Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Butte County Air Quality Management District, 70065 [2016-24497]
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Dated: September 23, 2016.
Shawn M. Garvin,
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Approval of California Air Plan
Revisions, Butte County Air Quality
Management District
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a
revision to the Butte County Air Quality
Management District (BCAQMD)
portion of the California State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This
revision concerns particulate matter
(PM) emissions from open burning. We
are proposing to approve a local rule to
regulate these emission sources under
the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: Any comments on this proposal
must arrive by November 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09–
OAR–2016–0367 at https://
www.regulations.gov, or via email to
Andrew Steckel, Rulemaking Office
Chief at Steckel.Andrew@epa.gov. For
comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be removed or edited
from Regulations.gov. For either manner
of submission, the EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
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additional submission methods, please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Gong, EPA Region IX, (415) 972
3073, Gong.Kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’
and ‘‘our’’ refer to the EPA. This
proposal addresses BCAQMD Rule 300,
‘‘Open Burning, Requirements,
Prohibitions and Exemptions.’’ In the
Rules and Regulations section of this
issue of the Federal Register, we are
approving this local rule in a direct final
action without prior proposal because
we believe this SIP revision is not
controversial. If we receive adverse
comments, however, we will publish a
timely withdrawal of the direct final
rule and address the comments in
subsequent action based on this
proposed rule.
We do not plan to open a second
comment period, so anyone interested
in commenting should do so at this
time. If we do not receive adverse
comments, no further activity is
planned. For further information, please
see the direct final action.
Dated: July 21, 2016.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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Approval of Nebraska’s Air Quality
Implementation Plans
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the State of
Nebraska. This action will amend the
SIP to include revisions to Title 129 of
the Nebraska Air Quality Regulations,
Chapter 4, ‘‘Ambient Air Quality
Standards’’; Chapter 19, ‘‘Prevention of
Significant Deterioration of Air
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Quality’’; and Chapter 22, ‘‘Incinerators;
Emission Standards’’. This amendment
makes the state regulation consistent
with the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for particulate
matter 10 micrometers or less (PM10),
fine particulate matter 25 micrometers
or less (PM2.5), Sulfur dioxide, Nitrogen
dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Ozone, and
Lead as of the date of the state
submittal. This action also makes
formatting and grammatical corrections
to title 129, chapters 19 and 22.
DATES: Comments must be received by
November 10, 2016
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R07–
OAR–2016–0556, to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
The EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia
submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to
make. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Crable, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air Planning and Development
Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard,
Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 913–551–7391,
or by email at crable.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document proposes to take action on the
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the State of
Nebraska. We have published a direct
final rule approving the State’s SIP
revision (s) in the ‘‘Rules and
Regulations’’ section of this Federal
Register, because we view this as a
noncontroversial action and anticipate
no relevant adverse comment. We have
explained our reasons for this action in
the preamble to the direct final rule. If
we receive no adverse comment, we will
not take further action on this proposed
rule. If we receive adverse comment, we
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R09-OAR-2016-0367; FRL-9952-16-Region 9]
Approval of California Air Plan Revisions, Butte County Air
Quality Management District
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve a revision to the Butte County Air Quality Management District
(BCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP).
This revision concerns particulate matter (PM) emissions from open
burning. We are proposing to approve a local rule to regulate these
emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act).
DATES: Any comments on this proposal must arrive by November 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R09-
OAR-2016-0367 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to Andrew
Steckel, Rulemaking Office Chief at Steckel.Andrew@epa.gov. For
comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be removed or
edited from Regulations.gov. For either manner of submission, the EPA
may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted
by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be
accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish
to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance
on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Gong, EPA Region IX, (415) 972
3073, Gong.Kevin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, ``we,'' ``us,''
and ``our'' refer to the EPA. This proposal addresses BCAQMD Rule 300,
``Open Burning, Requirements, Prohibitions and Exemptions.'' In the
Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, we
are approving this local rule in a direct final action without prior
proposal because we believe this SIP revision is not controversial. If
we receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely
withdrawal of the direct final rule and address the comments in
subsequent action based on this proposed rule.
We do not plan to open a second comment period, so anyone
interested in commenting should do so at this time. If we do not
receive adverse comments, no further activity is planned. For further
information, please see the direct final action.
Dated: July 21, 2016.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016-24497 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
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