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20 40 CFR 86.1869–12(b)(1)(viii)(A). 

21 40 CFR 86.1869–12(b)(4)(viii). 

22MY2017–2025 Technical Support Document, 

Chapter 5, Section 5.2.11. 

23 Ibid 12. 

24 40 CFR 86.1869–12(e)(3)(iii). 

25 40 CFR 86.1869–12(e)(4)(iii). 

input from the National Renewable 

Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the 

Enhanced Performance Glass 

Automotive Association (EPGAA). 

Specifically, the contribution of each 

glass/glazing location to the overall 

interior temperature reduction is 

estimated using its measured Tts, 

relative to a baseline level, and the area 

of the glass/glazing location relative to 

the overall glass area. 20

The infrared glazing used by 

Mercedes-Benz has the same Tts 

performance levels as the baseline Tts 

levels specified in the MY2017–2025 

rule: 62% for all glazing locations, 

except for rooflites and rear side 

glazings of crossovers, SUVs, and 

minivans, which have a baseline Tts of 

40%. Based on the Tts levels for 

Mercedes Benz’s infrared glazing and 

the formula described above, MercedesBenz calculated a credit of 0.8 to 1.7 g/ 

mi CO2 for the infrared glazing used 

over the range of Mercedes-Benz 

models. In comparison, the default 

credit values for infrared glazing in the 

MY2017–2025 rule are scalable 

depending on such factors as the 

amount of glass in the vehicle and the 

performance of the glazing, up to a 

maximum of 2.9 g/mi CO2 for cars and 

3.9 g/mi CO2 for trucks. 

Active Seat Ventilation 

Mercedes-Benz is applying for offcycle credits for applicable vehicles that 

have active seat ventilation on both the 

front row’ driver and passenger seats 

(See Section IV of Mercedes-Benz’s 

application).21 The Mercedes-Benz 

active seat ventilation technology has 

the capability to both pull air away from 

and push air to the seating surface. 

To calculate the active seat ventilation 

credits, Mercedes-Benz used the 

methods set forth in Chapter 5 of the 

MY 2017–2025 TSD.22 Based on the 

NREL study mentioned above, a 7.5% 

reduction in air conditioning (A/C) 

related emissions could be achieved by 

lowering the surface temperature of the 

vehicle seats.23

Based on the seat location criteria, 

capability, and the methodology 

described above, Mercedes-Benz 

estimated a credit of 1.0 g/mi CO2 for 

cars and 1.3 g/mi CO2 for trucks for the 

active seat ventilation technology used 

over the range of Mercedes-Benz 

models. These values are identical to 

the default values in the pre-approved 

off-cycle credit list in the MY 2017– 

2025 rule. Therefore, Mercedes-Benz 

concludes that its active seat ventilation 

system achieves equivalent performance 

to that assumed in the MY 2017–2025 

rule. Mercedes-Benz could use the preapproved list to claim these credits 

beginning in MY 2014, but since they 

are seeking credits to begin in MY 2012, 

and because these technologies are not 

measurable through the 5-cycle testing 

pathway, Mercedes-Benz is applying for 

these credits through this alternative 

technology pathway. 

III. EPA Decision Process 

EPA is providing a 30-day comment 

period on this application for an 

alternative methodology for off-cycle 

credits, as specified by the regulations. 

The manufacturer may submit a written 

rebuttal of comments for EPA’s 

consideration, or may revise its 

application in response to comments; 

EPA would review a revised application 

as if it were a new application.24 After 

reviewing any public comments and any 

rebuttal of comments submitted by 

Mercedes-Benz, EPA will make a final 

decision regarding the credit request. 

EPA will make its decision available to 

the public by placing a decision 

document in the docket as specified in 

the MY 2017–2025 rule.25 and on EPA’s 

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

regs/ld-hwy/greenhouse/ld-ghg.htm. 

An EPA decision to approve Mercedes 

Benz’s off-cycle credit request would 

only apply to the vehicles specified in 

the Mercedes-Benz application for MYs 

2012–2016. Such decision would not 

apply to other Mercedes-Benz vehicles 

or vehicles from other manufacturers. 

While the broad methodology used by 

Mercedes-Benz could potentially be 

used for other vehicles and by other 

manufacturers, the vehicle specific data 

needed to demonstrate the off-cycle 

emissions reductions would likely be 

different. In such cases, a new 

application would be required, 

including an opportunity for public 

comment. 

Dated: September 20, 2013. 

Byron Bunker, 

Director, Compliance Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9901–55–OCFO] 

Notice of Open Meeting of the 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board (EFAB) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a full 

board meeting on October 22–23, 2013. 

