Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Volatile Organic Compound Reasonably Available Control Technology for 1997 Ozone Standard, 31547 [2017-14205]
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Register, EPA is approving the State’s
SIP submittal as a direct final rule
without prior proposal because the
Agency views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are
received in response to this rule, 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final rule will be withdrawn and all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.
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Please note that if EPA receives adverse
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Dated: June 20, 2017.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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Quality Implementation Plans;
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Compound Reasonably Available
Control Technology for 1997 Ozone
Standard
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information provided in the direct final
action, with the same title, that is
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ADDRESSES:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the
state implementation plan (SIP) revision
submitted by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. This SIP revision pertains
to the requirements for reasonably
available control technology (RACT)
controls for certain sources of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) under the
1997 ozone national ambient air quality
standard (NAAQS). This SIP revision
includes Pennsylvania’s certification
that previously adopted RACT controls
in Pennsylvania’s SIP that were
approved by EPA under the 1-hour
ozone NAAQS are based on the
currently available technically and
economically feasible controls, and that
they continue to represent RACT for the
1997 ozone NAAQS and a negative
declaration that certain categories of
sources do not exist in Pennsylvania.
This SIP revision does not address
Pennsylvania’s May 2016 VOC and
nitrogen oxides (NOX) RACT rule,
‘‘Additional RACT Requirements for
Major Sources of NOX and VOCs,’’ also
known as RACT II. EPA will take
separate action on RACT II. In the Final
Rules section of this Federal Register,
EPA is approving the State’s SIP
submittal as a direct final rule without
prior proposal because the Agency
views this as a noncontroversial
submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the
approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. 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 this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing by August 7, 2017.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: June 22, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2016-0561; FRL-9964-57-Region 3]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Volatile Organic Compound Reasonably Available Control
Technology for 1997 Ozone Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve
the state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision pertains to the
requirements for reasonably available control technology (RACT)
controls for certain sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) under
the 1997 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). This SIP
revision includes Pennsylvania's certification that previously adopted
RACT controls in Pennsylvania's SIP that were approved by EPA under the
1-hour ozone NAAQS are based on the currently available technically and
economically feasible controls, and that they continue to represent
RACT for the 1997 ozone NAAQS and a negative declaration that certain
categories of sources do not exist in Pennsylvania. This SIP revision
does not address Pennsylvania's May 2016 VOC and nitrogen oxides
(NOX) RACT rule, ``Additional RACT Requirements for Major
Sources of NOX and VOCs,'' also known as RACT II. EPA will
take separate action on RACT II. In the Final Rules section of this
Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a
direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this
as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. 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 this action should do so at this
time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by August 7, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R03-
OAR-2016-0561 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to
stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed 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. 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: Maria A. Pino, (215) 814-2181, or by
email at pino.maria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title,
that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this
Federal Register publication.
Dated: June 22, 2017.
Cecil Rodrigues,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 2017-14205 Filed 7-6-17; 8:45 am]
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