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Manual 023–01–001–01, Rev. 1. A 

Record of Environmental Consideration 

supporting this determination is 

available in the docket where indicated 

under ADDRESSES. 

G. Protest Activities 

The Coast Guard respects the First 

Amendment rights of protesters. 

Protesters are asked to contact 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. 

■ 2. Revision No. 01.2.2. Add 

§ 165.T08–0616 to read as follows: 

§ 165.T08–0616 Security Zone; Corpus 

Christi Ship Channel. Corpus Christi, TX. 

(a) Location. The following areas are 

a security zone: All navigable waters 

encompassing a 500-yard radius around 

Motor Vessel (M/V) ARC ENDURANCE, 

M/V LIBERTY PEACE, and M/V OCEAN 

FREEDOM while the vessels are in the 

Corpus Christi Ship Channel. 

(b) Effective period. This section is 

from August 2, 2021 through August 20, 

2021. 

(c) Regulations. (1) The general 

regulations in § 165.33 of this part 

apply. Entry into the zones is prohibited 

unless authorized by the Captain of the 

Port Sector Corpus Christi (COTP) or a 

designated representative. A designated 

representative is a commissioned, 

warrant, or petty officer of the U.S. 

Coast Guard assigned to units under the 

operational control of USCG Sector 

Corpus Christi. 

(2) Persons or vessels desiring to enter 

or pass through the zones must request 

permission from the COTP Sector 

Corpus Christi on VHF–FM channel 16 

or by telephone at 361–939–0450. 

(3) If permission is granted, all 

persons and vessels shall comply with 

the instructions of the COTP or 

designated representative. 

(d) Information broadcasts. The COTP 

or a designated representative will 

inform the public through Broadcast 

Notices to Mariners (BNMs), Local 

Notices to Mariners (LNMs), and/or 

Marine Safety Information Bulletins 

(MSIBs) as appropriate of the 

enforcement times and dates for these 

security zones. 

Dated: July 31, 2021. 

H.C. Govertsen, 

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

Port Corpus Christi. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16738 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

New Mailing Standards for Domestic 

Mailing Services Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: On May 28, 2021, the Postal 

Service (USPS®) filed a notice of 

mailing services price adjustments with 

the Postal Regulatory Commission 

(PRC), effective August 29, 2021. On 

June 23, 2021 USPS further filed a 

notice to change the maximum size 

limitation for presorted First-Class Mail 

postcards. This final rule contains the 

revisions to Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM®) to implement the 

changes coincident with the price 

adjustments and postcard size limitation 

changes. 

DATES: Effective August 29, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacqueline Erwin at (202) 268–2158 or 

Dale Kennedy at (202) 268–6592. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

19, 2021, the PRC favorably reviewed 

the price adjustments proposed by the 

Postal Service. On July 28, 2021, the 

PRC favorably reviewed the presorted 

postcard maximum size limitations 

proposed by the Postal Service. The 

price adjustments, presorted postcard 

maximum limitations and DMM 

revisions are scheduled to become 

effective on August 29, 2021. Final 

prices are available under Docket No. 

R2021–2 (Order No. 5937), and 

presorted postcard maximum size 

limitations are available under Docket 

No. MC2021–104 (Order No. 5946) on 

the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 

website at www.prc.gov. 

Direct Pallet Discount for Marketing 

Mail High Density Flats 

The Postal Service is offering 

additional discounts to move additional 

USPS Marketing Mail High Density flats 

to direct pallets. Flat shaped pieces on 

direct pallets are operationally 

desirable, as pallets can be directly cross 

docked to the Destination Delivery 

Units (DDUs). The pallets will consist of 

Carrier Route and finer sorted bundles 

such as High Density, High Density 

Plus, and Saturation. The nature of their 

make-up allows the Postal Service to 

avoid moving these pallets to bundle 

sorters within the plant, sorting the 

bundles, and moving these bundles back 

to the dock to be transported to the 

DDU. 

First-Class Mail Nonautomation Letters 

Change 

The Postal Service is offering two 

prices for nonautomation machinable 

letters, AADC and Mixed AADC; and 

three prices for nonautomation 

nonmachinable letters, 5-digit, 3-digit, 

and Mixed ADC. This structural change 

will reduce revenue at risk and better 

align prices for customers mailing 

nonautomation letters, machinable and 

nonmachinable. This change will also 

eliminate the nonmachinable surcharge 

applicable to nonautomation presort 

letters. 

