This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2009–0541; A–1–FRL– 

9928–72–Region 1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode 

Island; Rhode Island Low Emission 

Vehicle Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the State of Rhode 

Island. The regulations adopted by 

Rhode Island include the California Low 

Emission Vehicle (LEV) II light-duty 

motor vehicle emission standards 

effective in model year 2008, the 

California LEV II medium-duty vehicle 

standards effective in model year 2009, 

and greenhouse gas emission standards 

for light-duty motor vehicles and 

medium-duty vehicles effective with 

model year 2009. The Rhode Island LEV 

regulation submitted also includes a 

zero emission vehicle (ZEV) provision. 

Rhode Island has adopted these 

revisions to reduce emissions of volatile 

organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) in accordance with the 

requirements of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), as well as to reduce greenhouse 

gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous 

oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons). In 

addition, Rhode Island has worked to 

ensure that their program is identical to 

California’s, as required by the CAA. 

These actions are being taken under the 

Clean Air Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R01–OAR–2009–0541 by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: arnold.anne@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (617) 918–0047. 

4. Mail: ‘‘Docket Identification 

Number EPA–R01–OAR–2009–0541,’’ 

Anne Arnold, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail 

code OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109— 

3912. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

your comments to: Anne Arnold, 

Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA New England Regional Office, 

Office of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post 

Office Square—Suite 100, (mail code 

OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109—3912. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Regional Office’s normal 

hours of operation. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OAR–2009– 

0541. 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 through 

www.regulations.gov, or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. 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 email 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 at U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 

Post Office Square—Suite 100, Boston, 

MA. EPA requests that if at all possible, 

you contact the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding legal holidays. 

In addition, copies of the state 

submittal are also available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours, by appointment at the State Air 

Agency; Office of Air Resources, 

Department of Environmental 

Management, 235 Promenade Street, 

Providence, RI 02908–5767. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ariel Garcia, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA New England Regional Office, 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100 (mail 

code: OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109– 

3912, telephone number (617) 918– 

1660, fax number (617) 918–0660, email 

garcia.ariel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Organization of this document. The 

following outline is provided to aid in 

locating information in this preamble. 

I. Background and Purpose 

II. The California LEV Program 

III. Relevant EPA and CAA Requirements 

A. Waiver Process 

B. State Adoption of California Standards 

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V. Incorporation by Reference 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Background and Purpose 

On September 5, 2008, the Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental 

Management (DEM) submitted a 

revision to its State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) consisting of Rhode Island’s 

amended Air Pollution Control 

Regulation No. 37 (APCR No. 37), 

‘‘Rhode Island’s Low Emission Vehicle 

Program.’’ Rhode Island’s amended 

APCR No. 37, with an effective date of 

December 22, 2005, adopts the 

California LEV II program. Rhode Island 

first adopted California’s LEV I program 

standards on June 6, 1996. In 1999, 

APCR No. 37 was amended to allow 

automobile manufacturers to comply 

with the National Low Emission Vehicle 

(NLEV) program in lieu of complying 

with the California LEV program. In 

2004, Rhode Island adopted California’s 

LEV II standards. In September 2005, 

California amended their LEV II 

standards to include standards for 

greenhouse gas emissions to apply to 

model year 2009 and later vehicles. 

The December 22, 2005 amendments 

to Rhode Island’s LEV program, 

rescinded both the California LEV I 

program and the NLEV program. In 

accordance with section 177 of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA), Rhode Island 

adopted the California LEV II program, 

including all ‘‘zero emission vehicle’’ 

program elements, commencing with 

2008 model year vehicles and including 

the California LEV II program standards 

relating to greenhouse gas emissions 

beginning with 2009 model year 

vehicles. 

On December 22, 2005, Rhode Island 

amended APCR No. 37, making minor 

technical corrections and clarifications: 

adopting California LEV II emission 

standards and related provisions for 

medium-duty vehicles commencing 

with the 2009 model year, adopting 

recently announced revisions 

concerning LEV II greenhouse gas 

emission standards and related 

provisions for passenger cars, light-duty 

trucks, and medium-duty passenger 

vehicles commencing with the 2009 

model year in accordance with section 

177 of the CAA, and providing 

additional clarification and flexibility 

with respect to the implementation of 

the zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) 

program in Rhode Island. 

II. The California LEV Program 

The California Air Resources Board 

(CARB) adopted the first generation of 

LEV regulations (LEV I) in 1990, which 

impacted vehicles through the 2003 

model year. CARB adopted California’s 

second generation LEV regulations (LEV 

II) following a November 1998 hearing. 

