[Federal Register: June 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 118)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 29450-29451]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22jn09-18]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930;
FRL-8920-2]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania; Attainment Demonstration for the
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City Moderate 8-Hour Ozone
Nonattainment Area; Reopening of Comment Periods
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of comment periods.
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SUMMARY: EPA is reopening the comment periods for documents published
on May 8, 2009 (74 FR 21588, 74 FR 21599, 74 FR 21604). In these May 8,
2009 documents, EPA proposed to disapprove the ozone attainment
demonstration portion of comprehensive State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions submitted by the States of Delaware, Maryland and
Pennsylvania to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements for attaining
the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for the
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City moderate nonattainment area
(Philadelphia Area). The comment periods on these proposed actions
closed on June 8, 2009. Pursuant to requests from the State of
Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission, EPA is reopening the comment periods
through August 7, 2009. EPA will consider all comments submitted on
these proposed actions from May 8, 2009 through August 7, 2009.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 7, 2009.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2008-0928 (Pennsylvania), EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929 (Maryland),
EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930 (Delaware) by one of the following methods:
A. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. E-mail: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov.
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-
2008-0930, Cristina Fernandez, Chief, Air Quality Planning Branch,
Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the normal hours of operation,
and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-EPA-R03-
OAR-2008-0928, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0929, EPA-R03-OAR-2008-0930. 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.regulations.gov, 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-
mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 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 http://
www.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
http://www.regulations.gov index. 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 http://
www.regulations.gov 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
Delaware's State submittals are available at the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources & Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, P.O. Box
1401, Dover, Delaware 19903. Copies of Maryland's State submittals are
available at the Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800
Washington Boulevard, Suite 705, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. Copies of
Pennsylvania's State submittals are available at the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control,
P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cristina Fernandez, (215) 814-2178, or
by e-mail at fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. Please note that while
questions on the May 8, 2009 proposed rules for the Philadelphia area
may be posed via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must be
submitted in writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this
document.
Dated: June 11, 2009.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
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