70140 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0690; FRL–9919–47– 

Region–3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of 

Maryland. The revisions incorporate by 

reference (IBR) the requirements of the 

Federal Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration (PSD) program into the 

Maryland SIP. Additionally, the 

revisions will allow Maryland’s PSD 

program to automatically update with 

any revisions to the Federal regulations. 

In the Final Rules section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is approving the 

State’s SIP submittal 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 action, 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final rule will be withdrawn and all 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. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by December 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2014–0690 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: kreider.andrew@epa.gov 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2014–0690, 

Andrew Kreider, Acting Associate 

Director, Office of Permits and Air 

Toxics Mailcode 3AP10, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2014– 

0690. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Talley, (215) 814–2117, or by 

email at talley.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title (‘‘Approval 

and Promulgation of Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Maryland; 

Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration’’), that is located in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register publication. 

Dated: November 5, 2014. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting, Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27748 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2008–0074; FRL–9919–73- 

Region 6] 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants; Delegation 

of Authority to Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has 

submitted updated regulations for 

receiving delegation of EPA authority 

for implementation and enforcement of 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 

all sources (both part 70 and non-part 70 

sources). These regulations apply to 

certain NESHAP promulgated by the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

at 40 CFR part 63, as amended between 

May 25, 2005 and April 24, 2013. The 

delegation of authority under this action 

does not apply to sources located in 

Indian Country. EPA is providing notice 

proposing to approve the delegation of 

certain NESHAPs to TCEQ. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

proposed rule must be received on or 

before December 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Mr. Rick Barrett, Air Permits Section 

(6PD–R), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. Comments 

may also be submitted electronically or 

through hand delivery/courier by 

following the detailed instructions in 

the ADDRESSES section of the direct final 

rule located in the rules section of this 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rick Barrett, (214) 665–7227; email: 

barrett.richard@epa.gov. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving TCEQ’s 

request for delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce certain NESHAP 

for all sources (both part 70 and nonpart 70 sources). TCEQ has adopted 

certain NESHAP by reference into 

Texas’s state regulations. In addition, 

EPA is waiving its notification 

requirements so sources will only need 

to send notifications and reports to 

TCEQ. 

The EPA is taking direct final action 

without prior proposal because EPA 

views this as a noncontroversial action 

and anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for this proposed 

approval is set forth in the preamble to 

the direct final rule. If no adverse 

comments are received in response to 

this action, 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. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. If EPA receives adverse 

comment on an amendment, paragraph, 

or section of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final rule which is located in the 

Rules section of this Federal Register. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Bill Luthans, 

Acting Director, Multimedia Planning and 

Permitting Division, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27910 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 32, 

42, 50, 52, and 53 

[FAR Case 2014–022; Docket No. 2014– 

0022; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AM80 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Inflation Adjustment of AcquisitionRelated Thresholds 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

proposing to amend the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to further 

implement the inflation adjustment of 

acquisition-related dollar thresholds. A 

statute requires an adjustment every five 

years of acquisition-related thresholds 

for inflation using the Consumer Price 

Index for all urban consumers, except 

for the Construction Wage Rate 

Requirements statute (Davis-Bacon Act), 

Service Contract Labor Standards 

statute, and trade agreements 

thresholds. DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

also proposing to use the same 

methodology to adjust nonstatutory FAR 

acquisition-related thresholds in 2015. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat at one of the addresses 

shown below on or before January 26, 

2015 to be considered in the formation 

of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FAR Case 2014–022 by any 

of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘FAR Case 2014–022’’. 

Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that 

corresponds with ‘‘FAR Case 2014– 

022.’’ Follow the instructions provided 

at the ‘‘Comment Now’’ screen. Please 

include your name, company name (if 

any), and ‘‘FAR Case 2014–022’’ on your 

attached document. 

• Fax: 202–501–4067. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), ATTN: Ms. Flowers, 1800 F 

Street NW., 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 

20405. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FAR Case 2014–022, in all 

correspondence related to this case. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael O. Jackson, Procurement 

Analyst, at 202–208–4949, for 

clarification of content. For information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules, contact the Regulatory 

Secretariat at 202–501–4755. Please cite 

FAR Case 2014–022. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This rule proposes to amend multiple 

FAR parts to further implement 41 

U.S.C. 1908. Section 1908 requires an 

adjustment every five years (on October 

1 of each year evenly divisible by five) 

of statutory acquisition-related 

thresholds for inflation, using the 

Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban 

consumers, except for the Construction 

Wage Rate Requirements statute (DavisBacon Act), Service Contract Labor 

Standards statute, and trade agreements 

thresholds (see FAR 1.109). As a matter 

of policy, DoD, GSA, and NASA are also 

proposing to use the same methodology 

to adjust nonstatutory FAR acquisitionrelated thresholds on October 1, 2015. 

This is the third review of FAR 

acquisition-related thresholds since the 

statute was passed on October 28, 2004 

(section 807 of the Ronald W. Reagan 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2005). The last review 

was conducted under FAR Case 2008– 

024 during FY 2010. The final rule was 

published in the Federal Register at 75 

FR 53129 on August 30, 2010, and was 

effective October 1, 2010. 

II. Analysis. 

A. What is an acquisition-related 

threshold? 

This case builds on the review of FAR 

thresholds in FY 2005 and FY 2010, 

using the same interpretation of an 

acquisition-related threshold. 41 U.S.C. 

1908 is applicable to ‘‘a dollar threshold 

that is specified in law as a factor in 

defining the scope of the applicability of 

a policy, procedure, requirement, or 

restriction provided in that law to the 

procurement of property or services by 

an executive agency, as the FAR Council 

determines.’’ 

There are other thresholds in the FAR 

that, while not specified in law, 

nevertheless meet all the other criteria. 

These thresholds may have their origin 

in Executive order or regulation. 


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