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reduction in the variabilities for the 

volume types associated with market 

dominant letter and flat mail is only 

partially offset by an increase in the 

parcel variabilities. The overall changes 

in the variabilities result in lower costs 

for letters and flats and higher costs for 

parcels. Id. at 6. 

Impact. The following table presents 

the impact of Proposal One on city 

carrier street unit costs, including 

indirect costs. 

TABLE 1—CITY CARRIER COSTS INCLUDING INDIRECT COSTS

Product 

Current unit 

city carrier 

costs 

New unit city 

carrier costs 

Change in 

city carrier 

unit costs 

% Change in 

city carrier 

unit costs 

Total First-Class Mail ..................................................................................... $0.063 $0.041 ¥$0.022 ¥34.98 

Total USPS Marketing Mail ........................................................................... 0.063 0.043 ¥0.020 ¥32.28 

Total Periodicals ............................................................................................ 0.145 0.113 ¥0.033 ¥22.58 

Bound Printed Matter Flats ............................................................................ 0.216 0.173 ¥0.043 ¥19.90 

Bound Printed Matter Parcels ....................................................................... 0.365 0.452 0.088 24.02 

Media/Library Mail ......................................................................................... 0.421 0.506 0.085 20.07 

Total Package Services ................................................................................. 0.324 0.365 0.041 12.74 

Total Domestic Market Dominant Mail .......................................................... 0.067 0.046 ¥0.021 ¥31.63 

Total Competitive Mail and Services ............................................................. 0.453 0.528 0.075 16.52 

Source: Excel file ‘‘FY21 Proposal One Cost Impact.xlsx,’’ tab ‘‘Unit Costs.’’ 

Under the new top-down model, the 

unit costs for market dominant products 

fall while the unit costs for competitive 

products rise, reflecting the changes in 

variabilities. Id. at 7. 

III. Notice and Comment 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2022–3 for consideration of 

matters raised by the Petition. More 

information on the Petition may be 

accessed via the Commission’s website 

at http://www.prc.gov. Interested 

persons may submit comments on the 

Petition and Proposal One no later than 

March 14, 2022. Reply comments on the 

Petition and Proposal One are due no 

later than March 28, 2022. Pursuant to 

39 U.S.C. 505, Philip T. Abraham is 

designated as officer of the Commission 

(Public Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

No. RM2022–3 for consideration of the 

matters raised by the Petition of the 

United States Postal Service for the 

Initiation of a Proceeding to Consider 

Proposed Changes in Analytical 

Principles (Proposal One), filed January 

5, 2022. 

2. Comments by interested persons in 

this proceeding are due no later than 

March 14, 2022. Reply comments on the 

Petition and Proposal One are due no 

later than March 28, 2022. 

3. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, the 

Commission appoints Philip T. 

Abraham to serve as officer of the 

Commission (Public Representative) to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this docket. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2021–0834; FRL–9382–01– 

R3] 

Air Plan Approval; Maryland; 

Philadelphia Area Base Year Inventory 

for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

state implementation plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Maryland. 

This revision consists of the base year 

inventory for the Maryland portion of 

the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic 

City, PA-NJ-MD-DE marginal 

nonattainment area (Philadelphia Area) 

for the 2015 ozone national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS). This action 

is being taken under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OAR–2021–0834 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

Gordon.Mike@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

confidential business information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e., 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, please contact the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the 

full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Yarina, Planning & 

Implementation Branch (3AD30), Air & 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. The telephone number is (215) 

814–2103. Mr. Yarina can also be 

reached via electronic mail at 

Yarina.Adam@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

30, 2020, the Maryland Department of 

the Environment (MDE), on behalf of the 

State of Maryland, submitted a revision 

to the Maryland SIP entitled, ‘‘2015 8- 


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1On January 29, 2021 the Court of Appeals for the 

D.C. Circuit issued its decision regarding multiple 

challenges to EPA’s implementation rule for the 

2015 ozone NAAQS which included, among other 

things, upholding this provision allowing states to 

use an alternative baseline year for RFP. Sierra Club 

v. EPA, 985 F.3d 1055 (D.C. Cir.). The other 

provisions of EPA’s ozone implantation rule at 

issue in the case are not relevant for this 

rulemaking. 

