Proposed Further Delay of Effective Date for Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho PM2.5, 11517 [2017-03577]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 36 / Friday, February 24, 2017 / Proposed Rules
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0067; FRL–9959–63–
Region 10]
Proposed Further Delay of Effective
Date for Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area Published
by the Environmental Protection
Agency on January 4, 2017
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; further delay of
effective date.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Presidential directive as expressed in
the memorandum of January 20, 2017,
from the Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory
Freeze Pending Review,’’ and the
Federal Register document published
by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA or Agency) on January 26, 2017,
the EPA is proposing to further delay
the effective date for Partial Approval
and Partial Disapproval of Attainment
Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area
until April 20, 2017.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed rule must be received by
March 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID EPA–R10–OAR–
2015–0067, online at
www.regulations.gov. For comments
submitted at www.regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from www.regulations.gov. The 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. The 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, please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Hunt, Air Planning Unit, Office of Air
and Waste (OAW–150), Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200
Sixth Ave., Suite 900, Seattle, WA
98101; telephone number: (206) 553–
0256; email address: hunt.jeff@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 26, 2017, the EPA published a
document in the Federal Register
entitled ‘‘Delay of Effective Date for 30
Final Regulations Published by the
Environmental Protection Agency
Between October 28, 2016 and January
17, 2017’’ (82 FR 8499). In that
document, the EPA delayed the effective
date of Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area to March 21,
2017, as requested in the memorandum
of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant
to the President and Chief of Staff,
entitled ‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending
Review’’ (January 20 Memo). That
memo directed the heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies to
temporarily postpone for 60 days from
the date of the January 20 Memo the
effective dates of all regulations that had
been published in the Federal Register
but had not yet taken effect.
The January 20 Memo also states:
‘‘Where appropriate and as permitted by
applicable law, [agencies] should
consider proposing for notice and
comment a rule to delay the effective
date for regulations beyond that 60-day
period.’’ In this document, the EPA is
proposing to further delay the effective
date for Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area until April
20, 2017. The EPA is proposing this
additional delay to give Agency officials
the opportunity to decide whether they
would like to conduct a substantive
review of this rule. If Agency officials
decide to conduct a substantive review
of Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area, the EPA will
take appropriate actions to conduct such
a review, including, but not limited to,
issuing a document in the Federal
Register addressing any further delays
of the effective date of Partial Approval
and Partial Disapproval of Attainment
Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area
or extensions of compliances dates in
the rule. If Agency officials decide not
to conduct a substantive review of
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Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area, it will
become effective on April 20, 2017.
The EPA solicits comment only on its
proposal to further delay the effective
date of Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the
Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area. The EPA is
not soliciting and will not consider
comments on any other aspect of the
rule itself.
Dated: February 16, 2017.
Michelle Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2017–03577 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2016–0615; FRL–9959–08–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; TN: Noninterference Demonstration for Federal
Low-Reid Vapor Pressure Requirement
in Middle Tennessee
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a State Implementation Plan
(SIP) revision submitted by the State of
Tennessee, submitted through the
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation (TDEC), on November
21, 2016. This SIP revision was
submitted in support of the State’s
request that EPA change the federal
Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) requirements
for Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner,
Williamson, and Wilson Counties
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Middle
Tennessee Area’’ or ‘‘Area’’).
Tennessee’s November 21, 2016, SIP
submittal revises its maintenance plan
for the Middle Tennessee Area for the
1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) and
demonstrates that relaxing the federal
RVP requirements in this Area would
not interfere with the Area’s ability to
meet the requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA or Act). Specifically,
Tennessee’s SIP revision concludes that
relaxing the federal RVP requirement
from 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) to
9.0 psi for gasoline sold between June 1
and September 15 of each year in the
Area would not interfere with
attainment or maintenance of the
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2015-0067; FRL-9959-63-Region 10]
Proposed Further Delay of Effective Date for Partial Approval and
Partial Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the
Logan, Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area Published by the
Environmental Protection Agency on January 4, 2017
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; further delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in
the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President
and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' and
the Federal Register document published by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency) on January 26, 2017, the EPA is proposing to
further delay the effective date for Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area until April 20, 2017.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed rule must be received by March
3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID EPA-R10-OAR-
2015-0067, online at www.regulations.gov. For comments submitted at
www.regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
www.regulations.gov. The 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. The 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, please contact the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Hunt, Air Planning Unit, Office
of Air and Waste (OAW-150), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10,
1200 Sixth Ave., Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101; telephone number: (206)
553-0256; email address: hunt.jeff@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 26, 2017, the EPA published a
document in the Federal Register entitled ``Delay of Effective Date for
30 Final Regulations Published by the Environmental Protection Agency
Between October 28, 2016 and January 17, 2017'' (82 FR 8499). In that
document, the EPA delayed the effective date of Partial Approval and
Partial Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the
Logan, Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area to March 21,
2017, as requested in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory
Freeze Pending Review'' (January 20 Memo). That memo directed the heads
of Executive Departments and Agencies to temporarily postpone for 60
days from the date of the January 20 Memo the effective dates of all
regulations that had been published in the Federal Register but had not
yet taken effect.
The January 20 Memo also states: ``Where appropriate and as
permitted by applicable law, [agencies] should consider proposing for
notice and comment a rule to delay the effective date for regulations
beyond that 60-day period.'' In this document, the EPA is proposing to
further delay the effective date for Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area until April 20, 2017.
The EPA is proposing this additional delay to give Agency officials the
opportunity to decide whether they would like to conduct a substantive
review of this rule. If Agency officials decide to conduct a
substantive review of Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of
Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area, the EPA will take appropriate
actions to conduct such a review, including, but not limited to,
issuing a document in the Federal Register addressing any further
delays of the effective date of Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area or extensions of
compliances dates in the rule. If Agency officials decide not to
conduct a substantive review of Partial Approval and Partial
Disapproval of Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan,
Utah/Idaho PM2.5 Nonattainment Area, it will become
effective on April 20, 2017.
The EPA solicits comment only on its proposal to further delay the
effective date of Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of
Attainment Plan for the Idaho Portion of the Logan, Utah/Idaho
PM2.5 Nonattainment Area. The EPA is not soliciting and will
not consider comments on any other aspect of the rule itself.
Dated: February 16, 2017.
Michelle Pirzadeh,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2017-03577 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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