[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50415-50416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18157]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0617; A-1-FRL-9950-02-Region 1]
Air Plan Approval; VT; Prevention of Significant Deterioration,
Nonattainment and Minor New Source Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve three State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by
the State of Vermont. These revisions primarily amend several aspects
of Vermont's new source review permitting regulations. The permitting
revisions are part of Vermont's major and minor stationary source
preconstruction permitting programs, and are intended to align
Vermont's regulations with the federal new source review regulations.
The revisions also contain amendments to other Clean Air Act (CAA)
requirements, including updating the State's ambient air quality
standards and certain emissions limits for sources of nitrogen oxides
and sulfur dioxide. This action is being taken in accordance with the
Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OAR-2014-0617 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, the 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. The 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: Ida E. McDonnell, Manager, Air
Permits, Toxics, and Indoor Programs Unit, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England
Regional Office, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, (OEP05-2), Boston, MA
02109-3912, phone number (617) 918-1653, fax number (617) 918-0653,
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a
noncontroversial submittal 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 action
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.
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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: July 20, 2016.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, EPA New England.
[FR Doc. 2016-18157 Filed 7-29-16; 8:45 am]
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