[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37449-37450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15760]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 62

[PA124-4079b; FRL-7517-2]


Approval and Promulgation of State Air Quality Plans for 
Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 
Control of Landfill Gas Emissions From Existing Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve the municipal solid waste landfill 
(MSW) section 111(d) plan (the plan) submitted by the Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for the purpose of 
controlling landfill gas emissions (i.e., nonmethane organic compounds) 
from existing landfills, excluding those in the geographical areas of 
Allegheny County and the City of Philadelphia. The plan was submitted 
to fulfill requirements of the Clean Air Act (the Act). In the final 
rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's plan submittal as a direct final rule 
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial action and anticipate 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comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public 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.

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    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 July 24, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted either by mail or electronically. 
Written comments should be mailed to Walter Wilkie, Chief, Air Quality 
Analysis Branch, Mailcode 3AP22, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 
Electronic comments should be sent either to [email protected] or 
to http://www.regulations.gov, which is an alternative method for 
submitting electronic comments to EPA. To submit comments, please 
follow the detailed instructions described in the Supplementary 
Information section. 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, P.O. Box 8468, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 
17105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James B. Topsale at (215) 814-2190, 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.
    You may submit comments either electronically or by mail. To ensure 
proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate rulemaking 
identification number PA124-4079 in the subject line on the first page 
of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within 
the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the 
comment period will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider 
these late comments.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing 
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside 
of any disk or CD-ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying 
the disk or CD-ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the 
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further 
information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA 
will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information 
provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made 
available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    i. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
[email protected], attention PA124-4079. EPA's e-mail system is not 
an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment directly 
without going through Regulations.gov, EPA's e-mail system 
automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail addresses that are 
automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are included as part of 
the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made 
available in EPA's electronic public docket.
    ii. Regulations.gov. Your use of Regulations.gov is an alternative 
method of submitting electronic comments to EPA. Go directly to http://www.regulations.gov, then select ``Environmental Protection Agency'' at 
the top of the page and use the ``go'' button. The list of current EPA 
actions available for comment will be listed. Please follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. The system is an ``anonymous 
access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail 
address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body 
of your comment.
    iii. Disk or CD-ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD-ROM 
that you mail to the mailing address identified in the ADDRESSES 
section of this document. These electronic submissions will be accepted 
in WordPerfect, Word or ASCII file format. Avoid the use of special 
characters and any form of encryption.
    2. By Mail. Written comments should be addressed to the EPA 
Regional office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
    Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment or 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: June 16, 2003.
James W. Newsom,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 03-15760 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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