Hour Ozone NAAQS (0.070 ppm) 

Marginal Area State Implementation 

Plan for the Cecil County, MD 

Nonattainment Area, SIP #20–09.’’ Cecil 

County comprises the Maryland portion 

of the Philadelphia Area. This SIP 

revision, referred to in this rulemaking 

action as the ‘‘Cecil County base year 

inventory SIP,’’ addresses the base year 

inventory requirement for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS. 

I. Background 

On October 1, 2015, EPA strengthened 

the 8-hour ozone NAAQS, lowering the 

level of the NAAQS from 0.075 ppm 

parts per million (ppm) to 0.070 ppm. 

80 FR 65292 (October 26, 2015). 

Effective August 3, 2018, EPA 

designated the Philadelphia Area, 

which consists of Cecil County in 

Maryland and counties in Delaware, 

New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, as 

marginal nonattainment for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS. 83 FR 25776 (June 4, 

2018). CAA section 182(a)(1) requires 

ozone nonattainment areas classified as 

marginal or above to submit a 

comprehensive, accurate, current 

inventory of actual emissions from all 

emissions sources in the nonattainment 

area, known as a ‘‘base year inventory.’’ 

The Cecil County base year inventory 

SIP addresses a base year inventory 

requirement for the Philadelphia Area. 

II. Summary of SIP Revision and EPA 

Analysis 

A. EPA Evaluation of the Cecil County 

Base Year Inventory SIP 

EPA’s review of the Maryland’s base 

year inventory SIP indicates that it 

meets the base year inventory 

requirements for the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS. As required by 40 CFR 

51.1315(a), MDE selected 2017 for the 

base year inventory, which is consistent 

with the baseline year for the RFP 

because it is the year of the most recent 

triennial inventory. MDE included 

actual ozone season day emissions, 

pursuant to 40 CFR 51.1315(c). 

EPA has prepared a technical support 

document (TSD) in support of this 

rulemaking. In that TSD, EPA reviewed 

the results, procedures, and 

methodologies for the SIP base year, and 

found them to be acceptable and 

developed in accordance with EPA’s 

technical guidance. The TSD is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. 

EPA–R03–OAR–2021–0834. 

B. Base Year Inventory Requirements 

In EPA’s December 6, 2018 (83 FR 

62998) rulemaking, ‘‘Implementation of 

the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Ozone: Nonattainment 

Area State Implementation Plan 

Requirements,’’ known as the ‘‘SIP 

Requirements Rule,’’ EPA set out 

nonattainment area requirements for the 

2015 ozone NAAQS. The SIP 

Requirements Rule established base year 

inventory requirement, which are 

codified at 40 CFR 51.1315. 40 CFR 

51.1315(a) requires each 2015 ozone 

nonattainment area to submit a base 

year inventory within 2 years of 

designation, i.e., by no later than August 

3, 2020. 

40 CFR 51.1315(a) also requires that 

the inventory year be selected consistent 

with the baseline year for the reasonable 

further progress (RFP) plan as required 

by 40 CFR 51.1310(b), which states that 

the baseline emissions inventory shall 

be the emissions inventory for the most 

recent calendar year for which a 

complete triennial inventory is required 

to be submitted to the EPA under the 

provisions of subpart A of 40 CFR part 

51, Air Emissions Reporting 

Requirements, 40 CFR 51.1 through 50. 

The most recent triennial inventory year 

conducted for the National Emissions 

Inventory (NEI) pursuant to the Air 

Emissions Reporting Requirements 

(AERR) rule is 2017. 73 FR 76539 

(December 17, 2008). Maryland selected 

2017 as their baseline emissions 

inventory year for RFP. This selection 

comports with EPA’s implementation 

regulations for the 2015 ozone NAAQS 

because 2017 is the inventory year. 40 

CFR 51.1310(b).1

40 CFR 51.1315(c) requires emissions 

values included in the base year 

inventory to be actual ozone season day 

emissions as defined by 40 CFR 

51.1300(q), which states: 

Ozone season day emissions means an 

average day’s emissions for a typical ozone 

season work weekday. The state shall select, 

subject to EPA approval, the particular 

month(s) in the ozone season and the day(s) 

in the work week to be represented, 

considering the conditions assumed in the 

development of RFP plans and/or emissions 

budgets for transportation conformity. 

