[Federal Register: January 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 12)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2476-2477]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[PA037/072/184-4190b; FRL-7421-2]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Pennsylvania; Sulfur Dioxide Attainment Demonstration for the Warren
County Nonattainment Area, and Permit Emission Limitations for Two
Individual Sources in Warren County
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision
contains enforceable operating permit emission limitations for the
Reliant Warren Generating Station and the United Refining Company, and
an air quality modeling demonstration that indicates that the allowable
emission limits will provide for the attainment of the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2) in
the Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade Township, and the City
of Warren nonattainment area. The modeling demonstration assumes new
SO2 limits for the Reliant Warren Generating Station and the
United Refining Company. 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 more
detailed description of the state submittal and EPA's evaluation are
included in a Technical Support Document (TSD) prepared in support of
this rulemaking action. A copy of the TSD is available, upon request,
from the EPA Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
document. If no adverse comments are received in response to this
action, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA
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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and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 February 18, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Walter Wilkie,
Acting Branch Chief, Air Quality Planning and Information Services
Branch, 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the documents
relevant to this action are available for public inspection during
normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, and the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, PO Box 8468,
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis Lohman, (215) 814-2192, or Ellen
Wentworth, (215) 814-2034, or by e-mail at lohman.denny@epa.gov or
wentworth.ellen@epa.gov. Please note that while questions may be posed
via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must be submitted in writing,
as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action pertaining to the
SO2 attainment demonstration for the Warren County
nonattainment areas, and permit emission limitations for two individual
sources in Warren County, Pennsylvania, that is located in the ``Rules
and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register publication. 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.
Dated: December 4, 2002.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-732 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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