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included a negative declaration for the 

2016 Oil and Natural Gas Industry 

Control Techniques Guidelines (CTG). 

The term ‘‘negative declaration’’ means 

that the State has explored whether any 

facilities subject to the applicability 

requirements of the CTG exist within 

the State and concluded that there are 

no such sources within its borders. This 

is consistent with EPA’s understanding 

of where sources subject to the Oil and 

Natural Gas Industry CTG are located. 

The formal SIP revision was submitted 

by Connecticut on December 29, 2020. 

Other specific requirements of the 

Connecticut negative declaration for the 

2016 Oil and Natural Gas Industry CTG 

and the rationale for EPA’s proposed 

action are explained in the NPRM and 

will not be restated here. No public 

comments were received on the NPRM. 

II. Final Action 

EPA is approving Connecticut’s 

negative declaration for the 2016 Oil 

and Natural Gas Industry CTG as a 

revision to the Connecticut SIP. 

III. 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 Clean Air Act. 

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 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 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). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this action and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by May 31, 2022. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this action for 

the purposes of judicial review nor does 

it extend the time within which a 

petition for judicial review may be filed, 

and shall not postpone the effectiveness 

of such rule or action. This action may 

not be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 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. 

Dated: March 23, 2022. 

David Cash, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 130403320–4891–02; RTID 

0648–XB868] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 

2022–2023 Recreational Fishing 

Season for Black Sea Bass 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; recreational 

season length. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

length of the recreational fishing season 

for black sea bass in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic will extend throughout the 

species’ 2022–2023 fishing year. 

Announcing the length of recreational 

season for black sea bass is one of the 

accountability measures (AMs) for the 

recreational sector. This announcement 

allows recreational fishers to maximize 

their opportunity to harvest the 

recreational annual catch limit (ACL) for 

black sea bass during the fishing season 

while managing harvest to protect the 

black sea bass resource. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 12:01 

a.m. eastern time on April 1, 2022, 

through March 31, 2023, unless changed 

by subsequent notification in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nikhil Mehta, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

nikhil.mehta@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

includes black sea bass south of 35°15.9′ 

N latitude and is managed under the 


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Fishery Management Plan for the 

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 

Atlantic Region (FMP). The South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

prepared the FMP and the FMP is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

The recreational fishing year for black 

sea bass is April 1 through March 31. 

The recreational AM for black sea bass 

requires that before the April 1 start date 

of each recreational fishing year, NMFS 

projects the length of the recreational 

fishing season based on when NMFS 

projects the recreational ACL will be 

met, and announces the recreational 

season end date in the Federal Register 

(50 CFR 622.193(e)(2)). The purpose of 

this AM is to have a more predictable 

recreational season length while still 

constraining harvest at or below the 

recreational ACL to protect the stock 

from experiencing adverse biological 

consequences. 

The recreational ACL for the 2020– 

2021 black sea bass fishing year is 

310,602 lb (140,887 kg), gutted weight, 

366,510 lb (166,246 kg), round weight. 

The recreational ACL was set through 

the final rule for Abbreviated 

Framework Amendment 2 to the FMP 

(84 FR 14021, April 9, 2019). 

NMFS estimates that recreational 

landings for the 2022–2023 fishing year 

will be less than the 2020–2021 

recreational ACL. To make this 

determination, NMFS compared 

recreational landings in the last 3 

fishing years (2018/2019, 2019/2020, 

and 2020/2021) to the recreational ACL 

for the 2022–2023 black sea bass fishing 

year. Recreational landings in each of 

the past 3 fishing years have been 

substantially less than the 2022–2023 

recreational ACL; therefore, recreational 

landings are projected to be less than 

the 2022–2023 recreational ACL. 

Accordingly, the recreational sector for 

black sea bass is not expected to close 

during the fishing year as a result of 

reaching its ACL, and the season end 

date for recreational fishing for black sea 

bass in the South Atlantic EEZ south of 

35°15.9′ N latitude is March 31, 2021. 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator for the 

NMFS Southeast Region has determined 

this temporary rule is necessary for the 

conservation and management of South 

Atlantic black sea bass and is consistent 

with the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, and other applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.193(e)(2) and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

These measures are exempt from the 

procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act because the temporary rule is issued 

without opportunity for prior notice and 

comment. 

This action responds to the best 

scientific information available. The 

Assistant Administrator for NOAA 

Fisheries (AA) finds that the need to 

immediately implement the notice of 

the recreational season length 

constitutes good cause to waive the 

requirements to provide prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment on 

this temporary rule is unnecessary. 

Such procedures are unnecessary, 

because the rule establishing the AM 

has already been subject to notice and 

comment and all that remains is to 

notify the public of the recreational 

season length. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

AA also finds good cause to waive the 

30-day delay in the effectiveness of this 

action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 24, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 201209–0332; RTID 0648– 

XB687] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 

Quota Transfer From MD to NC 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification; quota transfers. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of Maryland is transferring a 

portion of its 2021 commercial bluefish 

quota to the State of North Carolina. 

This quota adjustment is necessary to 

comply with the Atlantic Bluefish 

Fishery Management Plan quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised commercial 

bluefish quotas for Maryland and North 

Carolina. 

DATES: Effective March 25, 2022 through 

December 31, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hansen, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

bluefish fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.160 through 648.167. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through Florida. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.162, and the 

final 2021 allocations were published 

on December 16, 2020 (85 FR 81421). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) published in 

the Federal Register on July 26, 2000 

(65 FR 45844), and provided a 

mechanism for transferring bluefish 

quota from one state to another. Two or 

more states, under mutual agreement 

and with the concurrence of the NMFS 

Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, 

can request approval to transfer or 

combine bluefish commercial quota 

under § 648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii). 

The Regional Administrator must 

approve any such transfer based on the 

criteria in § 648.162(e). In evaluating 

requests to transfer a quota or combine 

quotas, the Regional Administrator shall 

consider whether: The transfer or 

combinations would preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested; the transfer addresses an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery; and the transfer is consistent 

with the objectives of the FMP and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

Maryland is transferring 10,000 lb 

(4,536 kg) to North Carolina through 

mutual agreement of the states. This 

transfer was requested to ensure that 

North Carolina would not exceed their 

2021 state quota. The revised bluefish 

quotas for 2021 are: Maryland 33,084 lb 

(15,007 kg) and North Carolina, 

1,082,377 lb (490,958 kg). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii), which was 

issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is 

exempted from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 


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