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1 78 FR 71732, November 29, 2013. 

requirement to submit the pertinent SIP 

revision or revisions and would need to 

address those requirements. Thus, a 

final determination that the area need 

not submit one of the pertinent SIP 

submittals amounts to no more than a 

suspension of the requirements for so 

long as the area continues to attain the 

standard. Only if and when the EPA 

redesignates the area to attainment 

would the area be relieved of these 

submission obligations. Attainment 

determinations under the Clean Data 

Policy do not shield an area from 

obligations unrelated to attainment in 

the area, such as provisions to address 

pollution transport. 

As set forth above, based on our 

proposed determination that the South 

Coast area is currently attaining the 

1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, we propose to find 

that the obligations to submit any 

remaining attainment-related provisions 

that may be necessary to satisfy the 

requirements applicable to moderate 

areas under subpart 4 of part D (of title 

I of the Act) are suspended for so long 

as the area continues to monitor 

attainment of the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. If, 

in the future, the EPA determines after 

notice-and-comment rulemaking that 

the area again violates the 1997 annual 

or 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS, the basis for 

suspending any remaining SIP 

obligations would no longer apply. 

V. EPA’s Proposed Action and Request 

for Public Comment 

The EPA proposes to determine, 

based on the most recent three years 

(2011–2013) of complete (or otherwise 

validated), quality-assured, and certified 

data meeting the requirements of 40 

CFR part 50, appendix N, that the South 

Coast PM2.5 nonattainment area has 

attained the 1997 annual and 24-hour 

PM2.5 NAAQS. 

In conjunction with and based upon 

our proposed determination that the 

South Coast area has attained and is 

currently attaining the standard, the 

EPA proposes to determine that the 

obligation to submit any remaining 

attainment-related SIP revisions arising 

from classification of the South Coast as 

a moderate nonattainment area under 

subpart 4 of part D (of title I of the Act) 

for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS is not 

applicable for so long as the area 

continues to attain the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. These attainment-related 

requirements include, but are not 

limited to, the part D, subpart 4 

obligations to provide an attainment 

demonstration pursuant to section 

189(a)(1)(B), the RACM provisions of 

section 189(a)(1)(C), and the RFP 

provisions of section 189(c). This 

proposed action, if finalized, would not 

constitute a redesignation to attainment 

under CAA section 107(d)(3). 

The EPA is soliciting public 

comments on the issues discussed in 

this document or on other relevant 

matters. We will accept comments from 

the public on this proposal for the next 

30 days. We will consider these 

comments before taking final action. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action proposes to make a 

determination of attainment based on 

air quality and to suspend certain 

federal requirements, and thus, would 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address 

disproportionate human health or 

environmental effects with practical, 

appropriate, and legally permissible 

methods under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, this proposed action does 

not have tribal implications as specified 

by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000), because the SIP 

obligations discussed herein do not 

apply to Indian tribes and thus this 

proposed action will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0479; FRL–9919–92– 

OAR] 

Delay in Issuing 2014 Standards for the 

Renewable Fuel Standard Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification of delay in issuing 

standards. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing that it will 

not be finalizing 2014 applicable 

percentage standards under the 

Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) 

program before the end of 2014. In light 

of this delay in issuing the 2014 RFS 

standards, the compliance 

demonstration deadline for the 2013 

RFS standards will take place in 2015. 

EPA will be making modifications to the 

EPA-Moderated Transaction System 

(EMTS) to ensure that Renewable 

Identification Numbers (RINs) generated 

in 2012 are valid for demonstrating 

compliance with the 2013 applicable 

standards. 

