[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29466-29467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13546]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2016-0504; FRL-9964-08-Region 4]
Air Plan Approval; GA and SC: Changes to Ambient Air Standards
and Definitions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve portions of revisions to the Georgia State Implementation Plan
(SIP) submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Environmental Protection Division, on August 30, 2010, and on July 25,
2014; and portions of revisions to the South Carolina SIP, submitted by
the Department of Health and Environmental Control on December 15,
2014, August 12, 2015, and November 4, 2016. The Georgia SIP revisions
incorporate definitions relating to fine particulate matter
(PM2.5), and amend state rules to reflect the 2008 national
ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for lead. The South Carolina SIP
revisions incorporates the 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS, 2010 nitrogen
dioxide NAAQS, 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, 2015 8-hour ozone NAAQS,
removes the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS, and removes the standard for
gaseous fluorides from the SIP. This action is being proposed because
Georgia and South Carolina have demonstrated that these changes are
consistent with the Clean Air Act.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R04-
OAR-2016-0504 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot
be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 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 http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Brad Akers, Air Regulatory
Management Section, Air Planning and Implementation Branch, Air,
Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia
30303-8960. Mr. Akers can be reached via telephone at (404)
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562-9089 or via electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Final Rules Section of this Federal
Register, EPA is approving the SIP revisions for Georgia and South
Carolina 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 on this document. Any parties interested in commenting on this
document should do so at this time.
Dated: June 13, 2017.
V. Anne Heard,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2017-13546 Filed 6-28-17; 8:45 am]
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