[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11280]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[MD 064/109/111/113-3065b; FRL-6973-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
State of Maryland; Approval of Revisions to Volatile Organic Compounds 
Regulations and Miscellaneous Revisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revisions submitted by the State of Maryland. The revisions replace the 
existing regulation and adopt a new regulation for control of volatile 
organic compounds (VOC) from expandable polystyrene operations (EPO), 
establish VOC reasonably available control technology (RACT) standards 
for facilities that recycle bakery and confectionary waste, adopt by 
reference the EPA definition of VOC and include other miscellaneous 
revisions. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final 
rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A more 
detailed description of the state submittal and EPA's evaluation are 
included in a Technical Support Document (TSD) prepared in support of 
this rulemaking action. A copy of the TSD is available, upon request, 
from the EPA Regional Office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
document. If EPA receives no adverse comments, EPA will not take 
further action. If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will withdraw the 
direct final rule and it will not take effect. EPA will address all 
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. 
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.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by June 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to David L. Arnold, 
Chief, Air Quality Planning and Information Services Branch, Mailcode 
3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Copies of the documents 
relevant to this action are available for public inspection during 
normal business hours at the Air Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103; and the Maryland Department of the 
Environment, 2500 Broening Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose Quinto at (215) 814-2182, or by 
e-mail at [email protected] for information concerning the EPO 
regulation or Kelly L. Bunker at (215) 814-2177, or by e-mail at 
[email protected] for the remaining regulation revisions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please see the 
information provided in the direct final action, with the same title, 
that is located in the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this 
Federal Register publication.

    Dated: April 24, 2001.
William C. Early,
Acting Regional Administrator,Region III.
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