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99, Heath Care Facilities Code. 

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these materials was approved by the 

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accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 

CFR part 51. These materials, 

incorporated by reference, are available 

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Policy and Management (02REG), 810 

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Washington, DC 20420, call 202–461– 

4902, or at the National Archives and 

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material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

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Quincy, MA 02269. (For ordering 

information, call toll-free 1–800–344– 

3555.) 

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Code, Including all Gas & Vacuum 

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[FR Doc. 2015–18332 Filed 7–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 9, 22, 85, 86, 600, 1033, 

1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1065, 1066, and 

1068 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Parts 512, 523, 534, 535, 537, 

and 583 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827; NHTSA–2014– 

0132; FRL–9931–48–OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS16; 2127–AL52 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel 

Efficiency Standards for Medium- and 

Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— 

Phase 2; Notice of Public Hearings and 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and the National 

Highway Transportation Safety 

Administration (NHTSA) are 

announcing public hearings to be held 

for the joint proposed rules 

‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel 

Efficiency Standards for Medium- and 

Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles— 

Phase 2,’’ and also for NHTSA’s Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. The 

proposed rules were published in the 

Federal Register on July 13, 2015. The 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

was published on June 19, 2015, and is 

available on the NHTSA Web site 

mentioned below. Two hearings will be 

held on August 6 and August 18, 2015. 

DATES: NHTSA and EPA will jointly 

hold a public hearing on Thursday, 

August 6, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 

local time, and a second hearing on 

Tuesday, August 18, 2015, beginning at 

9:00 a.m. local time. EPA and NHTSA 

will make every effort to accommodate 

all speakers that arrive and register. 

Each hearing will continue until 

everyone has had a chance to speak. If 

you would like to present oral testimony 

at one of these this public hearings, 

please contact the person identified 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT by August 3, 2015, for the first 

hearing, or by August 11, 2015, for the 

second hearing. 

In order to provide commenters 30 

days after the last public hearing, the 

comment period for the proposal is 

being extended through September 17, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: The August 6, 2015 hearing 

will be held at the Palmer House Hilton 

Hotel, 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, 

Illinois. The location for the August 18, 

2015 hearing in the Los Angeles-Long 

Beach, CA area will be announced in a 

subsequent Federal Register document. 

The hearings will be held at sites 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. Written comments on the 

proposed rule may also be submitted to 

EPA and NHTSA electronically, by 

mail, by facsimile, or through hand 

delivery/courier. Please refer to the 

notice of proposed rulemaking for the 

addresses and detailed instructions for 

submitting written comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to present oral testimony 

at a public hearing, please contact 

JoNell Iffland at EPA by the date 

specified under DATES, at: Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Assessment and Standards Division 

(ASD), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann 

Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 

(734) 214–4454; fax number: (734) 214– 

4050; email address: iffland.jonell@

epa.gov (preferred method for 

registering). Please provide the 

following information: Name, affiliation, 

address, email address, and telephone 

and fax numbers, and whether you 

require accommodations such as a sign 

language interpreter. 

Questions concerning the NHTSA 

proposed rule or Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement should be addressed 

to NHTSA: Ryan Hagen or Analiese 

Marchesseault, Office of Chief Counsel, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: (202) 366–2992. Questions 

concerning the EPA proposed rule 

should be addressed to EPA: Tad Wysor, 

Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Assessment and Standards 

Division (ASD), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone 

number: (734) 214–4332; fax number: 

(734) 214–4050; email address: 

wysor.tad@epa.gov. You may learn more 

about the jointly proposed rules by 

visiting NHTSA’s or EPA’s Web sites at 

http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regsheavy-duty.htm or by searching the 

rulemaking dockets (NHTSA–2014– 

0132; EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0827) at 

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the public hearings is to 

provide the public an opportunity to 

present oral comments regarding 

NHTSA and EPA’s proposal for 

‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards 

and Fuel Efficiency Standards for 

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and 

Vehicles—Phase 2.’’ These hearings also 

offer an opportunity for the public to 

provide oral comments regarding 

NHTSA’s Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, accompanying the proposed 

