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List of Subjects in 23 CFR Part 490 

Bridges, Highway safety, Highways 

and roads, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

29, 2017 under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.85. 

Brandye L. Hendrickson, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

FHWA proposes to amend 23 CFR part 

490 to read as follows: 

PART 490—NATIONAL 

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 

MEASURES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 490 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 134, 135, 148(i), and 

150; 49 CFR 1.85. 

Subpart A—General Information 

§ 490.105 [Amended]. 

■ 2. Amend § 490.105 by removing and 

reserving paragraphs (c)(5) and (d)(1)(v). 

§ 490.107 [Amended]. 

■ 3. Amend § 490.107 by removing and 

reserving paragraphs (b)(1)(ii)(H), 

(b)(2)(ii)(J), (b)(3)(ii)(I), and (c)(4). 

■ 4. Amend § 490.109 by removing and 

reserving paragraphs (d)(1)(v) and 

(f)(1)(v) and revising paragraph (d)(1)(vi) 

to read as follows: 

§ 490.109 Assessing significant progress 

toward achieving the performance targets 

for the National Highway Performance 

Program and the National Highway Freight 

Program. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * (1) * * * 

(vi) Baseline condition/performance 

data contained in HPMS and NBI of the 

year in which the Baseline Period 

Performance Report is due to FHWA 

that represents baseline conditions/ 

performances for the performance 

period for the measures in 

§§ 490.105(c)(1) through (4). 

* * * * * 

Subpart E—National Performance 

Management Measures to Assess 

Performance of the National Highway 

System 

§ 490.503 [Amended]. 

■ 5. Amend § 490.503 by removing and 

reserving paragraph (a)(2). 

§ 490.505 [Amended]. 

■ 6. Amend § 490.505 by removing the 

definition for ‘‘Greenhouse gas (GHG).’’ 

§ 490.507 [Amended]. 

■ 7. Amend § 490.507 by removing and 

reserving paragraph (b). 

§ 490.509 [Amended]. 

■ 8. Amend § 490.509 by removing 

paragraphs (f)–(h). 

§ 490.511 [Amended]. 

■ 9. Amend § 490.511 by removing and 

reserving paragraphs (a)(2), (c), (d), and 

(f). 

§ 490.513 [Amended]. 

■ 10. Amend § 490.513 by removing 

paragraph (d). 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R07–OAR–2017–0386; FRL–9968–75– 

Region 7] 

Approval of Nebraska Air Quality 

Implementation Plans; Adoption of a 

New Chapter Under the Nebraska 

Administrative Code 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

the State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision submitted by the state of 

Nebraska on November 14, 2011. 

Nebraska is adding a new chapter titled 

‘‘Visibility Protection’’ which provides 

Nebraska authority to implement 

Federal regulations relating to Regional 

Haze and Best Available Retrofit 

Technology (BART). The chapter 

incorporates by reference EPA’s 

Guidelines for BART Determiniations 

under the Regional Haze Rule. The 

revision to the SIP meets the visibility 

component of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

action must be received in writing by 

November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07– 

OAR–2017–0386, to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments connot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

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. The 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://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Crable, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Air Planning and Development 

Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard, 

Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551– 

7391, or by email at crable.gregory@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document proposes to take action to add 

chapter 43, ‘‘Visibilty Protection’’. We 

have published a direct final rule 

approving the State’s SIP revision in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register, because we view this 

as a noncontroversial action and 

anticipate no relevant adverse comment. 

We have explained our reasons for this 

action in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. If we receive no adverse comment, 

we will not take further action on this 

proposed rule. If we receive adverse 

comment, we will withdraw the direct 

final rule and it will not take effect. We 

would address all public comments in 

any subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. We do not intend to 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. Any parties interested in 

commenting must do so at this time. For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the ADDRESSES

section of this document. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: September 25, 2017. 

Cathy Stepp, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

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