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Appropriate Inquiries Rule and the 

standards and practices included in the 

two ASTM standards (ASTM E1527–13 

and ASTM E2247–16). To facilitate an 

understanding of the revisions to the 

ASTM E2247–08 Standard Practice for 

Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 

I Environmental Site Assessment 

Standard for Forestland or Rural 

Property, which was recognized by EPA 

as compliant with the requirements of 

the all appropriate inquiries regulation 

in 2013, and the revised ASTM E2247– 

16 Standard, which replaces the ASTM 

E2247–08 standard, EPA developed, and 

placed in the docket for this action, the 

document ‘‘Summary of Updates and 

Revisions to ASTM E2247 Standard 

Practice for Environmental Site 

Assessments: Phase I Environmental 

Site Assessment Process for Forestland 

or Rural Property.’’ Also in the docket 

for this action is the document 

‘‘Comparison of the All Appropriate 

Inquiries Regulation, the ASTM E1527– 

13 Phase I Environmental Site 

Assessment Process and the ASTM 

E2247–16 Phase I Environmental Site 

Assessment Process for Forestland or 

Rural Property Standard.’’ This 

document provides an overview of the 

similarities and slight differences 

between the AAI regulatory 

requirements and the requirements 

included in the two ASTM phase I 

environmental site assessment 

standards. 

This action includes no changes to the 

All Appropriate Inquiries Rule other 

than to update the reference in the 

regulation for the ASTM E2247 

standard. This action replaces the 

reference to the ASTM E2247–08 

‘‘Standard Practice for Environmental 

Site Assessments: Phase I 

Environmental Site Assessment Process 

for Forestland or Rural Property’’ in the 

All Appropriate Inquiries Rule with the 

updated ASTM E2247–16 standard of 

the same name. EPA’s only action with 

this final rule is recognition of the 

ASTM E2247–16 standard as compliant 

with the All Appropriate Inquires Rule. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993) and Executive 

Order 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21, 

2011), this action is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ and is therefore not 

subject to OMB review. Further, this 

action will not have a significant impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

and, as a result, is not subject to the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.). Because this action does not 

contain a Federal mandate that may 

result in expenditures of $100 million or 

more for State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate or the 

private sector in any one year, and does 

not contain regulatory requirements that 

might significantly or uniquely affect 

small governments, it is not subject to 

Sections 202, 203, and 205 of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104–4). This action 

does not create new binding legal 

requirements that substantially and 

directly affect Tribes under Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). This action does not have 

significant Federalism implications 

under Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 

43255, August 10, 1999). Because this 

final rule was not reviewed under 

Executive Order 12866, this final rule is 

not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, 

entitled Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collections subject to OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., nor does it require any special 

considerations under Executive Order 

12898, entitled Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

A. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

This action involves technical 

standards. This action allows for the use 

of the ASTM International Standard 

known as Standard E2247–16 and 

entitled ‘‘Standard Practice for 

Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 

I Environmental Site Assessment 

Process for Forestland or Rural 

Property.’’ 

B. Congressional Review Act 

This action is subject to the 

Congressional Review Act (CRA), and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 312 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Hazardous substances, 

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, 

Superfund. 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

Barry N. Breen, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Land and Emergency Management. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the Environmental Protection 

Agency amends title 40 chapter I of the 

Code of Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 312—INNOCENT 

LANDOWNERS, STANDARDS FOR 

CONDUCTING ALL APPROPRIATE 

INQUIRIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 312 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Section 101(35)(B) of CERCLA, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601(35)(B). 

■ 2. Amend § 312.11 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 312.11 References. 

* * * * * 

(a) The procedures of ASTM 

International Standard E2247–16 

entitled ‘‘Standard Practice for 

Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 

I Environmental Site Assessment 

Process for Forestland or Rural 

Property.’’ This standard is available 

from ASTM International at 

www.astm.org, 1–610–832–9585. 

