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(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 901, 40 U.S.C. 3103) 

[FR Doc. 2015–20182 Filed 8–14–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0208; FRL–9931–94– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS64 

Approval of North Carolina’s Request 

To Relax the Federal Reid Vapor 

Pressure Gasoline Volatility Standard 

for Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a request from the 

state of North Carolina for the EPA to 

relax the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) 

standard applicable to gasoline 

introduced into commerce from June 1 

to September 15 of each year for 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. 

Specifically, the EPA is approving 

amendments to the regulations to allow 

the RVP standard for the two counties 

to rise from 7.8 pounds per square inch 

(psi) to 9.0 psi for gasoline. The EPA has 

determined that this change to the 

federal RVP regulation is consistent 

with the applicable provisions of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). This action is 

being taken without prior proposal 

because the EPA believes that this 

rulemaking is noncontroversial for the 

reasons set forth in this preamble, and 

due to the limited scope of this action. 

DATES: This rule is effective on October 

16, 2015 without further notice, unless 

EPA receives adverse comment by 

September 16, 2015. If 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–HQ– 

OAR–2015–0208, 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edited or withdrawn.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. 

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. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e., on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patty Klavon, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105; 

telephone number: (734) 214–4476; fax 

number: (734) 214–4052; email address: 

klavon.patty@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The contents of this preamble are 

listed in the following outline: 

I. General Information 

II. Action Being Taken 

III. History of the Gasoline Volatility 

Requirement 

IV. The EPA’s Policy Regarding Relaxation of 

Gasoline Volatility Standards in Ozone 

Nonattainment Areas That Are 

Redesignated as Attainment Areas 

V. North Carolina’s Request to Relax the 

Federal Gasoline RVP Requirement for 

Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties 

VI. Final Action 

VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

VIII. Legal Authority and Statutory 

Provisions 

I. General Information 

A. Why is the EPA issuing a direct final 

rule? 

The EPA is making this revision as a 

direct final rule without prior proposal 

because the EPA views this revision as 

noncontroversial and anticipates no 

adverse comment. The rationale for this 

rulemaking is described in detail below. 

In the Proposed Rules section of this 

Federal Register, the EPA is publishing 

a separate document that will serve as 

the proposal to approve this revision to 

the RVP gasoline standard that applies 

in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

should adverse comments be filed. If the 

EPA receives no adverse comment, the 

EPA will not take further action on the 

proposed rule. If the EPA receives 

adverse comment on this rule or any 

portion of this rule, the EPA will 

withdraw the direct final rule or the 

portion of the rule that received adverse 

comment. All public comments received 

will then be addressed in a subsequent 

final rule based on the proposed rule. 

The EPA will not institute a second 

comment period on this rulemaking. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. 

B. Does this action apply to me? 

Entities potentially affected by this 

rule are fuel producers and distributors 

who do business in North Carolina. 

Examples of potentially 

regulated entities NAICS1 codes 

Petroleum refineries ............. 324110 

Gasoline Marketers and Distributors ............................. 424710 

424720 

Gasoline Retail Stations ....... 447110 

Gasoline Transporters .......... 484220 

484230 

The above table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

regulated by this action. The table lists 

the types of entities of which the EPA 

is aware that potentially could be 

affected by this rule. Other types of 

entities not listed on the table could also 

be affected by this rule. To determine 

whether your organization could be 

affected by this rule, you should 

carefully examine the regulations in 40 

CFR 80.27. If you have questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, call the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this preamble. 


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C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments? 

1. Submitting CBI 

Do not submit CBI to the EPA through 

www.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 the 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 submitting comments, 

remember to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The EPA may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree, 

suggest alternatives, and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Docket Copying Costs 

You may be required to pay a 

reasonable fee for copying docket 

materials. 

II. Action Being Taken 

This direct final rule approves a 

request from the state of North Carolina 

to change the summertime gasoline RVP 

standard for Mecklenburg and Gaston 

counties from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi by 

amending the EPA’s regulations at 40 

CFR 80.27(a)(2). In a previous 

rulemaking, the EPA approved a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Charlotte-GastoniaSalisbury, North Carolina 2008 ozone 

area (‘‘the Charlotte area’’) and a CAA 

section 110(l) non-interference 

demonstration that relaxing the federal 

RVP gasoline requirement from 7.8 psi 

to 9.0 psi for gasoline sold from June 1 

to September 15 of each year in 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

would not interfere with maintenance of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) in the Charlotte 

area. Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

are part of the Charlotte area. For more 

information on North Carolina’s 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Charlotte area, please refer 

to Docket ID. No. EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0275 for the rulemaking that was signed 

on July 17, 2015. The preamble for this 

rulemaking is organized as follows: 

Section III. provides the history of the 

federal gasoline volatility regulation. 

