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reporting, or disclosure requirements on 

covered entities or members of the 

public that would be collections of 

information requiring OMB approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: September 9, 2015. 

David Weil, 

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2015–0841] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Saugus River, Saugus, Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of deviation from 

drawbridge regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the Saugus RR 

Bridge, across the Saugus River, mile 

2.1, at Saugus, Massachusetts. This 

deviation is necessary to facilitate 

essential maintenance repairs. This 

deviation allows the bridge to remain in 

the closed position during the 

maintenance repairs. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

12:01 a.m. on September 19, 2015 to 

11:59 p.m. on September 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

deviation, [USCG–2015–0841] is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Type the docket number in the 

‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ 

Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 

associated with this deviation. You may 

also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140, on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this temporary 

deviation, contact Mr. Joe Arca, Project 

Officer, First Coast Guard District, 

telephone (212) 514–4336, email 

joe.m.arca@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone (202) 

366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Saugus RR Bridge, mile 2.1, across 

Saugus River has a vertical clearance in 

the closed position of 7 feet at mean 

high water and 17 feet at mean low 

water. The existing bridge operating 

regulations opens on schedule as 

required by 33 CFR 117.5. 

Saugus River is transited by 

commercial lobstermen and recreational 

vessel traffic. 

Keolis Commuter Railroad requested 

this temporary deviation from the 

normal operating schedule to facilitate 

essential maintenance repairs. 

Under this temporary deviation, the 

Saugus RR Bridge may remain in the 

closed position from 12:01 a.m. on 

September 19, 2015 to 11:59 p.m. on 

September 20, 2015. 

There is no alternate route for vessel 

traffic; however, vessels that can pass 

under the closed draws during this 

closure may do so at any time. The 

bridge will be able to open in the event 

of an emergency. 

The Coast Guard will inform the users 

of the waterway through our Local 

Notice to Mariners of the change in 

operating schedule for the bridge so that 

vessels can arrange their transits to 

minimize any impact caused by the 

temporary deviation. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the effective period of this 

temporary deviation. This deviation 

from the operating regulations is 

authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: September 1, 2015. 

C.J. Bisignano, 

Supervisory Bridge Management Specialist, 

First Coast Guard District. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0299; FRL–9933–84– 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; State of 

Kansas Regional Haze State 

Implementation Plan Revision and 

2014 Five-Year Progress Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve the Kansas State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted to EPA by the State of Kansas 

on March 10, 2015, documenting that 

the State’s existing plan is making 

adequate progress to achieve visibility 

goals by 2018. The Kansas SIP revision 

addressed the Regional Haze Rule (RHR) 

requirements under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA or Act) to submit a report 

describing progress in achieving 

reasonable progress goals (RPGs) to 

improve visibility in Federally 

designated areas in nearby states that 

may be affected by emissions from 

sources in Kansas. EPA is taking final 

action to approve Kansas’ determination 

that the existing Regional Haze (RH) SIP 

is adequate to meet the visibility goals 

and requires no substantive revision at 

this time. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

October 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R07–OAR–2015–0299. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the www.regulations.gov Web site. 

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 through 

www.regulations.gov or at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

Planning and Development Branch, 

11201 Renner Boulevard, Lenexa, 

Kansas 66219. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding Federal holidays. The 

interested persons wanting to examine 

these documents should make an 

appointment with the office at least 24 

hours in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Krabbe, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Planning and 

Development Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 

913–551–7991, or by email at 

krabbe.stephen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. This section 

provides additional information by 

addressing the following: 

I. Background 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

III. Final Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On June 10, 2015, (80 FR 32874), EPA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPR) for the State of 


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Kansas. In the NPR, EPA proposed 

approval of Kansas’s progress report 

SIP, a report on progress made in the 

first implementation period towards 

RPGs for Class I areas that are affected 

by emissions from Kansas sources. This 

progress report SIP and accompanying 

cover letter also included a 

determination that Kansas’s existing 

regional haze SIP requires no 

substantive revision to achieve the 

established regional haze visibility 

improvement and emissions reduction 

goals for 2018. 

States are required to submit a 

progress report in the form of a SIP 

revision every five years that evaluates 

progress towards the RPGs for each 

mandatory Class I Federal area within 

the state and in each mandatory Class I 

Federal area outside the state which 

may be affected by emissions from 

within the state. See 40 CFR 51.308(g). 

In addition, the provisions under 40 

CFR 51.308(h) require states to submit, 

at the same time as the 40 CFR 51.308(g) 

progress report, a determination of the 

adequacy of the state’s existing regional 

haze SIP. The first progress report SIP 

is due five years after submittal of the 

initial regional haze SIP. On October 26, 

2009, KDHE submitted its regional haze 

SIP in accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 51.308. The progress report 

SIP revision was submitted by Kansas 

on March 10, 2015, and EPA finds that 

it satisfies the requirements of 40 CFR 

51.308(g) and (h). No comments were 

received regarding the NPR. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision 

On March 10, 2015, Kansas submitted 

a SIP revision to describe the progress 

made towards the RPGs of Class I areas 

in and outside Kansas that are affected 

by emissions from Kansas’ sources. This 

progress report SIP also includes a 

determination of the adequacy of 

Kansas’ existing regional haze SIP to 

achieve these RPGs. 

