[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78159-78160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31523]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0196; FRL-9940-11-Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Revision to Taconite
Federal Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the public
comment period for a proposed rule published October 22, 2015. On
November 23, 2015, EPA received a request from the National Tribal Air
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Association to extend the public comment period an additional 120 days
from the closing date of November 23, 2015 and from the Fond du Lac
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for an unspecified period of time. EPA
is, therefore, reopening the comment period for an additional 30 days
after November 23, 2015.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on October
22, 2015 (80 FR 64160), is reopened. Comments must be received on or
before December 23, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2015-0196, to: Douglas Aburano, Chief, Attainment Planning and
Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,
(312) 353-6960, [email protected]. Additional instructions on how
to comment can be found in the notice of proposed rulemaking published
October 22, 2015 (80 FR 64160).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rosenthal, Environmental
Engineer, Attainment Planning & Maintenance Section, Air Programs
Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6052,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 22, 2015, EPA proposed revisions
to a Federal implementation plan (FIP) addressing the requirement for
best available retrofit technology (BART) for taconite plants in
Minnesota and Michigan. In response to petitions for reconsideration,
we proposed to revise the nitrogen oxides (NOX) limits for
taconite furnaces at facilities owned and operated by Cliffs Natural
Resources (Cliffs) and ArcelorMittal USA LLC (ArcelorMittal). We also
proposed to revise the sulfur dioxide (SO2) requirements at
two of Cliffs' facilities. We proposed these changes because new
information had come to light that was not available when we originally
promulgated the FIP on February 6, 2013.
Dated: December 4, 2015.
Susan Hedman,
Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2015-31523 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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