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TABLE 4 TO SUBPART BB OF PART 63—OPERATING PARAMETERS, OPERATING LIMITS AND DATA MONITORING, 

RECORDKEEPING AND COMPLIANCE FREQUENCIES—Continued 

For the operating parameter applicable to you, as specified in Table 

3 . . . 

You must establish the following operating limit during your performance 

test . . . 

And you must monitor, record, and demonstrate continuous 

compliance using these minimum frequencies . . . 

Data measurement Data recording 

Data averaging 

period for 

compliance 

Sorbent injection carrier gas flow rate Minimum carrier gas flow rate ........... Continuous ............. Every 15 minutes ... Daily. 

Fabric Filters 

Alarm time .......................................... Maximum alarm time is not established on a site-specific basis but 

is specified in § 63.605(f)(9).

Continuous ............. Each date and time 

of alarm start and 

stop.

Maximum alarm 

time specified in 

§ 63.605(f)(9). 

Wet Electrostatic Precipitator 

Secondary voltage .............................. Secondary voltage range .................. Continuous ............. Every 15 minutes ... Daily. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 82 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0213; FRL–9968–68– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AT43 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Refrigerant Management Regulations 

for Small Cans of Motor Vehicle 

Refrigerant 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to correct an editing oversight 

that led to a potential conflict in a prior 

rulemaking as to whether or not 

containers holding two pounds or less 

of non-exempt substitute refrigerants for 

use in motor vehicle air conditioning 

that are not equipped with a self-sealing 

valve can be sold to persons that are not 

certified technicians, provided those 

small cans were manufactured or 

imported prior to January 1, 2018. This 

action clarifies that those small cans 

may continue to be sold to persons that 

are not certified as technicians under 

sections 608 or 609 of the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

December 27, 2017 without further 

notice, unless EPA receives adverse 

comment by October 30, 2017. If EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2017–0213, at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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. 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, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Kemme by regular mail: U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Stratospheric Protection Division 

(6205T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone: (202) 566–0511; or by email: 

kemme.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Why is EPA using a direct final rule? 

EPA is publishing this direct final 

rule without a prior proposed rule 

because we view this as a 

noncontroversial action and anticipate 

no adverse comment. This rule makes a 

minor change in regulatory text, which 

is intended to resolve a potential 

conflict in the current regulatory text 

and to ensure that the regulatory text 

conforms to the EPA’s intention when 

finalizing the regulatory text at issue. 

However, in the ‘‘Proposed Rules’’ 

section of today’s Federal Register, we 

are publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposed rule to make 

this revision to the regulatory text if 

adverse comments are received on this 

direct final rule. We will not institute a 

second comment period on this action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. In this action, 

EPA is not making, and is not seeking 

comment on, any changes to the 

regulations at 40 CFR part 82, subpart F 

other than the revision discussed in this 

notice. For further information about 

commenting on this rule, see the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. 

If EPA receives adverse comment, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that this direct final rule will not take 

effect. In that case, we would address all 

public comments in any subsequent 

final rule based on the proposed rule. If 

no adverse comment is received by 

October 30, 2017, this direct final rule 

will be effective on December 27, 2017 

without further notice and no further 

action will be taken on the proposed 

rule. 

II. Does this action apply to me? 

Categories and entities potentially 

affected by this action include entities 

that distribute or sell small cans of 

refrigerant for use in motor vehicle air 

conditioning (MVAC). Regulated 

entities include, but are not limited to, 

manufacturers and distributors of small 

cans of refrigerant (NAICS codes 

325120, 441310, 447110) such as 

automotive parts and accessories stores 

and industrial gas manufacturers. This 

list is not intended to be exhaustive, but 

rather to provide a guide for readers 


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1 In this context, containers that meet these 

criteria are referred to interchangeably as ‘‘small 

cans of MVAC refrigerant,’’ ‘‘small cans of 

refrigerant for MVAC servicing,’’ or simply ‘‘small 

cans.’’ 

regarding entities likely to be regulated 

by this action. To determine whether 

your facility, company, business, or 

organization could be regulated by this 

action, you should carefully examine 

the regulations at 40 CFR part 82, 

subpart F. If you have questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

III. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

A. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI). In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

B. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

IV. What action is the agency taking? 

Section 608 of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) bears the title ‘‘National 

Recycling and Emission Reduction 

Program.’’ Under the structure of section 

608, this program has three main 

components. First, section 608(a) 

requires EPA to establish standards and 

requirements regarding use and disposal 

of class I and II substances, including a 

comprehensive refrigerant management 

program to limit emissions of ozonedepleting refrigerants. The CAA directs 

EPA to include regulations that reduce 

the use and emissions of class I and II 

substances to the lowest achievable 

level and that maximize the recapture 

and recycling of such substances. The 

second component, section 608(b), 

requires that the regulations issued 

pursuant to subsection (a) contain 

requirements for the safe disposal of 

class I and class II substances. The third 

component, section 608(c), prohibits the 

knowing venting, release, or disposal of 

ozone-depleting refrigerants and their 

substitutes during the maintenance, 

service, repair, or disposal of airconditioning and refrigeration 

appliances or industrial process 

refrigeration. 

