[Federal Register: April 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 80)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21712-21713]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R03-OAR-2005-VA-0002; FRL 7905-1]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Virginia; Revision Establishing the Western Virginia VOC and NOX
Emissions Control Area, and the Enabling Authority for NOX RACT
Determinations in the Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia establishing a new
volatile organic compound (VOC) and nitrogen oxide (NOX)
emissions control area. This new area, entitled, the Western Virginia
Emissions Control Area, consists of the City of Winchester and
Frederick County which comprise the Northern Shenandoah Valley Ozone
Early Action Compact area (EAC), and Roanoke County, Botetourt County,
Roanoke City, and Salem City, which comprise the Roanoke EAC. EPA is
also proposing to approve the enabling authority to implement
NOX Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) in the
affected areas. 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 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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 May 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Regional Material in
EDocket (RME) ID Number R03-OAR-2005-VA-0002 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: campbell.dave@epa.gov.
D. Mail: R03-OAR-2005-VA-0002, David Campbell, 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-2005-VA-
0002. 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, 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 Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 629
East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Wentworth, (215) 814-2034, or by
e-mail at wentworth.ellen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, Revision Establishing
a New VOC and NOX Emissions Control Area, and Providing the
Enabling Authority for NOX RACT Determinations in the Area,
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.
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Dated: April 19, 2005.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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