Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 28, 1995 / Proposed Rules 15893

Support Document (TSD) dated March

7, 1995).

• SJVUAPCD Rule 4403, Components

Serving Light Crude Oil or Gases and

Light Crude Oil and Gas Production

Facilities and Components at Natural

Gas Processing Facilities includes the

following significant changes from the

current SIP:

• Definitions have been added for

rule clarification.

• The exemption section was

amended to exclude components from

being exempt from leak minimization or

recordkeeping requirements.

• Violation language was added so

that any leaks in excess of the leak

thresholds will constitute a violation of

the rule.

• The variance provision has been

removed.

• Repair procedures for essential

components have been added.

• Various recordkeeping

requirements were added.

• The test method section was

amended to reference methods for

determining true vapor pressure. (A

detailed summary of rule changes is

provided in the TSD dated March 7,

1995).

EPA has evaluated the submitted

rules and has determined that they are

consistent with the CAA, EPA

regulations, and EPA policy. Therefore,

SDCAPCD Rule 61.1, Receiving and

Storing Volatile Organic Compounds at

Bulk Plants and Bulk Terminals; and

SJVUAPCD Rule 4403, Components

Serving Light Crude Oil and Gas

Production Facilities and Components

at Natural Gas Processing Facilities, are

being proposed for approval under

section 110(k)(3) of the CAA as meeting

the requirements of section 110(a) and

Part D.

Nothing in this action should be

construed as permitting or allowing or

establishing a precedent for any future

request for revision to any state

implementation plan. Each request for

revision to the state implementation

plan shall be considered separately in

light of specific technical, economic,

and environmental factors and in

relation to relevant statutory and

regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Process

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act,

5 U.S.C. Section 600 et seq., EPA must

prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis

assessing the impact of any proposed or

final rule on small entities. 5 U.S.C.

§§ 603 and 604. Alternatively, EPA may

certify that the rule will not have a

significant impact on a substantial

number of small entities. Small entities

include small businesses, small not-forprofit enterprises and government

entities with jurisdiction over

populations of less than 50,000.

SIP approvals under sections 110 and

301 and subchapter I, part D of the CAA

do not create any new requirements, but

simply approve requirements that the

State is already imposing. Therefore,

because the Federal SIP-approval does

not impose any new requirements, it

does not have a significant impact on

any small entities affected. Moreover,

due to the nature of the Federal-state

relationship under the CAA, preparation

of a regulatory flexibility analysis would

constitute Federal inquiry into the

economic reasonableness of state action.

The CAA forbids EPA to base its actions

concerning SIPs on such grounds.

Union Electric Co. v. U.S. E.P.A., 427

U.S. 246, 256–66 (S.Ct. 1976); 42 U.S.C.

7410(a)(2).

The OMB has exempted this action

from review under Executive Order

12866.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Hydrocarbons,

Intergovernmental relations, Ozone,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements, Volatile organic

compound.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Date Signed: March 16, 1995.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator

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50 CFR Parts 649, 650 and 651

[I.D. 031695A]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public meeting; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a 2-day public meeting to consider

actions affecting the New England

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone

(EEZ).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows:

1. March 29, 1995, 10 a.m.; and

2. March 30, 1995, 8:30 a.m.

Comments must be received by March

30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the King’s Grant Inn, Route 128 and

Trask Lane, Danvers, MA 01923;

telephone: 508–774–6800. Comments

may be sent to the Executive Director,

New England Fishery Management

Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA

01906.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director;

telephone: 617–231–0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Wednesday, March 29, 1995

The meeting will begin with

introductions and announcements. The

Groundfish Oversight Committee will

report on its progress in developing

management alternatives for

Amendment 7 to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

(FMP), in consideration of low

abundances of key fish stocks in the

northeast. This meeting will be the first

at which the Groundfish Committeeinitiated framework adjustment to the

Northeast Multispecies and Sea Scallop

FMPs will be discussed. The purpose of

the framework is to correct the baseline

used by Vessel Tracking Systems (VTS)

to calculate days at sea (DAS).

During the afternoon session, Dr.

William Hogarth of NMFS will brief the

Council on the management status of

weakfish and striped bass. Following

his presentation, the Ad Hoc Committee

on the Reauthorization of the Magnuson

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act will discuss aspects of the various

reauthorization bills and ask the full

Council for its views.

Thursday, March 30, 1995

The Lobster Committee will discuss

the list of potential issues to be

reviewed in the Council’s public

hearing document for a lobster stock

rebuilding/effort reduction program.

