[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 61 (Thursday, March 31, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16471-16472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6368]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52 and 70

[R07-OAR-2005-NE-0001; FRL-7893-9]


Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Operating 
Permits Program; State of Nebraska

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve revisions to the State Implementation 
Plan (SIP) and Operating Permits Program submitted by the state of 
Nebraska. These revisions provide or incorporate rules for Predictive 
Emissions Monitoring Systems (PEMS) in Chapter 34, delete obsolete 
footnotes from Appendix III (relating to emissions inventories for 
hazardous air pollutants under the state's operating permit program), 
correct a mistakenly worded rule in Chapter 20 (relating to process 
weight rates for particulate matter from certain sources), and improve 
understanding of Chapter 20 by consolidating the process weight rates 
into a single table. Approval of these revisions will ensure 
consistency between the state and Federally-approved rules, and ensure 
Federal enforceability of the state's revised air program rules.

DATES: Comments on this proposed action must be received in writing by 
May 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Shelly Rios-LaLuz, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air Planning and Development Branch, 901 North 5th

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Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments may also be submitted 
electronically or through hand delivery/courier; please follow the 
detailed instructions in the Addresses section of the direct final rule 
which is located in the rules section of this Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Rios-LaLuz at (913) 551-7296, 
or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the final rules section of the Federal 
Register, EPA is approving the state's submittal as a direct final rule 
without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a 
noncontroversial revision amendment and anticipates no relevant adverse 
comments to this action. A detailed rationale for the approval is set 
forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant adverse comments are 
received in response to this action, no further activity is 
contemplated in relation to this action. If EPA receives relevant 
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 action. EPA will not institute a second comment 
period on this action. Any parties interested in commenting on this 
action should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives 
adverse comment on part of this rule and if that part can be severed 
from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those parts of 
the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For additional 
information, see the direct final rule which is located in the rules 
section of this Federal Register.

    Dated: March 21, 2005.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
[FR Doc. 05-6368 Filed 3-30-05; 8:45 am]
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