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authorized hazardous fuel reduction
project by exhausting the administrative
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those issues raised by the plaintiff’s
submission during the objection
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R06–OAR–2006–0867; FRL–8715–7]
Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans; Texas;
Control of Air Pollution by Permits for
New Construction or Modification
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is approving a revision to
the Texas State Implementation Plan
(SIP), submitted by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) on October 9, 2006. The SIP
revision EPA is approving would
require decreased newspaper notice for
proposed air quality Standard Permits
with statewide applicability to the
following metropolitan areas: Austin,
Dallas, Houston, and any other regional
newspapers the TCEQ Executive
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Director designates on a case-by-case
basis. TCEQ will publish notice of a
proposed air quality Standard Permit in
the Texas Register and will issue a press
release. In addition, TCEQ may also use
electronic means to inform state and
local officials of a proposed air quality
Standard Permit. EPA is approving this
revision pursuant to section 110 of the
Federal Clean Air Act (Act).
This rule is effective on October
17, 2008.
DATES:
The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
Number EPA–R06–OAR–2006–0867. 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., 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 Air Permits Section (6PD–R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas
75202–2733. The file will be made
available by appointment for public
inspection in the Region 6 FOIA Review
Room between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal
holidays. Contact the person listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
paragraph below to make an
appointment. If possible, please make
the appointment at least two working
days in advance of your visit. There will
be a 15 cent per page fee for making
photocopies of documents. On the day
of the visit, please check in at the EPA
Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
The State submittal is also available
for public inspection at the State Air
Agency listed below during official
business hours by appointment:
Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality, Office of Air Quality, 12124
Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Stanley M. Spruiell, Air Permits Section
(6PD–R), Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733,
telephone (214) 665–7212; fax number
214–665–7263; e-mail address
spruiell.stanley@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document wherever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
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Outline
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
II. Final Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
EPA is approving a revision to 30
Texas Administrative Code (TAC),
Chapter 116 (Control of Air Pollution by
Permits for New Construction or
Modification), Subchapter F (Standard
Permits), section 116.603 (Public
Participation in Issuance of Standard
Permits). TCEQ adopted a revision to
this section on September 20, 2006, and
submitted the proposed SIP revision to
EPA on October 9, 2006 for approval.
The SIP revision requires that any
proposed air quality Standard Permit
with statewide applicability be
published in the daily newspaper of
largest general circulation within each
of the following metropolitan areas:
Austin, Dallas, Houston, and any other
regional newspaper designated by the
Executive Director on a case-by-case
basis. The proposed revision also
requires TCEQ to publish notice of a
proposed Standard Permit in the Texas
Register and issue a press release.
However, the proposed revision changes
the current EPA SIP-approved rule as it
no longer requires TCEQ to issue
newspaper notices for proposed
Standard Permits with statewide
applicability in the following
metropolitan areas: Amarillo, Corpus
Christi, El Paso, the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, Lubbock, the Permian Basin, or
Tyler. EPA approves the revision as
meeting the federal requirements of the
Act, Public Availability of Information,
which requires ‘‘. . . [n]otice by
prominent advertisement in the area
affected * * *.’’
On May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28071), we
published our proposed approval of this
SIP revision. The proposal provided
detailed information about the Texas
SIP revision that we are approving
today. The proposal also provided a
detailed analysis of our rationale for
approving the Texas SIP revision. In the
proposal, we provided opportunity for
public comment on the proposed action.
The comment period for this proposed
rulemaking ended June 16, 2008. We
received no comments, adverse or
otherwise, on the proposed rulemaking.
We are therefore finalizing our proposed
approval without changes. For more
details on this submittal, please refer to
the proposed rulemaking and to the
Technical Support Document, which is
in the docket for this action.
For the reasons discussed in the
proposed rulemaking and in the
Technical Support Document, EPA
believes that the revision to Section
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116.603 continues to ensure that the
entire State of Texas is provided with
adequate public notice of any proposed
Standard Permit with statewide
applicability and ensures that citizens
in Texas are afforded the opportunity to
comment on the proposed Standard
Permit.
Section 110(l) of the CAA states that
EPA cannot approve a SIP revision if the
revision would interfere with any
applicable requirements concerning
attainment and reasonable further
progress towards attainment of the
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) or any other applicable
requirements of the Act. Our review of
the Texas SIP submittal discussed in
this notice and the Technical Support
Document demonstrated that although
public notice for Standard Permits with
Statewide applicability will be
published in fewer newspapers, EPA
believes that this SIP revision continues
to meet the Federal requirements
relating to public notice for new and
modified sources. For these reasons we
believe that the revision will not
interfere with any applicable
requirements concerning attainment and
reasonable further progress towards
attainment of the NAAQS or any other
applicable requirements of the Act.
II. Final Action
For the reasons discussed above, EPA
is approving the changes to 30 TAC
116.603 (Public Participation in
Issuance of Standard Permits) submitted
October 9, 2006, as a revision to the
Texas SIP.