This will be the final meeting to

consider a framework adjustment to the

Lobster FMP that would address a range

of issues related to lobster limited

access permits (see below). The Sea

Scallop Committee will revisit the issue

of specifications for twine tops used in

scallop gear and referred to in

Framework Adjustment 5 to the Scallop

FMP. This will also be the final meeting

to consider Framework Adjustment 5 to

the FMP that would modify gear

restrictions for scallop limited access

fishing vessels (see below). The Gear

Conflict Committee will report on its

efforts to reach an agreement that might

reduce interactions between various
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gear types in the New England region.

The Herring Committee will report on

its mid-March meeting held jointly with

U.S. and Canadian herring industry

representatives and management

officials.

If time allows, there will be reports

from the Council Chairman; Council

Executive Director; National Marine

Fisheries Service Acting Regional

Director; Northeast Fisheries Science

Center liaison; Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council liaison; and

representatives from the Coast Guard

and from the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

Northeast Multispecies and Atlantic

Sea Scallops

This meeting will be the first of two

public meetings to consider a

Groundfish Committee-initiated action

on an adjustment to the Northeast

Multispecies and Sea Scallop FMPs

under the framework for abbreviated

rulemaking contained in 50 CFR 651.40

and 50 CFR 650.40, respectively, to

correct the baseline used by VTS to

monitor and count individual vessel

DAS. The current regulations indicate

the COLREGS Demarcation Line as the

baseline for the VTS to determine when

a vessel is at sea for the purpose of

counting that day against the vessel’s

total allocation of fishing days. In the

process of implementing this system,

the NMFS Enforcement Division

determined that the COLREGS line is

inappropriate and has proposed an

alternative line. The issue will be

discussed again at the Council meeting

on May 17 and 18. The public is

encouraged to attend and provide

comments or submit them in writing

(see ADDRESSES). If the Director,

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional

Director), concurs with the Council’s

recommendations on this framework

adjustment, he could publish it as a

proposed or a final rule in the Federal

Register after the May meetings.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

American Lobster

The Council will consider final action

on an adjustment to the American

Lobster FMP under the framework for

abbreviated rulemaking contained in 50

CFR 649.44. At its January 11 and 12,

1995, meeting, the Council announced it

would initiate a framework adjustment

that would modify eligibility criteria for

lobster limited access permits. This has

been addressed in the following

manner: (1) Fishermen who fished for

lobsters in the EEZ prior to the control

date will qualify for a lobster limited

access permit if participation in the

Federal fishery can be demonstrated,

and they meet all other eligibility

criteria; (2) a person who owned a

lobster vessel, but who leased a lobster

license and meets all other eligibility

criteria will qualify for a lobster limited

access permit; (3) owners, but not

necessarily operators, of lobster vessels

may be eligible for limited access

permits, provided they meet all other

eligibility criteria; (4) in the case of

partnership arrangements involving the

operation of a single vessel, only one

limited access permit will be issued; (5)

a vessel and a federally endorsed lobster

permit may be transferred together

through inheritance, but the transfer of

the permit only, without the qualifying

vessel, may not occur under this

circumstance. The public is encouraged

to attend this meeting and to provide

comments or submit them in writing to

the Council (see ADDRESSES). If the

Regional Director concurs with the

Council’s recommendations on this

framework adjustment, he could publish

it as a proposed or a final rule in the

Federal Register.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

Atlantic Sea Scallops

The Council will consider final action

on an adjustment to the Atlantic Sea

Scallop FMP under the framework for

abbreviated rulemaking contained in 50

CFR 650.40. At its December 8, 1994,

and January 12, 1995, meetings, the

Council announced it would initiate a

framework adjustment that would

modify gear restrictions for scallop

limited access fishing vessels. This has

been addressed in the following

manner: (1) Limited access vessels will

be restricted from fishing for scallops

with nets while under the DAS program

unless the vessel has not used a scallop

dredge since 1987; and (2) limited

access vessels will be restricted from

fishing for scallops, using dredges with

twine tops that extend the full distance

to the club stick while under the DAS

program. The twine top restriction will

require seven rows of steel rings for

dredges greater than 8 ft (244 cm) wide,

or four rows for single dredges 8 ft (244

cm) wide or less, between the club stick

and twine top. The public is encouraged

to attend this meeting and to provide

comments or submit them in writing to

the Council (see ADDRESSES). If the

Regional Director concurs with the

Council’s recommendations on this

framework adjustment, he could publish

it as a proposed or a final rule in the

Federal Register.

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Douglas G.

Marshall at 617–231–0422, at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: March 22, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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