[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5878]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 86

[FRL-5702-3]


Extension of Interim Revised Durability Procedures for Light-Duty 
Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Removal of direct final rule amendments.

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SUMMARY: On November 15, 1996, EPA published a direct final rule 
extending the applicability of durability regulations for light duty 
vehicles and light duty trucks [61 FR 58618]. This action was published 
without prior approval because EPA anticipated no adverse comments. Due 
to the receipt of an adverse comment, EPA is removing the amendments 
made by the direct final rule and restoring the regulatory text that 
existed prior to the direct final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Hormes, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, (313) 668-4502, 2565 Plymouth 
Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 15, 1996, EPA published in the 
Federal Register a direct final rule extending indefinitely the 
applicability of durability regulations for light duty vehicles and 
light duty trucks [61 FR 58618]. The direct final rule was published 
without prior proposal in the Federal Register with a provision for a 
thirty day comment period and a statement that if adverse or critical 
comments were received by this time, the rule would be withdrawn and 
resubmitted as a proposed rule. Due to the receipt of an adverse 
comment within the comment period, EPA is removing the amendments made 
by the direct final rule and is resubmitting those amendments in a 
separate action published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 
Register as a proposal. Because the effective date of the direct final 
rule was January 14, 1997, the regulatory language which was amended 
has been changed to read as it did prior to the direct final rule.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 86

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Confidential business information, Motor vehicle pollution, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 4, 1997.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 86 of chapter I, 
title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 86--CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM NEW AND IN-USE MOTOR 
VEHICLES AND NEW AND IN-USE MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES: CERTIFICATION 
AND TEST PROCEDURES

    1. The authority citation for part 86 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 215, 216, 217, 
and 301(a), of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7521, 7522, 
7524, 7525, 7541, 7542, 7549, 7550, 7552, and 7601(a)).


Sec. 86.094-13  [Amended]

    2. In Sec. 86.094-13, paragraphs (a)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), 
and (f)(1) are amended by revising the words ``1994 and beyond'' to 
read ``1994 through 1998''.


Sec. 86.094-26  [Amended]

    3. In Sec. 86.094-26, paragraphs (a)(2), (b)(2)(i), and (b)(2)(ii) 
are amended by revising the words ``1994 and beyond'' to read ``1994 
through 1998''.

[FR Doc. 97-5878 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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