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vessel handling or carrying dangerous 

cargoes, cargoes of a particular hazard, 

or Class 1 (explosive) materials must be 

anchored within Anchorage B. 

(2) Vessels requiring the use of 

Anchorage B must display by day a red 

flag (Bravo flag) in a prominent location 

and by night a fixed red light. In lieu of 

a fixed red light, by night a red flag may 

be illuminated by spotlight. 

Dated: March 10, 2022. 

Laura M. Dickey, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Fifth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 17 

RIN 2900–AR01 

VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical 

Education and Residency; Extension 

of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is extending the comment 

period of the proposed rule ‘‘Pilot 

Program on Graduate Medical Education 

and Residency.’’ This action is being 

taken in response to requests from 

stakeholders to allow additional time for 

interested persons to submit comments 

on the proposed rule. 

DATES: VA is extending the comment 

period on the proposed rule published 

on February 4, 2022 by 90 days. 87 FR 

6456. Ninety days from April 5, 2022 is 

July 4, 2022, which is a federal holiday; 

therefore, the VA is extending the 

comment period to the following day, 

July 5, 2022. Comments must now be 

received on or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through 

www.Regulations.gov. Comments 

received will be available at 

regulations.gov for public viewing, 

inspection or copies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Bennett, Office of Academic 

Affiliations, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, at (202) 368–0324 or 

VAMission403Help@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 4, 2022, VA issued a proposed 

rule to revise its medical regulations to 

establish a new pilot program related to 

graduate medical education and 

residency, as required by section 403 of 

the John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, 

and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining 

Internal Systems and Strengthening 

Integrated Outside Network Act of 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–182, hereinafter referred to 

as the MISSION Act). See 87 FR 6456. 

Consistent with section 403 of the 

MISSION Act, the proposed rule 

established parameters by which VA 

would determine those covered 

facilities in which residents would be 

placed under the pilot program, such as 

certain consideration factors to 

determine whether there is a clinical 

need for providers in areas where 

residents would be placed. VA further 

proposed to prioritize placement of 

residents under the pilot program in 

Indian Health Service facilities, Indian 

tribal or tribal organization facilities, 

certain underserved VA facilities, or 

other covered facilities, as required by 

section 403 of the MISSION Act. In 

addition, VA proposed parameters to 

pay resident stipends and benefits and 

certain startup costs of new residency 

programs if residents are placed in such 

programs under the pilot program. 

The proposed rule provided an 

opportunity to submit comments by 

April 5, 2022. In response to requests 

from stakeholders to extend the 

comment period, VA extends the 

comment period by 90 days to allow 

additional time for interested persons to 

submit comments on the proposed rule. 

Comments must now be received on or 

before July 5, 2022. 

Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on March 21, 2022, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Consuela Benjamin, 

Regulation Development Coordinator, Office 

of Regulation Policy & Management, Office 

of General Counsel, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2022–0285; FRL–9645–01– 

R7] 

Air Plan Approval; Missouri; 

Restriction of Emissions Credit for 

Reduced Pollutant Concentrations 

From the Use of Dispersion 

Techniques 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of 

a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Missouri on January 30, 2020. Missouri 

requests that the EPA approve revisions 

to a State regulation that limits the use 

of dispersion techniques to meet 

ambient air quality standards in the 

vicinity of major sources of air 

pollution. The use of certain dispersion 

techniques is prohibited by section 123 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The 

revisions to the rule are a revised 

restructured version of the same rule. 

These revisions are administrative in 

nature and do not impact the stringency 

of the SIP or air quality. The EPA’s 

proposed approval of this rule revision 

is in accordance with the requirements 

of the CAA. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2022–0285 to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Written Comments’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Brown, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air 

Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; 

telephone number: (913) 551–7718; 

email address: brown.steven@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. 


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Table of Contents 

I. Written Comments 

II. What is being addressed in this document? 

III. Have the requirements for approval of a 

SIP revision been met? 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Written Comments 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–R07–OAR–2022– 

0285, at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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, 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. 

II. What is being addressed in this 

document? 

