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comment on the following issues. First,
should California’s ZEV amendments, as
they affect the 2012–2017 MYs and/or
the 2018 and later MYs, be considered
under the within-the-scope criteria or
should they be considered under the
full waiver criteria? Second, to the
extent part or all of those ZEV
amendments should be considered as a
within-the-scope request, do such
amendments meet the criteria for EPA to
confirm that they are within-the-scope
of prior waivers? Please also provide
comments to address the full waiver
analysis (noted below for the remainder
of the ACC program), in the event that
EPA cannot confirm that some or all of
CARB’s ZEV amendments are withinthe-scope of previous waivers.
We are requesting comment on all
aspects of the full waiver analysis with
regard to the ACC program (the LEV III
criteria pollutant and GHG regulations,
and the ZEV amendments to the extent
EPA does not consider them under the
within-the-scope analysis noted above).
This includes consideration of the
following three criteria: whether (a)
California’s determination that its motor
vehicle emission standards are, in the
aggregate, at least as protective of public
health and welfare as applicable Federal
standards is arbitrary and capricious, (b)
California needs such standards to meet
compelling and extraordinary
conditions, and (c) California’s
standards and accompanying
enforcement procedures are consistent
with section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.
As noted above, CARB plans to propose
a deemed to comply rule for its GHG
standards shortly after EPA finalizes its
light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas
emission standards, conditioned on its
review of EPA’s final GHG rule. As
such, EPA specifically invites comment
on CARB’s waiver request in light of
CARB’s plans concerning adoption of a
deemed to comply provision into its
LEV III GHG standards. This will allow
EPA to consider any deemed to comply
provision and comments on it when
taking action on CARB’s request for a
waiver.
IV. Procedures for Public Participation
The Agency will make a verbatim
record of the proceedings at the hearing.
Interested parties may arrange with the
reporter at the hearing to obtain a copy
of the transcript at their own expense.
EPA will keep the record open until
October 19, 2012. Upon expiration of
the comment period, the Administrator
will render a decision on CARB’s
request based on the record of the
public hearing, relevant written
submissions, and other information that
she deems pertinent.
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Persons with comments containing
proprietary information must
distinguish such information from other
comments to the greatest possible extent
and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business
Information’’ (CBI). If a person making
comments wants EPA to base its
decision in part on a submission labeled
CBI, then a non-confidential version of
the document that summarizes the key
data or information should be submitted
for the public docket. To ensure that
proprietary information is not
inadvertently placed in the docket,
submissions containing such
information should be sent directly to
the contact person listed above and not
to the public docket. Information
covered by a claim of confidentiality
will be disclosed by EPA only to the
extent allowed and by the procedures
set forth in 40 CFR part 2. If no claim
of confidentiality accompanies the
submission when EPA receives it, EPA
will make it available to the public
without further notice to the person
making comments.
Dated: August 28, 2012.
Gina McCarthy,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and
Radiation.
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Economic Impact Policy
This notice is to inform the public
that the Export-Import Bank of the
United States has received an
application for a $21 million guarantee
to support the $19 million export of a
wire rod mill to the Czech Republic.
The U.S. export will replace an existing
facility and enable the Czech company
to expand its production of wire rod by
approximately 50,000 metric tons
annually during the 8.5-year repayment
term of the obligation. Available
information indicates that the additional
wire rod production will be sold
domestically in the Czech Republic and
Slovakia, Germany, and Italy.
Interested parties may submit
comments on this transaction by email
to economic.impact@exim.gov or by
mail to 811 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Room 947, Washington, DC 20571,
within 14 days of the date this notice
appears in the Federal Register.
Kathryn Hoff-Patrinos,
Deputy General Counsel.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Federal Open Market Committee;
Domestic Policy Directive of July 31–
August 1, 2012
In accordance with Section 271.7(d)
of its rules regarding availability of
information (12 CFR part 271), there is
set forth below the domestic policy
directive issued by the Federal Open
Market Committee at its meeting held
on July 31–August 1, 2012.1
The Federal Open Market Committee
seeks monetary and financial conditions
that will foster price stability and
promote sustainable growth in output.
To further its long-run objectives, the
Committee seeks conditions in reserve
markets consistent with federal funds
trading in a range from 0 to 1⁄4 percent.
The Committee directs the Desk to
continue the maturity extension
program it announced in June to
purchase Treasury securities with
remaining maturities of 6 years to 30
years with a total face value of about
$267 billion by the end of December
2012, and to sell or redeem Treasury
securities with remaining maturities of
approximately 3 years or less with a
total face value of about $267 billion.
For the duration of this program, the
Committee directs the Desk to suspend
its current policy of rolling over
maturing Treasury securities into new
issues. The Committee directs the Desk
to maintain its existing policy of
reinvesting principal payments on all
agency debt and agency mortgagebacked securities in the System Open
Market Account in agency mortgagebacked securities. These actions should
maintain the total face value of domestic
securities at approximately $2.6 trillion.
The Committee directs the Desk to
engage in dollar roll transactions as
necessary to facilitate settlement of the
Federal Reserve’s agency MBS
transactions. The System Open Market
Account Manager and the Secretary will
keep the Committee informed of
ongoing developments regarding the
System’s balance sheet that could affect
the attainment over time of the
Committee’s objectives of maximum
employment and price stability.
1 Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open
Market Committee at its meeting held on July 31–
August 1, 2012, which includes the domestic policy
directive issued at the meeting, are available on the
Board’s Web site, www.federalreserve.gov. The
minutes are also published in the Federal Reserve
Bulletin and in the Board’s Annual Report.
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Economic Impact Policy
This notice is to inform the public that the Export-Import Bank of
the United States has received an application for a $21 million
guarantee to support the $19 million export of a wire rod mill to the
Czech Republic. The U.S. export will replace an existing facility and
enable the Czech company to expand its production of wire rod by
approximately 50,000 metric tons annually during the 8.5-year repayment
term of the obligation. Available information indicates that the
additional wire rod production will be sold domestically in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia, Germany, and Italy.
Interested parties may submit comments on this transaction by email
to economic.impact@exim.gov or by mail to 811 Vermont Avenue NW., Room
947, Washington, DC 20571, within 14 days of the date this notice
appears in the Federal Register.
Kathryn Hoff-Patrinos,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-21548 Filed 8-30-12; 8:45 am]
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