[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69130-69131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22465]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 52 and 81
[R05-OAR-2005-IN-0009; FRL-7996-1]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Indiana; Redesignation of
Greene County and Jackson County 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas to
Attainment for Ozone
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make determinations that the Greene County
and Jackson County ozone nonattainment areas have attained the 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). These proposed
determinations are based on three years of complete, quality-assured
ambient air quality monitoring data for the 2002-2004 seasons that
demonstrate that the 8-hour ozone NAAQS has been attained in the areas.
EPA is proposing to approve requests from the State of Indiana to
redesignate the Greene County and Jackson County areas to attainment of
the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These requests were submitted by the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) on July 15, 2005 and
supplemented on September 6, 2005, September 7, 2005, October 6, 2005,
and October 20, 2005. In proposing to approve these requests, EPA is
also proposing to approve the State's plans for maintaining the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS through 2015 in these areas as a revision to the Indiana
State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA is also proposing to find adequate
and approve the State's 2015 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for
these areas.
In the final rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving the SIP revisions as a direct final rule without prior
proposal, because EPA
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views these actions as noncontroversial and anticipates no adverse
comments. A detailed rationale for the approvals is set forth in the
direct final rule. If we do not receive any adverse comments in
response to these direct final and proposed rules, we do not
contemplate taking any further action in relation to these proposed
rule. If EPA receives adverse comments with respect to an area
addressed by these rules, we will publish a timely withdrawal of the
action affecting that area, informing the public that the rule will not
take effect with respect to that area. EPA will respond to the public
comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA
will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any parties
interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 14,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments, identified by Regional Material in EDocket
(RME) ID No. R05-OAR-2005-IN-0009, by one of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
2. Agency Web site: http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. RME, EPA's
electronic public docket and comments system, is EPA's preferred method
for receiving comments. Once in the system, select ``quick search,''
then key in the appropriate RME Docket identification number. Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
3. E-mail: [email protected].
4. Fax: (312) 886-5824.
5. Mail: You may send written comments to: John M. Mooney, Chief,
Criteria Pollutant Section, (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
6. Hand delivery: Deliver your comments to: John M. Mooney, Chief,
Criteria Pollutant Section, (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 18th floor, Chicago,
Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional
Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional Office's official
hours of business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
excluding Federal holidays.
Instructions: Direct your comments to RME ID No. R05-OAR-2005-IN-
0009. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change, including any personal information
provided and may be made available online at http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through RME, regulations.gov,
or e-mail. The EPA RME Web site and the federal regulations.gov Web
site are ``anonymous access'' systems, which means EPA will not know
your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body
of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through RME or regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the electronic docket are listed in the
RME index at http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically in RME
or in hard copy at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Air
and Radiation Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604. We recommend that you telephone Kathleen D'Agostino,
Environmental Engineer, at (312) 886-1767 before visiting the Region 5
office. This Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ``we,''
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
I. What Action Is EPA Taking?
EPA is proposing to take several related actions. EPA is proposing
to make determinations that the Greene County and Jackson County,
Indiana nonattainment areas have attained the 8-hour ozone standard and
that Greene and Jackson Counties have met the requirements for
redesignation under section 107(d)(3)(E). EPA is thus proposing to
approve requests to change the legal designations of the Greene County
and Jackson County areas from nonattainment to attainment for the 8-
hour ozone NAAQS. EPA is also proposing to approve Indiana's
maintenance plan SIP revisions for Greene and Jackson Counties (such
approval being one of the Clean Air Act criteria for redesignation to
attainment status). The maintenance plans are designed to keep Greene
and Jackson Counties in attainment of the ozone NAAQS for the next 10
years. Additionally, EPA is announcing its action on the Adequacy
Process for the newly-established 2015 MVEBs. The Adequacy comment
periods for the 2015 MVEBs began on August 2, 2005, with EPA's posting
of the availability of these submittals on EPA's Adequacy Web site (at
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/conform/adequacy.htm). The Adequacy
comment periods for these MVEBs ended on September, 1 2005. No requests
for these submittals or adverse comments on these submittals were
received during the Adequacy comment periods. Please see the Adequacy
Section of this rulemaking for further explanation on this process.
Therefore, we are finding adequate and approving the State's 2015 MVEBs
for transportation conformity purposes.
II. Where Can I Find More Information About This Proposal and the
Corresponding Direct Final Rule?
For additional information, see the Direct Final Rule which is
located in the Rules section of this Federal Register. Copies of the
request and the EPA's analysis are available electronically at RME or
in hard copy at the above address. (Please telephone Kathleen
D'Agostino at (312) 886-1767 before visiting the Region 5 Office.)
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Bharat Mathur,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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