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to be consistent with EPA’s final rule 

revoking the 1997 ozone NAAQS and 

implementing the 2008 ozone national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). 

See 80 FR 12264 (March 6, 2015). In the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving the State’s 

SIP submittal as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If no adverse comments are 

received in response to this action, no 

further activity is contemplated. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, the direct 

final rule will be withdrawn and all 

public comments received will be 

addressed in a subsequent final rule 

based on this proposed rule. EPA will 

not institute a second comment period. 

Any parties interested in commenting 

on this action should do so at this time. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by September 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OAR–2017–0382 at http://

www.regulations.gov, or via email to 

stahl.cynthia@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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Calcinore, (215) 814 2043, or by email 

at calcinore.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, that is 

located in the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ 

section of this Federal Register 

publication. 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. 

Dated: August 3, 2017. 

Cecil Rodrigues, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 80 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0146; FRL–9966–61– 

OAR] 

Relaxation of the Federal Reid Vapor 

Pressure (RVP) Gasoline Volatility 

Standard for Shelby County 

(Memphis), Tennessee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

request from Tennessee for EPA to relax 

the Federal Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) 

standard applicable to gasoline 

introduced into commerce from June 1 

to September 15 of each year for Shelby 

County, Tennessee (Memphis or Area). 

Specifically, EPA is proposing to amend 

the regulations to allow the RVP 

standard for Shelby County to change 

from 7.8 pounds per square inch (psi) to 

9.0 psi for gasoline. EPA has 

preliminarily determined that this 

change to the Federal RVP regulation is 

consistent with the applicable 

provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 18, 

2017 unless a public hearing is 

requested by September 1, 2017. If EPA 

receives such a request, we will publish 

information related to the timing and 

location of the hearing and a new 

deadline for public comment. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2017–0146, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. 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 disclosure of which 

is restricted by statute. If you need to 

include CBI as part of your comment, 

please visit https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets/commenting-epa-dockets for 

instructions. 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. 

For additional submission methods, 

the full EPA public comment policy, 

and general guidance on making 

effective comments, please visit https:// 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Dickinson, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 343– 

9256; fax number: (202) 343–2804; 

email address: dickinson.david@

epa.gov. You may also contact Rudolph 

Kapichak, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann 

Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone 

number: (734) 214–4574; fax number: 

(734) 214–4052; email address: 

kapichak.rudolph@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

contents of this preamble are listed in 

the following outline: 

I. General Information 

II. Public Participation 

III. Background and Proposal 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

V. Legal Authority 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

Entities potentially affected by this 

proposed rule are fuel producers and 

distributors involved in the supplying of 

gasoline to Shelby County, TN. 

Examples of potentially 

regulated entities NAICS1 codes 

Petroleum refineries ............. 324110 

Gasoline Marketers and Distributors ............................. 424710 

424720 

Gasoline Retail Stations ....... 447110 

Gasoline Transporters .......... 484220 

484230 

1 North American Industry Classification 

System. 

The above table is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 


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2EPA approved the redesignation request and 

maintenance plan for the portion of Tennessee that 

is within the Memphis, Tennessee-MississippiArkansas (Memphis, TN–MS–AR) 2008 ozone 

nonattainment area on June 23, 2016 (81 FR 40816). 

EPA approved Tennessee’s non-interference 

demonstration on July 7, 2017 (82 FR 31462). 

regulated by this action. The table lists 

the types of entities of which EPA is 

aware that potentially could be affected 

by this proposed rule. Other types of 

entities not listed on the table could also 

be affected. To determine whether your 

organization could be affected by this 

proposed rule, you should carefully 

examine the regulations in 40 CFR 

80.27. If you have questions regarding 

the applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, call the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this preamble. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The statutory authority for this action 

is granted to EPA by sections 211(h) and 

301(a) of the CAA, as amended; 42 

U.S.C. 7545(h) and 7601(a). 

II. Public Participation 

EPA will not hold a public hearing on 

this matter unless a request is received 

by the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this preamble by September 1, 2017. If 

EPA receives such a request, we will 

publish information related to the 

timing and location of the hearing and 

a new deadline for public comment. 

III. Background and Proposal 

A. Summary of the Proposal 

EPA is proposing to approve a request 

from Tennessee to change the 

summertime Federal RVP standard for 

Shelby County from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi by 

amending EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR 

80.27(a)(2). In a separate rulemaking, 

noted below, EPA has already approved 

a CAA section 110(l) non-interference 

demonstration which concludes that 

relaxing the Federal RVP requirement 

from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi for gasoline sold 

from June 1 to September 15 of each 

year in Shelby County would not 

interfere with the maintenance of the 

ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) and the 

maintenance of the other NAAQS, or 

with any other applicable CAA 

requirement. When Tennessee 

previously requested that Shelby 

County be redesignated to attainment 

for the 2008 ozone standard, Tennessee 

took a conservative approach for the 

maintenance plan demonstration by 

modeling 9.0 psi for the RVP 

requirements as opposed to 7.8 psi. 

