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health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP is 

not approved to apply in Indian country 

located in the state, and EPA notes that 

it will not impose substantial direct 

costs on tribal governments or preempt 

tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: April 21, 2014. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, Region 2. 

[FR Doc. 2014–09982 Filed 5–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2008–0122; FRL–9910–03- 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plans: Washington; 

Puget Sound Ozone Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to 

approve a maintenance plan for the 

Central Puget Sound area to maintain 

the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard (NAAQS) through 

2015. This plan was submitted by the 

Washington Department of Ecology as a 

revision to its State Implementation 

Plan on January 10, 2008. The 

maintenance plan for this area meets all 

Clean Air Act requirements, and 

demonstrates that the Central Puget 

Sound area will remain in attainment 

with the 1997 and 2008 ozone NAAQS 

through 2015. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2008–0122, by any of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: R10-Public_Comments@

epa.gov. 

• Mail: Mr. Keith Rose, U.S. EPA 

Region 10, Office of Air, Waste and 

Toxics, AWT–107, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 

900, Seattle WA 98101. Attention: Keith 

Rose, Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, 

AWT–107. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Please see the direct final rule which is 

located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Rose at telephone number: (206) 

553–1949, email address: rose.keith@

epa.gov, or the above EPA, Region 10 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

direct final action, of the same title, 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. The EPA is 

simultaneously approving the State’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the EPA 

views this as a noncontroversial SIP 

revision and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the preamble to 

the direct final rule. If the EPA receives 

no adverse comments, the EPA will not 

take further action on this proposed 

rule. 

If the EPA receives adverse 

comments, the EPA will withdraw the 

direct final rule and it will not take 

effect. The EPA will address all public 

comments in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. The EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting on this action 

should do so at this time. Please note 

that if we receive adverse comment on 

an amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

the EPA may adopt as final those 

provisions of the rule that are not the 

subject of an adverse comment. 

Dated: April 10, 2014. 

Michelle L. Pirzadeh, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0546; FRL–9910–24– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS21 

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives: 2013 Cellulosic Biofuel 

Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to revise the 

2013 cellulosic biofuel standard 

published on August 15, 2013. This 

action follows from EPA having granted 

two petitioners’ requests for 

reconsideration of the 2013 cellulosic 

biofuel standard. EPA granted 

reconsideration because one of the two 

companies that EPA expected to 

produce cellulosic biofuel in 2013 

announced soon after EPA signed its 

final rule that it intended to produce 

substantially lower volumes of 

cellulosic biofuel in 2013 than it had 

earlier reported to EPA. Since the 

cellulosic biofuel standard was based on 

EPA’s projection of cellulosic biofuel 

production in 2013, EPA deemed this 

new information to be of central 

relevance to the rule, warranting 

reconsideration. On reconsideration, 

EPA is directed to base the standard on 

the lower of ‘‘projected’’ production of 

cellulosic fuel in 2013 or the cellulosic 

biofuel applicable volume set forth in 

the statute. Since data are available to 

show actual production volumes for 

2013, EPA’s ‘‘projection’’ and proposal 

are based on actual cellulosic biofuel 

production in 2013. This action only 

affects the 2013 cellulosic biofuel 

standard; all other RFS standards 

remain unchanged. EPA is proposing a 

revised cellulosic biofuel standard of 

0.0005% for 2013. In the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register, we are making this same 

amendment as a direct final rule. If we 

receive no adverse comment, the direct 

final rule will go into effect and we will 

not take further action on this proposed 

rule. 

DATES: A request for a public hearing 

must be received by May 19, 2014. If a 

public hearing request is received, EPA 

will publish a document in the Federal 

Register indicating the time and place 

for the hearing. If a public hearing is 

held, written comments must be 

received within 30 days after the date of 

the hearing. If no public hearing is held 


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