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voluntary consensus standards (VCS) 

that are relevant to this action. The 

Agency also contacted VCS 

organizations and accessed and 

searched their databases. Searches were 

conducted for the EPA Methods 1, 1A, 

2, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 2G, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 18, 

24, 25, and 25A of appendix A to 40 

CFR part 60; EPA Methods 204, 204A, 

204B, 204C, 204D, 204E, and 204F of 

appendix M to 40 CFR part 51; and EPA 

Method 311 of appendix A to 40 CFR 

part 63. As a result of this search, no 

applicable voluntary consensus 

standards were identified for EPA 

Methods 1A, 2A, 2D, 2F, 2G, 204, 204A, 

204B, 204C, 204D, 204E and 204F. 

During the search, if the title or 

abstract (if provided) of the VCS 

described technical sampling and 

analytical procedures that are similar to 

the EPA’s reference method, the EPA 

considered it as a potential equivalent 

method. All potential standards were 

reviewed to determine the practicality 

of the VCS for this rule. This review 

requires significant method validation 

data which meets the requirements of 

the EPA Method 301 for accepting 

alternative methods or scientific, 

engineering and policy equivalence to 

procedures in the EPA reference 

methods. The EPA may reconsider 

determinations of impracticality when 

additional information is available for 

particular VCS. As a result, the EPA 

proposes to amend 40 CFR 60.17 to 

incorporate by reference (IBR) the 

following VCS: 

• ANSI/ASME, PTC 19.10–1981, 

‘‘Flue and Exhaust Gas Analyses [Part 

10, Instruments and Apparatus]’’ as an 

alternative to EPA Method 3B manual 

portion only and not the instrumental 

portion. 

• ASTM D6420–18, ‘‘Test Method for 

Determination of Gaseous Organic 

Compounds by Direct Interface Gas 

Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry’’ as 

an alternative to EPA Method 18 only 

when the target compounds are all 

known, and the target compounds are 

all listed in ASTM D6420–18 as 

measurable. This method should not be 

used for methane and ethane (because 

atomic mass is less than 35) and it 

should never be specified as a total VOC 

method. 

• ASTM Method D6093–97 

(Reapproved 2016) ‘‘Standard Test 

Method for Percent Volume Nonvolatile 

Matter in Clear or Pigmented Coatings 

Using a Helium Gas Pycnometer’’ as an 

alternative to EPA Method 24. 

• ASTM D2369–10 (Reapproved 

2015) e1, ‘‘Test Method for Volatile 

Content of Coatings’’ as an alternative to 

EPA Method 24. 

• ASTM Method D2697–03 

(Reapproved 2014), ‘‘Standard Test 

Method for Volume Nonvolatile Matter 

in Clear or Pigmented Coatings’’ as an 

alternative to EPA Method 24. 

• Guidelines for combining analytical 

VOC content and formulation solvent 

content presented in ‘‘Protocol for 

Determining the Daily Volatile Organic 

Compound Emission Rate of 

Automobile and Light-Duty Truck 

Topcoat Operations,’’ EPA–453/R–08– 

002, September 2008, as an alternative 

to EPA Method 24. 

In addition to the VCS identified for 

EPA reference methods, we propose to 

amend 40 CFR 60.17 to IBR the 

following ASTM methods for ALDT 

coatings: 

• ASTM D1475–13 ‘‘Standard Test 

Method for Density of Liquid Coatings, 

Inks, and Related Products.’’ 

• ASTM D5965–02 (Reapproved 

2013) test method A or test method B 

‘‘Standard Test Methods for Specific 

Gravity of Coating Powders.’’ 

• ASTM D5066–91 (Reapproved 

2017) ‘‘Standard Test Method for 

Determination of the Transfer Efficiency 

Under Production Conditions for Spray 

Application of Automotive PaintsWeight Basis.’’ 

• ASTM D5087–02 ‘‘Standard Test 

Method for Determining Amount of 

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) 

Released from Solventborne Automotive 

Coatings and Available for Removal in 

a VOC Control Device (Abatement).’’ 

• ASTM D6266–00a (Reapproved 

2017) ‘‘Test Method for Determining the 

Amount of Volatile Organic Compound 

(VOC) Released from Waterborne 

Automotive Coatings and Available for 

Removal in a VOC Control Device 

(Abatement).’’ 

Additional information for the VCS 

search and determinations can be found 

in the memorandum, Voluntary 

Consensus Standard Results for Review 

of Standards of Performance for 

Automobile and Light Duty Truck 

Surface Coating Operations, which is 

available in the docket for this action. 

