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of this section apply to leg-outs that 

occur on or after September 6, 2012. 

* * * * * 

§ 1.988–5 [Amended] 

■ Par. 3. For each section listed in the 

table, remove the language in the 

‘‘Remove’’ column and add in its place 

the language in the ‘‘Add’’ column as set 

forth below: 

Section Remove Add 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (i), second, third and fourth 

sentences.

January 1, 1990 ............................. January 1, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1990 ....................... December 31, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1991 ....................... December 31, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1992 ....................... December 31, 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1990 ............................................... 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1991 ............................................... 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1992 ............................................... 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iii)(D), second sentence ..... 1992 ............................................... 2015.

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iv), first, second, fourth, 

fifth, and sixth sentences.

January 1, 1991 ............................. January 1, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iv), first, fourth, and fifth 

sentences.

January 1, 1990 ............................. January 1, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iv), third sentence .............. 1990 ............................................... 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 4, paragraph (iv), sixth and seventh sentences.December 31, 1992 ....................... December 31, 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (i), second, fourth, and fifth 

sentences.

January 1, 1990 ............................. January 1, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1990 ....................... December 31, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1991 ....................... December 31, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (i), table ............................... December 31, 1992 ....................... December 31, 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), second and third sentences.January 1, 1991 ............................. January 1, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), second sentence .......... January 1, 1990 ............................. January 1, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), third sentence ............... December 31, 1991 ....................... December 31, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), third sentence ............... December 31, 1992 ....................... December 31, 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), third sentence ............... 1991 ............................................... 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (ii), third sentence ............... 1992 ............................................... 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii), second sentence .......... January 1, 1990 ............................. January 1, 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii), second sentence .......... January 1, 1991 ............................. January 1, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1990 ............................................... 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1991 ............................................... 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(B) .................................. 1992 ............................................... 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(C), first sentence .......... 1990 ............................................... 2013. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(C), first sentence .......... 1991 ............................................... 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(C), first sentence .......... 1992 ............................................... 2015. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iii)(D), second sentence ..... 1990 ............................................... 2013.

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iv), first, second, third, and 

sixth sentences.

January 1, 1991 ............................. January 1, 2014. 

§ 1.988–5(a)(9)(iv), Example 5, paragraph (iv), fourth sentence ............ 1990 ............................................... 2013. 

§ 1.988–5T [Removed] 

■ Par. 4. Section 1.988–5T is removed. 

John Dalrymple, 

Deputy Commissioner for Services and 

Enforcement. 

Approved: August 25, 2015. 

Mark J. Mazur, 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax 

Policy). 

[FR Doc. 2015–22554 Filed 9–3–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2015–0447; FRL–9933–43– 

Region 10] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plans; Alaska; 

Transportation Conformity State 

Implementation Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is approving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Alaska (the 

State). The submission addresses 

transportation conformity and general 

conformity requirements. The EPA is 

approving the submission in accordance 

with the requirements of the Clean Air 

Act (the Act). 

DATES: This rule is effective on 

November 9, 2015, without further 

notice, unless the EPA receives adverse 

comment by October 8, 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–2015–0447, by any of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: pepple.karl@epa.gov 

• Mail: Karl Pepple, 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, 


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Pepple, 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– 

0447. 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 

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 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 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 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 

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: Karl 

Pepple at telephone number: (206) 553– 

1778, email address: pepple.karl@

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. Background 

II. What is the EPA’s analysis of the state’s 

submittal? 

III. Final Action 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background 

On September 27, 1995, the EPA 

approved the general conformity rules 

in Article 7 of the Alaska 

Administrative Code (AAC) Title 18, 

Chapter 50 into the Alaska SIP (60 FR 

49765). General conformity is a 

requirement of section 176(c) of the 

CAA to ensure that no federally 

supported actions outside of highway 

and transit projects interfere with the 

purpose of the approved SIP, i.e. the 

SIP’s protection of the national ambient 

air quality standards (NAAQS). General 

conformity requirements currently 

apply to the following criteria 

pollutants: Ozone, particulate matter, 

carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. 

The general conformity regulation is 

found in 40 CFR part 93, subpart B and 

in 40 CFR 51.851. 

