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For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to
amend 33 CFR part 117 as follows:
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Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
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We have analyzed this proposed rule
under Department of Homeland
Security Management Directive 5100.1,
and Commandant Instruction
M16475.1D, which guides the Coast
Guard in complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), and
have made a preliminary determination
that this action is not likely to have a
significant effect on the human
environment because it simply
promulgates the operating regulations or
procedures for drawbridges. We seek
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lead to the discovery of a significant
environmental impact from this
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE
OPERATION REGULATIONS
[EPA–R08–OAR–2007–1030; FRL–8573–6]
1. The authority citation for part 117
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05–1(g);
Department of Homeland Security Delegation
No. 0170.1.
2. Section 117.789 is revised to read
as follows:
§ 117.789
Harlem River.
(a) The draws of all railroad bridges
across the Harlem River may remain in
the closed position from the time a train
scheduled to cross the bridge is within
five minutes from the bridge, and until
that train has fully crossed the bridge.
(b)(1) The draws of the bridges at 103
Street, mile 0.0, 125 Street (Triborough),
mile 1.3, Willis Avenue, mile 1.5, Third
Avenue, mile 1.9, Madison Avenue,
mile 2.3, 145 Street, mile 2.8, Macombs
Dam, mile 3.2, 207 Street, mile 6.0, and
the two Broadway Bridges, mile 6.8,
shall open on signal if at least a fourhour advance notice is given to the New
York City Highway Radio (Hotline)
Room.
(2) The draws of the Willis Avenue
Bridge, mile 1.5, Third Avenue Bridge,
mile 1.9, and the Madison Avenue
Bridge, mile 2.3, need not open for the
passage of vessel traffic at various times
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the first
Sunday in May and November. The
exact time and date of each bridge
closure will be published in the Local
Notice to Mariners several weeks prior
to each closure.
(c) The draw of the Metro North (Park
Avenue) Bridge, mile 2.1, shall open on
signal, except as provided in paragraph
(a) of this section, if at least a 4-hour
advance notice is given by calling the
number posted at the bridge.
(d) The draw of the Spuyten Duyvil
railroad bridge, mile 7.9, shall open on
signal at all times, except as provided in
paragraph (a) of this section.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Dale G. Gabel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander,
First Coast Guard District.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Colorado; Affirmative Defense
Provisions for Malfunctions; Common
Provisions Regulation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
Colorado on August 1, 2007. These
revisions establish affirmative defense
provisions for source owners and
operators for excess emissions during
periods of malfunction. The affirmative
defense provisions are contained in the
State of Colorado’s Common Provisions
regulation. The intended effect of this
action is to approve only those portions
of Colorado’s Common Provisions
regulation submitted on August 1, 2007
that relate to the affirmative defense for
malfunctions. This action is being taken
under section 110 of the Clean Air Act.
In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’
section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving the State’s SIP revision as a
direct final rule without prior proposal
because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial SIP revision and
anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set
forth in the preamble to the direct final
rule. If EPA receives no adverse
comments, EPA will not take further
action on this proposed rule. If EPA
receives adverse comments, EPA will
withdraw the direct final rule and it will
not take effect. EPA will address all
public comments in a subsequent final
rule based on this proposed rule. EPA
will not institute a second comment
period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so at
this time. Please note that if EPA
receives adverse comment on an
amendment, paragraph, or section of
this rule and if that provision may be
severed from the remainder of the rule,
EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an
adverse comment.
DATES: Any written comments on this
proposal must be received on or before
September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–
OAR–2007–1030, by one of the
following methods:
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• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: videtich.callie@epa.gov and
komp.mark@epa.gov.
• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section if you are
faxing comments).
• Mail: Callie Videtich, Director, Air
Program, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–
A, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado 80202–1129.
