Air Quality Designations for the Fine Particle (PM2.5, 62414-62415 [E7-21681]

Download as PDF 62414 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 213 / Monday, November 5, 2007 / Rules and Regulations TABLE FIVE Vessel Hull No. Forward masthead lights not over all other lights and obstructions. Annex I, sec. 2(f) * * USS STERETT ................................. * DDG 104 ................... * X * X * X * * * * * * * * Approved: August 1, 2007. Gregg A. Cervi, Commander, JAGC, U.S. Navy, Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty and Maritime Law). [FR Doc. E7–21586 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 60 [EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0071; FRL–8490–9] RIN 2060–A009 Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods: Technical Amendments Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. ycherry on PRODPC74 with RULES AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA published a direct final rule on September 7, 2007, to correct errors in a May 15, 2006, final rule amending five instrumental test methods. We received adverse comment during the comment period on the September 2007 direct final rule and are now withdrawing that direct final rule. DATES: Effective November 5, 2007, EPA withdraws the direct final rule published at 72 FR 51365, September 7, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Foston Curtis, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (E143–02), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number (919) 541– 1063; fax number (919) 541–0516; email address: curtis.foston@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because EPA received adverse comment, we are withdrawing the direct final rule entitled ‘‘Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods: Technical Amendments’’ published on September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51365). This direct final VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:32 Nov 02, 2007 Jkt 214001 Forward masthead light not in forward quarter of ship. Annex I, sec. 3(a) After masthead light less than 1⁄2 ship’s length aft of forward masthead light. Annex I, sec. 3(a) Percentage horizontal separation attained rule made corrections to a May 15, 2006 final rule (71 FR 28082) which amended five instrumental test methods. The direct final was to correct errors and clarify portions of the amendments that may have been ambiguous. We stated in the September 2007 direct final rule that if we received any adverse comments by October 9, 2007, the direct final would not take effect and we would publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register. We subsequently received adverse comments on that direct final rule. We will address those comments in any subsequent final action based on the parallel proposed rule also published on September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51392). As stated in the direct final rule and the parallel proposed rule, we will not institute a second comment period on this action. Dated: October 30, 2007. Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator. Accordingly, the amendments to the rule published on September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51365), are withdrawn as of November 5, 2007. I 14.5 quality designations for the fine particle (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The PM2.5 designations were published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2005, and a supplemental notice to this action was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2005. Subsequent to the publication of this action, a total of sixteen petitions for reconsideration were received by EPA. The EPA considered the petitions and supporting information along with information contained in the rulemaking docket in reaching a decision on the petitions. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson denied the petitions for reconsideration in separate letters to the petitioners issued between December 2005 and October 2007. The letters explain EPA’s reasons for the denials. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey L. Wilcox, U.S. EPA, Office of General Counsel, Mail Code 2344A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564–5601, e-mail at wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov. [FR Doc. E7–21721 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 6560–50–P I. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 81 [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0061; FRL–8490–8] Air Quality Designations for the Fine Particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Notice of Actions Denying Petitions for Reconsideration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of actions denying petitions for reconsideration. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The EPA is providing notice that it has responded to sixteen petitions for reconsideration of the air PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 This Federal Register notice, the petitions for reconsideration, and the letters denying the petitions for reconsideration are available in the docket that EPA established for the air quality designations for the fine particle NAAQS (docket number EPA–HQ– OAR–2003–0061). The table below identifies the petitions received by EPA, the date EPA received the petition, the document identification number for the petition, the date of EPA’s response, and the document identification number for EPA’s response. (Note that all the document numbers listed in the table are in the form of ‘‘EPA–HQ–OAR– 2003–0061–xxxx.’’) E:\FR\FM\05NOR1.SGM 05NOR1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 213 / Monday, November 5, 2007 / Rules and Regulations Date of petition to EPA Petitioner State of Connecticut ................................................................ Commonwealth of Virginia ....................................................... State of Maryland ..................................................................... Guilford County, NC ................................................................. State of North Carolina ............................................................ State of Alabama ..................................................................... State of Georgia ....................................................................... Southwestern PA Growth Alliance ........................................... 2/15/2005 2/18/2005 2/22/2005 2/22/2005 2/22/2005 1/20/2005 2/22/2005 3/4/2005 Oakland County, MI (first petition) ........................................... State of Michigan ..................................................................... State of West Virginia .............................................................. State of Ohio ............................................................................ State of Georgia ....................................................................... Dynegy Midwest Generation .................................................... Midwest Ozone Group/West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Oakland County, MI (second petition) ..................................... 3/7/2005 2/22/2005 2/21/2005 2/14/2005 6/10/2005 6/13/2005 3/28/2006 3/21/2006 All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center (Air Docket), EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566–1742. This Federal Register notice, the petitions for reconsideration, and the letters denying the petitions can also be found on EPA’s Web site https:// www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/regs.htm. The air quality designations for the fine particle NAAQS were published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2005 at 70 FR 944. A supplemental notice was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2005 at 70 FR 19844. Petition: Document No. in docket ¥0756 ....................... ¥0665 ....................... ¥0666 and ¥0667 ... ¥0677 ....................... ¥0676 ....................... ¥0672 ....................... ¥0673 ....................... ¥0766, 0766.15, 0766.16, 0766.17. ¥0636 ....................... ¥0635 ....................... ¥0661 ....................... ¥0681 ....................... ¥0728 thru 0728.11 ¥0721 and ¥0726 ... ¥0744 ....................... ¥0747 thru 0751 ...... Administrator,’’ or (ii) such actions are locally or regionally applicable, if ‘‘such action is based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect and if in taking such action the Administrator finds and publishes that such action is based on such a determination.’’ The EPA has determined that its actions denying the petitions for reconsideration are of nationwide scope and effect for purposes of section 307(b)(1) because EPA previously found that the air quality designations for the PM2.5 NAAQS, which establish designations for all areas of the United States, to be of nationwide scope and effect. Thus, any petitions for review of the letters denying the petitions for reconsideration described in this Notice must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit within 60 days from the date this Notice is published in the Federal Register. Dated: October 30, 2007. Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator. [FR Doc. E7–21681 Filed 11–2–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ycherry on PRODPC74 with RULES 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 12/5/2005 ¥0765. ¥0757. ¥0758. ¥0759 and ¥0759.1. ¥0760. ¥0761. ¥0762. ¥0763. 1/20/2006 1/20/2006 1/20/2006 1/20/2006 1/20/2006 1/20/2006 8/16/2007 9/25/2007 ¥0740. ¥0737. ¥0735. ¥0736. ¥0738. ¥0739. ¥0746 and ¥0746.1. ¥0764. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 622 [Docket No. 001005281–0369–02] RIN 0648–XC59 Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. AGENCY: SUMMARY: NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource. DATES: The closure is effective from 12 noon, local time, November 3, 2007, through June 30, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Gerhart, 727–824–5305, fax: 727– 824–5308, e-mail: Susan.Gerhart@noaa.gov. The fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish (king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, cero, cobia, little tunny, and, in the Gulf of Mexico only, dolphin and bluefish) is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Councils) and is Section 307(b)(1) of the Act indicates which Federal Courts of Appeal have venue for petitions for review of final actions by EPA. This section provides, in part, that petitions for review must be filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit if: (i) The agency action consists of ‘‘nationally applicable regulations promulgated, or final action taken, by the 14:32 Nov 02, 2007 EPA response: Document No. in docket SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: II. Judicial Review VerDate Aug<31>2005 Date of EPA response Jkt 214001 PO 00000 62415 Frm 00007 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\05NOR1.SGM 05NOR1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 213 (Monday, November 5, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62414-62415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21681]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 81

