82 FR 17174 - Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Program; Correcting Amendment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 67 (April 10, 2017)

This proposed action, taken under the authority of the Clean Air Act, would correct an error in previously promulgated rules approving certain elements of the North Carolina state implementation plan (SIP). This error relates to the North Carolina SIP's Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Standard rules and the correction removes a provision of the State's otherwise federally-enforceable regulations that could result in infringement upon the sovereign immunity of Federal facilities. The intended effect is to ensure that the North Carolina SIP is correctly identified in the applicable part of the Code of Federal Regulations and to eliminate the possibility of such infringement.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17174]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07034]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R04-OAR-2013-0772; FRL-9960-93-Region 4]


Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Motor Vehicle Emissions 
Control Program; Correcting Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This proposed action, taken under the authority of the Clean 
Air Act, would correct an error in previously promulgated rules 
approving certain elements of the North Carolina state implementation 
plan (SIP). This error relates to the North Carolina SIP's Motor 
Vehicle Emissions Control Standard rules and the correction removes a 
provision of the State's otherwise federally-enforceable regulations 
that could result in infringement upon the sovereign immunity of 
Federal facilities. The intended effect is to ensure that the North 
Carolina SIP is correctly identified in the applicable part of the Code 
of Federal Regulations and to eliminate the possibility of such 
infringement.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2013-0772 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 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, the full EPA public comment 
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Sheckler, Air Regulatory 
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air, 
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303-8960. Mrs. Sheckler can be reached via phone at (404) 562-9992 or 
electronic mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the State's implementation plan revision as 
a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views 
this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse 
comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the 
direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to 
this rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse 
comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 
comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on 
this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment period on 
this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this document 
should do so at this time.

    Dated: March 15, 2016.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-07034 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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