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I. Background
On July 31, 2014, MSHA published a
proposed rule (79 FR 44494) to amend
its civil penalty regulation to simplify
the criteria, which will promote
consistency, objectivity, and efficiency
in the proposed assessment of civil
penalties and facilitate the resolution of
enforcement issues. The proposal would
place a greater emphasis on the more
serious safety and health conditions and
provide improved safety and health for
miners. MSHA is also proposing
alternatives that would address the
scope and applicability of its civil
penalty regulation.
In response to requests from the
public, MSHA held public hearings on
December 4, 2014, in Arlington,
Virginia, and on December 9, 2014, in
Denver, Colorado. The post-hearing
comment period was scheduled to close
on January 9, 2015.
II. Public Hearings
In response to requests from the
public, MSHA will hold two additional
public hearings on the proposed rule to
provide the public an opportunity to
present their views on this rulemaking.
MSHA is holding the hearings on the
following dates at the locations
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The hearings will begin with an
opening statement from MSHA,
followed by oral presentations from
members of the public. The public
hearings will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end
no later than 5:00 p.m., or earlier if the
last person presenting testimony has
spoken.
Persons and organizations wishing to
speak are encouraged to notify MSHA in
advance for scheduling purposes.
Persons do not have to make a written
request to speak; however, MSHA will
give priority to persons who have
notified us, in advance, of their intent
to speak and will provide others an
opportunity to present oral testimony if
time allows. MSHA requests that parties
making presentations at the hearings
submit them no later than five days
prior to the hearing. Testimony,
presentations, and accompanying
documentation will be included in the
rulemaking record.
The hearings will be conducted in an
informal manner. Formal rules of
evidence and cross examination will not
apply. The hearing panel may ask
questions of speakers and speakers may
ask questions of the hearing panel.
Verbatim transcripts of the proceedings
will be prepared and made a part of the
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rulemaking record. Copies of the
transcripts will be available to the
public on https://www.regulations.gov
and on MSHA’s Web site at https://
www.msha.gov/tscripts.htm.
Commenters are requested to be
specific in their comments and submit
detailed rationale and supporting
documentation for any comment or
suggested alternative as MSHA cannot
sufficiently evaluate general comments.
All comments must be received or
postmarked by March 12, 2015.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Joseph A. Main,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health.
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AGENCY
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National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Announcement of public
hearings.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing three
public hearings for the proposed rule
titled, ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Ozone,’’ that was
published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 2014. The hearings will be
held in Washington, DC, Arlington,
Texas, and Sacramento, California.
Based on its review of the air quality
criteria for ozone (O3) and related
photochemical oxidants and national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)
for O3, the EPA proposes to make
revisions to the primary and secondary
NAAQS for O3 to provide requisite
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protection of public health and welfare,
respectively. The EPA is proposing to
revise the primary standard to a level
within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 parts
per million (ppm), and to revise the
secondary standard to within the range
of 0.065 to 0.070 ppm, which air quality
analyses indicate would provide air
quality, in terms of 3-year average W126
index values, at or below a range of 13–
17 ppm-hours. The EPA proposes to
make corresponding revisions in data
handling conventions for O3 and
conforming changes to the Air Quality
Index; to revise regulations for the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
program to add a transition provision
for certain applications; and to propose
schedules and convey information
related to implementing any revised
standards. The EPA is proposing
changes to the O3 monitoring seasons,
the Federal Reference Method (FRM) for
monitoring O3 in the ambient air,
Federal Equivalent Method procedures
for testing, and the Photochemical
Assessment Monitoring Stations
network.
Along with proposing exceptional
event schedules related to implementing
any revised O3 standards, the EPA is
proposing to apply this same schedule
approach to other future revised
NAAQS and to remove obsolete
regulatory language for expired
exceptional event deadlines. The EPA is
proposing to make minor changes to the
procedures and time periods for
evaluating potential FRMs and
equivalent methods (including making
the requirements for nitrogen dioxide
consistent with the requirements for O3)
and to remove an obsolete requirement
for the annual submission of
documentation by manufacturers of
certain particulate matter monitors.
DATES: The public hearings will be held
on January 29, 2015, in Washington, DC
and Arlington, Texas, and on February
2, 2015, in Sacramento, California.
Please refer to SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional information
on the public hearings.
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at
the following locations:
1. Washington: EPA, WJC East
Building, Room 1153, 1201 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC.
Identification is required. If your
driver’s license is issued by Alaska,
American Samoa, Arizona, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Montana, New York,
Oklahoma, or the state of Washington,
you must present an additional form of
identification to enter (see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional information on this location).
