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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). 

In addition, 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). 

List of Subjects 

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. 

40 CFR Part 70 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Hazardous 

substances, Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

Debra Shore, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 87, 1030, and 1031 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0660; FRL–9354–02 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AU69 

Control of Air Pollution From Aircraft 

Engines: Emission Standards and Test 

Procedures; Rescheduling of Public 

Hearing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; rescheduling of 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a virtual 

public hearing to be held on February 

17, 2022, on its proposed rulemaking for 

particulate matter (PM) emission 

standards for aircraft engines, which 

was signed on December 17, 2021. This 

hearing is being rescheduled from the 

previous date of January 20, 2022. 

DATES: EPA will hold a virtual public 

hearing on February 17, 2022. The 

hearing will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern 

Time (ET) and end when all parties who 

wish to speak have had an opportunity 

to do so. Please refer to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

additional information on the public 

hearing. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held virtually. Additional information 

regarding the hearing appears below 

under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Manning, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Assessment and Standards Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105; telephone number: 734–214– 

4832; email address: manning.bryan@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is proposing PM emission standards and 

test procedures applicable to certain 

classes of engines used by civil subsonic 

jet airplanes (those engines with rated 

output of greater than 26.7 kilonewtons 

(kN)). These proposed standards and 

test procedures are equivalent to the 

aircraft engine standards adopted by the 

United Nations’ International Civil 

Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2017 

and 2020. The proposed rulemaking was 

signed on December 17, 2021, and it 

will be published separately in the 

Federal Register. The pre-publication 

version is available at https://

www.epa.gov/regulations-emissionsvehicles-and-engines/proposed-rulecontrol-air-pollution-aircraft-engines. 

Participation in virtual public 

hearing. Please note that EPA is 

deviating from its typical approach 

because the President has declared a 

national emergency. Because of current 

recommendations from the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

as well as state and local orders for 

social distancing to limit the spread of 

COVID–19, EPA cannot hold in-person 

public meetings at this time. 

EPA is also asking all hearing 

attendees to register for the hearing, 

even those who do not intend to provide 

testimony, by February 14, 2022. 

Information on how to register for the 

hearing can be found at https://

www.epa.gov/regulations-emissionsvehicles-and-engines/proposed-rulecontrol-air-pollution-aircraft-engines. 

For those without internet access, 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

register. 

The last day to pre-register to speak at 

the hearing will be February 14, 2022. 

The virtual public hearing will provide 

interested parties the opportunity to 

present data, views, or arguments 

concerning the proposal (the official 

version of which was signed on 

December 17, 2021 and a copy of which 

is available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

regulations-emissions-vehicles-andengines/proposed-rule-control-airpollution-aircraft-engines). EPA may ask 

clarifying questions during the oral 

presentations but will not respond to 

the presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearing. EPA recommends submitting 

the text of your oral comments as 

written comments to the rulemaking 

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0660, which can be found at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

The hearing will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) and end when all 

parties who wish to speak have had an 

opportunity to do so. A five-minute time 

limit will be placed on all oral 

testimony. 

Please note that any updates made to 

any aspect of the hearing will be posted 

online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

regulations-emissions-vehicles-andengines/proposed-rule-control-airpollution-aircraft-engines. While EPA 

expects the hearing to go forward as set 

forth above, please monitor our website 

or contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

determine if there are any updates. EPA 

does not intend to publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing 

updates. 

If you require the services of a 

translator or special accommodations 

such as audio description, please preregister for the hearing and describe 

your needs by February 14, 2022. EPA 

may not be able to arrange 

accommodations without advance 

notice. 

How can I get copies of the proposed 

action and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2019–0660, which can be found at 

https://www.regulations.gov. EPA has 

also developed a website for this 

proposed rule at https://www.epa.gov/ 

regulations-emissions-vehicles-andengines/proposed-rule-control-airpollution-aircraft-engines. Please refer 

to the notice of proposed rulemaking for 

detailed information on accessing 

information related to the proposal. 

