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III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and 

therefore is not subject to review by the 

Office of Management and Budget. For 

this reason, this action is also not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). This action merely approves 

state law as meeting Federal 

requirements and imposes no additional 

requirements beyond those imposed by 

state law. Accordingly, the 

Administrator certifies that this rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this 

rule approves pre-existing requirements 

under state law and does not impose 

any additional enforceable duty beyond 

that required by state law, it 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). 

This rule also does not have tribal 

implications because it will not have a 

substantial direct effect on one or more 

Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

as specified by Executive Order 13175 

(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action also does not have Federalism 

implications because it does 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, as specified in 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). This action merely 

approves a state rule implementing a 

Federal standard, and does not alter the 

relationship or the distribution of power 

and responsibilities established in the 

Clean Air Act. This rule also is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

‘‘Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 

because it is not economically 

significant. 

In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s 

role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the 

absence of a prior existing requirement 

for the State to use voluntary consensus 

standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 

to disapprove a SIP submission for 

failure to use VCS. It would thus be 

inconsistent with applicable law for 

EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, 

to use VCS in place of a SIP submission 

that otherwise satisfies the provisions of 

the Clean Air Act. Thus, the 

requirements of section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272 note) do not apply. This rule does 

not impose an information collection 

burden under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

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. EPA will submit a 

report containing this rule 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 March 5, 2007. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this rule 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. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

Wayne Nastri, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

■ Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulation is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by 

adding paragraphs (c)(279)(i)(A)(12), 

(13), and (14) to read as follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(279) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(12) Rule 201, adopted prior to 

October 15, 1979 and revised on 

September 14, 1999. 

(13) Rule 208, adopted March 17, 

1980 and revised on September 14, 

1999. 

(14) Rules 203, 205, and 206, adopted 

on November 19, 1985 and revised on 

September 14, 1999. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. E6–22420 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2006–0590; FRL–8260–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Revisions to the 

Nevada State Implementation Plan; 

Requests for Rescission 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

approve certain revisions to the Nevada 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) and to 

disapprove certain other revisions. 

These revisions involve rules and 

statutory provisions for which the State 

of Nevada is requesting rescission. EPA 

is also taking final action to approve 

certain updated statutory provisions 

submitted by the State of Nevada as 

replacements for outdated statutory 

provisions in the applicable plan. These 

actions were proposed in the Federal 

Register on August 28, 2006. The 

intended effect is to rescind 

unnecessary provisions from the 

applicable plan, retain necessary 

provisions, and approve replacement 

provisions for certain statutes for which 

rescissions are disapproved. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective on February 2, 2007. 


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1Table 1 in this notice differs from the 

corresponding table in the proposed rule in that it 

does not include 12 rules or statutory provisions for 

which the State has not yet provided 

documentation related to public participation and 

for which final action is being deferred pending 

receipt of this documentation from the State. These 

12 rules or statutory provisions are listed in table 

4 of this notice. In addition, we are finalizing the 

proposed rescission of the Federal implementation 

plan at 40 CFR 52.1475(c), (d), and (e), which 

relates to the former Kennecott Copper Company 

smelter located in White Pine County, in a separate 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established docket 

number EPA–R09–OAR–2006–0590 for 

this action. The index to the docket is 

available electronically at http:// 

regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, California. While all 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index, some information may be 

publicly available only at the hard copy 

location (e.g., copyrighted material), and 

some may not be publicly available in 

either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the 

hard copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Rose, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–

4126, rose.julie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. Proposed Action 

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses 

III. EPA Action 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Proposed Action 

On August 28, 2006 (71 FR 50875), 

EPA proposed approval of certain 

revisions to the Nevada SIP and 

disapproval of certain other revisions. 

These revisions involve rules and 

statutory provisions previously 

approved into the Nevada SIP but for 

which the State of Nevada is requesting 

rescission. EPA also proposed approval 

of certain updated statutory provisions 

submitted by the State of Nevada as 

replacements for outdated statutory 

provisions in the applicable plan. Our 

August 28, 2006 proposed rule 

represents one of a series of rulemakings 

we are conducting on a large SIP 

revision submitted by the State of 

Nevada on January 12, 2006 in which 

the State requests approval of numerous 

new or amended rules and statutory 

provisions and requests rescission of 

numerous other rules and statutory 

provisions in the existing SIP. Our 

August 28, 2006 proposed rule sets forth 

our evaluation and proposed action on 

the vast majority of the rescission 

requests included in the State’s January 

12, 2006 SIP revision submittal. 