Tennessee did not, at that time, request 

the relaxation of the Federal RVP 

requirements for Shelby County. More 

recently, Tennessee requested a 

relaxation of the Federal RVP 

requirements. This has necessitated a 

demonstration that relaxing the Federal 

RVP requirement from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi 

for gasoline sold from June 1 to 

September 15 of each year in Shelby 

County would not interfere with 

maintenance of any NAAQS, including 

the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS, or 

any other applicable CAA requirement, 

under CAA section 110(l). Therefore, by 

a subsequent rulemaking, EPA approved 

Tennessee’s non-interference 

demonstration for its already approved 

maintenance plan for the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS.2

The preamble for this rulemaking is 

organized as follows: Section III.B. 

provides the history of the Federal 

gasoline volatility regulation. Section 

III.C. describes the policy regarding 

relaxation of gasoline volatility 

standards in ozone nonattainment areas 

that are redesignated as attainment 

areas. Section III.D. provides 

information specific to Tennessee’s 

request for Shelby County. 

B. History of the Gasoline Volatility 

Requirement 

On August 19, 1987 (52 FR 31274), 

EPA determined that gasoline 

nationwide was becoming increasingly 

volatile, causing an increase in 

evaporative emissions from gasolinepowered vehicles and equipment. 

Evaporative emissions from gasoline, 

referred to as volatile organic 

compounds (VOC), are precursors to the 

formation of tropospheric ozone and 

contribute to the nation’s ground-level 

ozone problem. Exposure to groundlevel ozone can reduce lung function, 

thereby aggravating asthma and other 

respiratory conditions, increase 

susceptibility to respiratory infection, 

and may contribute to premature death 

in people with heart and lung disease. 

The most common measure of fuel 

volatility that is useful in evaluating 

gasoline evaporative emissions is RVP. 

Under CAA section 211(c), EPA 

promulgated regulations on March 22, 

1989 (54 FR 11868) that set maximum 

limits for the RVP of gasoline sold 

during the regulatory control periods 

that were established on a state-by-state 

basis in that final rule. The regulatory 

control periods addressed the portion of 

the year when peak ozone 

concentrations were expected. These 

regulations constituted Phase I of a twophase nationwide program, which was 

designed to reduce the volatility of 

gasoline during the high ozone season. 

On June 11, 1990 (55 FR 23658), EPA 

promulgated more stringent volatility 

controls as Phase II of the volatility 

control program. These requirements 

established maximum RVP standards of 

9.0 psi or 7.8 psi (depending on the 

state, the month, and the area’s initial 

ozone attainment designation with 

respect to the 1-hour ozone NAAQS). 

The 1990 CAA Amendments 

established new CAA section 211(h) to 

address fuel volatility. CAA section 

211(h) requires EPA to promulgate 

regulations making it unlawful to sell, 

offer for sale, dispense, supply, offer for 

supply, transport, or introduce into 

commerce gasoline with an RVP level in 

excess of 9.0 psi during the high ozone 

season. CAA section 211(h) also 

prohibits EPA from establishing a 

volatility standard more stringent than 

9.0 psi in an attainment area, except that 

EPA may impose a lower (more 

stringent) standard in any former ozone 

nonattainment area redesignated to 

attainment. 

On December 12, 1991 (56 FR 64704), 

EPA modified the Phase II volatility 

regulations to be consistent with CAA 

section 211(h). The modified regulations 

prohibited the sale of gasoline with an 

RVP above 9.0 psi in all areas 

designated attainment for ozone, 

effective January 13, 1992. For areas 

designated as nonattainment, the 

regulations retained the original Phase II 

standards published on June 11, 1990 

(55 FR 23658), which included the 7.8 

psi ozone season limitation for certain 

areas. As stated in the preamble to the 

Phase II volatility controls and 

reiterated in the proposed change to the 

volatility standards published in 1991, 

EPA will rely on states to initiate 

changes to their respective volatility 

programs. EPA’s policy for approving 

such changes is described below in 

Section III.C. 

