81 FR 52680 - California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles; Request for Waiver of Preemption; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Public Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 153 (August 9, 2016)

Page Range		52680-52682
FR Document		2016-18868

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it has adopted a greenhouse gas emission regulation for new 2014 and subsequent model year on-road medium-and heavy-duty engines and vehicles (California Phase 1 GHG Regulation). This regulation aligns California's GHG emission standards and test procedures with the federal GHG emission standards and test procedures that EPA adopted in 2011. By letter dated January 29, 2016, CARB submitted a request that EPA grant a waiver of preemption under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7543(b) for the California Phase 1 GHG Regulation. This notice announces that EPA has scheduled a public hearing concerning California's request and that EPA is accepting written comment on the request.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[AMS-FRL-9950-44-OAR]


California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 2014 and Subsequent Model Year Medium- 
and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles; Request for Waiver of Preemption; 
Opportunity for Public Hearing and Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public hearing and comment.

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SUMMARY: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has notified EPA 
that it has adopted a greenhouse gas emission regulation for new 2014 
and subsequent model year on-road medium-and heavy-duty engines and 
vehicles (California Phase 1 GHG Regulation). This regulation aligns 
California's GHG emission standards and test procedures with the 
federal GHG emission standards and test procedures that EPA adopted in 
2011. By letter dated January 29, 2016, CARB submitted a request that

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EPA grant a waiver of preemption under section 209(b) of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7543(b) for the California Phase 1 GHG Regulation. 
This notice announces that EPA has scheduled a public hearing 
concerning California's request and that EPA is accepting written 
comment on the request.

DATES: EPA has tentatively scheduled a public hearing concerning CARB's 
request on September 28, 2016, at 10 a.m. EPA will hold a hearing only 
if any party notifies EPA by September 21, 2016 to express interest in 
presenting the Agency with oral testimony. Parties wishing to present 
oral testimony at the public hearing should provide written notice to 
David Dickinson at the email address noted below. If EPA receives a 
request for a public hearing, that hearing will be held at the William 
Jefferson Clinton Building (North), Room 5528 at 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460. If EPA does not receive a request for a 
public hearing, then EPA will not hold a hearing, and instead will 
consider CARB's request based on written submissions to the docket. Any 
party may submit written comments until November 1, 2016.
    Any person who wishes to know whether a hearing will be held may 
call David Dickinson at (202) 343-9256 on or after September 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: EPA will make available for in person inspection, at the Air 
and Radiation Docket and Information Center, written comments received 
from interested parties, in addition to any testimony given at the 
public hearing. The official public docket is the collection of 
materials that is available for public viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air and 
Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1743. The reference number for this 
docket is EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0179.
    EPA will make available an electronic copy of this Notice on the 
Office of Transportation and Air Quality's (OTAQ's) homepage (http://www.epa.gov/otaq/). Users can find this document by accessing the OTAQ 
homepage and looking at the path entitled ``Regulations.'' This service 
is free of charge, except any cost you already incur for Internet 
connectivity. Users can also get the official Federal Register version 
of the Notice on the day of publication on the primary Web site: 
(http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EP-AIR/).
    Please note that due to differences between the software used to 
develop the documents and the software into which the documents may be 
downloaded, changes in format, page length, etc., may occur.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dickinson (6405J), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (202) 343-9256, Fax: (202) 343-2804, 
email address: Dickinson.David@EPA.GOV.

