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EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI REGULATIONS

Missouri citation Title 

State 

effective 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources 

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Chapter 5—Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area 

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10–5.381 ........................ On-Board Diagnostics 

Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection.

5/30/2022 [Date of publication of 

the final rule in the 

Federal Register], 

[Federal Register citation of the final rule].

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EPA-APPROVED MISSOURI NONREGULATORY SIP PROVISIONS

Name of nonregulatory 

SIP provision 

Applicable geographic 

or nonattainment area 

State 

submittal 

date 

EPA approval date Explanation 

*******

(38) Implementation plan 

for the Missouri inspection maintenance 

program.

Jefferson County ........... 11/12/1999 5/18/2000, 65 FR 31480 [MO 096–1096b; FRL–6701–6]. Approved for 

Jefferson County only. 

* * * * * * * 

(84) Implementation plan 

for the Missouri inspection maintenance 

program.

St. Charles County, St. 

Louis County, and St. 

Louis City.

11/12/2019, 

3/2/2022.

[Date of publication of 

the final rule in the 

Federal Register], 

[Federal Register citation of the final rule].

[EPA–R07–OAR–2022–0419; FRL–9830–01– 

R7]. Approved only for St. Charles County, St. 

Louis County, and St. Louis City and removal 

of Franklin County. Removal of Jefferson 

County is not SIP approved. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 14 

[CG Docket No. 10–213, DA 22–463; FR ID 

86631] 

Interoperable Video Conferencing 

Service 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau (CGB or Bureau) of the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) seeks to refresh the record 

on proposed rules to enable people with 

disabilities to access and use 

interoperable video conferencing 

services by requesting further comment 

on the kinds of services encompassed by 

the term ‘‘interoperable video 

conferencing service,’’ a type of 

advanced communications service. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

June 21, 2022, and reply comments are 

due on or before July 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by CG Docket No. 

10–213, by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Website: https://

www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/standard. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. Filings can be 

sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 

commercial overnight courier, or by 

first-class or overnight U.S. Postal 

Service mail. Currently, the Commission 

does not accept any hand delivered or 

messenger delivered filings as a 

temporary measure taken to help protect 

the health and safety of individuals, and 

to mitigate the transmission of COVID– 

19. All filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see document DA 22–463 at: https://

www.fcc.gov/document/pn-refreshrecord-re-interoperable-videoconferencing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Darryl 

Cooper at: 202–418–7131; email: 

Darryl.Cooper@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Public 

Notice, document DA 22–463, released 

on April 27, 2022, in CG Docket No. 10– 


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213. The full text of document DA 22– 

463 is available for public inspection 

and copying via the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS) and at https://www.fcc.gov/ 

document/pn-refresh-record-reinteroperable-video-conferencing. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530. 

This proceeding is a ‘‘permit-butdisclose’’ proceeding in accordance 

with the Commission’s ex parte rules. 

Persons making ex parte presentations 

must file a copy of any written 

presentation or a memorandum 

summarizing any oral presentation 

within two business days after the 

presentation (unless a different deadline 

applicable to the Sunshine period 

applies) in the docket(s). Persons 

making oral ex parte presentations are 

reminded that memoranda summarizing 

the presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte 

presentation was made, and (2) 

summarize all data presented and 

arguments made during the 

presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda or other 

filings in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in his or her prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meetings are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with rule 

§ 1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. In 

proceedings governed by rule § 1.49(f) of 

the Commission’s rules or for which the 

Commission has made available a 

method of electronic filing, written ex 

parte presentations and memoranda 

summarizing oral ex parte 

presentations, and all attachments 

thereto, must be filed through the 

electronic comment filing system 

available for this proceeding, and must 

be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, 

.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants 

in this proceeding should familiarize 

themselves with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. 

Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 Analysis 

This document does not contain 

proposed information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, beyond those already proposed in 

this proceeding. In addition, therefore, it 

does not contain any proposed 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees, pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), beyond those already 

proposed in this proceeding. 

Synopsis 

1. In document DA 22–463, the 

Bureau seeks to refresh the record in CG 

Docket No. 10–213 on proposed rules to 

enable people with disabilities to access 

and use an interoperable video 

conferencing service. The Bureau 

requests further comment on the kinds 

of services encompassed by the term 

‘‘interoperable video conferencing 

service,’’ a type of advanced 

communications service (ACS) subject 

to section 716 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended (the Act). 47 

U.S.C. 617. Other forms of ACS include 

interconnected voice over internet 

Protocol service, non-interconnected 

VoIP, and electronic messaging service. 

Section 716 of the Act also requires that 

service providers and equipment 

manufacturers make advanced 

communications services and 

equipment accessible to and usable by 

people with disabilities, unless the 

requirements are not achievable. 