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2. Sacramento: California Air
Resources Board, Byron-Sher
Auditorium, 1001 ‘‘I’’ Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814. Commenters
will be required to sign in and show
valid picture identification to security
staff upon entering.
3. Arlington: Arlington City Hall,
Arlington Municipal Building, 101 W.
Abram Street, Arlington, Texas 76010.
Written comments on the proposed
rule may also be submitted to the EPA
electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or
through hand delivery/courier. Please
refer to the proposed rule for the
addresses and detailed instructions.
A complete set of documents related
to the proposed rule is available for
public inspection at the EPA Docket
Center, located at Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2008–0699, EPA, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. A
reasonable fee may be charged for
copying. Documents are also available
through the electronic docket system at
www.regulations.gov.
The EPA Web site for the rulemaking,
which includes the proposal and
information about the public hearings,
can be found at https://www.epa.gov/glo/
actions.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you would like to speak at the public
hearings or have questions concerning
the public hearings, please contact Ms.
Eloise Shepherd, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Health and
Environmental Impacts Division,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone: (919) 541–5507; fax number:
(919) 541–0804; email address:
shepherd.eloise@epa.gov.
Questions concerning the proposed
rule should be addressed to Ms. Susan
Stone, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, Health and
Environmental Impacts Division, Mail
Code: C504–06, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541–1146;
email address: stone.susan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed rule for which the EPA is
holding the public hearings was
published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 2014 (79 FR 75234), and
is available at www.epa.gov/glo/
actions.html. The public hearings will
provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or
arguments concerning the proposed
rule. The EPA may ask clarifying
questions during the oral presentations,
but will not respond to the
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presentations at that time. 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
hearings. Written comments must be
postmarked by the last day of the
comment period, March 17, 2015, as
specified in the proposed rule.
The three public hearings will be held
in Washington, DC; Arlington, Texas;
and Sacramento, California. The public
hearings will begin each day at 9:00 a.m.
(local time) and continue until 7:30 p.m.
(local time). The EPA will make every
effort to accommodate all speakers that
arrive and register before 7:30 p.m. The
EPA is scheduling lunch breaks from
12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Please note
that the Washington, D.C. hearing is
being held at a U.S. government facility.
Individuals planning to attend the
Washington, D.C. hearing should be
prepared to show valid picture
identification to the security staff in
order to gain access to the building. The
REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in
2005, established new requirements for
entering federal facilities. These
requirements took effect July 21, 2014.
If your driver’s license is issued by
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,
New York, Oklahoma, or the state of
Washington, you must present an
additional form of identification to enter
the federal building in Washington, DC
where the public hearing will be held.
Acceptable alternative forms of
identification include federal employee
badges, passports, enhanced driver’s
licenses, and military identification
cards. In addition, you will need to
obtain a property pass for any personal
belongings you bring with you. Upon
leaving the building, you will be
required to return this property pass to
the security desk. No large signs will be
allowed in the building, cameras may
only be used outside of the building and
demonstrations will not be allowed on
federal property for security reasons.
Individuals planning to attend the
public hearing in Sacramento, California
will also be required to sign in and
show valid picture identification to
security staff in order to gain access to
the building.
If you would like to present oral
testimony at the hearings, please notify
Ms. Eloise Shepherd, U.S. EPA, Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards,
Mail Code: C504–02, 109 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541–
5507; fax: (919) 541–0804; email
address: shepherd.eloise@epa.gov
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(preferred method for registering). Ms.
Shepherd will arrange a general time
slot for you to speak. The EPA will
make every effort to follow the schedule
as closely as possible on the day of the
hearings.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5
minutes for each commenter to address
the proposed revisions. The EPA will
not provide audiovisual equipment for
presentations unless we receive special
requests in advance. Commenters
should notify Ms. Shepherd if they will
need specific equipment. Commenters
should notify Ms. Shepherd if they need
specific translation services for nonEnglish speaking commenters. The EPA
encourages commenters to provide
written versions of their oral testimonies
either electronically on computer disk
or CD–ROM or in paper copy.
The hearing schedules, including lists
of speakers, will be posted at
www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html prior to
the hearings. Verbatim transcripts of the
hearings and written statements will be
included in the rulemaking docket.
How can I get copies of this document
and other related information?