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0061; FRL-8490-8]


Air Quality Designations for the Fine Particle (PM2.5) 
National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Notice of Actions Denying 
Petitions for Reconsideration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of actions denying petitions for reconsideration.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is providing notice that it has responded to sixteen 
petitions for reconsideration of the air quality designations for the 
fine particle (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards 
(NAAQS). The PM2.5 designations were published in the 
Federal Register on January 5, 2005, and a supplemental notice to this 
action was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2005. 
Subsequent to the publication of this action, a total of sixteen 
petitions for reconsideration were received by EPA. The EPA considered 
the petitions and supporting information along with information 
contained in the rulemaking docket in reaching a decision on the 
petitions. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson denied the petitions 
for reconsideration in separate letters to the petitioners issued 
between December 2005 and October 2007. The letters explain EPA's 
reasons for the denials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey L. Wilcox, U.S. EPA, Office 
of General Counsel, Mail Code 2344A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 564-5601, e-mail at 
wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?

    This Federal Register notice, the petitions for reconsideration, 
and the letters denying the petitions for reconsideration are available 
in the docket that EPA established for the air quality designations for 
the fine particle NAAQS (docket number EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0061). The table 
below identifies the petitions received by EPA, the date EPA received 
the petition, the document identification number for the petition, the 
date of EPA's response, and the document identification number for 
EPA's response. (Note that all the document numbers listed in the table 
are in the form of ``EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0061-xxxx.'')

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                                              Date of
               Petitioner                   petition to      Petition: Document No. in docket       Date of EPA   EPA response:  Document No.  in docket
                                                EPA                                                  response
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State of Connecticut....................       2/15/2005  -0756.................................       12/5/2005  -0765.
Commonwealth of Virginia................       2/18/2005  -0665.................................       12/5/2005  -0757.
State of Maryland.......................       2/22/2005  -0666 and -0667.......................       12/5/2005  -0758.
Guilford County, NC.....................       2/22/2005  -0677.................................       12/5/2005  -0759 and -0759.1.
State of North Carolina.................       2/22/2005  -0676.................................       12/5/2005  -0760.
State of Alabama........................       1/20/2005  -0672.................................       12/5/2005  -0761.
State of Georgia........................       2/22/2005  -0673.................................       12/5/2005  -0762.
Southwestern PA Growth Alliance.........        3/4/2005  -0766, 0766.15, 0766.16, 0766.17......       12/5/2005  -0763.
Oakland County, MI (first petition).....        3/7/2005  -0636.................................       1/20/2006  -0740.
State of Michigan.......................       2/22/2005  -0635.................................       1/20/2006  -0737.
State of West Virginia..................       2/21/2005  -0661.................................       1/20/2006  -0735.
State of Ohio...........................       2/14/2005  -0681.................................       1/20/2006  -0736.
State of Georgia........................       6/10/2005  -0728 thru 0728.11....................       1/20/2006  -0738.
Dynegy Midwest Generation...............       6/13/2005  -0721 and -0726.......................       1/20/2006  -0739.
Midwest Ozone Group/West Virginia              3/28/2006  -0744.................................       8/16/2007  -0746 and -0746.1.
 Chamber of Commerce.
Oakland County, MI (second petition)....       3/21/2006  -0747 thru 0751.......................       9/25/2007  -0764.
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    All documents in the docket are listed on the www.regulations.gov 
Web site. Although listed in the index, some information is not 
publicly available, e.g., confidential business information (CBI) or 
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain 
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the 
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center 
(Air Docket), EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone 
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
    This Federal Register notice, the petitions for reconsideration, 
and the letters denying the petitions can also be found on EPA's Web 
site https://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/regs.htm. The air quality 
designations for the fine particle NAAQS were published in the Federal 
Register on January 5, 2005 at 70 FR 944. A supplemental notice was 
published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2005 at 70 FR 19844.

II. Judicial Review

    Section 307(b)(1) of the Act indicates which Federal Courts of 
Appeal have venue for petitions for review of final actions by EPA. 
This section provides, in part, that petitions for review must be filed 
in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit if: (i) 
The agency action consists of ``nationally applicable regulations 
promulgated, or final action taken, by the Administrator,'' or (ii) 
such actions are locally or regionally applicable, if ``such action is 
based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect and if in taking 
such action the Administrator finds and publishes that such action is 
based on such a determination.''
    The EPA has determined that its actions denying the petitions for 
reconsideration are of nationwide scope and effect for purposes of 
section 307(b)(1) because EPA previously found that the air quality 
designations for the PM2.5 NAAQS, which establish 
designations for all areas of the United States, to be of nationwide 
scope and effect. Thus, any petitions for review of the letters denying 
the petitions for reconsideration described in this Notice must be 
filed in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
within 60 days from the date this Notice is published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: October 30, 2007.
Stephen L. Johnson,
Administrator.
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