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final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed action. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting on this action should do so 

at this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on part of 

this rule and if that part can be severed 

from the remainder of the rule, EPA may 

adopt as final those parts of the rule that 

are not the subject of an adverse 

comment. For additional information, 

see the direct final rule which is located 

in the rules section of this Federal 

Register. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

William Rice, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[R09–OAR–2005–NV–01; FRL–7967–9] 

Revisions to the Nevada State 

Implementation Plan 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Nevada State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). These 

revisions concern definitions, sulfur 

emission regulations, and various other 

burning regulations. We are proposing 

to approve these regulations in order to 

regulate their corresponding emission 

sources under the Clean Air Act as 

amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act). We 

are taking comments on this proposal 

and plan to follow with a final action. 

DATES: Any comments must arrive by 

October 13, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number R09–OAR–

2005–NV–01, by one of the following 

methods: 

1. Agency Web site: http:// 

docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. EPA prefers 

receiving comments through this 

electronic public docket and comment 

system. Follow the on-line instructions 

to submit comments. 

2. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions. 

3. E-mail: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

4. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air-4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at http://docket.epa.gov/ 

rmepub/, including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

comment includes Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through the 

agency Web site, eRulemaking portal or 

e-mail. The agency Web site and 

eRulemaking portal are ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ systems, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send e-mail 

directly to EPA, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the public comment. 

If EPA cannot read your comment due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, EPA may 

not be able to consider your comment. 

Docket: The index to the docket for 

this action is available electronically at 

http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub and in 

hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California. While all documents in the 

docket are listed in the index, some 

information may be publicly available 

only at the hard copy location (e.g., 

copyrighted material), and some may 

not be publicly available in either 

location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard 

copy materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Rose, EPA Region IX, (415) 947–4126, 

rose.julie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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

and ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. 

Table of Contents 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What Regulations Did the State Submit? 

B. What Is the Regulatory History of the 

Nevada SIP? 

C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed 

Rule? 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How Is EPA Evaluating the Regulations? 

B. Do the Regulations Meet the Evaluation 

Criteria? 

C. Public Comment and Final Action. 

I. The State’s Submittal 

A. What Regulations Did the State 

Submit? 

The NDEP submitted a large revision 

to the applicable SIP on February 16, 

2005. On August 18, 2005, the revision 

became complete by operation of law 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 51 Appendix V. 

The primary purpose of this revision 

is to clarify and harmonize State and 

federally enforceable requirements. 

Because this revision incorporates so 

many changes from the 1970s and 1980s 

vintage SIP regulations, EPA has 

decided to review and act on the 

submittal in a series of separate actions. 

This Proposed rule is proposing to 

approve a few of the provisions 

contained in the February 2005 

submittal. The remaining portions of the 

submittal will be acted on in future 

Federal Register actions. 

Table 1 lists the provisions of the 

Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 

addressed by this proposal with the 

dates that they were adopted and 

submitted by the Nevada Department of 

Conservation and Natural Resources, 

Division of Environmental Protection 

(NDEP). Some of these provisions were 

renumbered after their initial adoption. 

TABLE 1.—SUBMITTED REGULATIONS

NAC No. NAC title Adopted Submitted 

445B.001 .......... Definitions ................................................................................................................................. 08/19/04 02/16/05 

445B.002 .......... Act ............................................................................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.004 .......... Administrator ............................................................................................................................. 08/19/82 02/16/05 

445B.005 .......... Affected Facility ........................................................................................................................ 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.006 .......... Affected Source ........................................................................................................................ 09/18/01 02/16/05 

445B.009 .......... Air-conditioning equipment ....................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.011 .......... Air pollution ............................................................................................................................... 01/22/98 02/16/05 

445B.018 .......... Ambient air ................................................................................................................................ 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.022 .......... Atmosphere ............................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.030 .......... British thermal units .................................................................................................................. 09/03/87 02/16/05 

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TABLE 1.—SUBMITTED REGULATIONS—Continued 

NAC No. NAC title Adopted Submitted 

445B.042 .......... Combustible refuse ................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.0425 ........ Commission .............................................................................................................................. 01/22/98 02/16/05 

445B.047 .......... Continuous monitoring system ................................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.051 .......... Day ............................................................................................................................................ 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.053 .......... Director ..................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.055 .......... Effective date of the program ................................................................................................... 11/03/93 02/16/05 

