Air Plan Approval; Texas; Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles

David Gray
Environmental Protection Agency
13 August 2019

[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, paige.carrie@epa.gov.

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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