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seven tribes with areas of Indian 

country in the SJV nonattainment area 

inviting government-to-government 

consultation on the rulemaking effort. 

We requested that the tribal leaders, or 

their designated consultation 

representatives, provide input or request 

government-to-government consultation 

by October 27, 2014. We did not receive 

a response from any of the tribes. As 

noted above, EPA inadvertently did not 

send a letter to the Tejon Indian Tribe 

prior to this proposed action. We 

recognize that the proposed 

reclassification may be of interest to 

officials of the Tejon Indian Tribe and 

we are contacting them presently to 

offer them an opportunity for 

government-to-government 

consultation. We intend to continue 

communicating with all eight tribes 

located within the boundaries of the SJV 

nonattainment area for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS as we move forward developing 

a final rule. EPA specifically solicits 

additional comment on this proposed 

rule from tribal officials. 

G. Executive Order 13045, Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 

(62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) as 

applying only to those regulatory 

actions that concern environmental 

health or safety risks that EPA has 

reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This proposed action 

is not subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it proposes only to reclassify 

the SJV nonattainment area as Serious 

nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS, which would trigger additional 

Serious area planning requirements 

under the CAA. This proposed action 

does not establish an environmental 

standard intended to mitigate health or 

safety risks. 

H. Executive Order 13211, Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This proposed rule is not subject to 

Executive Order 13211, ‘‘Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) because it is not a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

This action is not subject to the 

requirements of Section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272 note) because it does not involve 

technical standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Population 

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, 

Feb. 16, 1994) establishes federal 

executive policy on environmental 

justice. Its main provision directs 

federal agencies, to the greatest extent 

practicable and permitted by law, to 

make environmental justice part of their 

mission by identifying and addressing, 

as appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects of their programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States. 

EPA has determined that this action 

will not have disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on minority or 

low-income populations because it does 

not affect the level of protection 

provided to human health or the 

environment. This proposed action 

would only reclassify the SJV 

nonattainment area as Serious 

nonattainment for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS, which would trigger additional 

Serious area planning requirements 

under the CAA. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 81 

Air pollution control, Incorporation 

by reference. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2014–0038; 

4500030113] 

RIN 1018–BA13 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Endangered 

Status for 21 Species and Proposed 

Threatened Status for 2 Species in 

Guam and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

public comment period and notice of 

public hearings. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), recently 

published a proposed listing for 21 

plant and animal species from the 

Mariana Islands (U.S. Territory of Guam 

and the U.S. Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands) as 

endangered species and 2 plant species 

from the Mariana Islands as threatened 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act), and 

announced a 60-day public comment 

period on the proposed actions, ending 

December 1, 2014. We now reopen the 

public comment period for an 

additional 30 days, and announce two 

public hearings and four public 

information meetings on our proposed 

rule. We are taking these actions to 

allow all interested parties additional 

time and opportunity to comment on 

the proposed rule. 

DATES: Written Comments: We will 

consider comments received or 

postmarked on or before February 11, 

2015, or provided at the public hearings. 

Please note comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES) 

must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time on the closing date. Any 

comments that we receive after the 

closing date may not be considered in 

the final decision on the proposed rule. 

Public Hearings and Information 

Meetings: 

Public hearings Public information meetings 

Guam: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Guam: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

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Public hearings Public information meetings 

U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI): Wednesday, January 28, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (island of Saipai) U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI): 

• Wednesday, January 28, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

• Thursday, January 29, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (island of 

Rota). 

• Saturday, January 31, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (island of 

Tinian). 

ADDRESSES: 

Document Availability: You may 

obtain copies of the proposed rule at 

http://www.regulations.gov at Docket 

No. FWS–R1–ES–2014–0038; from the 

Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife 

Office’s Web site (http://www.fws.gov/

pacificislands ); or by contacting the 

Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office 

directly (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Comment Submission: You may 

submit written comments by one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

on the proposed listing rule to FWS– 

R1–ES–2014–0038. 

(2) By hard copy: Submit comments 

on the proposed listing rule by U.S. mail 

or hand-delivery to: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: FWS–R1–ES–2014– 

0038; Division of Policy and Directives 

Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike; 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 

We will post all comments on http://

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us (see the 

Public Comments section, below, for 

more information). 

Locations of Public Hearings and 

Information Meetings: 

Public hearings Public information meetings 

Guam: University of Guam, in the Leon Guerrero School of Business 

and Public Administration Building, Anthony Leon Guerrero Multi-Purpose Room 129, located at UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923. 

Guam: Same location as the public hearing. 

U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI): Island of 

Saipan, at the Multi-Purpose Center, located at Beach Road, 

Susupe, Saipan. 

U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI): 

• Island of Saipan, at the same location as the public hearing. 

• Island of Rota, at the Sinapalo Elementary School Cafeteria, located 

at Sinapalo I, Songsong Village, Rota, MP 96951. 

• Island of Tinian, at the Tinian Elementary School Cafeteria, located 

at San Jose Village, Tinian, MP 96952. 

People needing reasonable 

accommodation in order to attend and 

participate in either public hearing 

should contact Kristi Young, Deputy 

Field Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish 

and Wildlife Office, as soon as possible 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristi Young, Deputy Field Supervisor, 

Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 

300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 

96850; telephone 808–792–9400; or 

facsimile 808–792–9581. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments 

We are reopening the public comment 

period for 30 days on our proposed rule 

to list 23 Mariana Islands species that 

was published in the Federal Register 

on October 1, 2014 (79 FR 59364), to 

allow all interested parties additional 

time to comment on the proposed rule. 

We will accept written comments and 

information until the date specified in 

the DATES section, above, or at the 

public hearings. We will consider all 

information and recommendations from 

all interested parties. 

For details on specific information we 

are requesting, please see the 

Information Requested section of our 

proposed rule (79 FR 59364; October 1, 

2014). 

You may submit your comments and 

materials concerning the proposed rule 

by one of the methods listed in 

ADDRESSES. We request that you send 

comments only by the methods 

described in ADDRESSES. 

If you submit a comment via http://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. We will post all 

hardcopy comments on http://

www.regulations.gov as well. If you 

submit a hardcopy comment that 

includes personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Comments and materials we receive, 

as well as supporting documentation we 

used in preparing the proposed rule, 

will be available for public inspection 

on http://www.regulations.gov at Docket 

No. FWS–R1–ES–2014–0038 or by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Pacific Islands Fish and 

Wildlife Office (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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