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• 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). 

• In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where the 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). 

• This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act, and the EPA 

will submit a rule report to each House 

of the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. This action 

is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). 

• Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

action must be filed in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the appropriate 

circuit by June 3, 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, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Ozone, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Dated: March 28, 2022. 

Meghan A. McCollister, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the EPA amends 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 for 

‘‘10–5.390’’ 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 5—Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area 

*******

10–5.390 ........ Control of Emissions from the Manufacturing of 

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels and Other 

Allied Surface Coating Products.

9/30/2020 4/4/2022, [insert Federal Register 

citation].

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 21–93; DA 22–309; FR ID 

80121] 

Establishing Emergency Connectivity 

Fund To Close the Homework Gap 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 

announces that a third application filing 

window for the Emergency Connectivity 

Fund (ECF) Program will open on 

Thursday, April 28, 2022, and close on 

Friday, May 13, 2022. The Bureau 

anticipates that a minimum of $1 billion 

will be available for commitment and 

disbursement for this third window. In 

view of outstanding demand, eligible 


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schools and libraries may request 

funding during this 15-day filing 

window for a maximum of 12 months of 

eligible services and equipment that 

will be received or delivered between 

July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. 

Accordingly, the Bureau also modifies 

the Federal Communication 

Commission’s (Commission) ECF rules 

to establish December 31, 2023, as the 

service delivery date for equipment, 

other non-recurring services, and 

recurring services requests submitted 

during the third application filing 

window. 

DATES: Effective April 4, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Molly O’Conor, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, (202) 418–7400 or by email at 

Molly.OConor@fcc.gov. The Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission or FCC) asks that requests 

for accommodations be made as soon as 

possible in order to allow the agency to 

satisfy such requests whenever possible. 

Send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Bureau’s Public Notice 

in WC Docket No. 21–93; DA 22–309, 

released March 23, 2022. Due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic, the Commission’s 

headquarters will be closed to the 

general public until further notice. The 

full text of this document is available at 

the following internet address: https://

www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announcesthird-ecf-application-window. 

1. Pursuant to the authority delegated 

to the Bureau in the Emergency 

Connectivity Fund Report and Order, 86 

FR 29136, May 28, 2021, the Bureau 

announces that a third application filing 

window for the ECF Program will open 

on Thursday, April 28, 2022, and close 

on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Bureau 

anticipates that a minimum of $1 billion 

will be available for commitment and 

disbursement for this third window. In 

view of outstanding demand, eligible 

schools and libraries may request 

funding during this 15-day filing 

window for a maximum of 12 months of 

eligible services and equipment that 

will be received or delivered between 

July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. 

Accordingly, the Bureau also modifies 

§ 54.1711(e) of the Commission’s rules 

to establish December 31, 2023, as the 

service delivery date for equipment, 

other non-recurring services, and 

recurring services requests submitted 

during the third application filing 

window. 

2. As part of the American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021, Congress appropriated 

$7.171 billion to the ECF and directed 

the Commission to promulgate rules 

providing for the distribution of funding 

to eligible schools and libraries for the 

purchase of eligible equipment and/or 

advanced telecommunications and 

information services for use by students, 

school staff, and library patrons at 

locations that include locations other 

than a school or library. On May 10, 

2021, the Commission adopted a Report 

and Order establishing the rules for the 

ECF Program to distribute the funding to 

eligible schools and libraries. The 

Commission and the Universal Service 

Administrative Company (USAC) 

opened an initial 45-day application 

filing window from June 29, 2021, to 

August 13, 2021, and a second 15-day 

application filing window from 

September 28, 2021, to October 13, 

2021. During the first two application 

filing windows, applicants could 

request funding for eligible equipment 

and services received or delivered 

between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. 

On December 2, 2021, the Bureau 

established June 30, 2022, as the service 

delivery date for ECF requests for 

equipment, other non-recurring 

services, and recurring services 

submitted for the July 1, 2021, through 

June 30, 2022, funding period. 

Subsequently, in February 2022, the 

Bureau extended the service delivery 

date from June 30, 2022, to June 30, 

2023, for funding requests for 

equipment and services submitted 

during the first and second application 

filing windows, recognizing that 

multiple factors outside of the 

applicants’ control resulted in them 

having less time to use the funded 

equipment and services. 

3. The Bureau will open a third 

application filing window to provide 

ECF support for eligible equipment and 

services received or delivered between 

July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, in 

light of the continuing demand for 

prospective equipment and services and 

ECF stakeholders’ concerns about 

meeting the persisting unmet 

connectivity needs of students, school 

staff, and library patrons during the 

upcoming school year. Specifically, the 

Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband 

(SHLB) Coalition and the State E-rate 

Coordinators’ Alliance (SECA) urged the 

Commission to open a third prospective 

filing window this spring to enable 

schools and libraries to receive 

‘‘additional funding needed to continue 

engaging in online instruction to 

students and patrons in need’’ because 

it makes the ‘‘best policy sense to be 

forward looking and consider the future 

rather than the past needs of school 

students, educators, and library 

patrons.’’ 

