[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07666]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0028; FRL-9944-56-Region 9]


Approval of Air Plan Revisions; Arizona; Rescissions and 
Corrections

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Due to the receipt of adverse comments, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a portion of the February 11, 
2016 direct final rule approving certain revisions to the Arizona State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) and correcting certain errors. The adverse 
comments relate to a particular test method and thus the EPA is 
withdrawing the portion of the direct final rule that relates to the 
test methods that include the test method for which the adverse 
comments were received.

DATES: The addition of paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) published on February 
11, 2016 at 81 FR 7214 is withdrawn, effective April 5, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Steckel, EPA Region IX, (415) 
947-4115, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 11, 2016, the EPA published a 
direct final rule approving a SIP revision submitted by the Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). In the February 11, 2016 
direct final rule, the EPA also corrected certain errors in previous 
actions on prior revisions to the Arizona SIP and to make certain other 
corrections. In the direct final rule, the EPA stated that if adverse 
comments were received by March 14, 2016, the EPA would publish a 
timely withdrawal and address the comments in a subsequent final rule 
based on the proposed rule also published on February 11, 2016 (81 FR 
7259). The February 11, 2016 proposed rule indicated that if the EPA 
receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of the 
direct final rule and if that provision may be severed from the 
remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as final those provisions of 
the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
    In this instance, the EPA received adverse comments on a certain 
test method for which the EPA had approved rescission. The relevant 
test method was included in a SIP revision submitted by ADEQ on January 
23, 1979 that also included a number of other test methods and certain 
performance test specifications, all of which were approved by the EPA 
at 47 FR 17483 (April 23, 1982). The EPA's approval of the test methods 
and performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 and 
approved on April 23, 1982 was codified at 40 CFR 52.120(c)(29)(i)(A).
    The EPA's action on the rescission of the test methods and 
performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 and 
approved on April 23, 1982 is severable from the rest of the direct 
final rule. Thus, the EPA is withdrawing only the portion of the direct 
final rule related to those test methods and performance test 
specifications. The EPA will address the comments in a separate final 
action covering the state's rescission of the test methods and 
performance test specifications submitted on January 23, 1979 (and 
approved on April 23, 1982) based on the proposed action published on 
February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7259). The EPA will not open a second comment 
period for the action on the state's rescissions of the test methods 
and performance test specifications. The other actions in the February 
11, 2016 Federal Register direct final rule are not affected.

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: March 24, 2016.

Jared Blumenfeld,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
    Accordingly, the addition of paragraph (c)(29)(i)(B) which was 
published in the Federal Register on February 11, 2016 (81 FR 7209) on 
page 7214 is withdrawn as of April 5, 2016.
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