[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53081-53082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22932]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[FRL-7555-3]


Revisions to the Regional Haze Rule To Correct Mobile Source 
Provisions in Optional Program for Nine Western States and Eligible 
Indian Tribes Within That Geographic Area; Notice of Public Hearing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: Due to a request from a commenter, EPA is holding a public 
hearing on a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published in the 
Federal Register on July 3, 2003 (68 FR 39888) related to the mobile 
source provisions in 40 CFR 51.309 of EPA's regional haze rule. The EPA 
published both a direct final rule and a concurrent notice of proposed 
rulemaking to amend and revise certain provisions of the regional haze 
rule in order to address an emissions projection scenario for mobile 
sources which was not addressed when EPA published the regional haze 
rule in 1999.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (MST) on 
Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at the U.S. EPA-Region 8, 999 18th Street, 
2nd Floor Conference Center-Columbine Room, Denver, CO 80202.

ADDRESSES: Docket. Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained 
in Public Docket Number OAR-2002-0076 at the following address: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Public Reading Room, Room B102, EPA West 
Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC. The EPA Docket 
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on government holidays. You can reach the 
Reading Room by telephone at (202) 566-1744, and by facsimile at (202) 
566-1741. The telephone number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. 
You may be charged a reasonable fee for photocopying docket materials, 
as provided in 40 CFR part 2.
    Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and 
comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to view

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public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the 
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public 
docket that are available electronically. Although not all docket 
materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of 
the publicly available docket materials through the docket facility 
identified above. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in 
the docket identification number, OAR-2002-0076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like further information 
about today's action, contact Kathy Kaufman, Integrated Policies and 
Strategies Group, (919) 541-0102 or by e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have received a request for public 
hearing on this rulemaking from one commenter, the Center for Energy 
and Economic Development (CEED). The CEED commented that EPA should not 
advance either the proposed or direct final rules, and that further 
opportunity for public comment is needed.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 51

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate 
matter, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.

    Dated: August 29, 2003.
Henry C. Thomas,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 03-22932 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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