On December 29, 1999, the EPA 

approved the transportation conformity 

rules in Article 7 of the Alaska 

Administrative Code (AAC) Title 18, 

Chapter 50 into the Alaska SIP (64 FR 

72940). Transportation conformity is 

required under section 176(c) of the Act 

to ensure that federally supported 

highway, transit projects, and other 

activities are consistent with (‘‘conform 

to’’) the purpose of the SIP. 

Transportation conformity currently 

applies to areas that are designated 

nonattainment, and to areas that have 

been redesignated to attainment after 

1990 (maintenance areas) with plans 

developed under section 175A of the 

Act, for the following transportation 

related criteria pollutants: Ozone, 

particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), 

carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. 

The transportation conformity 

regulation is found in 40 CFR part 93, 

subpart A, and in 40 CFR 51.390. 

On August 10, 2005, the ‘‘Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users’’ (SAFETEA–LU) transportation 

act was signed into law, and among 

other things, it amended the CAA to 

eliminate the requirement for states to 

adopt and submit general conformity 

SIPs. On April 5, 2010 (75 FR 17254), 

the EPA updated the general conformity 

SIP regulations to be consistent with the 

transportation act by eliminating the 

Federal regulatory requirement for states 

to adopt and submit general conformity 

SIPs. See 40 CFR 51.851. On May 7, 

2015, with a supplementary letter 

received July 29, 2015, the Alaska 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (ADEC) submitted a 

request to update the transportation 

conformity regulations and to remove 

the general conformity regulations from 

the Alaska SIP. 

II. What is the EPA’s analysis of the 

state’s submittal? 

We reviewed the State of Alaska’s (the 

State) transportation conformity and 

general conformity SIP submittal to 

ensure consistency with the current 

CAA, as amended by the transportation 

act, and EPA regulations governing state 

procedures for both transportation and 

general conformity. 

Alaska’s submittal revises 

transportation conformity criteria and 

procedures related to interagency 

consultation, and enforceability of 

certain transportation related control 

and mitigation measures. Alaska’s SIP 

revision updates the State’s 

transportation conformity provisions, 

Article 7 of the Alaska Administrative 

Code (AAC) Title 18, Chapter 50 (18 

AAC 50), to be consistent with the Act 

as amended by SAFETEA–LU and EPA 

regulations (40 CFR part 93 and 40 CFR 

51.390). The EPA has reviewed the 

submittal to assure consistency with the 

Act as amended by SAFETEA–LU and 

EPA regulations (40 CFR part 93 and 40 

CFR 51.390) governing state procedures 

for transportation conformity and 

interagency consultation and has 

concluded that the submittal is 

approvable. Details of our review are set 

forth in a technical support document 

(TSD), which has been included in the 

docket for this action. Specifically, in 

the TSD, the EPA identifies how the 

submitted procedures, as clarified by 

the State’s July 29, 2015, supplement, 

satisfy the requirements under 40 CFR 

93.105 for interagency consultation with 

respect to the development of 

transportation plans and programs, SIPs, 

and conformity determinations, the 

resolution of conflicts, and the 

provision of adequate public 

consultation, and our requirements 

under 40 CFR 93.122(a)(4)(ii) and 

93.125(c) for enforceability of control 

measures and mitigation measures. 

Alaska’s SIP revision also addresses 

general conformity requirements. The 

revision removes the general conformity 

regulations from the Alaska SIP. These 


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regulations are no longer necessary 

since the establishment of the 

SAFETEA–LU removed the requirement 

for states to maintain general conformity 

regulations. Specifically, 40 CFR 

51.851(a) was changed to indicate that 

states ‘‘may,’’ not ‘‘must’’ submit to the 

EPA a general conformity SIP because, 

as 40 CFR 51.851(b) indicates, Federal 

agencies shall use the provisions of 40 

CFR part 93, subpart B in addition to 

any existing applicable state or tribal 

requirements to review the conformity 

of Federal actions in nonattainment or 

maintenance areas. Alaska’s removal of 

general conformity rules from its SIP 

meets the requirements set forth in 

section 110(l) of the CAA with respect 

to adoption and submission of SIP 

revisions. 40 CFR part 93, subpart B 

continues to subject certain Federal 

actions to general conformity 

requirements without the need for 

identical state rules and SIPs. Therefore, 

repealing the state rule will not impact 

continuity of the general conformity 

program in Alaska, and consequently 

meets the requirements of section 110(l). 

Alaska’s request to remove the general 

conformity regulations from the Alaska 

SIP is approvable. 