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III. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the
Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the
provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k);
40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in reviewing SIP
submissions, EPA’s role is to approve
state choices, provided that they meet
the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this final action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
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of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have Federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
Section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
application of those requirements would
be inconsistent with the Clean Air Act;
and
• Does not provide EPA with the
discretionary authority to address, as
appropriate, disproportionate human
health or environmental effects, using
practicable and legally permissible
methods, under Executive Order 12898
(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this rule does not have
tribal implications as specified by
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000), because the SIP is
not approved to apply in Indian country
located in the state, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law.
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report, which includes a
copy of the rule, to each House of the
Congress and to the Comptroller General
of the United States. EPA will submit a
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report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate,
the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of the rule in
the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it
is published in the Federal Register.
This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean
Air Act, petitions for judicial review of
this action must be filed in the United
States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit by November 17,
2008. Filing a petition for
reconsideration by the Administrator of
this final rule does not affect the finality
of this rule for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time
within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not
postpone the effectiveness of such rule
or action. This action may not be
challenged later in proceedings to
enforce its requirements. (See section
307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Lead,
Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: September 2, 2008.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 52
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart SS—Texas
2. The table in § 52.2270(c) entitled
‘‘EPA-Approved Regulations in the
Texas SIP’’ is amended by revising the
entry for Section 116.603 to read as
follows:
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§ 52.2270
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approved by the Director of the Federal
Register as of October 17, 2008.
EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket
Identification No. EPA–R01–OAR–
2008–0112. 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, 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 through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, One
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston,
MA. EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to
schedule your inspection. The Regional
Office’s official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30,
excluding legal holidays.
ADDRESSES:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 55
[EPA–R01–OAR–2008–0112; A–1–FRL–
8709–4]
Outer Continental Shelf Air
Regulations Consistency Update for
Massachusetts
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing the updates
of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air
Regulations proposed in the Federal
Register on February 27, 2008.
Requirements applying to OCS sources
located within 25 miles of states’
seaward boundaries must be updated
periodically to remain consistent with
the requirements of the corresponding
onshore area (COA), as mandated by
section 328(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 (the Act). The
portion of the OCS air regulations that
is being updated pertains to the
requirements for OCS sources in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The
intended effect of approving the OCS
requirements for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts is to regulate emissions
from OCS sources in accordance with
the requirements onshore.
DATES: Effective Date: This rule is
effective on October 17, 2008. The
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E. McDonnell, Air Permits, Toxics and
Indoor Air Unit, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, One Congress Street,
Suite 1100 (CAP), Boston, MA 02114–
2023, telephone number (617) 918–
1653, fax number (617) 918–0653, email mcdonnell.ida@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
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Organization of this document: The
following outline is provided to aid in
locating information in this preamble.
I. Background
II. Public Comment
III. EPA Action
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Section 328(a) of the Clean Air Act
(the Act) requires that EPA establish
requirements to control air pollution
from OCS sources located within 25
miles of states’ seaward boundaries that
are the same as onshore requirements.
To comply with this statutory mandate,
EPA must incorporate applicable rules
of the corresponding onshore area
(COA) into 40 CFR part 55.
On February 27, 2008 (73 FR 10406),
EPA proposed to incorporate various
Massachusetts air pollution control
requirements into 40 CFR part 55. These
requirements are being promulgated in
response to the submittal of a Notice of
Intent (NOI) on December 7, 2007 by
Cape Wind Associates, LLC of Boston,
Massachusetts. EPA has evaluated the
proposed requirements to ensure that
they are rationally related to the
attainment or maintenance of federal or
state ambient air quality standards or
Part C of title I of the Act, that they are
not designed expressly to prevent
exploration and development of the
OCS and that they are applicable to OCS
sources. 40 CFR 55.1. EPA has also
evaluated the rules to ensure that they
are not arbitrary or capricious. 40 CFR
55.12(e). In addition, EPA has excluded
administrative or procedural rules.
Section 328(a) of the Act and 40 CFR
part 55 limit EPA’s flexibility in
deciding which requirements will be
incorporated into part 55 and prevent
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0867; FRL-8715-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Texas; Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction or
Modification
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a revision to the Texas State Implementation
Plan (SIP), submitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) on October 9, 2006. The SIP revision EPA is approving would
require decreased newspaper notice for proposed air quality Standard
Permits with statewide applicability to the following metropolitan
areas: Austin, Dallas, Houston, and any other regional newspapers the
TCEQ Executive Director designates on a case-by-case basis. TCEQ will
publish notice of a proposed air quality Standard Permit in the Texas
Register and will issue a press release. In addition, TCEQ may also use
electronic means to inform state and local officials of a proposed air
quality Standard Permit. EPA is approving this revision pursuant to
section 110 of the Federal Clean Air Act (Act).
DATES: This rule is effective on October 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID Number EPA-R06-OAR-2006-0867. 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., 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 Air Permits Section (6PD-R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas,
Texas 75202-2733. The file will be made available by appointment for
public inspection in the Region 6 FOIA Review Room between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal holidays. Contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT paragraph below to
make an appointment. If possible, please make the appointment at least
two working days in advance of your visit. There will be a 15 cent per
page fee for making photocopies of documents. On the day of the visit,
please check in at the EPA Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas.
