[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 39976-39977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16934]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0811; FRL-9997-58-Region 6]
Air Plan Approval; Texas; Control of Air Pollution From Motor
Vehicles
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Partial withdrawal of direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a
portion of a direct final rule published on June
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6, 2019, because relevant adverse comments were received. The rule
pertained to EPA approval of revisions to the Texas State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality. The revisions remove rules from the Texas SIP
that address motor vehicle anti-tampering requirements and the Low
Income Repair Assistance Program (LIRAP) for certain participating
counties. In a separate subsequent final rulemaking, EPA will address
the portion of the direct final rule on which relevant adverse comments
were received.
DATES: Effective August 13, 2019, the EPA withdraws amendatory
instruction 2 from the direct final rule published on June 6, 2019, at
84 FR 26349.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Paige, EPA Region 6 Office,
214-665-6521, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document ``we,'' ``us,'' and
``our'' means the EPA. On June 6, 2019, we published a direct final
rule to approve revisions to the Texas SIP to remove two rules from the
Texas SIP. The revisions remove 30 TAC 114, Subchapter B (the Motor
Vehicle Anti-tampering Requirements) in its entirety; and 30 TAC 114,
Section 114.86 (the LIRAP for Participating Early Action Compact (EAC)
Counties) from the SIP (see 84 FR 26349, June 6, 2019). The direct
final rule was published without prior proposal because we anticipated
no adverse comments. We stated in the direct final rule that if we
received relevant adverse comments by July 8, 2019, we would publish a
timely withdrawal in the Federal Register. We received relevant adverse
comments on the portion of the direct final rule regarding our approval
of revisions to the Texas SIP to remove rules from the Texas SIP that
address the LIRAP for Participating EAC Counties at 30 TAC 114, Section
114.86 and accordingly are withdrawing that portion of the direct final
rule on which adverse comments were received. In a separate subsequent
final rulemaking, we will address the comments received. The portion of
the direct final rule approving revisions to remove 30 TAC 114,
Subchapter B (the Motor Vehicle Anti-tampering Requirements) \1\ in its
entirety from the Texas SIP received only supportive comments and will
be effective on September 4, 2019, as provided in the direct final
action at 84 FR 26349.
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\1\ Due to an apparent oversight, 30 TAC 114 Subchapter B (Motor
Vehicle Anti-Tampering Requirements) was not included in Table (c)
``EPA Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP'' at 40 CFR 52.2270, so
there is no amendatory instruction in the direct final rule to
remove those provisions.
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Ozone, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: August 1, 2019.
David Gray,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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Accordingly, amendatory instruction 2 from the direct final rule
published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2019 (84 FR 26349), which
was to become effective on September 4, 2019, is withdrawn.
[FR Doc. 2019-16934 Filed 8-12-19; 8:45 am]
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