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to establish performance measures in 

specified Federal-aid highway program 

areas. One of the measures FHWA 

created to assess the performance of the 

NHS under the National Highway 

Performance Program (NHPP) is Percent 

Change in Tailpipe Carbon Dioxide 

(CO2) Emissions on the NHS from the 

Calendar Year 2017 (also referred to as 

the GHG measure). It was created to 

advance a policy preference of the prior 

Administration. On October 5th at 82 

FR 46427, FHWA published an NPRM 

proposing to repeal the measure. 

The original comment period for the 

NPRM closes on November 6, 2017. 

Clean Air Carolina, Natural Resources 

Defense Council, Southern 

Environmental Law Center, U.S. Public 

Interest Research Group, and The City of 

New York Law Department have 

expressed concern that this closing date 

does not provide sufficient time to 

review and provide comprehensive 

comments on the proposal. The FHWA 

is mindful, however, of requests by the 

State Department of Transportation of 

Michigan, Idaho, Montana, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and 

Missouri to complete the rulemaking as 

expeditiously as possible to provide 

them certainty in their investment and 

programming activities. As such, FHWA 

is extending the closing date from 

November 6, 2017, to November 15, 

2017. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1), 119, and 

150. 

Brandye L. Hendrickson, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24345 Filed 11–3–17; 4:15 pm] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355; FRL–9970–58– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AT55 

Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Stationary 

Sources: Electric Utility Generating 

Units 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public 

hearing and extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On October 16, 2017, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a proposal to announce its 

intention to repeal the Carbon Pollution 

Emission Guidelines for Existing 

Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 

Generating Units, commonly referred to 

as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), as 

promulgated on October 23, 2015. The 

proposal also requested public comment 

on the proposed rule. The EPA is 

announcing that a public hearing will be 

held. In addition, the EPA is extending 

the public comment period. 

DATES: The public hearing for the 

proposed rule (82 FR 48035) will be 

held November 28 and 29, 2017. The 

deadline for accepting written 

comments is being extended by 32 days 

to January 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held on November 28 and 29, 2017, at 

the West Virginia Capitol Complex, 

1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, 

Charleston, West Virginia 25305. The 

hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. 

(Eastern Standard Time) and will 

conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time). If the EPA receives a high 

volume of requests, we may continue 

the public hearing to November 30, 

2017, at the Capitol Complex. The EPA 

may also hold an additional hearing to 

be announced at a later date. The EPA 

will make every effort to accommodate 

all speakers. The EPA’s Web site for the 

rulemaking, which includes the 

proposal and information about the 

hearing, can be found at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan. 

Written comments on the proposed rule 

may be submitted to the EPA 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile or 

through hand delivery/courier. Please 

refer to the proposal (82 FR 48035) for 

the addresses and detailed instructions. 

How To Register: If you would like to 

present oral testimony at the public 

hearing, registration will begin on 

November 8, 2017. The last day to 

register to present oral testimony will be 

November 16, 2017. To register to speak 

at the hearing, please use the online 

registration form available at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan or 

contact Tanya Johnson at (888) 627– 

7764; email address: airaction@epa.gov. 

We request the following information: 

The time you wish to speak (morning or 

afternoon), name, affiliation, email 

address, and telephone number. If you 

require the service of a translator or 

accommodation, please let us know at 

the time of registration. Once 

registration closes, the EPA will allocate 

available morning and afternoon preregistered speaking slots and confirm 

those via email starting on November 

17, 2017. Please note that updates made 

to any aspect of the hearing will be 

posted online at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/electricutility-generating-units-repealing-cleanpower-plan. While the EPA expects the 

hearing to go forward as set forth above, 

it asks that you monitor its Web site or 

contact Tanya Johnson at (888) 627– 

7764; email address airaction@epa.gov 

to determine if there are any updates to 

the information on the hearing. The EPA 

does not intend to publish a notice in 

the Federal Register announcing any 

such updates. 

Questions concerning the proposed 

rule that was published in the Federal 

Register on October 16, 2017, should be 

addressed to Mr. Peter Tsirigotis, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Sector Policies and Programs Division 

(D205–01), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27711; telephone number: 

(888) 627–7764; email address: 

airaction@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposal for which the EPA is holding 

the public hearing was published in the 

Federal Register on October 16, 2017, 

and is available at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/electricutility-generating-units-repealing-cleanpower-plan and also in the docket 

identified below. The public hearing 

will provide interested parties the 

opportunity to present oral comments 

regarding the EPA’s proposed repeal, 

including data, views, or arguments 

concerning the proposal. The EPA may 

ask clarifying questions during the oral 

presentations, but will not respond to 

the presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearing. The period for providing 

written comments to the EPA will 

remain open until January 16, 2018. 

