[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1088]
[[Page 3223]]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0714; FRL-9620-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; Determinations of Attainment of
the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard for the Philadelphia-
Wilmington Nonattainment Area
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make two determinations regarding the
Philadelphia-Wilmington fine particle (PM2.5) nonattainment
area (the Philadelphia Area). EPA is proposing to make a determination
that the Philadelphia Area has attained the 1997 annual
PM2.5 national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) by its
attainment date of April 5, 2010. EPA is also proposing to make a clean
data determination, finding that the Philadelphia Area has attained the
1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, based on ambient air monitoring data for
the 2007-2009 and 2008-2010 monitoring periods. In the Final Rules
section of this Federal Register, EPA is making these determinations as
a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views
this as a noncontroversial action and anticipates no adverse comments.
A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule and in the 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public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 February 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-
R03-OAR-2011-0714 by one of the following methods:
A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
B. Email: [email protected].
C. Mail: EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0714, Cristina Fernandez, Associate
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, 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 Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R03-OAR-
2011-0714. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change, and may be made available online
at 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 www.regulations.gov or email. The
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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through ww.regulations.gov, your email
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
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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions concerning EPA's
proposed action related to Delaware or Pennsylvania, please contact
Maria A. Pino (215) 814-2181, or by email at [email protected]. If you
have questions concerning EPA's proposed action related to New Jersey,
please contact Henry Feingersh, (212) 637-3382, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title,
``Determinations of Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine Particulate
Standard for the Philadelphia-Wilmington Nonattainment Area,'' that is
located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal
Register publication.
Dated: December 8, 2011.
W.C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
Dated: January 3, 2012.
Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region II.
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