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requests and maintenance plans for the 

Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus 

areas on July 6, 2016 and June 16, 2016, 

respectively. Ohio submitted a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for the Ohio portion of the 

Cincinnati area on April 21, 2016. 

Indiana submitted a redesignation 

request and maintenance plan for the 

Indiana portion of the Cincinnati area 

on February 23, 2016. As a result of our 

finding, these areas must use their 

submitted MVEBs for future 

transportation conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective October 

12, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Control 

Strategies Section (AR–18J), Air 

Programs Branch, Air and Radiation 

Division, United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604, (312) 353–8777, 

maietta.anthony@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s notice is an announcement of 

a finding that we have already made. On 

August 23, 2016, EPA sent letters to the 

Indiana Department of Environmental 

Management and the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency 

transmitting our determination that the 

2020 and 2030 MVEBs contained in the 

redesignations and maintenance plans 

for the Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio 

areas and Indiana and Ohio portions of 

the Cincinnati area are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

These MVEBs were announced on 

EPA’s transportation conformity Web 

site, and no comments were submitted 

in response. The information is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The Cleveland-Akron-Lorain ozone 

nonattainment area consists of 

Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, 

Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit 

Counties. The Columbus ozone 

nonattainment area consists of 

Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, 

Licking, and Madison Counties. The 

Indiana portion of the Cincinnati ozone 

nonattainment area consists of 

Lawrenceburg Township (located 

within Dearborn County, Indiana). The 

Ohio portion of the Cincinnati area 

consists of Butler, Clermont, Clinton, 

Hamilton, and Warren Counties. For 

transportation conformity purposes, the 

MVEBs for the Indiana and Ohio 

portions of the Cincinnati area are 

combined. The 2020 and 2030 MVEBs, 

in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs and NOX

for the Indiana and Ohio portions of 

Cincinnati, and the Cleveland and 

Columbus, Ohio areas are as follows: 

Area 2020 NOX

(tpd) 

2020 VOCs 

(tpd) 

2030 NOX

(tpd) 

2030 VOCs 

(tpd) 

Indiana and Ohio Portions of the Cincinnati—Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky Area ... 30.79 30.00 16.22 18.22 

Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio ......................................................................... 61.56 38.85 43.82 30.80 

Columbus, Ohio ............................................................................................... 99.54 50.66 85.13 44.31 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the CAA. EPA’s 

conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they 

conform. Conformity to a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in the regulation at 40 CFR 

93.118(e)(4). As set forth above, EPA 

determined that these MVEBs are 

adequate under the applicable standards 

set forth in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please 

note that an adequacy review is separate 

from EPA’s completeness review, and it 

also should not be used to prejudge 

EPA’s ultimate approval of the SIP. 

Even if we find a budget adequate, the 

SIP could later be disapproved. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: September 19, 2016. 

Robert Kaplan, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9953–22–OLEM] 

Notice of New Streamlined Approval 

Process for Non-Regulatory Methods 

in SW–846 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is providing 

notice of a new streamlined approval 

process for non-regulatory methods in 

the ‘‘Test Methods for Evaluating Solid 

Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods’’ 

manual, also known as SW–846. This 

new process will employ the use of Web 

site postings and an extensive email list 

to notify the SW–846 scientific 

community of methods being released 

for public comment, which differs from 

the traditional Federal Register 

publication. All methods beginning 

with Update VI to SW–846 will utilize 

the new process. This new process only 

applies to SW–846 methods published 

as guidance, where there are no changes 

to the hazardous waste regulations 

under the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA). The process for 

updating or publishing SW–846 

analytical methods that are required in 

the RCRA regulations (referred to as 

Method Defined Parameters or MDPs) 

will not change. EPA is not requesting 

public comment on this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Langlois-Miller, Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

(5304P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0002; 

telephone number: 703–308–0744; 

email address: LangloisMiller.Christina@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this notice apply to me? 

This notice is directed to the public 

in general. It may, however, be of 

particular interest to those conducting 

waste sampling and analysis for RCRArelated activities. This universe might 

include any entity that generates, treats, 

stores, or disposes of hazardous or nonhazardous solid waste and might also 


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include any laboratory that conducts 

waste sampling and analyses for such 

entities. 

B. How can I get additional information 

about the new process? 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically from the 

Government Printing Office under the 

‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at FDSys 

(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ 

collection.action?collectionCode=FR) or 

at the SW–846 Methods Web site 

(https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/epasstreamlined-procedure-publishing-nonregulatory-sw-846-methods). 

II. What is the subject and purpose of 

this notice? 

