Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 19 / Friday, January 29, 2016 / Proposed Rules 4987 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2015–0371; FRL–9932–58- 

Region 8] 

Approval and Promulgation of State 

Implementation Plan Revisions; Rules, 

Public Notice and Comment Process, 

and Renumbering; Utah 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions submitted by the State of Utah 

on February 25, 2013, August 5, 2013, 

and March 5, 2014. These submittals 

request SIP revisions to incorporate 

several changes to Utah’s rules, 

including the permit public notice and 

comment process requirements, and 

renumbering for the ‘‘Interstate 

Transport’’ provisions. EPA is taking 

this action in accordance with section 

110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 29, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification Number EPA–R08–OAR– 

2015–0371. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site. Although 

listed in the index, some information 

may not be publicly available, i.e., 

Confidential Business Information or 

other information the disclosure of 

which is restricted by statute. Certain 

other material, such as copyrighted 

material, is not placed on the Internet 

and will be publicly available only in 

the hard copy form. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

EPA Region 8, Office of Partnerships 

and Regulatory Assistance, Air Program, 

1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado, 80202–1129. The EPA 

requests that you contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to view the hard copy 

of the docket. The Regional Office’s 

official hours of business are Monday 

through Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., 

excluding federal holidays. An 

electronic copy of the State’s SIP 

compilation is also available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region8/air/sip.html. 

Please see the Direct final rule which is 

located in the Rules Section of this 

Federal Register for detailed instruction 

on how to submit comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jody 

Ostendorf, Air Program, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8P–AR, 

1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129. 303–312–7814, 

ostendorf.jody@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register, EPA is approving the 

State’s SIP revision as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

SIP revision and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the preamble to 

the direct final rule. 

If EPA receives no adverse comments, 

EPA will not take further action on this 

proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse 

comments, EPA will withdraw the 

direct final rule and it will not take 

effect. EPA will address all public 

comments in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. 

EPA will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. Any 

parties interested in commenting must 

do so at this time. For further 

information, please see the ADDRESSES

section of this document. 

Please note that if EPA receives 

adverse comment on a distinct 

provision of this rule and if that 

provision may be severed from the 

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 

as final those provisions of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. See the information provided 

in the Direct Final action of the same 

title which is located in the Rules and 

Regulations Section of this Federal 

Register. 

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

Dated: August 4, 2015. 

Shaun L. McGrath, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of 

Federal Register on January 14, 2016. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 98 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0764; FRL–9941–80– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AS73 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: Leak 

Detection Methodology Revisions and 

Confidentiality Determinations for 

Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing 

revisions and confidentiality 

determinations for the petroleum and 

natural gas systems source category of 

the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 

(GHGRP). In particular, the EPA is 

proposing to add new monitoring 

methods for detecting leaks from oil and 

gas equipment in the petroleum and 

natural gas systems source category 

consistent with the leak detection 

methods in the recently proposed new 

source performance standards (NSPS) 

for the oil and gas industry. The EPA is 

also proposing to add emission factors 

for leaking equipment to be used in 

conjunction with these monitoring 

methods to calculate and report 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 

resulting from equipment leaks. Further, 

the EPA is proposing reporting 

requirements and confidentiality 

determinations for nine new or 

substantially revised data elements. 

DATES:

Comments. Comments must be 

received on or before February 29, 2016. 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA), comments on the information 

collection provisions are best assured of 

consideration if the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

receives a copy of your comments on or 

before February 29, 2016. 

Public hearing. The EPA does not 

plan to conduct a public hearing unless 

requested. To request a hearing, please 

contact the person listed in the 

following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by February 5, 2016. If 

requested, the hearing will be 

conducted on February 16, 2016, in the 

Washington, DC area. The EPA will 

provide further information about the 

hearing on the GHGRP Web site, 

http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/

index.html if a hearing is requested. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2015–0764 to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://


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