III. Final Action 

The EPA is approving and 

incorporating by reference into the 

Alaska SIP the revisions to 18 AAC 50 

Article 7, Transportation Conformity, 

and supporting definitions in 18 AAC 

50 Article 9, General Provisions, 

submitted by the State of Alaska on May 

7, 2015, and supplemented on July 29, 

2015. The revisions are State effective 

April 17, 2015. We note that we are not 

approving the revision to 18 AAC 

50.735 because the State determined it 

was submitted in error, and requested in 

the July 29, 2015 supplement that the 

EPA not approve the revision. The State 

intends to rescind the rule section in the 

near future. We also note that the May 

7, 2015 submittal included a number of 

rule revisions to 18 AAC 50 Articles 1 

and 2, which are not related to 

transportation and general conformity. 

We intend to address those rule 

revisions in a separate action. 

The EPA is approving but not 

incorporating by reference 

supplementary letter submitted by 

Alaska on July 29, 2015. The July 29, 

2015 supplement clarifies that Alaska 

Statute (AS) 40.25.110 and AS 

40.25.115, and implementing 

regulations at 2 AAC 96, Public 

Information, adequately address 

availability of materials and reasonable 

costs associated with access to public 

records with respect to Transportation 

Conformity. 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is finalizing 

regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is incorporating by 

reference the provisions set forth below. 

The EPA has made, and will continue 

to make, these documents generally 

available electronically through 

www.regulations.gov and/or in hard 

copy at the appropriate EPA office (see 

the ADDRESSES section of this preamble 

for more information). 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the Clean Air Act, the 

Administrator is required to approve a 

SIP submission that complies with the 

provisions of the Act and applicable 

Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 

40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP 

submissions, the EPA’s role is to 

approve state choices, provided that 

they meet the criteria of the Clean Air 

Act. Accordingly, this action merely 

approves state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. For that reason, 

this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• 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 (Public Law 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 Clean Air Act; 

and 

• does not provide the EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where the EPA or an Indian 

tribe has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. The EPA will 

submit a report containing this action 

and other required information to the 

U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. A major rule cannot take effect 

until 60 days after it is published in the 

Federal Register. This action is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

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 November 9, 

2015. Filing a petition for 

reconsideration by the Administrator of 

this 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 

notice of proposed rulemaking for this 

action published in the proposed rules 

section of today’s Federal Register, 

rather than file an immediate petition 

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 section 307(b)(2).) 


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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

General conformity, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Transportation conformity, 

Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: August 13, 2015. 

Edward H. Chu, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, 40 CFR part 52 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Subpart C—Alaska 

■ 2. In § 52.70: 

■ a. The table in paragraph (c) is 

amended by: 

■ i. Removing the heading entitled ‘‘18 

AAC 50 Article 7. Conformity’’ and 

adding ‘‘18 AAC 50 Article 7. 

Transportation Conformity’’ in its place; 

■ ii. Revising the entries ‘‘18 AAC 

50.700’’, ‘‘18 AAC 50.705’’, ‘‘18 AAC 

50.715’’, ‘‘18 AAC 50.720’’, and ‘‘18 

AAC 50.990’’; 

■ iii. Removing the entries ‘‘18 AAC 

50.710’’, ‘‘18 AAC 50.725’’, and ‘‘18 

AAC 50.730’’; and 

■ iv. Adding the entries ‘‘18 AAC 

50.712’’, ‘‘18 AAC 50.740’’, ‘‘18 AAC 

50.745’’, and ‘‘18 AAC 50.750’’ in 

numerical order; and 

■ b. The table in paragraph (e) under the 

heading ‘‘Section III Area wide 

Pollutant Control Program’’, is amended 

by: 

■ i. Revising the entry ‘‘I. 

Transportation Conformity’’; and 

■ ii. Adding, after the new entry for ‘‘I. 