First-Class Mail Commercial Larger 

Postcard 

The Postal Service is offering to 

increase the maximum dimensions for 

commercial postcards, from 4–1/4 

inches by 6 inches to 6 inches by 9 

inches. 

Comments on Proposed Changes and 

USPS Responses 

The Postal Service received two 

formal comments on the June 3, 2021 

proposed rule. 

Customer Comment 

One comment expressed concerns 

around the lack of clarity surrounding 

future price increase from a timing and 

scale perspective. 

USPS Response 

In its notice of mailing services price 

adjustments with the PRC, the Postal 

Service explained that the Governors 

determined to shift from the Postal 

Service’s previous January 

implementation schedule for annual 

price increases to an August timeline for 

2021 in light of the recent adoption of 

the PRC’s amendments to the 

ratemaking system and the urgent need 

to begin addressing the Postal Service’s 

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implementation of more rational 

pricing. The Postal Service further 

explained that the Governors have not 

yet determined whether this timeline 

shift will apply to future years. 

Customer Comment 

One comment expressed concerns 

around the new pricing category 

regarding pricing for AADC origin trays 

with fewer than 150 pieces. 

USPS Response 

Language was added to DMM 233.4.0 

to address the concern. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

The Postal Service adopts the 

following changes to Mailing Standards 

of the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), 

incorporated by reference in the Code of 

Federal Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Postal Service amends 39 

CFR part 111 as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

Part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301– 

307; 18 U.S.C. 1692–1737; 39U.S.C. 101, 401, 

403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–3219, 

3403–3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, 

and 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM) as follows: 

Mailing Standards of the United States 

Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual 

(DMM) 

* * * * * 

200 Commercial Mail 

201 Physical Standards 

1.0 Physical Standards for 

Machinable Letters and Cards 

* * * * * 

1.2 Physical Standards for Cards 

Claimed at Card Prices 

1.2.1 Dimensional Standards for 

Cards 

Each card (each stamped card or 

postcard or each half of a double 

stamped card or postcard) claimed at a 

card price must be: 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text of item b to read as 

follows:] 

b. Not more than 4–1/4 inches high, 

or more than 6 inches long, or greater 

than .016 inch thick, for each stamped 

card or each half of a double stamped 

card or double postcard. 

[Renumber item c as item d and add 

new item c to read as follows:] 

c. Not more than 6 inches high, or 

more than 9 inches long, or greater than 

0.016 inch thick for each postcard. 

* * * * * 

230 First-Class Mail 

233 Prices and Eligibility 

1.0 Prices and Fees 

* * * * * 

1.2 Price Computation for First-Class 

Mail Letters and Flats 

1.2.1 Cards and Letters 

Commercial First-Class Mail Presorted 

cards and letters are charged as follows: 

[Revise 1.2.1b2 and 1.2.1b3; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * b. Letters: * * * 

2. Nonautomation Machinable: One 

price per presort level up to the 

maximum 3.5 ounces. 

3. Non automation Nonmachinable: 

One price per presort level up to the 

maximum 3.5 ounces. * * * 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title of 1.3 to read as 

follows] 

1.3 Automation and Nonautomation 

Prices for Cards and Letters 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title and text of 1.4 to read 

as follows] 

1.4 Nonautomation Nonmachinable 

Price 

For the letter-size nonautomation 

nonmachinable prices see Notice 123– 

Price List. 

* * * * * 

2.0 Content Standards for First-Class 

Mail 

* * * * * 

2.8 Round-Trip Mailings with One 

Optical Disc 

* * * For the purpose of this 

standard, round-trip mailings are 

mailings entered under these 

conditions: 

[Revise the text of 2.8a1; to read as 

follows] 

a. The mailing is presented at a BMEU 

or other acceptance facility as a: 

1. presort mailing at nonautomation 

machinable or automation First-Class 

Mail letter prices, or 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title of 4.0 to read as 

follows:] 

4.0 Additional Eligibility Standards 

for Nonautomation Machinable FirstClass Mail 

[Revise the title and text of 4.1 to read 

as follows:] 

4.1 Basic Standards for 

Nonautomation Machinable First-Class 

Mail 

All pieces in a First-Class Mail 

nonautomation machinable mailing 

must: 

a. Meet the basic standards for FirstClass Mail in 3.0. 

b. Be part of a single mailing of at 

least 500 pieces of nonautomation 

machinable price First-Class Mail. 

c. Meet the physical standards in 

201.3.0. 

d. Bear a delivery address that 

includes the correct ZIP Code, ZIP+4 

code. 

e. Be marked, sorted, and documented 

as specified in 235.5.0. 

