Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 21, 2016 / Proposed Rules 93653 

■ d. In redesignated paragraph (b)(4), 

removing the phrase ‘‘paragraph (b)(2)’’ 

and in its place adding the phrase 

‘‘paragraph (b)(3)’’; and 

■ e. In the authority citation at the end 

of paragraph (b), adding ‘‘1114(t)’’. 

The addition and revision reads as 

follows: 

§ 3.352 Criteria for determining need for 

aid and attendance and ‘‘permanently 

bedridden.’’ 

* * * * * 

(b)(1) * * * 

(2) A veteran is entitled to the higher 

level aid and attendance allowance 

authorized by § 3.350(j) in lieu of the 

regular aid and attendance allowance 

when all of the following conditions are 

met: 

(i) As a result of service-connected 

residuals of traumatic brain injury, the 

veteran meets the requirements for 

entitlement to the regular aid and 

attendance allowance in paragraph (a) of 

this section. 

(ii) As a result of service-connected 

residuals of traumatic brain injury, the 

veteran needs a ‘‘higher level of care’’ 

(as defined in paragraph (b)(3) of this 

section) than is required to establish 

entitlement to the regular aid and 

attendance allowance, and in the 

absence of the provision of such higher 

level of care the veteran would require 

hospitalization, nursing home care, or 

other residential institutional care. 

* * * 

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1114(r)(2), 1114(t)) 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 3.552(b) by: 

■ a. In paragraph (b)(2), adding the 

phrase ‘‘or 38 U.S.C. 1114(t)’’ after the 

phrase ‘‘authorized by 38 U.S.C. 

1114(r)(1) or (2)’’; and 

■ b. At the end of paragraph (b), revising 

the authority citation. 

The revision read as follows: 

§ 3.552 Adjustment of allowance for aid 

and attendance. 

* * * * * 

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 5503(c)) 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2016–30509 Filed 12–20–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0669; FRL–9956–67– 

Region 9] 

Determination of Attainment of the 

2008 Ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards; Mariposa County, 

California 

AGENCY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine 

that the Mariposa County, California 

Moderate Nonattainment Area (NAA) 

has attained the 2008 8-hour ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS or ‘‘standards’’). This proposed 

determination is based on complete, 

quality-assured and certified data for 

2013–2015. Preliminary data for 2016 

are consistent with continued 

attainment of the standards in the 

Mariposa County NAA. If the 

determination is finalized as proposed, 

any unfulfilled obligations to submit 

revisions to the state implementation 

plan (SIP) related to attainment of the 

2008 ozone standards for the Mariposa 

County NAA will be suspended for as 

long as the area continues to meet those 

standards. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

January 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2016–0669 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

levin.nancy@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, the 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. The 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 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972– 

3848, levin.nancy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

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

the EPA. In the Rules and Regulations 

section of this Federal Register, we are 

making a determination that the 

Mariposa County, California Moderate 

NAA has attained the 2008 8-hour 

ozone NAAQS as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this action as 

noncontroversial and anticipates no 

adverse comments. A detailed rationale 

for this determination of attainment is 

set forth in the direct final rule. If we 

receive adverse comments, however, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule and address the 

comments in subsequent action based 

on this proposed rule. We do not plan 

to open a second comment period, so 

anyone interested in commenting 

should do so at this time. If we do not 

receive adverse comments, no further 

activity is planned. For further 

information, please see the direct final 

rule, which is located in the Rules and 

Regulations section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: December 2, 2016. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2016–30474 Filed 12–20–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

45 CFR Parts 1600, 1630, and 1631 

Definitions; Cost Standards and 

Procedures; Purchasing and Property 

Management 

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Legal Services 

Corporation (‘‘LSC’’) issued a proposed 

rule in the Federal Register of October 

28, 2016 [FR Doc. 2016–25831], 

concerning proposed amendments to its 

regulations governing definitions, cost 

standards and procedures, and 

purchasing and property management. 

This notice extends the comment period 

for 30 days to January 26, 2017. 


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