EPA first issued regulations under 

section 608 of the CAA on May 14, 1993 

(58 FR 28660), to establish the national 

refrigerant management program for 

ozone-depleting refrigerants recovered 

during the maintenance, service, repair, 

and disposal of air-conditioning and 

refrigeration appliances. These 

regulations were intended to 

substantially reduce the use and 

emissions of ozone-depleting 

refrigerants. EPA revised these 

regulations through subsequent 

rulemakings published on August 19, 

1994 (59 FR 42950), November 9, 1994 

(59 FR 55912), August 8, 1995 (60 FR 

40420), July 24, 2003 (68 FR 43786), 

March 12, 2004 (69 FR 11946), January 

11, 2005 (70 FR 1972), May 23, 2014 (79 

FR 29682), and April 10, 2015 (80 FR 

19453). For a more detailed summary of 

the history of EPA’s Refrigerant 

Management Program see the discussion 

in the most recent update to these 

regulations at 81 FR 82272, 82275 (Nov. 

18, 2016). 

On November 9, 2015, EPA proposed 

the most recent updates to the 

refrigerant management regulations 

under section 608 of the CAA (80 FR 

69458). Among other things, EPA 

proposed to extend the sales restriction 

to non-exempt substitute refrigerants 

with an exception for small cans of 

refrigerant for use in MVAC. That is, the 

proposed revisions would have 

restricted the sale of non-exempt 

substitute refrigerants to certified 

technicians, with an exception for small 

cans (two pounds or less) of non-exempt 

substitute refrigerant for the servicing of 

MVACs 1 if the cans had a self-sealing 

valve. EPA requested comments on 

several aspects of this proposal 

including a scenario that would have 

included a sell-through provision for all 

small cans manufactured or imported 

prior to that effective date. 80 FR 69481. 

The proposal further stated that: 

For manufacture and import of small cans 

of refrigerant for MVAC servicing, EPA is 

proposing a compliance date of one year from 

publication of the final rule. EPA is also 

proposing to allow small cans manufactured 

and placed into initial inventory or imported 

before that date to be sold for one additional 

year. For example, if the rule is published on 

July 1, 2016, small can manufacturers would 

have until July 1, 2017, to transition their 

manufacturing lines to add self-sealing 

valves. Manufacturers, distributors, and auto 

parts stores would be able to sell all small 

cans manufactured and placed into initial 

inventory or imported prior to July 1, 2017, 

until July 1, 2018. EPA seeks comments on 

this proposed implementation timeline. [80 

FR 69509] 

On November 18, 2016, EPA 

published a rule finalizing the proposed 

restriction that non-exempt substitute 

refrigerants may only be sold to 

technicians certified under sections 608 

or 609 of the CAA. (81 FR 82280). In the 

case of refrigerant for use in MVAC, 

EPA finalized the exemption for the sale 

of certain small cans of non-ozonedepleting substitutes with a self-sealing 

valve to allow the do-it-yourself 

community to continue servicing their 

personal vehicles. Id. However, the 

agency did not finalize the sell-through 

provision. The preamble to the final rule 

states that, ‘‘EPA is requiring that small 

cans of non-exempt substitute 

refrigerant be outfitted with self-sealing 

valves by January 1, 2018. Based on 

comments, EPA is not finalizing the 

proposal to prohibit the sale of small 

cans that do not contain self-sealing 

valves that were manufactured or 

imported prior to that requirement 

taking effect.’’ Id. The preamble further 

stated: 

With regards to small cans of MVAC 

refrigerant, manufacturers, distributors and 

retailers of automotive refrigerant supported 

the proposed ‘‘manufacture-by’’ date of one 

year from publication of the final rule, but 

commented that they oppose a sell-through 

date for small cans that do not have selfsealing valves. They commented that such a 

requirement would be inefficient, 

burdensome, costly, and environmentally 

problematic. It would require all retailers to 

know of the requirement and establish 

processes for returning unsold cans back to 


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the manufacturer for destruction. More 

likely, the cans may be improperly disposed 

of, which would negate the environmental 

benefit of the new provisions. One 

commenter stated that a ‘‘manufacture-by’’ 

date would shift EPA’s burden in ensuring 

compliance from a few manufacturers to 

thousands of retailers. Furthermore, 

commenters cited EPA’s July 2015 SNAP rule 

(80 FR 42901; July 20, 2015) which listed 

HFC–134a as unacceptable for use as an 

aerosol as of a ‘‘manufacture-by’’ date, rather 

than a ‘‘sell-by’’ date. [81 FR 82342] 

