[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04443]
[[Page 11747]]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R10-OAR-2013-0421; FRL-9907-21-Region 10]
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans: Alaska;
Anchorage Carbon Monoxide Limited Maintenance Plan and State
Implementation Plan Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (the State) submitted two State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to the Anchorage Transportation
Control Program, Anchorage Carbon Monoxide (CO) Maintenance Plan. On
September 20, 2011, the State submitted a SIP revision (2011 Submittal)
that updated Anchorage's carbon monoxide (CO) motor vehicle emissions
budget in the Anchorage CO maintenance area using the EPA's Motor
Vehicle Emission Simulator model. On April 22, 2013, the State
submitted a SIP revision (2013 Submittal) to satisfy the Clean Air Act
(CAA) section 175A(b) requirement for a second 10-year maintenance plan
for the Anchorage CO maintenance area in the form of a limited
maintenance plan (LMP). This LMP addresses maintenance of the CO
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for a second 10-year period,
beyond redesignation of the area to attainment, through 2024. The EPA
is proposing to approve both the 2013 Submittal and portions of the
2011 Submittal that are not superseded by the 2013 Submittal. The EPA
is proposing to approve these SIP revisions because the State has
demonstrated that they are consistent with the CAA.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R10-
OAR-2013-0421, by any of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Mr. Keith Rose, U.S. EPA Region 10, Office of Air,
Waste and Toxics, AWT-107, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA
98101.
Hand Delivery/Courier: U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. Attention: Keith Rose, Office of
Air, Waste and Toxics, AWT-107. Such deliveries are only accepted
during normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules section
of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to submit
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Rose at telephone number: (206)
553-1949, email address: [email protected], or the above EPA, Region
10 address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the
direct final action, of the same title, which is located in the Rules
section of this Federal Register. The EPA is simultaneously approving
the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal
because the EPA views this as a noncontroversial SIP revision and
anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval
is set forth in the preamble to the direct final rule. If the EPA
receives no adverse comments, the EPA will not take further action on
this proposed rule.
If the EPA receives adverse comments, the EPA will withdraw the
direct final rule and it will not take effect. The EPA will address all
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule.
The EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any
parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this
time. Please note that if we receive adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, the EPA may adopt as final those
provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment.
Dated: February 13, 2014.
Dennis J. McLerran,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2014-04443 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am]
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