4. In the third application filing 

window, applicants can request support 

and reimbursement for a maximum of 

12 months of costs associated with 

eligible equipment or services during 

the 18-month funding period (i.e., July 

1, 2022, to December 31, 2023). In 

establishing an 18-month funding 

period, the Bureau seeks to maximize 

flexibility for applicants, allowing first 

and second window applicants the full 

benefit of their 12-month ECF funding 

commitments and ensuring continuity 

of service, regardless of their term of 

service. The Bureau expects that this 

approach will address requests by SHLB 

and SECA to tailor third window ECF 

funding requests based on the service 

end dates of existing ECF-supported 

services, while facilitating the efficient 

administration of the program by 

establishing a firm service delivery end 

date. The Bureau believes these actions 

will maximize the use of the limited 

ECF funds and allow applicants to 

continue to provide eligible equipment 

and services to their students, school 

staff, and library patrons who would 

otherwise be unable to fully engage in 

remote learning without the 

continuation of the ECF-supported 

services. 

5. The Bureau also establishes 

December 31, 2023, as the service 

delivery date for equipment, other nonrecurring services, and recurring 

services funding requests submitted in 

the third application filing window. As 

a result, the invoice filing deadline for 

these third window funding requests 

will be 60 days from the date of the 

funding commitment decision letter; a 

revised funding commitment decision 

letter approving a post-commitment 

change or a successful appeal of 

previously denied or reduced funding; 

or February 29, 2024 (i.e., 60 days after 

December 31, 2023), whichever is later. 

The Bureau reminds applicants seeking 

support for the construction of new 

networks or the provision of customer 

premises equipment for datacasting 

services that they will continue to have 

one year from the date of their funding 

commitment decision letter to 

demonstrate that construction is 

completed and the services have been 

provided. 

6. Recognizing that the service 

delivery date for many first and second 

window ECF funding requests was 

extended to June 30, 2023, the Bureau 

emphasizes that applicants are not 

allowed to request duplicative funding 

during the third application filing 

window for equipment or services that 

are committed and were or will be 


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funded through the applicant’s first or 

second window funding requests. To 

avoid duplicative support and expedite 

the review of the third filing window 

applications, applicants should include 

in the narrative section of the ECF FCC 

Form 471 application information 

regarding services funded during the 

first or second filing windows, 

including the ECF FCC Form 471 

application number(s) and the service 

end date(s) for any services funded 

during the first or second window that 

an applicant is seeking to continue 

between July 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2023. If an applicant does not have 

any first or second window funding 

commitments that will be used to fund 

eligible equipment or services during 

the July 1, 2022, through December 31, 

2023, funding period, the applicant 

should provide the service start and end 

dates for up to 12 months of service that 

will be requested on their ECF FCC 

Form 471. Applicants may only request 

support for up to 12 months of eligible 

services during the third application 

filing window that covers eligible 

equipment and services received or 

delivered between July 1, 2022, and 

December 31, 2023. 

7. The Commission received over $6.4 

billion in funding requests during the 

first and second ECF application filing 

windows. Therefore, in the event that 

demand exceeds available funding 

during the third ECF application filing 

window, the Bureau reminds applicants 

that requests will be prioritized based 

on applicants’ E-Rate Program discount 

rate for category one services, adjusted 

to provide a five percent increase for 

rural schools and libraries. 

8. The procedural rule modification 

for § 54.1711(e) is below. The Bureau 

makes this modification without notice 

and comment in accordance with the 

exception to the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(A), for procedural rules. The 

updated rule will become effective April 

4, 2022. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54 

Communications common carriers, 

Health facilities, Infants and children, 

Internet, Libraries, Puerto Rico, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Schools, 

Telecommunications, Telephone, Virgin 

Islands. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Cheryl Callahan, 

Assistant Chief, Telecommunications Access 

Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. 

Final Rule 

For the reasons set forth above, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

amends 47 CFR part 54 as follows: 

PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority for part 54 continues 

to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 

205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 

1004, 1302, 1601–1609, and 1752, unless 

otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 54.1711 by revising 

paragraph (e) to read as follows: 

§ 54.1711 Emergency Connectivity Fund 

requests for reimbursement. 

* * * * * 

(e) Service delivery date. (1) For the 

initial filing window set forth in 

§ 54.1708(b) and second application 

filing window, the service delivery date 

for equipment, other non-recurring 

services, and recurring services is June 

30, 2023. 

(2) For the third application filing 

window and any subsequent filing 

windows covering funding for 

purchases made between July 1, 2022, 

and December 31, 2023, the service 

delivery date for equipment, other nonrecurring services, and recurring 

services is December 31, 2023. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 22016–0049; RTID 0648–XB793] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by 

Catcher Vessels Greater Than or Equal 

to 50 Feet Length Overall Using Hookand-Line Gear in the Central 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 

meters (m)) length overall using hookand-line (HAL) gear in the Central 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

allowance of the 2022 total allowable 

catch (TAC) apportioned to catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 50 feet 

(15.2 m) length overall using HAL gear 

in the Central Regulatory Area of the 

GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), March 30, 2022, 

through 1200 hours, A.l.t., June 10, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7241. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The A season allowance of the 2022 

Pacific cod TAC apportioned to catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 50 feet 

(15.2 m) length overall using HAL gear 

in the Central Regulatory Area of the 

GOA is 823 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the final 2022 and 2023 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the GOA (87 FR 11599, March 2, 2022). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the A season allowance 

of the 2022 Pacific cod TAC 

apportioned to catcher vessels greater 

than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 m) length 

overall using HAL gear in the Central 

Regulatory Area of the GOA will soon 

be reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 753 mt and is 

setting aside the remaining 70 mt as 

bycatch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for catcher vessels 

greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 m) 

length overall using HAL gear in the 

Central Regulatory Area of the GOA. 

While this closure is effective the 

maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 


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