Section IV. describes the policy 

regarding relaxation of volatility 

standards in ozone nonattainment areas 

that are redesignated as attainment 

areas. Section V. provides information 

specific to North Carolina’s request for 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. 

Finally, Section VI. presents the final 

action in response to North Carolina’s 

request. 

III. History of the Gasoline Volatility 

Requirement 

On August 19, 1987 (52 FR 31274), 

the EPA determined that gasoline 

nationwide was becoming increasingly 

volatile, causing an increase in 

evaporative emissions from gasolinepowered vehicles and equipment. 

Evaporative emissions from gasoline, 

referred to as volatile organic 

compounds (VOC), are precursors to the 

formation of tropospheric ozone and 

contribute to the nation’s ground-level 

ozone problem. Exposure to groundlevel ozone can reduce lung function, 

thereby aggravating asthma and other 

respiratory conditions, increase 

susceptibility to respiratory infection, 

and may contribute to premature death 

in people with heart and lung disease. 

The most common measure of fuel 

volatility that is useful in evaluating 

gasoline evaporative emissions is RVP. 

Under CAA section 211(c), the EPA 

promulgated regulations on March 22, 

1989 (54 FR 11868) that set maximum 

limits for the RVP of gasoline sold 

during the regulatory control periods 

that were established on a state-by-state 

basis in the final rule. The regulatory 

control periods addressed the portion of 

the year when peak ozone 

concentrations were expected. These 

regulations constituted Phase I of a twophase nationwide program, which was 

designed to reduce the volatility of 

gasoline during the high ozone season. 

On June 11, 1990 (55 FR 23658), the 

EPA promulgated more stringent 

volatility controls as Phase II of the 

volatility control program. These 

requirements established maximum 

gasoline RVP standards of 9.0 psi or 7.8 

psi (depending on the state, the month, 

and the area’s initial ozone attainment 

designation with respect to the 1-hour 

ozone NAAQS.) 

The 1990 CAA Amendments 

established a new section 211(h) to 

address fuel volatility. CAA section 

211(h) requires the EPA to promulgate 

regulations making it unlawful to sell, 

offer for sale, dispense, supply, offer for 

supply, transport, or introduce into 

commerce gasoline with an RVP level in 

excess of 9.0 psi during the high ozone 

season. CAA section 211(h) also 

prohibits the EPA from establishing a 

volatility standard more stringent than 

9.0 psi in an attainment area, except that 

the EPA may impose a lower (more 

stringent) standard in any former ozone 

nonattainment area redesignated to 

attainment. 

On December 12, 1991 (56 FR 64704), 

the EPA modified the Phase II volatility 

regulations to be consistent with CAA 

section 211(h). The modified regulations 

prohibited the sale of gasoline with an 

RVP above 9.0 psi in all areas 

designated attainment for ozone, 

effective January 13, 1992. For areas 

designated as nonattainment, the 

regulations retained the original Phase II 

standards published on June 11, 1990 

(55 FR 23658), which included the 7.8 

psi ozone season limitation for certain 

areas. As stated in the preamble to the 

Phase II volatility controls and 

reiterated in the proposed change to the 

volatility standards published in 1991, 

the EPA will rely on states to initiate 

changes to their respective volatility 

programs. The EPA’s policy for 

approving such changes is described 

below in Section IV. of this action. 

The state of North Carolina has 

initiated this change by requesting that 

the EPA relax the 7.8 psi gasoline RVP 

standard to 9.0 psi for Mecklenburg and 

Gaston counties, which are subject to 

the 7.8 gasoline RVP requirement during 

the summertime ozone season. 

Accordingly, the state of North Carolina 

provided a technical demonstration 

showing that relaxing the federal 

gasoline RVP requirements in the two 

counties from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi would 

not interfere with maintenance of the 

NAAQS in the Charlotte area or with 

any other applicable CAA requirement. 


