2013 Federal Register Notices for EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality
Federal Register Notices for the current year.
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December 2013
- December 27, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Alternative Affirmative Defense Requirements for Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (PDF)(2 pp, 199 K)
- December 27, 2013: Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted under Title II of the Clean Air Act and Related to Code of Federal Regulation Parts and Subparts (PDF) (2 pp, 196.5 K)
- December 27, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Second Ten-Year PM10 Maintenance Plan for Pagosa Springs (PDF) (6 pp, 269.5 K)
- December 20, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle Emissions: Revisions to Certification of Alternative Fuels Conversions (PDF) (2 pp, 179 K)
- December 20, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2011 Renewable Fuel Standards-- Petition for International Aggregate Compliance Approach (PDF) (2 pp, 181.3KB)
- December 16, 2013: Adequacy Status of the Submitted Attainment Plan for the Delaware Portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 1997 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF)(2 pp, 195 K)
- December 11, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2012 Los Angeles County State Implementation Plan for 2008 Lead Standard (PDF) (12 pp, 320 K)
- December 9, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Approval of the Redesignation Requests of the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Nonattainment Area for the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Standards (PDF) (18 pp, 328 K)
- December 5, 2013: Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget in Submitted State Implementation Plan; Maricopa County PM-10 Nonattainment Area, Arizona (PDF) (2 pp, 178 K)
- December 4, 2013: Adequacy Status of the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville- Weirton, WV-OH Nonattainment Area Submitted for the 2006 Fine Particulate Matter Standard Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF)(1 pp, 208.9 K)
- December 4, 2013: Adequacy Status of the West Virginia Portion of the Steubenville- Weirton, WV-OH Nonattainment Area Submitted for the 1997 Fine Particulate Matter Standard Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF)(1 pp, 191 K)
- December 4, 2013: Adequacy Status of the Submitted Redesignation Requests and Maintenance Plans for the Charleston, West Virginia 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards Nonattainment Area for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF)(2 pp, 197 K)
- December 3, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Regarding the Sulfur Content of Motor Vehicle Gasoline Under the Tier 2 Rule (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 200 K)
November 2013
- November 29, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal) (PDF) (1 pp, 193 K)
- November 29, 2013: Notice of Receipt of Petitions for a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (PDF) (3 pp, 203 K)
- November 29, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado Second Ten-Year PM10 Maintenance Plan for Telluride (PDF) (5 pp, 363.3 K)
- November 29, 2013: 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (54 pp, 1.4 MB)
- November 20, 2013: Public Hearing for the 2014 Standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (1 pp, 191 K)
October 2013
- October 28, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Engine Emission Defect Information Reports and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports (Renewal) (PDF) (1 pp, 194 K)
- October 24, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Dayton-Springfield, Steubenville-Weirton, Toledo, and Parkersburg-Marietta; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (7 pp, 263 K)
- October 22, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (10 pp, 251 K)
- October 1, 2013: Alternative Method for Calculating Off-Cycle Credits for Mercedes-Benz Vehicles Under the Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program (PDF) (5 pp, 252 K)
September 2013
- September 20, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Off-Road Compression Ignition Engines--In-Use Fleets; Notice of Decision (PDF) (33 pp, 495 K)
- September 12, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 200 K)
- September 12, 2013: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle and Nonroad Technical Amendments (PDF) (1 pp, 224 K)
- September 9, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Attainment Demonstration for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area (PDF) (10 pp, 274 K)
- September 9, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation; Texas; Houston: Reasonable Further Progress Plan, Contingency Measures, and Transportation Conformity Budgets for the 1997 8-Hour Severe Ozone Nonattainment Area (PDF) (9 pp, 270 K)
August 2013
- August 21, 2013: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Tractor-Trailer Greenhouse Gas Regulation; Request for Waiver of Preemption; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Public Comment (PDF) (2 pp, 201 K)
- August 19, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Amendments to Spark Ignition Marine Engine and Boat Regulations; Request for Authorization; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Comment (PDF) (3 pp, 208 K)
- August 16, 2013: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle and Nonroad Technical Amendments (PDF)(5 pp, 296 K)
- August 15, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (PDF)(38 pp, 569 K)
- August 14, 2013: Denial of Petitions for Reconsideration of Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Renewable Fuel Volume Final Rule (PDF) (2 pp, 215 K)
- August 13, 2013: Adequacy Status of the North Carolina Portion of the Charlotte- Gastonia-Rock Hill Bi-State Area Maintenance Plan 8-Hour Ozone Sub-Area Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (1 pp, 190 K)
July 2013
- July 30, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS 2) Program (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 200 K)
- July 30, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; New Marine Compression Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 199 K)
- July 26, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas; North Carolina; Redesignation of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, 1997 8-Hour Ozone Moderate Nonattainment Area to Attainment (PDF) (16 pp, 329 K)
- July 26, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Redesignation of the Dayton-Springfield Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standard for Fine Particulate Matter (PDF) (18 pp, 344 K)
- July 26, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; Redesignation of Cleveland-Akron-Lorain Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standard and 2006 24-Hour Standard for Fine Particulate Matter (PDF) (20 pp, 355 K)
- July 24, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM10; Redesignation of Sacramento to Attainment; Approval of PM10 Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Sacramento (PDF)(18 pp, 216 K)
- July 23, 2013: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Urban Buses; Request for Waiver of Preemption (PDF) (6 pp, 216 K)
- July 23, 2013: Notice of Data Availability Concerning Renewable Fuels Produced From Barley Under the RFS Program (PDF) (15 pp, 341 K)
- July 19, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; Redesignation of Connecticut Portion of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Nonattainment Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual and 2006 24-Hour Standards for Fine Particulate Matter (PDF) (20 pp, 367 K)
