[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3536-3537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01164]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R06-OAR-2014-0754; FRL-9921-93-Region 6]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas and
Oklahoma; Regional Haze State Implementation Plans; Interstate
Transport State Implementation Plan To Address Pollution Affecting
Visibility and Regional Haze; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional
Haze and Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visibility;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: In the December 16, 2014 Federal Register the Environmental
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Protection Agency (EPA) requested comments by February 17, 2015 on a
proposed rule pertaining to the Regional Haze and interstate visibility
transport requirements for Texas and the Regional Haze requirements for
Oklahoma. We also proposed a Federal Implementation Plan to correct
deficiencies identified in the plans. EPA is extending the public
comment period for this proposal until April 20, 2015.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-
2014-0754, by one of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200,
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
Hand or Courier Delivery: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air
Planning Section (6PD-L), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. Such deliveries are
accepted only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays, and not
on legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries
of boxed information.
Fax: Mr. Guy Donaldson, Chief, Air Planning Section (6PD-
L), at fax number 214-665-7263.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket No. EPA-R06-OAR-2014-
0754. Our 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 we 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 us without going through www.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, we recommend 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 we cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, we 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: The index to the docket for this action is available
electronically at www.regulations.gov and in hard copy at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas. While all documents in the
docket are listed in the index, some information may be publicly
available only at the hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted material),
and some may not be publicly available at either location (e.g., CBI).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Kordzi, 214-665-7186,
[email protected]. To inspect the hard copy materials, please schedule
an appointment with Mr. Kordzi or Mr. Bill Deese at 214-665-7253.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document wherever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean the EPA. On December 16, 2014, we
published in the Federal Register a proposed rule pertaining to
regional haze and interstate transport of pollution affecting
visibility (79 FR 74818). Specifically, we proposed to (1) partially
approve and partially disapprove revisions to the Texas SIP pertaining
to regional haze and disapprove revisions regarding visibility
protection, (2) disapprove a revision to the Oklahoma SIP pertaining to
regional haze, and (3) establish a FIP to remedy these deficiencies.
The proposed FIP would implement SO2 emission limits on
fifteen Texas air pollution sources. In the proposal we requested
comments by February 17, 2015.
We received several requests for an extension of the comment period
and, in response, have decided to allow an additional 60 days. We are
extending the comment period to April 20, 2015.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
dioxides, Visibility, Interstate transport of pollution, Regional haze,
Best available control technology.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: January 14, 2015.
Wren Stenger,
Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division Director, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2015-01164 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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