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casual park use by persons that is not 

reasonably likely to attract a crowd or 

onlookers. 

* * * * * 

Special event means a sports event, 

pageant, celebration, historical 

reenactment, entertainment, exhibition, 

parade, fair, festival, or similar activity 

that is not a demonstration, engaged in 

by one or more persons, the conduct of 

which is reasonably likely to attract a 

crowd or onlookers. This term does not 

include casual park use by persons that 

is not reasonably likely to attract a 

crowd or onlookers. 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 6, 2013. 

Rachel Jacobson, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish 

and Wildlife and Parks. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21060 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–EJ–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2013–0482; FRL 9900–40- 

Region 7] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; State of 

Missouri; St. Louis Area 

Transportation Conformity 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

the State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the state of 

Missouri on March 17, 2011. This 

revision proposes to amend the rule to 

provide more specificity to the 

interagency consultation process 

requirements and responsibilities. The 

revision to Missouri’s rule does not add 

any additional requirements to the 

existing rule but merely adds language 

that better clarifies specific roles and 

responsibilities including the 

consultation groups’ processes. Further, 

these revisions do not have an adverse 

affect on air quality. EPA’s approval of 

this SIP revision is being done in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

September 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2013–0482, by mail to: Steven 

Brown, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Air Planning and Development 

Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219. Comments may 

also be submitted electronically or 

through hand delivery/courier by 

following the detailed instructions in 

the ADDRESSES section of the direct final 

rule located in the rules section of this 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Brown at (913) 551–7718, or by 

email at brown.steven@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

final rules section of the Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the state’s 

SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

revision amendment and anticipates no 

relevant adverse comments to this 

action. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no relevant adverse comments 

are received in response to this action, 

no further activity is contemplated in 

relation to this action. If EPA receives 

relevant adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on part of 

this rule and if that part can be severed 

from the remainder of the rule, EPA may 

adopt as final those parts of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: August 1, 2013. 

Mark Hague, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20915 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0095] 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Occupant Crash Protection 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Denial of petition for 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document denies a 

rulemaking petition submitted by BMW 

Group, BMW of North America, LLC, to 

amend the Federal motor vehicle safety 

standard on occupant crash protection 

to permit optional certification using a 

seat belt interlock for front seat 

occupants as an alternative to the 

unbelted crash test requirements. The 

agency is denying the petition because 

the supporting material provided by the 

petitioner is not sufficient for the agency 

to fully evaluate the safety need, 

benefits, effectiveness, and acceptability 

of seat belt interlock systems. 

Furthermore, in 2012, the agency 

initiated the development of a research 

program on seat belt interlocks in light 

of its newly-acquired statutory authority 

to allow consideration of seat belt 

interlocks as a compliance option. The 

agency believes that making a 

determination to amend its performance 

standards prior to the completion of its 

research is premature. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Non-Legal Issues: Ms. Carla Rush, Office 

of Crashworthiness Standards, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: 

(202) 366–4583, Facsimile: (202) 493– 

2739. 

For Legal Issues: Mr. William Shakely, 

Office of Chief Counsel, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: 

(202) 366–2992, Facsimile: (202) 366– 

3820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

NHTSA’s mission is to save lives, 

prevent injuries, and reduce economic 

losses resulting from motor vehicle 

crashes. Increasing seat belt use is one 

of the agency’s highest priorities for 

carrying out this mission. For each 

percentage point gain in national seat 

belt usage, we estimate that 200 lives are 

saved each year. In 2012, the 

nationwide seat belt use reached a high 

of 86 percent for drivers and front seat 

passengers. To achieve this rate, we 

have relied on an array of agency 

initiatives, such as regulating and 

promoting the use of in-vehicle 

technologies, the Click It or Ticket 

program 1 and State primary 

enforcement laws, to encourage seat belt 

usage. Notwithstanding impressive 

gains in seat belt usage, data from the 

2011 Fatality Analysis Reporting System 

(FARS) indicates that 52 percent of all 


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