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exists to estimate how such compliance 

will change during full implementation? 

9. We seek comments on measure 

number 2 described above to require use 

of longer reboarding ladders. We 

understand that the American Boat and 

Yacht Council (ABYC) has a proposed 

revision to ABYC Standard H–41— 

Reboarding Means, Ladders, Handholds, 

Rails, and Lifelines, that would address 

longer ladders. Are there other 

consensus industry standards 

addressing longer ladders? 

10. What percentage of new 

recreational vessels are sold with a 

swim ladder installed? What percentage 

of existing recreational vessels currently 

have a swim ladder installed? What is 

the typical length of a swim ladder that 

recreational vessel manufacturers 

currently install? 

11. What are the costs for installation 

of a reboarding ladder? 

12. What data or information exists 

that could be used to estimate 

compliance rates of measure number 2? 

What data exists to estimate how such 

compliance will change during full 

implementation? 

13. We seek comments on measure 

number 3 described above to require use 

of boarding ladder or swim platform 

entrance gate ‘‘interlocks’’ on new 

recreational vessels. Are there any 

consensus industry standards 

addressing interlocks or any such 

standards in development? 

14. What are the costs for installation 

of a boarding ladder or swim platform 

entrance gate interlock system? What 

are the costs associated with 

maintenance of these systems? 

15. What data or information exists 

that could be used to estimate 

compliance rates of measure number 3? 

What data exists to estimate how such 

compliance will change during full 

implementation? 

16. What is the risk of device failures 

or unintended activations of the 

boarding ladder or swim platform 

entrance gate interlocks? What is the 

current estimated rate of unintended 

activations? What are the impacts of 

unintended activations? Are there any 

injuries or fatalities associated with 

unintended activations? 

17. What other measures or strategies 

would prevent propeller strike-related 

or CO poisoning-related casualties? 

18. Since the enactment of the 

aforementioned State laws (CA, NV, OR, 

PA, WA), has there been a change in the 

count and rate of CO poisoning-related 

casualties in these States? Is there any 

quantitative data, measures, metrics, 

studies, or other related evidence on the 

effectiveness of these State laws? 

19. Should any of the above-listed 

measures, or other measures or 

strategies to prevent propeller strikerelated and CO poisoning-related 

casualties, be limited to specific 

recreational vessel types or lengths, or 

to some other criteria? 

20. Would any of the above-listed 

specific measures have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities? What sources 

of data or information exist detailing the 

economic impact on small entities 

which may result from the use of these 

specific measures to avoid propeller 

strike-related and CO poisoning-related 

casualties? 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

James A. Watson, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0617; FRL–9457–1] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Pennsylvania; Adhesives and Sealants 

Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The 

SIP revision pertains to amendments to 

25 Pennsylvania Code (Pa. Code) 

Chapters 121, 129, and 130, relating to 

control of emissions of volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) from the 

manufacture, sale, use, or application of 

adhesives, sealants, primers, and 

solvents. The revision also amends 

related definitions. This action is being 

taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 26, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2011–0617 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. E-mail: 

fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0617, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Program Planning, 

Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID Number EPA–R03–OAR– 

2011–0617. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change, and 

may be made available online at http://

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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http://

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy 

during normal business hours at the Air 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 

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Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. Copies of the State submittal are 

available at the Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental 

Protection, Bureau of Air Quality 

Control, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market 

Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Becoat, (215) 814–2036, or by 

e-mail at becoat.gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 12, 2011, the Pennsylvania 

Department of Environmental Protection 

(PADEP) submitted a revision to the 

Pennsylvania SIP. The SIP revision 

consists of Pennsylvania’s amendments 

to 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121, 129, and 

130 relating to general provisions, 

standards for sources, and standards for 

products. The amendments are part of 

Pennsylvania’s strategy to achieve and 

maintain the 8-hour ozone national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) 

throughout the Commonwealth. 

The SIP revision consists of the 

following amendments: 

A. Amendments to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 

121—General Provisions 

The amendments to section 121.1— 

Definitions, add definitions for 53 new 

terms, including those that relate to the 

adhesive, sealant, primer, and solvent 

product categories regulated under 

section 129.77 and Chapter 130, 

Subchapter D and amends definitions 

for 9 existing terms for clarity, style, and 

format or to explain new product 

categories. 

