42054 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 6, 2017 / Proposed Rules 

PART 9—SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP 

LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS’ 

GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 9 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 1965–1980A, 

unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. By adding the following section to 

read as follows: 

§ 9.22 Submission of certain applications 

and forms affecting entitlement to 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance and 

Veterans’ Group Life Insurance 

(a)(1) Definition. For purposes of this 

section, the terms in writing and written 

mean an intentional recording of words 

in visual form and include: 

(A) Hard-copy applications and forms 

containing a person’s name or mark 

written or made by that person; and 

(B) applications and forms submitted 

through a VA approved electronic 

means that include an electronic or 

digital signature that identifies and 

authenticates a particular person as the 

source of the electronic message and 

indicates such person’s approval of the 

information submitted through such 

means. 

(2) With regard to the following 

actions, applications or forms that 

satisfy the definition in paragraph (a)(1) 

will be deemed to satisfy the 

requirement in the referenced statutes 

that an application, election, or 

beneficiary designation be ‘‘in writing’’ 

or ‘‘written’’: 

(A) Decline Servicemembers’ Group 

Life Insurance for the member or Family 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

for the member’s insurable spouse (38 

U.S.C. 1967(a)(2)(A) or (B)); 

(B) Insure the member under 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

or the member’s spouse under Family 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

in an amount less than the maximum 

amount of such insurance (38 U.S.C. 

1967(a)(3)(B)); 

(C) Restore or increase coverage under 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

for the member or under Family 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

for the member’s insurable spouse (38 

U.S.C. 1967(c)); 

(D) Designate one or more 

beneficiaries for the member’s 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

or former member’s Veterans’ Group 

Life Insurance (38 U.S.C. 1970(a)); and 

(E) Increase the amount of coverage 

under Veterans’ Group Life Insurance 

(38 U.S.C. 1977(a)(3)). 

(b) Applications or forms that satisfy 

the definition in paragraph (a)(1) may be 

utilized to— 

(1) apply for Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance; and 

(2) reinstate Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2017–0138; A–1–FRL– 

9967–26–Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; New Hampshire; 

Rules for Open Burning and 

Incinerators 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of New 

Hampshire on August 9, 2011, and July 

23, 2013. These SIP revisions establish 

rules for open burning and establish 

emission standards and operating 

practices for incinerators and wood 

waste burners that are not regulated 

pursuant to federal incinerator 

standards. We are also proposing to 

approve revisions to the definitions of 

‘‘Incinerator’’ and ‘‘Wood Waste 

Burner,’’ submitted by the State on July 

23, 2013 and October 26, 2016, 

respectively. This action will have a 

beneficial effect on air quality. This 

action is being taken in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– 

OAR–2017–0138 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

Arnold.Anne@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alison C. Simcox, Air Quality Unit, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

New England Regional Office, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, tel. 

(617) 918–1684, email simcox.alison@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules Section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

SIP submittal as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no adverse comments are 

received in response to this action rule, 

no further activity is contemplated. If 

EPA receives adverse comments, the 

direct final rule will be withdrawn and 

all public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

Please note that if EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules Section of this Federal Register. 

Dated: August 19, 2017. 

Deborah A. Szaro, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New 

England. 

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