Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; San Manuel Sulfur Dioxide State Implementation Plan and Request for Redesignation to Attainment, 3447 [E8-804]
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Washoe County portion of the Nevada
State Implementation Plan (SIP). The
Washoe County Ozone Maintenance
Plan was developed by the Washoe
County District Health Department, Air
Quality Management Division (Washoe
County AQMD) and adopted by the
Washoe County District Board of Health
(District Board of Health) on April 26,
2007. Washoe County AQMD prepared
the plan to provide for continued
attainment of the 8-hour ozone national
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)
through 2014 and to thereby satisfy the
requirements of section 110(a)(1) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA or ‘‘Act’’) and EPA’s
phase 1 rule implementing the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. EPA is proposing to
approve the Washoe County Ozone
Maintenance Plan as a revision to the
Washoe County portion of the Nevada
SIP because we find that the submitted
ozone maintenance plan meets all of the
applicable requirements of CAA section
110(a)(1) and our phase 1 rule
implementing the 8-hour ozone
NAAQS.
In the Rules and Regulations section
of this Federal Register, we are
approving the Washoe County Ozone
Maintenance Plan in a direct final
action without prior proposal because
we believe these SIP revisions are not
controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a
timely withdrawal of the direct final
rule and address the comments in
subsequent action based on this
proposed rule. Please note that if we
receive adverse comment on an
amendment, paragraph, or section of
this rule and if that provision may be
severed from the remainder of the rule,
we may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an
adverse comment.
We do not plan to open a second
comment period, so anyone interested
in commenting should do so at this
time. If we do not receive adverse
comments, no further activity is
planned. For further information, please
see the direct final action.
Dated: November 29, 2007.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA–R09–OAR–2006–0214; FRL–8514–8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Designation of Areas for Air Quality
Planning Purposes; Arizona; San
Manuel Sulfur Dioxide State
Implementation Plan and Request for
Redesignation to Attainment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
the maintenance plan for the San
Manuel Area in Pinal and Pima
Counties, Arizona, as a revision to the
Arizona state implementation plan, and
to grant the request submitted by the
State to redesignate this area from
nonattainment to attainment of the
national ambient air quality standards
for sulfur dioxide (SO2) for the San
Manuel SO2 nonattainment area. EPA is
proposing this action in accordance
with the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments,
identified by docket number EPA–R09–
OAR–2006–0580, by one of the
following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions.
2. E-mail: robin.marty@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Marty Robin (Air2), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
Instructions: All comments will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information that
you consider CBI or otherwise protected
should be clearly identified as such and
should not be submitted through
www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, and EPA will not know
your identity or contact information
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unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send e-mail
directly to EPA, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the public comment.
If EPA cannot read your comment due
to technical difficulties and cannot
contact you for clarification, EPA may
not be able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
www.regulations.gov and in hard copy
at EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street,
San Francisco, California. While all
documents in the docket are listed in
the index, some information may be
publicly available only at the hard copy
location (e.g., copyrighted material), and
some may not be publicly available in
either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the
hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment during normal business
hours with the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marty Robin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972–
3961, robin.marty@epa.gov.
In the
Rules and Regulations section of this
Federal Register, we are taking direct
final action to approve the maintenance
plan for the San Manuel SO2
nonattainment area and to approve the
State of Arizona’s request to redesignate
the San Manuel area from
nonattainment to attainment. We are
taking these actions without prior
proposal because we believe these SIP
revisions are not controversial. If we
receive adverse comments, however, we
will publish a timely withdrawal of the
direct final rule and address the
comments in subsequent action based
on this proposed rule.
We do not plan to open a second
comment period, so anyone interested
in commenting should do so at this
time. If we do not receive adverse
comments, no further activity is
planned. For further information, please
see the direct final rule in this Federal
Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2007.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0214; FRL-8514-8]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Arizona; San
Manuel Sulfur Dioxide State Implementation Plan and Request for
Redesignation to Attainment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the maintenance plan for the San
Manuel Area in Pinal and Pima Counties, Arizona, as a revision to the
Arizona state implementation plan, and to grant the request submitted
by the State to redesignate this area from nonattainment to attainment
of the national ambient air quality standards for sulfur dioxide
(SO2) for the San Manuel SO2 nonattainment area.
EPA is proposing this action in accordance with the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by docket number EPA-R09-OAR-
2006-0580, by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
2. E-mail: robin.marty@epa.gov.
3. Mail or deliver: Marty Robin (Air-2), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
Instructions: All comments will be included in the public docket
without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information that you
consider CBI or otherwise protected should be clearly identified as
such and should not be submitted through www.regulations.gov or e-mail.
www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send e-mail directly to EPA, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
public comment. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region
IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. While all documents
in the docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available in either location (e.g., CBI).
To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule an appointment
during normal business hours with the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Robin, EPA Region IX, (415) 972-
3961, robin.marty@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this
Federal Register, we are taking direct final action to approve the
maintenance plan for the San Manuel SO2 nonattainment area
and to approve the State of Arizona's request to redesignate the San
Manuel area from nonattainment to attainment. We are taking these
actions without prior proposal because we believe these SIP revisions
are not controversial. If we receive adverse comments, however, we will
publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the
comments in subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final rule in this Federal Register.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2007.
Wayne Nastri,
Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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