B. Amendments to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 

129—Standards for Sources of VOCs 

The revision amends section 

129.51(a)—Equivalency, in order to 

include adhesives, sealants, primers, 

and solvents covered by section 129.77, 

entitled ‘‘Control of emissions from the 

use or application of adhesives, 

sealants, primers and solvents.’’ Section 

129.51(a) provides an alternative 

method for owners and operators of 

facilities to achieve compliance with air 

emission limits. 

The Ozone Transport Commission 

(OTC) states developed a model rule 

‘‘OTC Model Rule For Adhesives and 

Sealants’’ dated 2006 which was based 

on the 1998 California Air Resources 

Board (CARB) reasonably available 

control technology (RACT) 

determination. This RACT 

determination applied to both the 

manufacture and use of adhesives, 

sealants, adhesive primers, or sealant 

primers, in both industrial and 

manufacturing facilities and in the field. 

California Air Districts used this 

determination to develop regulations for 

this category. EPA addressed this source 

category with a Control Techniques 

Guideline (CTG) document for 

Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives 

dated September 2008. This CTG was 

developed in response to section 183(e) 

of the CAA requirement for EPA to 

study and regulate consumer and 

commercial products, which is included 

in EPA’s Report to Congress, ‘‘Study of 

Volatile Organic Compound Emissions 

from Consumer and Commercial 

Products—Comprehensive Emissions 

Inventory.’’ 

The miscellaneous industrial 

adhesives category was limited to 

adhesives and adhesive primers used in 

industrial and manufacturing operations 

and did not include products applied in 

the field. Therefore, the OTC model rule 

and state efforts in developing 

individual regulations preceded EPA’s 

CTG for this source category and were 

broader in applicability. 

The new section 129.77 adds 

regulations that: (a) Set standards for the 

application of adhesives, sealants, 

adhesive primers, and sealant primers 

by providing options for appliers either 

to use a product with a VOC content 

equal to or less than a specified limit or 

to use add-on controls; (b) establish that 

owners or operators may not use or 

apply at the facility an adhesive, 

sealant, adhesive primer, sealant primer, 

surface preparation, or cleanup solvent 

that exceeds the VOC content limits; (c) 

specify requirements for owners or 

operators of a facility that uses or 

applies a surface preparation solvent or 

cleanup solvent or removes an adhesive, 

sealant, adhesive primer, and sealant 

primer from the parts of spray 

application equipment; (d) provide for 

an alternative add-on control system 

requirement of at least 85 percent 

overall control efficiency (capture and 

destruction), by weight; (e) specify 

requirements for proper storage and 

disposal, work practices, surface 

preparation, and cleanup solvent 

composition; and (f) specify 

exemptions, as well as registration and 

product labeling requirements, 

recordkeeping requirements, and test 

methods and compliance procedures. 

C. Amendments to 25 Pa. Code Chapter 

130 Subchapter D—Adhesives, 

Sealants, Primers, and Solvents 

General Provisions 

The new 25 Pa. Code Chapter 130 

Subchapter D adds regulations that: (a) 

Set emission standards and VOC 

content limits for the sale, supply, offer 

for sale, manufacture, use, or 

application of adhesive, sealant, 

adhesive primer, and sealant primer 

products; (b) set emission standards and 

VOC content limits for the sale, supply, 

offer for sale, manufacture, use, or 

application sealant products applied to 

certain substrates, surface preparation 

solvents, and cleanup solvents; (c) 

establish requirements for surface 

preparation solvent or cleanup solvent, 

removal methods, and proper storage 

and disposal; (d) establish that a person 

may not solicit the use of a product if 

application would result in a violation 

of the applicable VOC content limit; (e) 

specify exemptions for an adhesive, 

sealant, adhesive primer, or sealant 

primer product; and (f) specify 

recordkeeping requirements, test 

methods, registration, and product 

labeling requirements and compliance 

procedures. 

A detailed summary of EPA’s review 

of and rationale for proposing to 

approve this SIP revision may be found 

in the Technical Support Document 

(TSD) for this action which is available 

on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, 

Docket number EPA–R03–OAR–2011– 

0617. 

