[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19348]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52, 62, and 70
[EPA-R07-OAR-2017-0470; FRL-9967-50-Region 7]
State of Iowa; Approval and Promulgation of the State
Implementation Plan, the 111(d) Plan, and the Operating Permits Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve revisions to the Iowa the State Implementation Plan (SIP), the
111(d) plan, and the Operating Permits Program. These revisions update
and clarify rules and make minor revisions and corrections. Approval of
these revisions will ensure consistency between the state and
Federally-approved rules, and ensure Federal enforceability of the
state's revised air program rules. In the ``Rules and Regulations''
section of this Federal Register, we are approving the state's SIP
revisions as a direct final rule without a prior proposed rule. EPA is
taking direct final action because we view this as a noncontroversial
action and anticipate no relevant adverse comment. We have explained
our reasons for these actions in the Technical Support Document that is
included with this docket. If we receive no adverse comment, we will
not take further action on this proposed rule.
DATES: Comments must be received by October 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2017-0470, to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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. 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, the full EPA public comment
policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hamilton, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 11201 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, Kansas 66219 at 913-551-7039, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document proposes to take action on the
Iowa the SIP, the 111(d) plan, and the Operating Permits Program. We
have published a direct final rule approving these revisions in the
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, because we
view this as a noncontroversial action and anticipate no relevant
adverse comment. We have explained our reasons for these actions in the
Technical Support Document that is included with this docket. If we
receive no adverse comment, we will not take further action on this
proposed rule. If we receive adverse comment, we will withdraw the
direct final rule and it will not take effect. We would address all
public comments in any subsequent final rule based on this proposed
rule. We do not intend to institute a second comment period on this
action. Any parties interested in commenting must do so at this time.
For further information, please see the information provided in the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations, Lead, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone,
Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sulfur
oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 62
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Administrative
practice and procedure, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 70
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Operating permits,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: August 24, 2017.
Edward H. Chu,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 2017-19348 Filed 9-14-17; 8:45 am]
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