EFAB is an EPA advisory committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) to provide 

advice and recommendations on 

environmental financing issues. EFAB 

focuses its advice and recommendations 

on promoting sustainability by reducing 

environmental costs; increasing public 

and private investment; and building 

state, local, and tribal financial capacity. 

The purpose of the meeting is to hear 

from informed speakers on 

environmental finance issues, review 

Agency challenges and priorities; 

discuss progress with EFAB work 

projects currently underway; review and 

consider requests for assistance from 

EPA offices as well as suggestions from 

EFAB members; and, to develop EFAB’s 

FY 2014 Strategic Action Agenda. 

Environmental Finance topics 

expected to be discussed include: 

Transit-Oriented Development in 

Sustainable Communities; Drinking 

Water Pricing and Infrastructure 

Investment; and Green Infrastructure. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

however, seating is limited. All 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must register in 

advance, no later than Friday, October 

11, 2013. 

DATES: Full Board Meeting is scheduled 

for Tuesday, October 22, 2013 from 

10:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, 

October 23, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: EPA Potomac Yards North 

Bldg., 2733 S. Crystal City Drive, Room 

4120, Arlington, VA 22202. 

Registration and Information Contact 

To register for this meeting or get 

further information, please contact 

Sandra Williams, U.S. EPA, at (202) 

564–4999 or williams.sandra@epa.gov. 

For information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Sandra Williams. To request 

accommodations of a disability, contact 

Sandra Williams, preferably at least 10 


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days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: September 18, 2013. 

Joseph L. Dillon, 

Director, Center for Environmental Finance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23784 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[(EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0124) FRL 9901–68– 

OA] 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board; 

Cancellation Notice of Public Advisory 

Committee teleconference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Cancellation of the Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board 

Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: EPA announced in the 

Federal Register on May 17, 2013 [FRL– 

9814–6] a Good Neighbor 

Environmental Board (GNEB) public 

teleconference. Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, EPA is giving notice of 

cancellation of that public meeting for 

the Good Neighbor Environmental 

Board. GNEB is a federal advisory 

committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, PL 92463. 

GNEB provides advice and 

recommendations to the President and 

Congress on environmental and 

infrastructure issues along the U.S. 

border with Mexico. 

DATES: The teleconference scheduled for 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 has been 

cancelled because the meeting is not 

needed at this time. The meeting will be 

rescheduled at a later date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mark Joyce, Acting Designated 

Federal Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, 

(202) 564–2130. General information 

about GNEB can be found on its Web 

site at www.epa.gov/ofacmo/gneb. 

Dated: September 26, 2013. 

Mark Joyce, 

Acting Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24073 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9901–56–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by WildEarth 

Guardians in the United States District 

Court for the District of Colorado: 

WildEarth Guardians v. McCarthy, Civil 

Action No. 1:12–cv–03307. On 

December 19, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a 

complaint alleging that EPA failed to 

perform a mandatory duty under CAA 

section 110(k)(2) to take final action on 

three State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted to EPA by the State 

of Colorado on June 18, 2009. On May 

2, 2013, Plaintiffs filed an amended 

complaint alleging that EPA failed to 

take final action on several other SIP 

submissions from the States of 

Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

and Utah. The proposed consent decree 

would establish deadlines for EPA to 

take action on these submissions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by October 31, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2013–0702, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susmita Dubey, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5577; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: dubey.susmita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by WildEarth 

Guardians (‘‘Plaintiffs’’) seeking to 

compel the Administrator to take 

actions under CAA sections 110(k)(2) to 

take action on several SIP submissions 

from the States of Colorado, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah. These 

SIP revisions were submitted to EPA 

between June of 2009 and June of 2011. 

Section 110(k)(2) requires EPA to take 

action on SIP revisions within twelve 

months of the submission of a SIP 

revision that has been determined to be 

or deemed to be complete. EPA did not 

take action on the SIP revisions listed 

above within the statutory deadline and 

this is the basis for the Plaintiffs’ 

mandatory duty lawsuit at issue in the 

proposed consent decree. 

The proposed consent decree would 

require EPA to sign a notice of final 

action to approve, disapprove, approve 

in part and disapprove in part, or 

conditionally approve the above-listed 

SIP revisions by the specific dates 

identified in the proposed consent 

decree. The proposed consent decree 

would also require EPA, following 

signature of the notices of final action 

on the SIP revisions, to promptly submit 

such notices to the Office of the Federal 

Register for review and publication in 

the Federal Register. After EPA fulfills 

its obligations under the proposed 

consent decree, the consent decree 

would be terminated and the case 

dismissed. In addition, the proposed 

consent decree contains a provision 

addressing Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees, 

costs, and expenses incurred in this 

litigation. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 


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