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CALIFORNIA—2006 24-HOUR PM2.5 NAAQS—Continued 

[Primary and secondary] 

Designated area 

Designation a Classification 

Date 1 Type Date 2 Type 

That portion of Yuba County which 

lies west of the line described as 

follows: (Mount Diablo Base and 

Meridian) Beginning at the intersection of the Yuba-Nevada county 

line and the range line common to 

ranges R7E and R8E, north to the 

southeast corner of township T18N 

R7E, then west along the township 

line common to T17N and T18N, 

then north along the range line 

common to ranges R6E and R7E, 

then west along the township line 

common to T19N and T18N to the 

Yuba-Butte County boundary. 

* * * * * * * 

a Includes Indian Country located in each county or area, except as otherwise specified. 

1This date is 30 days after November 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted. 

2This date is July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2014–28729 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 766 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0261; FRL–9919–05] 

Decision on Request for Waiver From 

Testing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Decision on request for waiver 

from testing. 

SUMMARY: EPA denied a request from 

Nation Ford Chemical (NFC) for a 

waiver from testing chloranil (2,3,5,6- 

tetrachloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4- 

dione). Regulations issued by EPA 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) require that specified chemical 

substances be tested to determine if they 

are contaminated with halogenated 

dibenzo-p-dioxins (HDDs) or 

halogenated dibenzofurans (HDFs), and 

that results be reported to EPA. 

However, the regulations allow for 

exclusion or waiver from these 

requirements if an appropriate 

application is submitted to EPA and is 

approved. EPA received a request for a 

waiver from these testing requirements 

from NFC. 

DATES: EPA denied the NFC waiver on 

October 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0261, is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Hiroshi 

Dodahara, National Program Chemicals 

Division (7404T), Office Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–0507; 

email address: dodahara.hiroshi@

epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe the specific 

entities to which this action may apply. 

Although others may be affected, this 

action applies directly to the submitter 

of the request for waiver. If you have 

any questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. Background 

A. What action is the Agency taking? 

This document announces the denial 

of the request from NFC for a waiver 

from testing under 40 CFR 

766.32(a)(2)(ii) for chloranil (2,3,5,6- 

tetrachloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4- 

dione; Chemical Abstracts Service 

Registry Number (CASRN) 118–75–2). 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

This document is issued under 

sections 4 and 8 of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 

2603 and 2607). 

Under 40 CFR part 766, EPA requires 

testing of certain chemical substances to 

determine whether they may be 

contaminated with HDDs and HDFs. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(a)(2)(ii), a waiver 

may be granted if, in the judgment of 

EPA, the cost of testing would drive the 

chemical substance off the market, or 

prevent resumption of manufacture or 

import of the chemical substance, if it 

is not currently manufactured, and the 

chemical substance will be produced so 

that no unreasonable risk will occur due 

to its manufacture, import, processing, 

distribution, use, or disposal. In this 

case, the manufacturer must submit to 


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1OFCCP also enforces the Vietnam Era Veterans’ 

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 

38 U.S.C. 4212, which requires affirmative action 

and prohibits employment discrimination against 

certain protected veterans and section 503 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which 

prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability 

and requires affirmative action on behalf of 

qualified individuals with disabilities. 

EPA all data supporting the 

determination. 

Under 40 CFR 766.32(b), any request 

for a waiver must be made 60 days 

before resumption of manufacture or 

importation of a chemical substance not 

being manufactured, imported, or 

processed as of June 5, 1987. 

C. NFC Request for Waiver From Testing 

and Reporting Requirements 

EPA received submissions from NFC 

dated March 18, 2014 (Refs. 1 and 2), 

May 16, 2014 (Ref. 3), and August 7, 

2014 (Ref. 4), which collectively 

requested that NFC be granted a waiver 

from the testing and reporting 

requirements of the ‘‘Polyhalogenated 

Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Dibenzofurans; 

Testing and Reporting Requirements’’ 

(Dioxins/Furans Test Rule) 40 CFR part 

766 for the import of chloranil. EPA 

published a notice of receipt of the 

waiver request and requested public 

comment in the Federal Register on 

June 17, 2014 (Ref. 5); the Agency 

received no public comments. The 

waiver request indicates that NFC 

intends to import chloranil, a chemical 

substance subject to testing under 40 

CFR part 766, for the manufacture of a 

crude pigment. EPA determined that the 

information provided by NFC was 

insufficient to establish that any adverse 

economic impact from testing would 

likely be large enough to ‘‘drive the 

chemical substance off the market, or 

prevent resumption of manufacture or 

import of the chemical substance’’ (Ref. 