C. Cecil County Base Year Inventory SIP 

The Cecil County base year inventory 

SIP contains an explanation of MDE’s 

2017 base year emissions inventory for 

Cecil County (2017 Cecil County BYE) 

for stationary, non-point, non-road, and 

on-road anthropogenic sources, as well 

as biogenic sources, in the Cecil County 

Area. The Cecil County Area consists 

solely of Cecil County, MD. MDE 

estimated anthropogenic emissions for 

volatile organic compound (VOC), 

nitrogen oxide (NOX), and carbon 

monoxide (CO) for a typical ozone 

season workweek day. 

MDE developed the 2017 Cecil 

County BYE with the following source 

categories of anthropogenic emissions 

sources: Point, quasi-point, non-point, 

non-road, on-road, and commercial 

marine vessels, airport, and railroad 

emissions sources (MAR). Appendix A 

of the Cecil County base year inventory 

SIP, 2017 Base Year SIP Emissions 

Inventory Methodologies (Appendix A), 

sets out the methodologies MDE used to 

develop its base year inventory. 

1. Point Sources 

Point sources are larger sources that 

are located at a fixed, stationary 

location. As defined by the AERR in 40 

CFR 51.50, point sources are large, 

stationary (non-mobile), identifiable 

sources of emissions that release 

pollutants into the atmosphere. A point 

source is a facility that is a major source 

under 40 CFR part 70 for one or more 

of the pollutants for which reporting is 

required by 40 CFR 51.15(a)(1). These 

point sources can be associated with a 

single point or group of points in space. 

Examples of point source emissions 

categories include power plants, 

industrial boilers, petroleum refineries, 

cement plants, and other industrial 

plants. 

As stated in Appendix A, for the 2017 

Cecil County BYE, MDE defined a point 

source located within a designated 

ozone nonattainment area as a 

stationary commercial or industrial 

facility that operations and emits more 

than 10 tons per year (tpy) of VOC; or 

25 tons per year of NOX; or a 100 tpy 

of CO, sulfur oxides (SOX), particulate 

matter with an aerodynamic diameter 

less than 10 micrometers (PM10), 

diameter less than 2.5 micrometers 

(PM2.5), and total suspended particulates 

(TSP). 

In Appendix A, MDE explains that it 

used several methods of source 

identification to ensure the point source 

inventory is as complete as possible. 

MDE’s primary data source is its 

permitting program, and MDE’s 

compliance program identifies other 

point sources through facility 

inspections and investigations. In 

addition, facilities are required by 

Maryland’s emissions statement 

regulations, Code of Maryland 

Regulations (COMAR) 26.11.01.05–1 

and 26.11.02.19D to certify the air 


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2Technical Support Document (TSD) for the Base 

Year Inventory Submitted with the 2015 8-Hour 

Ozone NAAQS Marginal Area State Implementation 

Plan for the Baltimore, MD Nonattainment Area, 

included in the docket for this rulemaking available 

online at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: 

EPA–R03–OAR–2021–0834. 

3Emission Inventory Guidance for 

Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 

and Regional Haze Regulations, Page 130, included 

in the docket for this rulemaking available online 

at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA– 

R03–OAR–2021–0834 PG 130. 

emissions for the past calendar year. 

The certified emissions are used for 

inventory and planning purposes. 

MDE developed the point source data 

for the 2017 base year inventory. The 

point source inventory contains 

emissions for electric generating units 

(EGUs) and Non-EGU sources in the 

nonattainment area. EPA guidance for 

emissions inventory development 

provides that ozone season day 

emissions are used for the base year 

inventory for the nonattainment area. 