In our August 28, 2006 proposed rule, 

we made final approval of those 

requests for rescission that we proposed 

to approve contingent upon the receipt 

of certain public notice and hearing 

documentation from the State of 

Nevada. The appropriate documentation 

has been submitted for the provisions 

listed below in table 1, and we are 

taking final action on them today.1 A 

separate final rule will be published for 

the remainder of the provisions for 

which rescission was requested (and 

proposed for approval) after the public 

notice and hearing documentation has 

been submitted. A third final rule will 

be published for the rescission of the 

Federal implementation plan 

promulgated by EPA at 40 CFR 52.1475 

(c), (d) and (e), which was also proposed 

for rescission in our August 28, 2006 

proposed rule. 

The majority of the provisions in table 

1 represents defined terms that, 

although approved by EPA and 

therefore made part of the applicable 

SIP, are not relied upon by any rule or 

statutory provision in the existing 

applicable SIP or in any rule or statutory 

provision included in the SIP revision 

submitted on January 12, 2006 and thus 

are unnecessary and appropriate for 

rescission. For the other SIP provisions 

listed in table 1, we proposed approval 

of the State’s rescission requests because 

we found them to be unnecessary 

because they are not needed generally in 

a SIP under CAA section 110(a)(2) or 

under 40 CFR part 51 or because there 

are other federally enforceable 

provisions that would provide 

equivalent or greater control. Our 

proposed rule and related Technical 

Support Document (TSD) contain more 

information on these SIP provisions and 

our evaluation of the related rescission 

requests. 

TABLE 1.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS APPROVED

SIP provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NAC 445.440 ............................................. Aluminum equivalent ............................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.442 ............................................. Anode bake plant .................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.443 ............................................. Asphalt concrete plant ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.446 ............................................. Barite dryer .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.451 ............................................. Basic oxygen process furnace ................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.453 ............................................. Bituminous coal ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.454 ............................................. Blast furnace ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.455 ............................................. Blowing tap .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.456 ............................................. Brass or bronze ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.459 ............................................. Calcium carbide ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.460 ............................................. Calcium silicon ......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.461 ............................................. Capture system ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.462 ............................................. Charge chrome ........................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.463 ............................................. Charge period .......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.465 ............................................. Coal preparation plant ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.466 ............................................. Coal processing and conveying equipment ............................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.467 ............................................. Coal refuse .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.468 ............................................. Coal storage system ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.469 ............................................. Coke burn-off ........................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.474 ............................................. Commercial fuel oil .................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.475 ............................................. Complex source ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.476 ............................................. Condensate ............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.481 ............................................. Control device .......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.483 ............................................. Copper converter ..................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.484 ............................................. Custody transfer ...................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 


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TABLE 1.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS APPROVED—Continued 

