[Federal Register: August 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51544-51545]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[WV061-6031b; FRL-7549-2]
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
West Virginia; Redesignation of the Follansbee PM10
Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Associated
Maintenance Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a request from the State of West
Virginia to redesignate the Follansbee area of Brooke County, West
Virginia (Follansbee area) from nonattainment to attainment for the
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter
with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 microns
(PM10). EPA is also approving the plan for maintaining the
PM10 standard in the Follansbee area and contingency
measures as revisions to the West Virginia State Implementation Plan
(SIP). In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is
redesignating the Follansbee area to attainment and approving the
State's SIP submittals of the maintenance plan and contingency measures
as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views
this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse
comments. A more detailed description of the state submittal and EPA's
evaluation are included in a Technical Support Document (TSD) prepared
in support of this rulemaking action. A copy of the TSD is available,
upon request, from the EPA Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. If no adverse comments are received in
response to this action, 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and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. Any parties interested in commenting on this action
should do so at this time.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing by September 26, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted either by mail or electronically.
Written comments should be mailed to Makeba A. Morris, Chief, Air
Quality Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Electronic comments should be sent either to morris.makeba@epa.gov or
to http://www.regulations.gov, which is an alternative method for
submitting electronic comments to EPA. To submit comments, please
follow the detailed instructions described in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. Copies of the documents relevant to this action
are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the
Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and the West
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air
Quality, 7012 MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, WV 25304-2943.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Knapp, (215) 814-2191, or by e-
mail at knapp.ruth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For further information, please see the information provided in the
direct final action, with the same title, that is located in the
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register publication.
You may submit comments either electronically or by mail. To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate rulemaking
identification number WV061-6031b in the subject line on the first page
of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within
the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the
comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider
these late comments.
1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA
will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the
comment that is placed in the official public docket. If EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
a. By E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to
morris.makeb@epa.gov, attention WV-061-6031b. EPA's e-mail system is
not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment
directly without going through Regulations.gov, EPA's e-mail system
automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses that are
automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as part of
the comment that is placed in the official public docket.
b. Regulations.gov. Your use of Regulations.gov is an alternative
method of submitting electronic comments to EPA. Go directly to http://www.regulations.gov
, then select ``Environmental Protection Agency'' at
the top of the page and use the ``go'' button. The list of current EPA
actions available for comment will be listed. Please follow the online
instructions for submitting comments. The system is an ``anonymous
access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail
address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body
of your comment.
c. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD ROM that
you mail to the mailing address identified in the ADDRESSES section of
this document. These electronic submissions will be accepted in
WordPerfect, Word or ASCII file format.
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Avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
2. By Mail. Written comments should be addressed to the EPA
Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. For
public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is that
public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be
made available for public viewing at the EPA Regional Office, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in the official public rulemaking file. The entire printed
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available at the
Regional Office for public inspection.
Submittal of CBI Comments
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI
electronically to EPA. You may claim information that you submit to EPA
as CBI by marking any part or all of that information as CBI (if you
submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is CBI). Information so marked will not be
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part
2.
In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes
any information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion
in the official public regional rulemaking file. If you submit the copy
that does not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the
disk or CD ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information not
marked as CBI will be included in the public file and available for
public inspection without prior notice. If you have any questions about
CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult the person
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Considerations When Preparing Comments to EPA
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide any technical information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at your estimate.
5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternatives.
7. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline
identified.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate
regional file/rulemaking identification number in the subject line on
the first page of your response. It would also be helpful if you
provided the name, date, and Federal Register citation related to your
comments. 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.
Dated: August 18, 2003.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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