Under 40 CFR 60.8(b) and 60.13(i) of 

subpart A of the General Provisions, a 

source may apply to the EPA to use 

alternative test methods or alternative 

monitoring requirements in place of any 

required testing methods, performance 

specifications or procedures in the final 

rule or any amendments. The EPA 

welcomes comments on this aspect of 

the proposed rulemaking and, 

specifically, invites the public to 

identify potentially applicable VCS and 

to explain why such standards should 

be used in this regulation. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

This action does not have 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority populations, low-income 

populations, and/or indigenous peoples, 

as specified in Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

The documentation for this decision 

is contained in section V.C and V.E of 

this preamble. As discussed in section 

V.E of this preamble, we performed a 

demographic analysis for the 

automobile and light duty truck surface 

coating source category, which is an 

assessment of the proximity of 

individual demographic groups living 

close to the facilities (within 50 km and 

within 5 km). Results of the 

demographic analysis indicate that the 

following groups above the national 

average: African Americans, People 

Living Below the Poverty Level, and 

People without a High School Diploma. 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 60, 61, 62, and 70 

[EPA–R08–OAR–2021–0732; FRL–9829–01– 

R8] 

Approval of Clean Air Act Operating 

Permit Program Revisions; Negative 

Declaration of Existing Hospital/ 

Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators 

and Administrative Updates; South 

Dakota 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the ‘‘Agency’’) is 

proposing full approval of revisions to 

the South Dakota operating permit 

program for stationary sources under the 

Clean Air Act (CAA), title V (the ‘‘title 

V program’’) and a Clean Air Act (CAA) 

section 111(d)/129 negative declaration 

for incinerators subject to the Hospital/ 

Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators 

(HMIWI) Emissions Guidelines. EPA is 

proposing this action in accordance 

with the CAA. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08– 


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OAR–2021–0732, to the Federal 

Rulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from 

www.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 https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically in www.regulations.gov. 

To reduce the risk of COVID–19 

transmission, for this action we do not 

plan to offer hard copy review of the 

docket. Please email or call the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section if you need to make 

alternative arrangements for access to 

the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carson Coate, Air and Radiation 

Division, EPA, Region 8, Mail code 

8ARD, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202–1129, telephone 

number: (406) 457–5042, email address: 

coate.carson@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ means EPA. In the Final 

Rules section of this Federal Register, 

EPA is approving South Dakota’s 

submissions and making administrative 

updates as a direct final rule without 

prior proposal because the Agency 

views this as a noncontroversial action 

and anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for the action is set 

forth in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. If EPA receives no adverse 

comments, EPA contemplates no further 

action. If EPA receives adverse 

comments, EPA will withdraw the 

direct final rule and will address all 

public comments in a subsequent final 

rule based on this proposed rule. EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. For additional 

information, see the direct final rule of 

the same title which is located in the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects 

40 CFR Part 60 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Aluminum, 

Beverages, Carbon monoxide, 

Chemicals, Coal, Electric power plants, 

Fluoride, Gasoline, Glass and glass 

products, Grains, Greenhouse gases, 

Hazardous substances, Household 

appliances, Industrial facilities, 

Insulation, Intergovernmental relations, 

Iron, Labeling, Lead, Lime, Metals, 

Motor vehicle pollution, Natural gas, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Petroleum, Phosphate, 

Plastics materials and synthetics, 

Polymers, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Rubber and rubber 

products, Sewage disposal, Steel, Sulfur 

oxides, Vinyl, Volatile organic 

compounds, Waste treatment and 

disposal, Zinc. 

40 CFR Part 61 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Arsenic, Asbestos, 

Benzene, Beryllium, Hazardous 

substances, Intergovernmental relations, 

Mercury, Radioactive materials, Radon, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Uranium, Vinyl chloride. 

40 CFR Part 62 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Aluminum, 

Fertilizers, Fluoride, Industrial 

facilities, Intergovernmental relations, 

Methane, Ozone, Phosphate, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur 

oxides, Volatile organic compounds, 

Waste treatment and disposal. 

40 CFR Part 70 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Title V. 

Dated: May 8, 2022. 

KC Becker, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 16–271; DA 22–484; FR 

ID 86428] 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

Seeks Comment on Compliance Gap 

Drive Testing for Alaska Plan 

Participants 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed compliance with 

Alaska Plan; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau requests 

comment on requiring mobile-provider 

participants of the Alaska Plan subject 

to the drive test requirement to submit 

new drive-test data if they fail to 

demonstrate compliance with their 

approved performance plan. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

June 1, 2022 and replies are due on or 

before June 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file 

comments on or before the date 

indicated above and must reference WC 

Docket No. 16–271. Comments may be 

filed using the Commission’s Electronic 

Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper 

copies. 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

• Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 


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