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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0454; FRL–9966–40–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; North Carolina;
Transportation Conformity
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
the portion of a revision to the North
Carolina State Implementation plan
submitted by the State of North Carolina
on March 24, 2006, for the purpose of
clarifying the State’s transportation
conformity rules consistent with Federal
requirements.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0454 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
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submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nacosta Ward, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The
telephone number is (404) 562–9140.
Ms. Ward can also be reached via
electronic mail at ward.nacosta@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State’s
implementation plan revision 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 on this
document. Any parties interested in
commenting on this document should
do so at this time.
Dated: August 7, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Regional
Haze Five-Year Progress Report
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
Vermont’s regional haze progress report,
submitted on February 29, 2016 as a
revision to its State Implementation
Plan (SIP). Vermont’s SIP revision
addresses requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA) and EPA’s rules that require
states to submit periodic reports
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describing the progress toward
reasonable progress goals (RPGs)
established for regional haze and a
determination of adequacy of the State’s
existing regional haze SIP. EPA is
proposing to approve Vermont’s
progress report on the basis that it
addresses the progress report and
adequacy determination requirements
for the first implementation period
covering through 2018.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 15,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number EPA–
R01–OAR–2016–0626 at https://
www.regulations.gov, or via email to
arnold.anne@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. 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne K. McWilliams, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square—
Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05–2), Boston,
MA 02109–3912, telephone (617) 918–
1697, facsimile (617) 918–0697, email
mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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Dated: July 24, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New
England.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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, 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Richard Wong, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and
Implementation Branch, Air, Pesticides
and Toxics Management Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The
telephone number is (404) 562–8726.
Mr. Wong can be reached via electronic
mail at wong.richard@epa.gov.
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.
Any parties interested in commenting
on this action 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.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0436; FRL–9966–35–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; AL; VOC Definitions
and Particulate Emissions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
On May 19, 2017, the State of
Alabama, through the Alabama
Department of Environmental
Management, submitted changes to the
Alabama State Implementation Plan
(SIP). The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
the submission that modifies the State’s
air quality regulations as incorporated
into the SIP. Specifically, the revision
pertains to definitional changes,
including the modification of the
definition of ‘‘volatile organic
compounds,’’ correcting a typographical
error, and removing control of
particulate emissions and opacity limits.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 15,
2017.
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SUMMARY:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0436 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
ADDRESSES:
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In the
Final Rules section of this issue of the
Federal Register, EPA is approving the
State’s SIP revision 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
on this document. Any parties
interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 7, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA–R04–OAR–2017–0388; FRL–9966–21–
Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; SC: Standards for
Volatile Organic Compounds and
Oxides of Nitrogen
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
changes to the South Carolina State
Implementation Plan (SIP) that revise
several miscellaneous rules for control
standards for process industries.
Specifically, changes are made to
standards for volatile organic
compounds and oxides of nitrogen. EPA
is proposing to approve portions of SIP
revisions submitted by the State of
South Carolina, through the South
Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control, on the following
dates: October 1, 2007, June 17, 2013,
and January 20, 2016. These actions are
being proposed pursuant to the Clean
Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before September 15,
2017.
SUMMARY:
Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04–
OAR–2017–0388 at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from Regulations.gov.
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, 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: D.
Brad Akers, Air Regulatory Management
ADDRESSES:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2016-0626; FRL-9966-36-Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; Vermont; Regional Haze Five-Year Progress
Report
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve Vermont's regional haze progress report, submitted on February
29, 2016 as a revision to its State Implementation Plan (SIP).
Vermont's SIP revision addresses requirements of the Clean Air Act
(CAA) and EPA's rules that require states to submit periodic reports
describing the progress toward reasonable progress goals (RPGs)
established for regional haze and a determination of adequacy of the
State's existing regional haze SIP. EPA is proposing to approve
Vermont's progress report on the basis that it addresses the progress
report and adequacy determination requirements for the first
implementation period covering through 2018.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 15,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R01-OAR-2016-0626 at https://www.regulations.gov, or via email to
arnold.anne@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. 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne K. McWilliams, Air Quality
Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2),
Boston, MA 02109-3912, telephone (617) 918-1697, facsimile (617) 918-
0697, email mcwilliams.anne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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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. Any parties
interested in commenting on this action 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: July 24, 2017.
Deborah A. Szaro,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
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