For Obtaining and Submitting Electronic Copies of Comments

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-
0179, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: dickinson.david@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 343-2804.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West (Air 
Docket), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Room B108, Mail Code 6102T, 
Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0491. 
Please include a total of two copies.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 
only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and 
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed 
information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-
0179.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or 
email.
    The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an email comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket 
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic 
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you 
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

(A) CARB's Waiver Request for the California Phase 1 GHG Regulation

    CARB's January 29, 2016, letter to the Administrator presents EPA 
with CARB's requirements related to the control of greenhouse gas 
emissions from 2014 and subsequent MY California on-road medium- and 
heavy-duty engines and vehicles. The regulation establishes 
requirements applicable to new motor vehicles with a gross vehicle 
weight rating (GVWR) exceeding 8,500 pounds and engines that power such 
motor vehicles, except for medium-duty passenger vehicles (MDPVs) that 
are subject to California's Low Emission Vehicle Program.\1\ 
California's Phase 1 regulation is supplemental to CARB's existing 
Tractor-Trailer GHG regulation that was initially adopted by the CARB 
Board in 2008 and subsequently amended in 2010 and 2012.\2\ CARB's 
Tractor-Trailer

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GHG regulation includes the regulation of certain trailers associated 
with heavy-duty vehicles and engines. CARB amended the Tractor-Trailer 
GHG regulation in conjunction with its adoption of the Phase 1 GHG 
regulation (which only addresses vehicles and engines) to ensure that 
California's GHG requirements for new medium and heavy-duty engines and 
vehicles are consistent with the corresponding requirements of EPA's 
Phase 1 GHG regulation (that addresses engines and vehicles).
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    \1\ The California Phase 1 GHG regulation is comprised of new 
title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR) sections 95660 
through 95664, and amendments to title 13, CCR, sections 1900, 
1958.6, 2036, 2037, 2112, 2140, and 2147. These regulations apply to 
all motor vehicles with a GVWR greater than 8,500 pounds. An 
exception to these regulations are MDPVs which are primarily 
designed for the transport of passengers. (MDPVs are not subject to 
this waiver). A definition of MDPVs can be found at title 13, CCR, 
section 1900(b)(15). California uses the same definition of light-
duty vehicles (which includes a subcategory for MDPVs) as EPA.
    \2\ EPA granted California a waiver for the Tractor-Trailer GHG 
regulation in 2014. 79 FR 46256 (August 7, 2014). A petition was 
subsequently filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit that requested the court to review 
EPA's issuance of the waiver. The court dismissed the petition on 
November 25, 2015.
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(B) Scope of Preemption and Criteria for a Waiver Under the Clean Air 
Act

    Section 209(a) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``Act''), 42 
U.S.C. 7543(a), provides:

    No state or any political subdivision thereof shall adopt or 
attempt to enforce any standard relating to the control of emissions 
from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines subject to this 
part. No state shall require certification, inspection or any other 
approval relating to the control of emissions from any new motor 
vehicle or new motor vehicle engine as condition precedent to the 
initial retail sale, titling (if any), or registration of such motor 
vehicle, motor vehicle engine, or equipment.

    Section 209(b) of the Act requires the Administrator, after notice 
and opportunity for public hearing, to waive application of the 
prohibitions of section 209(a) for any state that has adopted standards 
(other than crankcase emission standards) for the control of emissions 
from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines prior to March 30, 
1966, if the state determines that the state standards will be, in the 
aggregate, at least as protective of public health and welfare as 
applicable federal standards. California is the only state that is 
qualified to seek and receive a waiver under section 209(b). EPA must 
grant a waiver unless the Administrator finds that (A) the 
determination of the state is arbitrary and capricious, (B) the state 
does not need the state standards to meet compelling and extraordinary 
conditions, or (C) the state standards and accompanying enforcement 
procedures are not consistent with section 202(a) of the Act. Previous 
decisions granting waivers of federal preemption for motor vehicles 
have maintained that state standards are inconsistent with section 
202(a) if there is inadequate lead time to permit the development of 
the necessary technology giving appropriate consideration to the cost 
of compliance within that time period or if the federal and state test 
procedures impose inconsistent certification procedures.\3\
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    \3\ To be consistent, the California certification procedures 
need not be identical to the federal certification procedures. 
California procedures would be inconsistent, however, if 
manufacturers would be unable to meet the state and the federal 
requirements with the same test vehicle in the course of the same 
test. See, e.g., 43 FR 32182 (July 25, 1978).
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(C) Request for Comment

    EPA invites comment on CARB's request for a waiver for the 
California Phase 1 GHG regulation under 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.