EPA described its intention to allow 

the continued sale of small cans without 

self-sealing valves that were 

manufactured or imported before the 

January 1, 2018, compliance date as 

follows: 

In response to the comments received on 

EPA’s proposal to allow small cans 

manufactured and placed into initial 

inventory or imported before that date to be 

sold for one additional year, EPA is not 

finalizing the sell-through requirement and is 

finalizing only a date by which small cans 

must be manufactured or imported with a 

self-sealing valve. EPA agrees that this is the 

least-burdensome option and that it avoids 

the potential for any unintended 

consequences of a ‘‘sell-by’’ date. [81 FR 

82342] 

These intentions were also expressed 

in the regulatory text at 40 CFR 

82.154(c)(2), which was revised in the 

November 2016 rule to state: ‘‘Selfsealing valve specifications. This 

provision applies starting January 1, 

2018, for all containers holding two 

pounds or less of non-exempt substitute 

refrigerant for use in an MVAC that are 

manufactured or imported on or after 

that date. (i) Each container holding two 

pounds or less of non-exempt substitute 

refrigerant for use in an MVAC must be 

equipped with a single self-sealing valve 

that automatically closes and seals 

when not dispensing refrigerant . . . .’’ 

However, because of an editing error, 

another provision, 40 CFR 

82.154(c)(1)(ix), contains text that could 

be construed as contradicting the 

Agency’s clearly expressed intent to 

allow non-technicians to purchase, and 

retailers to sell, small cans of refrigerant 

for use in MVAC that were 

manufactured or imported before the 

January 1, 2018, compliance date 

irrespective of whether they have a selfsealing valve. The relevant text in 40 

CFR 82.154(c)(1) provides that 

beginning January 1, 2018 no person 

may sell or distribute any non-exempt 

substitute for use as a refrigerant unless 

it ‘‘is intended for use in an MVAC and 

is sold in a container designed to hold 

two pounds or less of refrigerant, has a 

unique fitting, and has a self-sealing 

valve. 

The Automotive Refrigeration 

Products Institute and the Auto Care 

Association inquired about whether the 

language in 40 CFR 82.154(c)(1)(ix) 

effectively negates the provision in 40 

CFR 82.154(c)(2) and the preamble 

discussion showing EPA’s intention to 

allow small cans of refrigerant for use in 

MVAC manufactured or imported before 

January 1, 2018, to continue to be sold 

without self-sealing valves. EPA is 

publishing this direct final rule to revise 

the regulatory text, so that persons in 

possession of small cans of refrigerant 

for use in MVAC without self-sealing 

valves that were manufactured or 

imported before January 1, 2018, can be 

assured that they will be able to sell off 

their existing inventories without 

disruption. 

This action will eliminate burden 

associated with regulatory uncertainty 

in this area. The Automotive 

Refrigeration Products Institute and the 

Auto Care Association informed EPA 

that the lack of clarity surrounding the 

status of small cans of refrigerant for use 

in MVAC without self-sealing valves 

that were manufactured or imported 

before the compliance date is already 

creating confusion. Unless resolved, this 

lack of clarity could unnecessarily 

influence sales of automotive refrigerant 

during 2017. This is because retailers 

may not want to stock large numbers of 

these small cans of refrigerant for use in 

MVAC unless they are given some 

assurance that they will be able to sell 

off any remaining inventory after 

January 1, 2018. There is also the 

concern that if clarity is not provided by 

January 1, 2018, retailers may feel 

compelled to manually pull cans 

without self-sealing valves from their 

shelves and return the cans to their 

supplier(s). This rule will eliminate the 

cost of that stranded inventory and also 

eliminate other non-quantified burdens 

associated with the removal of such 

cans from the market, such as the labor 

involved in segregating small cans with 

self-sealing valves from those without 

self-sealing valves and physically 

pulling those from shelves. 

