[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45607-45608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15608]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[RME Docket Number R08-OAR-2005-ND-0001; FRL-7942-3]


Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
Implementation Plan Revision for North Dakota; Revisions to the Air 
Pollution Control Rules

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to take direct final action approving certain 
revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) as submitted by the 
Governor of North Dakota with a letter dated April 11, 2003. The 
revisions affect certain portions of air pollution control rules 
regarding permitting and prevention of significant deterioration. In 
the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is 
approving the State's SIP revision as a direct final rule without prior 
proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial SIP 
revision and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for 
the approval is set forth in the preamble to the direct final rule. If 
EPA receives no adverse comments, EPA will not take further action on 
this proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, EPA will withdraw 
the direct final rule and it will not take effect. EPA will address all 
public comments in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. 
EPA will not institute a second comment period on this action. Any 
parties interested in commenting must do so at this time. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 7, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. R08-OAR-
2005-ND-0001, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Agency Web site: http://docket.epa.gov/rmepub/index.jsp. 
Regional Materials in EDOCKET (RME), EPA's electronic public docket and 
comment system for regional actions, is EPA's preferred method for 
receiving comments. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 
comments.
    E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected].
    Fax: (303) 312-6064 (please alert the individual listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing comments).
    Mail: Richard R. Long, Director, Air and Radiation Program, 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-AR, 999 
18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466.
    Hand Delivery: Richard R. Long, Director, Air and Radiation 
Program, Environmental Protection Agency

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(EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-AR, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-2466. Such deliveries are only accepted Monday through 
Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:55 p.m., excluding Federal holidays. Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules 
Section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to 
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Platt, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 8, 999 18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202-2466, 
(303) 312-6449, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the information provided in the Direct 
Final action of the same title which is located in the Rules and 
Regulations section of this Federal Register.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: July 14, 2005.
Max H. Dodson,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 8.
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