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Rev. 1. A Record of Environmental 

Consideration supporting this 

determination is available in the docket. 

For instructions on locating the docket, 

see the ADDRESSES section of this 

preamble. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to call or email the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

coordinate protest activities so that your 

message can be received without 

jeopardizing the safety or security of 

people, places or vessels. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 165 as follows: 

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.T05–0093 to read as 

follows: 

§ 165.T05–0093 Safety Zone; Atlantic 

Intracoastal Waterway, Swansboro, NC 

(a) Definitions. For the purposes of 

this section— 

Captain of the Port means the 

Commander, Coast Guard Sector North 

Carolina. 

Representative means any Coast 

Guard commissioned, warrant or petty 

officer who has been authorized to act 

on the behalf of the Captain of the Port. 

Participant means an individual or 

vessel involved with the training 

exercise. 

(b) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of 

Queen Creek, Parrot Swamp, the 

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW), 

Bogue Sound, and White Oak River 

within a line between the following 

latitudes and longitudes: starting at 

Queen Creek Road Bridge at N 

34°41′03′′, W 077°10′17′′; then Southeast 

along the shoreline to N 34°40′38′′, W 

077°09′47′′; then Southwest to N 

34°40′20′′, W 077°10′10′′; then Southeast 

to N 34°40′06′′, W 077°09′51′′; then 

Northeast to N 34°40′21′′, W 077°09′37′′; 

then Southeast to the AICW at N 

34°39′51′′, W 077°09′07′′; then 

Southwest along the shoreline to N 

34°39′12′′, W 077°09′52′′; then 

Southwest to N 34°38′41′′, W 

077°09′32′′; then Northeast to Bogue 

Sound Daybeacon 45B at N 34°40′32′′, 

W 077°06′26′′; then Northwest to the 

White Oak River Bridge at N 34°41′15′′, 

W 077°07′02′′; then Southwest to 

Hammocks Beach State Park at N 

34°40′11′′, W 077°08′36′′; then 

Northwest to Queen Creek Road Bridge 

at N 34°41′15′′, W 077°10′03′′; then 

Southwest to the point of origin. 

(c) Regulations. (1) The general 

regulations governing safety zones in 

§ 165.23 apply to the area described in 

paragraph (b) of this section. 

(2) With the exception of the 

participants, entry into or remaining in 

this safety zone is prohibited unless 

authorized by the COTP North Carolina 

or a designated representative. 

(3) All vessels within this safety zone 

when this section becomes effective 

must depart the zone immediately. 

(4) The COTP North Carolina can be 

reached through the Coast Guard Sector 

North Carolina Command Duty Officer, 

Wilmington, North Carolina, at 

telephone· number 910–343–3882. 

(5) The Coast Guard can be contacted 

on VHF–FM marine band radio channel 

13 (165.65 MHz) and channel 16 (156.8 

MHz). 

(d) Enforcement. The U.S. Coast 

Guard may be assisted in the patrol and 

enforcement of the safety zone by 

Federal, State, and local agencies. 

(e) Enforcement period. This section 

will be enforced 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. 

each day from April 19, 2022, through 

April 21, 2022. 

Dated: March 23, 2022. 

Matthew J. Baer, 

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

Port North Carolina. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2022–0089; FRL–9546–02– 

R1] 

Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 

Negative Declaration for the Oil and 

Gas Industry 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final action. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Connecticut. 

The revision provides the State’s 

determination, via a negative 

declaration, that there are no facilities 

within its borders subject to EPA’s 2016 

Control Technique Guideline (CTG) for 

the oil and gas industry. The intended 

effect of this action is to approve this 

item into the Connecticut SIP. This 

action is being taken under the Clean 

Air Act. 

DATES: This final action is effective on 

April 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR– 

2022–0089. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the https://

www.regulations.gov website. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., confidential 

business information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Rackauskas, Air Quality Branch, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square—Suite 

100, (Mail code 05–2), Boston, MA 

02109–3912, tel. (617) 918–1628, email 

rackauskas.eric@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. Final Action 

III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On February 9, 2022 (87 FR 7410), 

EPA published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) for the State of 

Connecticut. 

The NPRM proposed approval of a 

SIP revision by the Connecticut 

Department of Energy and 

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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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