[Revise the title and text of 4.2 to read 

as follows:] 

4.2 Maximum Weight for 

Nonautomation Machinable Letters 

Maximum weight for First-Class Mail 

nonautomation machinable letters is 3.5 

ounces (0.2188 pound) (see 201.3.6, for 

pieces heavier than 3 ounces). 

[Revise the title and text of 4.3 to read 

as follows:] 

4.3 Price Application— 

Nonautomation Machinable—Letters 

Nonautomation Machinable letters are 

subject to AADC and Mixed AADC 

prices, only. 

[Add new sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2; to 

read as follows:] 

4.3.1 AADC Price 

The AADC price applies to qualifying 

letter-size machinable pieces (see 

201.1.0) placed in origin/entry AADC 

trays (regardless of quantity), to 

quantities of 150 or more pieces 

prepared in AADC trays for a single 

AADC, and to pieces placed in mixed 

AADC trays in lieu of overflow AADC 

trays. 

4.3.2 Mixed AADC Price 

The mixed AADC price applies to 

qualifying letter-size machinable pieces 

that the mailer prepares in mixed AADC 

trays, except for pieces placed in mixed 

AADC trays in lieu of overflow AADC 

trays (see 235.5.2.2). 

[Add new section 4.4; to read as 

follows:] 

4.4 Maximum Weight for 

Nonautomation Nonmachinable Letters 

Maximum weight for First-Class Mail 

nonautomation nonmachinable letters is 


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3.5 ounces (0.2188 pound) (see 201.3.6, 

for pieces heavier than 3 ounces). 

[Add new sections 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2 

and 4.5.3; to read as follows:] 

4.5 Nonautomation Nonmachinable 

Price Application—Letters 

Nonautomation nonmachinable prices 

in 1.4 apply only to First-Class Mail 

letter-size pieces (including card-size 

pieces) that meet the criteria in 201.2.1 

for nonmachinable letters. 

Nonautomation nonmachinable letters 

are subject to 5-digit, 3-digit and Mixed 

ADC prices. 

4.5.1 5-Digit Price 

The 5-digit price applies to letter-size 

mail in quantities of 150 or more pieces 

for a 5-digit ZIP Code prepared in 5- 

digit trays (overflow pieces in 3-digit or 

Mixed ADC trays and 10 or more pieces, 

bundled in 3-digit origin/entry trays). 

4.5.2 3-Digit Price 

The 3-digit price applies to letter-size 

mail in quantities of 150 or more pieces 

for a 3-digit ZIP Code prepared in 3- 

digit trays (overflow pieces in MADC 

and10 or more pieces, bundled in 3- 

digit origin/entry trays). 

4.5.3 Mixed ADC Price 

The mixed ADC price applies to 

letter-size pieces that are subject to the 

nonmachinable prices and prepared in 

mixed ADC trays. 

* * * * * 

235 Mail Preparation 

* * * * * 

[Revise the title of 5.0; to read as 

follows:] 

5.0 Preparing Nonautomation 

Machinable Letters 

* * * * * 

5.3 Nonmachinable Preparation 

5.3.1 Nonmachinable Bundling 

[Remove current 5.3.1c entirely; reletter current 5.3.1d to 5.3.1c; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * a. 5-digit (required); 10-piece 

minimum; red Label 5 or optional 

endorsement line (OEL); labeling not 

required for pieces in full 5-digit trays. 

b. 3-digit (required); 10-piece 

minimum; green Label 3 or OEL. 

c. Mixed ADC (required); no 

minimum; tan Label X or OEL. 