6). EPA therefore denied NFC’s waiver 

request (Ref. 7). 

III. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. NFC. Letter from Phillip McCarter to 

Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, EPA/

OPPT. March 18, 2014 (Received by 

EPA on March 27, 2014). 

2. NFC. Technical Correction to Letter 

from Phillip McCarter to Wendy 

Cleland-Hamnett, EPA/OPPT. 

March 18, 2014 (Received by EPA 

on April 2, 2014). 

3. NFC. Letter from Phillip McCarter to 

Tanya Hodge Mottley EPA/OPPT. 

May 16, 2014 (Received by EPA on 

May 21, 2014). 

4. NFC. Letter from Phillip McCarter to 

Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, EPA/

OPPT. August 7, 2014 (Received by 

EPA on August 8, 2014). 

5. Receipt of Request for Waiver from 

Testing; Proposed Rule. Federal 

Register (79 FR 34484, June 17, 

2014) (FRL–9911–88). 

6. EPA. Nation Ford Chemical Waiver 

Petition for Dioxin/Furan Test Rule 

Regarding Import of Chloranil— 

Economic Assessment (contains no 

confidential business information). 

October 9, 2014. 

7. EPA. Letter from Wendy ClelandHamnett, EPA/OPPT, to Phillip 

McCarter, NFC. October 17, 2014. 

IV. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

The Congressional Review Act (5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq.), does not apply 

because this action is not a rule, for 

purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 766 

Environmental protection, Chloranil, 

Dibenzofurans, Dioxins, Hazardous 

substances. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

Wendy C. Hamnett, 

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

41 CFR Parts 60–1, 60–2, 60–4, and 60– 

50 

RIN 1250–AA07 

Implementation of Executive Order 

13672 Prohibiting Discrimination 

Based on Sexual Orientation and 

Gender Identity by Contractors and 

Subcontractors 

AGENCY: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is 

revising the regulations implementing 

Executive Order (EO) 11246, as 

amended, in accordance with Executive 

Order (EO) 13672, ‘‘Further 

Amendments to Executive Order 11478, 

Equal Employment Opportunity in the 

Federal Government, and Executive 

Order 11246, Equal Employment 

Opportunity,’’ which was signed by 

President Barack Obama on July 21, 

2014. EO 13672 amended EO 11246, 

which previously only prohibited 

discrimination by Federal contractors 

and subcontractors on the bases of race, 

color, religion, sex, and national origin 

and required them to take affirmative 

measures to prevent discrimination on 

those bases from occurring. More 

specifically, EO 13672 amended section 

202 and section 203 of EO 11246, by 

substituting the phrase ‘‘sex, sexual 

orientation, gender identity, or national 

origin’’ for ‘‘sex or national origin.’’ This 

final rule implements EO 13672 by 

making the same substitution wherever 

the phrase ‘‘sex or national origin’’ 

appears in the regulations implementing 

EO 11246. 

DATES: Effective date: These regulations 

are effective April 8, 2015. 

Applicability date: These regulations 

will apply to Federal contractors who 

hold contracts entered into or modified 

on or after April 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra A. Carr, Director, Division of 

Policy and Program Development, 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs, at 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room C–3325, Washington, DC 

20210, or by calling (202) 693–0103 

(voice) or (202) 693–1337(TTY). The 

alternative formats available for copies 

of this rule are large print and electronic 

file on computer disk. The rule also is 

available on the Internet on the 

Regulations.gov Web site at http://

www.regulations.gov or on the OFCCP 

Web site at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Summary 

The Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is a civil 

rights and worker protection agency that 

enforces Executive Order 11246, as 

amended, which, prior to the issuance 

of Executive Order 13672, prohibited 

employment discrimination by 

companies doing business with the 

Federal Government on the bases of 

race, color, religion, sex, and national 

origin and required those companies to 

take affirmative steps to ensure 

nondiscrimination on those grounds.1

On July 21, 2014, President Barack 

Obama issued EO 13672, ‘‘Further 

Amendments to Executive Order 11478, 

Equal Employment Opportunity in the 

Federal Government, and Executive 

Order 11246, Equal Employment 


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