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based upon the proposed rulemaking 

action, also published on August 16, 

2017. EPA will not institute a second 

comment period on this action. 

DATES: The direct final rule published at 

82 FR 38838, on August 16, 2017, is 

withdrawn, effective October 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Sheckler, Air Regulatory 

Management Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides 

and Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9222. 

Ms. Sheckler can also be reached via 

electronic mail at sheckler.kelly@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

16, 2017 (82 FR 38838), EPA published 

a direct final rule approving portions of 

a SIP revision submitted by the State of 

North Carolina through the North 

Carolina Department of Environment 

and Natural Resources (now the North 

Carolina Department of Environmental 

Quality) to clarify the applicability of 

the State’s transportation conformity 

rules. EPA took a direct final action to 

approve changes to regulation 15A 

NCAC Subchapter 2D, section .2001, 

purpose, scope and applicability related 

to North Carolina’s transportation 

conformity provisions. 

In the direct final rule, EPA explained 

that the Agency was publishing the rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency viewed the submittal as a noncontroversial SIP amendment and 

anticipated no adverse comments. 

Further, EPA explained that the Agency 

was publishing a separate document in 

the proposed rules section of the 

Federal Register to serve as the proposal 

to approve the SIP revision should an 

adverse comment be filed. EPA also 

noted that the rule would be effective 

generally 30 days after the close of the 

public comment period, without further 

notice unless the Agency received 

adverse comment by the close of the 

public comment period. EPA explained 

that if the Agency received such 

comments, then EPA would publish a 

document withdrawing the final rule 

and informing the public that the rule 

would not take effect. It was also 

explained that all public comments 

received would then be addressed in a 

subsequent final rule based on the 

proposed rule, and that EPA would not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. 

EPA received one adverse comment 

from a single Commenter on the 

aforementioned rule. As a result of the 

comment received, EPA is withdrawing 

the direct final rule approving the 

aforementioned changes to the North 

Carolina SIP. EPA will address the 

comment in a separate final action 

based on the proposed action also 

published on August 16, 2017 (82 FR 

38864). EPA will not open a second 

comment period for this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 29, 2017. 

Onis ‘‘Trey’’ Glenn, III, 

Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ Accordingly, the amendment to 40 

CFR 52.1770(c) published on August 16, 

2017 (82 FR 38838), is withdrawn 

effective October 13, 2017. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2017–0150; FRL–9969–54– 

Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; 

Nonattainment New Source Review 

Permit Requirements for the 2008 

8-Hour Ozone Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of an 

adverse comment, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing 

the August 14, 2017, direct final rule 

approving a State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of 

Connecticut. The revision addresses the 

nonattainment new source review 

(NNSR) requirements for the 2008 8- 

hour ozone National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS). This 

action is being taken in accordance with 

the Clean Air Act. 

DATES: The direct final rule published 

on August 14, 2017 (82 FR 37819), is 

withdrawn effective October 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Dahl, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Air Permits, Toxics, and 

Indoor Programs Unit, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912. Mr. Dahl’s 

telephone number is (617) 918–1657; 

email address: dahl.donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

direct final rule, EPA stated that if 

adverse comments were submitted by 

September 13, 2017, the rule would be 

withdrawn and not take effect. EPA 

received an adverse comment prior to 

the close of the comment period and, 

therefore, is withdrawing the direct final 

rule. EPA will address the comment in 

a subsequent final action based upon 

the proposed rule also published on 

August 14, 2017 (82 FR 37829). EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Deborah A. Szaro, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New 

England. 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ Accordingly, the amendments to 40 

CFR 52.377 published in the Federal 

Register on August 14, 2017 (82 FR 

37819), on page 37822 are withdrawn 

effective October 13, 2017. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2016–0626; A–1–FRL– 

9969–56–Region 1] 

Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Regional 

Haze Five-Year Progress Report; 

Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of an 

adverse comment, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing 

the August 16, 2017, direct final rule 

approving a State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) revision submitted by the State of 

Vermont. Vermont’s SIP revision 

addresses requirements of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA) and EPA’s rules that require 

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describing the progress toward 

reasonable progress goals (RPGs) 

established for regional haze and a 

determination of adequacy of the State’s 

existing regional haze SIP. This action is 

being taken in accordance with the 

Clean Air Act. 