Procedures for Public Participation

    The Agency will make a verbatim record of the proceedings. 
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 November 1, 2016. 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.
    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 3, 2016.
Christopher Grundler,
Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air and 
Radiation.
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engine provisions do not apply to regulations are within the scope of the submissions, and other information that
armored cars and workover rigs.1 previously granted waiver. Such within- she deems pertinent.
the-scope amendments are permissible Persons with comments containing
(B) Scope of Preemption and Criteria
without a full waiver review if three proprietary information must
for a Waiver Under the Clean Air Act
conditions are met. First, the amended distinguish such information from other
Section 209(a) of the Clean Air Act, as regulations must not undermine comments to the greatest possible extent
amended (‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7543(a), California’s determination that its and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business
provides: standards, in the aggregate, are as Information’’ (CBI). If a person making
No state or any political subdivision protective of public health and welfare comments wants EPA to base its
thereof shall adopt or attempt to enforce any as applicable federal standards. Second, decision in part on a submission labeled
standard relating to the control of emissions the amended regulations must not affect CBI, then a non-confidential version of
from new motor vehicles or new motor consistency with section 202(a) of the the document that summarizes the key
vehicle engines subject to this part. No state Act. Third, the amended regulations data or information should be submitted
shall require certification, inspection or any
other approval relating to the control of
must not raise any ‘‘new issues’’ for the public docket. To ensure that
emissions from any new motor vehicle or affecting EPA’s prior waivers. proprietary information is not
new motor vehicle engine as condition inadvertently placed in the docket,
(C) Request for Comment
precedent to the initial retail sale, titling (if submissions containing such
any), or registration of such motor vehicle, First, EPA requests comment on information should be sent directly to
motor vehicle engine, or equipment. whether the 2007 Amendments and the the contact person listed above and not
Section 209(b) of the Act requires the Truck Idling Amendments, each to the public docket. Information
Administrator, after notice and individually assessed, should be covered by a claim of confidentiality
opportunity for public hearing, to waive considered under the within-the-scope will be disclosed by EPA only to the
application of the prohibitions of analysis or whether they should be extent allowed and by the procedures
section 209(a) for any state that has considered under the full waiver set forth in 40 CFR part 2. If no claim
adopted standards (other than crankcase criteria. Specifically, we request of confidentiality accompanies the
emission standards) for the control of comment on whether the 2007 submission when EPA receives it, EPA
emissions from new motor vehicles or Amendments and the Truck Idling will make it available to the public
new motor vehicle engines prior to Amendments (1) undermine California’s without further notice to the person
March 30, 1966, if the state determines previous determination that its making comments.
that the state standards will be, in the standards, in the aggregate, are at least Dated: August 4, 2016.
aggregate, at least as protective of public as protective of public health and Christopher Grundler, Director,
health and welfare as applicable federal welfare as comparable Federal
Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
standards. California is the only state standards, (2) affect the consistency of Office of Air and Radiation.
that is qualified to seek and receive a California’s requirements with section
[FR Doc. 2016–18897 Filed 8–8–16; 8:45 am]
waiver under section 209(b). EPA must 202(a) of the Act, and (3) raise any other
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grant a waiver unless the Administrator ‘‘new issue’’ affecting EPA’s previous
finds that (A) the determination of the waiver or authorization determinations.
state is arbitrary and capricious, (B) the For the In-Use Amendments and to ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
state does not need the state standards the extent commenters believe the 2007 AGENCY
to meet compelling and extraordinary Amendments or the Truck Idling
conditions, or (C) the state standards Amendments should be considered [AMS–FRL–9950–44–OAR]
and accompanying enforcement under the full waiver criteria, EPA
California State Motor Vehicle
procedures are not consistent with invites comment under the following
Pollution Control Standards;
section 202(a) of the Act. Previous three criteria: Whether (a) California’s
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 2014
decisions granting waivers of federal determination that its motor vehicle
and Subsequent Model Year Medium-
preemption for motor vehicles have emission standards are, in the aggregate,
and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles;
maintained that state standards are at least as protective of public health
Request for Waiver of Preemption;
inconsistent with section 202(a) if there and welfare as applicable federal
Opportunity for Public Hearing and
is inadequate lead time to permit the standards is arbitrary and capricious, (b)
Public Comment
development of the necessary California needs such standards to meet
technology giving appropriate compelling and extraordinary AGENCY: Environmental Protection
consideration to the cost of compliance conditions, and (c) California’s Agency (EPA).
within that time period or if the federal standards and accompanying ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public
and state test procedures impose enforcement procedures are consistent hearing and comment.
inconsistent certification procedures.2 with section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.
If California amends regulations that SUMMARY: The California Air Resources
Procedures for Public Participation
were previously granted a waiver, EPA Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it
can confirm that the amended The Agency will make a verbatim has adopted a greenhouse gas emission
record of the proceedings. Interested regulation for new 2014 and subsequent
1 A further description of the CARB amendments
parties may arrange with the reporter at model year on-road medium-and heavy-
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can be found in CARB’s Waiver Support document the hearing to obtain a copy of the duty engines and vehicles (California
in docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0017.
2 To be consistent, the California certification transcript at their own expense. EPA Phase 1 GHG Regulation). This
procedures need not be identical to the federal will keep the record open until regulation aligns California’s GHG
certification procedures. California procedures November 1, 2016. Upon expiration of emission standards and test procedures
would be inconsistent, however, if manufacturers the comment period, the Administrator with the federal GHG emission
would be unable to meet the state and the federal
requirements with the same test vehicle in the
will render a decision on CARB’s standards and test procedures that EPA
course of the same test. See, e.g., 43 FR 32182 (July request based on the record of the adopted in 2011. By letter dated January
25, 1978). public hearing, relevant written 29, 2016, CARB submitted a request that

