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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elisabeth C. Kann, Regulations and 

Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

telephone 202–453–1039, ext. 002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Notice 

No. 123, a notice of proposed 

rulemaking published in the Federal 

Register on November 8, 2011 (76 FR 

69198), the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

and Trade Bureau (TTB) requested 

public comment on the proposed 

establishment of an approximately 198- 

square mile (or 126,720 acre) 

‘‘Middleburg Virginia’’ American 

viticultural area in portions of Loudoun 

and Fauquier Counties in northern 

Virginia. The 60-day comment period 

for Notice No. 123, originally closed on 

January 9, 2012. 

On January 6, 2012, TTB received a 

request from the president of the 

Loudoun Wine Growers Association, for 

an extension of the comment period for 

Notice No. 123. (This request is posted 

as Comment 12 within Docket No. TTB– 

2011–0009 at www.regulations.gov). 

This comment states that the 

organization ‘‘was not aware of this 

notice in time to meet and discuss the 

establishment of this [viticultural area] 

as it includes many of our members.’’ 

In response to this request, TTB 

reopens the comment period for Notice 

No. 123 for an additional 45 days. We 

believe this additional time will allow 

industry members and the general 

public to fully consider the proposed 

establishment of the Middleburg 

Virginia viticultural area. Therefore, 

comments on Notice No. 123 are now 

due on or before February 27, 2012. 

Drafting Information 

Michael D. Hoover of the Regulations 

and Rulings Division drafted this notice. 

Signed: January 9, 2012. 

John J. Manfreda, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Parts 523, 531, 533, 536, and 

537 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0799; FRL–9618–5; 

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2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty 

Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

and Corporate Average Fuel Economy 

Standards; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: EPA and NHTSA are 

announcing a 14-day extension of the 

comment period for the joint proposed 

rules ‘‘2017 and Later Model Year LightDuty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

and Corporate Average Fuel Economy 

Standards,’’ published in the Federal 

Register on December 1, 2011 (76 FR 

74854). The comment period was to end 

on January 30, 2012 (60 days after 

publication of the proposals in the 

Federal Register). This document 

extends the comment period to February 

13, 2012. This extension of the comment 

period is provided to allow the public 

additional time to comment on the 

proposed rule. 

The extension of the comment period 

does not apply to NHTSA’s Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

EIS), available on NHTSA’s Web site at 

www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy. The 

comment period for NHTSA’s Draft EIS 

closes on January 31, 2012. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 13, 2012 

in order to be considered timely. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0799 and/or NHTSA–2010– 

0131, by one of the following methods: 

• Online: www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: EPA: (202) 566–9744; NHTSA: 

(202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: 

Æ EPA: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Air and Radiation Docket, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0799. 

Æ NHTSA: Docket Management 

Facility, M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 

Æ EPA: Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA 

West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0799. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of 

boxed information. 

Æ NHTSA: West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

0799 and/or NHTSA–2010–0131. See 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the 

proposed rule section on ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ for more information 

about submitting written comments. 

Docket: All documents in the dockets 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., confidential business 

information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available in hard copy in EPA’s docket, 

and electronically in NHTSA’s online 

docket. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at the following locations: 

EPA: EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA 

West, Room 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. NHTSA: Docket 

Management Facility, M–30, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Management Facility is open between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

EPA: Christopher Lieske, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Assessment and Standards Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105; telephone number: (734) 214– 

4584; fax number: (734) 214–4816; 

email address: lieske.christopher@epa.

gov, or contact the Assessment and 

Standards Division; email address: 

otaqpublicweb@epa.gov. NHTSA: 

Rebecca Yoon, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: (202) 366–2992. You may 

learn more about the proposal by 

visiting NHTSA’s or EPA’s Web pages at 

http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or 

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

regulations.htm or by searching the 

public dockets (NHTSA–2010–0131 (for 

the proposed rule) or NHTSA–2011– 

0056 (for the Draft EIS); EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2010–0799) at www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

NHTSA and EPA proposals for ‘‘2017 

and Later Model Year Light-Duty 

Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 

Corporate Average Fuel Economy 

Standards,’’ the agencies invited 

comment from interested parties on all 

aspects of the proposal. EPA and 

NHTSA received multiple requests for a 

30-day extension of the comment 

period. Those requests can be found in 

the dockets for the rulemaking listed 

above under ADDRESSES. The agencies 

have considered these requests and 

believe that a 14-day extension beyond 

the original 60 days would be sufficient. 

The agencies note that the proposal was 

prominently posted and available for 

public review on each agency’s Web site 

on November 16, 2011. Thus, with a 14- 

day extension, commenters will have 

had, as a practical matter, a total of 90 

days to review the rulemaking 

documents. Accordingly, the public 

comment period for the proposed rules 

is extended until February 13, 2012. 

Please see the agencies’ discussion 

regarding consideration of comments 

received in the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking published in the Federal 

Register on December 1, 2011 (76 FR 

75855–74856) and which is available on 

NHTSA’s Web site at http://www.nhtsa.

gov/staticfiles/rulemaking/pdf/cafe/

2017-25_CAFE_NPRM.pdf and EPA’s 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

climate/regulations.htm. NHTSA and 

EPA will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date, and will also 

consider comments received after that 

date to the extent practicable. 

This extension of the comment period 

does not apply to NHTSA’s Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

EIS), available on NHTSA’s Web site at 

www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy. The 

comment period for NHTSA’s Draft EIS 

closes on January 31, 2012. 

The joint proposed rules issued by 

EPA and NHTSA would reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions and fuel 

consumption of light-duty vehicles for 

model years 2017–2025. On May 21, 

2010, President Obama issued a 

Presidential Memorandum requesting 

that NHTSA and EPA develop through 

notice and comment rulemaking a 

coordinated National Program to reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions and fuel 

consumption of light-duty vehicles for 

model years 2017–2025, building upon 

the success of the agencies’ joint 

rulemaking to establish fuel economy 

and greenhouse gas emissions standards 

for model years 2012–2016. The 

proposal, consistent with the President’s 

request, responds to the country’s 

critical needs to address global climate 

change and to reduce oil consumption. 

NHTSA is proposing Corporate Average 

Fuel Economy standards under the 

Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as 

amended by the Energy Independence 

and Security Act, and EPA is proposing 

greenhouse gas emissions standards 

under the Clean Air Act. These 

standards would apply to passenger 

cars, light-duty trucks, and mediumduty passenger vehicles, and, if 

ultimately adopted, would represent a 

continuation of the harmonized and 

consistent National Program. EPA is 

also proposing minor changes to the 

light-duty vehicle regulations applicable 

to model years 2012–2016, with respect 

to air conditioner performance, 

regulatory treatment of emergency 

vehicles, and measurement of nitrous 

oxides. 

The proposal for which EPA and 

NHTSA are extending the comment 

period was published in the Federal 

Register on December 1, 2011 (76 FR 

74854) and is also available at the Web 

pages listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and in the 

rulemaking dockets. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Ronald Medford, 

Deputy Administrator, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Margo T. Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Environmental Protection Agency. 

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