SIP provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NAC 445.485 ............................................. Cyclonic flow ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.487 ............................................. Diesel fuel ................................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.489 ............................................. Direct shell evacuation system ................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.490 ............................................. Drilling and production facility ................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.491 ............................................. Dross reverberatory furnace .................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.493 ............................................. Dust handling equipment ......................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.494 ............................................. Dusts ........................................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.495 ............................................. Electric arc furnace .................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.496 ............................................. Electric furnace ........................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.497 ............................................. Electric smelting furnace ......................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.498 ............................................. Electric submerged arc furnace .............................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.502 ............................................. Equivalent P2O5 feed ............................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.503 ............................................. Equivalent P2O5 stored ............................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.509 ............................................. Ferrochrome silicon ................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.510 ............................................. Ferromanganese silicon .......................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.511 ............................................. Ferrosilicon .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.514 ............................................. Fossil fuel-fired steam generating unit .................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.515 ............................................. Fresh granular triple superphosphate ..................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.518 ............................................. Fuel gas ................................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.519 ............................................. Fuel gas combustion device .................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.522 ............................................. Furnace charge ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.523 ............................................. Furnace cycle .......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.524 ............................................. Furnace power input ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.526 ............................................. Granular diammonium phosphate plant .................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.527 ............................................. Granular triple super-phosphate storage facility ..................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.528 ............................................. Heat time ................................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.529 ............................................. High-carbon ferrochrome ......................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.530 ............................................. High level of volatile impurities ................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.531 ............................................. High terrain .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.532 ............................................. Hydrocarbon ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.534 ............................................. Isokinetic sampling .................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.539 ............................................. Low terrain ............................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.543 ............................................. Meltdown and refining ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.544 ............................................. Meltdown and refining period .................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.546 ............................................. Molybdenum ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.547 ............................................. Molybdenum processing plant ................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.551 ............................................. Nitric acid production unit ........................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.566 ............................................. Petroleum liquids ..................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.567 ............................................. Petroleum refinery ................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.568 ............................................. Pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment ....................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.572 ............................................. Potroom ................................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.573 ............................................. Potroom group ......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.576 ............................................. Primary aluminum reduction plant ........................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.577 ............................................. Primary control system ............................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.578 ............................................. Primary copper smelter ........................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.579 ............................................. Primary lead smelter ............................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.580 ............................................. Primary zinc smelter ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.582 ............................................. Process gas ............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.583 ............................................. Process upset gas ................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.586 ............................................. Product change ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.587 ............................................. Proportional sampling .............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.591 ............................................. Refinery process unit ............................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.593 ............................................. Reid vapor pressure ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.594 ............................................. Reverberatory furnace ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.595 ............................................. Reverberatory smelting furnace .............................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.598 ............................................. Roof monitor ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.600 ............................................. Run-of-pile triple superphosphate ........................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.602 ............................................. Secondary control system ....................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.603 ............................................. Secondary lead smelter ........................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.604 ............................................. Shop ........................................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.605 ............................................. Shop opacity ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.608 ............................................. Silicomanganese ..................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.609 ............................................. Silicomanganese zirconium ..................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.610 ............................................. Silicon metal ............................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.611 ............................................. Silvery iron ............................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.614 ............................................. Sinter bed ................................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.615 ............................................. Sintering machine .................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.616 ............................................. Sintering machine discharge end ............................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.619 ............................................. Smelting ................................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.620 ............................................. Smelting furnace ...................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.626 ............................................. Standard ferromanganese ....................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 


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TABLE 1.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS APPROVED—Continued 

SIP provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NAC 445.629 ............................................. Steel production cycle ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.631 ............................................. Storage vessel ......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.632 ............................................. Structure, building, facility or installation ................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.634 ............................................. Sulfuric acid plant .................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.635 ............................................. Sulfuric acid production unit .................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.636 ............................................. Superphosphoric acid plant ..................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.637 ............................................. Tapping .................................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.638 ............................................. Tapping period ......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.639 ............................................. Tapping station ........................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.640 ............................................. Thermal dryer .......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.641 ............................................. Thermit process ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.642 ............................................. Total fluorides .......................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.643 ............................................. Total smelter charge ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.644 ............................................. Transfer and loading system ................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.645 ............................................. Triple superphosphate plant .................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.646 ............................................. True vapor pressure ................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.648 ............................................. Vapor recovery system ............................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.652 ............................................. Weak nitric acid ....................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.654 ............................................. Wet-process phosphoric acid plant ......................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

Article 2.7.4 ............................................... Confidential Information ........................................................................... 12/10/76 08/21/78 

Articles 2.10.1 and 2.10.1.1 ...................... Appeal procedures .................................................................................. 01/28/72 05/31/72 

Articles 2.10.1.2, 2.10.2 and 2.10.3 .......... Appeal procedures .................................................................................. 10/31/75 01/09/78 

Article 3.3.4 ............................................... Stop orders .............................................................................................. 01/28/72 05/31/72 

Article 4.3.4 ............................................... Emissions from any mobile equipment ................................................... 01/28/72 05/31/72 

Article 7.2.5 ............................................... Basic Refractory ...................................................................................... 11/05/80 06/18/82 

Article 7.2.9 ............................................... Sierra Chemical Co. ................................................................................ 11/05/80 06/18/82 

Article 8.1 .................................................. Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters ................................................................ 06/14/74 02/06/75 

Articles 8.1.1, 8.1.2, & 8.1.4 ..................... Primary Non-Ferrous Smelters ................................................................ 10/31/75 01/09/78 

Article 8.3.4 ............................................... Basic ........................................................................................................ 11/05/80 06/18/82 

Article 16.3.1.2 .......................................... Regulations controlling cement (Applying to Portland cement plants) ... 12/29/78 06/18/82 

Articles 16.3.2, 16.3.2.1, & 16.3.2.2 ......... Standard of particulate matter for clinker cooler (Applying to Portland 

cement plants).