Subsequent to the adoption of the 

California LEV II program in February 

2000, EPA adopted separate Federal 

standards known as the Tier 2 

regulations (February 10, 2000; 65 FR 

6698). In December 2000, CARB 

modified the California LEV II program 

to take advantage of some elements of 

the Federal Tier 2 regulations to ensure 

that only the cleanest vehicle models 

would continue to be sold in California. 

EPA granted California a waiver for its 

LEV II program on April 22, 2003 (68 FR 

19811). 

The LEV II regulations expanded the 

scope of the LEV I regulations by setting 

strict fleet-average emission standards 

for light-duty, medium-duty (including 

sport utility vehicles), and heavy-duty 

vehicles. The standards began with the 

2004 model year and increased in 

stringency through the 2010 model year 

and beyond. The LEV II regulations 

provide flexibility to auto manufacturers 

by allowing them to certify their vehicle 

models to one of several different 

emissions standards. The different tiers 

of increasingly stringent LEV II emission 

standards to which a manufacturer may 

certify a vehicle are: Low emission 

vehicle (LEV), ultra-low emission 

vehicle (ULEV), super ultra-low 

emission vehicle (SULEV), partial zero 

emission vehicle (PZEV), advanced 

technology partial zero emission vehicle 

(ATPZEV), and zero emission vehicle 

(ZEV). 

The manufacturer must show that the 

overall fleet for a given model year 

meets the specified phase-in 

requirements according to the fleet 

average non-methane hydrocarbon 

requirement for that year. The fleet 

average non-methane hydrocarbon 

emission limits are progressively lower 

with each model year. The program also 

requires auto manufacturers to include 

a ‘‘smog index’’ label on each vehicle 

sold, which is intended to inform 

consumers about the amount of 

pollution produced by that vehicle 

relative to other vehicles. 

In addition to meeting the LEV II 

requirements, large or intermediate 

volume manufacturers must ensure that 

a certain percentage of the passenger 

cars and lightest light-duty trucks that 

they market in California are ZEVs. This 

is referred to as the ZEV mandate. 

California has modified the ZEV 

mandate several times since it took 

effect. Most recently, CARB has put in 

place an alternative compliance 

program (ACP) to provide auto 

manufacturers with several options to 

meet the ZEV mandate. The ACP 

established ZEV credit multipliers to 

allow auto manufacturers to take credit 

for meeting the ZEV mandate by selling 

more PZEVs and ATPZEVs than they 

are otherwise required to sell. On 

December 28, 2006, EPA granted 

California’s request for a waiver of 

Federal preemption to enforce 

provisions of the ZEV regulations 

through model year 2011. 

On October 15, 2005, California 

amended its LEV II program to include 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emission 

standards for passenger cars, light-duty 

trucks, and medium-duty passenger 

vehicles. On December 21, 2005, 

California requested that EPA grant a 

waiver of preemption under CAA 

section 209(b) for its greenhouse gas 

emission regulations. On June 30, 2009, 

EPA granted CARB’s request for a 

waiver of CAA preemption to enforce its 

greenhouse gas emission standards for 

model year 2009 and later new motor 

vehicles (July 8, 2009; 74 FR 32744– 

32784). This decision withdrew and 

replaced EPA’s prior denial of the 

CARB’s December 21, 2005 waiver 

request, which was published in the 

Federal Register on March 6, 2008 (73 

FR 12156–12169). 

III. Relevant EPA and CAA 

Requirements 

Section 209(a) of the CAA prohibits 

states from adopting or enforcing 

standards relating to the control of 

emissions from new motor vehicles or 

new motor vehicle engines. However, 

under section 209(b) of the CAA, EPA 

shall grant a waiver of the section 209(a) 

prohibition to the State of California 

unless EPA makes specified findings, 

thereby allowing California to adopt its 

own motor vehicle emissions standards. 

Other states may adopt California’s 

motor vehicle emission standards under 

section 177 of the CAA. 

For additional information regarding 

California’s motor vehicle emission 

standards and adoption by other states, 

please see EPA’s ‘‘California Waivers 

and Authorizations’’ Web page at URL 

address: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

cafr.htm. This Web site also lists 

relevant Federal Register notices that 

have been issued by EPA in response to 

California waiver and authorization 

requests. 

A. Waiver Process 

The CAA allows California to seek a 

waiver of the preemption which 

prohibits states from enacting emission 

standards for new motor vehicles. EPA 

must grant this waiver before 

California’s rules may be enforced. 

