[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2476-2477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-732]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[PA037/072/184-4190b; FRL-7421-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Pennsylvania; Sulfur Dioxide Attainment Demonstration for the Warren 
County Nonattainment Area, and Permit Emission Limitations for Two 
Individual Sources in Warren County

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision 
contains enforceable operating permit emission limitations for the 
Reliant Warren Generating Station and the United Refining Company, and 
an air quality modeling demonstration that indicates that the allowable 
emission limits will provide for the attainment of the National Ambient 
Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for sulfur dioxide (SO2) in 
the Conewango Township, Pleasant Township, Glade Township, and the City 
of Warren nonattainment area. The modeling demonstration assumes new 
SO2 limits for the Reliant Warren Generating Station and the 
United Refining Company. In the Final Rules 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 no adverse comments are received in response to this 
action, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA

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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 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 18, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Walter Wilkie, 
Acting Branch Chief, Air Quality Planning and Information Services 
Branch, 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 Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Air Quality Control, PO Box 8468, 
400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis Lohman, (215) 814-2192, or Ellen 
Wentworth, (215) 814-2034, or by e-mail at [email protected] or 
[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 pertaining to the 
SO2 attainment demonstration for the Warren County 
nonattainment areas, and permit emission limitations for two individual 
sources in Warren County, Pennsylvania, 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 4, 2002.
Thomas C. Voltaggio,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-732 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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