The EPA has established the official
public docket for the proposed rule
under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–
2008–0699. The EPA has also developed
a Web site for the proposed rule at
www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html. Please
refer to the proposed rule (79 FR 75234,
December 17, 2014) for detailed
information on accessing information
related to the proposed rule.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Mary E Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
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Approval and Promulgation of Air
Implementation Plans; Texas;
Revisions to the New Source Review
State Implementation Plan; Flexible
Permit Program
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
revisions to the Texas New Source
Review (NSR) State Implementation
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Plan (SIP) submitted by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) on July 31, 2014. These
revisions support this action to convert
the approved conditional Flexible
Permit Program (FPP) to a fully
approved FPP. The EPA is proposing to
find the TCEQ has satisfied all the
elements of our July 14, 2014, final
conditional approval, and as such, the
FPP conditional approval is proposed
for full approval with this action. Those
commitments consisted of revising the
rules to ensure they are properly
structured. The EPA has determined
that these SIP revisions comply with the
Federal Clean Air Act (the Act or CAA)
and are consistent with the EPA’s
regulations and policies. This action is
being taken under section 110(k) of the
Act.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06–
OAR–2013–0542, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: Ms. Stephanie Kordzi at
kordzi.stephanie@epa.gov.
• Mail or Delivery: Ms. Stephanie
Kordzi, Air Permits Section (6PD–R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445
Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas
75202–2733.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R06–OAR–2013–
0542. The 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
the disclosure of which is restricted by
statute. Do not submit information
through https://www.regulations.gov or
email, if you believe that it is CBI or
otherwise protected from disclosure.
The https://www.regulations.gov Web
site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system,
which means that the EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
email comment directly to the EPA
without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
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, the EPA
recommends that you include your
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name and other contact information in
the body of your comment along with
any disk or CD–ROM submitted. If the
EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, the EPA may not
be able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters and any form of
encryption and should be free of any
defects or viruses. For additional
information about the EPA’s public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at https://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: The index to the docket for
this action is available electronically at
www.regulations.gov and in hard copy
at the EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. 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 at
either location (e.g., CBI). To inspect the
hard copy materials, please schedule an
appointment with the person listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
paragraph below or Mr. Bill Deese at
214–665–7253.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stephanie Kordzi (6PD–R), Air Permits
Section, Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue
(6PD–R), Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202–
2733. Telephone (214) 665–7520, email
at kordzi.stephanie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document whenever
‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
the EPA.
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. What action is the EPA taking?
III. What did Texas submit?
IV. What is the EPA’s evaluation of this SIP
revision?
V. What is the EPA’s evaluation of the
TCEQ’s response to the FPP conditional
approval?
A. What is a conditional approval?
B. What are the terms of the FPP
conditional approval?
C. Were the terms of the FPP conditional
approval met?
VI. Proposed Action
VII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
On July 14, 2014, the EPA took final
rulemaking action conditionally
approving revisions to the Texas NSR
SIP to establish the Texas Minor NSR
Flexible Permits Program, submitted by
the (TCEQ). The EPA’s proposed
conditional approval was published in
79 FR 8368, February 12, 2014. The
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Announcement of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing three
public hearings for the proposed rule titled, ``National Ambient Air
Quality Standards for Ozone,'' that was published in the Federal
Register on December 17, 2014. The hearings will be held in Washington,
DC, Arlington, Texas, and Sacramento, California.
Based on its review of the air quality criteria for ozone
(O3) and related photochemical oxidants and national ambient
air quality standards (NAAQS) for O3, the EPA proposes to
make revisions to the primary and secondary NAAQS for O3 to
provide requisite
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protection of public health and welfare, respectively. The EPA is
proposing to revise the primary standard to a level within the range of
0.065 to 0.070 parts per million (ppm), and to revise the secondary
standard to within the range of 0.065 to 0.070 ppm, which air quality
analyses indicate would provide air quality, in terms of 3-year average
W126 index values, at or below a range of 13-17 ppm-hours. The EPA
proposes to make corresponding revisions in data handling conventions
for O3 and conforming changes to the Air Quality Index; to
revise regulations for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration
program to add a transition provision for certain applications; and to
propose schedules and convey information related to implementing any
revised standards. The EPA is proposing changes to the O3
monitoring seasons, the Federal Reference Method (FRM) for monitoring
O3 in the ambient air, Federal Equivalent Method procedures
for testing, and the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations
network.
Along with proposing exceptional event schedules related to
implementing any revised O3 standards, the EPA is proposing
to apply this same schedule approach to other future revised NAAQS and
to remove obsolete regulatory language for expired exceptional event
deadlines. The EPA is proposing to make minor changes to the procedures
and time periods for evaluating potential FRMs and equivalent methods
(including making the requirements for nitrogen dioxide consistent with
the requirements for O3) and to remove an obsolete
requirement for the annual submission of documentation by manufacturers
of certain particulate matter monitors.
