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Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; Connecticut;
Infrastructure SIP for the 1997 8-Hour
Ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
EPA is proposing to
conditionally approve one element of
Connecticut’s December 28, 2007
submittal to meet the Clean Air Act
infrastructure requirements for the 1997
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act
SUMMARY:
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requires that each state adopt and
submit a SIP for the implementation,
maintenance and enforcement of each
NAAQS promulgated by the EPA. This
SIP is commonly referred to as an
infrastructure SIP. The one element of
the submittal that EPA is proposing to
conditionally approve addresses
requirements under Clean Air Act
section 110(a)(2)(D)(ii). This action is
being taken under the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before August 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, if
any, on EPA’s direct final conditional
approval for Connecticut, identified by
Docket ID Number EPA–R01–OAR–
2008–0639 by one of the following
methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov. Fax:
(617) 918–0047. Mail: ‘‘Docket
Identification Number EPA–R01–OAR–
2008–0639’’, Anne Arnold, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, Office of
Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality
Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston,
MA 02109–3912.
3. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver
your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, Office of
Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality
Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston,
MA 02109–3912. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Regional
Office’s normal hours of operation. The
Regional Office’s official hours of
business are Monday through Friday,
8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments
for Connecticut to Docket ID No. EPA–
R01–OAR–2008–0639. EPA’s policy is
that all comments received will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://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
through https://www.regulations.gov, or
e-mail, information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected. The
https://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.
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If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
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
https://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 https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
Office of Ecosystem Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
New England Regional Office, 5 Post
Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA.
EPA requests that if at all possible, you
contact the person 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard P. Burkhart, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square,
Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912,
telephone number (617) 918–1664, fax
number (617) 918–0664, e-mail
Burkhart.Richard@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is conditionally
approving one element of Connecticut’s
December 28, 2007 submittal to meet
the Clean Air Act infrastructure
requirements for the 1997 ozone
NAAQS as a direct final rule without
prior proposal because the Agency
views this one element as
noncontroversial and anticipates no
adverse comments. A detailed rationale
for the conditional approval of this one
element is set forth in the direct final
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rule. In brief, Connecticut has
committed to revise its SIP within a year
to meet the requirement in section
110(a)(2)(D)(ii) of the Act that the state’s
SIP provide for notice to other states
that might be affected by sources
proposed to be permitted under the
state’s Prevention of Significant
Deterioration program. In addition, the
state has committed in the meantime to
continue its practice of providing such
notice to affected states. If no adverse
comments are received in response to
this action, no further activity is
contemplated. If EPA receives adverse
comments, the direct final rule will be
withdrawn and all public comments
received will be addressed in a
subsequent final rule based on this
proposed rule. EPA will not institute a
second comment period. Any parties
interested in commenting on the
conditional approval of the section
110(a)(2)(D)(ii) element should 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.
For additional information, see the
direct final rule which is located in the
Rules Section of this Federal Register.
Dated: June 28, 2011.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting, Regional Administrator, EPA New
England.
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Availability and Public Comment
Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and public
comment period.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the EPA has posted its responses to state
and tribal designation recommendations
for the 2010 Primary Nitrogen Dioxide
(NO2) National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) on its Internet
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40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0639; A-1-FRL-9431-3]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Connecticut;
Infrastructure SIP for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standards
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to conditionally approve one element of
Connecticut's December 28, 2007 submittal to meet the Clean Air Act
infrastructure requirements for the 1997 ozone National Ambient Air
Quality Standard (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act
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requires that each state adopt and submit a SIP for the implementation,
maintenance and enforcement of each NAAQS promulgated by the EPA. This
SIP is commonly referred to as an infrastructure SIP. The one element
of the submittal that EPA is proposing to conditionally approve
addresses requirements under Clean Air Act section 110(a)(2)(D)(ii).
This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, if any, on EPA's direct final
conditional approval for Connecticut, identified by Docket ID Number
EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0639 by one of the following methods:
1. https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: arnold.anne@epa.gov. Fax: (617) 918-0047. Mail: ``Docket
Identification Number EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0639'', Anne Arnold, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post
Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912.
3. Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to: Anne Arnold,
Manager, Air Quality Planning Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post
Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109-3912.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal
hours of operation. The Regional Office's official hours of business
are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding legal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments for Connecticut to Docket ID No.
EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0639. EPA's policy is that all comments received will
be included in the public docket without change and may be made
available online at https://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 through https://www.regulations.gov, or e-mail, information that you consider to be
CBI or otherwise protected. The https://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 through https://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
https://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 https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Office of Ecosystem Protection,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office,
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA. EPA requests that if at
all possible, you contact the person 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Burkhart, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-
3912, telephone number (617) 918-1664, fax number (617) 918-0664, e-
mail Burkhart.Richard@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is conditionally approving one element of Connecticut's
December 28, 2007 submittal to meet the Clean Air Act infrastructure
requirements for the 1997 ozone NAAQS as a direct final rule without
prior proposal because the Agency views this one element as
noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed
rationale for the conditional approval of this one element is set forth
in the direct final rule. In brief, Connecticut has committed to revise
its SIP within a year to meet the requirement in section
110(a)(2)(D)(ii) of the Act that the state's SIP provide for notice to
other states that might be affected by sources proposed to be permitted
under the state's Prevention of Significant Deterioration program. In
addition, the state has committed in the meantime to continue its
practice of providing such notice to affected states. If no adverse
comments are received in response to this action, no further activity
is contemplated. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final
rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA
will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in
commenting on the conditional approval of the section 110(a)(2)(D)(ii)
element should 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.
For additional information, see the direct final rule which is
located in the Rules Section of this Federal Register.
Dated: June 28, 2011.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting, Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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