445B.056 .......... Emergency ................................................................................................................................ 11/03/93 02/16/05 

445B.058 .......... Emission ................................................................................................................................... 01/22/98 02/16/05 

445B.059 .......... Emission unit ............................................................................................................................ 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.060 .......... Enforceable ............................................................................................................................... 08/19/82 02/16/05 

445B.061 .......... EPA ........................................................................................................................................... 11/03/93 02/16/05 

445B.063 .......... Excess emissions ..................................................................................................................... 11/03/93 02/16/05 

445B.072 .......... Fuel ........................................................................................................................................... 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.073 .......... Fuel-burning equipment ............................................................................................................ 08/29/90 02/16/05 

445B.075 .......... Fugitive dust ............................................................................................................................. 03/03/94 02/16/05 

445B.077 .......... Fugitive emissions .................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.080 .......... Garbage .................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.084 .......... Hazardous air pollutant ............................................................................................................. 11/03/93 02/16/05 

445B.086 .......... Incinerator ................................................................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.091 .......... Local air pollution control agency ............................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.095 .......... Malfunction ................................................................................................................................ 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.097 .......... Maximum allowable throughput ................................................................................................ 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.103 .......... Monitoring device ...................................................................................................................... 10/03/94 02/16/05 

445B.106 .......... Multiple chamber incinerator .................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.109 .......... Nitrogen oxides ......................................................................................................................... 03/03/94 02/16/05 

445B.112 .......... Nonattainment area .................................................................................................................. 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.113 .......... Nonroad engine ........................................................................................................................ 05/10/01 02/16/05 

445B.1135 ........ Nonroad vehicle ........................................................................................................................ 05/10/01 02/16/05 

445B.116 .......... Odor .......................................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.119 .......... One-hour period ........................................................................................................................ 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.121 .......... Opacity ...................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.122 .......... Open burning ............................................................................................................................ 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.125 .......... Ore ............................................................................................................................................ 08/12/78 02/16/05 

445B.127 .......... Owner or operator .................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.129 .......... Particulate matter ...................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.130 .......... Pathological wastes .................................................................................................................. 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.134 .......... Person ....................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.135 .......... PM10 .......................................................................................................................................... 11/18/91 02/16/05 

445B.144 .......... Process equipment ................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.145 .......... Process weight ......................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.151 .......... Reference conditions ................................................................................................................ 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.152 .......... Reference method .................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.153 .......... Regulated air pollutant .............................................................................................................. 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.161 .......... Run ........................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.163 .......... Salvage operation ..................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.167 .......... Shutdown .................................................................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.168 .......... Single chamber incinerator ....................................................................................................... 11/08/77 02/16/05 

445B.174 .......... Smoke ....................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.176 .......... Solid waste ............................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.177 .......... Source ....................................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.180 .......... Stack and chimney ................................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.182 .......... Standard ................................................................................................................................... 03/03/94 02/16/05 

445B.185 .......... Start-up ..................................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.196 .......... Toxic regulated air pollutant ..................................................................................................... 10/03/95 02/16/05 

445B.198 .......... Uncombined water .................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.205 .......... Waste ........................................................................................................................................ 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.207 .......... Wet garbage ............................................................................................................................. 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.209 .......... Year .......................................................................................................................................... 09/03/87 02/16/05 

445B.211 .......... Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................ 08/19/04 02/16/05 

445B.2204 ........ Sulfur emission ......................................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.22043 ...... Sulfur emissions: Calculation of total feed sulfur ..................................................................... 08/19/04 02/16/05 

445B.22047 ...... Sulfur emissions: Fuel-burning equipment ............................................................................... 09/09/99 02/16/05 

445B.2205 ........ Sulfur emissions: Other processes which emit sulfur .............................................................. 09/18/03 02/16/05 

445B.22067 ...... Open burning ............................................................................................................................ 02/26/04 02/16/05 

445B.2207 ........ Incinerator burning .................................................................................................................... 02/26/04 02/16/05 

445B.2209 ........ Reduction of animal matter ...................................................................................................... 09/16/76 02/16/05 

445B.22097 ...... Standards of quality for ambient air ......................................................................................... 02/26/04 02/16/05 

445B.230 .......... Plan for reduction of emissions ................................................................................................ 08/19/04 02/16/05 

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B. What Is the Regulatory History of the 

Nevada SIP? 

