[Federal Register: August 30, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 167)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52916-52917]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0107; FRL-9190-1]
RIN-2060-AQ45
Action To Ensure Authority To Issue Permits Under the Prevention
of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions: Federal Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a public hearing to be held for the
proposed rule ``Action to Ensure Authority to Issue Permits under the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Federal Implementation Plan'' which will
publish in the near future in the Federal Register. The hearing will be
held on September 14, 2010, in Arlington, VA.
DATES: The public hearing will be held on September 14, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The September 14, 2010 hearing will be held at the EPA Ariel
Rios East building, Room 1153, 1301 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC
20460. The public hearing will convene at 9 a.m. (Eastern standard
time) and continue until the later of 6 p.m. or 1 hour after the last
registered speaker has spoken. The EPA will make every effort to
accommodate all speakers that arrive and register. A lunch break is
scheduled from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. Because this hearing is being
held at U.S. government facilities, individuals planning to attend the
hearing should be prepared to show valid picture identification to the
security staff in order to gain access to the meeting room. In
addition, you will need to obtain a property pass for any personal
belongings you bring with you. Upon leaving the building, you will be
required to return this property pass to the security desk. No large
signs will be allowed in the building, cameras may only be used outside
of the building, and demonstrations will not be allowed on federal
property for security reasons. The EPA Web Site for the rulemaking,
which includes the proposal and information about the public hearing,
can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/nsr.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to present oral
testimony at the public hearing, please contact Ms. Pamela Long, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, Air Quality Planning Division, (C504-03), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-0641, fax number (919) 541-5509, e-
mail address: long.pam@epa.gov (preferred method for registering), no
later than September 10, 2010. If using e-mail, please provide the
following information: Time you wish to speak (morning, afternoon,
evening), name, affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone and
fax numbers.
Questions concerning the August 2010 proposed rule should be
addressed to Ms. Lisa Sutton, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, New Source Review Group, (C504-03), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-3450, e-mail at
sutton.lisa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearing is to provide the public
an opportunity to present oral comments regarding EPA's proposed
``Action to Ensure Authority to Issue Permits under the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions: Federal Implementation Plan,'' which proposes a Federal
Implementation Plan to apply in any state that is unable to submit, by
its deadline, a corrective State Implementation Plan revision to ensure
that the state has authority to issue permits under the Clean Air Act's
New Source Review Prevention of Significant Deterioration program for
sources of greenhouse gases.
Public hearing: The proposal for which EPA is holding the public
hearing will publish in the near future in the Federal Register and is
available at: http://www.epa.gov/nsr and also in the rulemaking docket.
The public hearing will provide interested parties the opportunity to
present data, views, or arguments concerning the proposal. The EPA may
ask clarifying questions during the oral presentations, but will not
respond to the presentations at that time. Written statements and
supporting information submitted during the comment period will be
considered with the same weight as oral comments and supporting
information presented at
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the public hearing. Written comments on the proposed rule must be
postmarked by October 14, 2010, 30 days after the September 14, 2010
hearing.
Commenters should notify Ms. Long if they will need specific
equipment, or if there are other special needs related to providing
comments at the hearing. The EPA will provide equipment for commenters
to show overhead slides or make computerized slide presentations if we
receive special requests in advance. Oral testimony will be limited to
5 minutes for each commenter. The EPA encourages commenters to provide
EPA with a copy of their oral testimony electronically (via e-mail or
CD) or in hard copy form.
The hearing schedule, including lists of speakers, will be posted
on EPA's Web Site http://www.epa.gov/nsr. Verbatim transcripts of the
hearings and written statements will be included in the docket for the
rulemaking.
EPA will make every effort to follow the schedule as closely as
possible on the day of the hearing; however, please plan for the
hearing to run either ahead of schedule or behind schedule.
How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The EPA has established a docket for the proposed rule ``Action to
Ensure Authority to Issue Permits under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration Program to Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Federal
Implementation Plan'' under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0107
(available at http://www.regulations.gov).
As stated previously, the proposed rule will publish in the near
future in the Federal Register and is available at http://www.epa.gov/
nsr and in the rulemaking docket.
Dated: August 24, 2010.
Mary Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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