24228 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 83 / Thursday, April 30, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 62 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2013–0763; FRL–9927–01- 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Plans for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants; Texas, Oklahoma, 

Arkansas, New Mexico, and the City of 

Albuquerque, New Mexico; Control of 

Emissions From Existing Sewage 

Sludge Incinerator Units 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 

negative declarations for the States of 

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New 

Mexico, and the City of Albuquerque, 

New Mexico, for existing sewage sludge 

incinerator (SSI) units. These negative 

declarations certify that existing SSI 

units subject to the requirements of 

sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA do 

not exist within the jurisdictions of 

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New 

Mexico (including the City of 

Albuquerque). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning 

Section (6PD–L), 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. 

Kenneth Boyce, (214) 665–7259, 

boyce.kenneth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the negative 

declarations submitted by the Texas 

Commission on Environmental Quality 

(TCEQ), the Oklahoma Department of 

Environmental Quality (ODEQ), the 

Arkansas Department of Environmental 

Quality (ADEQ), New Mexico 

Environment Department (NMED) and 

the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 

certifying that there are no existing 

sewage sludge incinerator (SSI) units 

within their respective jurisdictions. 

These negative declarations meet the 

requirements of 40 CFR 62.06. EPA is 

approving the negative declaration 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 

relevant adverse comments are received 

in response to this action, no further 

activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 

relevant 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. The EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives relevant 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: April 16, 2015. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2015–10041 Filed 4–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 100 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program: Statement of Reasons for 

Not Conducting Rulemaking 

Proceedings 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Denial of petition for 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

2114(c)(2)(B) of the Public Health 

Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa– 

14(c)(2)(B), notice is hereby given 

concerning the reasons for not 

conducting rulemaking proceedings to 

add diabetes mellitus as an injury 

associated with the measles-mumpsrubella vaccine to the Vaccine Injury 

Table. 

DATES: Written comments are not being 

solicited. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Avril M. Houston, MD, MPH, Director, 

Division of Injury Compensation 

Programs, Healthcare Systems Bureau, 

HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 11C– 

06, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857, or by telephone at 

(301) 443–6593. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 

of 1986, Title III of Public Law 99–660 

(42 U.S.C. 300 aa–10 et seq.) established 

the National Vaccine Injury 

Compensation Program (VICP) for 

persons found to be injured by vaccines. 

Under this federal program, petitions for 

compensation are filed with the United 

States Court of Federal Claims (Court). 

The Court, acting through special 

masters, makes findings as to eligibility 

for, and amount of, compensation. In 

order to gain entitlement to 

compensation under the VICP for a 

covered vaccine, a petitioner must 

establish a vaccine-related injury or 

death, either by proving that the first 

symptom of an injury/condition, as 

defined by the Qualifications and Aids 

to Interpretation, occurred within the 

time period listed on the Vaccine Injury 

Table (Table), and, therefore, is 

presumed to be caused by a vaccine 

(unless another cause is found), or by 

proof of vaccine causation, if the injury/ 

condition is not on the Table or did not 

occur within the time period specified 

on the Table. 

The statute authorizing the VICP 

provides for the inclusion of additional 

vaccines in the VICP when they are 

recommended by the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) for 

routine administration to children. See 

section 2114(e)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 

U.S.C. 300aa–14(e)(2). Consistent with 

section 13632(a)(3) of Public Law 103– 

66, the regulations governing the VICP 

provide that such vaccines will be 

included in the Table as of the effective 

date of an excise tax to provide funds 

for the payment of compensation with 

respect to such vaccines. 42 CFR 

100.3(c)(8). The statute authorizing the 

VICP also authorizes the Secretary to 

create and modify a list of injuries, 

disabilities, illnesses, conditions, and 

deaths (and their associated time 

frames) associated with each category of 

vaccines included on the Table. See 

sections 2114(c) and 2114(e)(2) of the 

PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–14(c) and 

300aa–14(e)(2). Finally, section 

2114(c)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 

300aa–14(c)(2), provides that: 

‘‘[a]ny person (including the Advisory 

Commission on Childhood Vaccines) [the 

Commission] may petition the Secretary to 

propose regulations to amend the Vaccine 

Injury Table. Unless clearly frivolous, or 

initiated by the Commission, any such 

petition shall be referred to the Commission 

for its recommendations. Following— 

(A) receipt of any recommendation of the 

Commission, or 


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