Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 22141-22143 [2024-06722]
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15, 2025. In exchange, Plaintiffs would
permanently release any and all claims
against EPA that the Agency must
establish ionic toxicity TMDLs for any
other waterbody segments within the
Lower Guyandotte River Watershed
except for six identified waterbody
segments and any waterbody segments
that are listed as biologically impaired
for the first time after June 1, 2023. For
those six waterbody segments and any
waterbody segments listed as
biologically impaired for the first time
after June 1, 2023, Plaintiffs would
refrain from bringing any such claims
against EPA until January 15, 2039.
Further, Plaintiffs would not bring such
claims against EPA for any West
Virginia waterbody segment outside the
Lower Guyandotte River Watershed
until after January 15, 2025.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, EPA will accept written
comments relating to the proposed
consent decree from persons who are
not parties to the litigation. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed
consent decree if the comments received
disclose facts or considerations that
indicate that such consent is
inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or
inconsistent with the requirements of
the CWA.
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II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the proposed
consent decree?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0145) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
The official public docket is available
for public viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
The electronic version of the public
docket for this action contains a copy of
the proposed consent decree and is
available through https://
www.regulations.gov. You may use
https://www.regulations.gov to submit
or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those
documents in the public docket that are
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available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search.’’
B. How and to whom do I submit
comments?
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–
0145 via https://www.regulations.gov.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from this docket.
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA’s docket at https://
www.regulations.gov 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://
www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. For additional information
about submitting information identified
as CBI, please contact the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an email
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment. This ensures
that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Use of the https://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments to EPA electronically is
EPA’s preferred method for receiving
comments. The electronic public docket
system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
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know your identity, email address, or
other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA does not plan to
consider these late comments.
Steven M. Neugeboren,
Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0149; FRL–11857–01–
OGC]
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Clean
Air Act, as amended (‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the
Act’’), the Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the Agency’’) is
providing notice of a proposed consent
decree in Sierra Club, et al. v. United
States Environmental Protection
Agency, et al., No. 1:23–cv–01744–JDB
(D. DC). Plaintiffs Sierra Club, National
Parks Conservation Association, and
Environmental Integrity Project
(collectively, ‘‘Plaintiffs’’), brought suit
in the United States District Court for
the District of Columbia alleging that
and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and Michael Regan, in
his official capacity as Administrator of
the U.S. EPA (‘‘the Administrator’’)
(collectively, ‘‘Defendants’’), failed to
take final action on the second planning
period regional haze state
implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) revisions
submitted by the following 34 states:
Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Indiana, Kansas, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming. There are three
intervenors in this action. PacifiCorp is
acting as an intervenor-plaintiff and the
State of North Dakota and the State of
Nevada are acting as intervenordefendants. The proposed consent
decree would establish deadlines for the
SUMMARY:
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EPA to sign a notice of proposed
rulemaking for certain SIPs included in
this action and a notice of final
rulemaking for each of the SIPs
included in this action.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OGC–2024–0149, online at https://
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method). Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID number for
this action. Comments received may be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. For
detailed instructions on sending
comments and additional information
on the rulemaking process, see the
‘‘Additional Information about
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree’’ heading under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yasmı´n Pe´rez Ortiz, Air and Radiation
Law Office, Office of General Counsel,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
telephone: (202) 564–1077; email
address: perez-ortiz.yasmin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed
Consent Decree
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–0149) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
The official public docket is available
for public viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
The electronic version of the public
docket for this action contains a copy of
the proposed consent decree, and is
available through https://
www.regulations.gov. You may use
https://www.regulations.gov to submit
or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket
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identification number then select
‘‘search.’’
II. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
Plaintiffs initially filed a complaint in
the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia alleging that EPA
failed to perform its nondiscretionary
duty under CAA section 110(k)(2)–(4) to
approve, disapprove, or conditionally
approve, in whole or in part the second
planning period regional haze SIP
revisions for seven states, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas,
and Wisconsin, within 12 months of a
determination of completeness by EPA
or a submittal being deemed complete
by operation of law. Plaintiffs then filed
an Amended Complaint challenging the
same failure from Defendants to perform
a nondiscretionary duty under
110(k)(2)–(4) to approve, disapprove, or
conditionally approve, in whole or in
part the second planning period
regional haze for 27 additional states,
for a total of 34 states: Alaska, Arkansas,
Arizona, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming, within 12
months of a determination of
completeness by EPA or a submittal
being deemed complete by operation of
law.
