[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10335]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[SC-039; 043-200222(b); FRL-7202-3]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans South Carolina: 
Approval of Revisions to the 1-Hour Ozone Maintenance State 
Implementation Plan for the Cherokee County

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Cherokee County 
1-hour ozone maintenance area portion of the South Carolina Air Quality 
State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the South Carolina 
Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) on January 31, 
2002. This SIP revision satisfies the requirement of section 175A(b) of 
the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the ten-year update for the Cherokee County 
maintenance plan. Additionally, this submittal explicitly identifies 
the motor vehicle emission budgets (``budgets'') for oxides of nitrogen 
(NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). In this action, 
EPA is also finding the NOX and VOC ``budgets'' supplied in 
this updated maintenance plan adequate, and is proposing approval of 
these `budgets.' These budgets, identified for the year 2012, will be 
used for the purposes of conducting transportation conformity analyses 
for Cherokee County, in accordance with the requirements of the CAA 
amendments of 1990 and the Transportation Conformity rule. In the Final 
Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's 
SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the 
Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no 
adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in 
the direct final rule. If no significant, material, and adverse 
comments are received in response to the direct final rule, 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final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period on this document. Any 
parties interested in commenting on this document should do so at this 
time.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to: Sean Lakeman or Lynorae 
Benjamin at the EPA, Region 4 Air Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street, 
SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960.
    Copies of the documents relative to this action are available for 
public inspection during normal business hours at the following 
locations. Persons wanting to examine these documents should make an 
appointment with the appropriate office at least 24 hours before the 
visiting day. Reference file number SC-039; 043-200222. The Region 4 
office may have additional background documents not available at the 
other locations.

Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (Air Docket 6102), EPA, 
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
SC DHEC, Bureau of Air Quality, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, South 
Carolina 29201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Lakeman, Regulatory Planning 
Section, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, Region 4, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 
Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Mr. Lakeman's telephone number 
is (404) 562-9043. He can also be reached via electronic mail at 
[email protected].
    Lynorae Benjamin, Air Quality Modeling and Transportation Section, 
Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division, 
Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. Ms. Benjamin's 
telephone number is (404) 562-9040. She can also be reached via 
electronic mail at [email protected].

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

    Dated: April 18, 2002.
Winston A. Smith,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 02-10335 Filed 4-25-02; 8:45 am]
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