When California files a waiver request, 

EPA publishes a notice for public 

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1See EPA’s October 29, 2007 letter to 

Manufactures regarding ‘‘Sales of Californiacertified 2008–2010 Model Year Vehicles (CrossBorder Sales Policy),’’ with attachments. 

Attachment 1—EPA Policy on Cross-Border Sales of 

2008 to 2010 Model Years California-Certified 

Vehicles; Attachment 2—Questions and Answers 

on EPA’s Cross Border Sales Policies; and 

Attachment 3—Updated summary table and a set of 

maps reflecting the status of Section 177 states by 

model year. http://iaspub.epa.gov/otaqpub/display_

file.jsp?docid=16888&flag=1. 

2On July 17, 2013, Rhode Island adopted 

revisions to Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 37 

‘‘Rhode Island’s Low Emission Vehicle Program.’’ 

These revisions have not yet been submitted to EPA 

as a SIP revision and are not part of today’s action. 

Federal Register. The written comment 

period remains open for a period of time 

after the public hearing. Once the 

comment period expires, EPA reviews 

the comments and the Administrator 

determines whether the requirements 

for obtaining a waiver have been met. 

According to CAA section 209—State 

Standards, EPA shall grant a waiver 

unless the Administrator finds that 

California: 

—Was arbitrary and capricious in its 

finding that its standards are in the 

aggregate at least as protective of 

public health and welfare as 

applicable Federal standards; 

—does not need such standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions; or 

—proposes standards and 

accompanying enforcement 

procedures that are not consistent 

with section 202(a) of the CAA. 

The most recent EPA waiver relevant 

to EPA’s proposed approval of Rhode 

Island’s LEV program is ‘‘California 

State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control 

Standards; Notice of Decision Granting 

a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption 

for California’s 2009 and Subsequent 

Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission 

Standards for New Motor Vehicles’’ 

(July 8, 2009; 74 FR 32744–32784). This 

final rulemaking allows California to 

establish standards to regulate 

greenhouse gas emissions from new 

passenger cars, light-duty trucks and 

medium-duty vehicles. The four new 

greenhouse gas air contaminants added 

to California’s existing regulations for 

criteria and criteria-precursor pollutants 

and air toxic contaminants are: carbon 

dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous 

oxide (N2O), and hydrofluorocarbons 

(HFCs). 

B. State Adoption of California 

Standards 

Section 177 of the CAA allows other 

states to adopt and enforce California’s 

standards for the control of emissions 

from new motor vehicles, provided that, 

among other things, such state standards 

are identical to the California standards 

for which a waiver has been granted 

under CAA section 209(b). In addition, 

the state must adopt such standards at 

least two years prior to the 

commencement of the model year to 

which the standards will apply. EPA 

issued guidance (CISD–07–16) 1

regarding its cross-border sales policy 

for California-certified vehicles. This 

guidance includes a list and map of 

states that have adopted California 

standards, specific to the 2008–2010 

model years. All SIP revisions 

submitted to EPA for approval must also 

meet the requirements of CAA section 

110. 

The provisions of section 177 of the 

CAA require Rhode Island to amend the 

Rhode Island LEV program at such time 

as the State of California amends its 

California LEV program. Rhode Island 

has demonstrated its commitment to 

maintain a Rhode Island LEV program 

consistent with the California LEV 

program through the continuous 

adoption of regulatory amendments to 

Rhode Island’s APCR No. 37. For 

example, an earlier version of APCR No. 

37, effective in the State of Rhode Island 

on December 7, 1999, was previously 

approved into the Rhode Island SIP on 

March 9, 2000 (65 FR 12476). 

In addition, Rhode Island’s September 

5, 2008 SIP revision meets the antibacksliding requirements of section 110 

of the CAA. This SIP revision sets new 

requirements, the California LEV II 

standards, which are more stringent 

than the California LEV I standards 

previously approved into the SIP, and 

expands program coverage to model 

year vehicles not covered by the 

California LEV I standards. 

EPA notes that a number of California 

Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 13 

provisions incorporated-by-reference in 

Rhode Island’s APCR No. 37 have been 

amended by California since Rhode 

Island adopted the December 22, 2005 

amendments to APCR No. 37 currently 

being proposed for approved. 

