[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13695]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0009; EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0314; FRL-9946-79-Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Illinois; NAAQS Update
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revised rules submitted by the State of Illinois as State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions. The submitted rules update
Illinois' ambient air quality standards to include the 2012 primary
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate
matter (PM2.5), add EPA-promulgated monitoring methods, and
address the ``sunset provisions'' in our regulation, finding that the
1971 NAAQS for sulfur dioxide no longer applies to the Lemont and Pekin
areas in Illinois. In addition, the revised rules contain the timing
requirements for the ``flagging of exceptional events'' and the
submitting of documentation supporting the determination of exceptional
events for the 2012 primary annual averaged PM2.5 standard.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2015-0009 or EPA-R05-OAR-2015-0314 at http://www.regulations.gov or
via email to [email protected]. For comments submitted at
Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. For either manner of submission, EPA may publish any
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will
generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of
the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing
system). For additional submission methods, please contact the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please
visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Doty, Air Programs Branch (AR-
18J), Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-6057, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittals as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views these as
noncontroversial submittals and anticipates no adverse comments. A
detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final
rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this rule, 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.
Please note that, if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment,
paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions
of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For
additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in
the Rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: May 10, 2016.
Robert A. Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
[FR Doc. 2016-13695 Filed 6-9-16; 8:45 am]
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