V. Statutes and Executive Orders 

Review 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden under the 

PRA. OMB has previously approved the 

information collection activities 

contained in the existing regulations 

and has assigned OMB control number 

2060–0256. These changes do not add 

information collection requirements 

beyond those currently required under 

the applicable regulations. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

I certify that this action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the RFA. In making this 

determination, the impact of concern is 

any significant adverse economic 

impact on small entities. An agency may 

certify that a rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities if 

the rule relieves regulatory burden, has 

no net burden or otherwise has a 

positive economic effect on the small 

entities subject to the rule. This action 

clarifies that small cans of refrigerant for 

use in MVAC may be sold to persons 

who are not certified technicians even if 

they are not equipped with a self-sealing 

valve, so long as those small cans are 

manufactured or imported prior to 

January 1, 2018. We have therefore 

concluded that this action will have no 

net regulatory burden for all directly 

regulated small entities. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

This action does not contain any 

unfunded mandate as described in 

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does 

not significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. This action corrects a 

potential conflict in the refrigerant 

management regulations as to whether 

or not small cans of refrigerant for use 

in MVAC could be sold to nontechnicians if they were manufactured 

or imported prior to January 1, 2018, 

and do not have a self-sealing valve. 

This action clarifies that those small 

cans of refrigerant for use in MVAC may 

be sold to persons who are not certified 

technicians. 

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the states, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 


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F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13175. This action corrects a 

potential conflict in the refrigerant 

management regulations as to whether 

or not small cans of refrigerant for use 

in MVAC could be sold to nontechnicians if they were manufactured 

or imported prior to January 1, 2018, 

and do not have a self-sealing valve. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the 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 action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not concern an 

environmental health risk or safety risk. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act 

This rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

The EPA believes that this action does 

not have disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority populations, lowincome populations and/or indigenous 

peoples, as specified in Executive Order 

12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

This action does not affect the level of 

protection provided to human health or 

the environment. This action corrects a 

potential conflict in the refrigerant 

management regulations as to whether 

or not small cans of refrigerant for use 

in MVAC could be sold to nontechnicians if they were manufactured 

or imported prior to January 1, 2018, 

and do not have a self-sealing valve. 

This action clarifies that those small 

cans of refrigerant for use in MVAC may 

be sold to persons who are not certified 

technicians. The documentation for this 

decision is contained in Docket No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0213, where 

EPA’s assessment of the underlying 

regulatory changes that led to this 

correction found no disproportionately 

high and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on minority 

populations, low-income populations 

and/or indigenous peoples. 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

EPA will submit a rule report to each 

House of the 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 82 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Environmental Protection 

Agency amends 40 CFR part 82 as 

follows: 

PART 82—PROTECTION OF 

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 82 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671– 

7671q. 

■ 2. In § 82.154, revise paragraph 

(c)(1)(ix) to read as follows: 

§ 82.154 Prohibitions. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ix) The non-exempt substitute 

refrigerant is intended for use in an 

MVAC and is sold in a container 

designed to hold two pounds or less of 

refrigerant, has a unique fitting, and, if 

manufactured or imported on or after 

January 1, 2018, has a self-sealing valve 

that complies with the requirements of 

paragraph (c)(2) of this section. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

45 CFR Part 1302 

RIN 0970–AC63 

Head Start Program 

AGENCY: Office of Head Start (OHS), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Final rule; delay of compliance 

date. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Head Start will 

delay the compliance date for 

background check procedures and the 

date for programs to participate in their 

state or local Quality Rating and 

Improvement Systems (QRIS). Both 

requirements are described in the Head 

Start Program Performance Standards 

(HSPPS) final rule that was published in 

the Federal Register on September 6, 

2016. We believe programs and states 

will benefit from more time to fully 

implement these changes. 

DATES: The date for programs to comply 

with background checks procedures 

described in 45 CFR 1302.90(b) and for 

programs to participate in QRIS 

described in 45 CFR 1302.53(b)(2) is 

delayed until September 30, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen Rathgeb, Division Director of 

Early Childhood Policy and Budget, 

Office of Early Childhood Development, 

OHS_NPRM@acf.hhs.gov, (202) 401– 

1195 (not a toll-free call). Deaf and 

hearing impaired individuals may call 

the Federal Dual Party Relay Service at 

1–800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 7 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Head Start program provides 

grants to local public and private nonprofit and for-profit agencies to provide 

comprehensive education and child 

development services to economically 

disadvantaged children, birth to age 5, 

and families and to help young children 

develop the skills they need to be 

successful in school. We amended our 

Head Start Program Performance 

Standards in a final rule that published 

in the Federal Register on September 6, 

2016. 

The Head Start Program Performance 

Standards define requirements grantees 

and delegate agencies must implement 

to operate high quality Head Start or 

Early Head Start programs and provide 


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