12/29/78 06/18/82 

Article 16.15 .............................................. Primary lead smelters .............................................................................. 12/29/78 06/18/82 

Articles 16.15.1 to 16.15.1.2 ..................... Standard for Particulate Matter (Applying to primary lead smelters) ...... 12/29/78 06/18/82 

Articles 16.15.2 to 16.15.2.2 ..................... Standard for Opacity (Applying to primary lead smelters) ...................... 12/29/78 06/18/82 

Articles 16.15.3 to 16.15.3.2 ..................... Standard for Sulfur (Applying to primary lead smelters) ......................... 12/29/78 06/18/82 

Article 16.15.4 ........................................... Monitoring Operations (Applying to primary lead smelters) .................... 12/29/78 06/18/82 

NAC 445.723 ............................................. Existing copper smelters ......................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.815 ............................................. Molybdenum processing plants ............................................................... 09/14/83 03/27/84 

NAC 445.816(2) (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), 

(h), and (i).

Processing Plants for Precious Metals ................................................... 09/14/83 03/27/84 

Section 13(15) and (19) of Senate Bill No. 

275.

[State commission of environmental protection—review recommendations of hearing board and delegation].01/28/72 05/31/72 

As noted above, in our August 28, 

2006 proposed rule, we proposed to 

disapprove the State’s request to rescind 

certain rules and statutory provisions 

from the existing SIP. These rules and 

statutory provisions are listed in table 2 

below. We believe that retention of 

these provisions is appropriate to satisfy 

certain specific requirements for SIPs 

under CAA section 110(a)(2) or that 

retention is appropriate because the 

State has not provided sufficient 

documentation to show that rescission 

would not interfere with continued 

attainment of the national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) as required 

under CAA section 110(l). 

TABLE 2.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS DISAPPROVED

SIP provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NAC 445.436 ............................................. Air contaminant ........................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.570 ............................................. Portland cement plant ............................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

Article 1.171 .............................................. Single source ........................................................................................... 12/10/76 08/21/78 

NAC 445.630 ............................................. Stop order ................................................................................................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.660 ............................................. Severability .............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.663 ............................................. Concealment of emissions prohibited ..................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.665 ............................................. Hazardous emissions: Order for reduction or discontinuance ................ 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.696 ............................................. Notice of violations; appearance before commission ............................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.697 ............................................. Stop Orders ............................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.764 ............................................. Reduction of employees’ pay because of use of system prohibited ...... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.816(3), (4) & (5) ........................ Processing Plants for Precious Metals ................................................... 09/14/83 03/27/84 


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2Because the current statutory provisions 

essentially mirror the outdated provisions, we view 

our approval of the current statutory provisions as 

a re-codification and, as such, we are not taking 

action to remedy pre-existing deficiencies in the 

applicable SIP. We note, however, that one of the 

provisions, NRS 445B.200 (‘‘Creation and 

composition; chairman; quorum; compensation of 

members and employees; disqualification; technical 

support’’), does not meet the related SIP 

requirements (CAA section 110(a)(2)(E)(ii) and CAA 

section 128) and could be the subject of some future 

EPA rulemaking, such as one under CAA section 

110(k)(5). 

TABLE 2.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH THE STATE’S RESCISSION REQUEST IS DISAPPROVED—Continued 

SIP provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NRS 445.451* ........................................... State environmental commission: Creation; composition; chairman; 

quorum; salary, expenses of members; disqualification of members; 

technical support.

12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.456* ........................................... Department designated as state air pollution control agency ................. 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.473* ........................................... Department powers and duties ............................................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.476* ........................................... Power of department representatives to enter and inspect premises .... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.498* ........................................... Appeals to commission; Notice of appeal ............................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.499* ........................................... Appeals to commission; Hearings ........................................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.501* ........................................... Appeals to commission: Appealable matters; commission action; rules 

for appeals.