DATES: The direct final rule published 

on August 16, 2017 (82 FR 38834), is 

withdrawn effective October 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne K. McWilliams, Air Quality 

Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, New England 

Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston, 

MA 02109—3912, telephone (617) 918– 

1697, facsimile (617) 918–0697, email 

mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

direct final rule, EPA stated that if 

adverse comments were submitted by 

September 15, 2017, the rule would be 

withdrawn and not take effect. EPA 

received an adverse comment prior to 

the close of the comment period and, 

therefore, is withdrawing the direct final 

rule. EPA will address the comment in 

a subsequent final action based upon 

the proposed rule also published on 

August 16, 2017 (82 FR 38864). EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. 

Dated: September 27, 2017. 

Deborah A. Szaro, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New 

England. 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ Accordingly, the amendments to 40 

CFR 52.2370 published in the Federal 

Register on August 16, 2017 (82 FR 

38834), on page 38838 are withdrawn 

effective October 13, 2017. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0436; FRL–9969–36– 

Region 4] 

Air Plan Approval; AL; VOC Definitions 

and Particulate Emissions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is taking final action to 

approve changes to the Alabama State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) to revise the 

definition of ‘‘volatile organic 

compounds’’ (VOCs), correct a 

typographical error, and remove control 

of particulate emissions and opacity 

limits for Talladega County. EPA is 

approving the SIP revisions submitted 

by the State of Alabama, through the 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management (ADEM), on May 19, 2017. 

This action is being taken pursuant to 

the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act). 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2017–0436. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air Regulatory Management Section, 

Air Planning and Implementation 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Wong, Air Regulatory 

Management Section, Air Planning and 

Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides 

and Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–8726. 

Mr. Wong can be reached via electronic 

mail at wong.richard@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What action is the Agency taking? 

In this rulemaking, EPA is approving 

changes to the Alabama SIP, submitted 

by the State on May 19, 2017. The 

submission revises ADEM Rule 335–3– 

1–.02—Definitions and Rule 335–3–4– 

.08—Wood Waste Boilers. Specifically, 

this rulemaking revises the definition of 

VOCs, corrects a typographical error and 

removes particulate emission and 

opacity limits for Talladega County. 

II. Background 

On August 16, 2017 (82 FR 38865), 

EPA proposed to approve the 

aforementioned changes, among others, 

to the SIP. This proposed rule 

accompanied a direct final rule 

published on the same day in the 

Federal Register (82 FR 38841). EPA 

received an adverse comment on the 

direct final rulemaking only on the 

changes made to Rule 335–3–1–.02 and 

Rule 335–3–4–.08. Accordingly, EPA is 

withdrawing the direct final action 

through a separate action published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register and is taking final action on the 

changes to Rule 335–3–1–.02 and Rule 

335–3–4–.08 in this final rule. 

A. Rule 335–3–1–.02—Definitions 

On November 29, 2004, and August 1, 

2016, EPA issued final rules revising the 

definition of VOCs by adding new 

compounds (tertiary butyl acetate (or tButyl acetate) and 1,1,2,2-Tetrafluoro-1- 

(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxyl) ethane) to the 

list of those that are considered to be 

negligibly reactive compounds, and on 

February 25, 2016 (81 FR 9339), EPA 

issued a final rule removing 

recordkeeping, emissions reporting, 

photochemical dispersion modeling, 

and inventory requirements for t-Butyl 

acetate. The State’s May 19, 2017, SIP 

revision adds these compounds to the 

list of negligibly reactive compounds 

under ADEM Rule 335–3–1–.02 subpart 

(gggg). The SIP revision also removes 

the recordkeeping, emissions reporting, 

photochemical dispersion modeling, 

and inventory requirements requirement 

for t-Butyl acetate. Additionally, the 

submittal makes a typographical 

correction under subpart (gggg)(iii). EPA 

proposes to approve these revisions 

because they are consistent with the 

definition of VOC at 40 CFR 51.100(s). 

The State’s addition of exemptions 

from the definition of VOCs and 

removal of recordkeeping, emissions 

reporting, photochemical dispersion 

modeling, and inventory requirements 

for t-butyl acetate are approvable under 

section 110(l) because they reflect 

changes to Federal regulations based on 

findings that the exempted compounds 

are negligibly reactive. The 

typographical error correction makes 

ministerial changes for consistency. 

B. Rule 335–3–4–.08—Wood Waste 

Boilers 

Rule 335–3–4–.08—Wood Waste 

Boilers was adopted into the Alabama 

SIP on April 23, 1974 (39 FR 14338), to 

provide emission limits based on 


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