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significantly contribute to 

nonattainment or interfere with 

maintenance of the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS 

in any other state. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under the CAA, the Administrator is 

required to approve a SIP submission 

that complies with the provisions of the 

Act and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, the 

EPA’s role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this action 

merely proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and does 

not impose additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. For 

that reason, this action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Is not an Executive Order 13771 (82 

FR 9339, February 2, 2017) regulatory 

action because SIP approvals are 

exempted under Executive Order 12866; 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• 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); 

• Does not have Federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• 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, 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 proposed rule does 

not have tribal implications and will not 

impose substantial direct costs on tribal 

governments or preempt tribal law as 

specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 

FR 67249, November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Particulate matter. 

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

Dated: January 24, 2018. 

Anne Idsal, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355; FRL–9973–28– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AT55 

Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Stationary 

Sources: Electric Utility Generating 

Units 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of three public listening 

sessions and that the public comment 

period will be reopened. 

SUMMARY: On October 16, 2017, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a proposal to announce its 

intention to repeal the Carbon Pollution 

Emission Guidelines for Existing 

Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 

Generating Units, commonly referred to 

as the Clean Power Plan, as promulgated 

on October 23, 2015. The proposal also 

requested public comment on the 

proposed rule. The EPA held public 

hearings on November 28 and 29, 2017, 

in Charleston, West Virginia, and 

extended the public comment period 

until January 16, 2018. In response to 

numerous requests for additional 

opportunities for the public to provide 

oral testimony on the proposed rule in 

more than one location, the EPA is 

announcing that three listening sessions 

will be held. In addition, the EPA will 

reopen the public comment period until 

April 26, 2018. 

DATES: The first listening session for the 

proposed rule published October 16, 

2017, at 82 FR 48035, will be held 

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, in 

Kansas City, Missouri; the second 

session will be held Wednesday, 

February 28, 2018, in San Francisco, 

California; and the third session will be 

held Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in 

Gillette, Wyoming. The EPA is 

reopening the public comment period 

until April 26, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The first listening session 

will be held Wednesday, February 21, 

2018, at the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture Beacon Complex, 6501 

Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 

64133, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., Central 

Standard Time (CST). Because this 

listening session is being held at a U.S. 

government facility, individuals 

planning to attend should be prepared 

to show a current, valid state- or federalapproved picture identification to the 

security staff in order to gain access to 

the meeting room. An expired form of 

identification will not be permitted. 

Please note that the Real ID Act, passed 

by Congress in 2005, established new 

requirements for entering federal 

facilities. If your driver’s license is 

issued by a noncompliant state, you 

must present an additional form of 

identification to enter the federal 

building in Kansas City where the 

listening session will be held. 

Acceptable alternative forms of 

identification include: Federal 

employee badges, passports, enhanced 

driver’s licenses, and military 

identification cards. 

Additional information on the Real ID 

Act is available at https://www.dhs.gov/ 

real-id-frequently-asked-questions. In 

addition, you will need to obtain a 

visitor pass for any personal belongings 

you bring with you. No backpacks will 

be allowed into the building, but purses 

will be allowed. 

Also, vehicles should only enter the 

West ‘‘C’’ Gate, identified with orange 

traffic cones and all vehicles must park 

in a designated area. Demonstrations 

will not be allowed on federal property 

for security reasons. The second 

listening session will be held 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at the 

San Francisco Main Library, Koret 

Auditorium, 30 Grove Street entrance, 

San Francisco, California 94102, from 

8:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., Pacific 

Standard Time (PST). And the third 

listening session will be held Tuesday, 

March 27, 2018, at the Gillette College 

Technical Education Center, 3251 South 

4–J Road, Gillette, Wyoming 82718, 

from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m., Mountain 

Daylight Time (MDT). The EPA will 

make every effort to accommodate all 

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The EPA’s website for the rulemaking, 

which includes the proposal and 

information about the listening sessions, 

can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/electricutility-generating-units-repealing-cleanpower-plan-0. Written comments on the 

proposed rule may be submitted to the 

EPA electronically, by mail, by 

facsimile, or through hand delivery/ 

courier. Please refer to the proposal (82 

FR 48035) for the addresses and detailed 

instructions. 