12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.526* ........................................... Violations: Notice and order by director; hearing; alternative procedures.09/10/75 01/24/78 

NRS 445.529* ........................................... Violations: Injunctive relief ....................................................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.576* ........................................... Confidential information: Definitions; limitations on use; penalty for unlawful disclosure or use.09/10/75 01/24/78 

NRS 445.581* ........................................... Power of department officers to inspect, search premises; search warrants.12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.596* ........................................... Private rights and remedies not affected ................................................ 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.598* ........................................... Provisions for transition in administration ............................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.601* ........................................... Civil penalties; fines not bar to injunctive relief, other remedies; disposition of fines.12/29/78 07/10/80 

Note: Asterisk (*) indicates applicable SIP provisions for which replacement provisions are being approved (see table 3, below). 

Also as noted above, in our August 

28, 2006 proposed rule, we proposed to 

approve certain submitted statutory 

provisions to supersede the 

corresponding outdated provisions 

noted with an asterisk in table 2 above. 

These submitted statutory provisions 

are listed in table 3, below. In its 

January 12, 2006 SIP revision submittal, 

NDEP requests EPA to approve new 

statutory provisions to replace any 

outdated State statutory provisions for 

which EPA determines that the 

rescission request should not be 

approved. Thus, consistent with the 

State’s request, we are approving 14 

specific statutory provisions, submitted 

by NDEP in Appendix III–E of the 

January 12, 2006 SIP revision submittal, 

to replace the corresponding statutory 

provisions in the applicable SIP (see 

table 3, below). In general, we find that 

the current statutory provisions listed in 

table 3 essentially mirror the 

corresponding outdated provisions in 

the applicable SIP and thus would not 

relax any existing requirement.2

TABLE 3.—SUBMITTED PROVISIONS WHICH ARE APPROVED AS REPLACEMENTS FOR OUTDATED PROVISIONS IN THE

APPLICABLE SIP 

Submitted 

provisions Title Submittal date 

NRS 445B.200 .... Creation and composition; chairman; quorum; compensation of members and employees; disqualification; 

technical support.

01/12/06 

NRS 445B.205 .... Department designated as state air pollution control agency ............................................................................... 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.230 .... Powers and duties of department ......................................................................................................................... 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.240 .... Power of representatives of department to enter and inspect premises .............................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.340 .... Appeals to commission: notice of appeal ............................................................................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.350 .... Appeals to commission: hearings ......................................................................................................................... 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.360 .... Appeals to commission: appealable matters; action by commission; regulations ................................................ 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.450 .... Notice and order by director; hearing; alternative procedures ............................................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.460 .... Injunctive relief ....................................................................................................................................................... 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.570 .... Confidentiality and use of information obtained by department; penalty .............................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.580 .... Officer of department may inspect or search premises; search warrant .............................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.600 .... Private rights and remedies not affected .............................................................................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.610 .... Provisions for transition in administration ............................................................................................................. 01/12/06 

NRS 445B.640 .... Levy and disposition of administrative fines; additional remedies available; penalty ........................................... 01/12/06 

II. Public Comments and EPA 

Responses 

EPA’s proposed action provided a 30- 

day public comment period. During this 

period, we received comments from 

Jennifer L. Carr and Michael Elges, 

Division of Environmental Protection, 

State of Nevada Department of 

Conservation & Natural Resources, by 

letter dated September 25, 2006. We 

summarize the comments and provide 

our responses in the paragraphs that 


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follow. Note that some of the comments 

in the September 25, 2006 letter are 

directed at a different EPA proposed 

rule also related to the State’s 

January 12, 2006 SIP submittal and 

published the same week as the August 

28, 2006 proposed rule. See 71 FR 

51793 (August 31, 2006). Comments on 

the August 31, 2006 proposed rule are 

addressed in a separate final action 

published on December 11, 2006 at 71 

FR 71486. 

Comment #1: The Nevada Division of 

Environmental Protection (NDEP) 

recognizes that EPA has made final 

approval of the rescission requests 

contingent upon receipt of public notice 

and hearing documentation from the 

State of Nevada and believes that it has 

now provided the required 

documentation for all of the applicable 

rescission requests except for 12. NDEP 

also comments that EPA should state 

that the public notice and hearing 

documentation submitted on 

February 16, 2005 was used to support 

the proposed rulemaking. 

Response #1: With the exception of 

the 12 provisions listed in table 4 below 

for which documentation is pending, we 

find that the State has now provided 

sufficient documentation for the 

applicable rescission requests and 

thereby met the contingency placed on 

their proposed approval in our 

August 28, 2006 proposed rule. 