Once the EPA learns how many 

people have registered to speak at the 

public hearing, it will allocate speaking 

times, allowing time for necessary 

breaks. In addition, a block of time will 

be reserved for anyone in the audience 

who wants to give testimony. For 

planning purposes, each speaker should 

anticipate speaking for no more than 5 

minutes, although we might need to 

shorten that time if there is a large 

turnout. The EPA encourages 

commenters to submit to the docket a 

copy of their testimony electronically 

(via email or CD) or in hard copy form. 


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51788 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Proposed Rules 

The public hearing schedule, 

including lists of speakers, will be 

posted on the EPA’s Web site at: https:// 

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan. 

Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and 

written statements will be included in 

the docket for the rulemaking. The EPA 

will make every effort to follow the 

schedule as closely as possible on the 

day of the hearing; however, please plan 

for the hearing to run either ahead of 

schedule or behind schedule. 

How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The EPA has established a docket for 

the proposed rule, ‘‘Repeal of Carbon 

Pollution Emission Guidelines for 

Existing Stationary Sources: Electric 

Utility Generating Units’’ under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355, 

available at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: November 2, 2017. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24216 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0505; FRL–9970–55– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AT59 

Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission 

Standards for New, Reconstructed, 

and Modified Sources: Stay of Certain 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is issuing this notice of 

data availability (NODA) in support of 

the proposed rule titled ‘‘Oil and 

Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards 

for New, Reconstructed, and Modified 

Sources: Stay of Certain Requirements,’’ 

which was published on June 16, 2017. 

In this document, the EPA is providing 

additional information on several topics 

raised by stakeholders and is soliciting 

comment on the information presented. 

The two topic areas are the legal 

authority to issue a stay and the 

technological, resource, and economic 

challenges with implementing the 

fugitive emissions requirements, well 

site pneumatic pump standards, and the 

requirements for certification of closed 

vent systems by a professional engineer. 

This notice also provides an updated 

cost savings and forgone benefits 

analysis for the 2-year stay. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0505, at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot 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: Mr. 

Peter Tsirigotis, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D205–01), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (888) 627– 

7764; email address: airaction@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Organization of This Document. The 

information presented in this document 

is organized as follows: 

I. Background 

II. Legal Authority 

III. Stakeholder Input on Sources’ Ability To 

Implement Requirements 

A. Fugitive Emissions Requirements 

B. Well Site Pneumatic Pump 

Requirements 

C. Professional Engineering Certification 

Requirements 

IV. Estimated Cost Savings, Forgone Benefits, 

and Net Benefits of the Proposed Stay 

I. Background 

On June 16, 2017, the EPA proposed 

to stay for 2 years certain requirements 

that are contained within the final rule 

titled ‘‘Oil and Natural Gas Sector: 

Emission Standards for New, 

Reconstructed, and Modified Sources,’’ 

published in the Federal Register at 81 

FR 35824, June 3, 2016 (2016 Rule). 

This action proposed to stay the fugitive 

emissions requirements, the well site 

pneumatic pump requirements, and the 

requirements for certification of closed 

vent systems by a professional engineer 

for 2 years, in order to provide the EPA 

with sufficient time to propose, take 

public comment on, and issue a final 

action on the issues concerning the 

specific requirements on which the EPA 

has granted reconsideration. 82 FR 

27645, June 16, 2017. While the 

proposed 2-year stay was based on the 

time needed to complete a rulemaking 

to address the issues for which we have 

granted reconsideration, during this 

time, the EPA plans to also address all 

remaining issues raised in these 

reconsideration petitions regarding 

fugitive emissions, pneumatic pumps, 

and certification by professional 

engineer requirements. The EPA 

believes that addressing all issues 

related to these requirements would 

provide the regulated entities and the 

general public clarity and certainty 

regarding these requirements. 

Subsequent to the 82 FR 27645, June 

16, 2017, proposal, the Agency has 

heard a broad range of questions, 

concerns, and constructive suggestions 

from stakeholders on how the proposed 

rule could be improved. This document 

is not intended to address all of the 

issues that have been raised; we will 

summarize and respond to all comments 

in the final rule. Rather, the purpose of 

this document is to describe and seek 

comment on several ideas raised by 

stakeholders that may go beyond those 

for which the Agency sought comment 

in the June 16, 2017, proposal. In this 

document, we describe the specific 

issues and ideas raised by stakeholders 

and explain which of those ideas we 

consider to be within or possibly 

beyond the scope of comment already 

requested. The purpose of this 

document is to bring these ideas to the 

attention of other stakeholders and the 

public so that they may also provide 

comments to assist in developing a final 

rule. 

The feedback the EPA has received 

since proposing the stay relates to the 

EPA’s legal authority to stay these 

requirements and lack of clarity and 

other challenges in implementing these 

three requirements. With respect to the 

implementation challenges, the 

commenters recommend, as an 

alternative to the proposed stay, that the 

EPA amend the 2016 Rule to extend the 

periods currently provided in the 2016 

Rule for establishing the necessary 

infrastructure and phasing in the 

requirements for conducting the initial 

monitoring survey of fugitive emissions 


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