MDE developed their 2017 inventory by 

using emissions directly reported to the 

agency by facilities as required by 

Maryland air quality regulations. These 

emissions are also reported to EPA, and 

after going through EPA’s quality 

assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) 

process, are included in EPA’s National 

Emissions Inventory (NEI). The 

emissions for this base year can be 

found in EPA’s 2017 NEI.2

2. Quasi-Point Sources 

MDE defines quasi-point sources as 

that are generally considered part of the 

non-point or non-road emissions sectors 

but are included in the point source 

emissions inventory for a particular 

reason. Such reasons include Federal 

guidance, as in the case of certain 

airports, or to facilitate future general 

conformity determinations, as in the 

case of military bases, ports, and other 

similar facilities. EPA has reviewed the 

source categories included in the quasipoint sources and has found this to be 

a reasonable approach to handle these 

sources. MDE has not identified any 

quasi-point sources in Cecil County. 

3. Non-Point Sources 

Non-point sources are also called 

‘‘area sources.’’ These sources 

collectively represent individual 

sources of emissions that have not been 

inventoried as either specific point or 

mobile sources. These individual 

sources treated collectively as non-point 

sources are typically too small, 

numerous, or difficult to inventory 

using the methods for the other classes 

of sources. 

Non-point sources that MDE 

evaluated for the 2017 Cecil County 

BYE include petroleum distribution 

losses (e.g., tank truck unloading and 

auto refueling), stationary source 

solvent application (e.g., dry cleaners, 

auto refinishing), bioprocess emissions 

sources (e.g., bakeries, breweries, 

wineries, distilleries), catastrophic/ 

accidental releases (e.g., oil spills and 

leaking underground storage tanks), 

solid waste disposal, treatment, and 

recovery (e.g., incineration, open 

burning), small stationary source fossil 

fuel use (e.g., small utility boilers, wood 

combustion, commercial cooking), 

fugitive sources (e.g., construction 

activity and unpaved roads), fire sources 

(e.g., agricultural burning and vehicle 

fires), and ammonia sources (e.g., 

agricultural livestock production 

operations). Appendix A sets out the 

methodologies MDE used to estimate 

emissions for each of these non-point 

source categories. These methods are 

consistent with the most recent EPA 

emission inventory guidance. 

4. Non-Road 

Non-road mobile sources are also 

called ‘‘off-highway’’ mobile sources. 

These are defined as a non-road engine 

or non-road vehicle. As per 40 CFR 

51.50, a non-road engine is an internal 

combustion engine (including the fuel 

system) that is not used in an on-road 

motor vehicle or a vehicle used solely 

for competition, or that is not affected 

by sections 111 or 202 of the CAA. Also 

defined by 40 CFR 51.50, a non-road 

vehicle (rather than engine) is a vehicle 

that is run by a non-road engine and 

that is not an on-road motor vehicle or 

a vehicle used solely for competition. 

Examples of non-road mobile sources 

include airport ground support 

equipment, agricultural and 

construction equipment powered by an 

internal combustion engine, and lawn 

and garden engines and equipment. 

As explained in Appendix A, 

consistent with EPA’s Emission 

Inventory Guidance for Implementation 

of Ozone and Particulate Matter 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

and Regional Haze Regulations, MDE 

used the most current version of EPA’s 

NONROAD2008a model, which is 

incorporated into EPA’s Motor Vehicle 

Emission Simulator (MOVES) model, 

specifically MOVES2014a, to develop 

the inventory for non-road mobile 

sources. The NONROAD2008a model 

includes more than 80 basic and 260 

specific types of non-road equipment 

(e.g., agricultural, airport support, 

commercial, construction, industrial, 

recreational vehicles, recreational 

watercraft, lawn and garden, railway 

maintenance, etc.) and further stratifies 

equipment types by horsepower rating. 

Fuel types include gasoline, diesel, 

compressed natural gas (CNG), and 

liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). 

Marine Vessels, Airport, Railroad 

Locomotives (MAR) Sources are a nonroad subcategory. MDE states in its Cecil 

County base year inventory SIP that, for 

MAR sources, MDE calculated 

emissions by collecting data directly 

from surveyed sources, or activity from 

state and federal reporting agencies. To 

develop the commercial marine vehicle 

emissions for the base year, Maryland 

used EPA’s 2016 beta modeling 

platform. This platform was used 

because it provided the most recent 

descriptions and methodologies for 

calculation of marine vessel emissions. 