TABLE 4.—SIP PROVISIONS FOR WHICH STATE’S REQUEST FOR RESCISSION WAS PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL BUT FOR

WHICH FINAL ACTION IS PENDING RECEIPT OF DOCUMENTATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

SIP (or FIP) provision Title Submittal 

date 

Approval 

date 

NAC 445.477 ............................................. Confidential information ........................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.554 ............................................. Nuisance .................................................................................................. 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.596 ............................................. Ringelmann chart .................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.617 ............................................. Six-minute period ..................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.662 ............................................. Confidential Information ........................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.695 ............................................. Schedules for compliance ....................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.698 ............................................. Appeal of director’s decision: Application forms ..................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.700 ............................................. Violations: Manner of paying fines .......................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NAC 445.844 ............................................. Odors ....................................................................................................... 10/26/82 03/27/84 

NRS 445.401 ............................................. Declaration of public policy ..................................................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.466 ............................................. Commission regulations: Notice and hearing ......................................... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

NRS 445.497 ............................................. Notice of regulatory action: Requirement; method; contents of notice ... 12/29/78 07/10/80 

We also agree that an explanation of 

the extent of reliance of our proposed 

rule on the February 16, 2005 SIP 

submittal is warranted. On February 16, 

2005, NDEP submitted a large revision 

to the applicable Nevada SIP. The 

February 16, 2005 SIP submittal 

includes new and amended rules and 

statutory provisions as well as requests 

for rescission of certain rules and 

statutory provisions in the existing SIP. 

The February 16, 2005 SIP submittal 

also contains documentation of public 

participation (i.e., notice and public 

hearing) and adoption for all of the 

submitted rules through the hearing on 

November 30, 2004 held by the State 

Environmental Commission. The 

February 16, 2005 SIP submittal also 

includes documentation of public 

participation for 16 of the requested rule 

rescissions. 

On January 12, 2006, NDEP submitted 

an amended version of the February 16, 

2005 SIP submittal. The January 12, 

2006 SIP submittal contains updated 

regulatory materials including new and 

amended rules adopted by the State 

Environmental Commission on October 

4, 2005 but otherwise contains the same 

materials as the earlier submittal with 

the exception of the documentation of 

public participation. The January 12, 

2006 SIP submittal only contains 

documentation of public participation 

for rule amendments adopted by the 

State Environmental Commission on 

October 4, 2005 but did not re-submit 

the public participation documentation 

included in the earlier submittal. 

Therefore, the January 12, 2006 SIP 

submittal supersedes the earlier SIP 

revision submittal dated February 16, 

2005 for all purposes except for the 

documentation of public participation 

for adoption dates from November 30, 

2004 and earlier. The January 12, 2006 

SIP submittal did not include public 

participation documentation for any of 

the requested rescissions. 

Upon request by EPA for 

documentation of public participation 

for the requested rescissions, NDEP 

indicated where such documentation 

could be found in the materials 

submitted as part of the February 16, 

2005 SIP submittal and also provided 

documentation for public hearings held 

by the State Environmental Commission 

on August 28–29, 1985 during which 

the vast majority of the rules for which 

the State has requested rescission were 

repealed. NDEP also provided an 

explanation for all of the other rules and 

statutory provisions proposed for 

rescission that were not already 

documented in the February 16, 2005 

SIP submittal or the materials for the 

August 28–29, 1985 public hearings 

(except for the 12 listed in table 4). 

Taken collectively, the documentation 

provided by NDEP is sufficient to meet 

the related public participation 

requirements under CAA section 110(l) 

and for us to remove the contingency in 

our proposed rule for all of the 

provisions for which rescission was 

requested and proposed for approval 

(except, as noted, for the 12 listed in 

table 4). 

Comment #2: NDEP disagrees with 

the statements made in EPA’s TSD (for 

the August 28, 2006 proposed rule) 

regarding the rescission of Nevada Air 

Quality Regulation (NAQR) article 7.2.9. 

NDEP states that a new lime kiln located 

on the previous site of Sierra Chemical 

Company’s lime kiln in Lincoln County 

would be subject to a new emission 

limit rather than the limit in NAQR 

article 7.2.9. 