The Agency is announcing a new 

streamlined process for adding nonregulatory methods to ‘‘Test Methods for 

Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/ 

Chemical Methods,’’ EPA publication 

SW–846. The SW–846 compendium 

consists of over 200 analytical methods 

for sampling and analyzing waste and 

other matrices. Most methods are 

intended as guidance (i.e., nonregulatory methods) with the exception 

of what EPA refers to as ‘‘method 

defined parameters’’ or MDPs, that are 

required in the RCRA regulations for 

compliance purposes. In the interest of 

releasing new and updated SW–846 

methods more quickly in order to 

respond to emergencies and issues such 

as emerging contaminants and keeping 

up with the speed of scientific 

advancements, EPA will be using a new 

process to release validated nonregulatory methods for public comment 

and to incorporate these methods into 

the official SW–846 compendium. This 

notice serves to notify the public of the 

new process, which EPA will begin 

using for its next set of updates to SW– 

846. Under the new process, EPA will 

no longer employ the Federal Register 

as a vehicle for adding non-regulatory 

methods and guidance to SW–846. 

However, the Agency will continue to 

use the regulatory development process 

for adding MDP methods to SW–846 

(see https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/ 

final-rule-methods-innovation-rulemir#mdp for a list of MDPs). Nonregulatory methods and guidance will 

be released using EPA’s SW–846 Web 

site, which can be found at https://

www.epa.gov/hw-sw846, and a 

dedicated SW–846 electronic mailing 

list. 

III. Background 

Over the years, the regulated 

community has expressed concern that 

the Agency has not made available in a 

timely manner the use of analytical 

methods that take advantage of 

technological advancements. In an 

attempt to address the public’s concern, 

the Agency published the Methods 

Innovation Rule (MIR), on June 14, 2005 

(see 70 FR 34538–34592 or https://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2005-06-14/ 

pdf/05-10197.pdf), which provided 

flexibility to laboratories regarding 

method selection for waste 

characterization in support of RCRA, as 

appropriate. In addition, the rule 

allowed modification to most SW–846 

methods and substitution of non-SW– 

846 methods, provided the modified or 

substituted method meets the defined 

quality assurance/quality control (QA/ 

QC) parameters established in the 

method or defined for the project and 

falls within EPA’s mission to protect 

human health and the environment. 

Since most SW–846 methods are 

guidance and not required by the RCRA 

regulations, EPA sought a more efficient 

approach to announce the availability of 

methods for public use and to solicit 

comment prior to incorporating new or 

revised methods in the SW–846 

compendium. 

IV. What is the new process? 

EPA receives requests to add or 

update SW–846 methods from various 

sources (e.g., EPA Regions, other federal 

and state government agencies, 

analytical method developers, 

commercial laboratories, and other 

scientific groups). These requests are 

considered if the new method or 

revision: 

• Addresses a national emergency 

(e.g., oil spill); 

• Is essential for continuing the EPA 

mission (e.g., regulatory change); 

• Is needed by EPA Regions/program 

offices (e.g., bioavailability of lead) 

• Addresses an emerging 

environmental contaminant (e.g., 

perfluorinated compounds) 

• Makes available a new or updated 

technology (e.g., collision cell mass 

spectrometry) 

• Is a collaborative effort with other 

federal agencies (e.g., DOD, USGS, FDA) 

• Provides an opportunity for greener 

chemistry or increased safety (e.g., 

decreased solvent use) 

Once EPA selects a method for possible 

revision or inclusion in SW–846, the 

method will be sent to the SW–846 

method workgroup, made up of 

chemists and technical experts with 

knowledge of and experience with the 

specific methodology and/or 

technology, for further evaluation. 

Listed below are the new steps that 

EPA will follow for publication of nonregulatory SW–846 methods, beginning 

with final review from the SW–846 

method workgroup. EPA will: 

1. Obtain Agency organic and/or 

inorganic workgroup approval of new 

and/or revised methods. 

a. Agency workgroups consist of EPA 

scientists from the Regions and program 

offices. 

2. Post methods on the ‘‘Validated 

Methods’’ Web page at https://

www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/validated-testmethods-recommended-waste-testing 

and link to the Hazardous Waste Test 

Methods landing page, at https://

www.epa.gov/hw-sw846. 

3. Notify the SW–846 analytical 

community via emails and web posting 

of the comment-period initiation date. 

The comment period will be set for a 

minimum of 30 days, depending on the 

number and complexity of methods. 

a. The Web pages will also indicate 

that the methods are drafts and that 

comments are being accepted until the 

end date of the comment period. 

4. Catalog and respond to public 

comments in a ‘‘Response to 

Comments’’ document. 

5. Revise methods based on EPA’s 

review of comments. 

6. Post the new and/or revised 

methods, the ‘‘Response to Comments’’ 

background document(s), and other 

supporting documents permanently on 

the ‘‘SW–846 Compendium’’ Web page 

at https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw846-compendium. 

7. Email the SW–846 mailing list, 

notifying all entities of the 

incorporation of the new additions to 

the SW–846 compendium. 

V. How can I sign up for the SW–846 

mailing list? 

If you would like to receive 

information regarding new policies, 

guidance related to SW–846 methods, 

announcements of open comment 

periods, and final changes or updates to 

methods in SW–846, it is important to 

sign up for the SW–846 mailing list. The 

form to sign up for the SW–846 mailing 

list is located at https://www.epa.gov/ 

hw-sw846/forms/contact-us-abouthazardous-waste-test-methods. To sign 

up, fill out the form at the bottom of the 

page, including the ‘‘Name’’ and ‘‘Email 

Address’’ sections, and click the ‘‘Yes’’ 

button for Email List Sign-up before 

submitting. 

