[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17034-17035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8214]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[IL116-1-6792b; FRL-5182-4]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Illinois
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is
approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision request to
redesignate two sulfur dioxide (SO2) nonattainment areas in the
State of Illinois to attainment. The USEPA is also approving their
accompanying maintenance plans as SIP revisions. The redesignation
requests and maintenance plans were submitted by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for the following SO2
nonattainment areas: Peoria County (Hollis and Peoria Townships) and
Tazewell County (Groveland Township). The State has met the
requirements for redesignation contained in the Clean Air Act (the
Act), as amended in 1990. The redesignation requests are based on
ambient monitoring data that show no violations of the SO2
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). In the final rules
section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is approving the State's
redesignation requests and the supporting maintenance plans as a direct
final rule without prior proposal because USEPA views this as a
noncontroversial revision amendment 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
that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation
to this proposed rule. If USEPA 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be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. USEPA
will not institute a second comment period on this notice. Any parties
interested in commenting on this notice should do so at this time.
Adverse comments received concerning a specific geographic area, Peoria
or Tazewell Counties, will only affect this final rule as it pertains
to that area and only the portion of this final rule concerning the
area receiving adverse comments will be withdrawn.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before May
4, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer,
Chief, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory Development Branch
(AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are
available for inspection at: Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory
Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fayette Bright, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Regulatory Development Section, Regulatory
Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312)
886-6069.
[[Page 17035]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information
see the direct final rule published in the rules section of this
Federal Register.
Dated: March 22, 1995.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-8214 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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