2. In 2011, the Commission adopted 

rules implementing the 

Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) in a 

Report and Order and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking published at 76 

FR 82240, December 30, 2011 and 76 FR 

82354, December 30, 2011. See also 47 

CFR part 14. The Commission 

incorporated into its rules the statutory 

definition of ‘‘interoperable video 

conferencing service’’ as ‘‘a service that 

provides real-time video 

communications, including audio, to 

enable users to share information of the 

user’s choosing.’’ Noting that a question 

was raised as to what Congress meant by 

including the word ‘‘interoperable’’ in 

the term ‘‘interoperable video 

conferencing service,’’ the Commission 

found that ‘‘the record is insufficient to 

determine how exactly to define 

‘interoperable’ ’’ in this context. The 

Commission also found that the word 

‘‘interoperable’’ did not indicate a 

Congressional intent to require that noninteroperable video conferencing 

services be made interoperable. 

3. In the 2011 Further Notice, 

Commission invited further comment 

on the meaning of the term 

‘‘interoperable’’ in the context of video 

conferencing services and equipment. 

Based on the record at that time, the 

Commission invited comment on three 

alternative definitions of an 

‘‘interoperable’’ service: (1) Able to 

function inter-platform, inter-network, 

and inter-provider; (2) having published 

or otherwise agreed-upon standards that 

allow for manufacturers or service 

providers to develop products or 

services that operate with other 

equipment or services operating 

pursuant to the standards; or (3) able to 

connect users among different video 

conferencing services, including video 

relay service (VRS). The Commission 

also asked whether only one of these 

alternatives should be adopted, or 

whether they should all be 

encompassed in a single definition of 

‘‘interoperable,’’ such that a video 

conferencing service would be deemed 

interoperable as long as any of the three 

alternative criteria is satisfied. 

4. In response to the 2011 Further 

Notice, commenters did not reach a 

consensus on any of the three suggested 

alternatives. Stating that the definition 

did not apply to then-current services, 

some commenters argued that Congress 

could not have intended that no existing 

video conferencing services were 

covered by the statute. Others disagreed, 

while suggesting that video 

conferencing services might grow in the 

direction of interoperability. Some 

commenters supported a fourth 

alternative definition of ‘‘interoperable’’ 

that would apply to those video 

conferencing services capable of being 

used on different types of hardware and 

different types of operating systems. 

5. In response to the Commission’s 

April 7, 2021 Public Notice, seeking 

comment on whether the Commission’s 

accessibility rules should be updated, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs, 

Media, and Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureaus Seek 

Update On Commission’s Fulfillment of 

The Twenty-First Century 

Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act, GN Docket No. 21– 

140, Public Notice, 36 FCC Rcd 7108 

(2021), the Commission received several 

comments that briefly addressed the 

issue of how to define ‘‘interoperable 

video conferencing.’’ CTIA states that 

standards groups are best suited to 

define interoperability standards. The 

Accessibility Advocacy and Research 

Organizations (AARO) urge the 

Commission to resolve the definitional 


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issue by ‘‘simply clarify[ing] that the 

statutory definition of ‘interoperable 

video conferencing service,’ as a ‘service 

that uses real-time video 

communications, including audio, to 

enable users to share information of the 

user’s choosing,’ is an exhaustive 

articulation of what Congress intended 

to be covered.’’ 

6. In February 2022, the Commission’s 

Disability Advisory Committee 

highlighted the issue of the accessibility 

of video conferencing platforms in 

recommending Commission action to 

facilitate interconnection of such 

platforms with telecommunications 

relay services (TRS). The Committee 

also recommended that the Commission 

ensure, at a minimum, that video 

conferencing platforms include built-in 

closed captioning functionality that is 

available to all users,’’ and allow users 

to control the activation and customize 

the appearance of captions and video. 

7. Request for Additional Comment. 

The Bureau invites the public to file 

additional comments on the questions 

posed in the 2011 Further Notice 

regarding the meaning of the term 

‘‘interoperable’’ in the context of video 

conferencing service and equipment. 

The Bureau invites commenters to 

submit new or additional relevant 

information about what types of services 

are currently available in the video 

conferencing marketplace, the kinds of 

interoperability they currently offer, and 

how such developments may assist in 

reaching an interpretation of 

‘‘interoperable’’ that is consistent with 

the intent of Congress in enacting the 

CVAA. For example, are there video 

conferencing services that can be 

accessed from a wide range of user 

equipment, software, and device 

operating systems? How do consumers 

gain access to video conferencing 

services today? Are telecommunications 

services, interconnected and noninterconnected VoIP, and electronic 

messaging services included in some 

video conferencing services? Are these 

ACS components of video conferencing 

services generally accessible and 

usable? The Bureau also invites 

comment on any other developments 

that the Commission should consider in 

resolving this issue. While the 2011 

Further Notice proposed three possible 

definitions for the word 

‘‘interoperable,’’ commenters may 

suggest additional alternatives or other 

types of input on how to interpret that 

word. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Suzanne Singleton, 

Chief, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau. 

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