William Charmley, 

Director, Assessment and Standards Division, 

Office of Transportation and Air Quality. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 493 

[CMS–3355–RCN] 

RIN 0938–AT55 

Clinical Laboratory Improvement 

Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) 

Proficiency Testing Regulations 

Related to Analytes and Acceptable 

Performance; Extension of Timeline for 

Publication of Final Rule 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS); 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), HHS. 

ACTION: Extension of timeline for 

publication of final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security Act (the 

Act) specifies that a Medicare final rule 

must be published no later than 3 years 

after the publication date of the 

proposed rule or interim final rule, as 

applicable, except under exceptional 

circumstances. In accordance with the 

Act, this document announces an 

extension of the timeline for publication 

of the final rule and includes a brief 

explanation of the justification for the 

variation. 

DATES: As of January 18, 2022, the 

timeline for publication of the final rule 

to finalize the provisions of the 

proposed rule published on February 4, 

2019 (84 FR 1536), is extended until 

February 4, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Bennett, CMS, (410) 786–3531 or 

Nancy Anderson, CDC, (404) 498–2741. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

February 4, 2019, Federal Register (84 

FR 1536), we published a proposed rule 

entitled ‘‘Clinical Laboratory 

Improvement Amendments of 1988 

(CLIA) Proficiency Testing Regulations 

Related to Analytes and Acceptable 

Performance’’, which would update 

proficiency testing (PT) regulations 

under the CLIA to address current 

analytes (that is, substances or 

constituents for which the laboratory 

conducts testing) and newer 

technologies. This proposed rule would 

also make additional technical changes 

to PT referral regulations to more 

closely align with the CLIA statute. 

Section 1871(a)(3)(B) of the Social 

Security Act (the Act) requires the 

Secretary to publish a Medicare final 

rule no later than 3 years after the 

publication date of the proposed rule or 

interim final rule, as applicable, except 

under exceptional circumstances. In 

such circumstances, the Secretary may 

vary the final rule publication timeline 

if the Secretary publishes a Federal 

Register notice of the different timeline, 

including a brief explanation of the 

justification for the variation, by no later 

than the previously established 

timeline. To meet the 3-year timeline, 

the final rule would have to be 

published by February 4, 2022. For the 

reasons discussed below, we are unable 

to publish the final rule by February 4, 

2022. In accordance with section 

1871(a)(3)(B) of the Act, this document 

announces an extension of the timeline 

for publication of the final rule by 1 year 

until February 4, 2023. 

Since the COVID–19 public health 

emergency was effective January 27, 

2020, we prioritized our efforts to issue 

appropriate regulatory flexibility 

provisions to increase access to reliable 

and accurate testing relevant to COVID– 

19, while minimizing unnecessary 

regulatory burdens. This redirection 

continues to require considerable focus 

and resources, especially to prioritize 

the publication of notices relevant to 

COVID–19 and to provide guidance to 

laboratories involved in COVID–19 

testing. Therefore, we cannot meet the 

February 4, 2022 deadline. However, we 

intend to publish the final rule by 

February 4, 2023. Extension of the 

timeline to allow for issuing the final 

rule is critical as the release of the final 

rule is anticipated, and we expect 

stakeholders, including the laboratory 

community and others, will react 

positively to the changes to the CLIA 

regulations. The practice of laboratory 

medicine has changed significantly 

since the PT regulations were published 

in 1992. There are several clinically 

important analytes in common use 

today for which PT was not required in 

the 1992 rule. The laboratory 

community is aware of this and other 

gaps that will be addressed by this final 

rule. Stakeholders are actively 

requesting updates to the PT analytes, 

acceptance limits, and microbiology 

model and have frequently inquired 

about the status of the final rule since 

2019. For these reasons and based on 

comments we received in response to 

the proposed rule, it is important to 

extend the timeline to issue this final 

rule to revise and update the CLIA PT 

regulations. 

Karuna Seshasai, 

Executive Secretary to the Department, 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

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