Under the terms of the proposed
consent decree, no later than the dates
set forth in the proposed consent decree,
the Administrator or appropriate EPA
official with delegated authority shall
sign a notice of proposed rulemaking to
approve, disapprove, conditionally
approve, or approve in part and
disapprove in part, pursuant to sections
110(k)(2)–(4) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C.
7410(k)(2)–(4), certain SIP submittals set
forth in the proposed consent decree. In
addition, under the terms of the
proposed consent decree, no later than
the dates set forth in the proposed
consent decree, the Administrator or
appropriate EPA official with delegated
authority shall sign a notice of final
rulemaking to approve, disapprove,
conditionally approve, or approve in
part and disapprove in part, pursuant to
sections 110(k)(2)–(4) of the CAA, 42
U.S.C. 7410(k)(2)–(4), the SIP submittals
set forth in the proposed consent decree.
In accordance with section 113(g) of
the CAA, for a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will accept written
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comments relating to the proposed
consent decree. EPA or the Department
of Justice may withdraw or withhold
consent to the proposed consent decree
if the comments disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that such
consent is inappropriate, improper,
inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the Act.
III. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2024–
0149, via https://www.regulations.gov.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or removed from this docket. The
EPA may publish any comment received
to its public docket. Do not submit to
EPA’s docket at https://
www.regulations.gov 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets. For additional
information about submitting
information identified as CBI, please
contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document. Note that written
comments containing CBI and
submitted by mail may be delayed and
deliveries or couriers will be received
by scheduled appointment only.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an email
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment. This ensures
that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. If EPA cannot read your
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comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Use of the https://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments to EPA electronically is
EPA’s preferred method for receiving
comments. The electronic public docket
system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity, email address, or
other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–11833–01–OA]
Request for Nominations of
Candidates for the Science Advisory
Board Integrated Risk Information
System Chloroform Review Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office requests public
nominations of scientific experts to form
a Panel to review the draft EPA
document titled, Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) Toxicological
Review of Chloroform (inhalation). The
draft IRIS cancer and non-cancer
assessment includes a hazard
identification analysis, which
summarizes the available evidence on
health effects that may be associated
with environmental or occupational
exposure, and dose-response analysis
that characterizes the quantitative
relationship between chloroform
inhalation exposure and each credible
health hazard.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by April 19, 2024 per the
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board Staff Office by telephone/voice
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mail (202) 564–2057, or email at
shallal.suhair@epa.gov. General
information concerning the EPA SAB
can be found at the EPA SAB website at
https://sab.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB
(42 U.S.C. 4365) is a chartered Federal
Advisory Committee that provides
independent scientific and technical
peer review, advice, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the SAB conducts business
in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. 10) and related regulations. The
SAB Staff Office is forming an expert
panel, the IRIS Chloroform Review
Panel, under the auspices of the
Chartered SAB. The IRIS Chloroform
Review Panel will provide advice
through the chartered SAB. The SAB
and the IRIS Chloroform Review Panel
will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff
Office procedural policies.
The IRIS Chloroform Review Panel
will conduct the review of the draft IRIS
Toxicological Review of Chloroform
prepared by the EPA IRIS Program. The
IRIS Program is located within EPA’s
Center for Public Health and
Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) in
the Office of Research and Development
(ORD). The draft IRIS cancer and noncancer assessment includes a hazard
identification analysis, which
summarizes the available evidence on
health effects that may be associated
with environmental or occupational
exposure, and dose-response analysis
that characterizes the quantitative
relationship between chloroform
inhalation exposure and each credible
health hazard. The SAB IRIS
Chloroform Review Panel will consider
whether the conclusions found in the
EPA’s draft IRIS assessment are clearly
presented and scientifically supported.
The Panel will also be asked to provide
recommendations on how the
assessment may be strengthened.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise in the following disciplines:
toxicology, specifically inhalation
toxicology/dosimetry, hepatic and
nephrological toxicology; epidemiology;
systematic review; biostatistics;
uncertainty analysis; physiologicallybased pharmacokinetic (PBPK)
modeling; carcinogenesis; risk
assessment; dose response analysis.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
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organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above for possible service on
the SAB Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred) using the online nomination
form on the SAB website at https://
sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on
Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees,
Panels, and Membership’’ following the
instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to
Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc
Committees Being Formed,’’ provided
on the SAB website (see the
‘‘Nomination of Experts’’ link under
‘‘Current Activities’’ at https://
sab.epa.gov). To be considered,
nominations should include the
information requested below. EPA
values and welcomes diversity. All
qualified candidates are encouraged to
apply regardless of sex, race, disability,
or ethnicity. Nominations should be
submitted in time to arrive no later than
April 19, 2024.
