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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[IN39-1-6337B; FRL-5012-2]

 

Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Employee Commute 
Options Programs; Indiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is 
proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision 
request submitted by the State of Indiana on February 25, 1994, for the 
purpose of establishing an Employee Commute Options Program (ECO 
Program) in Lake and Porter Counties. The SIP request was submitted by 
Indiana to satisfy the statutory mandate that an ECO Program be 
established for employers in severe and extreme ozone nonattainment 
areas with 100 or more employees. Compliance plans developed by these 
employers must be designed to convincingly demonstrate an increase in 
the average passenger occupancy of vehicles used by their employees who 
commute to work during the peak period by no less than 25 percent above 
the average vehicle occupancy of the nonattainment area. In the final 
rules section of this Federal Register, the USEPA is approving the 
State's SIP revision request without prior proposal because USEPA views 
this as a noncontroversial revision 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 
that direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation 
to this proposed rule. If USEPA receives adverse comments, the direct 
final rule will be withdrawn and the public comments received will be 
addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. A 
second comment period on this action will not be held. Parties 
interested in commenting on this notice should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before 
September 19, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to: J. Elmer Bortzer, 
Chief, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development Branch 
(AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    Copies of the State submittal and USEPA's analysis of it are 
available for inspection at: Regulation Development Section, Regulation 
Development Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Radolf, Environmental 
Scientist, Regulation Development Section, Regulation Development 
Branch (AR18-J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-3198.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For additional information see the direct 
final rule published in the rules section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: June 30, 1994.
David A. Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-19908 Filed 8-17-94; 8:45 am]
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