[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19433]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[VA159-5083b; FRL-7805-8]


Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
Virginia; Revision of Flow Control Date in Nitrogen Oxides Budget 
Trading Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to convert a conditional approval in the Virginia 
State Implementation Plan (SIP) to a full approval. As required by the 
conditional approval, Virginia has submitted a SIP revision pertaining 
to the change in flow control date in the allowance banking provisions 
of its NOx Budget Trading Program. In the Final Rules 
section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the Commonwealth'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 detailed rationale for the conversion action is set 
forth in the direct final rule. 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receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and 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 24, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by VA159-5083 by one of the 
following methods:
    A. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    B. E-mail: [email protected].
    C. Mail: Makeba Morris, Chief, Air Quality Planning Branch, 
Mailcode 3AP21, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
    D. Hand Delivery: At the previously-listed EPA Region III address. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. VA 159-5083. 
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The Federal regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' 
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact 
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you 
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 
regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, 
EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information 
in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, 
any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    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 Virginia Department 
of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 
23219.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Powers, (215) 814-2308, 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.

    Dated: August 18, 2004.
Richard J. Kampf,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.
[FR Doc. 04-19433 Filed 8-24-04; 8:45 am]
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