The following information should be
provided on the nomination form:
contact information for the person
making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee; and the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee. Nominees will
be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and
will be asked to provide a recent
curriculum vitae and a narrative
biographical summary that includes
current position, educational
background; research activities; and
recent service on other national
advisory committees or national
professional organizations. Persons
having questions about the nomination
procedures, or who are unable to submit
nominations through the SAB website,
should contact the DFO at the contact
information noted above. The names
and biosketches of qualified nominees
identified by respondents to this
Federal Register Notice, and additional
experts identified by the SAB Staff
Office, will be posted in a List of
Candidates for the Panel on the SAB
website at https://sab.epa.gov. Public
comments on the List of Candidates will
be accepted for 21 days. The public will
be requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider when evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
balanced review panel includes
candidates who possess the necessary
domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among
other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or
``the Act''), the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the
Agency'') is providing notice of a proposed consent decree in Sierra
Club, et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al.,
No. 1:23-cv-01744-JDB (D. DC). Plaintiffs Sierra Club, National Parks
Conservation Association, and Environmental Integrity Project
(collectively, ``Plaintiffs''), brought suit in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and Michael Regan, in his
official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. EPA (``the
Administrator'') (collectively, ``Defendants''), failed to take final
action on the second planning period regional haze state implementation
plan (``SIP'') revisions submitted by the following 34 states: Alaska,
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming. There are three intervenors in this action.
PacifiCorp is acting as an intervenor-plaintiff and the State of North
Dakota and the State of Nevada are acting as intervenor-defendants. The
proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for the
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EPA to sign a notice of proposed rulemaking for certain SIPs included
in this action and a notice of final rulemaking for each of the SIPs
included in this action.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OGC-2024-0149, online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
number for this action. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For detailed instructions on sending comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the ``Additional Information
about Commenting on the Proposed Consent Decree'' heading under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasm[iacute]n P[eacute]rez Ortiz, Air
and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; telephone: (202) 564-1077; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed Consent Decree
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-0149) contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at
the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
The electronic version of the public docket for this action
contains a copy of the proposed consent decree, and is available
through https://www.regulations.gov. You may use https://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official public docket, and access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, key in the appropriate docket identification number then
select ``search.''
II. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
Plaintiffs initially filed a complaint in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that EPA failed to
perform its nondiscretionary duty under CAA section 110(k)(2)-(4) to
approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve, in whole or in part the
second planning period regional haze SIP revisions for seven states,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin, within 12
months of a determination of completeness by EPA or a submittal being
deemed complete by operation of law. Plaintiffs then filed an Amended
Complaint challenging the same failure from Defendants to perform a
nondiscretionary duty under 110(k)(2)-(4) to approve, disapprove, or
conditionally approve, in whole or in part the second planning period
regional haze for 27 additional states, for a total of 34 states:
Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming, within 12 months of a determination of
completeness by EPA or a submittal being deemed complete by operation
of law.
Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, no later than the
dates set forth in the proposed consent decree, the Administrator or
appropriate EPA official with delegated authority shall sign a notice
of proposed rulemaking to approve, disapprove, conditionally approve,
or approve in part and disapprove in part, pursuant to sections
110(k)(2)-(4) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k)(2)-(4), certain SIP
submittals set forth in the proposed consent decree. In addition, under
the terms of the proposed consent decree, no later than the dates set
forth in the proposed consent decree, the Administrator or appropriate
EPA official with delegated authority shall sign a notice of final
rulemaking to approve, disapprove, conditionally approve, or approve in
part and disapprove in part, pursuant to sections 110(k)(2)-(4) of the
CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k)(2)-(4), the SIP submittals set forth in the
proposed consent decree.
In accordance with section 113(g) of the CAA, for a period of
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the
Agency will accept written comments relating to the proposed consent
decree. EPA or the Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold
consent to the proposed consent decree if the comments disclose facts
or considerations that indicate that such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act.
III. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-
0149, via https://www.regulations.gov. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from this docket. The EPA may publish any comment
received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov 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://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. For additional information about submitting information
identified as CBI, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. Note that written
comments containing CBI and submitted by mail may be delayed and
deliveries or couriers will be received by scheduled appointment only.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment. This ensures that you
can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to
contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your
comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of
a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the
official public docket and made available in EPA's electronic public
docket. If EPA cannot read your
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comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
Use of the https://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments
to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments.
The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
Gautam Srinivasan,
Associate General Counsel.
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