Air Plan Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; Texas; Attainment Plan for the Rusk and Panola Counties 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area; Finding of Failure To Attain the Primary 2010 One-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard for Rusk and Panola Counties; Extension of Comment Period, 70590 [2024-19596]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19596]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R06-OAR-2022-0311; FRL-12123-03-R6]


Air Plan Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; Texas; 
Attainment Plan for the Rusk and Panola Counties 2010 Sulfur Dioxide 
Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area; 
Finding of Failure To Attain the Primary 2010 One-Hour Sulfur Dioxide 
Standard for Rusk and Panola Counties; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the proposed rule ``Air Plan Limited Approval and 
Limited Disapproval; Texas; Attainment Plan for the Rusk and Panola 
Counties 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard Nonattainment Area; Finding of Failure To Attain the Primary 
2010 One-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard for Rusk and Panola Counties'' 
that was published on August 2, 2024. The proposal provided for a 
public comment period ending September 3, 2024. The EPA received two 
requests from the public to extend this comment period. The EPA is 
extending the comment period to October 18, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published August 2, 
2024 (89 FR 63117), is extended. Written comments must be received on 
or before October 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2022-0311, at 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, 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.
    Docket: The index to the docket for this action is available 
electronically at www.regulations.gov. While all documents in the 
docket are listed in the index, some information may not be publicly 
available due to docket file size restrictions or content (e.g., CBI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Lee, EPA Region 6 Office, Ozone 
and Infrastructure Section, 214-665-6750, [email protected]. We 
encourage the public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov. Please call or email the contact listed above if 
you need alternative access to material indexed but not provided in the 
docket. Modeling files and other files related to the alternative model 
review are available upon request. Copyrighted materials are available 
for review in person at EPA Region 6 office in Dallas.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA.
    On August 2, 2024, we published in the Federal Register ``Air Plan 
Limited Approval and Limited Disapproval; Texas; Attainment Plan for 
the Rusk and Panola Counties 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Primary National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard Nonattainment Area; Finding of Failure to 
Attain the Primary 2010 One-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard for Rusk and 
Panola Counties'', where we proposed two actions in the notice. First, 
EPA proposed to determine that the Rusk-Panola Counties, Texas 
nonattainment area failed to attain the 2010 1-hour primary sulfur 
dioxide (SO2) national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) 
by the applicable attainment date of January 12, 2022. Second, EPA 
proposed a limited approval and limited disapproval of the State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Rusk-Panola 2010 1-hour 
SO2 Primary NAAQS nonattainment area (89 FR 63117). We 
received two requests for an extension of the comment period and, in 
response, have decided to allow an additional 45 days for the public to 
comment. The comment period will now close on October 18, 2024. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments on the proposed action listed above.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by 
reference, Intergovernmental relations, sulfur oxides, Pollution, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: August 26, 2024.
David Garcia,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 6.
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