[Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)]
[Proposed Rules]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[R03-OAR-2004-WV-0001; FRL-7821-5]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
West Virginia; Determination of Attainment and Redesignation of the
City of Weirton PM10 Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of
the Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is determining that the City of Weirton PM10
nonattainment area (the Weirton area) has attained the National Ambient
Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for PM10. EPA proposes to
approve the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's
(WVDEP) request to redesignate the Weirton area to attainment of the
NAAQS for PM10. In conjunction with its approval of this
redesignation request, EPA is also proposing to approve WVDEP's 10-year
maintenance plan for the Weirton area as a revision to the West
Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). 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
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this action,
no further activity is contemplated. 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the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments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. Any
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this
time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by November 26, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Regional Material in
EDocket (RME) ID Number R03-OAR-2004-WV-0001 by one of the following
methods:
A. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
B. Agency Web site: http://www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/ RME, EPA's
electronic public docket and comment system, is EPA's preferred method
for receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
C. E-mail: morris.makeba@epa.gov.
D. Mail: R03-OAR-2004-WV-0001, Makeba Morris, Chief, Air Quality
Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
E. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to RME ID No. R03-OAR-2004-WV-
0001. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change, and may be made available online at
http://www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through RME, regulations.gov
or e-mail. The EPA RME and the Federal regulations.gov Web sites are an
``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through RME or regulations gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
RME index at http://www.docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. Although listed in the
index,
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some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in RME
or in hard copy during normal business hours at the Air Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the State submittal
are available at the West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Air Quality, 7012 MacCorkle Avenue, SE.,
Charleston, WV 25304-2943.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Miller, (215) 814-2068 , or by
e-mail at miller.linda@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information on the approval of
West Virginia's redesignation request and maintenance plan for the
Weirton PM10 nonattainment area , please see the information
provided in the direct final action, with the same title, that is
located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal
Register publication.
Dated: September 20, 2004.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III.
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