- July 11, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Final Rule Approving Renewable Fuel Pathways for Giant Reed (Arundo Donax) and Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) (PDF) (14 pp, 312 K)
- July 9, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 200 K)
June 2013
- June 28, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Within-the-Scope Determination for Amendments to California's "Airborne Toxic Control Measure for In-Use Diesel-Fueled Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) and TRU Generator Sets and Facilities Where TRUs Operate" (PDF) (6 pp, 202 K)
- June 19, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 195 K)
- June 17, 2013: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle, and Nonroad Technical Amendments (PDF) (14 pp, 266 K) - Notice of proposed rulemaking
- June 17, 2013: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle, and Nonroad Technical Amendments (PDF)(38 pp, 652 K) - Final rule
- June 14, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: RFS Pathways II and Technical Amendments to the RFS 2 Standards(PDF)(38 pp, 618 K)
- June 11, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Lima 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (5 pp, 253 K)
- June 11, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision; Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the Ohio Portion of the Wheeling Area (PDF) (4 pp, 248 K)
- June 7, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Exhaust Emissions of Light-Duty Vehicles in Metropolitan Detroit; EPA ICR No. 2363.02 (PDF) (2 pp, 214 K)
May 2013
- May 29, 2013: Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards (PDF) (1 pp, 194 K)
- May 29, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Atlanta, Georgia 1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Reasonable Further Progress Plan (PDF) (12 pp, 303 K)
- May 24, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; In-Use Heavy Duty Vehicles (as Applicable to Yard Trucks and Two-Engine Sweepers) (PDF)< (5 pp, 300 K)
- May 21, 2013: Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards (PDF) (377 pp, 3.29 MB)
- May 20, 2013: Partial Approval and Partial Disapproval of Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Arizona; Regional Haze Requirements (PDF) (15 pp, 327 K)
- May 15, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Canton-Massillon 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (5 pp. 253 K)
- May 15, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Lake and Porter Counties, Indiana, 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan and 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (5 pp, 252 K)
April 2013
- April 17, 2013: Supplemental Determination for Renewable Fuels Produced Under the Final RFS2 Program From Grain Sorghum; Correction (PDF) (2 pp, 234 K)
- April 8, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM10; Redesignation of the South Coast Air Basin to Attainment; Approval of PM10 Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the South Coast Air Basin (PDF) (14 pp, 324 K)
- April 8, 2013: Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards; Public Hearing and Comment Period (PDF) (2 pp, 212 K)
March 2013
- March 29, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Renewable Fuels Standard Program (RFS2-- Supplemental) (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 202 K)
- March 25, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; Redesignation of San Diego County to Attainment for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard (PDF) (14 pp, 284 K)
- March 22, 2013: Draft Guidance for E85 Flexible Fuel Vehicle Weighting Factor for Model Years 2016-2019 Vehicles Under the Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program (PDF) (2 pp, 220 K)
- March 20, 2013: Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Submitted Ozone Maintenance Plan for San Diego County; California (PDF) (1 pp, 175 K)
- March 20, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; Attainment Demonstration for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard for the Washington, DC-MD-VA Moderate Nonattainment Area (PDF) (8 pp, 241 K)
- March 19, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revisions to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (6 pp, 258 K)
- March 15, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 0309.14 (PDF) (1 pp, 174 K)
- March 8, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request: Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal); Control of Evaporative Emissions From New and In-Use Portable Gasoline Containers (Renewal); and Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 194 K)
- March 6, 2013: Official Release of EMFAC2011 Motor Vehicle Emission Factor Model for Use in the State of California (PDF) (4 pp, 248 K)
- March 5, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Identification of Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF) (28 pp, 2.89 MB)
February 2013
- February 26, 2013: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Requirements for Locomotives and Locomotive Engines (Renewal) (PDF) (2 pp, 198 K)
- February 21, 2013: Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under Title II of the Clean Air Act and Related to the Nonroad Diesel Engine Program (PDF) (2 pp, 200 K)
- February 21, 2013: RFS Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Quality Assurance Program (PDF) (61 pp, 651 K)
- February 21, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards; Public Hearing (PDF) (1 pp, 174 K)
- February 20, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) Program (PDF) (2 pp, 197 K)
- February 20, 2013: Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA ICR No. 1696.07 (PDF) (2 pp, 180 K)
- February 7, 2013: Adequacy Status of the Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Metropolitan Washington DC Area (DC-MD-VA) 1997 8-Hour Ozone Non- Attainment Area's 2009 Attainment Plan and 2010 Contingency Plan (PDF) (2 pp, 213 K)
- February 7, 2013: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (PDF) (26 pp, 637 K)
- February 5, 2013: Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Connecticut (PDF) (2 pp, 193 K)
- February 1, 2013: Adequacy Status of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Reasonable Further Progress 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes (PDF) (2 pp, 214 K)
January 2013
- January 29, 2013: Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio and Indiana; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH; Ohio and Indiana 1997 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revisions to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (PDF) (7 pp, 259 K)
- January 25, 2013: Denial of Reconsideration Petition on Model Year 2012-2016 Light Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards (PDF) (4 pp, 220 K)
- January 9, 2013: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's Advanced Clean Car Program and a Within the Scope Confirmation for California's Zero Emission Vehicle Amendments for 2017 and Earlier Model Years (PDF) (35 pp, 488 K)
- January 4, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Off- Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines; Request for Authorization; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Comment (PDF) (4 pp, 213 K)
- January 4, 2013: California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Transport Refrigeration Units; Request for Authorization; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Comment (PDF) (4 pp, 232 K)
- January 4, 2013: California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Urban Buses; Request for Waiver of Preemption; Opportunity for Public Hearing and Comment (PDF) (3 pp, 224 K)