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§ 100.723 Special Local Regulation; Fort 

Lauderdale Grand Prix of the Seas; Fort 

Lauderdale, FL. 

(a) Location. The following regulated 

area is established as a special local 

regulation. All navigable waters 

contained within an imaginary line 

connecting the following points: 

beginning at Point 1 in position 26°6′21′′ 

N., 080°5′51′′ W.; thence west to Point 

2 in position 26°6′21′′ N., 080°6′13′′ W.; 

thence north to Point 3 in position 

26°6′57′′ N., 080°6′13′′ W.; thence east to 

Point 4 in position 26°6′57′′ N., 

080°5′52′′ W., thence back to origin at 

point 1. All coordinates are North 

American Datum 1983. 

(b) Definition. The following 

definitions apply to this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘designated 

representative’’ means Coast Guard 

Patrol Commanders, including Coast 

Guard coxswains, petty officers, and 

other officers operating Coast Guard 

vessels, and Federal, State, and Local 

officers designated by or assisting the 

Captain of the Port Miami in the 

enforcement of the regulated areas. 

(2) The term ‘‘Patrol Commander’’ 

means a commissioned, warrant, or 

petty officer of the Coast Guard who has 

been designated by the respective Coast 

Guard Sector Commander to enforce 

these regulations. 

(3) The term ‘‘spectators’’ means all 

persons and vessels not registered with 

the event sponsor as participants or 

official patrol vessels. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) All non-participant persons and 

vessels are prohibited from entering, 

transiting through, anchoring in, or 

remaining within the regulated area 

unless authorized by the Captain of the 

Port Miami or a designated 

representative. 

(2) Persons and vessels desiring to 

enter, transit through, anchor in, remain 

within or transit in excess of wake 

speed within any of the regulated area 

may contact the Captain of the Port 

Miami by telephone at (305) 535–8701, 

or a designated representative via VHF– 

FM radio on channel 16 to request 

authorization. If authorization is 

granted, all persons and vessels 

receiving such authorization must 

comply with the instructions of the 

Captain of the Port Miami or a 

designated representative. 

(3) The Coast Guard will use all 

appropriate means to notify the public 

in advance of an event of the 

enforcement of these regulations to 

include publishing a Notice of 

Enforcement in the Federal Register and 

through the local Notice to Mariners and 

Broadcast Notice to Mariners. 

(d) Enforcement date. This section 

will be enforced annually on a weekend 

(Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in the 

month of November. 

Dated: August 22, 2017. 

J.H.D. Solomon, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain 

of the Port Miami. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 9 

RIN 2900–AP98 

Electronic Submission of Certain 

Servicemembers’ Group Life 

Insurance, Family Servicemembers’ 

Group Life Insurance, and Veterans’ 

Group Life Insurance Forms 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) proposes to add a 

regulation governing the 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(SGLI) and Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance (VGLI) programs to provide 

that certain SGLI, Family SGLI (FSGLI) 

and VGLI applications, elections, and 

beneficiary designations required by 

statute to be ‘‘written’’ or ‘‘in writing’’ 

would include those submitted via an 

agency approved electronic means that 

are digitally or electronically signed. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through http://

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to: Director, Regulations 

Management (00REG), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (this 

is not a toll-free telephone number). 

Comments should indicate that they are 

submitted in response to ‘‘RIN 2900– 

AP98—Electronic Submission of Certain 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, 

Family Servicemembers’ Group Life 

Insurance, and Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance Forms.’’ 

Copies of comments received will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Room 1068, between the 

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday (except 

holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 for 

an appointment (this is not a toll-free 

telephone number). In addition, 

comments may be viewed online 

through the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Berkheimer, Insurance Specialist, 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

Insurance Center (310/290B), 5000 

Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 

19144, (215) 842–2000, ext. 4275 (this is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several 

statutes regarding entitlement to SGLI, 

FSGLI, and VGLI require a member or 

an insured to take action ‘‘in writing’’ or 

to submit a ‘‘written’’ application or 

request. E.g., 38 U.S.C. 1967(c), 1970(a), 

and 1977(a)(3). For example, under 38 

U.S.C. 1967(a)(2) and (a)(3)(B), a 

member of a uniformed service on 

active duty, active duty for training, or 

inactive duty training scheduled in 

advance by a competent authority and 

certain Ready Reservists may ‘‘elect in 

writing’’ not to be insured under SGLI, 

to decline FSGLI coverage for a spouse, 

or to be insured or insure a spouse for 

less than the statutory maximum 

amounts of insurance coverage. 

Until recently, members have utilized 

a paper version of SGLV 8286, 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(SGLI) Election and Certificate, to make 

changes to their SGLI coverage amount 

and to designate beneficiaries to receive 

the insurance proceeds upon their death 

and a paper version of SGLV 8286A, 

Spouse Coverage Election and 

Certificate, to make changes to their 

spousal coverage. The VA Insurance 

Service, however, partnered with the 

Department of Defense to develop the 

SGLI Online Enrollment System (SOES), 

an electronic application system that 

allows members to make electronic 

updates and changes to their SGLI and 

FSGLI coverage amounts and their SGLI 

beneficiary designations 24 hours a day, 

7 days a week. In addition, this 

electronic system helps to eliminate 

common errors made by members when 

completing the paper forms. While the 

electronic system is the primary means 

for insured members to manage their 

SGLI and FSGLI elections, a member 

may use the paper forms in emergent 

situations when the member cannot 

access the electronic system. 