Response #2: We agree. Although we 

proposed approval of the State’s request 

for rescission of NAQR article 7.2.9, our 

discussion and evaluation of the 

rescission request as set forth in the TSD 

presumes incorrectly that the emission 

limit in NAQR article 7.2.9 would apply 

to a new kiln at this location. The stated 

presumption is incorrect because a new 

kiln at this location would be treated as 

a new emission unit under NDEP’s new 

source review rules. As such, the unitspecific limit in NAQR article 7.2.9 

would not apply and has become 

obsolete (see letter from William Frey, 

Senior Deputy Attorney General, State 

of Nevada, dated July 11, 2006). In this 

notice, we are taking final action to 

approve the State’s request for 

rescission of NAQR article 7.2.9. 


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Comment #3: NDEP acknowledges 

that EPA is deferring action on NAC 

445.694 and intends to respond to EPA’s 

suggestion of providing further 

explanation as to why the provision can 

be rescinded. 

Response #3: We appreciate NDEP’s 

willingness to submit additional 

justification for the rescission of NAC 

445.694 (‘‘Emission discharge 

information’’) and plan to review it 

when it is submitted. 

III. EPA Action 

No comments were submitted that 

change our assessment of our proposed 

action. Therefore, as authorized in 

section 110(k)(3) of the Clean Air Act, 

and in light of documentation for public 

participation provided by the State of 

Nevada, EPA is finalizing the approval 

of the State’s request for rescission of 

the rules and statutory provisions listed 

in table 1, above, and the disapproval of 

the State’s request for rescission of the 

rules and statutory provisions listed in 

table 2, above. EPA is also approving the 

submitted statutory provisions listed in 

table 3, above, into the Nevada SIP as 

replacements for the corresponding 

outdated provisions listed in table 2. 

EPA is not taking final action on 12 

of the provisions for which the State 

requests rescission and for which EPA 

proposed approval on August 28, 2006 

(as listed in table 4, above) but will do 

so upon receipt of public participation 

documentation from the State. Lastly, 

we will be taking final action on our 

proposed rescission of the Federal 

implementation plan at 40 CFR 52.1475 

(c), (d), and (e), which is related to the 

former Kennecott Copper Company 

smelter located in White Pine County, 

in a separate notice. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and 

therefore is not subject to review by the 

Office of Management and Budget. For 

this reason, this action is also not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). This action merely approves 

or disapproves certain State requests for 

rescission and approves certain 

replacement provisions as meeting 

Federal requirements and imposes no 

additional requirements beyond those 

imposed by state law. Accordingly, the 

Administrator certifies that this rule 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities under the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). Because this 

rule rescinds, retains or approves preexisting requirements under state law 

and does not impose any additional 

enforceable duty beyond that required 

by state law, it 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). 

This rule also does not have tribal 

implications because it will not have a 

substantial direct effect on one or more 

Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

as specified by Executive Order 13175 

(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action also does not have Federalism 

implications because it does 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, as specified in 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). This action merely 

approves or disapproves certain State 

requests for rescission and approves 

certain replacement provisions 

implementing a Federal standard, and 

does not alter the relationship or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established in the Clean 

Air Act. This rule also is not subject to 

Executive Order 13045 ‘‘Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997), because it is not 

economically significant. 

In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s 

role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the 

absence of a prior existing requirement 

for the State to use voluntary consensus 

standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 

to disapprove a SIP submission for 

failure to use VCS. It would thus be 

inconsistent with applicable law for 

EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, 

to use VCS in place of a SIP submission 

that otherwise satisfies the provisions of 

the Clean Air Act. Thus, the 

requirements of section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272 note) do not apply. This rule does 

not impose an information collection 

burden under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

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. EPA will submit a 

report containing this rule 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 March 5, 2007. 

Filing a petition for reconsideration by 

the Administrator of this final rule does 

not affect the finality of this rule 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. This action may not 

be challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. (See section 

307(b)(2).) 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: December 14, 2006. 

Keith Takata, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

■ Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulation is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart DD—Nevada 

■ 2. Section 52.1470 is amended by 

adding paragraphs (b)(2), (c)(7)(i), 

(c)(11)(i), (c)(12)(i), (c)(14)(ix), 

(c)(22)(iii), (c)(25)(iii), (c)(26)(i)(B), and 

(c)(56)(i)(A)(8) to read as follows: 

§ 52.1470 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) Previously approved on May 31, 

1972 in paragraph (b) and now deleted 

without replacement: Articles 2.10.1, 

2.10.1.1, 3.3.4, 4.3.4, and Section 13, 

Nos. 15 and 19 of Senate Bill No. 275. 