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GHG regulation includes the regulation and state test procedures impose Dated: August 3, 2016.
of certain trailers associated with heavy- inconsistent certification procedures.3 Christopher Grundler,
duty vehicles and engines. CARB Director, Office of Transportation and Air
(C) Request for Comment
amended the Tractor-Trailer GHG Quality, Office of Air and Radiation.
regulation in conjunction with its EPA invites comment on CARB’s [FR Doc. 2016–18868 Filed 8–8–16; 8:45 am]
adoption of the Phase 1 GHG regulation request for a waiver for the California BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
(which only addresses vehicles and Phase 1 GHG regulation under the
engines) to ensure that California’s GHG following three criteria: whether (a)
requirements for new medium and California’s determination that its motor ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
heavy-duty engines and vehicles are vehicle emission standards are, in the AGENCY
consistent with the corresponding aggregate, at least as protective of public
health and welfare as applicable federal [FRL–9950–42–OA]
requirements of EPA’s Phase 1 GHG
regulation (that addresses engines and standards is arbitrary and capricious, (b) Request for Nominations for a Science
vehicles). California needs such standards to meet Advisory Board Panel To Review Risk
compelling and extraordinary and Technology Review Screening
(B) Scope of Preemption and Criteria conditions, and (c) California’s
for a Waiver Under the Clean Air Act Methods
standards and accompanying
Section 209(a) of the Clean Air Act, as enforcement procedures are consistent AGENCY: Environmental Protection
amended (‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7543(a), with section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act. Agency (EPA).
provides: ACTION: Notice.
Procedures for Public Participation
No state or any political subdivision
thereof shall adopt or attempt to enforce any
The Agency will make a verbatim SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
standard relating to the control of emissions record of the proceedings. Interested Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public
from new motor vehicles or new motor parties may arrange with the reporter at nominations of scientific experts to form
vehicle engines subject to this part. No state the hearing to obtain a copy of the a Panel to review the draft EPA report
shall require certification, inspection or any transcript at their own expense. EPA entitled ‘‘Screening Methodologies to
other approval relating to the control of will keep the record open until Support Risk and Technology Reviews
emissions from any new motor vehicle or November 1, 2016. Upon expiration of (RTR).’’ This draft report describes
new motor vehicle engine as condition the comment period, the Administrator newly developed screening methods
precedent to the initial retail sale, titling (if will render a decision on CARB’s designed to assess the risk to public
any), or registration of such motor vehicle,
motor vehicle engine, or equipment.
request based on the record of the health and the environment that would
public hearing, relevant written remain after stationary sources of
Section 209(b) of the Act requires the submissions, and other information that hazardous air pollutants come into
Administrator, after notice and she deems pertinent. compliance with the EPA’s Maximum
opportunity for public hearing, to waive Persons with comments containing Available Control Technologies (MACT)
application of the prohibitions of proprietary information must standards.
section 209(a) for any state that has distinguish such information from other DATES: Nominations should be
adopted standards (other than crankcase comments to the greatest possible extent submitted by August 30, 2016 per the
emission standards) for the control of and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business instructions below.
