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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2020-0099]

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System

    Under part 235 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that on
December 22, 2020, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to discontinue
or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2020-0099.
    Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Tommy A. Phillips, Senior
Director--C&S Engineering, 1200 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA
30309.
    Specifically, NS requests permission to discontinue an automatic
block signal (ABS) system which includes the control point (CP) at BV&E
Junction, 20 automatic signals on the H Line, and all 9 automatic
signals on the J-Line. An operative approach signal will be placed at
milepost (MP) H-223.8 in approach to CP Columbus Junction. Two
operative approach signals will be installed at MP H-239.7 and MP H-
242.6 in approach to CP North Oglethorp. The main track between MP H-
220 and MP J-295.0 on the Albany Line of the Georgia Division will be
converted to NS Rule 171 operation.
    The reason for the proposed discontinuance is that operations no
longer require a signal system.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications
concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
    Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested parties
desire an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
    All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
     Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Communications received by March 1, 2021 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered if practicable. Anyone can search the electronic form of any
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by
the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its processes. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed
at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549-2736.

Extension:
    Rule 17g-1 and Form NRSRO, SEC File No. 270-563, OMB Control No.
3235-0625.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 17g-
1, Form NRSRO and Instructions to Form NRSRO under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).\1\
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    Rule 17g-1, Form NRSRO and the Instructions to Form NRSRO contain
certain recordkeeping and disclosure requirements for NRSROs.
Currently,

there are 10 credit rating agencies registered as NRSROs with the
Commission. Based on staff experience and comments received during the
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information, the Commission estimates that the revised ongoing annual
burden for respondents to comply with Rule 17g-1 and Form NRSRO is
2,750 hours. In addition, the Commission estimates an industry-wide
annual external cost to NRSROs of $4,000 to comply with the
requirements.
    The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No
person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number.
    Background documentation for this information collection may be
viewed at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F St NE., Washington, DC 20549 or send an email to:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days
of this notice.

    Dated: September 27, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0675; FRL-9989-61-Region 6]

Air Plan Approval; Texas; Reasonably Available Control Technology

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is converting its
September 22, 2017 conditional approval of revisions to the Texas State
Implementation Plan (SIP), addressing Oxides of Nitrogen
(NOX) Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for the
TXI Operations, LP (Texas Industries, Inc., TXI) cement manufacturing
plant in Ellis County, to full approval. We are approving an August 21,
2018 SIP submittal which satisfies Texas' commitment which was the
basis for our conditional approval. We are taking this action in
accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA, the Act).

DATES: The final rule is effective on March 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0675. All documents in the docket are
listed on the www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential
Business Information or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard
copy at the Air Planning Section (6MM-AA), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. The file
will be made available by appointment for public inspection in the
Region 6 FOIA Review Room between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
weekdays except for legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alan Shar (6MM-AA), telephone
(214) 665-2164, email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' refer to the EPA.

I. Background
II. Final Actions
III. Incorporation by Reference
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

I. Background

    The background for this action is discussed in detail in the
November 14, 2018 (83 FR 56770) Proposal.\1\ The November 14, 2018 (83
FR 56770) action proposed approval of TCEQ's August 21, 2018 submittal
as a revision to Texas SIP addressing NOX RACT for the TXI
cement manufacturing plant in Ellis County as a part of its Dallas Fort
Worth (DFW) 2008 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) SIP update. The August 21, 2018 SIP submittal contained both an
Agreed Order (AO) concerning TXI and a SIP narrative update for DFW
NOX RACT. The Technical Support Document (TSD) \2\ also
provided a detailed description and rationale for the proposed action.
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    \1\ See the Proposal, document ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0675-0001
at Regulations.gov.
    \2\ See the TSD, document ID No. EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0675-0002 at
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    The public comment period closed on December 14, 2018, and we
received no adverse comments. We received two comments, including one
from TCEQ, that were supportive of our action. We received one
additional comment that was also generally supportive of our proposed
action ``if chemical knowledge for community safety is taken into
consideration.'' The commenter's discussion of chemical hazards,
however, is outside the scope of our November 14, 2018 (83 FR 56770)
Proposal taken under the CAA. We acknowledge that the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 was created to
help communities plan for chemical emergencies and requires industry to
report on the storage, use and releases of hazardous substances to
federal, state, and local governments. EPCRA requires state and local
governments, and Indian tribes to use this information to prepare their
community from potential risks.

