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• 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 action for 

the state of South Carolina does not 

have Tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000). The Catawba Indian 

Nation Reservation is located within the 

State of South Carolina. Pursuant to the 

Catawba Indian Claims Settlement Act, 

South Carolina statute 27–16–120, ‘‘all 

state and local environmental laws and 

regulations apply to the [Catawba Indian 

Nation] and Reservation and are fully 

enforceable by all relevant state and 

local agencies and authorities.’’ 

However, EPA has determined that 

because this proposed rule does not 

have substantial direct effects on an 

Indian Tribe because, as noted above, 

this action is not approving any specific 

rule, but rather proposing that South 

Carolina’s already approved SIP meets 

certain CAA requirements. EPA notes 

this action 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, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

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

Dated: June 10, 2016. 

Heather McTeer Toney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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Notice of Extension to Comment 

Period on the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System: 

Applications and Program Updates 

Proposed Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Extension of Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is extending the 

comment period for the notice, 

‘‘National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES): 

Applications and Program Updates.’’ In 

response to stakeholder requests, EPA is 

extending the comment period for an 

additional 15 days, from July 18, 2016 

to August 2, 2016. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice that was published on May 18, 

2016 (81 FR 31344), is extended. 

Comments must be received on or 

before August 2, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2016–0145, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: 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 

not consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Flannery-Keith, Water Permits Division, 

Office of Wastewater Management, Mail 

Code 4203M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566–0689; 

flannery-keith.erin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

18, 2016 EPA published in the Federal 

Register (81 FR 31344) a proposed rule 

that would make targeted revisions to 

the NPDES regulations. These revisions 

would make the regulations consistent 

with the 1987 CWA Amendments and 

with applicable judicial decisions. 

These revisions would delete certain 

regulatory provisions that are no longer 

in effect and clarify the level of 

documentation that permit writers must 

provide for permitting decisions. EPA is 

also asking for public comments on 

potential ways to enhance public notice 

and participation in the permitting 

process. CWA section 402 established 

the NPDES permitting program and 

gives EPA authority to write regulations 

to implement the NPDES program. 33 

U.S.C. 1342(a)(1), (2). The proposed 

rule, as initially published in the 

Federal Register, provided for written 

comments to be submitted to EPA on or 

before July 18, 2016 (a 60-day public 

comment period). Since publication, 

EPA has received a request for 

additional time to submit comments. 

EPA is extending the public comment 

period for 15 days until August 2, 2016. 

Dated: June 17, 2016. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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