[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 231 (Monday, December 4, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57125-57126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25946]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0066; EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0067; FRL-9960-05-Region 5]
Air Plan Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze SIP; FIP
for Regional Haze; Final Action on Petitions for Reconsideration
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notification of action denying petitions for reconsideration.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice
of its denials of petitions for reconsideration of rules addressing
regional haze planning requirements for the States of Michigan and
Minnesota. Specifically, on November 26, 2013, the United States Steel
Corporation (U.S. Steel) petitioned EPA to reconsider and stay the
final rulemaking captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality
Implementation Plans; States of Minnesota and Michigan; Regional Haze
State Implementation Plan; Federal Implementation Plan for Regional
Haze'' published on February 6, 2013, as well as the final rulemaking
captioned ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; States of Michigan and Minnesota; Regional Haze,'' published on
September 30, 2013. Further, on June 13, 2016, U.S. Steel petitioned
EPA to reconsider and stay the final rulemaking captioned ``Air Plan
Approval; Minnesota and Michigan; Revision to 2013 Taconite Federal
Implementation Plan Establishing BART for Taconite Plants,'' published
on April 12, 2016. EPA has denied the petitions by final action signed
January 18, 2017, for reasons that EPA explains in the document denying
U.S. Steel's petitions.
DATES: December 4, 2017.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established dockets for these actions under EPA-R05-
OAR-2017-0066 for the Petition to Reconsider the Original 2013 Taconite
FIP and EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0067 for the Petition to Reconsider the 2016
Revisions to the Taconite FIP. These dockets include the petitions for
reconsideration, EPA's response, and other related documents. All
documents are listed on the www.regulations.gov Web site. Although
listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
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the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 5, Air and Radiation Division, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. This facility is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal
holidays. We recommend that you telephone Steven Rosenthal,
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-6052 before visiting the Region 5
office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Rosenthal, Environmental
Engineer, Air Planning and Maintenance Section, at 312-886-6052,
[email protected] or at Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act
indicates which Federal Courts of Appeal have venue for petitions for
review of final actions by EPA. This action pertains to facilities in
Minnesota and is not based on a determination of nationwide scope or
effect. Thus, under section 307(b)(1), any petitions for review of
EPA's action denying the U.S. Steel petition for reconsideration must
be filed in the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on or before
February 2, 2018.
Dated: February 28, 2017.
Robert Kaplan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
Editorial note: This document was received for publication by
the Office of the Federal Register on November 28, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2017-25946 Filed 12-1-17; 8:45 am]
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