II. Final Actions

    We find that TCEQ's August 21, 2018 SIP submittal satisfies its
obligation under the September 22, 2017 (82 FR 44320) conditional
approval and are converting the September 22, 2017 (82 FR 44320) final
rule to full approval. We are also approving the August 21, 2018 SIP
submittal, including the AO as a source-specific NOX RACT
revision to the SIP. Our approval will incorporate these changes into
the SIP for Texas.

III. Incorporation by Reference

    In this rule, the EPA is finalizing regulatory text that includes
incorporation by reference. In accordance with requirements of 1 CFR
51.5, the EPA is finalizing the incorporation by reference of the
revisions to the Texas source specific requirements as described in the
Final Actions section above. The EPA has made, and will continue to
make, these materials generally available through www.regulations.gov
and at the EPA Region 6 Office (please contact Mr. Alan Shar, (214)
665-2164<EMAIL_ADDRESS>for more information). Therefore, these
materials have been approved by EPA for inclusion in the SIP, have been
incorporated by reference by EPA into that plan, are fully federally
enforceable under sections 110 and 113 of the CAA as of the effective
date of the final rulemaking of EPA's approval, and will be
incorporated by reference in the next update to the SIP compilation.

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Under the CAA, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. If a portion of the plan revision meets all the
applicable requirements of this chapter and Federal regulations, the
Administrator may approve the plan revision in part. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to
approve state choices that meet the criteria of the Act, and to
disapprove state choices that do not meet the criteria of the Act.
Accordingly, this final action approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this final action:
     Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
     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;
     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); and
     Does not have tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because the SIP
is not approved to apply in Indian country located in the state, and
EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law.
    Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this action must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the appropriate circuit by April 23, 2019. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule does not affect
the finality of this action for the purposed of judicial review nor
does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may
be filed and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such rule or
action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hydrocarbons,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
oxides, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Volatile organic
compounds.

    Dated: February 14, 2019.
Anne Idsal,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.

    Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is
amended as follows:

PART 52--APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:

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

Subpart SS--Texas

0
2. In Sec.  52.2270:
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a. In paragraph (d), the table titled ``EPA-Approved Texas Source-
Specific Requirements'' is amended by adding an entry for ``TXI
Operations LP (Texas Industries, Inc., TXI), Kiln #5, Ellis County,
Texas'' at the end of the table.
0
b. In paragraph (e), the second table titled ``EPA Approved
Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas
SIP'' is amended by:
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i. Removing the entry ``Conditional approval of NOX RACT
finding for the Martin Marietta (formerly Texas Industries, Inc., or
TXI) cement manufacturing plant under the 2008 8-Hour ozone NAAQS'' and
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ii. Adding an entry titled ``NOX RACT finding under the 2008
8-Hour ozone NAAQS'' at the end of the table.

    The additions read as follows:

Sec.  52.2270  Identification of plan.

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    (d) * * *

                                 EPA-Approved Texas Source-Specific Requirements
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          Name of source           Permit or order No.  effective date   EPA approval date         Comments
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TXI Operations LP (Texas           Agreed Order No.           08/21/18  02/22/19 [Insert     DFW 2008 8-Hour
 Industries, Inc., TXI), Kiln #5,   2017-1648-SIP.                       Federal Register     ozone standard.
 Ellis County, Texas.                                                    citation].
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    (e) * * *

              EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Texas SIP
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                                        Applicable           State
      Name of SIP provision         geographic or non-    submittal/     EPA approval date         Comments
                                     attainment area    effective date
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NOX RACT finding under the 2008 8- Collin, Dallas,           8/21/2018  02/22/19 [Insert     DFW as Moderate and
 Hour ozone NAAQS.                  Denton, Tarrant,                     Federal Register     Serious, also
                                    Ellis, Johnson,                      citation].           converts
                                    Kaufman, Parker,                                          conditional
                                    Rockwall, and Wise                                        approval 09/22/17,
                                    Counties, TX.                                             82 FR 44322 to
                                                                                full approval.
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