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2On March 11, 2015, the NCDENR requested that 

the EPA parallel process the approval of the 

submission. 

IV. The EPA’s Policy Regarding 

Relaxation of Gasoline Volatility 

Standards in Ozone Nonattainment 

Areas That Are Redesignated as 

Attainment Areas 

As stated in the preamble for the 

EPA’s amended Phase II volatility 

standards (56 FR 64706), any change in 

the volatility standard for a 

nonattainment area that was 

subsequently redesignated as an 

attainment area must be accomplished 

through a separate rulemaking that 

revises the applicable standard for that 

area. Thus, for former 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment areas where the EPA 

mandated a Phase II volatility standard 

of 7.8 psi RVP in the December 12, 1991 

rulemaking, the federal 7.8 psi RVP 

gasoline requirement remains in effect, 

even after such an area is redesignated 

to attainment, until a separate 

rulemaking is completed that relaxes the 

federal RVP gasoline standard in that 

area from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi. 

As explained in the December 12, 

1991 rulemaking, the EPA believes that 

relaxation of an applicable gasoline RVP 

standard is best accomplished in 

conjunction with the redesignation 

process. In order for an ozone 

nonattainment area to be redesignated 

as an attainment area, CAA section 

107(d)(3) requires the state to make a 

showing, pursuant to CAA section 

175A, that the area is capable of 

maintaining attainment for the ozone 

NAAQS for ten years. Depending on the 

area’s circumstances, this maintenance 

plan will either demonstrate that the 

area is capable of maintaining 

attainment for ten years without the 

more stringent gasoline volatility 

standard or that the more stringent 

gasoline volatility standard may be 

necessary for the area to maintain its 

attainment with the ozone NAAQS. 

Therefore, in the context of a request for 

redesignation, the EPA will not relax the 

gasoline volatility standard unless the 

state requests a relaxation and the 

maintenance plan demonstrates to the 

satisfaction of the EPA that the area will 

maintain attainment for ten years 

without the need for the more stringent 

volatility standard. 

North Carolina requested relaxation of 

the federal RVP gasoline standard from 

7.8 psi to 9.0 psi for Mecklenburg and 

Gaston counties concurrent with its 

request that the EPA approve a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Charlotte area for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS. 

V. North Carolina’s Request To Relax 

the Federal Gasoline RVP Requirement 

for Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties 

On March 11, 2015, the state of North 

Carolina, through the North Carolina 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources (NCDENR), submitted a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Charlotte area, which was 

classified as Marginal for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS. Mecklenburg and 

Gaston counties are part of the Charlotte 

area. Additionally, the state submitted a 

CAA section 110(l) non-interference 

demonstration that removal of the 

federal RVP requirement of 7.8 psi for 

gasoline during the summertime ozone 

season in Mecklenburg and Gaston 

counties would not interfere with 

maintenance of any NAAQS, including 

the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Specifically, 

the state provided a technical 

demonstration showing that relaxing the 

federal gasoline RVP requirement in the 

two counties from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi 

would not interfere with maintenance of 

the ozone NAAQS in the Charlotte area 

or with any other applicable 

requirement of the CAA. 

In a rulemaking that was signed on 

July 17, 2015, the EPA evaluated and 

approved North Carolina’s March 11, 

2015 redesignation request and 

maintenance plan for the Charlotte area. 

See Docket ID. No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2015–0275. In a separate rulemaking 

signed on July 17, 2015, the EPA 

approved North Carolina’s noninterference demonstration for 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. See 

Docket ID. No. EPA–R04–OAR–2015– 

0260.2

Both rulemakings were subject to 

public notice-and-comment. The EPA 

received two comments on the 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan rulemaking, and those comments 

were addressed in the final rule for that 

rulemaking. The comments received can 

be found in the docket for that 

rulemaking (Docket ID. No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2015–0275). No comments were 

received on the non-interference 

demonstration for Mecklenburg and 

Gaston counties (Docket ID. No. EPA– 

R04–OAR–2015–0260). 

