80 FR 44863 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles-Phase 2; Notice of Public Hearings and Comment Period

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 144 (July 28, 2015)

Page Range		44863-44864
FR Document		2015-18527

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) are announcing public hearings to be held for the joint proposed rules ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2,'' and also for NHTSA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The proposed rules were published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2015. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement was published on June 19, 2015, and is available on the NHTSA Web site mentioned below. Two hearings will be held on August 6 and August 18, 2015.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for 
Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2; Notice of Public 
Hearings and Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National 
Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) are announcing 
public hearings to be held for the joint proposed rules ``Greenhouse 
Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty 
Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2,'' and also for NHTSA's Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement. The proposed rules were published in 
the Federal Register on July 13, 2015. The Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement was published on June 19, 2015, and is available on the NHTSA 
Web site mentioned below. Two hearings will be held on August 6 and 
August 18, 2015.

DATES: NHTSA and EPA will jointly hold a public hearing on Thursday, 
August 6, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time, and a second hearing 
on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time. EPA and 
NHTSA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers that arrive 
and register. Each hearing will continue until everyone has had a 
chance to speak. If you would like to present oral testimony at one of 
these this public hearings, please contact the person identified under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by August 3, 2015, for the first 
hearing, or by August 11, 2015, for the second hearing.
    In order to provide commenters 30 days after the last public 
hearing, the comment period for the proposal is being extended through 
September 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The August 6, 2015 hearing will be held at the Palmer House 
Hilton Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. The location 
for the August 18, 2015 hearing in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA area 
will be announced in a subsequent Federal Register document. The 
hearings will be held at sites accessible to individuals with 
disabilities. Written comments on the proposed rule may also be 
submitted to EPA and NHTSA electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 
through hand delivery/courier. Please refer to the notice of proposed 
rulemaking for the addresses and detailed instructions for submitting 
written comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to present oral 
testimony at a public hearing, please contact JoNell Iffland at EPA by 
the date specified under DATES, at: Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 
telephone number: (734) 214-4454; fax number: (734) 214-4050; email 
address: [email protected] (preferred method for registering). 
Please provide the following information: Name, affiliation, address, 
email address, and telephone and fax numbers, and whether you require 
accommodations such as a sign language interpreter.
    Questions concerning the NHTSA proposed rule or Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement should be addressed to NHTSA: Ryan Hagen or Analiese 
Marchesseault, Office of Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: (202) 366-2992. Questions concerning the EPA proposed rule 
should be addressed to EPA: Tad Wysor, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 
telephone number: (734) 214-4332; fax number: (734) 214-4050; email 
address: [email protected]. You may learn more about the jointly 
proposed rules by visiting NHTSA's or EPA's Web sites at http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regs-heavy-duty.htm or by searching the rulemaking dockets (NHTSA-2014-0132; 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0827) at www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the public hearings is to 
provide the public an opportunity to present oral comments regarding 
NHTSA and EPA's proposal for ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and 
Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and 
Vehicles--Phase 2.'' These hearings also offer an opportunity for the 
public to provide oral comments regarding NHTSA's Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement, accompanying the proposed NHTSA fuel efficiency 
standards. The proposed rules would establish a second round of 
standards for the agencies' comprehensive Heavy-Duty National Program, 
which would further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel 
efficiency for on-road heavy-duty vehicles. These new standards would 
phase in over time, beginning in the 2018 model year and entering into 
full effect in model year 2027. NHTSA's proposed fuel consumption 
standards and EPA's proposed carbon dioxide (CO2) emission 
standards are tailored to each of four regulatory categories of heavy-
duty vehicles: (1) Combination Tractors; (2) Trailers used in 
combination with those tractors; (3) Heavy-duty Pickup Trucks and Vans; 
and (4) Vocational Vehicles. The