DATES: December 9, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

MacAllister, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Assessment and 

Standards Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; Telephone 

number: (734) 214–4131; Fax number: 

(734) 214–4816; Email address: 

macallister.julia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 29, 2013, at 78 FR 71732, 

EPA published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking to establish the 2014 RFS 

standards.1 The proposal has generated 

significant comment and controversy, 

particularly about how volumes should 


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2EPA intends to adjust the schedule for 

compliance reporting for the 2014 RFS standards in 

40 CFR 80.1451(a)(1) to reflect the delay in issuing 

the final 2014 RFS standards rule. No compliance 

reporting is necessary absent a final 2014 standards 

rule. 

be set in light of lower gasoline 

consumption than had been forecast at 

the time that the Energy Independence 

and Security Act was enacted, and 

whether and on what basis the statutory 

volumes should be waived. Most 

notably, commenters expressed 

concerns regarding the proposal’s ability 

to ensure continued progress towards 

achieving the volumes of renewable fuel 

targeted by the statute. 

EPA has been evaluating these issues 

in light of the purposes of the statute 

and the Administration’s commitment 

to the goals of the statute to increase the 

use of renewable fuels, particularly 

cellulosic biofuels, which will reduce 

the greenhouse gases emitted from the 

consumption of transportation fuels and 

diversify the nation’s fuel supply. 

Finalization of the 2014 standards 

rule has been significantly delayed. Due 

to this delay, and given ongoing 

consideration of the issues presented by 

the commenters, EPA is not in a 

position to finalize the 2014 RFS 

standards rule before the end of the 

year. Accordingly, we intend to take 

action on the 2014 standards rule in 

2015 prior to or in conjunction with 

action on the 2015 standards rule.2

EPA intends to modify EMTS to 

permit the trading and retiring of 2012 

vintage RINs beyond December 31, 

2014. EPA will incorporate the 

modifications into EMTS version 4.1, 

which is scheduled to be deployed by 

April 1, 2015. From January 1, 2015 

until the release of version 4.1, EMTS 

will not be able to support 2012 RIN 

transactions. Please note that 2012 RIN 

holding data stored in EMTS is safe and 

will be preserved even though it will 

not be accessible during the period from 

January 1, 2015 until the release of 

version 4.1. 

Dated: November 21, 2014. 

Janet G. McCabe, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and 

Radiation. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 1 

[GN Docket No. 14–177; DA 14–1703] 

Notice of Inquiry on Use of Spectrum 

Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Radio 

Services—Comment Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission extends the deadline for 

filing comments and reply comments in 

response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) 

on use of spectrum bands above 24 GHz 

for mobile radio services. This 

proceeding will allow parties to more 

thoroughly address the complex 

technical, legal, and policy issues raised 

in the NOI. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 15, 2015. Submit reply 

comments on or before February 17, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. You may submit 

comments, identified by DA–14–1703, 

or by GN Docket No. 14–177, or by any 

of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http://

www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

People With Disabilities. Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: (202) 418–0530 or TTY: (202) 

418–0432. 

Availability of Documents. 

Comments, reply comments, and ex 

parte submissions will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., CY– 

A257, Washington, DC, 20554. These 

documents will also be available via 

ECFS. Documents will be available 

electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, 

and/or Adobe Acrobat. 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

Charles Oliver of the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, 

Broadband Division, at (202) 418–1325 

or mailto:charles.oliver@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s public 

notice, adopted and released on 

November 25, 2014, DA–14–1703. 

Copies of the public notice may be 

obtained from Best Copy and Printing, 

Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554, (202) 488–5300, facsimile (202) 

488–5563, or via email fcc@

bcpiweb.com. The public notice and any 

associated documents are also available 

for inspection and copying during 

normal business hours in the FCC 

Reference Information Center, Room 

CY–A257, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. The complete 

text is also available on the 

Commission’s Web site at https://

apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/

DA-14-1703A1.docx. 

Pursuant to §§ 1.415 and 1.419 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 

1.419, interested parties may file 

comments and reply comments on or 

before the dates indicated on the first 

page of this document. Comments may 

be filed using the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS). See Electronic Filing of 

Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 

63 FR 24121 (1998). 

Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

All hand-delivered or messengerdelivered paper filings for the 

Commission’s Secretary must be 

delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 

12th St., SW., Room TW–A325, 

Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 

are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries 

must be held together with rubber bands 

or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes 

must be disposed of before entering the 

building. 

Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 


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