III. Proposed Action 

EPA is proposing to approve the 

Pennsylvania SIP revision amending 

section 121.1 ‘‘Definitions’’ and section 

129.51(a) ‘‘Equivalency’’ of 25 Pa. Code 

Chapter 129. EPA is also proposing to 

approve the Pennsylvania SIP revisions 

adding section 129.77 ‘‘Control of 

emissions from the use or application of 

adhesives, sealants, primers, and 

solvents’’ of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 129 

and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 130 

Subchapter D ‘‘Adhesives, Sealants, 

Primers, and Solvents General 

Provisions.’’ EPA is soliciting public 

comments on the issues discussed in 

this document. These comments will be 

considered before taking final action. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA 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 CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve 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 Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993); 

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• 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 CAA; 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, this proposed rule, 

pertaining to Pennsylvania’s control of 

VOCs from adhesives and sealants, does 

not have Tribal implications as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because 

the SIP is not approved to apply in 

Indian country located in the state, and 

EPA notes that it will not impose 

substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 60 and 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0505; FRL–9456–2] 

RIN 2060–AP76 

Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New 

Source Performance Standards and 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; Announcement 

of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The EPA published in the 

Federal Register on August 23, 2011, 

the proposed rule, ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas 

Sector: New Source Performance 

Standards and National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

Reviews.’’ The EPA is announcing three 

public hearings to be held for the 

proposed rule. 

DATES: The public hearings will be held 

on September 27, 2011, September 28, 

2011, and September 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be 

held on September 27, 2011, in 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 28, 

2011, in Denver, Colorado, and 

September 29, 2011, in Arlington, 

Texas. The September 27, 2011, public 

hearing will be held at the David L. 

Lawrence Convention Center in Rooms 

315–316, located at 1000 Ft. Duquesne 

Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222; 

telephone: (412) 565–6000. The 

September 28, 2011, public hearing will 

be held at the Colorado Convention 

Center in Room 207, located at 700 14th 

Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; 

telephone: (303) 228–8000. The 

September 29, 2011, public hearing will 

be held at the Arlington Municipal 

Building in the City Council Chambers 

located at 101 W. Abram Street, 

Arlington, Texas 76010; telephone: 

(817) 459–6122. 

The three public hearings will 

convene at 9 a.m. and will continue 

until 8 p.m. (local time). The EPA will 

make every effort to accommodate all 

speakers that arrive and register before 

8 p.m. A lunch break is scheduled from 

12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. and a dinner 

break is scheduled from 5 p.m. until 

6:30 p.m. The EPA’s Web site for the 

rulemaking, which includes the 

proposal and information about the 

hearings, can be found at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to present oral testimony 

at the public hearing, please contact Ms. 

Joan C. Rogers, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Sector Policies 

and Programs Division (E143–03), 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone: (919) 541–4487; fax 

number: (919) 541–3470; e-mail address: 

rogers.joanc@epa.gov (preferred method 

for registering), no later than by 4 p.m. 

(Eastern Standard Time), 2 business 

days prior to each hearing. The last day 

to register to present oral testimony in 

advance will be Friday, September 23, 

2011, for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

public hearing; Monday, September 26, 

2011, for the Denver, Colorado, public 

hearing; and Tuesday, September 27, 

2011, for the Arlington, Texas, public 

hearing. If using e-mail, please provide 

the following information: The time you 

wish to speak (morning, afternoon or 

evening), name, affiliation, address, 

e-mail address and telephone and fax 

numbers. Time slot preferences will be 

given in the order requests are received. 

Requests to speak will be taken the day 

of each of the hearings at the hearing 

registration desk, although preferences 

on speaking times may not be able to be 

fulfilled. If you will require the service 

of a translator, please let us know at the 

time of registration. 

Questions concerning the August 23, 

2011 (76 FR 52738), proposed rule 

should be addressed to Bruce Moore, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Sector Policies and Programs 

Division (E143–05), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 

number: (919) 541–5460; facsimile 

number: (919) 541–3470; e-mail address: 

moore.bruce@epa.gov. 

Public hearing: The proposal for 

which the EPA is holding the public 

hearings was published in the Federal 

Register on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 

(76 FR 52738), and is available at: 

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/ 

oilandgas/ and also in the docket 

identified below. The public hearings 

will provide interested parties the 

opportunity to present oral comments 

regarding the EPA’s proposed standards, 

including data, views or arguments 

concerning the proposal. 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. 

Commenters should notify Ms. Rogers 

if they will need specific equipment or 

if there are other special needs related 

to providing comments at the public 

hearings. The EPA will provide 

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