[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43072-43073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16105]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[AZ-113-0054b; FRL-7233-7]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation 
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes: Arizona

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the moderate area plan and 
maintenance plan for the Payson area in Arizona and grant a request 
submitted by the State to redesignate the area from nonattainment to 
attainment for the air quality standards for particulate matter with an 
aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers 
(PM10).

DATES: Comments on this proposal must be received by July 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Please address your comments to Dave Jesson, Air Planning 
Office (AIR-2), Air Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901. You may inspect and copy the rulemaking 
docket for this document at the EPA Region IX office. We may charge you 
a reasonable fee for copying parts of the docket.
    Copies of the SIP materials are also available for inspection at 
the address listed below: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, 
Office of Outreach and Information, First Floor, 3033 N. Central 
Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012-2809

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Jesson, Air Planning Office (AIR-
2), EPA Region 9, at (415) 972-3957 or: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this 
Federal Register, we are approving the moderate area plan and 
maintenance plan for the Payson PM10 nonattainment area. We are also 
approving the State of Arizona's request to redesignate the area to 
attainment. We are taking these actions without prior proposal because 
we believe that the revision and request are not controversial. If we 
receive adverse comments, however, we will publish a timely withdrawal 
of the direct final rule and address the comments in subsequent action 
based on this proposed rule. We do not plan to open a second comment 
period, so anyone interested in commenting should do so at this time. 
If we do not receive adverse comments, no further activity is

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planned. For further information, please see the direct final action.

    Dated: June 6, 2002.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 02-16105 Filed 6-25-02; 8:45 am]
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