81 FR 68379 - Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 192 (October 4, 2016)

Page Range		68379-68379
FR Document		2016-23838

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) and the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDCAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from architectural coatings. We are proposing to approve local rules and a rule rescission to regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0291; FRL-9952-12-Region 9]


Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Sacramento 
Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and San Diego County Air 
Pollution Control District

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to 
approve revisions to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management 
District (SMAQMD) and the San Diego County Air Pollution Control 
District (SDCAPCD) portions of the California State Implementation Plan 
(SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) 
emissions from architectural coatings. We are proposing to approve 
local rules and a rule rescission to regulate these emission sources 
under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).

DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by November 3, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2016-0291 at http://www.regulations.gov, or via email to 
[email protected]. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either 
manner of submission, 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arnold Lazarus, EPA Region IX, (415) 
972-3024, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us'' and 
``our'' refer to the EPA. This proposal addresses the following local 
rules: SMAQMD Rule 442, SDCAPCD Rule 67.0 (rescinded) and SDCAPCD Rule 
67.0.1 (the replacement rule). In the Rules and Regulations section of 
this Federal Register, we are approving these local rules and rule 
rescission in a direct final action without prior proposal because we 
believe these SIP revisions are not controversial. If we receive 
adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the 
direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action based 
on this proposed rule.
    We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone 
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not 
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further 
information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: August 24, 2016.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John DATES: Any comments on this proposal Dated: August 24, 2016.
D. MacEachen, at (202) 317–6859 (not a must arrive by November 3, 2016. Alexis Strauss,
toll-free number). Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2016–23838 Filed 10–3–16; 8:45 am]
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
OAR–2016–0291 at http:// BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Background
The notice of proposed rulemaking www.regulations.gov, or via email to
that is the subject of this document is Steckel.Andrew@epa.gov. For comments
submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
under section 2704 of the Internal
Revenue Code. online instructions for submitting
Fish and Wildlife Service
comments. Once submitted, comments
Need for Correction cannot be edited or removed from
50 CFR Part 17
As published, the notice of proposed Regulations.gov. For either manner of
rulemaking (REG–163113–02) contains submission, the EPA may publish any [Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2016–0086;
an error that is misleading and is in comment received to its public docket. 4500030113]
need of clarification. Do not submit electronically any RIN 1018–BB52
information you consider to be
Correction to Publication
Confidential Business Information (CBI) Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
Accordingly, the notice of proposed or other information whose disclosure is and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a
rulemaking, that is the subject of FR restricted by statute. Multimedia Petition To List the Western Glacier
Doc. 2016–18370, is corrected as submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be Stonefly as an Endangered or
follows: accompanied by a written comment. Threatened Species; Proposed
1. On page 51418, in the third The written comment is considered the Threatened Species Status for
column, under the paragraph heading official comment and should include Meltwater Lednian Stonefly and
‘‘Effective Dates’’, in the second line discussion of all points you wish to Western Glacier Stonefly
from the top of the paragraph, the make. The EPA will generally not
language ‘‘proposed to be effective on AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
consider comments or comment Interior.
and after the’’ is corrected to read contents located outside of the primary
‘‘proposed to be effective on the’’. ACTION: Proposed rule; 12-month
submission (i.e. on the Web, cloud, or
petition finding and status review.
Martin V. Franks, other file sharing system). For
Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, additional submission methods, please SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief contact the person identified in the FOR Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
Counsel, (Procedure and Administration). FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 12-month finding for the western glacier
[FR Doc. 2016–23957 Filed 10–3–16; 8:45 am] For the full EPA public comment policy, stonefly (Zapada glacier). After a review
BILLING CODE 4830–01–P information about CBI or multimedia of the best available scientific and
submissions, and general guidance on commercial information, we find that
making effective comments, please visit listing the western glacier stonefly is
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ warranted. We are also announcing the
AGENCY commenting-epa-dockets. proposed listing rule for the candidate
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
species meltwater lednian stonefly
40 CFR Part 52 (Lednia tumana). Therefore, we are
Arnold Lazarus, EPA Region IX, (415)
[EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0291; FRL–9952–12– 972–3024, lazarus.arnold@epa.gov. proposing to list both the meltwater
Region 9] lednian stonefly and the western glacier
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: stonefly, two insect species from Glacier
Approval of California Air Plan Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ National Park and northwestern
Revisions, Sacramento Metropolitan and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. This Montana, as threatened species under
Air Quality Management District and proposal addresses the following local the Endangered Species Act (Act). If we
San Diego County Air Pollution Control rules: SMAQMD Rule 442, SDCAPCD finalize this rule as proposed, it would
District Rule 67.0 (rescinded) and SDCAPCD extend the Act’s protections to these
Rule 67.0.1 (the replacement rule). In species. The effect of this regulation will
AGENCY: Environmental Protection the Rules and Regulations section of this be to add these species to the Federal
Agency (EPA). Federal Register, we are approving List of Endangered and Threatened
ACTION: Proposed rule. these local rules and rule rescission in Wildlife. The Service seeks data and
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection a direct final action without prior comments from the public on this
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve proposal because we believe these SIP proposed listing rule.
revisions to the Sacramento revisions are not controversial. If we DATES: We will accept comments
Metropolitan Air Quality Management receive adverse comments, however, we received or postmarked on or before
District (SMAQMD) and the San Diego will publish a timely withdrawal of the December 5, 2016. Comments submitted
County Air Pollution Control District direct final rule and address the electronically using the Federal
(SDCAPCD) portions of the California comments in subsequent action based eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES
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State Implementation Plan (SIP). These on this proposed rule. below) must be received by 11:59 p.m.
revisions concern volatile organic We do not plan to open a second Eastern Time on the closing date. We
compound (VOC) emissions from comment period, so anyone interested must receive requests for public
architectural coatings. We are proposing in commenting should do so at this hearings, in writing, at the address
to approve local rules and a rule time. If we do not receive adverse shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
rescission to regulate these emission comments, no further activity is CONTACT by November 18, 2016.
sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA planned. For further information, please ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
or the Act). see the direct final action. by one of the following methods:

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Proposed Rules
Action		Proposed rule.
Dates		Any comments on this proposal must arrive by November 3, 2016.
Contact		Arnold Lazarus, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-3024, [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 68379