The State of Nevada first submitted an 

applicable SIP in January 1972, portions 

of which EPA approved pursuant to 

CAA § 110(c) on May 31, 1972 at 37 FR 

10842. The SIP included various 

sections of the NAC and the Nevada 

Revised Statutes. Nevada subsequently 

adopted and submitted many revisions 

to these requirements, some of which 

EPA approved on January 9, 1978 at 43 

FR 1342, July 10, 1980 at 45 FR 46284, 

August 27, 1981 at 46 FR 43142, and 

June 18, 1982 at 47 FR 26387. Since 

1982, EPA has approved very few 

revisions to Nevada’s applicable SIP 

despite numerous changes that have 

been adopted locally. 

C. What Is the Purpose of This Proposed 

Rule? 

The purpose of this proposal is to 

bring the applicable SIP up to date. The 

regulations we are proposing to approve 

today address a few of the provisions 

contained in the February 2005 

submittal concerning definitions, sulfur 

emission controls, and various burning 

regulations. 

II. EPA’s Evaluation and Action 

A. How Is EPA Evaluating the 

Regulations? 

Generally, SIP regulations in 

attainment areas must be enforceable 

(see section 110(a) of the Act) and must 

not relax existing requirements (see 

sections 110(l) and 193). Guidance and 

policy documents that we used to help 

evaluate enforceability include the 

following: 

1. ‘‘Issues Relating to VOC Regulation 

Cutpoints, Deficiencies, and 

Deviations,’’ EPA, May 25, 1988 (the 

Bluebook). 

2. ‘‘Guidance Document for Correcting 

Common VOC & Other Rule 

Deficiencies,’’ EPA Region 9, August 21, 

2001 (the Little Bluebook). 

B. Do the Regulations Meet the 

Evaluation Criteria? 

We believe these regulations are 

consistent with the relevant policy and 

guidance regarding enforceability and 

SIP relaxations. The TSD has more 

information on our evaluation. 

C. Public Comment and Final Action. 

Because EPA believes the submitted 

regulations fulfill all relevant 

requirements, we are proposing to fully 

approve them as described in section 

110(k)(3) of the Act. We will accept 

comments from the public on this 

proposal for the next 30 days. Unless we 

receive convincing new information 

during the comment period, we intend 

to publish a final approval action that 

will incorporate these regulations into 

the federally enforceable SIP. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993), this proposed 

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 proposed action merely 

proposes to approve state law as 

meeting Federal requirements and 

imposes no additional requirements 

beyond those imposed by state law. 

Accordingly, the Administrator certifies 

that this proposed 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 

proposes to approve pre-existing 

requirements under state law 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). 

This proposed rule also does not have 

tribal implications because it will not 

have a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes, 

as specified by Executive Order 13175 

(65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). This 

action 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 

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). This action merely 

proposes to approve a state rule 

implementing a Federal standard, and 

does not alter the relationship or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established in the Clean 

Air Act. This proposed 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 reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s 

role is to approve state choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the 

absence of a prior existing requirement 

for the State to use voluntary consensus 

standards (VCS), EPA has no authority 

to disapprove a SIP submission for 

failure to use VCS. It would thus be 

inconsistent with applicable law for 

EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission, 

to use VCS in place of a SIP submission 

that otherwise satisfies the provisions of 

the Clean Air Act. 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 proposed 

rule does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

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

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxide. 

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

Dated: August 31, 2005. 

Laura Yoshii, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

48 CFR Part 9904 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy; 

Cost Accounting Standards Board; 

CAS Exemption for Contracts 

Executed and Performed Entirely 

Outside the United States, Its 

Territories, and Possessions 

AGENCY: Cost Accounting Standards 

Board, Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy, OMB. 

ACTION: Staff Discussion Paper (SDP); 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Cost Accounting 

Standards (CAS) Board, Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy, invites 

public comments on the staff discussion 

paper regarding a provision that 

provides an exemption from CAS for 

contracts that are executed and 

performed entirely outside the United 

States, its territories, and possessions. 

DATES: Comments must be in writing 

and must be received by November 14, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Due to delays in OMB’s 

receipt and processing of mail,