[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 68805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30582]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 51

[FRL-7598-2]


EPA Responses to State and Tribal 8-Hour Ozone Air Quality 
Designation Recommendations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the EPA has posted its responses 
to States' and Tribes' 8-hour ozone air quality designation 
recommendations on the web. If a State or Tribe wishes to submit 
additional information to EPA regarding the designations, we have 
requested that they submit that information no later than February 6, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: The EPA's responses are available for public inspection at 
EPA's Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ozonedesignations and at the 
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket Center, Docket Number OAR 
2003-0083, respectively. State and Tribal recommendations are also 
available at the same EPA website and docket locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sharon Reinders, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mail Code C539-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 
541-5284 or by e-mail at: [email protected] or Ms. Annie 
Nikbakht, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C539-02, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 541-5246 or by e-mail at: 
[email protected]. Mr. Barry Gilbert can be contacted for air 
quality technical issues: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C539-02, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711, phone number (919) 541-5238 or by email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. The EPA has established an official public docket for 
this action under Docket ID Number OAR 2003-0083. The official public 
docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this 
action, any public comments received, and other information related to 
this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket 
does not include Confidential Business Information or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official public docket 
is the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at 
the OAR Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 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, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is 
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OAR Docket is (202) 
566-1742.
    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/fedrgstrl.
    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 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. 
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the appropriate 
docket identification number. The EPA's policy is that copyrighted 
material will not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will 
be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. 
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 in A.1.

List of Subjects

    Air pollution control, Intergovernmental relations, Ozone, 
Particulate matter, Transportation, Volatile organic compounds.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7408, 42 U.S.C. 7410, 42 U.S.C. 7501-7511f; 
42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1).

    Dated: December 4, 2003.
Henry C. Thomas,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 03-30582 Filed 12-9-03; 8:45 am]
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