How to Register: If you would like to 

present oral testimony at the listening 

sessions, registration will begin on 

February 1, 2018. The last day to 

register to present oral testimony will be 

February 14, 2018, for Kansas City; 

February 21, 2018, for San Francisco; 

and March 20, 2018, for Gillette. To 

register to speak, please use the online 

registration form available at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan-0. To 

register to speak, we request the 

following information: The time you 

wish to speak, name, affiliation, email 

address, and telephone number. If you 

register to speak online, you do not need 

to call. If you require reasonable 

accommodations, such as the service of 

a translator, please let us know at the 

time of registration. Please note that 

updates made to any aspect of the 

sessions will be posted online at: 

https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sourcesair-pollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan-0. 

While the EPA expects the listening 

sessions to go forward as set forth above, 

it asks that you monitor its website or 

contact the appropriate person listed 

below to determine if there are any 

updates to the information on the 

sessions. The EPA does not intend to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing any such updates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you are not able to register online or if 

you have key questions, contact Amy 

Bhesania at (913) 551–7147 or at 

bhesania.amy@epa.gov for the session 

in Kansas City; Trina Martynowicz at 

(415) 947–8715 or at R9CPP@epa.gov for 

the session in San Francisco; or Laura 

J. Farris at (303) 312–6388 or at 

farris.laura@epa.gov for the session in 

Gillette. 

Questions concerning the proposed 

rule that was published in the Federal 

Register on October 16, 2017, should be 

addressed to Mr. Nick Swanson, Natural 

Resources Group, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (E143–03), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

4080; email address: swanson.nicholas@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposal for which the EPA is holding 

the listening sessions was published in 

the Federal Register on October 16, 

2017, and is available at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan-0 and 

also in the docket identified below. The 

listening sessions will provide 

interested parties the opportunity to 

present oral comments regarding the 

EPA’s proposed repeal, including data, 

views, or arguments concerning the 

proposal. The EPA may ask clarifying 

questions during the oral presentations, 

but will not respond to the 

presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the public comment 

period will be considered with the same 

weight as any oral comments and 

supporting information presented at the 

listening sessions. The EPA will keep 

the public comment period open until 

April 26, 2018. 

For planning purposes, each speaker 

should anticipate speaking for no more 

than 5 minutes, although we might need 

to shorten that time if there is a large 

turnout. The EPA encourages 

commenters to submit to the docket a 

copy of their testimony electronically 

(via email or CD) or in hard copy form. 

The listening session schedules, 

including lists of speakers, will be 

posted on the EPA’s website at: https:// 

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan-0. 

Verbatim transcripts of the sessions and 

written statements will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. The EPA 

will make every effort to follow the 

schedule as closely as possible on the 

day of the sessions; however, please 

plan for the sessions to run either ahead 

of schedule or behind schedule. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established a docket for 

the proposed rule, ‘‘Repeal of Carbon 

Pollution Emission Guidelines for 

Existing Stationary Sources: Electric 

Utility Generating Units,’’ under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355, 

available at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: January 17, 2018. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 62 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2017–0570; FRL–9973–29– 

Region 3] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; State of 

Maryland; Control of Emissions From 

Existing Commercial and Industrial 

Solid Waste Incinerator Units 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to notify the 

public that it has received a negative 

declaration for commercial and 

industrial solid waste incineration 

(CISWI) units within the State of 

Maryland. This negative declaration 

certifies that CISWI units subject to the 

requirements of sections 111(d) and 129 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA) do not exist 

within the jurisdictional boundaries of 

the State of Maryland. EPA is accepting 

the negative declaration in accordance 

with the requirements of the CAA. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OAR–2017–0570 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

duke.gerallyn@epa.gov. For comments 

submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

Regulations.gov. For either manner of 

submission, the 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, please contact the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. For 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. 


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