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47 CFR Part 97 

[ET Docket No. 15–99; FCC 17–33] 

WRC–12 Implementation Report and 

Order 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s Report and Order, 

FCC 17–33. The Commission also 

announces the effective date of the 

remaining part 97 Amateur Radio 

Service rules adopted in FCC 17–33 that 

had not yet been made effective. These 

rules do not require OMB approval. This 

document is consistent with the Report 

and Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing 

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OMB approval of the information 

collection requirement and the relevant 

effective date of the rules. 

DATES: The rule amendments to 47 CFR 

97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) through (d), 

97.303(g), 97.305(c), and 97.313(k) and 

(l), published at 82 FR 27178, June 14, 

2017, are effective on September 15, 

2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Cathy 

Williams by email at Cathy.Williams@

fcc.gov and telephone at (202) 418– 

2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on August 

30, 2017, OMB approved the 

information collection requirement 

contained in the Commission’s Report 

and Order, FCC 17–33, published at 82 

FR 27178, June 14, 2017. The OMB 

Control Number is 3060–1239. The 

Commission publishes this document as 

an announcement of the effective date of 

the rule. If you have any comments on 

the burden estimates listed below, or 

how the Commission can improve the 

collection and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C823, 445 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

Please include the OMB Control 

Number 3060–1239 in your 

correspondence. The Commission will 

also accept your comments via email at 

PRA@fcc.gov. 

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 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received final OMB approval on 

August 30, 2017, for the information 

collection requirement contained in 47 

CFR 97.303(g)(2), as amended in the 

Commission’s Report and Order, FCC 

17–33. 

Under 5 CFR 1320, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a current, 

valid OMB Control Number. No person 

shall be subject to any penalty for failing 

to comply with a collection of 

information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act that does not display a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

1239. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. The total annual 

reporting burdens and costs for the 

respondents are as follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1239. 

OMB Approval Date: August 30, 2017. 

OMB Expiration Date: August 31, 

2020. 

Title: Section 97.303(g)(2), 

Notification Requirement. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,000 respondents; 1,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes (0.167). 

Frequency of Response: Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain clearance to operate. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 161, 

301, 302, 303(e), 303(f), 303(r), 304, 307 

and 332(b). 

Total Annual Burden: 167 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On March 27, 2017 

the Federal Communications 

Commission adopted the WRC–12 

Implementation Report and Order (ET 

Docket No. 15–99, FCC 17–33, 

published at 82 FR 27178, June 14, 

2017), which, inter alia, amended the 

Commission’s rules for the Amateur 

Radio Service to provide for frequency 

sharing requirements in the 135.7–137.8 

kHz (2200 m) and 472–479 kHz (630 m) 

bands. As specified in 47 CFR 

97.313(g)(2), prior to commencement of 

operations in the 135.7–137.8 kHz (2200 

m) and/or 472–479 kHz (630 m) bands, 

amateur operators must notify the 

Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) of their 

intent to operate by submitting their call 

signs, intended band(s) of operation, 

and the coordinates of their antenna’s 

fixed location. Amateur stations will be 

permitted to commence operations after 

a 30-day period unless UTC notifies the 

station that its fixed location is located 

within one kilometer of Power Line 

Carrier (PLC) systems operating on the 

same or overlapping frequencies. This 

notification process will ensure that 

amateur stations seeking to operate in 

the above noted bands are located 

beyond a minimum separation distance 

from PLC transmission lines, which will 

help ensure the compatibility and coexistence of amateur and PLC 

operations, and promote shared use of 

the bands. 

Concurrent with announcement of the 

OMB approval associated with 47 CFR 

97.303(g)(2), the Commission is also 

making effective the rule amendments 

to 47 CFR 97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) 

through (d), 97.303(g), 97.305(c), and 

97.313(k) and (l). Because none of these 

amendments require OMB approval, 

they have not been included in OMB 

Control Number 3060–1239. By this 

action, all of the part 97 Amateur Radio 

Service rules adopted in FCC 17–33 will 

now be in effect. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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