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proposal also includes separate fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas 
standards for the engines that power combination tractors and 
vocational vehicles.
    The joint proposed rules for which EPA and NHTSA are holding the 
public hearings were published in the Federal Register on July 13, 2015 
(80 FR 40138), and are also available at the Web sites listed above 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. NHTSA's Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement is available on the NHTSA Web site and in NHTSA's 
rulemaking docket, both referenced above. Once NHTSA and EPA learn how 
many people have registered to speak at each public hearing, we will 
allocate an appropriate amount of time to each participant, allowing 
time for necessary breaks. In addition, we will reserve a block of time 
for anyone else in the audience who wants to give testimony. For 
planning purposes, each speaker should anticipate speaking for 
approximately five minutes, although we may need to shorten that time 
if there is a large turnout. We request that you bring two copies of 
your statement or other material for the EPA and NHTSA panels.
    NHTSA and EPA will conduct the hearings informally, and technical 
rules of evidence will not apply. We will arrange for a written 
transcript of each hearing and keep the official record for the 
proposed rule open for 30 days after the last public hearing to allow 
speakers to submit supplementary information. Panel members may ask 
clarifying questions during the oral statements but will not respond to 
the statements at that time. You may make arrangements for copies of 
the transcripts directly with the court reporter. Written statements 
and supporting information submitted during the comment period will be 
considered with the same weight as oral comments and supporting 
information presented at the public hearings. The comment period for 
the proposed rule will be extended such that the closing date is 30 
days after the last public hearing. Therefore, written comments on the 
proposal must be post marked no later than September 17, 2015.

    Dated: July 22, 2015.
Raymond R. Posten,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration.
    Dated: July 22, 2015.
Christopher Grundler,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
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the agency or jurisdiction’’), and NFPA SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 4050; email address: iffland.jonell@
99, Heath Care Facilities Code. Agency (EPA) and the National epa.gov (preferred method for
* * * * * Highway Transportation Safety registering). Please provide the
(i)(1) Incorporation by reference of Administration (NHTSA) are following information: Name, affiliation,
these materials was approved by the announcing public hearings to be held address, email address, and telephone
Director of the Federal Register in for the joint proposed rules and fax numbers, and whether you
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel require accommodations such as a sign
CFR part 51. These materials, Efficiency Standards for Medium- and language interpreter.
incorporated by reference, are available Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— Questions concerning the NHTSA
for inspection at the Department of Phase 2,’’ and also for NHTSA’s Draft proposed rule or Draft Environmental
Veterans Affairs, Office of Regulation Environmental Impact Statement. The Impact Statement should be addressed
Policy and Management (02REG), 810 proposed rules were published in the to NHTSA: Ryan Hagen or Analiese
Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068, Federal Register on July 13, 2015. The Marchesseault, Office of Chief Counsel,
Washington, DC 20420, call 202–461– Draft Environmental Impact Statement National Highway Traffic Safety
4902, or at the National Archives and was published on June 19, 2015, and is Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Records Administration (NARA). For available on the NHTSA Web site Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
information on the availability of this mentioned below. Two hearings will be Telephone: (202) 366–2992. Questions
material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, held on August 6 and August 18, 2015. concerning the EPA proposed rule
or go to: http://www.archives.gov/ DATES: NHTSA and EPA will jointly should be addressed to EPA: Tad Wysor,
federal_register/code_of_federal_ hold a public hearing on Thursday, Office of Transportation and Air
regulations/ibr_locations.html. August 6, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Quality, Assessment and Standards
(2) National Fire Protection local time, and a second hearing on Division (ASD), Environmental
Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Tuesday, August 18, 2015, beginning at Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood
Quincy, MA 02269. (For ordering 9:00 a.m. local time. EPA and NHTSA Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone
information, call toll-free 1–800–344– will make every effort to accommodate number: (734) 214–4332; fax number:
3555.) all speakers that arrive and register. (734) 214–4050; email address:
(i) NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Each hearing will continue until wysor.tad@epa.gov. You may learn more
Code, Including all Gas & Vacuum everyone has had a chance to speak. If about the jointly proposed rules by
System Requirements, (2012 Edition). you would like to present oral testimony visiting NHTSA’s or EPA’s Web sites at
(ii) NFPA 101, Life Safety Code (2012 at one of these this public hearings, http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or
edition). please contact the person identified http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regs-
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION heavy-duty.htm or by searching the
* * * * * CONTACT by August 3, 2015, for the first
[FR Doc. 2015–18332 Filed 7–27–15; 8:45 am]
rulemaking dockets (NHTSA–2014–
hearing, or by August 11, 2015, for the 0132; EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827) at
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second hearing. www.regulations.gov.
In order to provide commenters 30 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
days after the last public hearing, the purpose of the public hearings is to
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION comment period for the proposal is provide the public an opportunity to
AGENCY being extended through September 17, present oral comments regarding
2015. NHTSA and EPA’s proposal for
40 CFR Parts 9, 22, 85, 86, 600, 1033,
ADDRESSES: The August 6, 2015 hearing ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1065, 1066, and
will be held at the Palmer House Hilton and Fuel Efficiency Standards for
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Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and
Illinois. The location for the August 18, Vehicles—Phase 2.’’ These hearings also
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2015 hearing in the Los Angeles-Long offer an opportunity for the public to
Beach, CA area will be announced in a provide oral comments regarding
National Highway Traffic Safety
subsequent Federal Register document. NHTSA’s Draft Environmental Impact
Administration
The hearings will be held at sites Statement, accompanying the proposed
accessible to individuals with NHTSA fuel efficiency standards. The
49 CFR Parts 512, 523, 534, 535, 537,
disabilities. Written comments on the proposed rules would establish a second
and 583
proposed rule may also be submitted to round of standards for the agencies’
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827; NHTSA–2014– EPA and NHTSA electronically, by comprehensive Heavy-Duty National
0132; FRL–9931–48–OAR] mail, by facsimile, or through hand Program, which would further reduce
delivery/courier. Please refer to the greenhouse gas emissions and increase
RIN 2060–AS16; 2127–AL52 notice of proposed rulemaking for the fuel efficiency for on-road heavy-duty
addresses and detailed instructions for vehicles. These new standards would
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel submitting written comments. phase in over time, beginning in the
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 2018 model year and entering into full
Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— you would like to present oral testimony effect in model year 2027. NHTSA’s
Phase 2; Notice of Public Hearings and at a public hearing, please contact proposed fuel consumption standards
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES

Comment Period JoNell Iffland at EPA by the date and EPA’s proposed carbon dioxide
AGENCY: Environmental Protection specified under DATES, at: Office of (CO2) emission standards are tailored to
Agency (EPA) and National Highway Transportation and Air Quality, each of four regulatory categories of
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Assessment and Standards Division heavy-duty vehicles: (1) Combination
DOT. (ASD), Environmental Protection Tractors; (2) Trailers used in
Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann combination with those tractors; (3)
ACTION: Notice of public hearings;
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: Heavy-duty Pickup Trucks and Vans;
extension of comment period.
(734) 214–4454; fax number: (734) 214– and (4) Vocational Vehicles. The

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proposal also includes separate fuel ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION personal information provided, unless
efficiency and greenhouse gas standards AGENCY the comment includes information
for the engines that power combination claimed to be Confidential Business
tractors and vocational vehicles. 40 CFR Part 52 Information (CBI) or other information
The joint proposed rules for which whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
EPA and NHTSA are holding the public [EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0322; FRL– Do not submit information that you
hearings were published in the Federal 9931–13–Region 10] Approval and consider to be CBI or otherwise
Register on July 13, 2015 (80 FR 40138), Promulgation of State Implementation protected through http://
and are also available at the Web sites Plans: Oregon: Grants Pass Carbon www.regulations.gov or email. The
listed above under FOR FURTHER Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan http://www.regulations.gov Web site is
INFORMATION CONTACT. NHTSA’s Draft an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Environmental Impact Statement is Agency (EPA). means the EPA will not know your
available on the NHTSA Web site and identity or contact information unless
ACTION: Direct final rule.
in NHTSA’s rulemaking docket, both you provide it in the body of your
referenced above. Once NHTSA and SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection comment. If you send an email
EPA learn how many people have Agency (EPA) is taking direct final comment directly to the EPA without
registered to speak at each public action to approve a carbon monoxide going through http://
hearing, we will allocate an appropriate Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for www.regulations.gov, your email
amount of time to each participant, Grants Pass, submitted by the State of address will be automatically captured
allowing time for necessary breaks. In Oregon on April 22, 2015 as a revision and included as part of the comment
addition, we will reserve a block of time to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). that is placed in the public docket and
for anyone else in the audience who In accordance with the requirements of made available on the Internet. If you
wants to give testimony. For planning the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA is submit an electronic comment, the EPA
purposes, each speaker should approving this SIP revision because it recommends that you include your
anticipate speaking for approximately demonstrates that Grants Pass will name and other contact information in
five minutes, although we may need to continue to meet the carbon monoxide the body of your comment and with any
shorten that time if there is a large National Ambient Air Quality Standards disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the EPA
turnout. We request that you bring two (NAAQS) for a second 10-year period cannot read your comment due to
copies of your statement or other beyond re-designation, through 2025. technical difficulties and cannot contact
material for the EPA and NHTSA you for clarification, the EPA may not
DATES: This rule is effective on
panels. be able to consider your comment.
NHTSA and EPA will conduct the September 28, 2015, without further
Electronic files should avoid the use of
hearings informally, and technical rules notice, unless the EPA receives adverse
special characters, any form of
of evidence will not apply. We will comment by August 27, 2015. If the EPA
encryption, and be free of any defects or
arrange for a written transcript of each receives adverse comment, we will
viruses.
hearing and keep the official record for publish a timely withdrawal in the
Docket: All documents in the docket
the proposed rule open for 30 days after Federal Register informing the public