NHTSA fuel efficiency standards. The 

proposed rules would establish a second 

round of standards for the agencies’ 

comprehensive Heavy-Duty National 

Program, which would further reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions and increase 

fuel efficiency for on-road heavy-duty 

vehicles. These new standards would 

phase in over time, beginning in the 

2018 model year and entering into full 

effect in model year 2027. NHTSA’s 

proposed fuel consumption standards 

and EPA’s proposed carbon dioxide 

(CO2) emission standards are tailored to 

each of four regulatory categories of 

heavy-duty vehicles: (1) Combination 

Tractors; (2) Trailers used in 

combination with those tractors; (3) 

Heavy-duty Pickup Trucks and Vans; 

and (4) Vocational Vehicles. The 


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proposal also includes separate fuel 

efficiency and greenhouse gas standards 

for the engines that power combination 

tractors and vocational vehicles. 

The joint proposed rules for which 

EPA and NHTSA are holding the public 

hearings were published in the Federal 

Register on July 13, 2015 (80 FR 40138), 

and are also available at the Web sites 

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. NHTSA’s Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

available on the NHTSA Web site and 

in NHTSA’s rulemaking docket, both 

referenced above. Once NHTSA and 

EPA learn how many people have 

registered to speak at each public 

hearing, we will allocate an appropriate 

amount of time to each participant, 

allowing time for necessary breaks. In 

addition, we will reserve a block of time 

for anyone else in the audience who 

wants to give testimony. For planning 

purposes, each speaker should 

anticipate speaking for approximately 

five minutes, although we may need to 

shorten that time if there is a large 

turnout. We request that you bring two 

copies of your statement or other 

material for the EPA and NHTSA 

panels. 

NHTSA and EPA will conduct the 

hearings informally, and technical rules 

of evidence will not apply. We will 

arrange for a written transcript of each 

hearing and keep the official record for 

the proposed rule open for 30 days after 

the last public hearing to allow speakers 

to submit supplementary information. 

Panel members may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral statements but 

will not respond to the statements at 

that time. You may make arrangements 

for copies of the transcripts directly 

with the court reporter. 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. The comment period for the 

proposed rule will be extended such 

that the closing date is 30 days after the 

last public hearing. Therefore, written 

comments on the proposal must be post 

marked no later than September 17, 

2015. 

Dated: July 22, 2015. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration. 

Dated: July 22, 2015. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Environmental Protection Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0322; FRL– 

9931–13–Region 10] Approval and 

Promulgation of State Implementation 

Plans: Oregon: Grants Pass Carbon 

Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a carbon monoxide 

Limited Maintenance Plan (LMP) for 

Grants Pass, submitted by the State of 

Oregon on April 22, 2015 as a revision 

to its State Implementation Plan (SIP). 

In accordance with the requirements of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA is 

approving this SIP revision because it 

demonstrates that Grants Pass will 

continue to meet the carbon monoxide 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for a second 10-year period 

beyond re-designation, through 2025. 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

September 28, 2015, without further 

notice, unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by August 27, 2015. If the EPA 

receives adverse comment, we will 

publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register informing the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2015–0322, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: R10-Public_Comments@

epa.gov. 

• Mail: Lucy Edmondson, EPA 

Region 10, Office of Air, Waste and 

Toxics, AWT–150, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: EPA Region 

10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Lucy 

Edmondson, Office of Air, Waste and 

Toxics, AWT–150. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R10–OAR–2015– 

0322. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the 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 the EPA without 

going through http://

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, the 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 the EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the 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 docket 

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., 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. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 

during normal business hours at the 

Office of Air, Waste and Toxics, EPA 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, 

WA 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lucy Edmondson at (360) 753–9082, 

edmondson.lucy@epa.gov, or the above 

EPA, Region 10 address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document wherever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, it is 

intended to refer to the EPA. 

Information is organized as follows: 

Table of Contents 

I. This Action 

II. Background 

III. Public and Stakeholder Involvement in 

Rulemaking Process 

IV. Evaluation of Oregon’s Submittal 

V. Transportation and General Conformity 


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