In addition to SOES, veterans are 

currently able to apply for VGLI, 

reinstate their VGLI, or increase the 

amount of VGLI by completing an 

online application through a Web site 

managed by the Office of 

Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance 

(OSGLI), https://giosgli.prudential.com/ 

osgli/web/OSGLIMenu.html, as well as 

by mailing a paper copy of SGLV 8714, 


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Application for Veterans’ Group Life 

Insurance to OSGLI. 

In light of this modernized processing 

of SGLI and VGLI, VA proposes to 

expressly allow for electronic 

submission of certain SGLI and VGLI 

applications, forms, and beneficiary 

designations by adding section 9.22 to 

part 9 of title 38, Code of Federal 

Regulations. New section 9.22(a)(1) 

would define the terms ‘‘in writing’’ and 

‘‘written’’ for purposes of certain 

statutes in chapter 19, subchapter III, of 

title 38, United States Code, to mean an 

intentional recording of words in visual 

form and to include hard-copy 

documents containing a person’s name 

or mark written or made by that person 

and electronic 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 contained 

in the electronic document. 

Section 9.22(a)(2) would provide that 

application or election forms meeting 

the requirements of new paragraph 

(a)(1) will satisfy the statutory 

requirement that such forms be 

‘‘written’’ or ‘‘in writing’’ for purposes 

of: (1) Declining SGLI for the member or 

FSGLI for the member’s insurable 

spouse; (2) insuring the member under 

SGLI or the member’s spouse under 

FSGLI in an amount less than the 

maximum amount of such insurance; (3) 

restoring or increasing coverage under 

SGLI for the member or under FSGLI for 

the member’s insurable spouse; (4) 

designating one or more beneficiaries 

for the member’s SGLI or insured’s 

VGLI; and (5) increasing the amount of 

coverage under VGLI. This would allow 

members to submit such applications or 

elections by mail, hand delivery, or 

electronic means approved by the 

Secretary. 

Section 9.22(b) would state that 

applications or forms satisfying the 

definition in paragraph (a)(1) may be 

submitted for purposes of applying for 

VGLI and reinstating lapsed VGLI 

coverage. 

These regulations are consistent with 

the Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act (GPEA), Public Law 105–277, tit. 

XVII, 112 Stat. 2681–749 (codified at 44 

U.S.C. 3504 note), which requires 

Federal agencies to accept electronic 

signatures and to allow for electronic 

submission, maintenance, or disclosure 

of information as a substitute for paper, 

when it is practicable for agencies to do 

so. See also 38 U.S.C. 118 (VA must 

submit reports to Congress in electronic 

format) and 5103(a)(1) (VA may provide 

notice of information and evidence 

necessary to substantiate claim via 

electronic communication). GPEA also 

bars electronic signatures and electronic 

records from being denied legal effect, 

validity, or enforceability because they 

are in electronic form. Public Law 105– 

277, §1707, 112 Stat. 2681–751. 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

one year. This proposed rule will have 

no such effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This proposed rule contains no 

provisions constituting a collection of 

information under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521). 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

direct agencies to assess the costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, when regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, and other advantages; 

distributive impacts; and equity). 

Executive Order 13563 (Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review) 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. Executive Order 

12866 (Regulatory Planning and 

Review) defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action,’’ requiring review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), unless OMB waives such 

review, as ‘‘any regulatory action that is 

likely to result in a rule that may: (1) 

Have an annual effect on the economy 

of $100 million or more or adversely 

affect in a material way the economy, a 

sector of the economy, productivity, 

competition, jobs, the environment, 

public health or safety, or State, local, 

or tribal governments or communities; 

(2) Create a serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; (3) 

Materially alter the budgetary impact of 

entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan 

programs or the rights and obligations of 

recipients thereof; or (4) Raise novel 

legal or policy issues arising out of legal 

mandates, the President’s priorities, or 

the principles set forth in this Executive 

Order.’’ 

The economic, interagency, 

budgetary, legal, and policy 

implications of this regulatory action 

have been examined and it has been 

determined not to be a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. VA’s impact analysis can be 

found as a supporting document at 

http://www.regulations.gov, usually 

within 48 hours after the rulemaking 

document is published. Additionally, a 

copy of the rulemaking and its impact 

analysis are available on VA’s Web site 

at http://www.va.gov/orpm by following 

the link for ‘‘VA Regulations 

Published.’’ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Secretary hereby certifies that the 

adoption of this proposed rule would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

as they are defined in the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612. This 

proposed rule would directly affect only 

individuals and would not directly 

affect any small entities. Therefore, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), this 

proposed rule is exempt from the initial 

and final regulatory flexibility analysis 

requirements of sections 603 and 604. 

List of Subjects in Part 9 

Life insurance, Military personnel, 

Veterans. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number and title for the 

program affected by this document is 

64.103, Life Insurance for Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gina 

S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on July 25, 

2017, for publication. 

Dated: July 25, 2017. 

Jeffrey Martin, 

Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation 

Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, VA proposes to amend 38 

CFR part 9 as set forth below: 


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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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