[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10265-10266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5232]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[FRL-6306-7]


Public Hearing for Findings of Significant Contribution and 
Rulemaking on Section 126 Petitions for Purposes of Reducing Interstate 
Ozone Transport, Technical Correction, and Notice of Availability of 
Additional Technical Documents

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of 
public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing that it will hold a public hearing on 
March 12, 1999, if a hearing is requested, on a supplemental notice of 
proposed rulemaking (SNPR) on petitions submitted under section 126 of 
the Clean Air Act. The EPA will not hold a public hearing if one is not 
requested by March 9, 1999. The SNPR was signed on the same day as this 
notice, made immediately available to the public on EPA's website at 
http://www.epa.gov/airlinks, and will be published shortly in the 
Federal Register.
    In the SNPR, EPA is proposing action on recent requests from Maine 
and New Hampshire which ask EPA to now make findings of significant 
contribution under the 8-hour ozone standard regarding sources named in 
their August 1997 section 126 petitions. The EPA has previously 
proposed action on the petitions from these States with respect to the 
1-hour ozone standard as part of a proposal on eight petitions that 
were submitted individually by eight Northeastern States (63 FR 52213, 
September 30, 1998; and 63 FR 56292, October 21, 1998). The SNPR 
supplements that proposal.

DATES: A public hearing on the section 126 SNPR will be held on March 
12, 1999 in Washington, DC, if requested by March 9. The comment period 
on the SNPR ends on April 11, 1999. Comments must be postmarked by the 
last day of the comment period and sent directly to the Docket Office 
listed in ADDRESSES (in duplicate form if possible). Please refer to 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional information on the comment 
period and public hearing.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing, if there is one, will be held at the EPA 
Auditorium at 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC, 20460.
    Comments may be submitted to the Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center (6102), Attention: Docket No. A-97-43, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW, room M-1500, 
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-7548. Comments and data may 
also be submitted electronically by following the instructions under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this document. No confidential business 
information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail.
    Documents relevant to this action are available for inspection at 
the Docket Office, at the above address, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 
p.m., Monday though Friday, excluding legal holidays. A reasonable 
copying fee may be charged for copying.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the public 
hearing should be directed to JoAnn Allman at the address given below 
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Questions concerning the SNPR should 
be addressed to Carla Oldham, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, MD-15, 
Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, telephone (919) 541-3347, email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Hearing

    The EPA will conduct a public hearing on the section 126 SNPR on 
March 12, 1999 beginning at 10:00 a.m., if requested by March 9, 1999. 
The EPA will not hold a hearing if one is not requested. Please check 
EPA's webpage at http://www.epa.gov/airlinks on March 10, 1999 for the 
announcement of whether the hearing will be held. If there is a 
hearing, it will be held at the EPA Auditorium at 401 M Street SW, 
Washington, DC, 20460. The metro stop is Waterfront, which is on the 
green line. Persons planning to present oral testimony at the hearings 
should notify JoAnn Allman, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards Division, MD-15, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone (919) 541-1815, email 
[email protected] no later than March 9, 1999. Oral testimony will 
be limited to 5 minutes each. Any member of the public may file a 
written statement before, during, or by the close of the comment 
period. Written statements (duplicate copies preferred) should be 
submitted to Docket No. A-97-43 at the above address. The hearing 
schedule, including lists of speakers, will also be posted on EPA's 
webpage at http://www.epa.gov/airlinks prior to the hearing. A verbatim 
transcript of the hearing, if held, and written statements will be made 
available for copying during normal working hours at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center at the above address.

Availability of Related Information

    The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public 
version, has been established under docket number A-97-43 (including 
comments and data submitted electronically as described below). A 
public version of this record, including printed, paper versions of 
electronic comments, which does not include any information claimed as 
CBI, is available for inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official rulemaking 
record is located at the address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this 
document. Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at: A-and-R-
D[email protected]. Electronic comments must be submitted as an 
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on disks in 
WordPerfect in 5.1/6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments 
and data in electronic form must be identified by the docket number A-
97-43. Electronic comments on the SNPR may be filed online at many 
Federal Depository Libraries.

    Dated: February 25, 1999.
John Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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