[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 36039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17477]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 70
[FRL-5852-8]
Operating Permits Program; Notice to Defer Comments on Draft Part
70 Revisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice to defer comments.
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SUMMARY: Today's document advises the public to defer comment on draft
revisions to the operating permits regulations in part 70 of chapter I,
title 40, of the Code of Federal Regulations and an accompanying
memorandum of options. The draft regulatory revisions and accompanying
memorandum were made available for public review on May 14, 1997.
Availability of the draft revisions and a 30-day comment period was
announced in the Federal Register on June 3, 1997. The regulatory
revisions will be revised and reissued for review with a new comment
period.
DATES: As specified in the June 3, 1997 notice, if comments on the May
14, 1997 draft part 70 revisions are submitted, they must still be
received by July 3, 1997. However, a new draft will be issued at a
future date with an accompanying 30-day period for review and comment.
ADDRESSES: The current draft part 70 revisions and accompanying
memorandum are available in EPA's Air Docket number A-93-50 as items
VI-A-1, VI-A-2, and VI-A-3. The future revised draft will also be
placed in this docket and will be announced in a future notice of
availability in the Federal Register. This docket is available for
public inspection and copying between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying. The
address of the EPA air docket is: U.S. EPA, Air Docket Office (6102),
Attention: Docket Number A-93-50, Room M-1500, Waterside Mall, 401 M
Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20460.
The current draft regulatory revisions and accompanying memorandum
(and the future revised draft) may also be downloaded from the Internet
at: http://134.67.104.12/html/caaa/t5pg.htm or http://
ttnwww.rtpnc.epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray Vogel (telephone 919-541-3153) or
Roger Powell (telephone 919-541-5331), U.S. EPA, Information Transfer
and Program Integration Division (MD-12), Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711. Internet addresses are: [email protected] and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 3, 1997, EPA announced in the
Federal Register (62 FR 30289) availability for public review of a May
14, 1997 draft regulatory revisions package that, when published, will
promulgate revisions to the part 70 operating permit regulations. The
May 14, 1997 draft was made available on EPA's Technology Transfer
Network computer bulletin board and was placed in the Agency's air
docket number A-93-50. The EPA also made available a memorandum of
options relating to ``minor permit revisions'' that are under
consideration for the final revisions. The public was asked to submit
comments on these draft regulatory revisions and the additional options
by July 3, 1997. Today's notice defers comment on the draft part 70
regulatory revisions until a future draft is made available for review
and comment.
Since May 14, 1997, the Agency has continued to address issues
associated with the draft part 70 permit revisions and the accompanying
options. When these issues are adequately addressed, the Agency will
revise the draft part 70 regulations and provide an opportunity for
public comment. Consequently, EPA advises the public to forgo comment
on the May 14, 1997 draft revisions and accompanying options and wait
until the revised draft provisions are made available for public
review. The comment period for the revised draft will be published in a
future Federal Register notice.
Dated: June 18, 1997.
John S. Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-17477 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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