C. Relaxation of Gasoline Volatility 

Standards in Ozone Nonattainment 

Areas That Are Redesignated to 

Attainment 

As stated in the preamble for EPA’s 

amended Phase II volatility standards 

(56 FR 64706), any change in the 

gasoline volatility standard for a 

nonattainment area that was 

subsequently redesignated as an 

attainment area must be accomplished 

through a separate rulemaking that 

revises the applicable standard for that 

area. Thus, for former 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment areas where EPA 

mandated a Phase II volatility standard 

of 7.8 psi RVP in the December 12, 1991 

rulemaking, the federal 7.8 psi gasoline 

RVP requirement remains in effect, even 

after such an area is redesignated to 


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attainment, until a separate rulemaking 

is completed that relaxes the Federal 

gasoline RVP standard in that area from 

7.8 psi to 9.0 psi. 

As explained in the December 12, 

1991 rulemaking, EPA believes that 

relaxation of an applicable gasoline RVP 

standard is best accomplished in 

conjunction with the redesignation 

process. In order for an ozone 

nonattainment area to be redesignated 

as an attainment area, CAA section 

107(d)(3) requires the state to make a 

showing, pursuant to CAA section 

175A, that the area is capable of 

maintaining attainment for the ozone 

NAAQS for ten years. Depending on the 

area’s circumstances, this maintenance 

plan will either demonstrate that the 

area is capable of maintaining 

attainment for ten years without the 

more stringent volatility standard or that 

the more stringent volatility standard 

may be necessary for the area to 

maintain its attainment with the ozone 

NAAQS. Therefore, in the context of a 

request for redesignation, EPA will not 

relax the gasoline volatility standard 

unless the state requests a relaxation 

and the maintenance plan demonstrates 

that the area will maintain attainment 

for ten years without the need for the 

more stringent volatility standard. 

Similarly, a maintenance plan may be 

revised to relax the gasoline volatility 

standard if the state requests a 

relaxation and the maintenance plan 

demonstrates that the area will maintain 

attainment for the duration of the 

maintenance plan. 

D. Tennessee’s Request To Relax the 

Federal Gasoline RVP Requirement for 

Shelby County 

On April 12, 2017, Tennessee, 

through the Tennessee Department of 

Environment and Conservation (TDEC 

or State), submitted a request to relax 

the Federal gasoline RVP requirement in 

Shelby County. The State also submitted 

a CAA section 110(l) non-interference 

demonstration for approval by EPA. The 

non-interference demonstration shows 

that the relaxation would not interfere 

with maintenance of the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS or any other applicable CAA 

requirement including the 2015 ozone 

NAAQS. Tennessee did not request 

relaxation of the Federal RVP standard 

from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi when TDEC 

originally submitted the CAA section 

175A maintenance plan for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS that was approved on 

June 23, 2016 (81 FR 40816). 

On July 7, 2017, EPA approved 

Tennessee’s April 12, 2017 request for 

approval of the CAA section 110(l) noninterference demonstration. In that 

rulemaking, EPA included an evaluation 

of Tennessee’s CAA section 110(l) noninterference demonstration for Shelby 

County.3

In this action, EPA is proposing to 

approve Tennessee’s request to relax the 

summertime ozone season gasoline RVP 

standard for Shelby County from 7.8 psi 

to 9.0 psi. Specifically, EPA is 

proposing to amend the applicable 

gasoline RVP standard to allow the 

gasoline RVP requirements at 40 CFR 

80.27(a)(2) for Shelby County to change 

from 7.8 psi to 9.0 psi. This proposal is 

based on EPA’s separate approval of 

Tennessee’s April 12, 2017 request for a 

non-interference demonstration 

approval and EPA’s June 23, 2016 

approval of the redesignation request 

and maintenance plan for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS as described above. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ under the terms of 

Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and therefore was not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing 

Regulations and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs 

This action is not expected to be an 

Executive Order 13771 regulatory action 

because this action is not significant 

under Executive Order 12866. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This action does not impose any new 

information collection burden under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and 

therefore is not subject to these 

requirements. 

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

I certify that this action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the RFA. In making this 

determination, the impact of concern is 

any significant adverse economic 

impact on small entities. An agency may 

certify that a rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities if 

the rule relieves regulatory burden, has 

no net burden or otherwise has a 

positive economic effect on the small 

entities subject to the rule. The small 

entities subject to the requirements of 

this action are refiners, importers or 

blenders of gasoline that choose to 

produce or import low RVP gasoline for 

sale in Tennessee, and gasoline 

distributers and retail stations in 

Tennessee. This action, if finalized, 

would relax the Federal RVP standard 

for gasoline sold in Shelby County, 

Tennessee during the summertime 

ozone season (June 1 to September 15 of 

each year) to allow the RVP for gasoline 

sold in this county to rise from 7.8 psi 

to 9.0 psi. This rule does not impose any 

requirements or create impacts on small 

entities beyond those, if any, already 

required by or resulting from the CAA 

section 211(h) Volatility Control 

program. Therefore, this action would 

have no net regulatory burden for all 

directly regulated small entities. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This proposed rule does not contain 

an unfunded mandate of $100 million or 

more as described in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 

1531–1538, and does not significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments. The 

action would implement mandates that 

are specifically and explicitly set forth 

in CAA section 211(h) without the 

exercise of any policy discretion by 

EPA. 

