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1EPA received the submittal on April 14, 2021, 

and for clarity, refers to the submission per its 

‘‘letter date’’ of April 13, 2021, throughout this 

notice. 

2EPA notes that the Agency received several 

revisions to the North Carolina SIP that were 

transmitted with the same April 13, 2021, cover 

letter. EPA will be considering action for these 

other SIP revisions in separate rulemakings. 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70051; 33 CFR 

1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; 

Department of Homeland Security Delegation 

No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. 

■ 2. Add § 165.T13–0140 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T13–0140 Safety Zone; Columbia 

River, Vancouver, WA. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of the 

Columbia River, from surface to bottom, 

starting approximately 700 yards east of 

the I–5 bridge from shoreline to 

shoreline heading east for 

approximately 1.2 miles; specifically 

beginning at the shoreline at 45°36′40.7′′ 

N, 122°40′11.2′′ W, northeast to 

45°37′08.7′′ N, 122°39′53.8′′ W, 

southeast to 45°36′41.3′′ N, 122°38′32.0′′ 

W, thence southwest to 45°36′15.8′′ N, 

122°38′53.0′′ W, and along the shoreline 

back to the beginning point. 

(b) Definitions. As used in this section 

Designated representative means a Coast 

Guard Patrol Commander, including a 

Coast Guard coxswain, petty officer, or 

other officer operating a Coast Guard 

vessel and a Federal, State, and local 

officer designated by or assisting the 

COTP in the enforcement of the 

regulations in this section. 

Participant means all persons and 

vessels registered with the event 

sponsor as a participant in the testing 

event. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) Under the general safety zone 

regulations in subpart C of this part, you 

may not enter the safety zone described 

in paragraph (a) of this section unless 

authorized by the COTP or the COTP’s 

designated representative. 

(2) To seek permission to enter, 

contact the COTP or the COTP’s 

representative by calling (503) 209–2468 

or the Sector Columbia River Command 

Center on Channel 16 VHF–FM. Those 

in the safety zone must comply with all 

lawful orders or directions given to 

them by the COTP or the COTP’s 

designated representative. 

(d) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced from 8:30 a.m. until 

3:30 p.m. on May 20, 2022. It will be 

subject to enforcement this entire period 

unless the COTP determines it is no 

longer needed, in which case the Coast 

Guard will inform mariners via Notice 

to Mariners. 

Dated: March 24, 2022. 

M. Scott Jackson, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port Sector Columbia River. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2021–0472; FRL–9646–01– 

R4] 

Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; 

Repeal of Delegation Authority 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of North 

Carolina’s Department of Environmental 

Quality (DEQ), Division of Air Quality 

(DAQ or Division), via a letter dated 

April 13, 2021. This proposed 

rulemaking addresses the repeal of a 

State regulation related to delegation of 

authority and removal of the regulation 

from the North Carolina SIP. EPA is 

proposing to approve these changes 

pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or 

Act). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2021–0472 at 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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. 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 

www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andres Febres, Air Regulatory 

Management Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303– 

8960. The telephone number is (404) 

562–8966. Mr. Febres can also be 

reached via electronic mail at febresmartinez.andres@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On April 13, 2021, the State of North 

Carolina submitted changes to the North 

Carolina SIP for EPA’s approval.1

Specifically, EPA is proposing to 

approve changes to the North Carolina 

SIP related to 15A North Carolina 

Administrative Code (NCAC) 

Subchapter 02D, Rule .0615, 

Delegation.2 The April 13, 2021, SIP 

revision seeks to remove the 

aforementioned regulation from the SIP 

because the regulation is unnecessary 

and has been repealed at the state level. 

II. Analysis of the State’s Submittal 

The April 13, 2021, SIP revision seeks 

to remove 15 NCAC 02D, Rule .0615— 

Delegation, from the North Carolina SIP. 

Rule .0615 provides that the Director of 

the DAQ has the authority to delegate 

his or her administrative and approval 

functions under Section 02D .0600, 

Monitoring: Recordkeeping: Reporting, 

to other officials in the Division. North 

Carolina states in its April 13, 2021, 

submittal that this rule is unnecessary 

and was repealed at the state level. EPA 

is proposing to approve the removal of 

Rule .0615 from the SIP for these 

reasons and because removal will not 

impact emissions or interfere with 

attainment and maintenance of the 

NAAQS or any other applicable 

requirement of the Act. 

III. Incorporation by Reference 

In this document, EPA is proposing to 

include in a final EPA rule amended 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. EPA is 

proposing to remove 15A NCAC 02D, 

Rule .0615—Delegation, state effective 

on November 1, 2020, from the North 

Carolina State Implementation Plan, 

which is incorporated by reference in 

accordance with the requirements of 1 


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CFR part 51. EPA has made, and will 

continue to make, the State 

Implementation Plan generally available 

at the EPA Region 4 Office (please 

contact the person identified in the ‘‘For 

Further Information Contact’’ section of 

this preamble for more information). 

IV. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve changes 

to the North Carolina SIP. Specifically, 

for the reasons described above, EPA is 

proposing to approve the removal of 15 

NCAC 02D, Rule .0615—Delegation, 

from the North Carolina SIP. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

See 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. This action merely proposes to 

approve 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 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). 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 as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), nor will it impose substantial 

direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law. 

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. 

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

Dated: March 25, 2022. 

Daniel Blackman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2021–0962; FRL–9400–01– 

R9] 

Delegation of New Source 

Performance Standards and National 

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants for the States of Arizona 

and California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to 

approve updates to the Code of Federal 

Regulations delegation tables to reflect 

the current delegation status of New 

Source Performance Standards and 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants in Arizona 

and California. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

May 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09– 

OAR–2021–0962 at https://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

buss.jeffrey@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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Buss, EPA Region IX, (415) 947– 

4152, buss.jeffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

issue of the Federal Register, the EPA 

is approving updates to the Code of 

Federal Regulations delegation tables to 

reflect the current delegation status of 

New Source Performance Standards and 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants in Arizona 

and California. We are approving these 

updates in a direct final action without 

prior proposal because we believe this 

action is not controversial. A detailed 

rationale for the approval 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 a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. Please note 

that if the EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, the EPA may 

adopt as final those provisions of the 

rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

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 


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