19020 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R06–OAR–2011–0938; FRL–9925–86– 

Region 6] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; New Mexico; 

Transportation Conformity and 

Conformity of General Federal Actions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: On February 10, 2015, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a direct final rule approving 

revisions to the New Mexico State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions amend the State transportation 

conformity provisions and remove the 

State general conformity provisions 

from the SIP, as allowed by the 2005 

amendments to the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). The direct final rule was 

published without prior proposal 

because EPA anticipated no adverse 

comments. EPA stated in the direct final 

rule that if EPA received relevant, 

adverse comments by March 12, 2015, 

EPA would publish a timely withdrawal 

in the Federal Register. EPA received a 

relevant, adverse comment on March 10, 

2015, and accordingly is withdrawing 

the direct final rule, and in a separate 

subsequent final rulemaking will 

address the comment received. The 

withdrawal is being taken pursuant to 

section 110 of the CAA. 

DATES: The direct final rule published 

on February 10, 2015 (80 FR 7341), is 

withdrawn effective April 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeffrey Riley (6PD–L), Air Planning 

Section, telephone (214) 665–8542, fax 

(214) 665–6762, email: 

riley.jeffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 10, 2015, EPA published a 

direct final rule approving revisions to 

the New Mexico SIP. These revisions 

amend the State transportation 

conformity provisions and remove the 

State general conformity provisions 

from the SIP, as allowed by the 2005 

amendments to the CAA. The direct 

final rule was published without prior 

proposal because EPA anticipated no 

adverse comments. EPA stated in the 

direct final rule that if relevant, adverse 

comments were received by March 12, 

2015, EPA would publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register. EPA 

received a comment on March 10, 2015 

from the Sierra Club stating in relevant 

part, that an Acting Regional 

Administrator cannot sign approvals, 

disapprovals, or any combination of 

approvals or disapproval, in whole or in 

part, due to the fact that the authority 

to act on agency actions on state 

implementation plans is delegated only 

to, and therefore can only be signed by, 

the Regional Administrator. EPA 

considers this a relevant, adverse 

comment and accordingly is 

withdrawing the direct final rule. In a 

separate subsequent final rulemaking 

EPA will address the comment received. 

The withdrawal is being taken pursuant 

to section 110 of the CAA. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon Monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxides, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

Accordingly, the amendments to 40 

CFR 52.1620 published in the Federal 

Register on February 10, 2015 (80 FR 

7341), which were to become effective 

on April 13, 2015, are withdrawn. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0754; FRL–9924–69- 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan; San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 

District; Quantification of Emission 

Reductions From Incentive Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is finalizing a limited 

approval and limited disapproval of a 

revision to the San Joaquin Valley 

Unified Air Pollution Control District 

(SJVUAPCD) portion of the California 

State Implementation Plan (SIP). This 

regulation establishes requirements and 

procedures for the District’s 

quantification of emission reductions 

achieved through incentive funding 

programs implemented in the San 

Joaquin Valley. The effect of this action 

would be to make these requirements 

and procedures federally enforceable as 

part of the California SIP. Under 

authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA or 

the Act), this action simultaneously 

approves the local rule and directs 

California to correct rule deficiencies. 

DATES: This rule will be effective on 

May 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established docket 

number EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0754 for 

this action. Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, California 94105–3901. 

While all documents in the docket are 

listed at http://www.regulations.gov, 

some information may be publicly 

available only at the hard copy location 

(e.g., copyrighted material, large maps, 

multi-volume reports), and some may 

not be available in either location (e.g., 

confidential business information 

(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: 

Table of Contents 

I. Proposed Action 

II. Public Comments and EPA Responses 

III. Final Action 

IV. Incorporation by Reference 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. Proposed Action 

On May 19, 2014 (79 FR 28650), EPA 

proposed to fully approve the following 

rule, which the California Air Resources 

Board (CARB) submitted for 

incorporation into the California SIP. 


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