To estimate emissions for aircraft, 

Maryland used airport activity statistics 

from the Federal Aviation Agency 

(FAA), landing and takeoff cycle 

information from the Maryland Aviation 

Administration, and statewide survey 

information for landing and takeoffs, 

engine type, location, and usage data. 

Railroad emission estimates were 

developed using activity and fuel 

consumption estimates collected from 

the rail companies and proportioned to 

each county by the amount of track 

miles each company utilized in a 

county. MDE applied EPA emission 

factors using EPA guidance and 

methodologies or the best engineering 

method. These methods of calculating 

emissions are consistent with the most 

recent EPA emission inventory 

guidance.3 Details of the development of 

emissions for these sources along with 

other non-road model sources are 

provided in Appendix A. 

5. On-Road Sources 

On-road mobile sources are also 

called ‘‘highway mobile sources.’’ These 

sources are the motor vehicles (e.g., 

automobiles, buses, trucks) traveling on 

local and highway roads. On-road 

mobile source emission estimates 

should utilize the latest recommended 

on-road mobile source models; 

currently, that means the EPA’s MOVES 

model for all states except California. 

The MOVES model estimates 

emissions from vehicle exhaust and 

from mobile source evaporative 

emissions, both of which must be 

included in the inventory. Volatile 

hydrocarbons evaporate from fuel 

systems while a vehicle is refueling, 

parked, or driving. Evaporative 

processes differ from exhaust emissions 

because they don’t directly involve 

combustion, which is the main process 

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As stated in Appendix A, MDE used 

EPA’s MOVES2014a model to estimate 

the 2017 annual emissions as well as 

2017 daily emissions from on-road 

vehicles and total energy consumption 

in Maryland. Emissions were estimated 

based on emission factors and vehicle 

activity. Emission factors for vehicles 

were based on vehicle type (e.g., 

passenger cars, passenger trucks), 

vehicle age, and the vehicle’s operating 

modes. Operating modes for running, 

start, and idle emissions are included in 

MOVES. The emission factors varied 

over a range of conditions, such as the 

ambient air temperature, speed, traffic 

conditions, road types, road topography, 

etc. The generated emission factors were 

then multiplied by the appropriate 

vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to estimate 

emissions. 

To estimate the rate at which 

emissions are being generated and to 

calculate VMT, MDE examined its road 

network and fleet to estimate vehicle 

activity. For the annual inventories, this 

was done for each of the twelve months 

in 2017 and aggregated for the entire 

year. MDE used computer models to 

perform these calculations by 

simulating the travel of vehicles on the 

Maryland’s roadway system. 

EPA has reviewed the results, 

procedures, and methodologies for the 

SIP base year, as well as comparing the 

inventory with previously QA/QC data 

in EPA’s 2017 NEI for any data 

discrepancies and found none. EPA has 

therefore determined the base year 

inventory to be acceptable and 

developed in accordance with EPA’s 

technical guidance. 

6. Biogenic Emissions 

MDE also inventoried biogenic 

emissions, which are not included in 

the anthropogenic total. Biogenic 

emissions come from natural sources, 

including vegetation, soils, volcanic 

emissions, lightning, and sea salt. They 

need to be accounted for in 

photochemical grid models, as most 

types are widespread and ubiquitous 

contributors to background formation of 

ozone. However, they are not included 

in the RFP baseline. 

Biogenic emissions are typically 

computed using a model which utilizes 

spatial information on vegetation and 

land use and environmental conditions 

of temperature and solar radiation. The 

model inputs are typically horizontally 

allocated (gridded) data, and the outputs 

are gridded biogenic emissions which 

can then be speciated and utilized as 

input to photochemical grid models. 

In Appendix A, MDE explains that it 

used the data files created and made 

available by EPA. MDE computed 

biogenic emissions with a modified 

version of EPA’s Biogenic Emission 

Inventory System (BEIS) model that 

utilized county land use data from 

EPA’s land use inventory and 

temperature and cloud cover data from 

the National Weather Service. This 

method is acceptable under EPA’s 

emission inventory guidance. 

7. Emissions Summary 

The Cecil County base year inventory 

SIP contains a summary of 2017 ozone 

season day emissions by source 

category, which is presented in Table 1 

in this document. MDE notes that the 

biogenic emissions are taken from EPA’s 

NEI 2014 database. Total biogenic 

emissions for July 2014 were divided by 

31 days to develop average ozone season 

day emissions for each jurisdiction in 

the region and then added together to 

develop the regional total. 