emissions from new motor vehicles or Information’’ (CBI). If a person making FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
new motor vehicle engines prior to comments wants EPA to base its
March 30, 1966, if the state determines member of the public wishing further
decision in part on a submission labeled information regarding this Notice and
that the state standards will be, in the CBI, then a non-confidential version of
aggregate, at least as protective of public Request for Nominations may contact
the document that summarizes the key the Designated Federal Officer.
health and welfare as applicable federal data or information should be submitted
standards. California is the only state Nominators unable to submit
for the public docket. To ensure that nominations electronically as described
that is qualified to seek and receive a proprietary information is not
waiver under section 209(b). EPA must below may contact the Designated
inadvertently placed in the docket, Federal Officer for assistance. General
grant a waiver unless the Administrator submissions containing such
finds that (A) the determination of the information concerning the EPA SAB
information should be sent directly to can be found at the EPA SAB Web site
state is arbitrary and capricious, (B) the the contact person listed above and not
state does not need the state standards at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
to the public docket. Information
to meet compelling and extraordinary SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
covered by a claim of confidentiality
conditions, or (C) the state standards will be disclosed by EPA only to the Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C.
and accompanying enforcement extent allowed and by the procedures 4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory
procedures are not consistent with set forth in 40 CFR part 2. If no claim Committee that provides independent
section 202(a) of the Act. Previous of confidentiality accompanies the scientific and technical peer review,
decisions granting waivers of federal submission when EPA receives it, EPA advice, and recommendations to the
preemption for motor vehicles have will make it available to the public EPA Administrator on the technical
maintained that state standards are without further notice to the person basis for EPA actions. As a Federal
Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts
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inconsistent with section 202(a) if there making comments.
is inadequate lead time to permit the business in accordance with the Federal
development of the necessary 3 To be consistent, the California certification Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
technology giving appropriate procedures need not be identical to the federal U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations.
consideration to the cost of compliance certification procedures. California procedures The SAB RTR Methods Review Panel
would be inconsistent, however, if manufacturers will provide advice through the
within that time period or if the federal would be unable to meet the state and the federal
requirements with the same test vehicle in the
chartered SAB on scientific and
to review EPA’s issuance of the waiver. The court course of the same test. See, e.g., 43 FR 32182 (July technical issues related to assessing
dismissed the petition on November 25, 2015. 25, 1978). risks to public health and the

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of opportunity for public hearing and comment.
Dates		EPA has tentatively scheduled a public hearing concerning CARB's request on September 28, 2016, at 10 a.m. EPA will hold a hearing only if any party notifies EPA by September 21, 2016 to express interest in presenting the Agency with oral testimony. Parties wishing to present oral testimony at the public hearing should provide written notice to
Contact		David Dickinson (6405J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (202) 343-9256, Fax: (202) 343-2804,
FR Citation		81 FR 52680