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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 49, 51, 52, 60, 70, and 71 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0685; EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2010–0505; EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0606; 

FRL–9933–15–OAR] 

Source Determination for Certain 

Emission Units in the Oil and Natural 

Gas Sector; Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector: Emission Standards for New 

and Modified Sources; and Review of 

New Sources and Modifications in 

Indian Country: Federal 

Implementation Plan for Managing Air 

Emissions From True Minor Sources 

Engaged in Oil and Natural Gas 

Production in Indian Country 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing three 

public hearings to be held for three 

proposed rules titled, ‘‘Source 

Determination for Certain Emission 

Units in the Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector,’’ ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: 

Emission Standards for New and 

Modified Sources,’’ and ‘‘Review of 

New Sources and Modifications in 

Indian Country: Federal Implementation 

Plan for Managing Air Emissions from 

True Minor Sources Engaged in Oil and 

Natural Gas Production in Indian 

Country.’’ Two hearings will be held on 

September 23, 2015, simultaneously— 

one in Denver, CO, and one in Dallas, 

TX. One hearing will be on September 

29, 2015, in Pittsburgh, PA. 

DATES: Two public hearings will be held 

at different locations on September 23, 

2015, and one public hearing will be 

held on September 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The September 23, 2015, 

Denver, CO, hearing will be held at the 

EPA, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, 

Denver, CO 80202. The September 23, 

2015, Dallas, TX, hearing will be held at 

the Dallas City Hall, Council Chambers, 

1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, TX 75201. 

The September 29, 2015, Pittsburgh, PA, 

hearing will be held at the William S. 

Moorhead Federal Building, 1000 

Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 

Identification is required at the Denver, 

CO, and Pittsburgh, PA, hearings 

because they are being held in federal 

facilities. If your driver’s license is 

issued by American Samoa, Louisiana, 

Minnesota, New Hampshire or New 

York, you must present an additional 

form of identification to enter (see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on this location). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information related to these public 

hearings, please contact Ms. Aimee St. 

Clair, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (E143–03), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, by 

phone at (919) 541–1063, or by email at 

StClair.Aimee@epa.gov. To register to 

speak at these public hearings, please 

use the online registration form 

available at http://www.epa.gov/

airquality/oilandgas/, no later than 

September 18, 2015, for the hearings in 

Denver, CO and Dallas, TX, and no later 

than September 25, 2015, for the hearing 

in Pittsburgh, PA. 

For questions concerning the 

proposed rule titled, ‘‘Source 

Determination for Certain Emission 

Units in the Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector,’’ contact Ms. Cheryl Vetter, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, by phone at (919) 

541–4391, or by email at vetter.cheryl@

epa.gov. 

For questions concerning the 

proposed rule titled, ‘‘Oil and Natural 

Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New 

and Modified Sources,’’ contact Mr. 

Bruce Moore, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, by 

phone at (919) 541–5460, or by email at 

moore.bruce@epa.gov. 

For questions concerning the 

proposed rule titled, ‘‘Review of New 

Sources and Modifications in Indian 

Country: Federal Implementation Plan 

for Managing Air Emissions from True 

Minor Sources Engaged in Oil and 

Natural Gas Production in Indian 

Country,’’ contact Mr. Christopher 

Stoneman, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, by 

phone at (919) 541–0823, or by email at 

stoneman.christopher@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public hearings will be held to accept 

oral comments on all three proposed 

rulemakings listed in the summary 

section of this document. Commenters 

may choose to speak on one or more of 

the three proposed rulemakings. 

All three hearings will begin at 9:00 

a.m. and will conclude at 8:00 p.m. 

(local time). There will be a lunch break 

from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (local time) 

and a dinner break from 5:00 p.m. to 

6:00 p.m. (local time). To register to 

speak at the hearings, please use the 

online registration form available at 

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/

oilandgas/registration.html. For 

questions regarding registration, please 

contact Aimee St. Clair at (919) 541– 

1063. The last day to pre-register to 

speak at the Denver, CO, and Dallas, TX, 

hearings will be September 18, 2015. 

The last day to pre-register to speak at 

the Pittsburgh, PA, hearing will be 

September 23, 2015. Additionally, 

requests to speak will be taken the day 

of the hearings at the hearings 

registration desk, although preferences 

on speaking times may not be able to be 

fulfilled. Please note that registration 

requests received before the hearings 

will be confirmed by the EPA via email. 

We cannot guarantee that we can 

accommodate all timing requests and 

will provide requestors with the next 

available speaking time, in the event 

that their requested time is taken. Please 

note that the time outlined in the 

confirmation email will be the 

scheduled speaking time. Depending on 

the flow of the day, times may fluctuate. 

If you require the service of a translator 

or special accommodations such as 

audio description, we ask that you preregister for the Denver, CO, and Dallas, 

TX, hearings no later than September 

18, 2015, and the Pittsburgh, PA, 

hearing no later than September 23, 

2015, as we may not be able to arrange 

such accommodations without advance 

notice. Please note that any updates 

made to any aspect of the hearing will 

be posted online at http://www.epa.gov/ 

airquality/oilandgas/. While the EPA 

expects the hearings to go forward as set 

forth above, we ask that you monitor our 

Web site or contact Aimee St. Clair at 

(919) 541–1063 to determine if there are 

any updates to the information on the 

hearings. The EPA does not intend to 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing any such updates. 

Oral testimony will be limited to 5 

minutes for each commenter. The EPA 

encourages commenters to provide the 

EPA with a copy of their oral testimony 

electronically (via email) before the 

hearings and in hard copy form at the 

hearings. 