In this action, the EPA is taking the 

second and final step in the process to 

approve North Carolina’s request to 

relax the summertime ozone season 

gasoline RVP standard for Mecklenburg 

and Gaston counties from 7.8 psi to 9.0 

psi. Specifically, the EPA is amending 

the applicable gasoline RVP standard 

from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi provided at 40 

CFR 80.27(a)(2) for the two counties. 

This action to approve North Carolina’s 

request to relax the summertime ozone 

season RVP standard for Mecklenburg 

and Gaston counties from 7.8 psi to 9.0 

psi is based on the EPA’s previous 

approval of North Carolina’s March 11, 

2015 redesignation request and 

maintenance plan for the Charlotte area, 

as well as the non-interference 

demonstration. This approval is also 

based on the fact that the Charlotte area 

is currently in attainment for both the 

1997 ozone NAAQS and the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS. 

VI. Final Action 

The EPA is taking direct final action 

to approve the request from North 

Carolina for the EPA to relax the RVP 

applicable to gasoline introduced into 

commerce from June 1 to September 15 

of each year in Mecklenburg and Gaston 

counties. Specifically, this action 

amends the applicable gasoline RVP 

standard from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi 

provided at 40 CFR 80.27(a)(2) for 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. 

The EPA is making this revision 

without prior proposal because the EPA 

views the revision as noncontroversial 

and anticipates no adverse comment. 

However, in the Proposed Rules section 

of this Federal Register, the EPA is 

publishing a separate document that 

will serve as the proposal to approve 

this revision to the gasoline RVP 

standard that applies in Mecklenburg 

and Gaston counties should adverse 

comments be filed. This rule will 

become effective October 16, 2015 

without further notice unless the EPA 

receives adverse comments by 

September 16, 2015. 

If the EPA receives adverse comments 

on the rule or any portion of the rule, 

the EPA will withdraw the direct final 

rule or the portion of the rule that 

received adverse comment. The EPA 

will publish a timely withdrawal in the 

Federal Register indicating which 

provisions will become effective and 

which provisions are being withdrawn. 

All public comments received will then 

be addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed rule. The EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on the subsequent final action. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

must do so at this time. If no such 

comments are received, the public is 

advised that this rule will become 

effective on October 16, 2015 and no 

further action will be taken on the 

proposed rule. 


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VII. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under the terms of 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and is therefore not 

subject to review under Executive 

Orders 12866 and 13563. (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011). 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and 

therefore is not subject to these 

requirements. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

I certify that this action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the RFA. In making this 

determination, the impact of concern is 

any significant adverse economic 

impact on small entities. An agency may 

certify that a rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities if 

the rule relieves regulatory burden, has 

no net burden or otherwise has a 

positive economic effect on the small 

entities subject to the rule. The small 

entities subject to the requirements of 

this action are refiners, importers or 

blenders of gasoline that choose to 

produce or import low RVP gasoline for 

sale in North Carolina and gasoline 

distributers and retail stations in North 

Carolina. This action relaxes the federal 

RVP standard for gasoline sold in 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

during the summertime ozone season 

(June 1 to September 15 of each year) to 

allow the RVP for gasoline sold in 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties to 

rise from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi. This rule 

does not impose any requirements or 

create impacts on small entities beyond 

those, if any, already required by or 

resulting from the CAA section 211(h) 

Volatility Control program. We have 

therefore concluded that this action will 

have no net regulatory burden for all 

directly regulated small entities. 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This final rule does not contain an 

unfunded mandate of $100 million or 

more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 

1531–1538, and does not significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments. The 

action implements mandates 

specifically and explicitly set forth in 

CAA section 211(h) without the exercise 

of any policy discretion by the EPA. 

E. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have substantial 

direct effects on the states, on the 

relationship between the national 

government and the states, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). This final rule affects only those 

refiners, importers or blenders of 

gasoline that choose to produce or 

import low RVP gasoline for sale in the 

Birmingham area and gasoline 

distributers and retail stations in the 

Birmingham area. Thus, Executive 

Order 13175 does not apply to this 

action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it approves a state program. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211 because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer 