The State submittal is also available for public inspection at the
State Air Agency listed below during official business hours by
appointment:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality,
12124 Park 35 Circle, Austin, Texas 78753.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stanley M. Spruiell, Air Permits
Section (6PD-R), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7212;
fax number 214-665-7263; e-mail address spruiell.stanley@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
Outline
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
II. Final Action
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
EPA is approving a revision to 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC),
Chapter 116 (Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction
or Modification), Subchapter F (Standard Permits), section 116.603
(Public Participation in Issuance of Standard Permits). TCEQ adopted a
revision to this section on September 20, 2006, and submitted the
proposed SIP revision to EPA on October 9, 2006 for approval.
The SIP revision requires that any proposed air quality Standard
Permit with statewide applicability be published in the daily newspaper
of largest general circulation within each of the following
metropolitan areas: Austin, Dallas, Houston, and any other regional
newspaper designated by the Executive Director on a case-by-case basis.
The proposed revision also requires TCEQ to publish notice of a
proposed Standard Permit in the Texas Register and issue a press
release. However, the proposed revision changes the current EPA SIP-
approved rule as it no longer requires TCEQ to issue newspaper notices
for proposed Standard Permits with statewide applicability in the
following metropolitan areas: Amarillo, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Lubbock, the Permian Basin, or Tyler. EPA
approves the revision as meeting the federal requirements of the Act,
Public Availability of Information, which requires ``. . . [n]otice by
prominent advertisement in the area affected * * *.''
On May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28071), we published our proposed approval
of this SIP revision. The proposal provided detailed information about
the Texas SIP revision that we are approving today. The proposal also
provided a detailed analysis of our rationale for approving the Texas
SIP revision. In the proposal, we provided opportunity for public
comment on the proposed action. The comment period for this proposed
rulemaking ended June 16, 2008. We received no comments, adverse or
otherwise, on the proposed rulemaking. We are therefore finalizing our
proposed approval without changes. For more details on this submittal,
please refer to the proposed rulemaking and to the Technical Support
Document, which is in the docket for this action.
For the reasons discussed in the proposed rulemaking and in the
Technical Support Document, EPA believes that the revision to Section
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116.603 continues to ensure that the entire State of Texas is provided
with adequate public notice of any proposed Standard Permit with
statewide applicability and ensures that citizens in Texas are afforded
the opportunity to comment on the proposed Standard Permit.
Section 110(l) of the CAA states that EPA cannot approve a SIP
revision if the revision would interfere with any applicable
requirements concerning attainment and reasonable further progress
towards attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS) or any other applicable requirements of the Act. Our review of
the Texas SIP submittal discussed in this notice and the Technical
Support Document demonstrated that although public notice for Standard
Permits with Statewide applicability will be published in fewer
newspapers, EPA believes that this SIP revision continues to meet the
Federal requirements relating to public notice for new and modified
sources. For these reasons we believe that the revision will not
interfere with any applicable requirements concerning attainment and
reasonable further progress towards attainment of the NAAQS or any
other applicable requirements of the Act.
II. Final Action
For the reasons discussed above, EPA is approving the changes to 30
TAC 116.603 (Public Participation in Issuance of Standard Permits)
submitted October 9, 2006, as a revision to the Texas SIP.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Clean Air Act, the Administrator is required to approve a
SIP submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and
applicable Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state
choices, provided that they meet the criteria of the Clean Air Act.
Accordingly, this action merely approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason, this final action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have Federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of Section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because application of those requirements would be inconsistent
with the Clean Air Act; and
Does not provide EPA with the discretionary authority to
address, as appropriate, disproportionate human health or environmental
effects, using practicable and legally permissible methods, under
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994).
In addition, this rule does not have tribal implications as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000),
because the SIP is not approved to apply in Indian country located in
the state, and EPA notes that it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt tribal law.
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, petitions for
judicial review of this action must be filed in the United States Court
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by November 17, 2008. Filing a
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator of this final rule
does not affect the finality of this rule for the purposes of judicial
review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial
review may be filed, and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such
rule or action. This action may not be challenged later in proceedings
to enforce its requirements. (See section 307(b)(2).)
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: September 2, 2008.
Richard E. Greene,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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40 CFR part 52 is amended as follows:
PART 52--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 52 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Subpart SS--Texas
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2. The table in Sec. 52.2270(c) entitled ``EPA-Approved Regulations in
the Texas SIP'' is amended by revising the entry for Section 116.603 to
read as follows:
Sec. 52.2270 Identification of plan.
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EPA-Approved Regulations in the Texas SIP
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State approval/
State citation Title/subject submittal date EPA approval date Explanation
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Chapter 116 (Reg 6)--Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction or Modification
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Subchapter F--Standard Permits
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Section 116.603................. Public 09/20/06 9/17/08 [Insert FR
Participation in page number where
Issuance of document begins].
Standard Permits.
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[FR Doc. E8-21490 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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