently 

would publish a notice in the Federal 

Register notifying the public that the 

conditional approval automatically 

converted to a disapproval. 

III. What are the terms of the 

conditional approval? 

The EPA conditionally approved 

Rhode Island’s January 18, 2011 SIP 

revision as it relates to major new and 

modified stationary sources of regulated 

NSR pollutants other than GHGs on 

October 24, 2013. See 78 FR 63383. Our 

conditional approval was based on a 

commitment letter submitted by RI DEM 

on September 18, 2013. Specifically, RI 

DEM committed to submit a revised 

technical demonstration (described 

above) no later than one year from the 

date on which EPA finalized the 

conditional approval. 

IV. Were the terms of the conditional 

approval met? 

RI DEM failed to submit the technical 

demonstration in a timely manner, 

therefore our conditional approval, by 

operation of law, became a disapproval 

on December 23, 2014. However, on 

February 27, 2015, RI DEM submitted 

the technical demonstration pursuant to 

40 CFR 51.166(a)(7), showing that 

Rhode Island’s PSD and nonattainment 

new source review permitting programs 

are at least as stringent in all respects as 

EPA’s NSR Reform provisions for 

stationary sources of regulated NSR 

pollutants other than GHGs. Rhode 

Island’s technical demonstration is 

included in the docket and 

administrative record for this action. 

EPA therefore has determined that RI 

DEM met the conditions of the 

conditional approval. 

V. Final Action 

EPA is converting the conditional 

approval to a full approval with this 

action. Rhode Island’s February 27, 

2015 submission cured, as a legal 

matter, the disapproval that 

automatically occurred on December 23, 

2014. Thus, the provisions of Rhode 

Island’s SIP that EPA conditionally 

approved on October 24, 2013 are now 

fully approved into the State’s SIP. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: March 26, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0209; FRL–9926–47– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; North Carolina; 

Charlotte; Base Year Emissions 

Inventory and Emissions Statement for 

the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve the state 

implementation plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of North 

Carolina, through the North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources (NC DENR) on July 7, 2014, 

to address the base year emissions 

inventory and emissions statement 

requirements for the State’s portion of 

the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, North 

Carolina-South Carolina 2008 8-hour 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) nonattainment area 

(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘bi-state 

Charlotte Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’). Annual 

emissions reporting (i.e., emission 

statement) and a base year emissions 

inventory are required for all ozone 

nonattainment areas. The Area is 

comprised of the entire county of 

Mecklenburg and portions of Cabarrus, 

Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan and 

Union Counties in North Carolina; and 

a portion of York County in South 

Carolina. EPA will consider and take 

action on the South Carolina submission 

for the emissions inventory and 

emissions statement for its portion of 

this Area in a separate action. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

June 22, 2015 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by May 21, 2015. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that this rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2015–0209, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: R4-ARMS@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (404) 562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0209,’’ Air Regulatory Management 

Section, (formerly the Regulatory 

Development Section), Air Planning and 


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