Transportation Conformity’’, an entry 

for ‘‘Transportation Conformity 

Supplement’’ . 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 52.70 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED ALASKA REGULATIONS AND STATUTES

State citation Title/Subject State effective 

date EPA Approval date Explanations 

Alaska Administrative Code Title 18 Environmental Conservation, Chapter 50 Air Quality Control (18 AAC 50) 

*******

18 AAC 50 Article 7. Transportation Conformity 

18 AAC 50.700 ............................... Purpose .......................................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.705 ............................... Applicability .................................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.712 ............................... Agency Responsibilities ................. 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.715 ............................... Interagency Consultation Procedures.4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.720 ............................... Public Involvement ......................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

* * * * * * * 

18 AAC 50.740 ............................... Written Commitments ..................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.745 ............................... Resolving Conflicts ......................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

18 AAC 50.750 ............................... Exempt Projects ............................. 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

* * * * * * * 

18 AAC 50 Article 9. General Provisions 

*******

18 AAC 50.990 ............................... Definitions ....................................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal 

Register citation] 

* * * * * (e) * * * 


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EPA-APPROVED ALASKA NONREGULTAORY PROVISIONS AND QUASI-REGULATORY MEASURES

Name of SIP provision Applicable geographic 

or nonattainment area 

State submittal 

date EPA Approval date Comments 

State of Alaska Air Quality Control Plan: Volume II. Analysis of Problems, Control Actions 

*******

Section III Area wide Pollutant Control Program 

*******

I. Transportation Conformity.Statewide ..................... 4/17/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal Register citation].

Transportation Conformity Supplement.Statewide ..................... 7/29/15 September 8, 2015 [Insert Federal Register citation].Clarification re: Access to Public Records: AS 

40.25.110, AS 40.25.115, and 2 AAC 96. 

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2015–21938 Filed 9–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2015–0164; FRL–9933–50– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Feather River Air 

Quality Management District; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is correcting a direct final 

rule that appeared in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2015. The document 

approved revisions to various sections 

of the California State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). This document adds the 

appropriate amendatory language to 

§ 52.220, Subpart F. 

DATES: Effective on September 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Gong, EPA Region IX, (415) 972– 

3073, Gong.Kevin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on July 8, 2015, (80 FR 38959) 

approving revisions to various sections 

of the California State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) in § 52.220, Subpart F. This 

correction adds the appropriate 

amendatory language. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2015–16627 appearing on 

page 38964 in the Federal Register on 

July 8, 2015 (80 FR 38959) make the 

following correction: 

§ 52.220 [Corrected] 

■ On page 38964, in the third column, 

line 25 from the top of the column, 

correct paragraph (c)(460) to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(460) The following plan revision 

was submitted on September 29, 2014, 

by the Governor’s designee. 

(i) [Reserved] 

(ii) Additional Material. 

(A) Feather River Air Quality 

Management District. 

(1) Reasonably Available Control 

Technology Analysis and Negative 

Declarations (‘‘2014 RACT SIP’’), as 

adopted on August 4, 2014.’’ 

Dated: August 21, 2015. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2015–21939 Filed 9–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

42 CFR Part 52i 

[Docket Number NIH–2007–0931] 

RIN 0925–AA61 

National Institute on Minority Health 

and Health Disparities Research 

Endowments 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of 

Health (NIH), through the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

issuing regulations governing the 

National Institute on Minority Health 

and Health Disparities (NIMHD) 

endowment grants awarded to section 

736 and section 464z–4 Centers of 

Excellence to facilitate minority health 

disparities research and other health 

disparities research. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

October 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

Moore, NIH Regulations Officer, Office 

of Management Assessment, NIH, 6011 

Executive Boulevard, Room 601, MSC 

7669, Rockville, MD 20852; by email at 

MooreJ@mail.nih.gov; by fax on 301– 

401–0169 (not a toll free number); or by 

telephone on 301–496–4607 (not a tollfree number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

464z–3 (42 U.S.C. 285t) of the Public 

Health Service (PHS) Act authorizes the 

Director of the NIMHD to carry out a 

program to facilitate minority health 

disparities research and other health 

disparities research by providing 

research endowments to eligible centers 

of excellence under sections 736 and 

464z–4 of the PHS Act. The program is 

called the NIMHD Research Endowment 

Program (Endowment Program). The 

objective of the Endowment Program is 

to build research and training capacity 

and infrastructure at eligible section 736 

health professions schools (42 U.S.C. 

293) and section 464z–4 biomedical and 

behavioral research institutions (42 

U.S.C. 285t–1) to facilitate minority 

health and other health disparities 

research to close the disparity gap in the 

burden of illness and death experienced 

by racial and ethnic minority Americans 

and other health disparity populations. 

Endowment Program activities may 

include strengthening the research 


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