Kansas has no Class I areas within its 

borders. Kansas notes in its progress 

report SIP that Kansas sources were also 

identified as potentially impacting four 

Class I areas in three neighboring states: 

Caney Creek Wilderness Area in 

Arkansas, Hercules-Glades Wilderness 

Area in Missouri, Mingo Wilderness 

Area in Missouri, and Wichita 

Mountains Wilderness Area in 

Oklahoma. 

The provisions in 40 CFR 51.308(g) 

require a progress report SIP to address 

seven elements. EPA finds that Kansas’ 

progress report SIP addressed each 

element under 40 CFR 51.308(g). The 

seven elements and EPA’s conclusion 

are briefly summarized in this 

rulemaking action. 

The provisions in 40 CFR 51.308(g) 

require progress report SIPs to include 

a description of the status of measures 

in the approved regional haze SIP; a 

summary of emissions reductions 

achieved; an assessment of visibility 

conditions for each Class I area in the 

state; an analysis of changes in 

emissions from sources and activities 

within the state; an assessment of any 

significant changes in anthropogenic 

emissions within or outside the state 

that have limited or impeded progress 

in Class I areas impacted by the state’s 

sources; an assessment of the 

sufficiency of the approved regional 

haze SIP; and a review of the state’s 

visibility monitoring strategy. As 

explained in detail in the NPR, EPA 

finds that Kansas’ progress report SIP 

addressed each element and has 

therefore satisfied the requirements 

under 40 CFR 51.308(g). 

In addition, pursuant to 40 CFR 

51.308(h), states are required to submit, 

at the same time as the progress report 

SIP, a determination of the adequacy of 

their existing regional haze SIP and to 

take one of four possible actions based 

on information in the progress report. 

One possible action is submission of a 

negative declaration to EPA that no 

further substantive revision to the state’s 

existing regional haze SIP is needed. In 

its progress report SIP, Kansas 

submitted a negative declaration that it 

had determined that its existing regional 

haze SIP requires no further substantive 

revision to achieve the RPGs for the 

Class I areas that are affected by 

emissions from Kansas’s sources. As 

explained in detail in the NPR, EPA 

concludes Kansas has adequately 

addressed 40 CFR 51.308(h) because the 

visibility data trends at the Class I areas 

impacted by Kansas’s sources and the 

emissions trends of the largest emitters 

of visibility-impairing pollutants both 

indicate that the RPGs for 2018 will be 

met or exceeded. Therefore, EPA 

concludes Kansas’ progress report SIP 

meets the requirements of 40 CFR 

51.308(h). 

III. Final Action 

EPA is taking final action to approve 

Kansas’ regional haze five-year progress 

report and SIP revision, submitted 

March 10, 2015, as meeting the 

applicable regional haze requirements 

as set forth in 40 CFR 51.308(g) and 

51.308(h). 

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), 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 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). 

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). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 


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agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by November 13, 2015. 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, 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: August 20, 2015. 

Mark Hague, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 52 

as set forth below: 

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 R—Kansas 

■ 2. In § 52.870, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended by adding entry (42) at 

the end of the table to read as follows: 

§ 52.870 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(e)* * * 

EPA-APPROVED KANSAS NONREGULATORY PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory SIP provision Applicable geographic or 

nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

(42) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the 

Attainment and Maintenance of National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards for Regional Haze (2014 

Five-Year Progress Report).

Statewide ......................... 3/10/15 9/14/15 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R06–2015–0070 RCRA; FRL–9933– 

79–Region 6] 

Louisiana: Final Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Louisiana has applied to the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for final authorization of the changes to 

its hazardous waste program under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA). The EPA has determined 

that these changes satisfy all 

requirements needed to qualify for final 

authorization, and is authorizing the 

State’s changes through this direct final 

action. The EPA is publishing this rule 

to authorize the changes without a prior 

proposal because we believe this action 

is not controversial and do not expect 

comments that oppose it. Unless we 

receive written comments which oppose 

this authorization during the comment 

period, the decision to authorize 

Louisiana’s changes to its hazardous 

waste program will take effect. If we 

receive comments that oppose this 

action, we will publish a document in 

the Federal Register withdrawing this 

rule before it takes effect, and a separate 

document in the proposed rules section 

of this Federal Register will serve as a 

proposal to authorize the changes. 

DATES: This final authorization will 

become effective on November 13, 2015 

unless the EPA receives adverse written 

comment by October 14, 2015. If the 

EPA receives such comment, it will 

publish a timely withdrawal of this 

direct final rule in the Federal Register 

and inform the public that this 

authorization will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06– 

RCRA–2015–0070, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: patterson.alima@epa.gov. 

3. Mail: Alima Patterson, Region 6, 

Regional Authorization Coordinator, 

State/Tribal Oversight Section (6PD–O), 

Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas Texas 75202–2733. 

4. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to Alima Patterson, 

Region 6, Regional Authorization 

Coordinator, State/Tribal Oversight 

Section (6PD–O), Multimedia Planning 

and Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

Instructions: Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through 

regulations.gov, or email. Direct your 

comment to Docket No. EPA–R06– 

RCRA–2015–0070. The Federal 

regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 


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