Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 241 / Friday, December 14, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 74355 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on this 11th day 

of December 2012. 

Laricke Blanchard, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30202 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2011–0589; FRL–9726–4] 

Approval of Air Quality Implementation 

Plans; California; San Joaquin Valley; 

Attainment Plan for the 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone Standards; Technical 

Amendments 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendments. 

SUMMARY: EPA is making a technical 

amendment to the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) to reflect the 

Agency’s March 1, 2012 final approval 

of the California State Implementation 

Plan for attainment of the 1997 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards in the San Joaquin Valley. 

This technical amendment corrects the 

CFR to properly codify the California 

Air Resources Board’s commitment to 

update the air quality modeling in the 

San Joaquin Valley 8-Hour Ozone SIP by 

December 31, 2014. 

DATES: This technical amendment is 

effective on December 14, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Wicher, Air Planning Office 

(AIR–2), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 9, (415) 972–3957, 

wicher.frances@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, ‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ 

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

On March 1, 2012, EPA fully 

approved the California State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for 

attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) in the San Joaquin Valley and 

included provisions of this SIP in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 

CFR 52.220(c). See 77 FR 12652 (March 

1, 2012). 

The regulatory text for this final 

action included paragraph 

(c)(396)(ii)(A)(2)(ii) of 40 CFR 52.220. 

This paragraph contains CARB’s 

commitment to update the air quality 

modeling in the San Joaquin Valley 8- 

Hour Ozone SIP to reflect emissions 

inventory improvements and any other 

new information by December 31, 2014 

or the date by which state 

implementation plans are due for the 

expected revision to the Federal 8-hour 

ozone standard whichever comes first, 

as provided on page 3 of CARB 

Resolution No. 11–22 (dated July 21, 

2011). CARB Resolution 11–22 

documents CARB’s adoption of the 8- 

Hour Ozone State Implementation Plan 

Revisions and Technical Revisions to 

the PM2.5 State Implementation Plan 

Transportation Conformity Budgets for 

the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley 

Air Basins (dated June 20, 2011). 

However, the amendatory language at 

the beginning of this regulatory text (77 

FR 12672) did not identify this 

paragraph and as a result this paragraph 

is not currently in the CFR. We are 

issuing this technical amendment to 40 

CFR 52.220 to correct this oversight. 

This technical amendment makes no 

change to the substance of our March 1, 

2012 approval of the SJV 8-Hour Ozone 

SIP. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, 

Volatile organic compounds. 

Dated: December 4, 2012. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

Part 52, Chapter I, Title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations is amended as 

follows: 

PART 52 [AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart F—California 

■ 2. Section 52.220 is amended by 

adding paragraph (c)(396)(ii)(A)(2)(ii) to 

read as follows: 

§ 52.220 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(396) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(A) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) Commitment to update the air 

quality modeling in the SJV 2007 Ozone 

Plan to reflect the emissions inventory 

improvements and any other new 

information by December 31, 2014 or 

the date by which state implementation 

plans are due for the expected revision 

to the Federal 8-hour ozone standard 

whichever comes first, as provided on 

page 3. 

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[FR Doc. 2012–30245 Filed 12–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2011–0114; FRL–9751–6] 

Approval, Disapproval and 

Promulgation of State Implementation 

Plans; State of Utah; Regional Haze 

Rule Requirements for Mandatory 

Class I Areas Under 40 CFR 51.309 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is partially approving 

and partially disapproving a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 

submitted by the State of Utah on May 

26, 2011 that addresses regional haze. 

EPA is also approving specific sections 

of a State of Utah SIP revision submitted 

on September 9, 2008 to address 

regional haze. These SIP revisions were 

submitted to address the requirements 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and 

our rules that require states to prevent 

any future and remedy any existing 

man-made impairment of visibility in 

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