[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-94]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[VA085/086/089/102/103-5046b; FRL-7428-1]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Virginia; Reorganization of and Revisions to Administrative and General 
Conformity Provisions; Documents Incorporated by Reference; 
Recodification of Existing SIP Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. EPA is proposing 
approval of substantive and format changes to Virginia's general 
administrative provisions and definitions, reorganization and 
recodification of the general conformity requirements and provisions, 
recodification of Virginia's oxygenated gasoline regulation, and 
revisions to the list of technical documents which Virginia 
incorporates by reference into its air pollution control regulations.
    In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
approving Virginia'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 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rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be 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. EPA 
will not institute a second comment period. Any parties interested in 
commenting on this action should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by February 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Harold A. Frankford, 
Mailcode 3AP20, 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 Virginia Department of 
Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold A. Frankford, (215) 814-2108, 
or by e-mail at [email protected]. Please note that while 
questions may be posed via telephone and e-mail, formal comments must 
be submitted in writing, as indicated in the ADDRESSES section of this 
document.

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. 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.

    Dated: December 17, 2002.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-94 Filed 1-6-03; 8:45 am]
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