Advancement Act 

This action does not involve technical 

standards. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

The EPA believes the human health or 

environmental risk addressed by this 

action will not have potential 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority, low-income or indigenous 

populations because it does not affect 

the applicable ozone NAAQS which 

establish the level of protection 

provided to human health or the 

environment. This rule will relax the 

applicable volatility standard of 

gasoline during the summer, possibly 

resulting in slightly higher mobile 

source emissions. However, the state of 

North Carolina has demonstrated in its 

non-interference demonstration that this 

action will not interfere with 

maintenance of the ozone NAAQS in 

the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, North 

Carolina 2008 ozone area, or with any 

other applicable requirement of the 

CAA. Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

are part of the Charlotte-GastoniaSalisbury, North Carolina 2008 ozone 

area. Therefore, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health or 

environmental effects on minority or 

low-income populations are not an 

anticipated result. The results of this 

evaluation are contained in Section V. 

of this direct final rule. A copy of North 

Carolina’s March 11, 2015 letter 

requesting that the EPA relax the 

gasoline RVP standard, including the 

technical analysis demonstrating that 

the less stringent gasoline RVP in the 

Mecklenburg and Gaston counties 

would not interfere with continued 

maintenance of the 2008 ozone NAAQS 

in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, 

North Carolina ozone area, or with any 

other applicable CAA requirement, has 

been placed in the public docket for this 

action. 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

L. Petitions for Judicial Review 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean 

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of 

this action must be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit by September 16, 

2015. Filing a petition for 

reconsideration by the Administrator of 

this direct final rule does not affect the 

finality of this action for the purposes of 

judicial review nor does it extend the 

time within which a petition for judicial 

review may be filed, and shall not 

postpone the effectiveness of such rule 

or action. Parties with objections to this 

direct final rule are encouraged to file a 

comment in response to the parallel 

document of proposed rulemaking for 

this action published in the Proposed 

Rules section of this Federal Register, 

rather than file an immediate petition 


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for judicial review of this direct final 

rule, so that the EPA can withdraw this 

direct final rule and address the 

comment in the proposed rulemaking. 

This action may not be challenged later 

in proceedings to enforce its 

requirements. See CAA section 

307(b)(2). 

VIII. Legal Authority and Statutory 

Provisions 

The statutory authority for this action 

is granted to the EPA by Sections 211(h) 

and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act, as 

amended; 42 U.S.C. 7545(h) and 

7601(a). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 80 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedures, 

Air pollution control, Fuel additives, 

Gasoline, Motor vehicle and motor 

vehicle engines, Motor vehicle 

pollution, Penalties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: August 5, 2015. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Environmental Protection 

Agency is amending 40 CFR part 80 as 

follows: 

PART 80—REGULATION OF FUELS 

AND FUEL ADDITIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 80 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7521, 7542, 

7545, and 7601(a). 

■ 2. In § 80.27(a)(2)(ii), the table is 

amended by: 

■ a. Removing the entry for North 

Carolina and footnotes 6 and 7; 

■ b. Redesignating footnote 8 as footnote 

6; 

■ c. Adding a new entry in alphabetical 

order for North Carolina and a new 

footnote 7. 

The additions read as follows: 

§ 80.27 Controls and prohibitions on 

gasoline volatility. 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

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APPLICABLE STANDARDS 1 1992 AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS

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1Standards are expressed in pounds per square inch (psi). 

* * * * * * * 7The standard for Mecklenburg and Gaston Counties from June 1 until September 15 in 1992 through October 16, 2015 was 7.8 psi. 

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[FR Doc. 2015–20243 Filed 8–14–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0017; FRL–9930–16] 

Lavandulyl Senecioate; Exemption 

From the Requirement of a Tolerance 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes an 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance for residues of the arthropod 

pheromone, lavandulyl senecioate, in or 

on all raw agricultural commodities 

when applied or used in microbeads/

dispensers at a rate not to exceed 150 

grams active ingredient/acre/year in 

accordance with good agricultural 

practices. Suterra, LLC submitted a 

petition to EPA under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

requesting an exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance. This 

regulation eliminates the need to 

establish a maximum permissible level 

for residues of lavandulyl senecioate. 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

August 17, 2015. Objections and 

requests for hearings must be received 

on or before October 16, 2015, and must 

be filed in accordance with the 

instructions provided in 40 CFR part 

178 (see also Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0017, is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pesticide Programs 

Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) 

in the Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; main telephone 

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

BPPDFRNotices@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. How can I get electronic access to 

other related information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of 40 CFR part 180 

through the Government Printing 

Office’s e-CFR site at http://


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