Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 58 / Tuesday, March 26, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 18241 

77 FR 59354, the direct final rule 

became effective on November 26, 2012, 

because no significant adverse 

comments were received within the 

comment period. In a companion 

document in this issue of the Federal 

Register, VA is withdrawing the 

proposed rulemaking, RIN 2900–AO37, 

published at 77 FR 59354, as 

unnecessary. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. John 

R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on March 20, 2013 for 

publication. 

Dated: March 21, 2013. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06828 Filed 3–25–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2011–0328; FRL–9792–8] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Minnesota; Flint Hills Resources Pine 

Bend 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of an 

adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing 

the January 31, 2013, direct final rule 

approving a revision to the Minnesota 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA 

will address the comment in a 

subsequent final action based upon the 

proposed rulemaking action, also 

published on January 31, 2013. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. 

DATES: The direct final rule published at 

78 FR 6733 on January 31, 2013, is 

withdrawn as of March 26, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Portanova, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–5954, 

portanova.mary@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

withdrawing the January 31, 2013 (78 

FR 6733), direct final rule approving a 

revision to the the Minnesota sulfur 

dioxide SIP for Flint Hills Resources 

Pine Bend, LLC, in Dakota County. In 

the direct final rule, EPA stated that if 

adverse comments were received by 

March 4, 2013, the rule would be 

withdrawn and not take effect. On 

February 5, 2013, EPA received a 

comment, which it interprets as adverse 

and, therefore, EPA is withdrawing the 

direct final rule. EPA will address the 

comment in a subsequent final action 

based upon the proposed rulemaking 

action, also published on January 31, 

2013 (78 FR 6783). EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Sulfur oxides. 

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

Dated: March 13, 2013. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

PART 52—[AMENDED] 

Accordingly, the amendment to 40 

CFR 52.1220 published in the Federal 

Register on January 31, 2013 (78 FR 

6733) on pages 6735–6736 is withdrawn 

as of March 26, 2013. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2012–0814; FRL–9792–2] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Region 4 

States; Prong 3 of Section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i) Infrastructure 

Requirement for the 1997 and 2006 

Fine Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking final action to 

conditionally approve submissions from 

Kentucky, North Carolina and 

Tennessee for inclusion into each State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). This action 

addresses the Clean Air Act (CAA or 

Act) requirements pertaining to 

prevention of significant deterioration 

(PSD) for the 1997 annual and 2006 24- 

hour fine particulate matter (PM2.5) 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) infrastructure SIPs. The CAA 

requires that each state adopt and 

submit a SIP for the implementation, 

maintenance, and enforcement of each 

NAAQS promulgated by EPA, which is 

commonly referred to as an 

‘‘infrastructure’’ SIP. EPA is 

conditionally approving the 

submissions for Kentucky, North 

Carolina and Tennessee that relate to 

adequate provisions prohibiting 

emissions that interfere with any other 

state’s required measures to prevent 

significant deterioration of its air 

quality. All other applicable 

infrastructure requirements for the 1997 

annual and 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS 

associated with these States have been 

addressed in separate rulemakings. 

DATES: This rule will be effective April 

25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2012–0814. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information 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 through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Lakeman, Regulatory Development 

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9043. 

Mr. Lakeman can be reached via 

electronic mail at 

lakeman.sean@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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