DATES: The public hearings will be held on January 29, 2015, in
Washington, DC and Arlington, Texas, and on February 2, 2015, in
Sacramento, California. Please refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
additional information on the public hearings.
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at the following locations:
1. Washington: EPA, WJC East Building, Room 1153, 1201 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC. Identification is required. If your
driver's license is issued by Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New
York, Oklahoma, or the state of Washington, you must present an
additional form of identification to enter (see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional information on this location).
2. Sacramento: California Air Resources Board, Byron-Sher
Auditorium, 1001 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Commenters will be
required to sign in and show valid picture identification to security
staff upon entering.
3. Arlington: Arlington City Hall, Arlington Municipal Building,
101 W. Abram Street, Arlington, Texas 76010.
Written comments on the proposed rule may also be submitted to the
EPA electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or through hand delivery/
courier. Please refer to the proposed rule for the addresses and
detailed instructions.
A complete set of documents related to the proposed rule is
available for public inspection at the EPA Docket Center, located at
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699, EPA, WJC West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room
is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying. Documents
are also available through the electronic docket system at
www.regulations.gov.
The EPA Web site for the rulemaking, which includes the proposal
and information about the public hearings, can be found at https://www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to speak at the
public hearings or have questions concerning the public hearings,
please contact Ms. Eloise Shepherd, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Health and Environmental Impacts Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919)
541-5507; fax number: (919) 541-0804; email address:
shepherd.eloise@epa.gov.
Questions concerning the proposed rule should be addressed to Ms.
Susan Stone, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Health and
Environmental Impacts Division, Mail Code: C504-06, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-1146; email address:
stone.susan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule for which the EPA is
holding the public hearings was published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 2014 (79 FR 75234), and is available at www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html. The public hearings will provide interested parties the
opportunity to present data, views, or arguments concerning the
proposed rule. The EPA may ask clarifying questions during the oral
presentations, but will not respond to the presentations at that time.
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 hearings.
Written comments must be postmarked by the last day of the comment
period, March 17, 2015, as specified in the proposed rule.
The three public hearings will be held in Washington, DC;
Arlington, Texas; and Sacramento, California. The public hearings will
begin each day at 9:00 a.m. (local time) and continue until 7:30 p.m.
(local time). The EPA will make every effort to accommodate all
speakers that arrive and register before 7:30 p.m. The EPA is
scheduling lunch breaks from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Please note
that the Washington, D.C. hearing is being held at a U.S. government
facility. Individuals planning to attend the Washington, D.C. hearing
should be prepared to show valid picture identification to the security
staff in order to gain access to the building. The REAL ID Act, passed
by Congress in 2005, established new requirements for entering federal
facilities. These requirements took effect July 21, 2014. If your
driver's license is issued by Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New
York, Oklahoma, or the state of Washington, you must present an
additional form of identification to enter the federal building in
Washington, DC where the public hearing will be held. Acceptable
alternative forms of identification include federal employee badges,
passports, enhanced driver's licenses, and military identification
cards. In addition, you will need to obtain a property pass for any
personal belongings you bring with you. Upon leaving the building, you
will be required to return this property pass to the security desk. No
large signs will be allowed in the building, cameras may only be used
outside of the building and demonstrations will not be allowed on
federal property for security reasons. Individuals planning to attend
the public hearing in Sacramento, California will also be required to
sign in and show valid picture identification to security staff in
order to gain access to the building.
If you would like to present oral testimony at the hearings, please
notify Ms. Eloise Shepherd, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, Mail Code: C504-02, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541-5507; fax: (919) 541-
0804; email address: shepherd.eloise@epa.gov
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(preferred method for registering). Ms. Shepherd will arrange a general
time slot for you to speak. The EPA will make every effort to follow
the schedule as closely as possible on the day of the hearings.
Oral testimony will be limited to 5 minutes for each commenter to
address the proposed revisions. The EPA will not provide audiovisual
equipment for presentations unless we receive special requests in
advance. Commenters should notify Ms. Shepherd if they will need
specific equipment. Commenters should notify Ms. Shepherd if they need
specific translation services for non-English speaking commenters. The
EPA encourages commenters to provide written versions of their oral
testimonies either electronically on computer disk or CD-ROM or in
paper copy.
The hearing schedules, including lists of speakers, will be posted
at www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html prior to the hearings. Verbatim
transcripts of the hearings and written statements will be included in
the rulemaking docket.
How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The EPA has established the official public docket for the proposed
rule under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699. The EPA has also
developed a Web site for the proposed rule at www.epa.gov/glo/actions.html. Please refer to the proposed rule (79 FR 75234, December
17, 2014) for detailed information on accessing information related to
the proposed rule.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Mary E Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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