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Approval of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; Navajo Nation; Regional Haze
Requirements for Navajo Generating
Station; Notice of Intent To Hold Public
Hearings
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public
hearings.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On February 5, 2013, EPA
proposed a Best Available Retrofit
Technology (BART) determination for
emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX)
from the Navajo Generating Station
(NGS), located on the Navajo Nation.
EPA provided a three-month period for
public comments, to close on May 6,
2013. The Navajo Nation, Gila River
Indian Community, and other affected
stakeholders requested a 90-day
extension of the comment period to
allow time for stakeholders to develop
an alternative to EPA’s proposed BART
determination that achieves greater
reasonable progress. On March 19, 2013,
EPA extended the close of the public
comment period to August 5, 2013. EPA
is providing notice of our intent to hold
five public hearings to accept written
and oral comments on the proposed
BART determination for NGS.
DATES: EPA will announce dates and
locations for the public hearings at a
later time in the Federal Register, on
our Web site, and in the docket for this
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proposed rulemaking.1 Comments on
the proposed BART determination for
NGS must be postmarked no later than
August 5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be
held at various locations in Indian
country and in the state of Arizona.
Please see the section on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more
details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Lee, EPA Region 9, (415) 972–
3958, r9ngsbart@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA
intends to hold public hearings at one
location each on the Navajo Reservation,
on the Hopi Reservation, and in Page,
Phoenix, and Tucson, Arizona. These
hearings will provide interested parties
the opportunity to present facts, views,
or arguments concerning the proposed
rule requiring NGS to meet emission
limits for NOX, required under the
BART provision of the Regional Haze
Rule, in order to reduce visibility
impairment resulting from NGS at 11
National Parks and Wilderness Areas.
Written statements and supporting
information submitted during the
comment period will be considered
with the same weight as any oral
comments and supporting information
presented at the public hearing. Written
comments must be postmarked on or
before the last day of the comment
period, August 5, 2013.
If you are unable to attend the hearing
but wish to submit comments on the
proposed rule, you may submit
comments, identified by docket number
EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0009, by one of
the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions.
(2) Email: r9ngsbart@epa.gov.
(3) Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (Air-2),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105–3901.
For more detailed instructions
concerning how to submit comments on
this proposed rule, and for more
information on our proposed rule,
please see the notice of proposed
rulemaking, published in the Federal
Register on February 5, 2013 (78 FR
8274).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 49
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Indians,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide.
1 See https://www.epa.gov/region9/air/navajo/
index.html#proposed and https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-R09OAR-2013-0009.
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Dated: June 10, 2013.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region 9.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County
Reasonably Available Control
Technology Under the 1997 8-Hour
Ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standard; Withdrawal and New
Issuance
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal and
new issuance.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On August 26, 2008, EPA
published a proposed rule to approve a
revision to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania) State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (PADEP) on
behalf of Philadelphia Air Management
Services (AMS). The SIP revision,
submitted to EPA on September 29,
2006 (the 2006 SIP revision), consists of
a demonstration that Philadelphia
County is meeting the requirements of
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for
nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile
organic compounds (VOC) under the
1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS). EPA has
determined that it cannot proceed with
the final approval of the 2006 SIP
revision. In light of the decision of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia (the Court)
regarding EPA’s Phase 2 Ozone
Implementation Rule, EPA cannot
approve that compliance with a capand-trade program satisfies the NOX
RACT requirement for electric
generating units (EGUs) in Philadelphia
County, as presumed in the 2006 SIP
revision. In addition, upon further
review, EPA has determined that the
2006 SIP revision does not adequately
address the RACT requirements under
the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS for the
major sources of VOC and NOX for
which EPA has previously approved
source-specific RACT determinations
under the 1-hour ozone NAAQS.
Therefore, EPA is withdrawing its
August 26, 2008 proposed rule to
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 49
[EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009; FRL-9825-3]
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Navajo Nation;
Regional Haze Requirements for Navajo Generating Station; Notice of
Intent To Hold Public Hearings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public hearings.
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SUMMARY: On February 5, 2013, EPA proposed a Best Available Retrofit
Technology (BART) determination for emissions of oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), located on
the Navajo Nation. EPA provided a three-month period for public
comments, to close on May 6, 2013. The Navajo Nation, Gila River Indian
Community, and other affected stakeholders requested a 90-day extension
of the comment period to allow time for stakeholders to develop an
alternative to EPA's proposed BART determination that achieves greater
reasonable progress. On March 19, 2013, EPA extended the close of the
public comment period to August 5, 2013. EPA is providing notice of our
intent to hold five public hearings to accept written and oral comments
on the proposed BART determination for NGS.
DATES: EPA will announce dates and locations for the public hearings at
a later time in the Federal Register, on our Web site, and in the
docket for this proposed rulemaking.\1\ Comments on the proposed BART
determination for NGS must be postmarked no later than August 5, 2013.
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\1\ See https://www.epa.gov/region9/air/navajo/#proposed and https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009.
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be held at various locations in
Indian country and in the state of Arizona. Please see the section on
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Lee, EPA Region 9, (415) 972-
3958, r9ngsbart@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA intends to hold public hearings at one
location each on the Navajo Reservation, on the Hopi Reservation, and
in Page, Phoenix, and Tucson, Arizona. These hearings will provide
interested parties the opportunity to present facts, views, or
arguments concerning the proposed rule requiring NGS to meet emission
limits for NOX, required under the BART provision of the
Regional Haze Rule, in order to reduce visibility impairment resulting
from NGS at 11 National Parks and Wilderness Areas.
Written statements and supporting information submitted during the
comment period will be considered with the same weight as any oral
comments and supporting information presented at the public hearing.
Written comments must be postmarked on or before the last day of the
comment period, August 5, 2013.
If you are unable to attend the hearing but wish to submit comments
on the proposed rule, you may submit comments, identified by docket
number EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0009, by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions.
(2) Email: r9ngsbart@epa.gov.
(3) Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (Air-2), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105-3901.
For more detailed instructions concerning how to submit comments on
this proposed rule, and for more information on our proposed rule,
please see the notice of proposed rulemaking, published in the Federal
Register on February 5, 2013 (78 FR 8274).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 49
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Indians,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide.
Dated: June 10, 2013.
Deborah Jordan,
Air Division Director, Region 9.
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