66654 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2014–0765; FRL–9918–94– 

Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; North Carolina; 

Approval of Revisions to Inspection 

and Maintenance (I/M) Regulations 

Within the North Carolina State 

Implementation Plan; Correcting 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Direct final rule; correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: On October 30, 2002, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a direct final rule in the 

Federal Register approving North 

Carolina State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revisions, submitted through the 

North Carolina Department of 

Environment and Natural Resources (NC 

DENR), Division of Air Quality (DAQ), 

regarding the State’s enhanced 

inspection and maintenance (I/M) 

program. This correcting amendment 

corrects inadvertent errors for two rule 

titles in the regulatory text of EPA’s 

October 30, 2002, direct final rule. 

DATES: This action is effective 

November 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the 

documentation used in the action being 

corrected are available for inspection 

during normal business hours at the 

following location: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303– 

8960. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nacosta C. Ward, 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) 562–9140. 

Ms. Ward can also be reached via 

electronic mail at ward.nacosta@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action corrects the titles for two North 

Carolina regulations that appear in 

North Carolina’s Identification of Plan at 

section 40 CFR 52.1770(c) under Table 

1, at Subchapter 2D Air Pollution 

Control Requirements, Section .1000 

Motor Vehicle Emissions Control 

Standard. The two titles that appear in 

Table 1 as approved in EPA’s direct 

final rulemaking on October 30, 2002 

(67 FR 66056), are Sect .1004 

‘‘Emissions Standards’’ and Sect .1005 

‘‘Measurement and Enforcement.’’ 

However, the rule titles should read 

Sect .1004 ‘‘Tailpipe Emission 

Standards for CO and HC’’ and Sect 

.1005 ‘‘On-Board Diagnostic Standards’’ 

as provided in the red-line/

strikethrough portion of NC DENR’s 

August 7, 2002, SIP revision. EPA is 

correcting these inadvertent errors by 

replacing the current titles for Sect 

.1004 and Sect .1005 with the correct 

titles into North Carolina’s 

Identification of Plan section of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 

CFR 52.1770(c). 

EPA has determined that this action 

falls under the ‘‘good cause’’ exemption 

in section 553(b)(3)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

which, upon finding ‘‘good cause,’’ 

authorizes agencies to dispense with 

public participation where public notice 

and comment procedures are 

impracticable, unnecessary or contrary 

to the public interest. Public notice and 

comment for this action are unnecessary 

because this action to insert the correct 

titles in the CFR for Sect .1004 and Sect 

.1005 for North Carolina’s regulations 

has no substantive impact on EPA’s 

October 30, 2002, approval. The use of 

incorrect titles as printed for the two 

regulations in the regulatory text section 

of EPA’s direct final rule published on 

October 30, 2002, makes no substantive 

difference to EPA’s analysis as set out in 

the rule. In addition, EPA can identify 

no particular reason why the public 

would be interested in having the 

opportunity to comment on the 

corrections prior to this action being 

finalized, since this correcting 

amendment does not change the 

meaning of the regulations at issue or 

otherwise change EPA’s analysis of 

North Carolina’s enhanced I/M SIP 

revision. See 67 FR 66056. 

EPA also finds that there is good 

cause under APA section 553(d)(3) for 

these corrections to become effective on 

the date of publication of this action. 

Section 553(d)(3) of the APA allows an 

effective date less than 30 days after 

publication ‘‘as otherwise provided by 

the agency for good cause found and 

published with the rule.’’ 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). The purpose of the 30-day 

waiting period prescribed in APA 

section 553(d)(3) is to give affected 

parties a reasonable time to adjust their 

behavior and prepare before the final 

rule takes effect. This rule, however, 

does not create any new regulatory 

requirements such that affected parties 

would need time to prepare before the 

rule takes effect. Rather, this rule merely 

corrects inadvertent errors for the two 

aforementioned rule titles contained in 

the North Carolina regulations which 

EPA approved on October 30, 2002. For 

these reasons, EPA finds good cause 

under APA section 553(d)(3) for this 

correction to become effective on the 

date of publication of this action. 

Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and 

therefore is not subject to review by the 

Office of Management and Budget. For 

this reason, this action is also not 

subject to Executive Order 13211, 

‘‘Actions Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use’’ (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). This action merely corrects 

inadvertent errors for the two 

aforementioned rule titles contained in 

the North Carolina regulations which 

EPA approved on October 30, 2002, and 

it imposes no additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. 

Accordingly, the Administrator certifies 

that this rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.). Because this rule merely 

corrects inadvertent errors for the two 

aforementioned rule titles contained in 

the North Carolina regulations which 

EPA approved on October 30, 2002, and 

does not impose any additional 

enforceable duty beyond that required 

by state law, it does not contain any 

unfunded mandate or significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments, as 

described in the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4). 

The SIP is not approved to apply on 

any Indian reservation land or in any 

other area where EPA or an Indian tribe 

has demonstrated that a tribe has 

jurisdiction. In those areas of Indian 

country, the rule does not have tribal 

implications as specified by Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000), nor will it impose substantial 

direct costs on tribal governments or 

preempt tribal law. 

This rule also does not have 

Federalism implications because it does 

not have substantial direct effects on the 

states, on the relationship between the 

national government and the states, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government, as specified in 


rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with RULES
Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 66655 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). This rule merely 

corrects inadvertent errors for the two 

aforementioned rule titles contained in 

the North Carolina regulations which 

EPA approved on October 30, 2002, and 

does not alter the relationship or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established in the Clean 

Air Act (CAA). This rule also is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

‘‘Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), 

because it is not economically 

significant. In addition, this rule does 

not involve technical standards, thus 

the requirements of section 12(d) of the 

National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 

272 note) do not apply. This rule also 

does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. section 801 et seq., as added by 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 

generally provides that before a rule 

may take effect, the agency 

promulgating the rule must submit a 

rule report, which includes a copy of 

the rule, to each House of the Congress 

and to the Comptroller General of the 

United States. EPA will submit a report 

containing this rule and other required 

information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen 

dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

V. Anne Heard, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

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

Subpart II—North Carolina 

■ 2. Section 52.1770(c) is amended in 

Table 1, under ‘‘Subchapter 2D Air 

Pollution Control Requirements’’, 

‘‘Section .1000 Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Control Standard’’ by revising the 

entries for ‘‘Sect .1004’’ and ‘‘Sect 

.1005’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1770 Identification of plan. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

TABLE 1—EPA-APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS

State citation Title/Subject State effective 

date EPA Approval date Explanation 

Subchapter 2D Air Pollution Control Requirements 

*******

Section .1000 Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Standard 

*******

Sect .1004 ........................................ Tailpipe Emission Standards for 

CO and HC.

7/1/2002 11/10/2014 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

Sect .1005 ........................................ On-Board Diagnostic Standards ..... 7/1/2002 11/10/2014 [Insert Federal Register 

citation].

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2014–26521 Filed 11–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 711 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0347; FRL–9918–23] 

RIN 2070–AK01 

Partial Exemption of Certain Chemical 

Substances From Reporting Additional 

Chemical Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is amending the list of 

chemical substances that are partially 

exempt from reporting additional 

information under the Chemical Data 

Reporting (CDR) rule. EPA has 

determined that, based on the totality of 

information on the chemical substances 

listed in this document, the Agency has 

low current interest in their CDR 

processing and use information. EPA 

reached this conclusion after 

considering a number of factors, 

including: The risk of adverse human 

health or environmental effects, 

information needs for CDR processing 

and use information, and the 

availability of other sources of 

comparable processing and use 

information. 

DATES: This direct final rule is effective 

January 9, 2015 without further notice, 

unless EPA receives adverse comment 

on or before December 10, 2014. If EPA 

receives written adverse comments, EPA 

will withdraw the applicable partial 

exemption in this direct final rule before 

its effective date. See also Unit II. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0347 by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 


rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with RULES