are listed in the http://
the last public hearing to allow speakers that the rule will not take effect.
www.regulations.gov index. Although
to submit supplementary information. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, listed in the index, some information is
Panel members may ask clarifying identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
questions during the oral statements but OAR–2015–0322, by any of the information whose disclosure is
will not respond to the statements at following methods: restricted by statute. Certain other
that time. You may make arrangements • Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// material, such as copyrighted material,
for copies of the transcripts directly www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line is not placed on the Internet and will be
with the court reporter. Written instructions for submitting comments. publicly available only in hard copy.
statements and supporting information • Email: R10-Public_Comments@ Publicly available docket materials are
submitted during the comment period epa.gov. available either electronically in http://
will be considered with the same weight • Mail: Lucy Edmondson, EPA www.regulations.gov or in hard copy
as oral comments and supporting Region 10, Office of Air, Waste and during normal business hours at the
information presented at the public Toxics, AWT–150, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, EPA
hearings. The comment period for the Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,
proposed rule will be extended such • Hand Delivery/Courier: EPA Region
WA 98101.
that the closing date is 30 days after the 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
last public hearing. Therefore, written Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Lucy
Edmondson, Office of Air, Waste and Lucy Edmondson at (360) 753–9082,
comments on the proposal must be post edmondson.lucy@epa.gov, or the above
marked no later than September 17, Toxics, AWT–150. Such deliveries are
only accepted during normal hours of EPA, Region 10 address.
2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
operation, and special arrangements
Dated: July 22, 2015. should be made for deliveries of boxed Throughout this document wherever
Raymond R. Posten, information. ‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, it is
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking, Instructions: Direct your comments to intended to refer to the EPA.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Docket ID No. EPA–R10–OAR–2015– Information is organized as follows:
Administration. 0322. Once submitted, comments Table of Contents
Dated: July 22, 2015. cannot be edited or withdrawn. The
Christopher Grundler, EPA’s policy is that all comments I. This Action
II. Background
Director, Office of Transportation and Air received will be included in the public III. Public and Stakeholder Involvement in
Quality, Environmental Protection Agency. docket without change and may be Rulemaking Process
[FR Doc. 2015–18527 Filed 7–27–15; 8:45 am] made available online at http:// IV. Evaluation of Oregon’s Submittal
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Rules and Regulations
Action		Notice of public hearings; extension of comment period.
Dates		NHTSA and EPA will jointly hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 6, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time, and a second hearing on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time. EPA and NHTSA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers that arrive and register. Each hearing will continue until everyone has had a chance to speak. If you would like to present oral testimony at one of these this public hearings, please contact the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by August 3, 2015, for the first hearing, or by August 11, 2015, for the second hearing.
Contact		If you would like to present oral testimony at a public hearing, please contact JoNell Iffland at EPA by the date specified under DATES, at: Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD), Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4454; fax number: (734) 214-4050; email
FR Citation		80 FR 44863
RIN Number		2060-AS16 and 2127-AL52
CFR Citation		40 CFR 1033 40 CFR 1036 40 CFR 1037 40 CFR 1039 40 CFR 1042 40 CFR 1065 40 CFR 1066 40 CFR 1068 40 CFR 22 40 CFR 600 40 CFR 85 40 CFR 86 40 CFR 9 49 CFR 512 49 CFR 523 49 CFR 534 49 CFR 535 49 CFR 537 49 CFR 583

80 FR 44863 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles-Phase 2; Notice of Public Hearings and Comment Period

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