Subsequent revisions to California 

regulations, and the resulting revisions 

to Rhode Island’s APCR No. 37, in 

accordance with section 177 of the 

CAA, will be addressed by Rhode Island 

at a later date.2

IV. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve, and 

incorporate into the Rhode Island SIP, 

Rhode Island’s APCR No. 37, Rhode 

Island’s Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) 

program, effective in the State of Rhode 

Island on December 22, 2005, and 

submitted to EPA as a SIP revision on 

September 5, 2008. The Rhode Island 

LEV program amendments adopted by 

Rhode Island include: the California 

LEV II light-duty program beginning 

with model year 2008; the California 

LEV II medium-duty vehicle emission 

standards beginning with model year 

2009; the California LEV II greenhouse 

gas emission standards for passenger 

cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty 

passenger vehicles commencing with 

2009 model year vehicles; and the 

California ZEV provision. EPA is 

proposing to approve the Rhode Island 

LEV program requirements into the SIP 

because EPA has found that the 

requirements are consistent with the 

CAA. 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

the issues discussed in this notice or on 

other relevant matters. These comments 

will be considered before taking final 

action. Interested parties may 

participate in the Federal rulemaking 

procedure by submitting written 

comments to the EPA New England 

Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this Federal Register. 

V. Incorporation by Reference 

In this rule, the EPA is proposing to 

finalize regulatory text that includes 

incorporation by reference. In 

accordance with requirements of 1 CFR 

51.5, the EPA is proposing the 

incorporation by reference of Rhode 

Island’s Air Pollution Control 

Regulation No. 37, Rhode Island’s Low 

Emission Vehicle (LEV) program, 

effective in the State of Rhode Island on 

December 22, 2005. 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). 

VI. 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, EPA’s role is to approve 

state choices, provided that they meet 

the criteria of the Clean Air Act. 

Accordingly, this proposed 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 proposed action: 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 


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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 (Pub. L. 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 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). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where 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). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0111; FRL–9928–76– 

OAR] 

Public Hearing for the 2014, 2015, and 

2016 Standards for the Renewable Fuel 

Standard Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a public 

hearing to be held in Kansas City, 

Kansas on June 25, 2015 for the 

proposed rule ‘‘Renewable Fuel 

Standard Program: Standards for 2014, 

2015, and 2016 and Biomass-Based 

Diesel Volume for 2017.’’ This proposed 

rule will be published separately in the 

Federal Register. The pre-publication 

version of this proposal can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/

renewablefuels/regulations.htm. In the 

separate notice of proposed rulemaking, 

EPA has proposed amendments to the 

renewable fuel standard program 

regulations that would establish annual 

percentage standards for cellulosic 

biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced 

biofuel, and renewable fuels that would 

apply to all gasoline and diesel 

produced in the U.S. or imported in the 

years 2014, 2015, and 2016. In addition, 

the separate proposal includes a 

proposed biomass-based diesel 

applicable volume for 2017. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

on June 25, 2015 at the location noted 

below under ADDRESSES. The hearing 

will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end when all 

parties present who wish to speak have 

had an opportunity to do so. Parties 

wishing to testify at the hearing should 

notify the contact person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 

June 12, 2015. Additional information 

regarding the hearing appears below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the following location: Jack Reardon 

Center, 520 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas 

City, Kansas 66101 (phone number 913– 

342–7900). A complete set of documents 

related to the proposal will be available 

for public inspection through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0111. Documents 

can also be viewed at the EPA Docket 

Center, located at 1301 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room 3334, Washington, 

DC between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

MacAllister, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Assessment and 

Standards Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood 

Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone 

number: (734) 214–4131; Fax number: 

(734) 214–4816; Email address: 

macallister.julia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposal for which EPA is holding the 

public hearing will be published 

separately in the Federal Register. The 

pre-publication version can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/

renewablefuels/regulations.htm. 

Public Hearing: The public hearing 

will provide interested parties the 

opportunity to present data, views, or 

arguments concerning the proposal 

(which can be found at http://

www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/

renewablefuels/regulations.htm). The 

EPA may ask clarifying questions during 

the oral presentations but will not 

respond to the presentations at that 

time. Written statements and supporting 

information submitted during the 

comment period will be considered 

with the same weight as any oral 

comments and supporting information 

presented at the public hearing. Written 

comments must be received by the last 

day of the comment period, as specified 

in the notice of proposed rulemaking. 

How can I get copies of this document, 

the proposed rule, and other related 

information? 

The EPA has established a docket for 

this action under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2015–0111. The EPA has also 

developed a Web site for the Renewable 

Fuel Standard (RFS) program, including 

the notice of proposed rulemaking, at 

the address given above. Please refer to 

the notice of proposed rulemaking for 

detailed information on accessing 

information related to the proposal. 

Dated: May 29, 2015. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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