[Federal Register: August 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 150)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 47399]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[CO-001-0076a, CO-001-0077a; FRL-7785-1]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Colorado; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, Lamar
and Steamboat Springs
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to approve a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado
on July 31, 2002, for the purpose of redesignating the Lamar, Colorado
and Steamboat Springs, Colorado areas from nonattainment to attainment
for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal
to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM10) under the 1987 standards.
The Governor's submittal, among other things, documents that the Lamar
and Steamboat Springs areas have attained the PM10 national
ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), requests redesignation to
attainment and includes a maintenance plan for each of the areas
demonstrating maintenance of the PM10 NAAQS for ten years.
EPA is approving these redesignation requests and maintenance plans
because Colorado has met the applicable requirements of the Clean Air
Act (CAA), as amended. Upon the effective date of this approval, the
Lamar and Steamboat Springs areas will be designated attainment for the
PM10 NAAQS. This action is being taken under sections 107,
110, and 175A of the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received in writing on or before
September 7, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to Richard R. Long, Director,
Air and Radiation Program, Mailcode 8P-AR, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado
80202-2466. Comments may also be submitted electronically, or through
hand delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions
(sections (I)(B)(1)(i) through (iii) of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section) described in the direct final rule which is located in the
Rules Section of this Federal Register. Copies of the documents
relevant to this action are available for public inspection Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding federal holidays, at the
Air and Radiation Program, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8,
999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466. Copies of the
State documents relevant to this action are available for public
inspection at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
Air Pollution Control Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver,
Colorado 80222-1530.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Libby Faulk, EPA, Region VIII, 999
18th Street, Suite 300, Mailcode 8P-AR, Denver, Colorado, 80202, (303)
312-6083, e-mail faulk.libby@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct
Final action of the same title which is located in the Rules and
Regulations section of this Federal Register.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 28, 2004.
Robert E. Roberts,
Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 04-17657 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am]
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