[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 104 (Thursday, May 31, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-10233]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[EPA-R07-OAR-2007-0383; FRL-8318-7]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of
Missouri
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a request to amend the Missouri State
Implementation Plan (SIP) to include the base year inventory for the
Missouri portion of the St. Louis 8-hour ozone national ambient air
quality standard (NAAQS) nonattainment area and a demonstration of
Missouri's emissions statement authority. The Missouri portion of the
St. Louis nonattainment area consists of the City of St. Louis and
Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles and St. Louis Counties. The
nonattainment area also includes four counties in Illinois. This
amendment would fulfill Missouri's obligation, as a moderate
nonattainment area, to submit a base year inventory for the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS and to demonstrate adequate authority to address the
emissions statement requirement under Section 182(a)(1) and Section
182(a)(3)(B) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), respectively.
DATES: Comments on this proposed action must be received in writing by
July 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R07-
OAR-2007-0383 by one of the following methods:
1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
2. E-mail: [email protected].
3. Mail: Shelly Rios-LaLuz, Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Planning and Development Branch, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City,
Kansas 66101.
4. Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Shelly Rios-
LaLuz, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development
Branch, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 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 to 4:30, excluding legal 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: Shelly Rios-LaLuz at (913) 551-7296,
or by e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of the 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 revision amendment and anticipates no relevant adverse
comments to this action. A detailed rationale for the approval is set
forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant adverse comments are
received in response to this action, no further activity is
contemplated in relation to this action. If EPA receives relevant
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 action. 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. Please note that if EPA receives
adverse comment on part of this rule and if that part can be severed
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those parts of
the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For additional
information, see the direct final rule which is located in the rules
section of this Federal Register.
Dated: May 14, 2007.
John B. Askew,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. E7-10233 Filed 5-30-07; 8:45 am]
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