The EPA is proposing to approve a 

SIP revision submitted by the State of 

Missouri on January 30, 2020. Missouri 

requests the EPA to approve revisions to 

their SIP by replacing the existing rule, 

Title 10, Division 10 of the Code of State 

Regulations (CSR), (10 CSR 10–6.140) 

‘‘Restriction of Emissions Credit for 

Reduced Pollutant Concentrations from 

the Use of Dispersion Techniques’’, with 

a revised restructured version of the 

same rule. The State has revised this 

rule in order to incorporate the 

provisions of 40 CFR part 51, appendix 

W-Guideline on Air Quality Models, 

add definitions specific to this rule, 

organize the rule into standard rule 

organizational format, and removes 

unnecessary words. After review and 

analysis of the revisions, the EPA 

concludes that these changes do not 

have adverse effects on air quality. The 

full text of these changes can be found 

in the State’s submission, which is 

included in the docket for this action. 

The EPA’s analysis of the revisions can 

be found in the technical support 

document (TSD), also included in the 

docket. 

III. Have the requirements for approval 

of a SIP revision been met? 

The State submission has met the 

public notice requirements for SIP 

submissions in accordance with 40 CFR 

51.102. The submission also satisfied 

the completeness criteria of 40 CFR part 

51, appendix V. The State provided 

public notice on this SIP revision from 

June 3, 2019, to August 1, 2019, and 

received no comments. In addition, as 

explained above and in more detail in 

the State submittal document and EPA’s 

TSD, which is in the docket, the 

revision meets the substantive SIP 

requirements of the CAA, including 

section 110 and implementing 

regulations. 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

The EPA is proposing to amend the 

Missouri SIP by approving the State’s 

request to revise 10 CSR 10–6.140 

‘‘Restriction of Emissions Credit for 

Reduced Pollutant Concentrations from 

the Use of Dispersion Techniques.’’ 

Approval of these revisions will ensure 

consistency between State and federally 

approved rules. Because this rule was 

previously approved into Missouri’s 

SIP, we are soliciting comments solely 

on the proposed revisions to the rule 

and not on the existing text that is 

approved into Missouri’s SIP. The EPA 

has determined that these changes meet 

the requirements of the Clean Air Act 

and will not have a negative impact to 

air quality. We are processing this as a 

proposed action because we are 

soliciting comments on this proposed 

action. Final rulemaking will occur after 

consideration of any comments. 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, the EPA is 

proposing to include regulatory text in 

an EPA final rule that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is proposing to 

incorporate by reference the Missouri 

Regulations described in Section II of 

this preamble as set forth in the 

proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 

52 below. The EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, these materials 

generally available through 

www.regulations.gov and at the EPA 

Region 7 Office (please contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

VI. 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, the 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 the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTA) because this 

rulemaking does not involve technical 

standards; 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 

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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, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: March 16, 2022. 

Meghan A. McCollister, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA proposes to amend 

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 AA—Missouri 

■ 2. In § 52.1320, the table in paragraph 

(c) is amended by revising the entry 

‘‘10–6.140’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1320 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS

Missouri citation Title 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources 

*******

Chapter 6—Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods, and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the State of 

Missouri 

*******

10–6.140 .......... Restriction of Emissions Credit for Reduced 

Pollutant Concentrations from the Use of 

Dispersion Techniques.

1/30/2020 [Date of publication of the final rule in the 

Federal Register], [Federal Register citation of the final rule].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2022–0113; FRL–9656–01– 

R1] 

Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; State 

Implementation Plan Revisions 

Required by the 2008 and 2015 Ozone 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing approval of 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of 

Connecticut for purposes of 

implementing the 2008 and 2015 ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). The SIP revisions consist of 

a demonstration that Connecticut meets 

the requirements of reasonably available 

control technology (RACT) for the two 

precursors for ground-level ozone, 

oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs), set forth by 

the Clean Air Act (CAA, or the Act) with 

respect to the 2008 and 2015 ozone 

standards. We are also proposing 

approval of a Consent Order that 

establishes NOX RACT requirements for 

facilities operated by NRG Connecticut. 

Additionally, we are proposing approval 

of Connecticut’s certification that it 

meets the nonattainment new source 

review (NNSR) requirements of the CAA 

for purposes of the 2008 and 2015 ozone 

standards. This action is being taken in 

accordance with the CAA. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

OAR–2022–0113 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

mcconnell.robert@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 

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

commenting-epa-dockets. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

at https://www.regulations.gov or at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA Region 1 Regional Office, Air and 

Radiation Division, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA 

requests that, if at all possible, you 

contact the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays and 

facility closures due to COVID–19. 


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