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regulatory changes to the funding 

formula for the Indian Housing Block 

Grant (IHBG) program authorized by the 

Native American Housing Assistance 

and Self-Determination Act of 1996. As 

part of its charter, the Committee is 

reviewing whether the current data 

source for the needs variables, which is 

the U.S. Decennial Census, should be 

updated or revised. HUD and the 

Committee are considering all relevant 

data sources, including the American 

Community Survey (ACS), and how 

each data source might be used or 

modified, to serve as the source of the 

data upon which the needs variables of 

the IHBG formula would be based. This 

Request for Information requests 

interested members of the public to 

provide information regarding alternate 

data sources, including ACS, which 

might serve as the basis upon which the 

needs variables of the IHBG formula 

could be based. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: October 27, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit information 

responsive to this document to the 

Regulations Division, Office of General 

Counsel, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Communications must refer to the 

above docket number and title. There 

are two methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 

commenter maximum time to prepare 

and submit a comment, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make them immediately available to the 

public. Comments submitted 

electronically through the 

www.regulations.gov Web site can be 

viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit information electronically. 

2. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Note: To receive consideration, comments 

must be submitted through one of the two 

methods specified above. Again, all 

submissions must refer to the docket number 

and title of this notice. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(fax) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

communications submitted to HUD will 

be available for public inspection and 

copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

weekdays at the above address. Due to 

security measures at the HUD 

Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339. Copies of all 

communications submitted are available 

for inspection and downloading at 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rodger Boyd, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Native American 

Programs, Room 4126, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone number: 202–401–7914 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or 

speech-impaired individuals may access 

this number via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

12, 2013 (78 FR 35178), HUD published 

a Federal Register document that 

established the Native American 

Housing and Self-Determination 

Formula Negotiated Rulemaking 

Committee, 2013 (Committee). The 

purpose of the Committee is to develop 

regulatory changes to the funding 

formula for the Indian Housing Block 

Grant (IHBG) program authorized by the 

Native American Housing Assistance 

and Self-Determination Act of 1996. 

In carrying out its charter, the 

Committee is reviewing the need to 

update the data source upon which the 

needs variables will be determined. 

Currently, 24 CFR 1000.330 provides 

that the need variables are based on data 

from the U.S. Decennial Census. After 

the 2000 Census, the U.S. Census 

Bureau discontinued using the long 

form portion of the Decennial Census 

and replaced it with the ACS. The ACS, 

unlike the U.S. Decennial Census, is an 

ongoing statistical survey by the U.S. 

Census Bureau that regularly samples 

household across the country to gather 

information. In considering various 

alternative data source options, the 

Committee considered basing the need 

variables on the ACS. Several 

Committee members expressed concerns 

regarding the use of ACS. 

The Committee agreed to establish a 

Study Group to identify and review all 

relevant data sources, including the 

ACS, and determine for each data 

source whether it might be used or 

modified to serve as the basis for the 

needs variables of the IHBG formula. 

This document seeks information from 

members of the public that could assist 

the Study Group by identifying and 

reviewing one or more existing data 

sources that might serve as the basis for 

the needs variables. 

The Committee requests a data source 

and method of introducing that data 

source that achieves an optimal balance 

of the following factors: Recognizes 

Tribal sovereignty; provides data that is 

relevant to eligible AIAN housing needs; 

and has a data collection methodology 

that is objective, equitable, transparent, 

consistent, capable of being applied to 

all existing formula areas, statistically 

reliable, and replicable both over time 

and diverse geographies. Data should be 

collected and submitted by proficient 

persons or organizations that have 

appropriate capacity and training and 

should be collected on a recurring basis 

at reasonable intervals or be capable of 

reliable statistical aging. Finally, the 

data source should not impose an undue 

administrative or financial burden upon 

Tribes, be cost-effective, and be capable 

of being fully evaluated by the Study 

Group within a one-year timeframe. 

Dated: September 18, 2014. 

Jemine A. Bryon, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0297; FRL–9912–68– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the Arizona State 

Implementation Plan, Maricopa County 

Air Quality Department 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

revision to the Maricopa County Air 

Quality Department (MCAQD) portion 

of the Arizona State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). This revision concerns 

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incinerators, burn-off ovens and 

crematories. We are proposing to 

approve a local rule to regulate these 

emission sources under the Clean Air 

Act (CAA or the Act). 

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by October 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2013–0297, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments 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 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. 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: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at www.regulations.gov 

and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–3901. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Idalia Pe ́rez, EPA Region IX, (415) 972– 

3248, perez.idalia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following local 

rule: Rule 313, Incinerators, Burn-Off 

Ovens and Crematories. In the Rules 

and Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, we are approving this local 

rule in a direct final action without 

prior proposal because we believe these 

SIP revisions are not controversial. If we 

receive adverse comments, however, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule and address the 

comments in subsequent action based 

on this proposed rule. 

We do not plan to open a second 

comment period, so anyone interested 

in commenting should do so at this 

time. If we do not receive adverse 

comments, no further activity is 

planned. For further information, please 

see the direct final action. 

Dated: May 30, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22742 Filed 9–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0512; FRL–9915–34– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, South Coast Air 

Quality Management District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District (SCAQMD) portion 

of the California State Implementation 

Plan (SIP). These revisions concern 

oxides of nitrogen (NOX) emissions from 

boilers, steam generators, and process 

heaters. We are proposing to approve 

local rules to regulate these emission 

sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA 

or the Act). 

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by October 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2014–0512, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments 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 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. 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: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at www.regulations.gov 

and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–3901. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Law, EPA Region IX, (415) 947– 

4126, law.nicole@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following local 

rules: SCAQMD Rule 1146 Emissions of 

Oxides of Nitrogen from Industrial, 

Institutional, and Commercial Boilers, 

Steam Generators, and Process Heaters 

and SCAQMD Rule 1146.1 Emissions of 

Oxides of Nitrogen from Small 

Industrial, Institutional, and 

Commercial Boilers, Steam Generators, 

and Process Heaters. In the Rules and 

Regulations section of this Federal 

Register, we are approving these local 

rules in a direct final action without 

prior proposal because we believe these 

SIP revisions are not controversial. If we 

receive adverse comments, however, we 

will publish a timely withdrawal of the 

direct final rule and address the 


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