The Agency also plans to find the 

email addresses of previous commenters 

on Updates to SW–846 to notify them of 

the new process and to see if they 

would like to be placed on the SW–846 

mailing list. 


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VI. Summary 

This new approach to announcing 

SW–846 methods for public comment 

will allow EPA to make available new 

advancements in technologies in a 

timely manner and provide increased 

accessibility to analytical procedures, 

guidance, and Updates to SW–846, 

while still employing a mechanism to 

request public comment and incorporate 

comments into the final methods. In 

addition, the new process will result in 

a cost savings for the Agency since it 

removes the burden of unnecessary 

steps in releasing guidance to the public 

while retaining the appropriate steps to 

ensure EPA’s standard of quality and 

integrity. 

Dated: September 20, 2016. 

Barnes Johnson, Director, 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2016–23299 Filed 9–26–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9952–56–Region 6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for Yuhuang 

Chemical Company, Inc. Methanol 

Plant in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act 

(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 

70.8(d), the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

Order, dated August 31, 2016, denying 

in part and granting in part a petition 

asking EPA to object to the operating 

permit issued by the Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(LDEQ) to Yuhuang Chemical Company, 

Inc. for its Methanol Plant (Title V 

operating permit 1560–00295–V0). The 

EPA’s August 31, 2016 Order responds 

to a petition submitted by the Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network (LEAN) 

and Sierra Club (Collectively the 

Petitioners) on May 18, 2015. Sections 

307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the Act provide 

that a petitioner may ask for judicial 

review of those portions of the Orders 

that deny objections raised in the 

petitions in the appropriate United 

States Court of Appeals. Any petition 

for review shall be filed by November 

28, 2016, pursuant to section 307(b) of 

the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final Order, the petition, and other 

supporting information at EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

EPA requests that if at all possible, 

you contact the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section to view copies of the final Order, 

petition, and other supporting 

information. You may view the hard 

copies Monday through Friday, from 

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before the visiting day. Additionally, the 

final Order signed on August 31, 2016 

is available electronically at: https://

www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ 

title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad 

Toups at (214) 665–7258, email address: 

toups.brad@epa.gov or the above EPA, 

Region 6 address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review, 

and object, as appropriate, to a title V 

operating permit proposed by a state 

permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2) 

of the CAA authorizes any person to 

petition the EPA Administrator, within 

60 days after the expiration of this 

review period, to object to a title V 

operating permit if EPA has not done so. 

Petitions must be based only on 

objections to the permit that were raised 

with reasonable specificity during the 

public comment period provided by the 

state, unless the petitioner demonstrates 

that it was impracticable to raise these 

issues during the comment period or 

unless the grounds for the issue arose 

after this period. 

EPA received the petition from the 

Petitioners on May 18, 2015 for the 

operating permit issued on May 5, 2015 

to Yuhuang Chemical Facility located in 

St. James Parish, Louisiana. 

The Petitioner requested that the 

Administrator object to the proposed 

operating permit issued by the LDEQ to 

Yuhuang on several bases. In total, the 

Petitioner raised four primary claims in 

the Petition. The claims are described in 

detail in Section IV of the Order. In 

summary, the issues raised are that: (1, 

claim III) the permit fails to comply 

with the Act’s requirements for public 

participation; (2, claim IV) the permit 

fails to meet PSD requirements; (3, 

claim V) a tank design is hazardous and 

there are additional unaccounted for 

emissions; and (4, claim VI) the LDEQ 

failed to adequately respond to EPA’s 

comments. The Order issued on August 

31, 2016 responds to claims III, IV, V, 

and VI (pp. 6–30). 

Pursuant to sections 505(b) and 505(e) 

of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661d(b) 

and (e)) and 40 CFR 70.7(g) and 70.8(d), 

the Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has 90 

days from the receipt of the 

Administrator’s order to resolve the 

objections identified in Claim IV of the 

Order and submit a proposed 

determination or termination, 

modification, or revocation and 

reissuance of the Yuhuang Chemical 

Company, Inc. title V permit in 

accordance with the EPA’s objection. 

The Order issued on August 31, 2016 

responds to the Petition and explains 

the basis for EPA’s decision. 

Dated: September 21, 2016. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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Information Collection Being Reviewed 

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Correction 

In notice document 2016–22522 

beginning on page 64461 in the issue of 

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, make the 

following correction: 

On page 63361, in the third column, 

under the DATES heading, in the second 

line ‘‘October 20, 2016’’ should read 

‘‘November 21, 2016’’. 

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10009 First Heritage Bank, N.A., 

Newport Beach, California (Receiver) 

has been authorized to take all actions 

necessary to terminate the receivership 

estate of First Heritage Bank, N.A. 

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made all dividend distributions 

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