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V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

This rulemaking action proposing to 

approve NOX RACT for cement kilns for 

the 2008 ozone NAAQS; to remove 

Maryland’s NOX Reduction and Trading 

Program regulations under the NOX SIP 

Call; and to include revised and 

recodified provisions for natural gas 

compression stations and Portland 

cement manufacturing plants in 

Maryland regulations COMAR 26.11.29 

and COMAR 26.11.30 respectively, does 

not have tribal implications as specified 

by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000). This is due to the 

fact that this SIP does not apply to 

Indian country, and therefore will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

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

Dated: October 25, 2017. 

Cosmo Servidio, 

Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078; 

4500030113] 

RIN 1018–BB64 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Threatened Species Status 

for Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina 

(San Fernando Valley Spineflower) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce 

that a Candidate Conservation 

Agreement (CCA) has been prepared for 

Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San 

Fernando Valley spineflower). The CCA 

was developed as a collaborative effort 

between the Newhall Land and Farming 

Company (Newhall Land), a California 

limited partnership, and the Service to 

implement conservation measures for 

the species. With the release of the CCA, 

we are reopening for an additional 30 

days the comment period on the 

proposed rule to list C. parryi var. 

fernandina as a threatened species. We 

will submit a final listing determination 

to the Federal Register on or before 

March 15, 2018. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule that published September 

15, 2016, at 81 FR 63454 is reopened. 

We will accept comments received or 

postmarked on or before December 13, 

2017. If you comment using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES), 

you must submit your comments by 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing 

date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. In the 

Search box, enter the docket number for 

this proposed rule, which is FWS–R8– 

ES–2016–0078. Then click on the 

Search button. You may submit a 

comment by clicking on ‘‘Comment 

Now!’’ Please ensure that you have 

found the correct rulemaking before 

submitting your comment. 

(2) U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. 

FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura 

Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493 Portola 

Road, Ventura, CA 93003; telephone 

805–644–5763; facsimile 805–644–3958. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 15, 2016, we published 

a proposed rule (81 FR 63454) to add 

Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina as a 

threatened species to the List of 

Endangered and Threatened Plants 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). That proposal had a 60-day 

comment period, ending November 16, 

2016. For a description of previous 

Federal actions concerning C. parryi var. 

fernandina, please refer to the 

September 15, 2016, proposed listing 

rule (81 FR 63454). On July 19, 2017, 

the Service announced a 6-month 

extension of the final determination of 

whether to list the species as a result of 

scientific disagreement and uncertainty 

(82 FR 33036), and reopened an 

additional 30-day comment period. 

Newhall Land and the Service have 

developed a CCA to provide additional 

conservation measures for Chorizanthe 

parryi var. fernandina. The CCA 

provides for Newhall Land to 

voluntarily implement additional 

conservation measures described in the 

San Fernando Valley Spineflower 

Enhancement and Introduction Plan 

(Introduction Plan) with the goal of 

enhancing the status of the species. The 

Introduction Plan provides for Newhall 


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Land to voluntarily establish new, 

protected C. parryi var. fernandina 

occurrences within the species’ 

historical range that will increase the 

resiliency of the existing populations 

and expand the redundancy and 

representation of the species. Newhall 

Land will voluntarily conserve an 

additional 1,498 acres of its property for 

the benefit of the C. parryi var. 

fernandina and carry out additional 

conservation activities within portions 

of these 1,498 acres and within a 

portion of the Petersen Ranch Mitigation 

Bank. Spineflower introduction will 

occur on a total of at least 10 acres 

within the Additional Conservation 

Areas. These actions, collectively 

known as the Additional Conservation 

Measures, would contribute to reducing 

and eliminating current and potential 

future threats to the persistence of the 

species by expanding the area of 

protected conservation land for the 

plant, increasing the number and extent 

of protected C. parryi var. fernandina 

occurrence locations with outplanting, 

and providing protection for the 

introduction sites from developmentrelated stressors with conservation 

easements and management actions. 

The Additional Conservation Measures 

would result in at least two new, selfsustaining, and persistent C. parryi var. 

fernandina occurrences and would 

increase the number of ecoregions in 

which the species is represented. All 

documents are posted to http://

www.regulations.gov in Docket No. 

FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078. 

Information Requested 

We will accept written comments and 

information during this reopened 

comment period on our proposed listing 

for Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina 

that was published in the Federal 

Register on September 15, 2016 (81 FR 

63454) and the CCA. We will consider 

information and recommendations from 

all interested parties. We intend that 

any final action resulting from the 

proposal will be as accurate as possible 

and based on the best available 

scientific and commercial data. 

In consideration of the CCA, we are 

particularly interested in new 

information and comments regarding: 

(1) The efficacy of seed introduction 

for long-term establishment into 

suitable, unoccupied habitat of 

Chorizanthe or related taxa. 

(2) Whether the new areas proposed 

for seeding under the CCA will be 

appropriate to support populations of 

Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina. 

(3) Whether the Additional 

Conservation Areas and Measures 

established under the Introduction Plan 

will afford sufficient resiliency, 

redundancy, and representation for the 

conservation of the species. 

If you previously submitted 

comments or information on the 

September 15, 2016, proposed rule (81 

FR 63454) and/or the July 19, 2017, 

reopening of the comment period on the 

proposed rule (82 FR 33036), please do 

not resubmit them. We have 

incorporated previously submitted 

comments into the public record, and 

we will fully consider them in the 

preparation of our final determination. 

Our final determination concerning the 

proposed listing will take into 

consideration all written comments and 

any additional information we receive. 

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 information via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. If your submission is 

made via a hardcopy 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. 

We will post all hardcopy submissions 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

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, or by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). You may obtain copies of the 

proposed rule at http://

www.regulations.gov at Docket No. 

FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078. Copies of the 

proposed rule are also available at 

http://www.fws.gov/cno/es//. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Dated: October 4, 2017. 

Gregory Sheehan, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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