• Hand Delivery: Callie Videtich,
Director, Air Program, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8,
Mailcode 8P–A, 1595 Wynkoop Street,
Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. Such
deliveries are only accepted Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
excluding Federal holidays. Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Please see the direct final rule which
is located in the Rules Section of this
Federal Register for detailed
instructions on how to submit
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Komp, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 8, Mailcode 8P–A, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202–1129, (303) 312–6436,
komp.mark@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the
information provided in the Direct Final
action of the same title which is located
in the Rules and Regulations section of
this Federal Register.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: May 12, 2008.
Carol Rushin,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia;
Stafford County Reasonably Available
Control Technology Under the 8-Hour
Ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve
a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
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revision submitted by the
Commonwealth of Virginia. This SIP
revision pertains to the requirements in
meeting the reasonably available control
technology (RACT) under the 8-hour
ozone national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS). These requirements
are based on: Certification that
previously adopted RACT controls in
Virginia’s SIP that were approved by
EPA under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS
are based on the currently available
technically and economically feasible
controls, and that they continue to
represent RACT for the 8-hour
implementation purposes; a negative
declaration demonstrating that no
facilities exist in Stafford County for the
applicable control technology guideline
(CTG) categories; and new RACT
determinations. This action is being
taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 8,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R03–OAR–2008–0472 by one of the
following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
B. E-mail:
fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2008–0472,
Cristina Fernandez, Chief, Air Quality
Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2008–
0472. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received 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 information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless
you provide it in the body of your
comment. If you send an e-mail
comment directly to EPA without going
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through www.regulations.gov, your
e-mail address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the
electronic docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., 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 in www.regulations.gov or
in hard copy during normal business
hours at the Air Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Copies of the State submittal are
available at the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, 629 East Main
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Becoat, (215) 814–2036, or by
e-mail at becoat.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
21, 2008, the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality (VADEQ)
submitted a revision to its SIP that
addresses Stafford County’s
requirements of RACT under the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS set forth by the CAA.
I. Background
Ozone is formed in the atmosphere by
photochemical reactions between
volatile organic compounds (VOC),
oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and carbon
monoxide (CO) in the presence of
sunlight. In order to reduce ozone
concentrations in the ambient air, the
CAA requires all nonattainment areas to
apply control on VOC/NOX emission
sources to achieve emission reductions.
Among effective control measures,
RACT controls are a major group for
reducing VOC and NOX emissions from
stationary sources.
Since the 1970s, EPA has consistently
interpreted RACT to mean the lowest
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R08-OAR-2007-1030; FRL-8573-6]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Colorado; Affirmative Defense Provisions for Malfunctions; Common
Provisions Regulation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of Colorado on August 1, 2007. These
revisions establish affirmative defense provisions for source owners
and operators for excess emissions during periods of malfunction. The
affirmative defense provisions are contained in the State of Colorado's
Common Provisions regulation. The intended effect of this action is to
approve only those portions of Colorado's Common Provisions regulation
submitted on August 1, 2007 that relate to the affirmative defense for
malfunctions. This action is being taken under section 110 of the Clean
Air Act.
In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register,
EPA is approving the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a non-
controversial SIP revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the preamble to the
direct final rule. If EPA receives no adverse comments, EPA will not
take further action on this proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse
comments, EPA will withdraw the direct final rule and it will not take
effect. EPA will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule
based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a second comment
period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so
at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an
amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may
be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
DATES: Any written comments on this proposal must be received on or
before September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2007-1030, by one of the following methods:
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https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: videtich.callie@epa.gov and komp.mark@epa.gov.
Fax: (303) 312-6064 (please alert the individual listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section if you are faxing
comments).
Mail: Callie Videtich, Director, Air Program,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-A, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129.
Hand Delivery: Callie Videtich, Director, Air Program,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-A, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. Such deliveries are only
accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules
Section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to
submit comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Komp, Air Program, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Mailcode 8P-A, 1595 Wynkoop
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6436, komp.mark@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct
Final action of the same title which is located in the Rules and
Regulations section of this Federal Register.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: May 12, 2008.
Carol Rushin,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. E8-16269 Filed 8-6-08; 8:45 am]
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