5.3.2 Traying and Labeling 

[Remove current 5.3.2c entirely; reletter current 5.3.2d to 5.3.2c; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * c. Mixed ADC (required); no 

minimum; labeling: 

1. Line 1: Use L201; for mail 

originating in ZIP Code areas in Column 

A, use ‘‘MXD’’ followed by city, state, 

and 3-digit ZIP Code prefix in Column 

C (use ‘‘MXD’’ instead of ‘‘OMX’’ in the 

destination line and ignore Column B). 

2. Line 2: ‘‘FCM LTR MANUAL 

WKG.’’ 

* * * * * 

240 Commercial Mail USPS 

Marketing Mail 

243 Prices and Eligibility 

* * * * * 

6.0 Additional Eligibility Standards 

for Enhanced Carrier Route USPS 

Marketing Mail Letters and Flats 

* * * * * 

6.5 High Density and High Density 

Plus (Enhanced Carrier Route) 

Standards—Flats 

* * * * * 

[Add new section 6.5.3; to read as 

follows:] 

6.5.3 High Density Carrier Route 

Bundles on a 5-Digit Pallet (High 

Density-CR Bundles/Pallet Price 

Eligibility)—Flats 

High Density—CR Bundles/Pallet 

prices apply to each piece in a carrier 

route bundle of 10 or more pieces that 

are palletized under 705.8.0 on a 5-digit 

carrier route, 5-digit carrier routes, or 5- 

digit scheme carrier route pallet entered 

at an Origin (None), DNDC, DSCF, or 

DDU entry. 

* * * * * 

700 Special Standards 

* * * * * 

705 Advanced Preparation and 

Special Postage Payment Systems 

* * * * * 

5.0 First-Class Mail or USPS 

Marketing Mail Mailings With Different 

Payment Methods 

* * * * * 

5.3 Producing the Combined Mailing 

* * * * * 

5.3.2 Price and Postage Marking 

* * * * * 

PRICE AND POSTAGE CATEGORY 

* * * 

[Revise current price and postage 

category line 19; to read as follows] 

Machinable Mixed AADC/AADC 

Meter Postage Affixed 

* * * * * 

8.0 Preparing Pallets 

* * * * * 

8.6 Pallet Labels 

* * * * * 

8.6.5 Line 2 (Content Line) 

[Add new CONTENT TYPE line item 

5; to read as follows] 

* * * High Density/High Density Plus 

[Add new CODE line item 5; to read 

as follows] 

* * * HD/HD+ 

* * * * * 

8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling 

* * * * * 

8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail or Parcel 

Select Lightweight—Bundles, Sacks, or 

Trays 

[Add new second sentence to 8.10.3; 

to read as follows:] 

* * * For USPS Marketing Mail High 

Density flats price eligibility, only 5- 

digit pallets under 8.10.3a–c are 

allowed, and the pallets must be entered 

under None, DNDC, DSCF or DDU 

standards (Use ‘‘HD/HD+ DIRECT’’ for 

one route and ‘‘HD/HD+ CR–RTS’’ for 

multiple routes on the line 2 contents 

description). * * * Preparation 

sequence and labeling: 

[Revise the text in 8.10.3a–c to read as 

follows:] 

a. 5-digit carrier route, required, 

bundles only, 250 pound minimum. 

Pallet must contain only carrier route 

mail for one carrier and the same 5-digit 

ZIP Code. Labeling: 

1. Line 1: city, state, and 5-digit ZIP 

Code destination. 

2. Line 2: ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’; 

followed by ‘‘HD/HD+ DIRECT’’ 

b. 5-digit scheme carrier routes, 

required, allowed with no minimum, 

permitted for bundles of flats only. 

Pallet must contain only carrier route 

bundles for the same 5-digit scheme 

under L001. Labeling: 

1. Line 1: L001. 

2. ‘‘STD’’ followed by ‘‘FLTS’’; 

followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ for High Density 

flats; followed by ‘‘SCHEME’’ (or 

‘‘SCH’’). * * * 

c. 5-digit carrier routes, required 

except for trays, permitted for bundles, 

sacks, trays, and cartons. Allowed with 

no weight minimum for bundles. Pallet 

must contain only carrier route mail for 

the same 5-digit ZIP Code. Labeling: 

1. Line 1: city, state, and 5-digit ZIP 

Code destination (see 8.6.4c for overseas 

military mail). 

