Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; MO; Redesignation of the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis Missouri-Illinois Area to Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standards for Fine Particulate Matter and Approval of Associated Maintenance Plan, 38114-38115 [2018-16004]
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 38114-38115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16004]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[EPA-R07-OAR-2017-0734; FRL 9981-28--Region 7]
Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; MO; Redesignation
of the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis Missouri-Illinois Area to
Attainment of the 1997 Annual Standards for Fine Particulate Matter and
Approval of Associated Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: On January 5, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published in the Federal Register an advanced notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPR) specifically requesting early input and comments on
the Agency's interpretation that air quality monitoring data from 2015-
2017 support a finding that the Missouri Portion of the St. Louis
nonattainment area attains the 1997 Annual National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The
notice also provided an evaluation of Missouri's 1997 Annual
PM2.5 NAAQS maintenance plan, which includes the 2008 and
2025 NOX and PM2.5 motor vehicle emission budgets
(MVEBs) and established the 2008 base year emissions inventory. EPA
received no comments on the ANPR. EPA is now taking direct final action
on three items, consistent with the ANPR. First, EPA is approving the
state's request to redesignate the Missouri portion of the St. Louis
MO-IL nonattainment area to attainment for the 1997 Annual
PM2.5 NAAQS as the monitoring values demonstrate the area
attains the standard. Second, EPA is approving the state implementation
plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the Missouri
portion of the area including the motor vehicle emissions budget.
Third, EPA is approving Missouri's 2008 base year emissions inventory
in accordance with section 172(c)(3) of the CAA. In the ``Rules and
Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, we are approving the
state's SIP revisions as a direct final rule without a prior proposed
rule. If we receive no adverse
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comment, we will not take further action on this proposed rule.
DATES: Comments must be received September 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2017-0734 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: Lachala Kemp, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner Boulevard,
Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at (913) 551-7214, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on the
State of Missouri request to redesignate the Missouri portion of the
St. Louis MO-IL nonattainment area to attainment for the 1997 Annual
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate
matter (PM2.5), and to approve the state's 2008 emissions
inventory. 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 will withdraw the direct final
rule and it will not take effect. We would address all public comments
in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. We do not
intend to institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting must do so at this time. For further
information, please see the information provided in the ADDRESSES
section of this document.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate
matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides,
Volatile organic compounds.
40 CFR Part 81
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Designations and classifications,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Dated: July 16, 2018.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2018-16004 Filed 8-2-18; 8:45 am]
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