TABLE 1—2017 CECIL COUNTY BYE SUMMARY

[Tons per ozone season day] 

Source category VOC NOX CO 

Point ............................................................................................................................................. 0.415 1.604 0.472 

Quasi-Point .................................................................................................................................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 

Non-Point ..................................................................................................................................... 2.729 0.333 1.272 

Non-Road ..................................................................................................................................... 2.315 1.019 15.546 

MAR ............................................................................................................................................. 0.063 1.463 0.259 

On-Road Mobile ........................................................................................................................... 1.468 4.460 19.110 

Anthropogenic Total ............................................................................................................. 6.990 8.879 36.660 

Biogenic ....................................................................................................................................... 33.776 0.555 4.079 

III. Proposed Action 

EPA’s review of this material 

indicates the Cecil County base year 

inventory SIP meets the base year 

inventory requirement for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS for Maryland’s portion of 

the Philadelphia Area, which consists 

solely of Cecil County, Maryland. 

Therefore. EPA is proposing to approve 

the Cecil County base year inventory 

SIP, which was submitted on July 30, 

2020. EPA is soliciting public comments 

on the issues discussed in this 

document. These comments will be 

considered before taking final action. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA 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 proposed 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 

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• 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). 

In addition, this proposed 

rulemaking, proposing to approve 

Maryland’s portion of the Philadelphia 

nonattainment area base year inventory 

for the 2015 ozone NAAQS, 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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: January 3, 2022 

Diana Esher, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2020–0109; 

FF09E22000 FXES11130900000 223] 

RIN 1018–BC98 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Removal of 23 Extinct 

Species From the Lists of Endangered 

and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker; Correction 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period and announcement of 

public hearing; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects a date 

in a document that reopened a comment 

period on a proposed rule and 

announced a public hearing. On January 

11, 2022, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announced that we are 

reopening the public comment period 

on our September 30, 2021, proposal to 

remove 23 species from the Federal 

Lists of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife and Plants (List) due to 

extinction. We also announced a public 

hearing on the proposal to remove the 

ivory-billed woodpecker from the List 

and stated that the comment period 

reopening is only for the ivory-billed 

woodpecker proposed delisting. The 

document stated that the public hearing 

would take place on January 26, 2021. 

The correct date is January 26, 2022. 

DATES: January 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Maclin, Branch of Delisting 

and Foreign Species, Ecological Services 

Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls 

Church, VA 22041; telephone 703–358– 

2646. If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf, call the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In proposed rule document FR Doc. 

2022–00322 in the issue of January 11, 

2022, on page 1390 in the third column, 

make the following correction in DATES: 

Public hearing: On January 26, 2022, 

we will hold a public hearing on the 

ivory-billed woodpecker proposed 

delisting from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Central 

Time, using the Zoom platform (for 

more information, see Public Hearing, 

below). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of 

Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and 

Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00658 Filed 1–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 220110–0006] 

RIN 0648–BL00 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Dolphin 

and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic; 

Amendment 10 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes regulations to 

implement Amendment 10 to the 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the 

Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the 

Atlantic (Dolphin and Wahoo FMP), as 

prepared and submitted by the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(Council). This proposed rule would 

revise the annual catch limits (ACLs), 

accountability measures (AMs), and 

additional management measures for 

dolphin and wahoo. The additional 

management measures would address 

commercial trip limits, authorized 

fishing gear, the operator permit (card) 

requirement for dolphin and wahoo, 

and the recreational vessel limit for 

dolphin. Amendment 10 would also 

revise the acceptable biological catch 

(ABC) and sector allocations for both 

dolphin and wahoo. The purpose of this 

proposed rule and Amendment 10 is to 

base conservation and management 

measures for dolphin and wahoo on the 

best scientific information available and 

increase net benefits to the fishery. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposed rule, identified by 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0093,’’ by either 

of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0093’’, in the 

Search box. Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Nikhil Mehta, Southeast Regional 

Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

Written comments on the burdenhour estimates or other aspects of the 


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