The hearings will provide interested 

parties the opportunity to present data, 

views, or arguments concerning the 

proposed actions. The EPA will make 

every effort to accommodate all speakers 

who wish to register to speak at the 

hearing venues on the day of the 

hearings. The EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearings. Verbatim transcripts of the 

hearings and written statements will be 

included in the dockets for each 

rulemaking. The EPA plans for the 


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hearings to run on schedule; however, 

due to on-site schedule fluctuations, 

actual speaking times may shift slightly. 

Because the Denver, CO, and 

Pittsburgh, PA, hearings are being held 

at United States government facilities, 

individuals planning to attend these 

hearings should be prepared to show 

valid picture identification to the 

security staff in order to gain access to 

the meeting room. Please note that the 

REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 

2005, established new requirements for 

entering federal facilities. If your 

driver’s license is issued by American 

Samoa, Louisiana, Minnesota, New 

Hampshire or New York, you must 

present an additional form of 

identification to enter the federal 

building. Acceptable alternative forms 

of identification include: Federal 

employee badges, passports, enhanced 

driver’s licenses, and military 

identification cards. For additional 

information for the status of your state 

regarding REAL ID, go to http://

www.dhs.gov/real-id-enforcement-brief. 

In addition, you will need to obtain a 

property pass for any personal 

belongings you bring with you. Upon 

leaving the buildings, you will be 

required to return this property pass to 

the security desk. No large signs will be 

allowed in the buildings, cameras may 

only be used outside of the buildings, 

and demonstrations will not be allowed 

on federal property for security reasons. 

At all of the hearing locations, 

atttendees will be asked to go through 

metal detectors. To help facilitate this 

process, please be advised that you will 

be asked to remove all items from all 

pockets and place them in provided 

bins for screening; remove laptops, 

phones, or other electronic devices from 

their carrying case and place in 

provided bins for screening; avoid shoes 

with metal shanks, toe guards, or 

supports as a part of their construction; 

remove any metal belts, metal belt 

buckles, large jewelry, watches; and 

follow the instructions of the guard if 

identified for secondary screening. 

Additionally, no weapons (e.g., pocket 

knives) or drugs or drug paraphernalia 

(e.g., marijuana) will be allowed in the 

buildings. We recommend that you 

arrive 20 minutes in advance of your 

speaking time in Denver, CO, Dallas, 

TX, and Pittsburgh, PA, to allow time to 

go through security and to check in with 

the registration desk. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established separate 

dockets for all three of the proposed 

rulemakings (available at http://

www.regulations.gov). For the proposed 

rulemaking titled, ‘‘Source 

Determination for Certain Emission 

Units in the Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector,’’ the Docket ID No. is EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2013–0685. For the proposed 

rulemaking titled, ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector: Emission Standards for New and 

Modified Sources,’’ the Docket ID No. is 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0505. For the 

proposed rulemaking titled, ‘‘Review of 

New Sources and Modifications in 

Indian Country: Federal Implementation 

Plan for Managing Air Emissions from 

True Minor Sources Engaged in Oil and 

Natural Gas Production in Indian 

Country,’’ the Docket ID No. is EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2014–0606. All three 

proposed rulemakings are posted at 

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/

oilandgas/actions.html. If you need 

assistance in accessing any information 

related to these rulemakings, please 

contact Ms. Aimee St. Clair, Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

by phone at (919) 541–1063, or by email 

at StClair.Aimee@epa.gov. 

Dated: August 21, 2015. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2015–21255 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0468; FRL–9933–06– 

OAR] 

Determinations of Attainment by the 

Attainment Date, Extensions of the 

Attainment Date, and Reclassification 

of Several Areas Classified as Marginal 

for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing three 

separate and independent 

determinations related to the 36 areas 

that are currently classified as 

‘‘Marginal’’ for the 2008 ozone National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). First, the EPA is proposing to 

determine that 17 areas attained the 

2008 ozone NAAQS by the applicable 

attainment date of July 20, 2015, based 

on complete, quality-assured and 

certified ozone monitoring data for 

2012–2014. Second, the EPA is 

proposing to grant 1-year attainment 

date extensions for eight areas on the 

basis that the requirements for such 

extensions under the Clean Air Act 

(CAA or Act) have been met. Third, the 

EPA is proposing to determine that 11 

areas failed to attain the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS by the applicable attainment 

date of July 20, 2015, and that they are 

not eligible for an extension, and to 

reclassify these areas as ‘‘Moderate’’ for 

the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Once 

reclassified as Moderate, states must 

submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions that meet the statutory and 

regulatory requirements that apply to 

2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment 

areas classified as Moderate. In this 

action, the EPA is proposing and taking 

comment on two options for the 

deadline by which states would need to 

submit to the EPA for review and 

approval the SIP revisions required for 

Moderate areas once their areas are 

reclassified. 

DATES: Comments. Comments must be 

received on or before September 28, 

2015. Public Hearings. If anyone 

contacts us requesting a public hearing 

on or before September 11, 2015, we 

will hold a public hearing. Please refer 

to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the comment 

period and the public hearing. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–OAR– 

2015–0468, to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once submitted, 

comments cannot be edited or 

withdrawn. 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. If you need to 

include CBI as part of your comment, 

please visit http://www.epa.gov/

dockets/comments.html for instructions. 

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. For additional 

submission methods, the full EPA 

public comment policy, and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Cecil (Butch) Stackhouse, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, Air 

Quality Policy Division, Mail Code 

C539–01, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711, telephone (919) 541–5208; fax 

number: (919) 541–5315; email address: 

stackhouse.butch@epa.gov. 


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