[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51544-51545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21911]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[WV061-6031b; FRL-7549-2]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
West Virginia; Redesignation of the Follansbee PM10 
Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Associated 
Maintenance Plan

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve a request from the State of West 
Virginia to redesignate the Follansbee area of Brooke County, West 
Virginia (Follansbee area) from nonattainment to attainment for the 
national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter 
with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 microns 
(PM10). EPA is also approving the plan for maintaining the 
PM10 standard in the Follansbee area and contingency 
measures as revisions to the West Virginia State Implementation Plan 
(SIP). In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
redesignating the Follansbee area to attainment and approving the 
State's SIP submittals of the maintenance plan and contingency measures 
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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 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 September 26, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted either by mail or electronically. 
Written comments should be mailed to Makeba A. Morris, Chief, Air 
Quality Planning Branch, Mailcode 3AP21, 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 West 
Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air 
Quality, 7012 MacCorkle Avenue, SE., Charleston, WV 25304-2943.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Knapp, (215) 814-2191, 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 WV061-6031b 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. 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.
    a. By E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to 
[email protected], attention WV-061-6031b. 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.
    b. 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.
    c. 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.

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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. For 
public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is that 
public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be 
made available for public viewing at the EPA Regional Office, as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in the official public rulemaking file. The entire printed 
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available at the 
Regional Office for public inspection.

Submittal of CBI Comments

    Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI 
electronically to EPA. You may claim information that you submit to EPA 
as CBI by marking any part or all of that information as CBI (if you 
submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is CBI). Information so marked will not be 
disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 
2.
    In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes 
any information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not 
contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion 
in the official public regional rulemaking file. If you submit the copy 
that does not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the 
disk or CD ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information not 
marked as CBI will be included in the public file and available for 
public inspection without prior notice. If you have any questions about 
CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult the person 
identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Considerations When Preparing Comments to EPA

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your 
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide any technical information and/or data you used that 
support your views.
    4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate.
    5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
    6. Offer alternatives.
    7. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline 
identified.
    8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 
regional file/rulemaking identification number in the subject line on 
the first page of your response. It would also be helpful if you 
provided the name, date, and Federal Register citation related to your 
comments. 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: August 18, 2003.
Donald S. Welsh,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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