[Federal Register: July 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 144)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45003]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[Il223-1b; FRL-7784-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Illinois
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to approve a site-specific revision to
the Illinois volatile organic compound (VOC) State Implementation Plan
(SIP) for Argonne National Laboratory's (Argonne) degreasing
operations. Argonne is a United States government-owned research and
development facility in Argonne, DuPage County, Illinois. By its
submittal dated March 11, 2004, the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Illinois EPA) requested that EPA approve an Adjusted Standard,
from Illinois' cold cleaning regulations, for Argonne's solvent
cleaning operations because its research activities require sample
surface areas to be completely free of any residual contamination,
necessitating the use of cleaning solvents that exceed the vapor
pressure limitations of Illinois' cold cleaning regulations. EPA is
approving this adjusted standard because there are no feasible
alternatives for the preparation of sample materials and associated
apparatus used for research and development at Argonne's DuPage
facility and also because no more than one ton per year of solvents are
used for cold cleaning. In the final rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the SIP revision as a direct final rule
without prior proposal, because EPA views this as a noncontroversial
revision 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 proposed rule, no further
activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and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 action. Any parties interested in commenting on
this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 27, 2004.
Comments may also be submitted electronically or through hand
delivery/courier, please follow the detailed instructions described in
the ADDRESS section and the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the
related direct final rule which is published in the Rules section of
this Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: J. Elmer Bortzer, Chief,
Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. bortzer.jay@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rosenthal, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), EPA
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312)
886-6052 rosenthal.steven@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information, see the Direct
Final notice which is located in the Rules section of this Federal
Register. Copies of the request and the EPA's analysis are available
for inspection at the above address. (Please telephone Steven Rosenthal
at (312) 886-6052 before visiting the Region 5 Office.)
Dated: June 18, 2004.
Norman Niedergang,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 04-17166 Filed 7-27-04; 8:45 am]
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