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control could constitute RACT for VOC 

emissions from select oil and natural gas 

sources. In developing the final CTG 

document, the EPA evaluated the 

sources of VOC emissions from the oil 

and natural gas industry and the 

available control approaches for 

addressing these emissions, including 

the costs of such approaches. Based on 

available information and data, the EPA 

is providing final recommendations for 

RACT for select oil and natural gas 

industry emission sources. The VOC 

RACT recommendations contained in 

this final CTG document were made 

based on a review of the 1983 CTG 

document on equipment leaks from 

natural gas processing plants, the Oil 

and Natural Gas New Source 

Performance Standards, existing state 

and local VOC emission reduction 

approaches, and information on costs, 

emissions, and available emission 

control technologies and in response to 

comments received on the draft CTG 

document released for review on 

September 18, 2015 (80 FR 56577). Also, 

the EPA released for external peer 

review five technical white papers on 

potentially significant sources of 

emissions in the oil and natural gas 

industry. We considered information 

included in these white papers, along 

with the input we received from the 

peer reviewers and the public, when 

evaluating and recommending a RACT 

level of control for emission sources. Air 

agencies can use the recommendations 

in the CTG document to inform their 

determinations as to what constitutes 

RACT for VOC for those oil and natural 

gas industry emission sources in their 

particular areas. The information 

contained in the CTG document is 

provided only as guidance. This 

guidance does not change, or substitute 

for, requirements specified in applicable 

sections of the CAA or the EPA’s 

regulations; nor is it a regulation itself. 

The RACT recommendations, and 

corresponding model rule language, 

contained in the CTG document do not 

impose any legally binding 

requirements on any entity. The CTG 

document provides only 

recommendations for air agencies to 

consider in determining RACT. Air 

agencies are free to implement other 

technically-sound approaches that are 

consistent with the CAA and the EPA’s 

regulations. 

The recommendations contained in 

the CTG document are based on data 

and information currently available to 

the EPA. These general 

recommendations may not apply to a 

particular situation based on 

circumstances not considered in the 

CTG document. Regardless of whether 

an air agency chooses to implement the 

recommendations contained in this CTG 

document, or to issue rules that adopt 

different approaches for RACT for VOC 

from oil and natural gas industry 

emission sources, air agencies must 

submit their RACT provisions to the 

EPA for review and approval as part of 

the SIP submission process. The EPA 

will evaluate the submissions and 

determine, through notice and comment 

rulemaking in the SIP review process, 

whether the submissions meet the 

RACT requirements of the CAA and the 

EPA’s regulations. To the extent an air 

agency adopts any of the 

recommendations in this CTG document 

into its RACT provisions, interested 

parties can raise questions and 

objections about the appropriateness of 

the application of this guidance to a 

particular situation during the 

development of the rules and the EPA’s 

SIP review process. Such questions and 

objections can relate to the substance of 

this guidance. 

Section 182(b)(2) of the CAA provides 

that a CTG document issued after 

November 15, 1990, include the period 

for submitting SIP revisions 

incorporating provisions to require 

RACT for the category of VOC sources 

covered by the CTG document. The EPA 

is providing a 2-year period, from the 

effective date included in this Notice, 

for the required SIP submittal. 

The Tribal Authority Rule (63 FR 

7254, February 12, 1998) (TAR) 

identifies CAA provisions for which it 

is appropriate to treat Indian tribes in 

the same manner as air agencies (TAS). 

Pursuant to the TAR, tribes may apply 

for TAS for purposes of CAA section 

110 and Part D planning requirements 

in CAA section 182. As a result, tribes 

may, but are not required to, apply for 

TAS for the purpose of developing a 

tribal implementation plan (TIP) 

addressing RACT for sources located in 

an area designated nonattainment for an 

ozone NAAQS with a classification of 

Moderate, Serious, Severe or Extreme 

within the tribe’s jurisdiction. If the 

EPA grants that status and approves the 

TIP, the tribe would implement RACT 

in the area within the geographic scope 

of the TAS designation and the 

approved TIP. If a tribe does not seek 

and obtain the authority from the EPA 

to establish a plan, the EPA will be 

responsible for establishing CAA section 

110 and 182 plans for reservations and 

trust lands, and any other lands under 

tribal jurisdiction, if the EPA determines 

that such a plan is necessary or 

appropriate to protect air quality in such 

areas. See 40 CFR 49.4 and 49.11. 

A summary of the comments received 

on the draft CTG document and 

responses can be found in the docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0216). 

Dated: October 20, 2016. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–25923 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9954–55–Region 3] 

Notice of Tentative Approval and 

Opportunity for Public Comment and 

Public Hearing for Public Water 

System Supervision Program Revision 

for Maryland 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of approval and 

solicitation of requests for public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Maryland is revising its 

approved Public Water System 

Supervision Program. Maryland has 

adopted drinking water regulations for 

the Stage 2 Disinfectants and 

Disinfection By-Products Rule (Stage2). 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has determined that 

Maryland’s Stage 2 Rule meets all 

minimum federal requirements, and that 

it is no less stringent than the 

corresponding federal regulation. 

Therefore, EPA has tentatively decided 

to approve the State program revisions. 

DATES: Comments or a public hearing 

must be submitted by November 28, 

2016. This determination shall become 

final and effective on November 28, 

2016 if no timely and appropriate 

request for a hearing is received, and the 

Regional Administrator does not elect to 

hold a hearing on his own motion, and 

if no comments are received which 

cause EPA to modify its tentative 

approval. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for 

a public hearing must be submitted to 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. All 

documents relating to this 

determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8:00 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the following offices: 

• Drinking Water Branch, Water 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region III, 1650 Arch 

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. 


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• Water Management Administration, 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Meadows, Drinking Water 

Branch (3WP21) at the Philadelphia 

address given above, or telephone (215) 

814–5442 or fax (215) 814–2318. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

interested parties are invited to submit 

written comments on this determination 

and may request a hearing. All 

comments will be considered, and if 

necessary EPA will issue a response. 

Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a 

hearing will be denied by the Regional 

Administrator. If a substantial request 

for a public hearing is made by 

November 28, 2016, a public hearing 

will be held. A request for public 

hearing shall include the following: (1) 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of the individual, organization, 

or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) 

a brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in the Regional 

Administrator’s determination and of 

information that the requesting person 

intends to submit at such hearing; and 

(3) the signature of the individual 

making the request; or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

Dated: October 17, 2016. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–26020 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0594; FRL–9953–99] 

Pesticide Product Registration; 

Receipt of Application for New Use 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received an 

application to register a new use for a 

pesticide product containing a currently 

registered active ingredient. Pursuant to 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on this 

application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0594 and 

the EPA Registration Number of interest 

as shown in the body of this document, 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Goodis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

number: (703) 305–7090; email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

II. Registration Applications 

EPA has received an application to 

register a new use for a pesticide 

product containing a currently 

registered active ingredient. Pursuant to 

the provisions of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) 

(7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby 

providing notice of receipt and 

opportunity to comment on this 

application. Notice of receipt of this 

application does not imply a decision 

by the Agency on this application. 

EPA Registration Number: 62719–649. 

Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2016–0594. Applicant: Dow 

AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, 

Indianapolis, IN 46268. Active 

ingredient: 2,4–D. Product type: 

Herbicide. Proposed use: Cotton, gin 

byproducts and cotton, undelinted seed. 

Contact: RD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: October 14, 2016. 

Michael Goodis, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2016–25928 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, 

October 27, 2016 

October 20, 2016. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on October 

27, 2016 which is scheduled to 

commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW– 

C305, at 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC. 


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