F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It would 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. 

G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). This proposed rule would affect 

only those refiners, importers or 

blenders of gasoline that choose to 

produce or import low RVP gasoline for 

sale in Shelby County and gasoline 

distributers and retail stations in the 

Area. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does 

not apply to this action. 

H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 

as applying only to those regulatory 

actions that concern environmental 

health or safety risks that EPA has 

reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 


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Executive Order. EPA has no reason to 

believe that this action may 

disproportionately affect children since 

Tennessee has provided evidence that a 

relaxation of the gasoline RVP will not 

interfere with its attainment of the 

ozone NAAQS for Shelby County, or 

any other applicable CAA requirement. 

By separate action, EPA has approved 

Tennessee’s non-interference 

demonstration regarding its 

maintenance plan for the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS, and that Tennessee’s 

relaxation of the gasoline RVP standard 

in Shelby County to 9.0 RVP will not 

interfere with any other NAAQS or CAA 

requirement. 

I. Executive Order 13211: Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211 because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

J. National Technology Transfer 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

This rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. 

K. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

EPA believes the human health or 

environmental risk addressed by this 

action would not have potential 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

on minority, low-income or indigenous 

populations because it does not affect 

the applicable ozone NAAQS which 

establish the level of protection 

provided to human health or the 

environment. This rule would relax the 

applicable volatility standard of 

gasoline during the summer, possibly 

resulting in slightly higher mobile 

source emissions. However, Tennessee 

has demonstrated in its non-interference 

demonstration that this action will not 

interfere with maintenance of the ozone 

NAAQS in Shelby County for the 2008 

ozone NAAQS, or with any other 

applicable requirement of the CAA. 

Therefore, disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority or low-income 

populations are not an anticipated 

result. The results of this evaluation are 

contained in EPA’s proposed and final 

rules for Tennessee’s non-interference 

demonstration. A copy of Tennessee’s 

April 12, 2017 letter requesting that EPA 

relax the gasoline RVP standard, 

including the technical analysis 

demonstrating that the less stringent 

gasoline RVP would not interfere with 

continued maintenance of the 2008 

ozone NAAQS in Shelby County, or 

with any other applicable CAA 

requirement, has been placed in the 

public docket for this action. 

V. Legal Authority 

The statutory authority for this action 

is granted to EPA by sections 211(h) and 

301(a) of the Clean Air Act, as amended; 

42 U.S.C. 7545(h) and 7601(a). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 80 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedures, 

Air pollution control, Fuel additives, 

Gasoline, Motor vehicle and motor 

vehicle engines, Motor vehicle 

pollution, Penalties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 372 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0197; FRL–9964–76] 

RIN 2070–AK32 

Community Right-To-Know; Adopting 

2017 North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) Codes 

for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) 

Reporting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to update 

the list of North American Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

subject to reporting under the Toxics 

Release Inventory (TRI) to reflect the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 2017 NAICS code revision. As a 

result of this proposal, facilities would 

be required to use 2017 NAICS codes 

when reporting to TRI beginning with 

TRI reporting forms that are due on July 

1, 2018, covering releases and other 

waste management quantities for the 

2017 calendar year. EPA is also 

modifying the list of exceptions and 

limitations associated with NAICS 

codes in the CFR for TRI reporting 

purposes by deleting the descriptive 

text. EPA believes that the proposed 

amendments are non-controversial and 

does not expect to receive any adverse 

comments. Therefore, in addition to this 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register, EPA is 

promulgating the 2017 NAICS code 

update as a direct final rule. For more 

information on this proposal, please 

refer to the direct final rule. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–0197, 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) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Stephanie Griffin, Toxics Release 

Inventory Program Division, Mailcode 

7410M, Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–1463; email address: 

griffin.stephanie@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Information Center; 

telephone number: (800) 424–9346, TDD 

(800) 553–7672; Web site: https://

www.epa.gov/home/epa-hotlines. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information about the proposed 

update to TRI’s covered NAICS codes, 

please see the information provided in 

the direct final action, with the same 

title, that is located in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this issue of the 

Federal Register. To comment on this 

proposed rule, and by extension the 

direct final rule, you must reference 

docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007– 

0197 in one of the manners described 

above in the ADDRESSES section. 


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