* * * * * 


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(c) * * * 

(7) * * * 

(i) Previously approved on February 

6, 1975 in paragraph (7) and now 

deleted without replacement: Article 

8.1. 

* * * * * 

(11) * * * 

(i) Previously approved on January 9, 

1978 in paragraph (11) and now deleted 

without replacement: Articles 2.10.1.2, 

2.10.2, 2.10.3, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, and 8.1.4. 

* * * * * 

(12) * * * 

(i) Previously approved on August 21, 

1978 in paragraph (12) and now deleted 

without replacement: Article 2.7.4. 

* * * * * 

(14) * * * 

(ix) Previously approved on June 18, 

1982 in paragraph (14)(viii) and now 

deleted without replacement: Article 16: 

Rules 16.3.1.2, 16.3.2, 16.3.2.1, 16.3.2.2, 

16.15, 16.15.1, 16.15.1.1, 16.15.1.2, 

16.15.2, 16.15.2.1, 16.15.2.2, 16.15.3, 

16.15.3.1, 16.15.3.2, and 16.15.4. 

* * * * * 

(22) * * * 

(iii) Previously approved on June 18, 

1982 in paragraph (22)(ii) and now 

deleted without replacement: Articles 

7.2.5, 7.2.9, and 8.3.4. 

* * * * * 

(25) * * * 

(iii) Previously approved on March 

27, 1984, in paragraph (25)(i)(A) and 

now deleted without replacement: 

Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 

sections: 445.440, 445.442–445.443, 

445.446, 445.451, 445.453–445.456, 

445.459–445.463, 445.465–445.469, 

445.474–445.476, 445.481, 445.483–

445.485, 445.487, 445.489–445.491, 

445.493–445.498, 445.502–445.503, 

445.509–445.511, 445.514–445.515, 

445.518–445.519, 445.522–445.524, 

445.526–445.532, 445.534, 445.539, 

445.543–445.544, 445.546, 445.547, 

445.551, 445.566–445.568, 445.572–

445.573, 445.576–445.580, 445.582–

445.583, 445.586–445.587, 445.591, 

445.593–445.595, 445.598, 445.600, 

445.602–445.605, 445.608–445.611, 

445.614–445.616, 445.619–445.620, 

445.626, 445.629, 445.631–445.632, 

445.634–445.646, 445.648, 445.652, 

445.654, and 445.723. 

* * * * * 

(26) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(B) Previously approved on March 27, 

1984, in paragraph (26)(i)(A) and now 

deleted without replacement: Nevada 

Administrative Code (NAC) sections 

445.815 (paragraphs (1), (2)(a)(1)–(2), 

and (3)–(5)) and 445.816 (paragraph 

(2)(a)–(c) and (e)–(i)). 

* * * * * 

(56) * * * 

(i) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(8) Title 40, Chapter 445B of Nevada 

Revised Statutes (NRS)(2003): Sections 

445B.200, 445B.205, 445B.230, 

445B.240, 445B.340, 445B.350, 

445B.360, 445B.450, 445B.460, 

445B.570, 445B.580, 445B.600, 445.610, 

and 445.640. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. E6–22408 Filed 12–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2006–0904; FRL–8264–8] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Maryland; PM-10 Test Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to approve revisions to the 

Maryland State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). The revisions incorporate by 

reference EPA’s test methods for 

particulate matter with a particle size of 

10 microns or less (PM-10). EPA is 

approving these revisions to the General 

Administrative Provisions of the 

Maryland regulations in accordance 

with the requirements of the Clean Air 

Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective on March 5, 

2007 without further notice, unless EPA 

receives adverse written comment by 

February 2, 2007. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register and inform the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA–

R03–OAR–2006–0904 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. E-mail: miller.linda@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2006–0904, 

Linda Miller, Acting Chief, Air Quality 

Planning and Analysis Branch, 

Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2006–

0904. 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 e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to 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, 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., 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 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Maryland Department of 

the Environment, 1800 Washington 

Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, 

Maryland, 21230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Miller, (215) 814–2068, or by email at miller.linda@epa.gov. 


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