Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 5, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 19495 

excluding section 4.4 (‘‘Contingency 

Reductions’’). 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2016–0028; FRL–9944–56– 

Region 9] 

Approval of Air Plan Revisions; 

Arizona; Rescissions and Corrections 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct 

final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of adverse 

comments, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing 

a portion of the February 11, 2016 direct 

final rule approving certain revisions to 

the Arizona State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) and correcting certain errors. The 

adverse comments relate to a particular 

test method and thus the EPA is 

withdrawing the portion of the direct 

final rule that relates to the test methods 

that include the test method for which 

the adverse comments were received. 

DATES: The addition of paragraph 

(c)(29)(i)(B) published on February 11, 

2016 at 81 FR 7214 is withdrawn, 

effective April 5, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Steckel, EPA Region IX, (415) 

947–4115, steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 11, 2016, the EPA published a 

direct final rule approving a SIP 

revision submitted by the Arizona 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(ADEQ). In the February 11, 2016 direct 

final rule, the EPA also corrected certain 

errors in previous actions on prior 

revisions to the Arizona SIP and to 

make certain other corrections. In the 

direct final rule, the EPA stated that if 

adverse comments were received by 

March 14, 2016, the EPA would publish 

a timely withdrawal and address the 

comments in a subsequent final rule 

based on the proposed rule also 

published on February 11, 2016 (81 FR 

7259). The February 11, 2016 proposed 

rule indicated that if the EPA receives 

adverse comment on an amendment, 

paragraph, or section of the direct final 

rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

the EPA may adopt as final those 

provisions of the rule that are not the 

subject of an adverse comment. 

In this instance, the EPA received 

adverse comments on a certain test 

method for which the EPA had 

approved rescission. The relevant test 

method was included in a SIP revision 

submitted by ADEQ on January 23, 1979 

that also included a number of other test 

methods and certain performance test 

specifications, all of which were 

approved by the EPA at 47 FR 17483 

(April 23, 1982). The EPA’s approval of 

the test methods and performance test 

specifications submitted on January 23, 

1979 and approved on April 23, 1982 

was codified at 40 CFR 

52.120(c)(29)(i)(A). 

The EPA’s action on the rescission of 

the test methods and performance test 

specifications submitted on January 23, 

1979 and approved on April 23, 1982 is 

severable from the rest of the direct final 

rule. Thus, the EPA is withdrawing only 

the portion of the direct final rule 

related to those test methods and 

performance test specifications. The 

EPA will address the comments in a 

separate final action covering the state’s 

rescission of the test methods and 

performance test specifications 

submitted on January 23, 1979 (and 

approved on April 23, 1982) based on 

the proposed action published on 

February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7259). The 

EPA will not open a second comment 

period for the action on the state’s 

rescissions of the test methods and 

performance test specifications. The 

other actions in the February 11, 2016 

Federal Register direct final rule are not 

affected. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: March 24, 2016. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

Accordingly, the addition of 

paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7209) on page 

7214 is withdrawn as of April 5, 2016. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2015–0696; FRL–9944–55- 

Region 4] 

Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; 

Transportation Conformity Update 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking direct final 

action to approve a revision to the South 

Carolina State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) submitted on October 13, 2015, 

through the South Carolina Department 

of Health and Environmental Control 

(SC DHEC). This revision consists of 

transportation conformity criteria and 

procedures related to interagency 

consultation and enforceability of 

certain transportation-related control 

measures and mitigation measures. The 

intended effect of this approval is to 

update the transportation conformity 

criteria and procedures in the South 

Carolina SIP to reorganize previous 

exhibits into a single Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA) document as well as 

updating signatories to add the newly 

established Lowcountry Area 

Transportation Study (LATS) to the list 

of Metropolitan Planning Organizations 

(MPOs), created to represent a new 

urbanized area designated as a result of 

the 2010 Census. EPA has determined 

that this revision is consistent with the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

June 6, 2016 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

by May 5, 2016. If EPA receives such 

comments, it will publish a timely 

withdrawal of the direct final rule in the 

Federal Register and inform the public 

that the rule will not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2015–0696 at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. EPA will generally 


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