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Approval of Air Plan Revisions;
Arizona; Rescissions and Corrections
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct
final rule.
AGENCY:
Due to the receipt of adverse
comments, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing
a portion of the February 11, 2016 direct
final rule approving certain revisions to
the Arizona State Implementation Plan
(SIP) and correcting certain errors. The
adverse comments relate to a particular
test method and thus the EPA is
withdrawing the portion of the direct
final rule that relates to the test methods
that include the test method for which
the adverse comments were received.
DATES: The addition of paragraph
(c)(29)(i)(B) published on February 11,
2016 at 81 FR 7214 is withdrawn,
effective April 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Steckel, EPA Region IX, (415)
947–4115, steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 11, 2016, the EPA published a
direct final rule approving a SIP
revision submitted by the Arizona
Department of Environmental Quality
(ADEQ). In the February 11, 2016 direct
final rule, the EPA also corrected certain
errors in previous actions on prior
revisions to the Arizona SIP and to
make certain other corrections. In the
direct final rule, the EPA stated that if
adverse comments were received by
March 14, 2016, the EPA would publish
a timely withdrawal and address the
comments in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule also
published on February 11, 2016 (81 FR
7259). The February 11, 2016 proposed
rule indicated that if the EPA receives
adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of the direct final
rule and if that provision may be
severed from the remainder of the rule,
the EPA may adopt as final those
provisions of the rule that are not the
subject of an adverse comment.
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In this instance, the EPA received
adverse comments on a certain test
method for which the EPA had
approved rescission. The relevant test
method was included in a SIP revision
submitted by ADEQ on January 23, 1979
that also included a number of other test
methods and certain performance test
specifications, all of which were
approved by the EPA at 47 FR 17483
(April 23, 1982). The EPA’s approval of
the test methods and performance test
specifications submitted on January 23,
1979 and approved on April 23, 1982
was codified at 40 CFR
52.120(c)(29)(i)(A).
The EPA’s action on the rescission of
the test methods and performance test
specifications submitted on January 23,
1979 and approved on April 23, 1982 is
severable from the rest of the direct final
rule. Thus, the EPA is withdrawing only
the portion of the direct final rule
related to those test methods and
performance test specifications. The
EPA will address the comments in a
separate final action covering the state’s
rescission of the test methods and
performance test specifications
submitted on January 23, 1979 (and
approved on April 23, 1982) based on
the proposed action published on
February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7259). The
EPA will not open a second comment
period for the action on the state’s
rescissions of the test methods and
performance test specifications. The
other actions in the February 11, 2016
Federal Register direct final rule are not
affected.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Particulate matter, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 24, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Accordingly, the addition of
paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) which was
published in the Federal Register on
February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7209) on page
7214 is withdrawn as of April 5, 2016.
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[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0696; FRL–9944–55Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; South Carolina;
Transportation Conformity Update
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is taking direct final
action to approve a revision to the South
Carolina State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submitted on October 13, 2015,
through the South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control
(SC DHEC). This revision consists of
transportation conformity criteria and
procedures related to interagency
consultation and enforceability of
certain transportation-related control
measures and mitigation measures. The
intended effect of this approval is to
update the transportation conformity
criteria and procedures in the South
Carolina SIP to reorganize previous
exhibits into a single Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) document as well as
updating signatories to add the newly
established Lowcountry Area
Transportation Study (LATS) to the list
of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(MPOs), created to represent a new
urbanized area designated as a result of
the 2010 Census. EPA has determined
that this revision is consistent with the
Clean Air Act (CAA or Act).
DATES: This direct final rule is effective
June 6, 2016 without further notice,
unless EPA receives adverse comment
by May 5, 2016. If EPA receives such
comments, it will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule in the
Federal Register and inform the public
that the rule will not take effect.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2015–0696 at https://
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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0028; FRL-9944-56-Region 9]
Approval of Air Plan Revisions; Arizona; Rescissions and
Corrections
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of adverse comments, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a portion of the February 11,
2016 direct final rule approving certain revisions to the Arizona State
Implementation Plan (SIP) and correcting certain errors. The adverse
comments relate to a particular test method and thus the EPA is
withdrawing the portion of the direct final rule that relates to the
test methods that include the test method for which the adverse
comments were received.
DATES: The addition of paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) published on February
11, 2016 at 81 FR 7214 is withdrawn, effective April 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, EPA Region IX, (415)
947-4115, steckel.andrew@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 11, 2016, the EPA published a
direct final rule approving a SIP revision submitted by the Arizona
Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). In the February 11, 2016
direct final rule, the EPA also corrected certain errors in previous
actions on prior revisions to the Arizona SIP and to make certain other
corrections. In the direct final rule, the EPA stated that if adverse
comments were received by March 14, 2016, the EPA would publish a
timely withdrawal and address the comments in a subsequent final rule
based on the proposed rule also published on February 11, 2016 (81 FR
7259). The February 11, 2016 proposed rule indicated that if the EPA
receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of the
direct final rule and if that provision may be severed from the
remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as final those provisions of
the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
In this instance, the EPA received adverse comments on a certain
test method for which the EPA had approved rescission. The relevant
test method was included in a SIP revision submitted by ADEQ on January
23, 1979 that also included a number of other test methods and certain
performance test specifications, all of which were approved by the EPA
at 47 FR 17483 (April 23, 1982). The EPA's approval of the test methods
and performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 and
approved on April 23, 1982 was codified at 40 CFR 52.120(c)(29)(i)(A).
The EPA's action on the rescission of the test methods and
performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 and
approved on April 23, 1982 is severable from the rest of the direct
final rule. Thus, the EPA is withdrawing only the portion of the direct
final rule related to those test methods and performance test
specifications. The EPA will address the comments in a separate final
action covering the state's rescission of the test methods and
performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 (and
approved on April 23, 1982) based on the proposed action published on
February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7259). The EPA will not open a second comment
period for the action on the state's rescissions of the test methods
and performance test specifications. The other actions in the February
11, 2016 Federal Register direct final rule are not affected.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 24, 2016.
Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
Accordingly, the addition of paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) which was
published in the Federal Register on February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7209) on
page 7214 is withdrawn as of April 5, 2016.
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