2. Line 2: For flats and Marketing 

parcels (Product Samples only), ‘‘STD 

FLTS’’ or ‘‘STD MKTG,’’ as applicable; 

followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ for High Density 

flats pricing eligibility; followed by 

‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’). 

For letters, ‘‘STD LTRS’’; followed by 

‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ (or ‘‘CR–RTS’’); 

followed by ‘‘BC’’ if pallet contains 

barcoded letters; followed by ‘‘MACH’’ 


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if pallet contains machinable letters; 

followed by ‘‘MAN’’ if pallet contains 

nonmachinable letters.*** 

* * * * * 

10.0 Merging Bundles of Flats Using 

the City State Product 

* * * * * 

10.2 USPS Marketing Mail 

* * * * * 

10.2.5 Pallet Preparation and Labeling 

* * * * * 

[Revise the text in 10.2.5a2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR–RTS 

SCHEME’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 10.2.5b2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D 

SCHEME’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats 

[Revise the text in 10.2.5c2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS,’’ 

followed by ‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ or 

‘‘CR–RTS’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 10.2.5d2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D’’ 

followed by HD/HD+ if the pallet 

contains High Density/High Density 

plus flats. * * * 

* * * * * 

12.0 Merging Bundles of Flats on 

Pallets Using a 5% Threshold 

* * * * * 

12.2 USPS Marketing Mail 

* * * * * 

12.2.3 Pallet Preparation and Labeling 

* * * * * 

* * * Mailers must label pallets 

according to the Line 1 and Line 2 

information listed below and under 8.6. 

[Revise the text in 12.2.3a2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR–RTS 

SCHEME’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 12.2.3b2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D 

SCHEME’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 12.2.3c2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS’’; 

followed by ‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ or 

‘‘CR–RTS’’ followed by HD/HD+ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 12.2.3d2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D’’ 

followed by HD/HD+ if the pallet 

contains High Density/High Density 

plus flats. 

* * * * * 

13.0 Merging Bundles of Flats on 

Pallets Using the City State Product and 

a 5% Threshold 

* * * * * 

13.2 USPS Marketing Mail 

* * * * * 

13.2.4 Pallet Preparation and Labeling 

* * * Mailers must label pallets 

according to the Line 1 and Line 2 

information listed below and under 8.6 

[Revise the text in 13.2.4a2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR–RTS 

SCHEME’’ followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 13.2.4b2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D 

SCHEME’’ followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ if the 

pallet contains High Density/High 

Density plus flats. 

[Revise the text in 13.2.4c2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS,’’ 

followed by HD/HD+ if the pallet 

contains High Density/High Density 

plus flats and ‘‘CARRIER ROUTES’’ or 

‘‘CR–RTS’’ 

[Revise the text in 13.2.4d2; to read as 

follows:] 

* * * 2. Line 2: ‘‘STD FLTS CR/5D’’ 

followed by ‘‘HD/HD+’’ if the pallet 

contains High Density/High Density 

plus flats. * * * 

* * * * * 

Notice 123 (Price List) 

[Revise prices as applicable.] 

* * * * * 

We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect 

these changes. 

Ruth B. Stevenson, 

Chief Counsel, Ethics and Legal Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16985 Filed 8–5–21; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0298; FRL–8709–02– 

R7] 

Air Plan Approval; Nebraska; 

Revisions to Title 129 of the Nebraska 

Administrative Code; General 

Conformity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve a revision to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State 

of Nebraska. This final action will 

amend the SIP to revise title 129 of the 

Nebraska Administrative Code by 

removing a portion of the SIP that 

addresses general conformity. General 

Conformity ensures that the actions 

taken by federal agencies do not 

interfere with a state’s plan to attain and 

maintain national standards for air 

quality. Since states are no longer 

required to include general conformity 

requirements in SIPs, the revisions 

remove unnecessary language and do 

not substantively change any existing 

statutory or regulatory requirement. The 

revisions do not impact the stringency 

of the SIP or air quality nor do they 

impact the State’s ability to attain or 

maintain the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

September 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–R07–OAR–2021–0298. 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., 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 through https://

www.regulations.gov or please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section for 

additional information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allie Donohue, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 7 Office, Air 

Quality Planning Branch, 11201 Renner 

Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219; 

telephone number (913) 551–7986; 

email address: donohue.allie@epa.gov 


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