[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52561-52562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26096]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 70

[DC-T5-2001-01b; FRL-7085-9]


Clean Air Act Full Approval of Operating Permit Program; District 
of Columbia

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to fully approve the operating permit program of 
the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia's operating permit 
program was submitted in response to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments 
of 1990 that required States to develop, and submit to EPA, programs 
for issuing operating permits to all major stationary sources and to 
certain other sources within the States' jurisdiction. The EPA granted 
final interim approval of the District of Columbia's operating permit 
program on August 7, 1995. The District of Columbia amended its 
operating permit program to address deficiencies identified in the 
interim approval action and this action proposes to approve those 
amendments. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
approving the State's operating permit program as a direct final rule 
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse

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comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the 
direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to 
this action, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 
adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all 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 rule. The EPA will not institute a second 
comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action 
should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse 
comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that 
provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt 
as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an 
adverse comment.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by November 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be mailed to Ms. Makeba Morris, 
Chief, Permits and Technical Assessment Branch, Mailcode 3AP11, 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 District of Columbia Department of Public Health, Air Quality 
Division, 51 N Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paresh R. Pandya, (215) 814-2167, or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

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: October 10, 2001.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 01-26096 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
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