[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17800]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R04-OAR-2006-0531-200618(b); FRL-8233-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee:
Memphis/Shelby County Area Second 10-Year Maintenance Plan for the
Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Tennessee State
Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted in final form on May 17, 2006. The
SIP revision provides the second 10-year carbon monoxide (CO)
maintenance plan for the Memphis/Shelby County Carbon Monoxide
Maintenance Area. The second 10-year maintenance plan includes a new
motor vehicle emissions budget (MVEB) for CO for the year 2017. EPA is
proposing to approve this SIP revision, including the new 2017 MVEB for
carbon monoxide, because it satisfies the requirement of the Clean Air
Act for the second 10-year maintenance plan for the Memphis/Shelby
County Area.
In addition, in this rulemaking, EPA is providing information on
the status of its transportation conformity adequacy determination for
the new MVEB for the year 2017 that is contained in the second 10-year
CO maintenance plan for the Memphis/Shelby County Area.
In the Final Rules Section of this Federal Register, EPA is
approving the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal
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will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in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.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 24,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No EPA-R04-
OAR-2006-0531, by one of the following methods:
1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: [email protected], or [email protected].
3. Fax: (404) 562-9019.
4. Mail: ``EPA-R04-OAR-2006-0531'', Regulatory Development Section,
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Egide Louis of the Regulatory
Development Section or Lynorae Benjamin of the Air Quality Modeling and
Transportation Section at the Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and
Toxics Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. 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 to 4:30, excluding federal holidays.
Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to
submit comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Egide N. Louis telephone number is
(404) 562-9240. He can be reached also via electronic mail at
[email protected]. Lynorae Benjamin's telephone number is (404) 562-
9040 and her electronic mail is [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct
final rule which is published in the Rules Section of this Federal
Register.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. E6-17800 Filed 10-24-06; 8:45 am]
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