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TABLE 1—ANNUAL EMISSIONS OF NOX AND VOC FROM ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES IN MONTANA—Continued 

[tons per year] 29

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Projected 

2023 

VOC ........................ 100,778 104,768 108,759 112,750 103,312 91,612 83,660 82,432 81,204 92,076 

TABLE 2—ANNUAL EMISSIONS OF NOX AND VOC FROM ONROAD AND NONROAD VEHICLES IN MONTANA

[tons per year] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Projected 

2023 

NOX ........................ 75,883 75,352 74,821 74,289 69,640 60,254 57,701 55,182 52,662 41,261 

VOC ........................ 31,108 30,865 30,622 30,379 28,059 23,477 22,644 21,416 20,188 16,631 

Thus, EPA’s evaluation of measured 

and monitored data, and contribution 

values in 2023, as discussed in this 

section, is consistent with conclusions 

made by Montana that emissions from 

sources in the State will not contribute 

to nonattainment or interfere with 

maintenance of the 2015 ozone NAAQS 

in any other state. 

IV. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve the 

October 1, 2018 SIP submittal as 

meeting the interstate transport 

requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS. At this time, EPA is not 

proposing action on the remaining 

infrastructure elements included in 

Montana’s submittal and will act on 

those elements in a future action. 

The Agency is soliciting public 

comments on its proposed approval of 

the CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) 

element of Montana’s infrastructure SIP 

submittal for the 2015 ozone NAAQS. 

Significant comments will be 

considered before taking final action. 

Interested parties may participate in the 

Federal rulemaking procedure by 

submitting written comments to this 

proposed rule by following the 

instructions listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this Federal Register. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, 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 proposed 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 

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 Clean Air Act; 

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 proposed 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 in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: January 27, 2022. 

KC Becker, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–30; RM–11916; DA 22– 

66; FR ID 69356] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Vernon, Alabama 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by 

Alabama Educational Television 

Commission (Petitioner), requesting the 

allotment of reserved noncommercial 

educational channel *4 at Vernon, 

Alabama, as the community’s first local 

service. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before March 7, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before March 21, 2022. 

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L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In 

addition to filing comments with the 

FCC, interested parties should serve the 

Petitioner as follows: M. Scott Johnson, 

Esq., Smithwick & Belendiuk, PC, 5028 

Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media 

Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support 

of its channel allotment request, the 

Petitioner states that Vernon is a 

community deserving of a new 

television broadcast service. According 

to the Petitioner, Vernon (pop. 5,551/ 

2010 Census) has a mayor, Board of 

Registrars, Circuit Clerk, Judge Probate, 

Sheriff, and six-member City Council. 

The community also has police, fire, 

and utility departments, as well as a 

public library, regional hospital, airport, 

numerous businesses and places of 

worship, and its own Zip Code. In 

addition, the proposed allotment would 

allow the provision of noncommercial 

educational television service to areas 

not currently served by Alabama 

Educational Television Commission 

(AETC). The Petitioner states its 

intention to file an application for 

channel *4, if allotted, and take all 

necessary steps to obtain a construction 

permit. The Commission concludes the 

request to amend the Table of 

Allotments warrants consideration. The 

Petitioner’s proposal would result in a 

first local service to Vernon consistent 

with the Commission’s television 

allotment policies. Channel *4 can be 

allotted to Vernon, consistent with the 

minimum geographic spacing 

requirements for new digital television 

(DTV) allotments in § 73.623(d) of the 

Commission’s rules, at 33°54′44.26′′ N 

and 87°48′06.20′′ W. In addition, the 

allotment point complies with 

§ 73.625(a)(1) of the rules as the entire 

community of Vernon is encompassed 

by the 35 dBm contour. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–30; 

RM–11916; DA 22–30, adopted January 

20, 2022, and released January 20, 2022. 

The full text of this document is 

available for download at https://

www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials 

in accessible formats (braille, large 

print, computer diskettes, or audio 

recordings), please send an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (VOICE), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601– 

612, do not apply to this proceeding. 

Members of the public should note 

that all ex parte contacts are prohibited 

from the time a notice of proposed 

rulemaking is issued to the time the 

matter is no longer subject to 

Commission consideration or court 

review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, 

however, exceptions to this prohibition, 

which can be found in § 1.1204(a) of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a). 

See §§ 1.415 and 1.420 of the 

Commission’s rules for information 

regarding the proper filing procedures 

for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. In § 73.622(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under Alabama by adding an 

entry for Vernon in alphabetical order to 

read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

ALABAMA 

* * * * * 

Vernon .................................. * 4 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2020–0017; 

FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 223] 

RIN 1018–BF94 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Designation of Critical 

Habitat for Tiehm’s Buckwheat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), propose to 

designate critical habitat for the Tiehm’s 

buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii), which 

the Service has proposed to list as 

endangered under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

In total, we propose to designate 

approximately 910 acres (368 hectares) 

in one unit in Nevada as critical habitat 

for Tiehm’s buckwheat. We also 

announce the availability of a draft 

economic analysis of the proposed 

critical habitat designation. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

April 4, 2022. Comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, 

below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the closing date. We 

must receive requests for a public 

hearing, in writing, at the address 

shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT by March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments: You may 

submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter the docket number or RIN for this 

rulemaking (presented above in the 

document headings). For best results, do 

not copy and paste either number; 

instead, type the docket number or RIN 

into the Search box using hyphens. 

Then, click on the Search button. On the 

resulting page, in the Search panel on 

the left side of the screen, under the 

Document Type heading, check the 

Proposed Rule box to locate this 

document. You may submit a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment.’’ 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 

FWS–R8–ES–2020–0017, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 


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